Southfield is a city in

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in the

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. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Southfield borders Detroit to the north, roughly northwest of downtown

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. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 76,618. Southfield is notable as the home of multiple business districts, including the Southfield City Centre (an

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which contains the tallest building in Detroit's suburbs) and the area surrounding the former Northland Center shopping mall. It is also home to

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. The city was originally part of Southfield Township before incorporating in 1958. The autonomous city of Lathrup Village is an enclave within Southfield.

History

Southfield was surveyed in 1817 according to the plan by Michigan territorial governor

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. The first settlers came from nearby

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and

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, as well as New York and

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. The area that became Southfield was settled by John Daniels in 1823. Among th
founders
were 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

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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

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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

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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.

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is now the home of Word of Faith Christian Center. In 2016, the site was the center of local controversy over a proposed oil drilling site. Due to sustained opposition and environmental concerns, the plan was cancelled.

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 . Several internationally recognized corporations have major offices and headquarters in Southfield, including

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, Huf Hülsbeck and Fürst,

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, Peterson Spring,

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, R.L. Polk & Co., International Automotive Components, Stefanini, Inc., and Guardian Alarm. More than 100

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companies have offices in Southfield. On October 28, 2014,

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announced plans to move its Michigan regional headquarters from Southfield to

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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.

Architecture

Southfield is home to a large number of notable buildings in the

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style of architecture. Notable examples include

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's brutalist

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and many early works by

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, including his

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building.

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

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(I-696, Walter P. Reuther Freeway) and the M-10 (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 and Consulate of Lebanon in Detroit are located in the

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, and the Consulate of Iraq in Detroit is in Southfield.

Conventions

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has been held in Southfield regularly since 2014.

Geography

According to the

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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 to the west,

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, and

to the north and

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, Berkley and Oak Park to the east. The separate city of Lathrup Village sits as an

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in the eastern part of the city, completely surrounded by Southfield.

Demographics

2020 Census

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 71,739 people, 31,778 households, and 18,178 families residing in the city. The

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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%

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, 24.9%

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, 0.2% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races.

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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

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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

of 2000, there were 78,296 people, 33,987 households, and 19,780 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 35,698 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 54.22%

, 38.83%

, 3.09% Asian, 0.20% Native American, 0.03%

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, 0.64% from other races, and 2.99% from two or more races. 1.19% of the population were

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

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

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and third-largest in Michigan.Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza.
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Center for Urban Studies,

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. 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 incoming Detroiters.

Chaldean Catholic Assyrians

As of 2001 many Chaldo-Assyrians live in Southfield; they are descended from the ancient

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region of the Assyrian homeland in North Iraq. 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. Southfield is also home to the Detroit area's Consulate-General of

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Jewish Americans

Since the rapid suburbanization of the 1950s and 1960s, many Jewish Americans from Northwest Detroit (particularly the Dexter-Davison neighborhood) moved to Southfield and other inner-ring suburbs such as Oak Park and Huntington Woods.

moved from Detroit to Southfield in 1962 to a modernist synagogue building designed by

. The city was also previously home to Congregation Beth Achim on 12 Mile Road until its merger with Congregation Adat Shalom. The building was later purchased and demolished by a Jewish day school. Though much of the Conservative and Reform Jewish population has since spread out to suburbs such as West Bloomfield and Farmington Hills, the city maintains a thriving

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and

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community. It is also home to Farber Hebrew Day School – Yeshivat Akiva, a kosher grocery store, and many independent synagogues.

Government

Southfield uses the council-manager form of government, and thus is governed by a

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consisting of seven council members. The city council appoints a

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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

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and treasurer are also popularly elected officials. All these officials hold nonpartisan positions. * City officials **Mayor Kenson Siver (term expires November 2025) * 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

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(term expires November 2025) **Council Member Myron Frasier (term expires November 2023) **Council Member

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(term expires November 2023) * Other elected officials **City Clerk Allyson Bettis (term expires November 2023) **City Treasurer Irv M. Lowenberg (term expires November 2025)

Federal, state, and county legislators

Education

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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

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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 in the Red Division for high school sports, and has membership in the MHSAA. AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School is an

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in Southfield. Farber Hebrew Day School – Yeshivat Akiva is a private Jewish school in Southfield. Southfield Christian School is a private school in Southfield.

operates public libraries in the city.Providence Medical Center offers

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training in various fields of medicine.

Colleges and universities

Southfield is home to eight colleges, including

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, Everest Institute and

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. The Specs Howard School of Media Arts is in Southfield.

Media

Southfield is the broadcast media center for the Detroit area, with studios and broadcast facilities for several television stations, including

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, WMYD-TV,

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, and City Cable 15. Metro Detroit's

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is in Southfield on 11 Mile and Evergreen roads. A transmitter for

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is in the city; it is the only television station based in downtown Detroit. The city is home to

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'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 in Southfield. In addition to ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' is in Southfield. The '' Chaldean News'' is also headquartered in Southfield.

Transportation

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(SMART) operates local and regional bus transit. The major thoroughfares in the city include the John C. Lodge Freeway ( M-10), which is among the first urban to suburban highways constructed in the United States. The city also contains

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, Southfield Freeway ( M-39), and

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(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 apart from each other. The major east–west streets are

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(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

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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 Jay Steven Adelson (born September 7, 1970) is an American entrepreneur, Internet entrepreneur. In 2014 Adelson co-founded Center Electric with Andy Smith (entrepreneur), Andy Smith. In 2013 he founded Opsmatic, a technology company that improves ...

, entrepreneur *

Fatai Alashe Abdul-Fatai Alashe (born October 21, 1993) is an American professional association football, soccer player. Career College and amateur Alashe spent all four years of his college career at Michigan State University where he made a total of 86 ap ...

, soccer player *

Ingrid Andress Ingrid Elizabeth Andress (born September 21, 1991) is an American country pop singer-songwriter. She has released two albums: '' Lady Like'' (2020) and '' Good Person'' (2022). She has achieved commercial success with " More Hearts Than Mine" (2 ...

, country singer-songwriter (born in Southfield, Michigan) *

Johnathon Banks Johnathon Banks is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2014. He held the IBO cruiserweight title from 2008 to 2009 and challenged once for the IBF cruiserweight title in 2009. He currently works as a boxing train ...

, boxer *

Jeff Blashill Jeff Blashill (born December 10, 1973) is an American professional ice hockey coach who is the head coach for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was formerly the head coach for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. Blashi ...

, professional ice hockey head coach *

Selma Blair Selma Blair (born Selma Blair Beitner; June 23, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in '' Cruel Intentions'', '' Legally Blonde'', '' The Sweetest Thing'', and the ''Hellboy'' franchise. Blair, born in Southfield, Michigan ...

, actress * Harry J. Brooks (1902-1927), test pilot *

Jimmy Carson James Charles Carson (born July 20, 1968) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League with five different teams. In 1988, he became only the second teenager in NHL history to score 50 g ...

, professional hockey player *

Mike Chappell Michael Lawrence Chappell (born January 21, 1978) is a retired American professional basketball player born in Southfield, Michigan. College career After being recruited heavily by the top universities in America, Mike Chappell attended colleg ...

, professional basketball player * Elijah Connor, singer * Billy Davis, musician currently living in Southfield *

Erin Dilly Erin Dilly (born May 12, 1972) is an American actress. She is most noted for her portrayal of Truly Scrumptious in the 2005 musical ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actr ...

, actress raised in Southfield * Glenn Earl, professional football player *

Geoffrey Fieger Geoffrey Fieger is an American attorney based in Southfield, Michigan. Fieger is the founder of the law firm Fieger Law, and is an occasional legal commentator for NBC and MSNBC. His practice focuses on personal injury, civil rights litigation ...

, attorney for

Jack Kevorkian Murad Jacob Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not a crime" ...

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 Jon Glaser is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his work as a writer and sketch performer for many years on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', creating and starring in the Adult Swim series '' Delocated'' and '' Neon ...

, actor raised in Southfield *

GRiZ Grant Richard Kwiecinski (born May 31, 1990), also known by his stage name GRiZ, is an American DJ, songwriter, and electronic music producer from Southfield, Michigan. He is known for playing the saxophone along with producing funk, electro-soul ...

, American DJ and electronic producer *

Yasmine Hanani Yasmine Hanani (born June 5, 1980) is an United States, American actress. Hanani was born in Baltimore and grew up in Southfield, Michigan, Southfield, Michigan and later in Orange County, Southern California. Hanani has worked on documentarie ...

, actress *

Carla Harvey Carla Harvey is an American musician, best known as a former co-vocalist of the metal band Butcher Babies. She landed her first job in Hollywood as an entertainment reporter for the Playboy Channel, and appeared on many popular network TV sho ...

, musician *

Thomas Hearns Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Detroit, Motor City Cobra", and more famously "the Hitman", Hearns's tall, slender build and long arms and shoulders al ...

, retired boxer living in Southfield * John James, politician *

I Prevail I Prevail is an American rock band formed in Southfield, Michigan, in 2013. They released their debut EP '' Heart vs. Mind'' (2014) and rose to popularity from releasing a metal cover of Taylor Swift's " Blank Space" as a single, which eventua ...

, metal band from Southfield *

Ben Kelso Ben Kelso (born April 11, 1949) is an American basketball player. He played as a shooting guard for the Detroit Pistons in 1972 and 1973. Playing career Kelso, a graduate of Central Michigan University, was drafted by Coach Ray Scott and the ...

, professional basketball player *

Keegan-Michael Key Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He and Jordan Peele co-created and co-starred in the sketch series '' Key & Peele'' (2012–2015) for which he received one Primetime Emmy Award from ...

, actor *

Byron Krieger Byron Lester Krieger (July 20, 1920 – November 8, 2015) was an American Foil (fencing), foil, sabre and épée Fencing, fencer. Krieger represented the United States in the Olympics in 1952 in Helsinki and 1956 in Melbourne, and in the 1951 Pa ...

(1920-2015), Olympic fencer * Tony Leech, director, screenwriter, editor *

Eric Lefkofsky Eric Paul Lefkofsky (born September 2, 1969) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Tempus AI, and the co-founder of Groupon, Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), InnerWorkings (INWK), and Mediaocean. , he is also a co ...

, businessman *

Raynetta Mañees Raynetta Mañees is an African American romance novelist and entertainer. Personal life Raynetta Mañees was born and raised in Detroit. After she graduated from Cass Technical High School, she attended Wayne State University, obtaining a degree ...

, novelist, entertainer *

Devyn Marble Roy Devyn Marble (born September 21, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for FC Porto of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB). He played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes, and was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the ...

(born 1992), basketball player for

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa () is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Basketball, Weightl ...

of the

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* Howard Markel, medical historian *

Roya Megnot Roya Megnot (May 29, 1962 - May 10, 2009) was an American actress who played mainly in television films and series. Early years Megnot was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 29, 1962. She was the daughter of Perviz Megnot and Lillian Wassil Meg ...

(1962-2009), actress *

Jeremy Moss Jeremy Allen Moss (born June 23, 1986) is an American politician from Southfield, Michigan currently representing the 7th State Senate District, which includes all of Auburn Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, Lake Angelus, Lathrup ...

, politician * Colette Nelson, body builder *

Chukwuma Okorafor Chukwuma Okorafor (born August 8, 1997) is a Nigerian professional American football offensive tackle for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He has also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots. He played ...

, professional football player *

Lawrence Payton Lawrence Albert Payton Sr. (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. Career Payton and Obie Benson both attended a Northern ...

(1938-1997), musician *

Matt Pike Matthew Lance Pike (born June 3, 1972) is an American musician best known as the guitarist of stoner metal, stoner/doom metal band Sleep (band), Sleep and the vocalist and guitarist of High on Fire. With High on Fire, Pike won the 2019 Grammy Aw ...

, musician * Steven Pitt (1959-2018), American forensic psychiatrist *

Mike Posner Michael Robert Henrion Posner ( ; born February 12, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Detroit.For Posner's full name, see He signed with J Records in 2009 and released his debut single "Cooler Than Me" the follo ...

, singer-songwriter *

Bill Prady William Scott Prady (born June 7, 1960) is an American television writer and producer known for co-creating and producing '' The Big Bang Theory'' (2007–2019) and '' The Muppets'' (2015–2016). He also served as an executive producer on '' D ...

, television writer raised in Southfield * Emily Samuelson, ice dancer *

Debbie Schlussel Debbie Schlussel (born April 9, 1969) is an American attorney, author, political commentator, movie critic, TV host, and blogger. She writes movie reviews and commentary focusing on pop culture, politics, Islamic terrorism, American Muslims, ill ...

, film critic *

Jay Sebring Thomas John Kummer (October 10, 1933 – August 9, 1969), known professionally as Jay Sebring, was an American celebrity Haircut, hair stylist, and the founder of the hairstyling corporation Sebring International. Sebring was Tate–LaBianca mur ...

(1933-1969), celebrity hair stylist and victim of the

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* Jason Stollsteimer, musician *

Jennifer Laura Thompson Jennifer Laura Thompson (born December 5, 1969) is an American actress and singer, best known for her theatrical performances. She originated the role of Cynthia Murphy in the Tony Award-winning musical, '' Dear Evan Hansen'', and received a Ton ...

, actress * Malaya Watson, singer *

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