Sports · born 1981José Calderónbasketball point guard, team executiveSpanish point guard who spent 14 NBA seasons mostly with Toronto but returned to the Pistons twice, once as a starter and once at the end of his career.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
- 5 fields
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Clear filtersSports · born 1981José Calderónbasketball point guard, team executiveSpanish point guard who spent 14 NBA seasons mostly with Toronto but returned to the Pistons twice, once as a starter and once at the end of his career.
Sports · born 1983Miguel Cabrerabaseball player, first baseman, third baseman, designated hitterVenezuelan-born slugger who spent sixteen seasons with the Tigers, won the 2012 Triple Crown, two American League MVP awards, and remains one of only three players with 3,000 hits, 500 home runs and a .300 career average.
Sports · born 1987Joe Cadaprofessional poker playerPoker pro from Shelby Township in Macomb County who won the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event at 21, then the youngest champion ever.
Sports · born 1988Jordan Crawfordbasketball playerDetroit-born guard who attended a Detroit public high school before a college and NBA career that took him to Washington, Boston and several other franchises.
Music · born 1980Cha Charapper, actress, radio personalityDetroit-born rapper and Cass Tech alumna who released Dear Diary on Epic in 1999, worked with Royce da 5'9″ and later turned to acting and radio.
Music · born 1983Rob Cantorsinger-songwriter, guitarist, video creatorBloomfield Hills–raised guitarist and singer of Tally Hall, the band he formed at the University of Michigan, later known for the viral song “Shia LaBeouf.”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 ↗