Film & TV · born 1989Jack Falaheeactor, singerAnn Arbor-born and -raised actor best known as Connor Walsh on the ABC legal thriller How to Get Away with Murder.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
- 270 Detroit places
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Clear filtersFilm & TV · born 1989Jack Falaheeactor, singerAnn Arbor-born and -raised actor best known as Connor Walsh on the ABC legal thriller How to Get Away with Murder.
Press & broadcasting · born 1985Rima Fakihbeauty queen, TV personalityLebanese-born Dearborn resident who became Miss USA 2010, the first Arab American woman to win the title, representing Michigan.
Sports · born 1984Valtteri Filppulaice hockey player, centreFinnish centre who became the first Finn to play for the Red Wings, won the 2008 Stanley Cup scoring the second goal of the clinching game, and later returned to Detroit for two more seasons.
Sports · born 1984Prince Fielderbaseball player, first baseman, designated hitterPower-hitting first baseman who signed what was then the richest contract in Tigers history in 2012 and helped Detroit reach the World Series that year.
Sports · born 1981Cheryl Fordbasketball playerDetroit Shock forward, daughter of NBA great Karl Malone, who was named WNBA Rookie of the Year and champion in the same 2003 season and went on to win three titles with the team.
Music · born 1982Sean Forbeship-hop artist, accessibility advocateDeaf Detroit rapper who co-founded D-PAN to make music accessible in American Sign Language and signed with Eminem's first label, Web Entertainment.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 ↗