List of people from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Academics and engineering
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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John DeLorean | ![]() |
Jan 6, 1925 | Mar 19, 2005 | Engineer and executive with General Motors; founder of the DeLorean Motor Company | Lived in Bloomfield Hills | [1] |
Charles and Ray Eames | Link to image | 1907, 1912 | 1978, 1988 | Designers who worked in and made major contributions to modern architecture and furniture | Lived in Bloomfield Hills (attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art) | |
Florence Knoll | May 24, 1917 | Architect and furniture designer; co-founder of the Knoll design company; furniture manufacturer | Lived in Bloomfield Hills (attended Kingswood School and the Cranbrook Academy of Art) | |||
Carl Milles | ![]() |
Jun 23, 1875 | Sep 19, 1955 | Swedish sculptor | Lived in Bloomfield Hills (as sculptor in residence at Cranbrook Educational Community) | |
Eero Saarinen | ![]() |
Aug 20, 1910 | Sep 1, 1961 | Finnish architect and industrial designer | Grew up and lived in Bloomfield Hills; took courses and worked at Cranbrook Educational Community | |
Eliel Saarinen | ![]() |
Aug 20, 1873 | Jul 1, 1950 | Finnish architect known for his work with art deco buildings | Lived and died in Bloomfield Hills | |
Minoru Yamasaki | Dec 1, 1912 | Feb 7, 1986 | Chief architect of the World Trade Center | Lived and died in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Business
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Stan Aldridge | Owner of Indianwood Golf and Country Club; outbid for the Detroit Red Wings by Mike Ilitch | Lives in Bloomfield Hills | ||||
George Gough Booth | ![]() |
Sep 24, 1864 | Apr 11, 1949 | Newspaper publisher (Evening News Association) | Founder of Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills | |
John Bugas | ![]() |
Apr 26, 1908 | Dec 2, 1982 | Second in command at Ford Motor Company | Lived in Bloomfield Hills | |
Philip Caldwell | Jan 27, 1920 | Jul 10, 2013 | President, Chairman, and CEO of Ford Motor Company (the first person to run the company who was not a member of the Ford family); senior managing director at Shearson Lehman Brothers; member of the President's Export Council | Lived in Bloomfield Hills | ||
William Davidson | Dec 5, 1922 | Mar 13, 2009 | President, Chairman and CEO of Guardian Industries; chairman of Guardian Industries Corp; owner of the Detroit Pistons, the Detroit Shock and the Tampa Bay Lightning sports franchises | Lived and died in Bloomfield | ||
Lee Iacocca | ![]() |
Oct 15, 1924 | Business executive with Ford Motor Company and Chrysler | Lived in Bloomfield Hills | [1] | |
Christopher Ilitch | President and CEO of Ilitch Holdings | Lives in Bloomfield Hills | ||||
Semon Knudsen | Oct 2, 1912 | Jul 6, 1998 | Executive Vice President of General Motors Company and President of Ford Motor Company | Lived and died in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Scott McNealy | ![]() |
Nov 13, 1954 | Co-founder and CEO of Sun Microsystems | Grew up in Bloomfield Hills and attended Cranbrook Kingswood School | [2] | |
Roger Penske | ![]() |
Feb 20, 1937 | Founder of Penske Corporation and team Penske Racing auto racing | |||
Bill Pulte | 1932 | Founder and Chairman of Pulte Homes | Lived in Bloomfield Hills | |||
John Rakolta | Jun 15, 1947 | CEO of Walbridge Construction | Lives in Bloomfield Hills | |||
Mark Spitznagel | ![]() |
Mar 5, 1971 | Hedge fund manager | Home in Bloomfield Hills | ||
A. Alfred Taubman | Jan 31, 1924 | Apr 17, 2015 | Real estate developer (founder of Taubman Centers); philanthropist | Lived and died in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Robert S. Taubman | 1953 | Chairman, President and CEO of Taubman Centers | Lives in Bloomfield Hills | |||
Media and music
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Jessica Ashley | Dec 8, 1989 | Playboy Playmate, June 2014; appeared in FHM | Grew up in Bloomfield Hills | |||
Paul Banks | ![]() |
May 3, 1978 | Lead singer, lyricist and guitarist of Interpol | Grew up in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Selma Blair | ![]() |
Jun 23, 1972 | Actress (Cruel Intentions, Hellboy, Legally Blonde) | Attended Cranbrook Kingswood School; grew up in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Rob Cantor | ![]() |
Aug 26, 1983 | Singer and songwriter, yellow-tied vocalist and guitarist of band Tally Hall | Born and raised in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Aretha Franklin | Mar 25, 1942 | Aug 16, 2018 | Singer and songwriter | Lived Bloomfield Hills, died in her Detroit condo. | ||
Carolyn Franklin | May 13, 1944 | Apr 25, 1988 | Singer and songwriter; younger sister of Aretha Franklin | Lived and died in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Chris Hansen | Mar 26, 1959 | Television infotainment personality (Dateline NBC, To Catch a Predator) | Attended Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills | |||
Dana Jacobson | ![]() |
Nov 5, 1971 | CBS anchorwoman | Attended Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Cullen Landis | ![]() |
Jul 9, 1896 | Aug 26, 1975 | Motion picture actor and director whose career began in the early years of the silent film era | Lived and died in Bloomfield Hills | |
Greg Mathis | ![]() |
Apr 5, 1960 | Television personality (Judge Mathis) | |||
Elizabeth Reaser | ![]() |
Jul 2, 1975 | Actress (Esme in Twilight) | Born and raised in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Tatum Reed | ![]() |
Aug 8, 1980 | Adult film actress and producer | Born in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Chad Smith | ![]() |
Oct 25, 1961 | Drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers | Grew up in Bloomfield Hills and attended Lahser High School | ||
Robin Williams | ![]() |
Jul 21, 1951 | Aug 11, 2014 | Actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy, Dead Poets Society, Mrs. Doubtfire) | Grew up in Bloomfield Hills, attended Detroit Country Day School | |
Alex Winston | ![]() |
Sep 28, 1987 | Indie pop-rock musician | Born in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Bob Woodruff | ![]() |
Aug 18, 1961 | Television journalist | Born in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Dey Young | Jul 28, 1955 | Actress and sculptor | Born in Bloomfield Hills | |||
Politics and law
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Geoffrey Fieger | Dec 23, 1950 | Attorney | Lives in Bloomfield Hills | |||
David T. Fischer | ![]() |
1946 | United States Ambassador to Morocco | Lives in Bloomfield Hills | ||
George W. Romney | ![]() |
Jul 8, 1907 | Jul 26, 1995 | 43rd Governor of Michigan; Republican presidential candidate in 1968; father of Mitt Romney | Lived and died in Bloomfield Hills | |
Mitt Romney | ![]() |
Mar 12, 1947 | 70th Governor of Massachusetts; 2008 Republican presidential candidate; 2012 Republican presidential nominee | Grew up in Bloomfield Hills and attended Cranbrook Kingswood School | ||
Steve Stockman | ![]() |
Nov 14, 1956 | U.S. congressman from Texas's 9th congressional district (1995-1997) | Born in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Sports
Baseball
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Dave Dombrowski | ![]() |
Jul 27, 1956 | President, CEO, and General Manager of the Detroit Tigers | Lives in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Charlie Gehringer | ![]() |
May 11, 1903 | Jan 21, 1993 | Hall of Fame second baseman for the Detroit Tigers, World Series champion (1935) | Lived and died in Bloomfield Hills | |
Al Kaline | ![]() |
Dec 19, 1934 | Apr 6, 2020 | Hall of Fame outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, World Series champion (1968) | Lived and died in Bloomfield Hills | |
Dave Rozema | ![]() |
Aug 5, 1956 | Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers | Salesman for Disposal Management LLC of Bloomfield Hills | ||
Basketball
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Joe Dumars | ![]() |
May 24, 1963 | All-Star guard for the Detroit Pistons; two-time NBA champion (1989–1990) | |||
Richard Hamilton | ![]() |
Feb 14, 1978 | All-Star shooting guard and small forward for the Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, and Chicago Bulls | |||
Football
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Pete Dawkins | ![]() |
Mar 8, 1938 | 1955 Heisman Trophy winner; Rhodes Scholar; U.S. Army Brigadier General | Attended Cranbrook School | ||
Hockey
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Chris Chelios | ![]() |
Jan 25, 1962 | Defenseman with the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, and Detroit Red Wings | |||
Pavel Datsyuk | ![]() |
Jul 20, 1978 | Alternate captain for the Detroit Red Wings | |||
Sergei Fedorov | ![]() |
Dec 13, 1969 | Centre for the Detroit Red Wings | |||
Gordie Howe | ![]() |
Mar 31, 1928 | Jun 10, 2016 | Right wing for the [Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers | ||
Steve Yzerman | ![]() |
May 9, 1965 | Centre and captain for the Detroit Red Wings; general manager for the Tampa Bay Lightning | Lived in Bloomfield Hills | ||
Henrik Zetterberg | ![]() |
Oct 9, 1980 | Center and left wing for the Detroit Red Wings | |||
Tennis
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Michael Russell | ![]() |
May 1, 1978 | International tennis player | Grew up in Bloomfield Hills | ||
References
- Wilkerson, Isabel (March 5, 1991). "Bloomfield Hills Journal; 'Recession' Means Someone Else's". New York Times. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
Bloomfield Hills to the north is new money and proud to show it, as perhaps best embodied by a onetime resident, John Z. DeLorean. Bloomfield Hills is now home to Lee Iacocca, Roger Smith, Aretha Franklin, Isiah Thomas...
- Scott McNealy Biography
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