Politics · born 1976Rashida Tlaibpolitician, lawyerSouthwest Detroit native who became the first Muslim woman in the Michigan Legislature and, from 2019, one of the first two Muslim women in Congress.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 filtersPolitics · born 1976Rashida Tlaibpolitician, lawyerSouthwest Detroit native who became the first Muslim woman in the Michigan Legislature and, from 2019, one of the first two Muslim women in Congress.
Press & broadcasting · born 1976Nargiz Birk-Petersenlawyer, television presenter, modelAzerbaijani-American lawyer who co-hosted the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, after studying in Michigan and earning her law degree at Wayne State.
Business & brands · born 1971Paul Rosenbergtalent manager, record executive, former entertainment lawyerDetroit-born lawyer turned manager who guided Eminem from the local scene to world fame, co-founded Shady Records and later ran Def Jam.
Politics · born 1977Jocelyn Bensonlawyer, law school dean, Michigan secretary of stateElection-law scholar who came to Detroit to clerk for Judge Damon Keith, became the youngest woman to lead an accredited law school at Wayne State, and has been Michigan's secretary of state since 2019.
Civil rights & activism · born 1976Huwaida Arrafhuman rights lawyer, activistDetroit-born Palestinian American lawyer and activist who co-founded the International Solidarity Movement in 2001 and chaired the Free Gaza Movement.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 ↗