Famous People Born in Detroit

Detroit is the pioneer who first, who constructed a highway road for the first time in the Human History. It has the wonderful floating post office and the mails are carried by the vessels that transport. It has the world's highest bowlers. The climate here is winter giving the people here a very suitable situation to play games. These people started the first ever radio broadcasting of radio news and its previous old name was 8 MK. There are vast salt deposits spread out to a large space in Detroit and the salt company there is more than 100 years old.

  • Kenya Moore Story - Miss USA, The Beauty With Social Awareness
    Kenya Summer Moore is an American actress, model, former Miss USA, television star, producer and author. Moore was the second participant from Detroit to the win the “Miss USA” Pageant. She appears in The Real Housewives of Atlanta, a Bravo reality televis...

  • Glen Frey Story
    Profile Glenn Lewis Frey was a singer, actor, song-writer and producer of American origin. He was popularly known as one of the founding members of the rock band, Eagles. Frey played multiple musical instruments; guitar, paino and keyboards. He has 24 Top ...

  • Dan Gilbert Success Story
    Synopsis Dan Gilbert is the founder and chairman of Rock Ventures & Quicken Loans. The esteemed entrepreneur also holds majority stakes in NBA team Cleveland Cavaliers, AHL’s Lake Erie Monsters, Cleveland Gladiators of Arena Football League & Canton C...
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    Mitt Romney Success Story
    Mitt Romeny is a venture capitalist by profession, and served as the 70th Governor of the Massachusetts State from 2003 to 2007. ...
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    Eli Broad Success Story
    Profile Eli Broad is an American entrepreneur and a philanthropist. He is ranked as the 185th wealthiest person in the world by Forbes in 2015. ...
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    Steve Ballmer Success Story
    One of the most prominent names in the computing and software arena over the past three decades has undoubtedly been Microsoft. The company whose owner is the unparalleled ric...

Detroit has a recovering economy and it expects that the present year would help the state to improve the economy through the increasing auto sales. It is a good news for the Detroiters that the unemployment rate is decreasing. The auto industry is employing a lot of people in this state. Maximum wealth to the economy is contributed by tourism and exports. During the year 2014, Detroit was the 5th largest exporter among the country's 50 states.

Albeit of the economic depression Detroit faced, there is no scarcity of eminent and respected people here who excelled in several fields. From Miss USA to Politicians, from politicians to singers this state is rich with young and proficient people. Kenya Moore is an actress cum model who won the Miss USA title in the year 1993. Keith Ellison- the first Muslim in the US Congress is born in Detroit. He was successfully elected three times to the house and is well known for social work.