Sports · born 1987
Jonas Jerebkobasketball playerSwedish forward drafted by the Pistons in 2009 who spent six seasons in Detroit, the longest stretch of his ten-year NBA career.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
- 3 fields
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Clear filtersSports · born 1987Jonas Jerebkobasketball playerSwedish forward drafted by the Pistons in 2009 who spent six seasons in Detroit, the longest stretch of his ten-year NBA career.
Visual art · 1875–1955Carl MillessculptorSwedish sculptor who spent twenty years as Cranbrook's sculptor-in-residence, filling its gardens with fountains and leaving works in Detroit and Ann Arbor.
Sports · born 1980Henrik Zetterbergice hockey player, forward, team captainRed Wings forward who played his entire sixteen-year NHL career in Detroit, won the 2008 Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe Trophy, and captained the team from 2013 until his retirement.
Sports · born 1970Nicklas Lidströmice hockey defenseman, executiveSwedish Hall of Fame defenseman who played all twenty NHL seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, won four Stanley Cups, and became the first European-born captain to lead a team to the championship.
Sports · born 1989Gustav Nyquistice hockey forwardSwedish forward drafted by Detroit in 2008 who became a top scorer for the Red Wings over nearly a decade with the club.
Sports · born 1981Niklas Kronwallice hockey defensemanLong-serving Red Wings defenseman famous for his open-ice hits, who won the Stanley Cup in 2008 and now advises the team's general manager.
Sports · born 1976Mikael Samuelssonice hockey player, right wingerSwedish winger who found his best NHL form with the Red Wings, winning the 2008 Stanley Cup and joining hockey's Triple Gold Club, and later returned to Detroit for two more seasons.
Sports · born 1973Tomas Holmströmice hockey left wingerSwedish winger who played his entire 15-season NHL career with the Red Wings, screening goaltenders in front of the net to help win four Stanley Cups.
Sports · born 1984Jonathan Ericssonice hockey defencemanSwedish defenceman who was the very last pick of the 2002 NHL draft, yet spent his entire NHL career with the Red Wings and won the Stanley Cup in 2008.
Sports · born 1964Tomas Sandströmice hockey right wingerSwedish power forward whose brief 1997 trade to Detroit paid off immediately: he assisted on Darren McCarty's championship-winning goal in the Red Wings' first Stanley Cup in 42 years.Johan Franzénice hockey wingerSwedish power forward, nicknamed 'The Mule' by Steve Yzerman, who played his entire eleven-season NHL career with the Red Wings and set the franchise's single-series playoff goal-scoring record.
Sports · born 1984Jonas Gustavssonice hockey goaltenderSwedish backup goaltender nicknamed "the Monster" who spent three seasons with the Red Wings and briefly caught fire during the 2012–13 season, and settled with his family in the Detroit area.
Music · 1918–2005Sixten Ehrlingconductor, pianistSwedish conductor who led the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1963 to 1973, premiered 24 works with it and helped found its summer festival at Meadow Brook.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 ↗