Theatre & dance · born 1972Dita Von Teeseburlesque dancer, model, businesswomanThe performer credited with bringing burlesque back to the mainstream was born Heather Sweet in Rochester, Michigan, in Oakland County.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 filtersTheatre & dance · born 1972Dita Von Teeseburlesque dancer, model, businesswomanThe performer credited with bringing burlesque back to the mainstream was born Heather Sweet in Rochester, Michigan, in Oakland County.
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.
Music · born 1977Obie TricerapperWest-side Detroit rapper who came up through the Hip Hop Shop battles and released two top-ten albums on Eminem's Shady Records.
Music · born 1974Mark Tremontiguitarist, singer, songwriterDetroit-born guitarist of Creed and Alter Bridge who spent most of his childhood in suburban Grosse Pointe.
Music · born 1973Trick-Trickrapper, record producerDetroit rapper and producer of the Goon Sqwad, best known for the civic-pride anthem “Welcome 2 Detroit” with Eminem.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 ↗