Southfield is a city in
Oakland County
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in the
U.S. state of
Michigan
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. As of the
2010 census, the city had a population of 76,618.
As a northern suburb of
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...
, Southfield shares part of its southern border with
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...
. The city was originally part of
Southfield Township before incorporating in 1958. The autonomous city of
Lathrup Village is an enclave within Southfield. The city is home to the
Southfield Town Center complex, which includes five connected office buildings. The tallest of these, 3000 Town Center, is tall; it is the state's second-tallest building outside Detroit (after the
River House Condominiums in
Grand Rapids) and the state's
16th-tallest building overall.
History
Southfield was surveyed in 1817 according to the plan by Michigan territorial governor
Lewis Cass.
The first settlers came from nearby
Birmingham
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and
Royal Oak, Michigan, as well as New York and
Vermont
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. The area that became Southfield was settled by John Daniels in 1823. Among th
founderswere the Heth, Stephens, Harmon, McClelland and Thompson families.
Town 1 north, 10 east was first organized as
Ossewa Township on July 12, 1830, but the name was changed to
Southfield Township 17 days later.
The
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, ...
took its name from its location in the "south fields" of
Bloomfield Township. A US post office was established in 1833 and the first town hall built in 1873.
The Southfield Fire Department was formed on April 6, 1942, and the Southfield Police Department in 1953. In the 1950s, cities and villages began to incorporate within the township, including
Lathrup Village in 1950, and
Beverly Hills
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in 1957. Most of what was left of the township was formally incorporated as a city on April 28, 1958, to protect it from annexation attempts by Detroit; whites who had migrated to the suburbs did not want to be associated with Detroit's expanding black community.
City Hall was built in 1964 as part of the new Civic Center complex, which also became home to Southfield's police headquarters. The Civic Center was expanded in 1971 to include a sports arena with swimming pool. Evergreen Hills Golf Course was added in 1972, and in 1978, a new public safety building, the
Southfield Pavilion, and a new court building were added. In 2003, an expanded and redesigned
Southfield Public Library
The Southfield Public Library is a public library in Southfield, Michigan. The library serves the communities of Southfield and Lathrup Village.
History
Library services began for the people living in the Township of Southfield in 1844. The s ...
opened to the public on the Civic Center grounds, featuring state-of-the-art facilities. Outside the Civic Center complex, Southfield has municipal parks and recreation facilities, largely developed in the 1970s, including Beech Woods Recreation Center and John Grace Community Center.
Duns Scotus College
Duns Scotus College was a private college of the Friars Minor in Southfield, Michigan
Southfield is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 76,618.
As a northern suburb o ...
is now the home of Word of Faith Christian Center.
Economy
Southfield is a commercial and business center for the metropolitan Detroit area, with of office space, second in the Detroit metro area to Detroit's central business district of 33,251,000 square feet (3,089,000 square meters). Several internationally recognized corporations have major offices and headquarters in Southfield, including
Veoneer
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,
Huf Hülsbeck and Fürst,
Denso,
Peterson Spring,
Federal-Mogul
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,
Lear
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Acronyms
* Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios, a Mexican association of revolutionary artists and writers
* Low Energy Ion Ring, an ion pre-accelerator of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
** Low Energy Antipr ...
,
R.L. Polk & Co., International Automotive Components,
Stefanini, Inc., and
Guardian Alarm. More than 100
Fortune 500 companies have offices in Southfield.
Sumitomo Corporation
is one of the largest worldwide ''sogo shosha'' general trading companies, and is a diversified corporation. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is a member company of the Sumitomo Group.
It is listed on three Japanese stock exchanges ...
operates the Detroit Office in Suite 1450 at 27777 Franklin Road. Industries supported by the office include automotive, rolled steel, and tubular products.
On October 28, 2014,
Fifth Third Bank announced plans to move its Michigan regional headquarters from Southfield to
downtown Detroit in what will be named the
Fifth Third Bank Building at One Woodward.
The office had 150 employees.
Northland Center, one of the nation's first shopping malls, opened in Southfield in 1954 and closed in 2015. As of 2022, the property is being redeveloped as a mixed-use residential and commercial complex. Southfield is home to over of parkland and a nationally recognized public school district.
Southfield City Centre
Prominent in Southfield is
Southfield City Centre, a mixed-use area consisting of a major business center, private university, and residential neighborhoods, near the intersection of
Interstate 696
Interstate 696 (I-696) is an east–west auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Metro Detroit region of the US state of Michigan. The state trunkline highway is also known as the Walter P. Reuther Freeway, named for the prominent auto indus ...
(I-696, Walter P. Reuther Freeway) and the
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Science and technology
* Messier 10, a globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus
* M10, a Garmin Nüvifone smartphone
* Samsung Galaxy M10, a smartphone
* M10 (rocket engine), a rocket engine
Transportation ...
(Lodge Freeway).
Southfield City Centre was created in 1992 as a special assessment district, and was originally planned to improve pedestrian amenities and facilitate economic development.
Diplomatic missions
The
Consulate of Macedonia in Detroit is in the
Southfield Town Center, and the
Consulate of Iraq in Detroit is in Southfield.
Conventions
Penguicon has been held in Southfield regularly since 2014.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has an area of , of which is land and (0.04%) is water.
The main branch of the
River Rouge runs through Southfield. The city is bounded to the south by
Eight Mile Road, its western border is Inkster Road, and to the east it is bounded by Greenfield Road. Southfield's northern border does not follow a single road, but lies approximately along Thirteen Mile Road. The city is bordered by Detroit and
Redford Township to the south,
Farmington Hills
Farmington Hills is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Part of the affluent suburbs northwest of Detroit, Farmington Hills is the second most-populated city in Oakland County, after Troy, with a population of 83,986 at the 20 ...
to the west,
Franklin,
Bingham Farms, and
Beverly Hills
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to the north and
Royal Oak,
Berkley and
Oak Park to the east. The separate city of
Lathrup Village sits as an
enclave
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in the eastern part of the city, completely surrounded by Southfield.
Demographics
2020 Census
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''
2010 census
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 71,739 people, 31,778 households, and 18,178 families residing in the city. The
population density
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was . There were 35,986 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 70.3%
African American
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, 24.9%
White
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, 0.2%
Native American, 1.7%
Asian, 0.4% from
other races, and 2.4% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population.
There were 31,778 households, of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.5% were
married couples living together, 19.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.8% were non-families. 37.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.96.
The median age in the city was 42. 20.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 29.2% were from 45 to 64; and 16.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 44.7% male and 55.3% female.
2000 census
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 78,296 people, 33,987 households, and 19,780 families residing in the city. The
population density
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was 2,984.6 per square mile (1,152.5/km
2). There were 35,698 housing units at an average density of 1,360.8 per square mile (525.5/km
2). The racial makeup of the city was 54.22%
African American
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, 38.83%
White
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, 3.09%
Asian, 0.20%
Native American, 0.03%
Pacific Islander
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, 0.64% from
other races, and 2.99% from two or more races. 1.19% of the population were
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
Latino of any race.
Of the city's 33,987 households, 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were
married couples living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.8% were non-families. 36.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 3.01.
The age distribution in the city's population was spread out, with 21.6% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38. For every 100 females there were 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $51,802, and the median income for a family was $64,543. Males had a median income of $48,341 versus $37,949 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,096. About 5.8% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.
Socioeconomic status
The most common occupations for people in Southfield are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Southfield is a city of sales and office workers, professionals and managers. A relatively large number of people living in Southfield work in office and administrative support (16.00%), sales jobs (10.93%), and management occupations (9.72%). Southfield's populace is very well-educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation. Whereas 21.84% of the average community's adult population holds a 4-year degree or higher, 38.73% of Southfield's adults have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. Southfield's per capita income in 2010 was $28,995.
Ethnic groups
African Americans
In 2002 Southfield had 42,259 black people, the second-largest black population in
Metro Detroit
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and third-largest in Michigan.
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African Americans in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit
."
Archive
Center for Urban Studies, Wayne State University. February 2002. Working Paper Series, No. 8. p. 8. Retrieved on November 9, 2013.
As of 2011, many African Americans from Detroit were moving into Southfield and other suburbs of Oakland and Macomb counties. Tensions have occurred between existing middle-class blacks in Southfield and newcomers from Wayne County.
Chaldeans
As of 2001 many
Chaldeans live in Southfield; they are mostly Assyrian Christians. The Chaldean Federation of America, an umbrella organization for most regional Chaldean groups, is in Southfield. As of that year, the largest Chaldean church, by number of congregants, was based here. The city also had the area's sole Chaldean retirement home.
Government
Southfield uses the
council-manager form of government, and thus is governed by a
City Council
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consisting of seven council members. The city council appoints a
City Administrator
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, who manages the day-to-day operations of the city. The popularly elected mayor, who does not vote on council actions, has the right to veto council actions and appoints the city's planner, assessor, attorney, and members of various commissions. The city's
clerk and treasurer are also popularly elected officials. All these officials hold nonpartisan positions.
* City officials
**Mayor
Kenson Siver (term expires November 2021)
* City Council
**Council President
Linnie Taylor (term expires November 2025)
**Council President Pro Tem
Michael "Ari" Mandelbaum (term expires November 2023)
**Council Member
Nancy Banks (term expires November 2023)
**Council Member
Daniel Brightwell (term expires November 2023)
**Council Member
Lloyd C. Crews (term expires November 2025)
**Council Member
Myron Frasier (term expires November 2023)
**Council Member
Jason Hoskins (term expires November 2025)
* Other elected officials
**City Clerk Sherika L. Hawkins (term expires November 2025)
**City Treasurer
Irv M. Lowenberg (term expires November 2025)
*State officials
**
Governor
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Gretchen Whitmer (D)
**
State Senator
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Jeremy Moss (D) – 14th State Senate District
**
State Representative
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Kyra Bolden (D) – 35th State House District
*Federal officials
**
Senator Gary C. Peters (D)
**
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D)
**
Representative Brenda Lawrence
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(D) –
14th Congressional District
Education
Southfield Public Schools operates area public schools.
Southfield Senior High School for the Arts and Technology (commonly known as Southfield A&T) is the district's sole high school. There were originally two high schools in the district, Southfield and
Southfield-Lathrup, but they were consolidated after the 2015–16 school year. Students living in parts of Northern Southfield attend schools in the
Birmingham City School District
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, while students living in the southeast corner of Southfield attend schools in the
Oak Park School District. Southfield A&T also competes in the
Oakland Activities Association
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History
The Oakland Activities Associat ...
in the Red Division for high school sports, and has membership in the MHSAA.
AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School is an
Armenian charter in Southfield.
Farber Hebrew Day School – Yeshivat Akiva is a private Jewish school in Southfield.
Southfield Christian School is a private school in Southfield.
Southfield Public Library
The Southfield Public Library is a public library in Southfield, Michigan. The library serves the communities of Southfield and Lathrup Village.
History
Library services began for the people living in the Township of Southfield in 1844. The s ...
operates public libraries in the city.Providence Medical Center offers
residency
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* Residency (medicine), a stage of postgrad ...
training in various fields of medicine.
Colleges and universities
Southfield is home to eight colleges, including
Lawrence Technological University,
Abcott Institute, Everest Institute and
Oakland Community College. The
Specs Howard School of Media Arts
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is in Southfield.
Media
Southfield is the broadcast media center for the Detroit area, with studios and broadcast facilities for several television stations, including
WXYZ-TV,
WJBK
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,
WKBD-TV
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,
WMYD-TV,
WWJ-TV, and City Cable 15. Metro Detroit's
regional sports network
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Bally Sports Detroit is in Southfield on 11 Mile and Evergreen roads. A transmitter for
WDIV-TV is in the city; it is the only television station based in downtown Detroit.
The city is home to
Audacy’s Detroit studios. Southfield is also served by
WSHJ 88.3 FM, a student-run radio station sponsored by Southfield Public Schools.
In 1970, radio pioneer and entertainer
Specs Howard founded the
Specs Howard School of Media Arts
Specs Howard School of Media Arts is a private for-profit career college in Southfield, Michigan. It is named after its founder Specs Howard and focuses on programs in radio and television broadcasting, graphic design, and digital media art ...
in Southfield.
In addition to ''
The Detroit News'' and
''Free Press'', Detroit's two metropolitan daily newspapers, Southfield is served by the ''
Southfield Eccentric'', a suburban paper that reports on local and community events, which is published twice a week, on Sunday and Thursday. The headquarters of ''
The Detroit Jewish News'' is in Southfield. The ''
Chaldean News'' is also headquartered in Southfield.
Transportation
Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) operates local and regional bus transit.
The major thoroughfares in the city include the John C. Lodge Freeway (
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* Messier 10, a globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus
* M10, a Garmin Nüvifone smartphone
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* M10 (rocket engine), a rocket engine
Transportation ...
), which is among the first urban to suburban highways constructed in the United States. The city also contains
I-696
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, Southfield Freeway (
M-39), and
US 24 (Telegraph Road). The city has several freeway interchanges connecting local roads to the freeways. Most prominently, "The Lodge" freeway connects downtown Detroit to "The Mixing Bowl," the sprawling interchange of I-696, US 24, M-10, Lahser Road, and Franklin Road, all of which are in Southfield.
Most major streets adhere to a north–south/east–west orientation, forming a grid of major streets spaced one mile (1.6 km) apart from each other. The major east–west streets are
8 Mile Road (which forms the southern boundary of the city),
9 Mile Road (which is split by the Southfield Freeway), 10 Mile Road, 11 Mile Road (which is split by the Lodge), and 12 Mile Road. Major north–south streets are Telegraph Road, Lahser Road, Evergreen Road, Southfield Road (the northern extension of the Southfield Freeway) and Greenfield Road (which forms the eastern boundary of the city).
Religion
The
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit formerly operated the Church of St. Bede. By 2013 there was a debate on how the property should be rezoned, and therefore reused.
Parks and recreation
The Southfield Parks and Recreation Department is responsible for 775 acres of parks, nature preserves and open space and historic properties at 33 sites within the city. There are numerous ball fields, tennis and handball courts, picnic areas and shelters. There are soccer fields, play lots and sand volleyball courts throughout the city.
* Bauervic Woods Park
* Bedford Woods Park
* Beech Woods Park
* Brace Park
* Burgh Historical Park
* Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve
* Civic Center Park
* Freeway Park
* Inglenook Park
* John Grace Park & Community Center
* John R. Miller Park
* Lahser Woods Park
* Lincoln Woods
* Mary Thompson House & Farm
* Pebble Creek Park
* Simms Park
* Stratford Woods Commons
* Valley Woods Nature Preserve
Notable people
*
Jay Adelson
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, entrepreneur
*
Ingrid Andress, country singer-songwriter (born in Southfield, Michigan)
*
Johnathon Banks
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, boxer
*
Jeff Blashill, professional ice hockey head coach
*
Selma Blair, actress
*
Harry J. Brooks
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(1902-1927), test pilot
*
Jimmy Carson
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, professional hockey player
*
Mike Chappell, professional basketball player
*
Elijah Connor, singer
*
Billy Davis, musician currently living in Southfield
*
Erin Dilly
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, actress raised in Southfield
*
Glenn Earl
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, professional football player
*
Geoffrey Fieger
Geoffrey Nels Fieger (born December 23, 1950) is an American attorney based in Southfield, Michigan. Fieger is the senior partner at the law firm of Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington P.C., and is an occasional legal commentator for NBC and M ...
, attorney for
Jack Kevorkian based in Southfield
*
Susie Garrett (1929-2002), actress
*
Chris Getz, professional baseball player
*
Nicole Gibbons, TV personality
*
Dan Gilbert, businessman raised in Southfield
*
Jon Glaser, actor raised in Southfield
*
GRiZ, American DJ and electronic producer
*
Yasmine Hanani, actress
*
Carla Harvey, musician
*
Thomas Hearns, retired boxer living in Southfield
*
John James, politician
*
I Prevail, metal band from Southfield
*
Ben Kelso, professional basketball player
*
Keegan-Michael Key, actor
*
Byron Krieger
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(1920-2015), Olympic fencer
*
Tony Leech
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, director, screenwriter, editor
*
Eric Lefkofsky, businessman
*
Raynetta Mañees, novelist, entertainer
*
Devyn Marble
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High school career
Marble attended Southfield-Lathrup ...
(born 1992), basketball player for
Maccabi Haifa of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
*
Howard Markel, medical historian
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Roya Megnot (1962-2009), actress
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Jeremy Moss, politician
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Colette Nelson
Colette Nelson (born April 5, 1974) is an American professional female bodybuilder and women's physique competitor.
Early life and education
Colette Nelson was born in 1974 in Southfield, Michigan and grew up in Royal Oak. At the age of 12 ye ...
, body builder
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Chukwuma Okorafor, professional football player
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Lawrence Payton
Lawrence Albert Payton (March 2, 1938 – June 20, 1997) was an American tenor, songwriter, vocal arranger, musician, and record producer for the popular Motown quartet, the Four Tops. In 1997, at 59 years old, Payton died of liver cancer.
Biogra ...
(1938-1997), musician
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Matt Pike, musician
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Steven Pitt (1959-2018), American forensic psychiatrist
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Mike Posner, singer-songwriter
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Bill Prady, television writer raised in Southfield
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Emily Samuelson, ice dancer
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Debbie Schlussel, film critic
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Jay Sebring (1933-1969), celebrity hair stylist and victim of the
Manson Family
* Jason Stollsteimer, musician
* Jennifer Laura Thompson, actress
* Malaya Watson, singer
* Rick Worthy, actor
* Sheldon Yellen, entrepreneur
See also
*Architecture of metropolitan Detroit
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Lawrence Technological University
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Metro Detroit
The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is a major metropolitan area in the U.S. State of Michigan, consisting of the city of Detroit and its surrounding area. There are varied definitions of the area, including the ...
*Tourism in metropolitan Detroit
*History of the African-Americans in Metro Detroit
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Specs Howard School of Media Arts
Specs Howard School of Media Arts is a private for-profit career college in Southfield, Michigan. It is named after its founder Specs Howard and focuses on programs in radio and television broadcasting, graphic design, and digital media art ...
References
External links
City of SouthfieldSouthfield Area Chamber of Commerce*
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Southfield, Michigan,
Cities in Oakland County, Michigan
Metro Detroit
Populated places established in 1823
1823 establishments in Michigan Territory