List of Detroit City's Sons and Daughters

List of sons and daughters of the city Detroit ( Michigan ).

18th and 19th centuries

Alexander Macomb
(1782-1841)

Gene Buck
(1885-1957)

Avery Brundage
(1887-1975)

Pontiac († 1769), Indian chief
Alexander Macomb (1782–1841), General of the British-American War of 1812
Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891), politician
Montgomery M. Macomb (1852-1924), Brigadier General
Amelia Van Buren (1856–1942), photographer
Paul Morton (1857-1911), US Secretary of the Navy
Douglas Houghton Campbell (1859-1953), botanist
Gari Melchers (1860–1932), German-American painter
Frank Campeau (1864–1943), actor
Max Bendix (1866–1945), violinist and conductor
Edwin Francis Gay (1867–1946), economic historian and publicist
Robert P. Lamont (1867–1948), politician
Armin Otto Leuschner (1868–1953), astronomer and professor
Frederick Hale (1874–1963), politician
Mary Boland (1880–1965), actress
William Edward Boeing (1881–1956), aircraft designer
Howard Estabrook (1884–1978), screenwriter
Gene Buck (1885–1957), illustrator, songwriter and music producer
Avery Brundage (1887–1975), sports official, entrepreneur, patron of the arts and athlete
Frank Nelson (1887–1970), pole vaulter
Ralph Craig (1889–1972), track and field athlete
Edsel Ford (1893–1943), son of Henry Ford and President of the Ford Motor Company
Rudolph "Rudy" Cornelius Wiedoeft (1893–1940), saxophonist
Tillie Voss (1897-1975) American football player

20th century

1901-1910

Charles Lindbergh
(1902–1974)

John Victory
(1903-1942)

Edward Lansdale
(1908-1987)

Werner Emmanuel Bachmann (1901–1951), chemist and university professor
Gwen Wakeling (1901–1982), costume designer
Alfred Barr (1902–1981), art historian
Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974), pilot, writer and Medal of Honor holder
Chet Miller (1902-1953), racing car driver
Reginald Laubin (1903–2000), writer and artist
John Sieg (1903–1942), journalist and resistance fighter in Germany
Ralph Bunche (1904–1971), civil rights activist
Alice Lightner Hopf (1904–1988), writer
David R. Inglis (1905-1995), physicist
Frank Luptow (1905–1952), racing driver
Todd Webb (1905-2000), photographer
Gisela Gresser (1906–2000), chess player
Douglas McGregor (1906–1964), Professor of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Robert John Braidwood (1907-2003), archaeologist
Edward Lansdale (1908–1987), United States Air Force officer
Nelson Algren (1909–1981), writer
Samuel Balter (1909–1998), basketball player, Olympic champion
Jay Leyda (1910–1988), film historian and literary historian
Roger L. Stevens (1910–1998), theater producer and real estate agent

1911-1920

Bob Zurke (1912–1944), jazz musician (pianist, composer)
Arthur Henry Krawczak (1913–2000), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Detroit
John N. Mitchell (1913–1988), US Attorney General
John T. Parsons (1913–2007), inventor of numerically controlled machine tools
Arthur Siegel (1913–1978), photographer
Harry Morgan (1915-2011), actor
William Talman (1915–1968), actor
James Vicary (1915-1977), market researcher
Robert Minard Garrels (1916–1988), geochemist
Bill Stegmeyer (1916–1968), jazz musician and arranger
Herbert Stein (1916–1999), economist
Pat Flowers (1917–2000), jazz pianist and singer
Henry Ford II (1917–1987), President of the Ford Motor Company from 1945 to 1960
Marjorie G. Horning (1917-2020), biochemist and pharmacologist
Ted Petok (1917-2010), animator and cartoonist
Leonard J. Savage (1917–1971), statistician and mathematician
Robert L. Kahn (1918-2019), psychologist
Stirling Silliphant (1918–1996), screenwriter, film director and film producer
Clyde L. Cowan Jr. (1919-1974), physicist
Robert B. Leighton (1919–1997), experimental physicist and astronomer
Richard Quine (1920–1989), actor, screenwriter, composer, producer and film director
Eddie Slovik (1920–1945), soldier in World War II, executed for desertion
Warren H. Schmidt (1920–2016), organizational theorist and screenwriter

1921-1930

1921-1925

Robert P. Griffin
(1923-2015)

Elaine Stritch
(1925-2014)

Vince Banonis (1921-2010), football player
Art Clokey (1921–2010), animator and director
Isabella Karle (1921–2017), physical chemist
Hal Newhouser (1921-1998), baseball player
William Davidson (1922–2009), billionaire and patron
Robert James Huber (1922–2001), politician
Kim Hunter (1922–2002), actress
Buck Kartalian (1922-2016), actor
Robert P. Griffin (1923–2015), United States Senator for the State of Michigan
Milt Jackson (1923-1999), musician
John H. Noble (1923–2007), German-American entrepreneur
Walter Pitts (1923–1969), logician
Wally Cox (1924–1973), actor and writer
Major Holley (1924–1990), jazz musician
Norbert Schemansky (1924-2016), weightlifter
Lucky Thompson (1924–2005), saxophonist and composer
Joyce Randolph (born 1924), actress
Isadore M. Singer (* 1924), mathematician
John DeLorean (1925-2005), sports car maker
Frank Isola (1925-2004), jazz drummer
Joan Leslie (1925-2015), actress
Ed Nuccilli (1925–2011), jazz trumpeter, arranger and big band leader
Elaine Stritch (1925-2014), actress
Michael Tolan (1925–2011), film and stage actor
Ray West (1925-2016), sound engineer

1926-1930

Roger Corman
(born 1926)

James Lipton
(1926-2020)

George Peppard
(1928–1994)

John Conyers
(born 1929)

Robert Wagner
(* 1930)

Roger Corman (* 1926), independent film producer
John M. Dwyer (1926 / 35–2018), production designer
Kenny Hagood (1926-1989), jazz singer
Tim LaHaye (1926–2016), evangelical author and pastor of a Southern Baptist megachurch
James Lipton (1926-2020), writer and actor
Arthur Jeph Parker (1926–2002), production designer
Laurence Rosenthal (* 1926), composer of film scores
Hal Russell (1926-1992), jazz musician
Lorenzo Wright (1926–1972), track and field athlete
Hank Ballard (1927–2003), rhythm & blues and doo-wop singer
EM Broner (1927–2011), writer
Anita Darian (1927–2015), singer
Charles Gerhardt (1927–1999), conductor, arranger, sound engineer and music producer
Ray Johnson (1927-1995), mail artist
Emmett Leith (1927–2005), physicist and pioneer of holography
Guy Mitchell (1927–1999), pop singer and film actor
JR Monterose (1927-1993), jazz musician
Bess Bonnier (1928–2011), jazz pianist
Natalie Zemon Davis (* 1928), Canadian-American historian and cultural scientist
Joe Girard (1928-2019), car salesman and author
Sheila Jordan (* 1928), jazz singer
Philip Levine (1928–2015), poet and university lecturer
Harold McKinney (1928–2001), jazz pianist and music teacher
George Peppard (1928–1994), actor
Charles Byron Renfrew (1928–2017), lawyer, judge and business manager
John Conyers (1929–2019), politician
Edward Crook (1929-2005), boxer
Susie Garrett (1929–2002), actress and singer
Berry Gordy (* 1929), songwriter, music producer and entrepreneur
Barry Harris (* 1929), jazz pianist
Mike Ilitch (1929–2017), entrepreneur of Macedonian origin
Alexander Malec (1929-2014), science fiction author
Nancy E. Dick (born 1930), politician, lieutenant governor of Colorado
Jerry Dumas (1930–2016), comic book artist
Tommy Flanagan (1930-2001), jazz pianist
Thomas Gumbleton (* 1930), emeritus Roman Catholic bishop
Eddie Locke (1930–2009), jazz drummer
Jack Millman (* 1930), jazz trumpeter, arranger, composer and producer
Clarke Scholes (1930-2010), swimmer
Earl Van Dyke (1930–1992), pianist and multi-instrumentalist
Robert Wagner (* 1930), film and television actor

1931-1940

1931-1935

Ellen Burstyn
(* 1932)

Tom Skerritt
(born 1933)

Curtis Fuller
(born 1934)

Seymour Cassel
(born 1935)

Kenny Burrell (* 1931), jazz guitarist
Frank Gant (* 1931), modern jazz drummer
Brian Kelly (1931-2005), film and television actor
Sander M. Levin (* 1931), politician
Ray McKinney (1931-2004), jazz bassist
Martin Milner (1931–2015), film and theater actor
Terry Pollard (1931–2009), vibraphonist and pianist of modern jazz
Della Reese (1931–2017), singer and actress
Charlotte Zwerin (1931–2004), filmmaker
Dorothy Ashby (1932–1986), jazz harpist and composer
Virginia Baxter (1932-2014), figure skater
Claude Black (1932-2013), pianist
Ellen Burstyn (born 1932), actress
James Lee Byars (1932-1997), artist
Donald Byrd (1932-2013), jazz trumpeter
Roland Hanna (1932–2002), jazz pianist
Casey Kasem (1932–2014), radio presenter and speaker
Piper Laurie (born 1932), actress
Bernard McKinney (* 1932), jazz trombonist and hardbop euphonium player
Sonny Red (1932–1981), hardbop alto saxophonist
Jack Daniels (* 1933), pentathlete
John Davison (1933-2009), diplomat
Oliver Jackson (1933–1994), swing drummer
Bud LaLonde (1933-2017), economist
Jay C. Levinson (1933–2013), inventor of guerrilla marketing
Tom Skerritt (born 1933), actor
John R. Sommerfeldt (* 1933), medieval historian and Cistercian researcher
Alexander Joseph Brunett (1934–2020), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seattle
Patrick Ronald Cooney (1934–2012), Roman Catholic bishop
Curtis Fuller (* 1934), jazz trombonist
Teddy Harris (1934–2005), jazz pianist and arranger
Carl Levin (* 1934), US Senator for the State of Michigan from 1979 to 2015
Roger Reynolds (* 1934), composer
Teri Thornton (1934-2000), jazz singer
Jerry Uelsmann (* 1934), photographer
Doug Watkins (1934–1962), jazz double bass player and cellist
Jackie Wilson (1934–1984), rhythm and blues and soul singer
Sonny Bono (1935–1998), singer, actor and politician
Seymour Cassel (1935-2019), actor
Paul Humphrey (* 1935), jazz drummer
Michael Joseph Kaniecki (1935–2000), Roman Catholic Bishop of Fairbanks
Hugh Lawson (1935-1997), jazz pianist

1936-1940

Marlo Thomas
(* 1937)

Francis Ford Coppola
(* 1939)

Robert Shaye
(* 1939)

Mike Barone (* 1936), jazz musician
Renaldo Benson (1936–2005), soul and R&B singer
Helen Edwards (1936-2016), physicist
Levi Stubbs (1936–2008), singer in the rhythm and blues group The Four Tops
Patricia Boyle (1937–2014), federal judge
Alice Coltrane (1937–2007), jazz musician
Howard Garland (born 1937), mathematician
Louis Hayes (born 1937), jazz drummer
Jerry Kazdan (* 1937), mathematician
Ronald Modras (1937-2018), theologian
George Steele ( real name: William James Myers , 1937-2017), wrestler
Marlo Thomas (* 1937), actress and producer
Kenneth Edward Untener (1937-2004), Roman Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Saginaw
Roy Brooks (1938–2005), modern jazz drummer
Dave Cortez (born 1938), R&B musician and organ player
Bernie Krause (* 1938), musician, natural scientist and sound scientist
Dale Joseph Melczek (* 1938), emeritus Roman Catholic Bishop of Gary
Dave Pike (1938-2015), vibraphonist
Sugar Chile Robinson (* 1938), boogie-woogie pianist and singer
Tom Saunders (1938-2010), jazz cornetist and singer
Earl Williams (1938-2013), jazz musician
Francis Ford Coppola (* 1939), film director and film producer
Tom Hayden (1939–2016), activist and politician
Eddie Holland (* 1939), songwriter and music producer
Richard Kiel (1939–2014), actor
Robert Shaye (* 1939), film producer and director
Lily Tomlin (born 1939), actress and comedian
Kim Weston (* 1939), soul singer
Dennis James Coffey (born 1940), studio guitarist
Kenn Cox (1940–2008), jazz pianist, composer and university professor
Dave DeBusschere (1940-2003), basketball player
Bennie Maupin (* 1940), jazz musician
Smokey Robinson (born 1940), singer
Leon Ware (1940–2017), soul and R&B singer, songwriter and producer

1941-1950

1941-1945

Florence Ballard
(1943-1976)

Mary Wells
(1943-1992)

David E. Bonior
(born 1945)

Tom Selleck
(* 1945)

Gary Barone (1941–2019), jazz musician
Tom Coster (* 1941), keyboardist and songwriter
Henry Carr (1941–2015), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
Ronald DeVore (* 1941), mathematician
Brian Holland (* 1941), songwriter and music producer
Lamont Herbert Dozier (* 1941), songwriter and music producer
Robert McKee (* 1941), screenwriter and teacher of creative writing
Michael Moriarty (* 1941), film and theater actor, screenwriter and writer
Faruq Z. Bey (1942–2012), jazz musician and poet
James Blanchard (born 1942), politician
Bob Neloms (1942-2020), jazz pianist
Freda Payne (* 1942), soul and jazz singer
Sixto Rodriguez (born 1942), singer
Joan Roth (* 1942), photographer
Pat Rupp (1942–2006), ice hockey goalkeeper
Spencer R. Weart (born 1942), historian of science
John Witherspoon (1942-2019), comedy actor
Barry Zweig (1942-2020), jazz guitarist
Florence Ballard (1943–1976), musician
Jerry Bruckheimer (* 1943), producer
Dennis Greywall (* 1943), physicist
Peter Karmanos junior (* 1943), Greek-American entrepreneur
Diana L. Paxson (* 1943), writer of historical fantasy novels
Lauri Peters (* 1943), actress and dancer
Bruce Joel Rubin (* 1943), screenwriter, film producer and film director
Lin Shaye (born 1943), actress
Mary Wells (1943-1992), soul singer
Max Wright (1943-2019), actor
Jesse Brown (1944–2002), US Secretary of War Veterans
Mel Daniels (1944-2015), basketball player
Gregory Bruce Jarvis (1944–1986), NASA technician
Buzz Kilman (born 1944), radio host
Nathaniel Mayer (1944–2008), rhythm and blues singer
Scherrie Payne (born 1944), soul singer
Diana Ross (born 1944), singer
David E. Bonior (* 1945), politician
John Dawson (1945–2009), singer and musician
John Greenwood (1945-2015), racing car driver
Harvey Mandel (* 1945), blues musician, guitarist
William Edward Martz (1945–1983), chess player
John Michael Quinn (* 1945), Roman Catholic Bishop of Winona
Douglas Ramsay (1945–1961), figure skater
Bob Seger (* 1945), rock musician
Tom Selleck (born 1945), actor
Gary Visconti (* 1945), figure skater

1946-1950

Craig Patrick
(born 1946)

Mitt Romney
(* 1947)

Alice Cooper
(born 1948)

Maureen Anderman (born 1946), actress
Greg Hopkins (* 1946), jazz musician and university professor
Alfred Jones (born 1946), boxer
Craig Patrick (born 1946), ice hockey player and coach
Gilda Radner (1946–1989), actress and comedian
Peter J. Schoomaker (* 1946), General in the US Army
Robert J. Shiller (* 1946), economist
Drew Abbott (born 1947), guitarist
Thomas Larry Adcock (* 1947), crime writer
Chokwe Lumumba (1947–2014), politician
John Clayton Nienstedt (* 1947), Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Mitt Romney (* 1947), 2012 presidential candidate and former governor
Paul Schoenfield (* 1947), composer
Theda Skocpol (* 1947), sociologist and political scientist
Alice Cooper (born 1948), rock musician
Charles Eubanks (* 1948), jazz pianist
Glenn Frey (1948-2016), rock musician
Russ Hamilton (born 1948), poker player
Wayne Kramer (* 1948), guitarist, singer and composer
Paul Milgrom (* 1948), economist
Ted Nugent (born 1948), rock musician
Robert Remus (born 1948), wrestler ( Sgt.Slaughter )
Frank Retzel (* 1948), composer
Dennis Rowland (* 1948), actor and jazz singer
Michael Tylo (born 1948), actor
Jim Wallis (* 1948), preacher, Christian clergyman and book author
Colonel Abrams (1949-2016), singer, songwriter and house musician
Johnny Baldwin (born 1949), boxer
Linda Barnes (* 1949), crime novelist
Leonard Paul Blair (born 1949), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hartford
Jackson Krall (* 1949), musician and musical instrument maker
Lene Lovich (* 1949), singer
Reed Slatkin (1949–2015), entrepreneur and cheater
Jim Starlin (born 1949), comic book author and illustrator
Michael Udow (* 1949), percussionist, composer and music teacher
Vondie Curtis-Hall (born 1950), actor, director and screenwriter
Jango Edwards (* 1950), clown and comedian
Maria Ewing (* 1950), opera singer
Lynne Moody (born 1950), actress
Joseph Pehrson (* 1950), composer and pianist
Suzi Quatro (* 1950), singer and representative of glam rock from the 1970s to the early 1980s
Blaise Siwula (* 1950), jazz musician

1951-1960

1951-1955

Ben Carson
(born 1951)

Billy West
(born 1952)

Michael Netzer
(* 1955)

JK Simmons
(born 1955)

Ben Carson (* 1951), neurosurgeon
Joe DeLamielleure (born 1951), football player
David Patrick Kelly (born 1951), actor
Guy Consolmagno (* 1952), researcher and director of the Vatican Observatory
Marcella Detroit (born 1952), singer
George Gervin (born 1952), basketball player
Kim Kashkashian (* 1952), violist
Marc Levine (* 1952), mathematician
S. Epatha Merkerson (* 1952), actress
Joseph William Tobin (* 1952), Roman Catholic religious, Archbishop of Newark and Cardinal
Don Was (* 1952), musician and record producer
Billy West (* 1952), spokesman for cartoons and films in the USA
Curtis Armstrong (born 1953), actor
Tom Hulce (born 1953), actor
Thomas Ligotti (* 1953), writer
Patrick Brennan (* 1954), jazz musician
Marty Howe (born 1954), ice hockey player
Kevin Jarre (1954–2011), screenwriter and film producer
Bill Joy (* 1954), software developer
Mike Kelley (1954–2012), installation and performance artist
Earl Klugh (* 1954), jazz-pop-crossover guitarist
Aaron Kyle (born 1954), American football player
Lonette McKee (born 1954), actress and R&B singer-songwriter
Sid Meier (* 1954), Canadian programmer and designer of computer games
Ray Parker, Jr. (* 1954), guitarist, composer and music producer
Gerald Ross (* 1954), musician
Jeffrey Sachs (* 1954), economist
Eric Bischoff (* 1955), wrestling promoter
Joe Briski (* 1955), bobsledder
David Alan Grier (* 1955), actor and comedian
Mark Howe (born 1955), Canadian-American ice hockey player
Geoffrey A. Landis (* 1955), science fiction author and scientist working for NASA
Michael Netzer (* 1955), comic artist
Jaribu Shahid (* 1955), jazz musician
Newton Thomas Sigel (* 1955), cameraman
JK Simmons (born 1955), actor
Anna Sui (* 1955), fashion designer
Joel Zusammenarbeit (* 1955), producer and screenwriter

1956-1960

Dianne Reeves
(born 1956)

Daniel Licht
(1957-2017)

Bill Prady
(* 1960)

Ralphe Armstrong (* 1956), jazz bassist
Steve Ballmer (* 1956), manager, president and CEO of Microsoft
Stephen Bray (* 1956), songwriter, drummer and music producer
Rick Hollander (* 1956), jazz musician
Mark Lilla (* 1956), economist and political scientist
Rob Paulsen (* 1956), actor and voice actor
Greg Phillinganes (* 1956), session keyboardist and member of Toto
Dianne Reeves (* 1956), jazz singer and songwriter
Tom Schuler (* 1956), racing cyclist and cycling trainer
Mark Zbikowski (* 1956), software developer
Geri Allen (1957-2017), jazz pianist
Stephen Calder (* 1957), Canadian sailor
William Clay Ford Junior (born 1957), Chairman and General Manager of Ford Motor Company
John Grogan (born 1957), author
Daniel Licht (1957–2017), film music composer
Gordie Roberts (born 1957), ice hockey player
Katt Shea (* 1957), director and screenwriter
Yale Strom (* 1957), filmmaker, musician, composer, writer and photographer
Mike Binder (* 1958), screenwriter, film producer, film director and actor
Michael Jude Byrnes (* 1958), Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Agaña
Brad Budde (born 1958), football player
Kevin Kern (* 1958), pianist, musician and composer
Joseph LoDuca (* 1958), composer of film music
David McMurray (* 1958), jazz musician
Don Waddell (* 1958), ice hockey coach and general manager
Joseph Alessi (* 1959), trombonist
Gregg Bissonette (* 1959), drummer
Dave Coulier (born 1959), actor and stand-up comedian
Kevin Nash (born 1959), professional wrestler and actor
Gerard Battersby (* 1960), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Detroit
Jeffrey Eugenides (* 1960), writer
Kenny Garrett (* 1960), jazz saxophonist
Ray Kaczynski (* 1960), jazz drummer
Kathe Koja (* 1960), writer
Mark Ledford (1960-2004), jazz musician
James O'Barr (* 1960), comic book artist
Doug Poland (* 1960), motorcycle racer
Bill Prady (* 1960), screenwriter and film producer
Courtney B. Vance (born 1960), actor

1961-1970

Dave Brat
(born 1964)

Chad Zielinski
(* 1964)

Veronica Webb
(* 1965)

Anne Fletcher
(* 1966)

Carl Craig
(* 1969)

Lynn Hill (* 1961), mountaineer
Rick Margitza (* 1961), jazz musician
Connie Paraskevin-Young (* 1961), track cyclist and speed skater
Tom Sizemore (born 1961), actor
Duane Thomas (1961-2000), boxer
Juan Atkins (* 1962), co-founder of Detroit techno
Dan Gilbert (* 1962), entrepreneur
Carla Cook (* around 1962), jazz singer
Milton McCrory (born 1962), boxer
Alphonso Williams (1962–2019), soul singer and winner of the 14th season of the RTL talent show DSDS
Blake Baxter (* 1963), techno musician and DJ
Gerald Cleaver (born 1963), drummer
Keith Ellison (born 1963), politician
Neil LaBute (born 1963), director, writer and playwright
Derrick May (* 1963), co-founder of Detroit Techno
Robert John McClory (born 1963), Roman Catholic Bishop of Gary
Jeff Mills (* 1963), techno DJ and music producer
Jeffrey Marc Monforton (* 1963), Roman Catholic Bishop of Steubenville
Gail O'Grady (born 1963), actress
Mary Scheer (born 1963), actress
John Vanbiesbrouck (born 1963), ice hockey player
Dave Brat (* 1964), economist and politician
Terry Michael Brunk , Sabu (born 1964), wrestler
Steve McCrory (1964-2000), boxer and Olympic champion
Bob Murawski (* 1964), film editor and Oscar winner
Rockwell (born 1964), R&B singer
Kevin Saunderson (* 1964), co-founder of (Detroit) techno
Frank Tate (born 1964), boxer
CeCe Winans (* 1964), gospel singer
Chad Zielinski (* 1964), Roman Catholic Bishop of Fairbanks
Sherilyn Fenn (born 1965), actress
Tyehimba Jess (* 1965), poet and university lecturer
Jacqueline Kim (born 1965), actress
Richard Machowicz (1965–2017), soldier, martial arts instructor and TV presenter
Marguerite MacIntyre (born 1965), actress
Ted Raimi (* 1965), actor and screenwriter
Veronica Webb (* 1965), model, presenter, author and actress
Regina Carter (* 1966), violinist
Shanesia Davis-Williams (born 1966), actress
Anne Fletcher (* 1966), actress, director and choreographer
Kevin Hatcher (born 1966), ice hockey player
Ka-Dy King (born 1966), boxer
Dominic A. Antonelli (* 1967), astronaut
BJ Armstrong (born 1967), basketball player
Jason Dungjen (* 1967), figure skating coach and figure skater
Mike Hartman (born 1967), ice hockey player
Jennifer Goolsbee (* 1968), figure skater and ice dancer
Danny Jacobs (* 1968), comedian, actor and speaker
Clarence Penn (* 1968), jazz drummer
Rodney Whitaker (* 1968), jazz bassist
PJ Brown (born 1969), basketball player
Adam Burt (born 1969), ice hockey player
James Carter (* 1969), tenor saxophonist
Carl Craig (* 1969), techno producer and musician
Ben Finegold (* 1969), chess grandmaster
Vincenzo Natali (* 1969), film director
Sean Hickey (born 1970), composer
Cobi Jones (born 1970), football player
Walter Emanuel Jones (born 1970), actor
Quincy Watts (* 1970), athlete and Olympic champion

1971-1980

Eminem
(* 1972)

Chris Webber
(* 1973)

Judy Greer
(* 1975)

Jessica Cauffiel
(* 1976)

Kristen Bell
(born 1980)

Megan Abbott (* 1971), writer
Darnell Hall (born 1971), sprinter
Nicki Micheaux (* 1971), actress
Kenya Moore (* 1971), actress and film producer
David Ramsey (born 1971), actor
Paul Rosenberg (* 1971), music manager and lawyer
JD Allen III (* 1972), jazz saxophonist
Jerome Bettis (born 1972), football player
Eminem (* 1972), hip-hop artist, member of the rap crew D12
Hughes brothers (born 1972), film directors, screenwriters and producers
Puff Johnson (1972-2013), soul, rhythm and blues singer
Geoff Johns (* 1973), comic book writer, film producer and screenwriter
Anybody Killa (born 1973), rapper
Cornelius Bundrage (* 1973), professional boxer
Darius Hall (* 1973), basketball player
Carlos McKinney (* 1973), jazz pianist
Proof (1973-2006), rapper
Jalen Rose (born 1973), basketball player
Trick-Trick (* 1973), rapper
Chris Webber (* 1973), basketball player
J Dilla (1974-2006), hip hop artist
Jake Kasdan (* 1974), actor, film producer and director
Stacey Lovelace (* 1974), basketball player
Mark Tremonti (* 1974), guitarist, member of the rock bands Alter Bridge and Creed
Meg White (* 1974), drummer for the White Stripes
Xzibit (* 1974), hip-hop artist
Saladin Ahmed (* 1975), fantasy and comic author
Myndy Crist (born 1975), actress
Terry Gerin (* 1975), professional wrestler (Rhyno)
Judy Greer (* 1975), actress
Mike Grier (* 1975), ice hockey player and coach
Sufjan Stevens (* 1975), singer-songwriter
George Stults (* 1975), film actor
Jack White (* 1975), singer and guitarist of the White Stripes
Bizarre (born 1976), rapper
Jessica Cauffiel (born 1976), actress
Rachel Komisarz (* 1976), swimmer
Kuniva (born 1976), rapper
Swifty McVay (born 1976), rapper
Rashida Tlaib (* 1976), activist and politician
Michael Raymond-James (born 1977), actor
Royce da 5'9 " (* 1977), rapper
Geoff Stults (* 1977), actor and producer
Obie Trice (born 1977), rapper
Dwele (* 1978), soul singer
Kon Artis (* 1978), rapper and hip-hop producer
Corina Morariu (* 1978), American tennis player of Romanian descent
Michael Craig Russell (born 1978), tennis player
Tommy Clufetos (born 1979), drummer
Elisabeth Harnois (* 1979), actress
Kristen Bell (born 1980), actress
David Legwand (born 1980), ice hockey player