Film & TV · born 2004Kaitlyn Mahersinger, actressSinger and actress born in Novi, northwest of Detroit, who became the youngest top-10 finalist in America's Got Talent history at age four.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
- 4 fields
Hungarian ties 22 Detroiters with Hungarian ties →
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Clear filtersFilm & TV · born 2004Kaitlyn Mahersinger, actressSinger and actress born in Novi, northwest of Detroit, who became the youngest top-10 finalist in America's Got Talent history at age four.
Sports · born 1990Greg Monroebasketball playerPistons power forward-center for five seasons who was the last Detroit player to wear No. 10 before it was retired for Dennis Rodman.
Sports · born 1997Thon Makerbasketball playerSouth Sudanese-Australian center-forward who hit a tiebreaking three-pointer for the Pistons before departing as a free agent.
Sports · born 1991Ray McCallum Jr.basketball playerDetroit-born guard who won a state title at Detroit Country Day School and played college basketball for his father at the University of Detroit Mercy.
Sports · born 1992Petr Mrázekice hockey goaltenderCzech goaltender developed through Detroit's farm system who became the Red Wings' rookie of the year and later returned to the club briefly during a well-traveled NHL career.
Sports · born 1997Kyle MacksnowboarderRoyal Oak-born snowboarder from West Bloomfield who won Olympic silver in Big Air at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, an unusual winter-sports success story out of flat, suburban Detroit.
Music · born 2002Chloe Moriondosinger-songwriter, YouTuberMetro Detroit singer-songwriter who began posting ukulele covers on YouTube as a child in 2014 and grew into an indie pop and pop-punk artist with millions of followers.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 ↗