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Diana Ross
Diana Ross is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown", she was the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. They remain the best-charting female group in history, with a total of 12 number-one pop singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Ellen Burstyn
American actress

Lily Tomlin
American actress, comedian and writer

Jack White
John Anthony White is an American musician and record producer who was the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock duo the White Stripes. He was a key artist of the 2000s indie and garage rock movements, noted for his distinctive musical techniques, eccentricity, and utilization of analog technology. After the White Stripes split up in 2011, he found success with his solo career and business ventures.
Big Sean
American rapper (born 1988)
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist (1932–2013)

Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1937)
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
John DeLorean
American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industry (1925–2005)
Eddie Tolan
athletics competitor (1908–1967)
Della Reese
American actress and singer (1931-2017)
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist (born 1931)
Paul Chambers
American jazz double bassist (1935–1969)
David Alan Grier
American actor and comedian
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist (1957-2017)
Kenya Moore
American actress, model, author, and entrepreneur
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918–2014)
Naima Mora
American fashion model
Preston Tucker
American businessman (1903-1956)
Greg Phillinganes
American keyboardist and session musician
Lucky Thompson
American jazz saxophonist (1924–2005)
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
Regina Carter
American jazz violinist
Wardell Gray
American musician (1921–1955)
Kwame Kilpatrick
American politician and football player
Chris Douglas-Roberts
American basketball player
Donyale Luna
American model and actress (1945-1979)

Ray Johnson
American artist (1927-1995)
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist (1926–1978)
Hansen Clarke
American politician; U.S. Representative for Michigan
Andrew Marshall
the director of the United States Department of Defense's Office of Net Assessment (1921–2019)

Harry Bertoia
Italian-American artist and designer (1915–1978)

Al McKibbon
American musician (1919–2005)
J. C. Heard
American musician (1917–1988)
Ella Joyce
American actress
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist (1924–1990)

Carole Gist
American model
Warren Benson
American composer (1924–2005)
Cornelius Smith Jr.
American actor (born 1982)
Constance Abernathy
American architect (1931-1994)
George Adomian
mathematician (1922–1996)
George Brown
American basketball player, born 1935
Chanté Adams
American actress

Derrick Dial
American basketball player

Michael Onwenu
American football guard
Aaron Kyle
American football player (born 1954)
Niels Diffrient
American designer (1928-2013)
Cha Cha
American rapper

Dorie Murrey
American basketball player
Shaun Robinson
American television host, author, producer, philanthropist, television personality, and actress
Rob Edwards
American basketball player

Donovan Peoples-Jones
American football player (born 1999)
Ali Jackson
American jazz drummer
Nikki Beare
American feminist, journalist and lobbyist

Delano Hill
American football player
Joe Barksdale
American musician, stand-up comedian and American football player
Benny Napoleon
American politician
Thomas E. White
American Army General
Mitchell Hooks
American illustrator (1923-2013)

Jamal Simmons
American journalist