David Legwand

American ice hockey player.

Born August 17th, 1980 (age 45 years) in Detroit.

Kim Kashkashian

American violist.

Born August 31st, 1952 (age 73 years) in Detroit.

Sheila Jordan

American jazz singer (1928–2025).

Born November 18th, 1928 in Detroit.

Died August 11th, 2025 at 96 years old in New York City. ^[ref]

Oliver Cheatham

American singer (1948-2013).

Born February 24th, 1948 in Detroit.

Died November 29th, 2013 at 65 years old in United Kingdom (myocardial infarction).

Philip Levine

Jewish-american poet (1928-2015).

Born January 10th, 1928 in Detroit.

Died February 14th, 2015 at 87 years old in Fresno (pancreatic cancer).

James Carter

American musician.

Born January 3rd, 1969 (age 57 years) in Detroit.

Michael Russell

American tennis player.

Born May 1st, 1978 (age 47 years) in Detroit.

Andrew Marshall

The director of the united states department of defense's office of net assessment (1921–2019).

Born September 13th, 1921 in Detroit.

Died March 26th, 2019 at 97 years old in Alexandria.

Hansen Clarke

American politician; u.s. representative for michigan.

Born March 2nd, 1957 (age 69 years) in Detroit.

Joel Surnow

American television producer.

Born December 18th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Detroit.