Auto industry · 1917–1987Henry Ford IIautomotive executive, president and chairman of Ford Motor CompanyHenry Ford's grandson rebuilt a failing Ford Motor Company after 1945 and, after the 1967 unrest, pushed the Renaissance Center into Detroit's skyline.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 filtersAuto industry · 1917–1987Henry Ford IIautomotive executive, president and chairman of Ford Motor CompanyHenry Ford's grandson rebuilt a failing Ford Motor Company after 1945 and, after the 1967 unrest, pushed the Renaissance Center into Detroit's skyline.
Music · 1917–2000Pat Flowersjazz pianist, singerDetroit stride pianist groomed as Fats Waller's successor, who held the bench at Baker's Keyboard Lounge on and off from 1940 into the mid-1950s.
Labor · 1916–2008Douglas Fraserpresident of the United Auto Workers (1977–1983)Scottish-born Detroit autoworker who led the UAW from 1977 to 1983, helped save Chrysler in 1979 and became the first union leader on a major US corporate board.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 ↗