Albert Kahn
Industrial architect, grandfather of Ford Detroit industrial plants
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Alice Cooper living
Rock singer, rock musician, shock jock broadcaster
1948- (77)
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Entertainer, singer, actor, comedian, philanthropist, founder of St. Jude Childrens Hospital
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Donald Kaufman
Home builder, co-founder of Kaufman & Broad (KB Home) in 1957
1922-1983 (61)
G. Edward Griffin living
Author of The Creature from Jekyll Island (about the creation of the Federal Reserve), writer, filmmaker, conspiracy researcher, NWO whistleblower
1931- (94)
Ivan Boesky living
Stock trader, junk bonds arbitrageur, paid a $100 million fine penalty to the SEC, busted in 1987 for insider trading scandal which inspired Gordon Gekko of the Wall Street movie fame
1937- (88)
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Joe Lewis
professional boxer, namesake of former Joe Lewis Arena in Detroit
Marina von Neumann Whitman
economist, writer, automobile executive, business executive at General Motors (GM) from 1979-1992
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Mike Ilitch
Billionaire entrepreneur, co-founder of Little Caesars Pizza, sports team owner of the Detroit Red Wings (NHL) hockey team, Detroit Tigers (MLB) baseball team
1929-2017 (88)
Richard Machowicz
US Navy SEAL, military veteran, TV host of Future Weapons on Discovery Channel, died of brain cancer
1965-2017 (52)
Robert Kearns
mechanical engineer, inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, the movie Flash of Genius (2008) was made about his story
Stephen M. Ross living
billionaire affordable housing real estate developer of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, Deutsche Bank Center, chairman of Related Companies since 1972, sports team owner of the Miami Dolphins
1940- (85)
Steve Ballmer living
Xbox gaming consoles, Bing search engine, acquired Skype, former CEO of Microsoft, as its 30th employee he negotiated a sweet profit-sharing clause that netted him 8% of total shares, mathematician, economist, billionaire sports team owner of the LA Clippers (Los Angeles Clippers)
1956- (69)
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Tom Gores
Billionaire, sports team owner of Detroit Pistons basketball company via Palace Sports & Entertainment since 2011