Film & TV · born 1980Kristen Bellactress, singerStar of Veronica Mars, The Good Place and Disney's Frozen, born in Huntington Woods and raised in Detroit's northern suburbs.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
- 5 fields
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Clear filtersFilm & TV · born 1980Kristen Bellactress, singerStar of Veronica Mars, The Good Place and Disney's Frozen, born in Huntington Woods and raised in Detroit's northern suburbs.
Sports · born 1989Bojan Bogdanovićbasketball player, small forwardCroatian forward who anchored the Detroit Pistons' offense for two seasons, signing a contract extension before an injury-shortened tenure ended in a 2024 trade.
Sports · born 1986Aron Baynesbasketball player, centerAustralian center who spent two seasons as a physical backup big man for the Pistons after winning an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs.
Sports · born 1982Kwame Brownbasketball playerFirst player ever drafted No. 1 overall straight out of high school, who spent two seasons as a Pistons forward-center late in his career.
Sports · born 1980Caron Butlerbasketball forward, assistant coachTwo-time NBA All-Star and veteran small forward who spent a season with the Pistons late in his 14-year career.
Music · born 1981Danny Brownrapper, songwriter, podcasterDetroit-born rapper whose off-kilter voice and blunt stories of the city made him one of hip-hop's most acclaimed left-field artists.
Sports · born 1989Evan Batesice dancerOlympic champion ice dancer born and raised in Ann Arbor, who trained for years in suburban Canton and won national silver in Detroit in 2019 with Madison Chock.
Sports · born 1985Reggie Bushfootball running backHeisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl champion who spent two seasons with the Lions late in his career, helping Detroit reach the 2014 playoffs.
Sports · born 1983Will Bynumbasketball player and coachUndrafted guard who became a Pistons fan favorite for seven seasons, setting a franchise record with 26 points in a single quarter.
Music · born 1985Porcelain Blacksinger, songwriter, rapperSinger-songwriter raised in metro Detroit who mixes industrial rock with pop; known for "This Is What Rock n' Roll Looks Like" and "One Woman Army."
Film & TV · born 1984Jayson BlairactorActor from The New Normal and The Hard Times of RJ Berger, born in Detroit and a tennis player at L'Anse Creuse High School-North in Macomb Township.
Sports · born 1988Jonathan Bernierice hockey goaltenderStanley Cup-winning goaltender who signed with Detroit in 2018 and spent three seasons backing up, then sharing duties with, Jimmy Howard.
Music · born 1982Ben Blackwelldrummer, record label executive, writer, archivistDetroit-born drummer of the Dirtbombs, founder of Cass Records and co-founder of Third Man Records, which opened its Cass Corridor store and pressing plant in Detroit.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 ↗