From inventors to entertainers to athletes, Detroit is the birth place or home to a number of powerful and influential individuals. Here are just a few of them.
Aaliyah - singer, actress
Tim Allen - actor, comedian
Anita Baker - singer
Francis Ford Coppola - film director, producer
Henry Ford - inventor
Rosa Parks - activist
Aretha Franklin - singer
Thomas Hearns - boxer
Casey Kasem - radio star
Elmore "Dutch" Leonard - author
Charles Lindbergh - pilot
Lone Ranger, radio star who debuted on local radio
Joe Louis - boxer
Madonna - actress, singer
Ed McMahon - television host
Smokey Robinson - singer, songwriter
Diana Ross - actress, singer
Tom Selleck - actor
Blair Underwood - actor
Robert Wagner - actor
Robin Williams - actor, comedian
Stevie Wonder - singer, songwriter
Eminem (b. Marshall Mathers)
Kid Rock (b. Robert James Ritchie)
Bob Seger - singer
Ted Nugent - singer
Jack and Meg White (the White Stripes)