Sports · born 1995Christian Woodbasketball playerUndrafted forward whose career breakthrough came with the Pistons, who claimed him off waivers in 2019 before he emerged as a productive starter.DETROIT / A living lexicon / ¼
Famous Detroiters
People who were born here, moved here or built their careers in Detroit: musicians, carmakers, athletes, writers, inventors, civil-rights leaders and a few notorious names. With their dates, their Detroit story and the places where they lived, worked and played, closed ones included.
- 1,940 famous people
- 515 Detroit places
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Clear filtersSports · born 1995Christian Woodbasketball playerUndrafted forward whose career breakthrough came with the Pistons, who claimed him off waivers in 2019 before he emerged as a productive starter.
Sports · born 1990Lawrence Warbasseroad racing cyclistDearborn-born professional road cyclist and University of Michigan graduate who won the 2017 U.S. national road race title.
Sports · born 1997Zach Werenskiice hockey defensemanGrosse Pointe-born defenseman who trained with Detroit's Belle Tire youth club and the University of Michigan before becoming one of the NHL's top blueliners with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Film & TV · born 1996Chase Sui Wondersactress, director, screenwriterStar of The Studio and Bodies Bodies Bodies, born in Bloomfield Hills and educated at Cranbrook; niece of Detroit-born designer Anna Sui.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own. Famous people's places among the sights ↗