Politics · 1904–1971Ralph Bunchediplomat, political scientistThe first Black Nobel laureate (Peace, 1950) was born in Detroit's Delray neighborhood and spent most of his early childhood in the city.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.
- 1,912 famous people
- 135 Detroit places
- 21 fields
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Clear filtersPolitics · 1904–1971Ralph Bunchediplomat, political scientistThe first Black Nobel laureate (Peace, 1950) was born in Detroit's Delray neighborhood and spent most of his early childhood in the city.
Literature · born 1951Bob Blackanarchist writerDetroit-born anarchist essayist best known for 'The Abolition of Work' (1985), who grew up in suburban Oak Park.
Civil rights & activism · 1915–2015Grace Lee Boggsactivist, philosopher, authorChinese American philosopher and activist who lived on Detroit's East Side for 62 years, shaping Black Power, labor and community-renewal movements.
Politics · 1914–1972Cora Brownsocial worker, policewoman, lawyer, state senatorCass Tech graduate, Detroit social worker and policewoman who in 1952 became the first African American woman elected to any state senate in the United States.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 ↗