Famous People from Detroit, Michigan

• Ashby, Dorothy

  The jazz harpist who recorded 'Afro-Harping' in 1968

• Bell, Kristen

  TV's Veronica Mars

• Bono, Sonny

  The mod 1960s singer who became a Congressman

• Brinkley, Christie

  Sports Illustrated cover girl and former wife of Billy Joel

• Bruckheimer, Jerry

  Big-budget movie producer behind Con Air and Bad Boys

• Bunche, Ralph

  The first black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize

• Burstyn, Ellen

  The mom in the movie The Exorcist

• Carson, Ben

  The neurosurgeon who ran for president in 2016

• Conyers, John Jr.

  U.S. Congressman from Michigan, 1964-2017

• Coppola, Francis Ford

  The director of The Godfather films

• Corman, Roger

  "The King of B-Movies"

• DeLorean, John

  Creator of the DeLorean car

• Dilla, J

  The Detroit hip-hop rapper/producer who did the album 'Donuts'

• Dyson, Michael Eric

  The author of the 2007 book Know What I Mean: Reflections on Hip-Hop

• Frey, Glenn

  The guitarist who co-founded The Eagles

• Gordy, Berry

  The founder of Motown Records

• Harnois, Elisabeth

  Christina on TV's Point Pleasant

• Hayden, Tom

  The California political activist once married to Jane Fonda

• Kasem, Casey

  The host of the radio show American Top 40

• LaHaye, Tim

  Minister and co-author of Left Behind

• Lindbergh, Charles

  The first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

• Lizzo

  The body-positive rapper who did "Truth Hurts" and "Batches & Cookies"

• McMahon, Ed

  Johnny Carson's Tonight Show sidekick

• Milner, Martin

  The veteran cop from TV's Adam-12

• Mitchell, John

  President Nixon's Attorney General convicted over Watergate

• Morgan, Harry

  Col. Sherman Potter on the long-running TV series MASH

• Nugent, Ted

  Bowhunting rock guitarist

• Radner, Gilda

  The early Saturday Night Live star who played Roseanne Roseannadanna

• Romney, Mitt

  Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-07

• Ross, Diana

  Motown megastar who was with The Supremes

• Selleck, Tom

  Magnum, P.I. on the TV show Magnum, P.I.

• Simmons, J.K.

  J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man movies

• Skinner, Nancy

  Liberal commentator and co-host of Doug Stephan's Good Day

• Tomlin, Lily

   Ernestine and Edith Ann from Laugh-In

• Wagner, Robert

  'Number Two' in the Austin Powers movies

• White Stripes, The

  The band who did "Seven Nation Army"

• Wilson, Jackie

  R&B pop/soul singer who did "Baby Workout"

See also: Born in Michigan