The list of people from Detroit includes those who were born, have lived, or worked in Detroit, Michigan, and in Metro Detroit.
Activists
Artists and designers
Architects
Ceramists
Dancers
Fashion designers
Painters
Photographers
Sculptors
Textile and interior designers
Astronauts
Business, industry, academics, and labor
Clergy and religion
Government and politics
- Albert M. Bielawski (1867âÂÂ1942), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- James Blanchard (born 1942), U.S. representative for Michigan and governor of Michigan
- Suzanne Bonamici (born 1954), U.S. representative for Oregon
- Sonny Bono (1935âÂÂ1998), U.S. representative for California
- Walter B. Brady, member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- Cora Brown (1914âÂÂ1972), first African American woman elected to a state senate who was a member of the Michigan Senate
- Henry Billings Brown (1836âÂÂ1913), justice of the Supreme Court
- Vern Buchanan (born 1951), U.S. representative for Florida
- Ella Bully-Cummings (born 1958), chief of the Detroit Police
- Ralph Bunche (1904âÂÂ1971), Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomat
- Mickey Cafagna (1943âÂÂ2009), mayor of Poway, California
- Walter H. Campbell (1876âÂÂ1944), member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Ben Carson (born 1951), secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Lewis Cass (1782âÂÂ1866), secretary of state and U.S. senator for Michigan
- Roy D. Chapin (1880âÂÂ1936), secretary of Commerce
- J. Michelle Childs (born 1966), federal judge
- John Conyers (1929âÂÂ2019), U.S. representative for Michigan
- Leon Czolgosz (1873âÂÂ1901), anarchist who assassinated president William McKinley
- Francis X. Desnoyers (1813âÂÂ1868), mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Thomas E. Dewey (1902âÂÂ1971), governor of New York
- Debbie Dingell (born 1953), U.S. representative for Michigan
- John Dingell (1926âÂÂ2019), U.S. representative for Michigan
- John Dingell Sr. (1894âÂÂ1955), U.S. representative for Michigan
- Gershwin A. Drain (born 1949), federal judge
- Keith Ellison (born 1963), U.S. representative for Minnesota and attorney general of Minnesota
- Jack Faxon (1936âÂÂ2020), member of the Michigan Senate
- William Webb Ferguson (1857âÂÂ1910), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- Moses W. Field (1828âÂÂ1889), U.S. representative for Michigan
- Burley Follett (1806âÂÂ1877), mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Michael Fougere (born 1956), mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan
- Nathan Goodell (1798âÂÂ1883), mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Reneé Hall (born 1971), police chief of the Dallas Police Department
- Albert Hammond (1883âÂÂ1968), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Tom Hayden (1939âÂÂ2016), member of the California State Senate
- Robert J. Huber (1922âÂÂ2001), U.S. representative for Michigan
- Tupac A. Hunter (born 1973), member of the Michigan Senate
- Jon A. Husted (born 1967), U.S. senator for Ohio
- Marilyn Jean Kelly (born 1938), chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
- Kwame Kilpatrick (born 1970), mayor of Detroit
- T. John Lesinski (1925âÂÂ1996), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- Carl Levin (1934âÂÂ2021), U.S. senator for Michigan
- Henry W. Lord (1821âÂÂ1891), U.S. representative for Michigan
- Alfred Lucking (1856âÂÂ1929), U.S. representative for Michigan
- Eileen McNulty (born 1952), Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue
- John N. Mitchell (1913âÂÂ1988), United States attorney general
- Frank Murphy (1890âÂÂ1949), governor of Michigan and Supreme Court justice
- Simon J. Murphy Jr. (1851âÂÂ1926), mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
- John Stoughton Newberry (1826âÂÂ1887), U.S. representative for Michigan
- Casmer P. Ogonowski (1923âÂÂ2012), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- Dorothy Comstock Riley (1924âÂÂ2004), judge of the Michigan Supreme Court
- Mitt Romney (born 1947), U.S. senator for Utah and governor of Massachusetts
- Henry Hastings Sibley (1811âÂÂ1891), governor of Minnesota
- Shri Thanedar (born 1955), U.S. representative for Michigan
- Rashida Tlaib (born 1976), U.S. representative for Michigan
- Augustus B. Woodward (1774âÂÂ1827), judge of Michigan Territory and Florida Territory
- Coleman Young (1918âÂÂ1997), mayor of Detroit
Military
Movie, radio, television, and journalism
Musicians, bands and composers
Sports figures
American football
Baseball
Basketball
Bodybuilding
Boxing
Fencing
Frisbee
Golf
Hockey
Mixed martial arts
Motorsports
Olympians
Professional wrestling
Soccer
Swimming and diving
Tennis
Track and field
Writers, novelists and poets
Others
See also
Notes
References and further reading