Press & broadcasting · 1829–1906Carl Schurzjournalist, Union general, statesmanGerman-born revolutionary, Union general and later U.S. senator and Interior secretary, who edited the Detroit Post in 1866–1867.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
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Clear filtersPress & broadcasting · 1829–1906Carl Schurzjournalist, Union general, statesmanGerman-born revolutionary, Union general and later U.S. senator and Interior secretary, who edited the Detroit Post in 1866–1867.
Science & invention · 1956–2018Richard A. Searfossastronaut, Air Force pilot, test pilotAir Force colonel and three-time Space Shuttle astronaut, commander of the 1998 Neurolab mission, born in Mount Clemens, Michigan.
Military · born 1946Peter SchoomakerU.S. Army generalDetroit-born special operations officer who was recalled from retirement to serve as the 35th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (2003–2007).
Politics · 1811–1891Henry Hastings Sibleyfur trader, first governor of Minnesota, army officerSon of Detroit's first mayor, raised in the frontier town, who became a fur trader, Minnesota's first governor and the commander in the 1862 Dakota War.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 ↗