Founded 1701 by Antoine Cadillac.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Nelson Algren |
Author |
28-Mar-1909 |
9-May-1981 |
The Man with the Golden Arm |
| George Allen |
Football |
29-Apr-1918 |
31-Dec-1990 |
The Future is Now |
| Dennis Archer |
Politician |
1-Jan-1942 |
|
Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001 |
| George Argyros |
Business |
4-Feb-1937 |
|
Billionaire |
| C. Michael Armstrong |
Business |
18-Oct-1938 |
|
CEO of Comcast, 2002-04 |
| Curtis Armstrong |
Actor |
27-Nov-1953 |
|
Revenge of the Nerds |
| William Bagley |
Educator |
15-Mar-1874 |
1-Jul-1946 |
Opponent of Dewey's progressive education |
| Hank Ballard |
Musician |
18-Nov-1927 |
2-Mar-2003 |
The Twist |
| Steve Ballmer |
Business |
24-Mar-1956 |
|
CEO of Microsoft |
| Hans W. Becherer |
Business |
1935 |
|
CEO of Deere, 1989-2000 |
| Kristen Bell |
Actor |
18-Jul-1980 |
|
Veronica Mars |
| Jerome Bettis |
Football |
16-Feb-1972 |
|
Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back |
| Bruce Bialosky |
Business |
? |
|
Accountant, GOP activist |
| Mike Binder |
Actor |
1958 |
|
The Upside of Anger |
| Christopher J. Birosak |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity |
| Bizarre |
Musician |
5-Jul-1976 |
|
Girl chill out that shit came from my soul |
| Earl Blaik |
Football |
15-Feb-1897 |
6-May-1989 |
Head Coach at Army, 1941-58 |
| James J. Blanchard |
Politician |
8-Aug-1942 |
|
Governor of Michigan, 1983-91 |
| William Boeing |
Business |
1-Oct-1881 |
28-Sep-1956 |
Founder of Boeing, United Airlines |
| Ivan Boesky |
Business |
6-Mar-1937 |
|
Investment banker did insider trades |
| Mary Boland |
Actor |
28-Jan-1880 |
23-Jun-1965 |
Ruggles of Red Gap |
| David Bonior |
Politician |
6-Jun-1945 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1977-2003 |
| Sonny Bono |
Musician |
16-Feb-1935 |
5-Jan-1998 |
Moustached half of Sonny and Cher |
| Christie Brinkley |
Model |
2-Feb-1954 |
|
Supermodel |
| Jesse Brown |
Government |
27-Mar-1944 |
15-Aug-2002 |
U.S. Secretary of Veteran's Affairs 1993-97 |
| Jerry Bruckheimer |
Film/TV Producer |
21-Sep-1945 |
|
Bombastic Movie Producer |
| Avery Brundage |
Sports Figure |
28-Sep-1887 |
8-May-1975 |
International Olympic Committee Chair 1952-72 |
| Bugz |
Rapper |
5-Jan-1978 |
21-May-1999 |
Young rapper was original D12 member |
| Ralph Bunche |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1904 |
9-Dec-1971 |
UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 |
| Ellen Burstyn |
Actor |
7-Dec-1932 |
|
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
| Donald Byrd |
Jazz Musician |
9-Dec-1932 |
|
Hard bop trumpeter |
| Benjamin S. Carson |
Doctor |
18-Sep-1951 |
|
Neurosurgeon |
| Sharon Case |
Actor |
9-Feb-1971 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
| Seymour Cassel |
Actor |
22-Jan-1935 |
|
Faces |
| Jerome P. Cavanagh |
Politician |
16-Jun-1928 |
27-Nov-1979 |
Mayor of Detroit, 1962-70 |
| Michael F. Cavanagh |
Judge |
21-Oct-1940 |
|
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court |
| Bob Chester |
Musician |
20-Mar-1904 |
1977 |
Big band leader, Sunburst |
| Dennis Cole |
Actor |
19-Jul-1940 |
|
Beefcake model turned actor |
| Alice Coltrane |
Jazz Musician |
27-Aug-1937 |
12-Jan-2007 |
Musician and widow of John Coltrane |
| John Conyers |
Politician |
16-May-1929 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 14th |
| Alice Cooper |
Musician |
4-Feb-1948 |
|
No More Mr. Nice Guy |
| Francis Ford Coppola |
Film Director |
7-Apr-1939 |
|
Directed The Godfather |
| Roger Corman |
Film/TV Producer |
5-Apr-1926 |
|
Frankenstein Unbound |
| Dave Coulier |
Actor |
21-Dec-1959 |
|
Joey Gladstone on Full House |
| Wally Cox |
Actor |
6-Dec-1924 |
15-Feb-1973 |
Mr. Peepers |
| John Patrick Crecine |
Educator |
22-Aug-1939 |
28-Apr-2008 |
President of Georgia Tech, 1987-94 |
| William H. Cunningham |
Educator |
5-Jan-1944 |
|
Chancellor, UT System, 1992-2000 |
| Leon Czolgosz |
Assassin |
1873 |
29-Oct-1901 |
President McKinley's assassin |
| Pam Dawber |
Actor |
18-Oct-1951 |
|
Mork's wife on Mork and Mindy |
| Dave DeBusschere |
Basketball |
16-Oct-1940 |
14-May-2003 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Deelishis |
TV Personality |
2-Jan-1978 |
|
Flavor of Love |
| Joe DeLamielleure |
Football |
16-Mar-1951 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer |
| John DeLorean |
Business |
6-Jan-1925 |
19-Mar-2005 |
Automobile designer and entepreneur |
| Lawrence Di Rita |
Government |
? |
|
Rumsfeld chief of staff |
| Charles Diggs, Jr. |
Politician |
2-Dec-1922 |
24-Aug-1998 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1955-80 |
| J Dilla |
Music Producer |
7-Feb-1974 |
10-Feb-2006 |
Producer of Slum Village |
| Shaggy 2 Dope |
Rapper |
14-Oct-1974 |
|
Half of Insane Clown Posse |
| Matthew Dowd |
Government |
c. 1962 |
|
Bush/Cheney Chief Campaign Strategist |
| Doris Dowling |
Actor |
15-May-1923 |
18-Jun-2004 |
The Lost Weekend |
| James Duval |
Actor |
10-Sep-1972 |
|
Go |
| Wayne Dyer |
Religion |
10-May-1940 |
|
The father of motivation |
| Michael Eric Dyson |
Scholar |
23-Oct-1958 |
|
Know What I Mean? |
| Cynthia G. Efird |
Diplomat |
c. 1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Angola |
| Keith Ellison |
Politician |
4-Aug-1963 |
|
Congressman, Minnesota 5th |
| Jeffrey Eugenides |
Author |
8-Mar-1960 |
|
The Virgin Suicides |
| Sherilyn Fenn |
Actor |
1-Feb-1965 |
|
Twin Peaks starlet |
| Carolyn Forché |
Poet |
28-Apr-1950 |
|
The Country Between Us |
| Edsel Ford |
Business |
6-Nov-1893 |
26-May-1943 |
President of Ford, 1919-43 |
| Edsel B. Ford II |
Business |
27-Dec-1947 |
|
Former executive, Ford Motor |
| Henry Ford II |
Business |
4-Sep-1917 |
29-Sep-1987 |
Former President, CEO of Ford |
| William Clay Ford, Jr. |
Business |
3-May-1957 |
|
CEO of Ford, 2001-06 |
| William Clay Ford, Sr. |
Business |
14-Mar-1925 |
|
Ford exec and owner of the Detroit Lions |
| William D. Ford |
Politician |
6-Aug-1927 |
14-Aug-2004 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1965-95 |
| J. Richard Fredericks |
Business |
1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Switzerland, 1999-2001 |
| Glenn Frey |
Musician |
6-Nov-1948 |
|
Lead vocals and guitar, Eagles |
| Max Gail |
Actor |
5-Apr-1943 |
|
Det. Wojciehowicz on Barney Miller |
| Slim Gaillard |
Jazz Musician |
4-Jan-1916 |
26-Feb-1991 |
Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti |
| George Gervin |
Basketball |
27-Apr-1952 |
|
The Iceman |
| Berry Gordy |
Business |
28-Nov-1929 |
|
Founder of Motown Records |
| Judy Greer |
Actor |
20-Jul-1975 |
|
13 Going on 30 |
| Roman S. Gribbs |
Politician |
29-Dec-1925 |
|
Mayor of Detroit, 1970-74 |
| David Alan Grier |
Comic |
30-Jun-1955 |
|
In Living Color |
| Conrad K. Harper |
Attorney |
c. 1940 |
|
Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett |
| Robert Hayden |
Poet |
4-Aug-1913 |
25-Feb-1980 |
Words in the Mourning Time |
| Tom Hayden |
Activist |
11-Dec-1939 |
|
Jane Fonda's ex |
| Dennis M. Hertel |
Politician |
7-Dec-1948 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1981-93 |
| James P. Hoffa |
Labor Leader |
19-May-1941 |
|
Jimmy Hoffa's son |
| Eddie Holland |
Musician |
30-Oct-1939 |
|
R&B songwriter, producer and performer |
| DeShaun Holton |
Rapper |
2-Oct-1975 |
11-Apr-2006 |
D-12 |
| Dennis H. Holtschneider |
Educator |
14-Jan-1965 |
|
President, DePaul University |
| Larry J. Hopkins |
Politician |
25-Oct-1933 |
|
Congressman from Kentucky, 1979-93 |
| Albert Hughes |
Film Director |
01-Apr-1972 |
|
A Hughes Brother |
| Allen Hughes |
Film Director |
01-Apr-1972 |
|
A Hughes Brother |
| Kim Hunter |
Actor |
12-Nov-1922 |
11-Sep-2002 |
Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Violent J |
Rapper |
28-Apr-1972 |
|
Half of Insane Clown Posse |
| Darren James |
Pornstar |
25-Feb-1964 |
|
Testing HIV+ shut down the porn industry in 2004 |
| Bill Jenkins |
Politician |
29-Dec-1936 |
|
Congressman, Tennessee 1st |
| Michael M. E. Johns |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
Chancellor, Emory University |
| Bill Joy |
Computer Programmer |
8-Nov-1954 |
|
BSD designer, C shell, vi, Java |
| Conrad L. Mallett, Jr |
Business |
12-Nov-1953 |
|
Chief Justice of Michigan, 1997-99 |
| Howard Kaloogian |
Politician |
30-Dec-1959 |
|
Conservative activist |
| Jake Kasdan |
Film Director |
28-Oct-1974 |
|
Orange County |
| Casey Kasem |
Radio Personality |
27-Apr-1932 |
|
American Top 40 Countdown |
| David Patrick Kelly |
Actor |
23-Jan-1951 |
|
The Warriors |
| Marilyn Kelly |
Judge |
15-Apr-1938 |
|
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court |
| Richard Kiel |
Actor |
13-Sep-1939 |
|
"Jaws" in Moonraker |
| Carolyn Kilpatrick |
Politician |
25-Jun-1945 |
|
Congresswoman, Michigan 13th |
| Kwame Kilpatrick |
Politician |
8-Jun-1970 |
|
Mayor of Detroit |
| Michael Kinsley |
Pundit |
9-Mar-1951 |
|
Slate founder |
| Bernie Krause |
Musician |
8-Dec-1938 |
|
Field recordist, electronic musician |
| Neil LaBute |
Film Director |
19-Mar-1963 |
|
Director, In the Company of Men |
| Tim LaHaye |
Religion |
27-Apr-1926 |
|
Left Behind series |
| Robert P. Lamont |
Politician |
1-Dec-1867 |
20-Feb-1948 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1929-32 |
| Piper Laurie |
Actor |
22-Jan-1932 |
|
Catherine Packard in Twin Peaks |
| Robert B. Leighton |
Astronomer |
10-Sep-1919 |
9-Mar-1997 |
Leighton dishes |
| Joan Leslie |
Actor |
26-Jan-1925 |
|
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Armin O. Leuschner |
Astronomer |
16-Jan-1868 |
22-Apr-1953 |
Astronomer at Berkeley |
| Carl Levin |
Politician |
28-Jun-1934 |
|
US Senator from Michigan |
| Sandy Levin |
Politician |
6-Sep-1931 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 12th |
| Philip Levine |
Poet |
10-Jan-1928 |
|
What Work Is |
| Charles Lindbergh |
Aviator |
4-Feb-1902 |
26-Aug-1974 |
Transatlantic soloist |
| James Lipton |
TV Personality |
19-Sep-1926 |
|
Host, Inside the Actors Studio |
| John Lott |
Economist |
8-May-1958 |
|
More Guns, Less Crime |
| John Albert Macy |
Critic |
10-Apr-1877 |
26-Aug-1932 |
Socialism in America |
| Richard A. Manoogian |
Business |
1936 |
|
CEO of Masco |
| Stephen J. Markman |
Judge |
4-Jun-1949 |
|
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court |
| Kim Mathers |
Relative |
9-Jan-1975 |
|
Eminem's two-time ex-wife |
| Jack H. McDonald |
Politician |
28-Jun-1932 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1967-73 |
| Lonette McKee |
Actor |
22-Jul-1954 |
|
Maggie Davis on Third Watch |
| Ed McMahon |
Talk Show Host |
6-Mar-1923 |
|
The Tonight Show |
| Sid Meier |
Computer Programmer |
1954 |
|
Father of Computer Gaming |
| James R. Mellor |
Business |
c. 1930 |
|
CEO of General Dynamics, 1994-97 |
| Candice Miller |
Politician |
7-May-1954 |
|
Congresswoman, Michigan 10th |
| Martin Milner |
Actor |
28-Dec-1931 |
|
LAPD officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12 |
| Elvis Mitchell |
Critic |
1958 |
|
Mumbling ex-New York Times film critic |
| John Mitchell |
Government |
15-Sep-1913 |
9-Nov-1988 |
Attorney General and Watergate figure |
| Marvin Mitchelson |
Attorney |
7-May-1928 |
18-Sep-2004 |
Celebrity divorce lawyer |
| Kenya Moore |
Actor |
24-Jan-1971 |
|
Miss USA for 1993 |
| Harry Morgan |
Actor |
10-Apr-1915 |
|
Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H |
| Michael Moriarty |
Actor |
5-Apr-1941 |
|
ADA on Law & Order |
| Michael E. Murphy |
Government |
1962 |
|
Founding partner, D.C. Navigators |
| Kevin Nash |
Wrestling |
9-Jul-1959 |
|
WCW wrestler, turned actor |
| Denise Nicholas |
Actor |
12-Jul-1944 |
|
A Piece of the Action |
| Ted Nugent |
Musician |
13-Dec-1948 |
|
Rock star, bowhunting enthusiast |
| Daniel A. O'Donohue |
Diplomat |
27-Oct-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Thailand, 1988-91 |
| Gail O'Grady |
Actor |
23-Jan-1963 |
|
American Dreams |
| Zeena Parkins |
Musician |
? |
|
Avant-garde harpist |
| Craig Patrick |
Hockey |
20-May-1946 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer, coach and manager |
| Rob Paulsen |
Actor |
11-Mar-1956 |
|
Voice of Ninja Turtle Raphael |
| George Peppard |
Actor |
1-Oct-1928 |
8-May-1994 |
The A Team |
| Marge Piercy |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1936 |
|
Gone to Soldiers |
| Suzi Quatro |
Musician |
3-Jun-1950 |
|
Can the Can |
| Richard Quine |
Film Director |
12-Nov-1920 |
10-Jun-1989 |
Bell Book and Candle |
| Gilda Radner |
Comic |
28-Jun-1946 |
20-May-1989 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Ted Raimi |
Actor |
14-Dec-1965 |
|
Joxer on Xena, Warrior Princess |
| Mary Lynn Rajskub |
Actor |
22-Jun-1971 |
|
Mr Show, The Larry Sanders Show |
| Joyce Randolph |
Actor |
21-Oct-1925 |
|
Trixie on The Honeymooners |
| Della Reese |
Musician |
6-Jul-1931 |
|
Touched by an Angel |
| Robert Richer |
Business |
11-Dec-1953 |
|
Total Intelligence Solutions |
| Dave Riley |
Bassist |
? |
|
Big Black bassist |
| Smokey Robinson |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Feb-1940 |
|
Motown singer, A Quiet Storm |
| Sugar Ray Robinson |
Boxing |
3-May-1921 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Welterweight and Middleweight champ |
| Mitt Romney |
Politician |
12-Mar-1947 |
|
Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-07 |
| Frank Rosolino |
Jazz Musician |
20-Aug-1926 |
26-Nov-1978 |
Jazz trombonist, Turn Me Loose! |
| Diana Ross |
Singer |
26-Mar-1944 |
|
Dominion over The Supremes |
| Robert E. Rossiter |
Business |
15-Feb-1946 |
|
CEO of Lear |
| Jeffrey Sachs |
Economist |
5-Nov-1954 |
|
The End of Poverty |
| Gus Savage |
Politician |
30-Oct-1925 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1981-93 |
| Peter Schoomaker |
Military |
12-Feb-1946 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 2003-07 |
| Tom Selleck |
Actor |
29-Jan-1945 |
|
Magnum, P.I. |
| Betty Shabazz |
Activist |
28-May-1936 |
23-Jun-1997 |
Widow of Malcolm X |
| Robert Shaye |
Business |
3-Mar-1949 |
|
Co-CEO of New Line Cinema |
| Grant Show |
Actor |
27-Feb-1962 |
|
Jake Hanson on Melrose Place |
| J. K. Simmons |
Actor |
9-Jan-1955 |
|
J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man |
| Tom Sizemore |
Actor |
29-Nov-1961 |
|
Heat, Robbery Homicide Division |
| Tom Skerritt |
Actor |
25-Aug-1933 |
|
Viper in Top Gun |
| Eddie Slovik |
Military |
18-Feb-1920 |
31-Jan-1945 |
U.S. soldier executed for desertion |
| Richard M. Smith |
Journalist |
1946 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek |
| Herbert Stein |
Economist |
27-Aug-1916 |
8-Sep-1999 |
Economic adviser for Nixon |
| Sufjan Stevens |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Jul-1975 |
|
Indie folk performer |
| James Stinson |
Electronic Musician |
14-Sep-1969 |
3-Sep-2002 |
Drexciya |
| Elaine Stritch |
Actor |
2-Feb-1925 |
|
Two's Company |
| Geoff Stults |
Actor |
15-Dec-1977 |
|
Ben Kinkirk on 7th Heaven |
| George Stults |
Actor |
16-Aug-1975 |
|
Kevin Kinkirk on 7th Heaven |
| William Talman |
Actor |
4-Feb-1915 |
30-Aug-1968 |
Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason |
| Pamela Thomas-Graham |
Business |
24-Jun-1963 |
|
CEO of CNBC, 2001-05 |
| Lily Tomlin |
Actor |
1-Sep-1939 |
|
Laugh-In |
| Obie Trice |
Rapper |
14-Nov-1977 |
|
Got Some Teeth |
| Reginald M. Turner, Jr. |
Attorney |
1960 |
|
Partner, Clark Hill |
| Michael Tylo |
Actor |
16-Oct-1948 |
|
Guiding Light |
| Courtney B. Vance |
Actor |
12-Mar-1960 |
|
ADA Ron Carver in Law & Order: CI |
| Robert Wagner |
Actor |
10-Feb-1930 |
|
Jonathan Hart Hart to Hart |
| Don Was |
Musician |
13-Sep-1952 |
|
Half of the music duo Was (Not Was) |
| Kenneth L. Way |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Lear, 1988-2000 |
| Veronica Webb |
Model |
23-Feb-1965 |
|
Model, Revlon spokeswoman |
| Chris Webber |
Basketball |
1-Mar-1973 |
|
2003 NBA All-star, Sacramento Kings |
| Mary Wells |
Singer |
13-May-1943 |
26-Jul-1992 |
My Guy |
| Matthew E. Welsh |
Politician |
15-Sep-1912 |
28-May-1995 |
Governor of Indiana, 1961-65 |
| Billy West |
Actor |
16-Apr-1952 |
|
Futurama voices, Ren and Stimpy |
| Kim Weston |
Musician |
30-Dec-1939 |
|
It Takes Two |
| B. Joseph White |
Educator |
6-Apr-1947 |
|
President, University of Illinois |
| Jack White |
Musician |
9-Jul-1975 |
|
Frontman for The White Stripes |
| Ronnie White |
Musician |
5-Apr-1939 |
26-Aug-1995 |
The Miracles |
| G. Mennen Williams |
Politician |
23-Feb-1911 |
2-Feb-1988 |
Governor of Michigan, 1949-61 |
| Jackie Wilson |
Singer |
9-Jun-1934 |
21-Jan-1984 |
Lonely Teardrops |
| Sherwin T. Wine |
Religion |
25-Jan-1928 |
21-Jul-2007 |
Humanistic Judaism |
| John Witherspoon |
Comic |
27-Jan-1942 |
|
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back! |
| Max Wright |
Actor |
2-Aug-1943 |
|
The dad on ALF |
| Xzibit |
Rapper |
8-Jan-1974 |
|
Pimp My Ride |
