Religion · 1892–1971Reinhold Niebuhrtheologian, pastorOne of America's leading 20th-century theologians, who formed his ideas as pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit from 1915 to 1928.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.
- 1,743 famous people
- 96 Detroit places
- 8 fields
Hungarian ties 21 Detroiters with Hungarian ties →
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Clear filtersReligion · 1892–1971Reinhold Niebuhrtheologian, pastorOne of America's leading 20th-century theologians, who formed his ideas as pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit from 1915 to 1928.
Sports · 1871–1935Frank Navinpresident and owner of the Detroit TigersInsurance bookkeeper who became the Tigers' president for 27 years, signed Ty Cobb and built Navin Field at Michigan and Trumbull.
Sports · 1939–2011Jim Northrupbaseball player, outfielderMichigan-born Tigers outfielder whose grand slam and Game 7 triple were key blows in the 1968 World Series.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own.