Sports · born 1985Darko Miličićbasketball player, centerSerbian center whom the Pistons drafted second overall in 2003, ahead of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, and who won an NBA championship ring with Detroit in 2004 despite barely playing.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 filtersSports · born 1985Darko Miličićbasketball player, centerSerbian center whom the Pistons drafted second overall in 2003, ahead of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, and who won an NBA championship ring with Detroit in 2004 despite barely playing.
Sports · born 1989Marcus Morris Sr.basketball playerForward who spent two seasons with the Pistons and helped them reach the playoffs for the first time since 2009.
Sports · born 1987Jodie Meeksbasketball player, coachSharpshooting guard who signed a three-year deal with the Pistons in 2014 and nearly broke a Joe Dumars franchise record for three-pointers in a game before injuries cut his Detroit tenure short.
Sports · born 1988Justin Meramsoccer player, wingerMetro Detroit-born winger, son of Iraqi immigrants who met in the Detroit area, who played for the Iraq national team and later returned home to play for the Michigan Stars.
Fashion · born 1984Naima Morafashion modelWinner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 4, raised on Detroit's northwest side and a graduate of Cass Technical High School.
Sports · born 1982Jeremiah Masseybasketball playerDetroit-born power forward who attended Mackenzie High School before a college and professional career that took him through Kansas State and more than a decade of European and international basketball.
Sports · born 1985Megan Moulton-Levytennis playerGrosse Pointe-born tennis player, of Jamaican-American background, who built a career mainly in doubles, reaching a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 50.
Music · born 1987Teairra Marísinger, songwriter, actressDetroit-born R&B singer who signed with Roc-A-Fella Records at 16 while a student at the city's performing-arts high school; her debut album reached the Billboard top five.
Sports · born 1987Alec Martinezice hockey player, defensemanRochester Hills-born defenseman and three-time Stanley Cup champion who scored two of the biggest overtime goals in Los Angeles Kings history.
Music · born 1988Maejorrecord producer, singer, rapperSouthfield-born producer and singer who scored his first gold record while a University of Michigan student and later wrote and produced for Justin Bieber.
Music · born 1982Holly Mirandasinger-songwriter, multi-instrumentalistDetroit-raised singer-songwriter who began in church choirs and went on to front the Brooklyn band the Jealous Girlfriends and release acclaimed solo albums.
Music · born 1983Black Milkrapper, record producerDetroit rapper-producer who carried the J Dilla and Slum Village tradition into the 2000s with dense, live-sounding beats and albums such as Tronic and Album of the Year.
Literature · born 1982Jamaal Maypoet, editor, teacherDetroit poet of Hum and The Big Book of Exit Strategies, who taught poetry in Detroit public schools and co-founded the small press Organic Weapon Arts.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 ↗