Architecture & design · 1867–1959Frank Lloyd WrightarchitectAmerica's most famous architect, who designed the Turkel House in Detroit's Palmer Woods and the Affleck and Smith houses in Bloomfield Hills.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.
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Clear filtersArchitecture & design · 1867–1959Frank Lloyd WrightarchitectAmerica's most famous architect, who designed the Turkel House in Detroit's Palmer Woods and the Affleck and Smith houses in Bloomfield Hills.
Law · 1774–1827Augustus B. Woodwardfirst chief justice of Michigan Territory, city plannerFirst chief justice of Michigan Territory who drew up Detroit's radial street plan after the fire of 1805; Woodward Avenue bears his name.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own.