Name | Dates | Place of Birth | Occupation |
---|---|---|---|
A. Philip Randolph | April 15, 1889 - May 16, 1979 | Crescent City, Florida | Civil Rights Activist |
Aaliyah | January 16, 1979 - August 25, 2001 | New York City, New York | Singer |
Aaron Neville | January 24, 1941 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Singer |
Akon | April 16, 1973 | St. Louis, Missouri | Hip-hop artist |
Alex Haley | August 11, 1921 - February 10, 1992 | Ithaca, New York | Author |
Alfre Woodard | November 8, 1952 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Actress |
Alice Walker | February 9, 1944 | Eatonton, Georgia | Author |
Althea Gibson | August 25, 1927 - September 28, 2003 | Clarendon County, South Carolina | Tennis player |
Alvin Ailey | January 5, 1931 - December 1, 1989 | Rogers, Texas | Choreographer |
Andre Braugher | July 1, 1962 | Chicago, Illinois | Actor |
Andrew Young | March 12, 1932 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Former Mayor of Atlanta |
Angela Bassett | August 16, 1958 | New York City, New York | Actress |
Angela Davis | January 26, 1944 | Birmingham, Alabama | Political activist |
Anita Hill | July 30, 1956 | Lone Tree, Oklahoma | Attorney |
Aretha Franklin | March 25, 1942 | Memphis, Tennessee | Singer |
Arthur Ashe | July 10, 1943 - February 6, 1993 | Richmond, Virginia | Tennis player |
Avery Brooks | October 2, 1948 | Evansville, Indiana | Actor |
Ayaan Hirsi Ali | November 13, 1969 | Mogadishu, Somalia | Activist |
Barack Obama | August 4, 1961 | Honolulu, Hawaii | 44th U.S. President |
Barbara Jordan | February 21, 1936 - January 17, 1996 | Houston, Texas | Former United States Representative |
Barry Bonds | July 24, 1964 | Riverside, California | Baseball player |
Barry Sanders | July 16, 1968 | Wichita, Kansas | American Football Player |
Bayard Rustin | March 17, 1912 - August 24, 1987 | West Chester, Pennsylvania | Activist |
B.B. King | September 16, 1925 | Berclair, Mississippi | Singer |
Bell Hooks | September 25, 1952 | Hopkinsville, Kentucky | Author |
Ben Harper | October 28, 1969 | Pomona, California | Singer-songwriter |
Benjamin Banneker | November 9, 1731 - October 9, 1806 | Baltimore County, Maryland | Scientist |
Bernie Mac | October 5, 1957 - August 9, 2008 | Chicago, Illinois | Comedian |
Berry Gordy | November 28, 1929 | Detroit, Michigan | Record producer |
Bessie Coleman | January 26, 1892 - April 30, 1926 | Atlanta, Texas | Aviator |
Bessie Smith | April 15, 1894 - September 26, 1937 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | Singer |
Betty Shabazz | May 28, 1934 - June 23, 1997 | Pinehurst, Georgia | Educator |
Beyonce | September 4, 1981 | Houston, Texas | Singer-songwriter |
Bill Cosby | July 12, 1937 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Comedian |
Bill Russell | February 12, 1934 | West Monroe, Louisiana | Basketball player |
Billie Holiday | April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Singer |
Bo Diddley | December 30, 1928 - June 2, 2008 | McComb, Mississippi | Singer |
Bob Gibson | November 9, 1935 | Omaha, Nebraska | Baseball player |
Bobby Seale | October 20, 1936 | Dallas, Texas | Civil Rights Activist |
Booker T. Washington | April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915 | Hale's Ford, Virginia | Educator |
Brandy Norwood | February 11, 1979 | McComb, Mississippi | Entertainer |
Busta Rhymes | May 20, 1972 | New York City, New York | Rapper |
Cab Calloway | December 25, 1907 - November 18, 1994 | Rochester, New York | Singer |
Carl Lewis | July 1, 1961 | Birmingham, Alabama | Track and Field Athlete |
Carl Weathers | January 14, 1948 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Actor |
Carmelo Anthony | May 29, 1984 | New York City, New York | Basketball player |
Cassandra Wilson | December 4, 1955 | Jackson, Mississippi | Musician |
Cecil Fielder | September 21, 1963 | Los Angeles, California | Baseball player |
Chamillionaire | November 28, 1979 | Washington, D.C. | Rapper |
Charles Rangel | June 11, 1930 | New York City, New York | U.S. Representative |
Charlie Ward | October 12, 1970 | Thomasville, Georgia | Basketball player |
Chingy | March 9, 1980 | St. Louis, Missouri | Rapper |
Chris Rock | February 7, 1965 | Andrews, South Carolina | Comedian |
Chris Tucker | August 31, 1971 | Atlanta, Georgia | Actor |
Chuck Berry | October 18, 1926ÿ | St. Louis, Missouri | Guitarist |
Chuck D | August 1, 1960 | New York City, New York | Rapper |
Ciara | October 25, 1985 | Austin, Texas | Singer |
Cicely Tyson | December 18, 1924 | New York City, New York | Film actress |
Clarence Thomas | June 23, 1948 | Pin Point, Georgia | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
Colin Powell | April 5, 1937 | New York City, New York | Former United States Secretary of State |
Condoleezza Rice | November 14, 1954 | Birmingham, Alabama | Former United States Secretary of State |
Coolio | August 1, 1963 | Compton, California | Musician |
Coretta Scott King | April 27, 1927 - January 30, 2006 | Marion, Alabama | Author |
Cornel West | June 2, 1953 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Philosopher |
Count Basie | August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984 | Red Bank, New Jersey | Jazz Pianist |
Cris Carter | November 25, 1965 | Troy, Ohio | American football player |
Crispus Attucks | c. 1723?March 5, 1770 | Framingham, Massachusetts | Dockworker |
DaMarcus Beasley | May 24, 1982 | Fort Wayne, Indiana | Soccer player |
Damon Wayans | September 4, 1960 | New York City, New York | Actor |
Danny Glover | July 22, 1946 | San Francisco, California | Actor |
Darius Rucker | May 13, 1966 | Charleston, South Carolina | Singer |
David Robinson | August 6, 1965 | Key West, Florida | Basketball player |
Deacon Jones | December 9, 1938 - June 3, 2013 | Eatonville, Florida | American football player |
Debbie Allen | January 16, 1950 | Houston, Texas | Actress |
Deion Sanders | August 9, 1967 | Fort Myers, Florida | Football player |
Denmark Vesey | c. 1767 - July 2, 1822 | Charleston, South Carolina | Civil Rights Activist |
Dennis Rodman | May 13, 1961 | Trenton, New Jersey | Basketball player |
Denzel Washington | December 28, 1954 | Mount Vernon, New York | Actor |
Derek Jeter | June 26, 1974 | Pequannock, New Jersey | Baseball player |
Derek Walcott | January 23, 1930 | Castries, Saint Lucia | Poet |
Diahann Carroll | July 17, 1935 | New York City, New York | Actress |
Diana Ross | March 26, 1944 | Detroit, Michigan | Singer |
Dinah Washington | August 29, 1924 - December 14, 1963 | Detroit, Michigan | Singer |
Dizzy Gillespie | October 21, 1917 - January 6, 1993 | Englewood, New Jersey | Bandleader |
DMX | December 18, 1970 | Mount Vernon, New York | Rapper |
Dominique Dawes | November 20, 1976 | Silver Spring, Maryland | Gymnast |
Dominique Wilkins | January 12, 1960 | Paris, France | Basketball player |
Don Cheadle | November 29, 1964 | Kansas City, Missouri | Actor |
Don King | August 20, 1931 | Cleveland, Ohio | Boxing promoter |
Dorothy Dandridge | November 9, 1922 - September 8, 1965 | Cleveland, Ohio | Film actress |
Dr. Dre | February 18, 1965 | Compton, California | Entrepreneur |
Dred Scott | c. 1799 - September 17, 1858 | Southampton County, Virginia | African-American slave |
Duke Ellington | April 29, 1899 - May 24, 1974 | Washington, D.C. | Composer |
Dwyane Wade | January 17, 1982 | Chicago, Illinois | Basketball player |
Earl Campbell | March 29, 1955 | Tyler, Texas | American football player |
Eartha Kitt | January 17, 1927 - December 25, 2008 | North, South Carolina | Actress |
Eddie Murphy | April 3, 1961 | New York City, New York | Comedian, Actor |
Elgin Baylor | September 16, 1934 | Washington, D.C. | Basketball player |
Elijah Muhammad | October 7, 1897 - February 25, 1975 | Sandersville, Georgia | Political leader |
Ella Baker | December 13, 1903 - December 13, 1986 | Norfolk, Virginia | Civil Rights Activist |
Ella Fitzgerald | April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996 | Newport News, Virgini | Singer |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | October 29, 1938 | Monrovia, Liberia | President of Liberia |
Emmitt Smith | May 15, 1969 | Pensacola, Florida | American football player |
Eric Dickerson | September 2, 1960 | Sealy, Texas | American football player |
Eriq La Salle | July 23, 1962 | Hartford, Connecticut | Actor |
Ernie Banks | January 31, 1931 - January 23, 2015 | Dallas, Texas | Baseball player |
Ernie Davis | December 14, 1939 - May 18, 1963 | Cleveland, Ohio | American football player |
Esther Rolle | November 8, 1920 - November 17, 1998 | Pompano Beach, Florida | Actress |
Etta James | January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012 | Riverside, California | Singer |
Evander Holyfield | October 19, 1962 | Atmore, Alabama | Boxer |
Flip Wilson | December 8, 1933 - November 25, 1998 | Jersey City, New Jersey | Comedian |
Florence Griffith Joyner | December 21, 1959 - September 21, 1998 | Los Angeles, California | Track and field athlete |
Floyd Patterson | January 4, 1935 - May 11, 2006 | Waco, North Carolina | Boxer |
Forest Whitaker | July 15, 1961 | Longview, Texas | Actor |
Foxy Brown | September 6, 1978 | New York City, New York | Rapper |
Franco Harris | March 7, 1950 | Fort Dix, New Jersey | American football player |
Frank Robinson | August 31, 1935 | Beaumont, Texas | Baseball player |
Frank Thomas | May 27, 1968 | Columbus, Georgia | Baseball player |
Fred Williamson | March 5, 1938 | Gary, Indiana | Actor |
Freddy Adu | June 2, 1989ÿ | Tema, Ghana | Soccer player |
Frederick Douglass | c. February 1818 - February 20, 1895 | Talbot County, Maryland | Civil Rights Activist |
Gabourey Sidibe | May 6, 1983 | New York City, New York | Actress |
Gale Sayers | May 30, 1943 | Wichita, Kansas | American football player |
Gary Coleman | February 8, 1968 - May 28, 2010 | Zion, Illinois | Actor |
George Clinton | July 22, 1941 | Kannapolis, North Carolina | Singer |
George Foreman | January 10, 1949 | Marshall, Texas | Boxer |
George Gervin | April 27, 1952 | Detroit, Michigan | Basketball player |
George Washington Carver | 5 January 1864 - 5 January 1943 | Diamond, Missouri | Inventor |
Gloria Reuben | June 9, 1964 | Toronto, Canada | Singer |
Gordon Parks | November 30, 1912 - March 7, 2006 | Fort Scott, Kansas | Photographer |
Gregory Hines | February 14, 1946 - August 9, 2003 | New York City, New York | Actor |
Gwendolyn Brooks | June 7, 1917 - December 3, 2000 | Topeka, Kansas | Poet |
Hakeem Olajuwon | January 21, 1963 | Lagos, Nigeria | Basketball player |
Halle Berry | August 14, 1966 | Cleveland, Ohio | Actress |
Hank Aaron | February 5, 1934 | Mobile, Alabama | Baseball player |
Harriet Tubman | c. 1822 - March 10, 1913 | Dorchester County, Maryland | Abolitionist |
Harry Belafonte | March 1, 1927 | New York City, New York | Singer |
Hattie McDaniel | June 10, 1895 - October 26, 1952 | Wichita, Kansas | Actress |
Henry Louis Gates | September 16, 1950 | Keyser, West Virginia | University Professor |
Herbie Hancock | April 12, 1940 | Chicago, Illinois | Jazz Pianist |
Herman Cain | December 13, 1945 | Memphis, Tennessee | Author |
Herschel Walker | March 3, 1962 | Wrightsville, Georgia | American football player |
Howlin' Wolf | June 10, 1910 - January 10, 1976 | Hines, Illinois | Singer |
Huey P. Newton | February 17, 1942 - August 22, 1989 | Monroe, Louisiana | Civil Rights Activist |
Ice Cube | June 15, 1969 | Los Angeles, California | Rapper |
Ice T | February 16, 1958 | Newark, New Jersey | Rapper |
Ike Turner | November 5, 1931 - December 12, 2007 | Clarksdale, Mississippi | Musician |
Isaac Hayes | August 20, 1942 - August 10, 2008 | Memphis, Tennessee | Singer-songwriter |
Isiah Thomas | April 30, 1961 | Chicago, Illinois | Basketball player |
Ja Rule | February 29, 1976 | New York City, New York | Rapper |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee | March 3, 1962 | East St. Louis, Illinois | Track and field athlete |
Jackie Robinson | January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972 | Cairo, Georgia | Baseball player |
Jacob Lawrence | September 7, 1917 - June 9, 2000 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Painter |
Jada Pinkett-Smith | September 18, 1971 | Baltimore, Maryland | Actress |
James Baldwin | August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987 | New York City, New York | Author |
James Brown | May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006 | Barnwell, South Carolina | Singer |
James Earl Jones | January 17, 1931 | Arkabutla, Mississippi | Actor |
James Meredith | June 25, 1933 | Kosciusko, Mississippi | Author |
James Weldon Johnson | June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938 | Jacksonville, Florida | Author |
Jamie Foxx | December 13, 1967 | Terrell, Texas | Actor |
Jason Kidd | March 23, 1973 | San Francisco, California | Basketball player |
Jay-Z | December 4, 1969 | New York City, New York | Rapper |
Jayson Williams | February 22, 1968 | Ritter, South Carolina | Basketball player |
Jean-Michel Basquiat | December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988 | New York City, New York | Artist |
Jennifer Hudson | September 12, 1981 | Chicago, Illinois | Recording Artist |
Jerry Rice | October 13, 1962 | Starkville, Mississippi | American Football Player |
Jesse Jackson | October 8, 1941 | Greenville, South Carolina | Civil rights activist |
Jesse Jackson Jr. | March 11, 1965 | Greenville, South Carolina | Former United States Representative |
Jesse Owens | September 12, 1913 - March 31, 1980 | Oakville, Alabama | Track and Field Athlete |
Jessye Norman | September 15, 1945 | Augusta, Georgia | Singer |
Jim Brown | February 17, 1936 | St. Simons, Georgia | American football player |
Jimi Hendrix | November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970 | Seattle, Washington | Guitarist |
Joe Frazier | January 12, 1944 - November 7, 2011 | Beaufort, South Carolina | Boxer |
Joe Louis | May 13, 1914 - April 12, 1981 | La Fayette, Alabama | Boxer |
Joe Morgan | September 19, 1943 | Bonham, Texas | Baseball athlete |
John Coltrane | September 23, 1926 - July 17, 1967 | Huntington, New York | Saxophonist |
John Lee Hooker | August 22, 1917 - June 21, 2001 | Clarksdale, Mississippi | Singer-songwriter |
Josh Gibson | December 21, 1911 - January 20, 1947 | Buena Vista, Georgia | Baseball Player |
Kanye West | June 8, 1977 | Chicago, Illinois | Rapper |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | April 16, 1947 | New York City, New York | Basketball player |
Karl Malone | July 24, 1963 | Summerfield, Louisiana | Basketball player |
Kirby Puckett | March 14, 1960 - March 6, 2006 | Chicago, Illinois | Baseball player |
Kobe Bryant | August 23, 1978 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Basketball player |
Langston Hughes | February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967 | Joplin, Missouri | Poet |
Larry Holmes | November 3, 1949 | Cuthbert, Georgia | Boxer |
Latrell Sprewell | September 8, 1970 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Basketball player |
Laurence Fishburne | July 30, 1961 | Augusta, Georgia | Actor |
Lauryn Hill | May 26, 1975 | East Orange, New Jersey | Singer-songwriter |
Lawrence Taylor | February 4, 1959 | Williamsburg, Virginia | American football player |
LeBron James | December 30, 1984 | Akron, Ohio | Basketball player |
Lena Horne | June 30, 1917 - May 9, 2010 | New York City, New York | Singer |
Leon Spinks | July 11, 1953 | St. Louis, Missouri | Boxer |
Lester Young | August 27, 1909 - March 15, 1959 | Woodville, Mississippi | Saxophonist |
LeVar Burton | February 16, 1957 | Landstuhl, Germany | Actor |
Bow Wow | March 9, 1987 | Columbus, Ohio | Rapper |
Lil' Fizz | November 26, 1985 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Rapper |
Lil' Kim | July 11, 1974 | New York City, New York | Rapper |
Lil' Romeo | August 19, 1989 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Rapper |
Lorraine Hansberry | May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965 | Chicago, Illinois | Playwright |
Louis Armstrong | August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971 | New York City, New York | Jazz trumpeter |
Louis Farrakhan | May 11, 1933 | New York City, New York | Religious Leader |
Ludacris | September 11, 1977 | Champaign, Illinois | Rapper |
Luther Vandross | April 20, 1951 - July 1, 2005 | New York City, New York | Singer-songwriter |
Madam C.J. Walker | December 23, 1867 - May 25, 1919 | Delta, Louisiana | Entrepreneur |
Mae Jemison | October 17, 1956 | Decatur, Alabama | NASA Astronaut |
Mahalia Jackson | October 26, 1911 - January 27, 1972 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Singer |
Malcolm X | Mayÿ19, 1925 - February 21, 1965 | Omaha, Nebraska | Activist |
Manute Bol | October 16, 1962 - June 19, 2010 | Gogrial, Sudan | Basketball player |
Marcus Garvey | 17 August 1887 - 10 June 1940 | Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica | Civil Rights Activists |
Marian Anderson | February 27, 1897 - April 8, 1993 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Contralto |
Marion Jones | October 12, 1975 | Los Angeles, California | Track and field athlete |
Martin Lawrence | April 16, 1965 | Frankfurt, Germany | Actor |
Martin Luther King Jr. | January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968 | Atlanta, Georgia | Minister |
Marvin Gaye | April 1, 1984 | Los Angeles, California | Singer-songwriter |
Marvelous Marvin Hagler | May 23, 1954 | Newark, New Jersey | Boxer |
Mary J. Blige | January 11, 1971 | New York City, New York | Singer-songwriter |
Mary McLeod Bethune | July 10, 1875 - May 18, 1955 | Mayesville, South Carolina | Educator |
Master P | April 29, 1967 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Rapper |
Maya Angelou | April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014 | St. Louis, Missouri | Author |
Medgar Evers | July 2, 1925 - June 12, 1963 | Decatur, Mississippi | Civil rights activist |
Michael Jordan | February 17, 1963 | New York City, New York | Basketball player |
Michael Sam | January 7, 1990 | Galveston, Texas | Football player |
Michelle Obama | January 17, 1964 | Chicago, Illinois | First Lady of the United States |
Mike Jones | January 6, 1981 | Aldine, Texas | Rapper |
Mike Tyson | June 30, 1966 | New York City, New York | Boxer |
Miles Davis | May 26, 1926 - September 28, 1991 | Alton, Illinois | azz trumpeter |
Missy Elliott | July 1, 1971 | Portsmouth, Virginia | Singer-songwriter |
Mo'Nique | December 11, 1967 | Baltimore, Maryland | Comedian |
Morgan Freeman | June 1, 1937 | Memphis, Tennessee | Actor |
Mos Def | December 11, 1973 | New York City, New York | Hip-hop Artist |
Moses Malone | March 23, 1955 | Petersburg, Virginia | Basketball player |
Muddy Waters | April 4, 1913 - April 30, 1983 | Issaquena County, Mississippi | Musician |
Muhammad Ali | January 17, 1942 | Louisville, Kentucky | Boxer |
Mya | October 10, 1979 | Washington, D.C. | Singer |
Nas | September 14, 1973 | New York City, New York | Rapper |
Nat King Cole | March 17, 1919 - February 15, 1965 | Santa Monica, California | Singer |
Nat Turner | October 2, 1800 - November 11, 1831 | Southampton County, Virginia | African-American slave |
Natalie Cole | February 6, 1950 | Los Angeles, California | Singer-songwriter |
Nelly | November 2, 1974 | Austin, Texas | Rapper |
Nina Simone | February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003 | Carry-le-Rouet, France | Singer |
Octavia Butler | June 22, 1947 - February 24, 2006 | Pasadena, California | Author |
Octavia Spencer | May 25, 1970 | Montgomery, Alabama | Film actress |
O.J. Simpson | July 9, 1947 | San Francisco, California | Football player |
Oprah Winfrey | January 29, 1954 | Kosciusko, Mississippi | Entrepreneur |
Oscar Robertson | November 24, 1938 | Charlotte, Tennessee | Basketball player |
Ossie Davis | December 18, 1917 - February 4, 2005 | Cogdell, Georgia | Actor |
Otis Redding | September 9, 1941 - December 10, 1967 | Dawson, Georgia | Singer-songwriter |
Ozzie Smith | December 26, 1954 | Mobile, Alabama | Baseball player |
Pam Grier | May 26, 1949 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Actress |
Patrick Ewing | August 5, 1962 | Kingston, Jamaica | Basketball player |
Paul Laurence Dunbar | June 27, 1872 - February 9, 1906 | Dayton, Ohio | Poet |
Paul Robeson | January 23, 1976 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Singer |
Percy Julian | April 11, 1899 - April 19, 1975 | Montgomery, Alabama | Scientist |
Pernell Whitaker | January 2, 1964 | Norfolk, Virginia | Boxer |
Prince | June 7, 1958 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Singer-songwriter |
Queen Latifah | March 18, 1970 | Newark, New Jersey | Rapper |
Quincy Jones | March 14, 1933 | Chicago, Illinois | Record producer |
Quvenzhané Wallis | August 28, 2003 | Houma, Louisiana | Singer |
Ralph Ellison | March 1, 1914 - April 16, 1994 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Author |
Redd Foxx | December 9, 1922 - October 11, 1991 | St. Louis, Missouri | Comedian |
Reggie Jackson | April 16, 1990 | Pordenone, Italy | Basketball player |
Reggie White | December 19, 1961 - December 26, 2004 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | American football player |
Richard Pryor | December 1, 1940 - December 10, 2005 | Peoria, Illinois | Comedian |
Richard Wright | September 4, 1908 - November 28, 1960 | Roxie, Mississippi | Author |
Rickey Henderson | December 25, 1958 | Chicago, Illinois | Baseball athlete |
Romare Bearden | September 2, 1911 - March 12, 1988 | Artist | |
Rosa Parks | February 4, 1913 - October 24, 2005 | Tuskegee, Alabama | Civil Rights Activist |
Roy Jones Jr. | January 16, 1969 | Pensacola, Florida | Boxer |
Ruby Bridges | September 8, 1954 | Tylertown, Mississippi | Civil Rights Activist |
Ruby Dee | October 27, 1922 - June 11, 2014 | Cleveland, Ohio | Actress |
Sammy Davis Jr. | December 8, 1925 - May 16, 1990 | New York City, New York | Entertainer |
Sarah Vaughan | March 27, 1924 - April 3, 1990 | Newark, New Jersey | Singer |
Satchel Paige | July 7, 1906 - June 8, 1982 | Mobile, Alabama | Baseball player |
Scatman Crothers | May 23, 1910 | Terre Haute, Indiana | Actor |
Scott Joplin | c. 1867/1868 - April 1, 1917 | Linden, Texas | Composer |
Scottie Pippen | September 25, 1965 | Hamburg, Arkansas | Basketball player |
Serena Williams | September 26, 1981 | Saginaw, Michigan | Tennis player |
Shaquille O'Neal | March 6, 1972 | Newark, New Jersey | Basketball player |
Sheryl Swoopes | March 25, 1971 | Brownfield, Texas | Basketball player |
Sidney Poitier | February 20, 1927 | Miami, Florida | Actor |
Smokey Robinson | February 19, 1940 | Detroit, Michigan | Singer-songwriter |
Snoop Dogg | October 20, 1971 | Long Beach, California | Rapper |
Sojourner Truth | November 26, 1883 | Battle Creek, Michigan | Abolitionist |
Sonny Liston | c. 1932-December 30, 1970 | Sand Slough, Arkansas | Boxer |
Spike Lee | March 20, 1957 | Atlanta, Georgia | Film director |
Steve McNair | February 14, 1973 - July 4, 2009 | Mount Olive, Mississippi | American Football Player |
Stevie Wonder | May 13, 1950 | Saginaw, Michigan | Singer |
Stokely Carmichael | June 29, 1941 - November 15, 1998 | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | Civil Rights Activist |
Sugar Ray Leonard | May 17, 1956 | Rocky Mount, North Carolina | Boxer |
Sugar Ray Robinson | May 3, 1921 - April 12, 1989 | Detroit, Michigan | Boxer |
Tavis Smiley | September 13, 1964 | Gulfport, Mississippi | Talk show host |
Teddy Pendergrass | March 26, 1950 - January 13, 2010 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Singer |
Terrence Howard | March 11, 1969 | Chicago, Illinois | Actor |
Thandie Newton | November 6, 1972 | London, United Kingdom | Film actress |
The Notorious B.I.G. | March 9, 1997 | Los Angeles, California | Rapper |
Thelonious Monk | October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982 | Englewood, New Jersey | Pianist |
Thomas Hearns | October 18, 1958 | Memphis, Tennessee | Boxer |
Thurgood Marshall | July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993 | Baltimore, Maryland | Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
Thurman Thomas | May 16, 1966 | Houston, Texas | American football player |
Tiger Woods | December 30, 1975 | Cypress, California | Golfer |
Tina Turner | November 26, 1939 | Nutbush, Tennessee | Singer |
Tone-Loc | March 3, 1966 | Los Angeles, California | Rapper |
Toni Morrison | February 18, 1931 | Lorain, Ohio | Novelist |
Tony Dorsett | April 7, 1954 | Rochester, Pennsylvania | American Football Player |
Tony Gwynn | May 9, 1960 - June 16, 2014 | Los Angeles, California | Baseball Coach |
Tupac Shakur | June 16, 1971- September 13, 1996 | New York City, New York | Rapper |
Tyra Banks | December 4, 1973 | Inglewood, California | Television Personality |
Usher | October 14, 1978 | Dallas, Texas | Singer-songwriter |
Vanessa Williams | March 18, 1963 | Millwood, New York | Singer |
Venus Williams | June 17, 1980 | Lynwood, California | Tennis player |
Ving Rhames | May 12, 1959 | New York City, New York | Actor |
Viola Davis | August 11, 1965 | St. Matthews, South Carolina | Film actress |
W. E. B. Du Bois | February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963 | Great Barrington, Massachusetts | Author |
Walt Frazier | March 29, 1945 | Atlanta, Georgia | Basketball player |
Walter Payton | July 25, 1954- November 1, 1999 | Columbia, Mississippi | American football player |
Warren Moon | November 18, 1956 | Los Angeles, California | American football player |
Wesley Snipes | July 31, 1962 | Orlando, Florida | Actor |
Whitney Houston | August 9, 1963 | Newark, New Jersey | Singer |
Whoopi Goldberg | November 13, 1955 | New York City, New York | Comedienne |
Will Smith | September 25, 1968 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Actor |
Willie Mays | May 6, 1931 | Westfield, Alabama | Baseball player |
Wilma Rudolph | June 23, 1940 - November 12, 1994 | Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee | Track and field athlete |
Wilt Chamberlain | August 21, 1936 - October 12, 1999 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Basketball player |
Wynton Marsalis | October 18, 1961 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Trumpeter |
Zora Neale Hurston | January 7, 1891 - January 28, 1960 | Notasulga, Alabama | Author |