Metro Detroit’s
Gift’s To The World© 2016


Detroit has had its share of difficulties in recent years, like many urban areas. Yet few cities can compare to the contributions Detroit has made in business and American culture. We’ve listed just a few of Metro Detroit’s gifts to the world, and, believe me, it is impressive.


Aaliyah
Anita Baker
Aretha Franklin
Barrett Strong
Barry Sanders
BeBe Winans
Berry Gordy
Better Made Potato Chips
Bob Seger
Carl Craig
Casey Kasem
CeCe Winans
Clark Sisters
Coleman Young
Compuware
Cong. John Conyers
Chrysler
Cynthia A. Johnson
Dan Gilbert
Danny Thomas
Dave Bing
David Ruffin
Dax Sheperd
Diana Ross
Donnie McClurkin
Dr. Ben Carson
Dutch Leonard
Earl Klugh
Ed Gordon
Ed McMahon
Electronic and House Music
Elvin Jones
Eminem
Ford Family
Ford Motor Co.
Four Tops
Francis Ford Coppola
Fred Hammonds
Funk Brothers
Gene Dunlop
General Motors Corp.
George Clinton
Gladys Knight
Greater Grace Church
Haki Madhubuti
Helen Thomas
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Honeybaked Hams
Isiah Thomas
Jackie Wilson
James Jamerson
Jerome Bettis
Joe Louis
John Lee Hooker
Johnnie Bristol
Judge Damon Keith
Judge Greg Mathis
Kem
Kenny Garrett
Kenya Moore
K-Mart Corp.
Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars)
Lee Ioccoca
Les Brown
Lily Tomlin
Little Caesar’s Pizza Chain
Madonna
Malcolm X
Martha Reeves
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Winans
Mary Wilson
Michael Henderson
Michael Eric Dyson
Mildred Gaddis
Min. Philbert Omar
Mitch Albom
Motown
Nation of Islam
Norman Whitfield
Peter Karmanos
Ray Parker, Jr.
Rayse Biggs
Regina Carter
Roger Penske
Ron Carter
Sam Raimi
Shaun Robinson
Smokey Robinson
Spinners
Stevie Wonder
Temptations
The Illitch Family
Tim Allen
Tom Selleck
Tommy Hearns
Tony Brown
David Van De Pitte
Veronica Webb
WCHB
WGPR-America’s first black TV station
William Pulte