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Detroit ranks 40th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sydney, Athens, and Warsaw. Memorable people born in Detroit include Charles Lindbergh, Tom Selleck, and Francis Ford Coppola. Memorable people who died in Detroit include Robert Ettinger, Henry M. Leland, and Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston. Detroit has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many athletes, and singers. Detroit is located in United States.

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario. It is the 26th-most populous city in the United States and the largest U.S. city on the Canada–United States border with a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, while the Metro Detroit area at over 4.4 million people is the 14th-largest metropolitan area in the nation and second-largest in the Midwest. The seat of Wayne County, Detroit is a significant cultural center known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive and industrial background. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1714 and 1994, Detroit was the birth place of 218 globally memorable people, including Charles Lindbergh, Tom Selleck, and Francis Ford Coppola. Additionaly, 33 globally memorable people have passed away in Detroit including Robert Ettinger, Henry M. Leland, and Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Detroit were actors (61), musicians (31), singers (26), writers (17), and basketball players (13),  while most who died were athletes (7), singers (6), writers (3), politicians (3), and inventors (2).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Detroit, including Tom Selleck, George Peppard, and Ellen Burstyn. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Detroit, including Tom Selleck, George Peppard, and Ellen Burstyn.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Detroit since 1700.