Fisk University alumni

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)

American politician and civil rights leader (1940–2020)

American novelist, librarian, nurse (1891–1964)

American writer and activist (1871–1938)

American poet, writer and activist

Trinidadian anti-colonial writer (1903-1959)

American politician & judge (1936–2021)

American jazz musician (1898-1971)

Politician, lawyer

American music executive, businessman, record producer, and manager

American record producer (1931–1978)

U.S. Representative from Florida

American musician (1902–1947)

American actress and comedian

pioneering educator in Liberia

African-American physician

Nigerian entrepreneur

Civil rights activist (1917–2022)

American mathematician & academic (1933–2002)

American dancer and choreographer (1943–2024)

US mathematician (1932-1995)

Mandisa Lynn Hundley () (October 2, 1976 – ), known mononymously as Mandisa, was an American gospel and contemporary Christian recording artist. She began her solo career as a contestant in the fifth season of American Idol finishing in ninth place. Her album Overcomer won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album; she was the fifth American Idol contestant to win a Grammy.

African-American historian

American mathematician

American businesswoman known for civil rights activism

American marine biologist (1933-2011)

African American singer (1887–1977)

American politician (1922-1998)

American physicist

American politician

American anthropologist

American historian (born 1936)

American politician (1886–1970)

American actress (1930-2018)

actor (1928-2013)

novelist and short-story writer

American musician (1910–1967)

American astrophysicist and educator

American visual artist (1953–2014)

American physicist (1883–1941)

American singer

American writer (born 1945)

33rd Controller of California

American inventor and engineer (1920-1982)

Guyanese sprinter

American politician (1893–1957)

American poet (1898–1966)

African-American teacher and postmaster

American musicologist (1871–1925)

American physicist