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List of people from Detroit, Michigan, US. 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. Activists.
Betsy Brandt, actress, Marie Schrader on Breaking Bad (born in Bay City) Christie Brinkley, model and actress (born in Monroe) Olivia Brown, actress (born in Frankfurt, West Germany and raised in Livonia, Michigan) Sophina Brown, actress, known as Nikki Betancourt on Numb3rs and Raina Troy on Shark (born in Saginaw)
The metropolitan Detroit area boasts two of the top live music venues in the U.S. Pine Knob Music Theater (formerly DTE Energy Music Theater, renamed back to the original Pine Knob) was the most attended summer venue in the U.S. in 2005 for the fifteenth consecutive year, while The Palace of Auburn Hills ranked twelfth, according to music ...
Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, [9] making it the 26th-most populous city in the United States. The Metro Detroit area, home to 4.3 million people, is the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area and the 14th-largest in the United States. A significant cultural center, Detroit is known for its ...
Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. [ 1 ] Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes.
The Detroit Partnership (also known as the Detroit crime family, the Detroit Combination, the Detroit Mafia, the Zerilli crime family (Italian pronunciation: [dzeˈrilli]), and the Tocco–Zerilli crime family) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Detroit, Michigan. The family mainly operates in Detroit and the Greater Detroit ...
Dick "Night Train" Lane, a defensive back who played six seasons for the Lions. Barry Sanders, a running back who played ten seasons for the Lions. Calvin Johnson, wide receiver who played nine seasons for the Lions. Doak Walker, a halfback and kicker who played six seasons for the Lions. Main article: List of Pro Football Hall of Fame ...
Metro Detroit. (2020) Metro Detroit is a major metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan, consisting of the city of Detroit and over 200 municipalities in the surrounding area with its largest employer being Oakland County. [ 2 ] There are varied definitions of the area, including the official statistical areas designated by the Office of ...