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High Schools in Detroit, Michigan
Cass Technical High School
Cooley High School
Detroit Central High School
Henry Ford High School
High School of Performing Arts
Liggett High School
Lincoln High School
Mackenzie High School
Martin Luther King High School
Murray-Wright High School
Pershing High School
Redford High School
St. Monica's High School
University of Detroit High School


Famous People born in Detroit, Michigan
CelebrityTypeBornHigh SchoolSummary
George AllenAthlete4/29/1918Lake Shore (St. Clair Shores,MI)Football player. Hall of fame NFL coach from 1966-1977.
Curtis ArmstrongActor11/27/1953Berkley (Berkley,MI)Booger on Revenge of the Nerds. Moonlighting.
Steve BallmerEntrepreneur3/24/1956Detroit Country Day (Birmingham,MI)Microsoft Executive and CEO.
Jerome BettisAthlete2/16/1972Mackenzie (Detroit,MI)NFL Running back between 1993-2006
Rupert BonehamTelevision Personality1/27/1964Haworth (Kokomo,IN)Contestant in Survivor Pearl Islands and in Survivor All-Stars.
David BoniorGovernment6/6/1945Notre Dame (Pontiac,MI)Michigan congressman from 1977-2003.
Sonny BonoMusician, Government2/16/1935Inglewood (Inglewood,CA)Part of the Sonny and Cher duo and became mayor Palm Springs, California and a US congressman for California.
Christie BrinkleyModel2/2/1954Pacific Palisades (Pacific Palisades,CA)Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, National Lampoon Vacation.
Jerry BruckheimerFilm Director/Producer9/21/1945UnknownAmazing Race, Pearl Harbor.
Ellen BurstynActress12/7/1932Cass Technical (Detroit,MI)The Spitfire Grill, The Cemetary Club, Resurrection.
Alice CooperMusician2/4/1948Cortez (Phoenix,AZ)"School's Out for Summer"
Francis Ford CoppolaFilm Director4/7/1939Great Neck North (Great Neck,NY)Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, The Cotton Club, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish.
Marshall CrenshawSongwriter11/11/1953Berkley (Berkley,MI)Til I hear it from you (Gin Blossoms), Theme song for Men Behaving Badly. Also wrote Someday, Someway, which appeared in 3 big hollywood movies.
John De LoreanBusiness1/6/1925Cass Technical (Detroit,MI)Automobile designer. The "De Lorean".
Sherilyn FennActress2/1/1965Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills,CA)Twin Peaks, Playboy, Of Mice and Men.
Edsel FordBusiness11/6/1893Hotchkiss School (Lakeville,CT)Father of Henry Ford, president of Ford Motor Company between 1919-1943.
William Clay FordBusiness5/3/1957Hotchkiss School (Lakeville,CT)Great-grandson of Henry Ford, and chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company.
Henry Ford IIBusiness9/14/1917Hotchkiss School (Lakeville,CT)Son of Edsel Ford and president of Ford Motor Company from 1945-1960.
Glenn FreyMusician11/6/1948UnknownMember of the Eagles.
Antonio GatesAthlete6/18/1980Detroit Central (Detroit,MI)Football player. Plays tight end for the San Diego Chargers.
George GervinAthlete4/27/1952Martin Luther King (Detroit,MI)Basketball player. Hall of famer who played from 1972-1990
Judy GreerActress7/20/1975Winston Churchill (Livonia,MI)13 going on 30, Arrested Development, The Wedding Planner.
David Alan GrierActor6/30/1955Cass Technical (Detroit,MI)Life with Bonnie, In Living Color.
Michael HuffingtonGovernment9/3/1947Culver Military Academy (Culver,IN)California Congressman.
Bill JenkinsGovernment12/29/1936Rogersville (Rogersville,TN)Tennessee congressman since 1997.
Casey KasemRadio Personality4/27/1932UnknownAmerican Top 40.
Ed McMahonTelevision3/6/1923Lowell (Lowell,MA)Longtime sidekick for Johnny Carson and the face of Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes.
Michael MoriartyActor4/5/1941University of Detroit (Detroit,MI)Law and Order
Ted NugentMusician12/13/1948St. Viator (Arlington Heights,IL)Rock Star. Cat scratch fever.
Gilda RanderActress6/28/1946Liggett (Detroit,MI)Saturday Night Live, The Woman in Red.
Shawn RespertAthlete2/6/1972Bishop Borgess (Redford,MI)Basketball player. Played in the NBA from 1995-1999.
Shaun RobinsonJournalistCass Technical (Detroit,MI)Access Hollywood.
Mitt RomneyGovernment3/12/1947Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills,MI)Governor of Massachusetts
Diana RossMusician3/26/1944Cass Technical (Detroit,MI)The Supremes. Stop, in the Name of Love.
Tom SelleckActor1/29/1945Ulysses S. Grant (Van Nuys,CA)Magnum P.I., In and Out, Mr. Baseball
Tom SizemoreActor9/29/1961UnknownBlack Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, Saving Private Ryan
Tom SkerrittActor8/25/1933Mackenzie (Detroit,MI)Picket Fences, Singles, Poison Ivy.
Lily TomlinActress9/1/1939Cass Technical (Detroit,MI)Nine to Five, All of Me, Short Cuts.
Robert TraylorAthlete2/1/1977Murray-Wright (Detroit,MI)Basketball player. Drafted #6 overall by Dallas in 1998.
Robert WagnerActor2/10/1930St. Monica's (Detroit,MI)Hart to Hart, Austin Powers movies (#2)
Chris WebberAthlete3/1/1973Detroit Country Day (Birmingham,MI)Basketball Player. Drafted #1 overall in the 1993 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic.