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Detroit, as seen from Windsor, Canada The following is a list of people from Detroit , Michigan. This list includes notable people who were born, have lived, or worked in and around Detroit as well as its metropolitan area .
Oscar Marx, mayor of Detroit 1913–18 (born in Wayne County) Louis Miriani, mayor of Detroit 1957–62 (born in Detroit) Russell C. Ostrander, mayor of Lansing and chief justice of state Supreme Court (born in Ypsilanti) Hazen S. Pingree, mayor of Detroit 1890–97 (born in Denmark, Maine; moved to Detroit)
Frank Reiber, catcher for Detroit Tigers (born in West Virginia, raised in Detroit) Merv Rettenmund , 3-time World Series champion outfielder and coach (born in Flint ) Ed Reulbach , early 20th Century pitcher for Chicago Cubs , best known for all-Chicago 1906 World Series (born in Detroit )
Free Press Flashback explores the work of Robert Hayden, the celebrated poet who grew up in Detroit's Paradise Valley. Detroit abounds in the work of a local poet who became world famous Skip to ...
Detroit, Michigan Joseph Samuel Girardi (November 1, 1928 – February 28, 2019), better known as Joe Girard , was an American salesman, motivational speaker, and author. Girard sold 13,001 cars at a Chevrolet dealership between 1963 and 1978, and was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the seller of the most cars in a year ...
James Deren, literary nonfiction writer (born in Detroit (resides in White Lake) Joe Falls, sportswriter for Detroit newspapers 1956–2004 (born in New York, moved to Detroit) M. F. K. Fisher, food writer (born in Albion) Terry Foster, sportswriter and radio personality (born in Detroit) Ron Fournier, national political journalist (born in ...
The 304-page volume is a definitive in-person account of the late, great Detroit band, overseen by veteran editors Jaan Uhelszki and Brad Tolinski, based on work begun by the late rock journalist ...
Kennedy Johnson was 15 years old when she gave birth to a baby girl in a Detroit foster home for teen moms, in February 1996. Twenty-five years later, when Johnson found herself in northern Ghana ...