List of people from Detroit

List of people from Detroit

The following is a list of notable people from Detroit, Michigan. This list includes people who were born, have lived, or worked in and around Metro Detroit.

Contents

Architects[1]

  • [[Charles N. Agr

Artists and artisans[2]

Ceramists

Glass artists

  • Richard Ritter

Fashion designers

Painters

Photographers

Francesco Zerilli

Sculptors

Business, industry, academics, and labor [3][4]

Government and politics

Movie, radio, television figures, and journalists

See also: List of Michigan actors

Musicians, bands, composers

Sports figures

Writers, novelists, and poets

See also: Detroit in literature

See also

Flag of Detroit, Michigan.svg Metro Detroit portal

Notes

  1. ^ Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3. 
  2. ^ Baulch, Vivian M. (January 31, 1998).Detroit is fertile ground for art. Michigan History, The Detroit News. Retrieved on June 6, 2008.
  3. ^ Gavrilovich, Peter and Bill McGraw (2006). The Detroit Almanac, 2nd edition. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 9780937247488. 
  4. ^ Poremba, David Lee (2003). Detroit: A Motor City History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-2435-2. 
  5. ^ "Boyhood Home of Jeremiah Curtin (1835–1906) (Historic Marker Erected 1973)". Wisconsinhistory.org. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=12179&search_term=curtin. Retrieved January 30, 2011. 

References and further reading

  • Gavrilovich, Peter and Bill McGraw (2000). The Detroit Almanac. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 0937247341. 
  • Gavrilovich, Peter and Bill McGraw (2006). The Detroit Almanac, 2nd edition. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 9780937247488. 
  • Hendricks, Dave (August 15, 2008). "Hidalgo County leads state in jobless rate, job growth | leads, county, rate – Now". 26.218844;-98.232235: TheMonitor.com. http://www.themonitor.com/articles/leads_16029___article.html/county_rate.html. Retrieved January 30, 2011. 
  • Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3. 
  • Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4. 
  • Poremba, David Lee (2003). Detroit: A Motor City History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-2435-2. 
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