African-American male writers

Voddie Tharon Baucham, Jr. was an American Reformed Baptist pastor, author, and educator. He served as Dean of Theology for nine years, from 2015 to 2024, at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia.

American filmmaker (born 1957)

American comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director

American comedian and actor (born 1979)

American actor (1945–2013)

American actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1979)

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991

Ryan Kyle Coogler is an American filmmaker. His accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, four Black Reel Awards, and ten NAACP Image Awards.

American basketball player

Eric Leroy Adams is an American politician and former police officer who served as the 111th mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain. He served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th district in Brooklyn. In 2013, Adams became the first black American to be elected Brooklyn Borough President; he was re-elected in 2017.

American novelist (born 1969)

American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1968–2019)

American writer and director (born 1979)

free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731–1806)

American actor

American actor, comedian, filmmaker

American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1872–1906)

American actor and comedian

American comedian and writer

American writer

Charles Quinton Murphy was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was best known as a writer and cast member of the Comedy Central sketch-comedy series Chappelle's Show, and a co-star of the sitcom Black Jesus. He was the older brother of actor and comedian Eddie Murphy.

American explorer (1866–1955)

fiction writer from the U.S. state of Missouri (1909–1984)

American politician, investment banker, author and television producer

American philosopher and writer (1885–1954)

American novelist (born 1952)

American comedian, actor, writer and director

American comedian

American writer and director (1884-1951)

American playwright

American author (1903–1946)

American rapper from California (born 1989)

American writer

American poet and novelist (1894–1967)

American writer and director

American filmmaker (1932–2021)

American entertainer (1918–2005)

Nigerian-American writer

American film director

American actor and screenwriter

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, activist (1858–1932)

American film director, producer, and screenwriter

American actor, author (born 1956)

American film director, film producer and screenwriter

American comedian and actor (1933-1998)

United States Army officer and physician, abolitionist, journalist, and writer (1812–1885)

American actor

American javelin thrower

American travel writer

American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance (1902–1934)

American writer and author

American writer

American actor, screenwriter, director, and comic book writer

American writer

American author (1933–2019)

American rapper, screenwriter and director from California

United States Marine and actor

American actor (1937-2004)

American actor

American writer