Howard University alumni

Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025

African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)

American actor (1976–2020)

Sean John Combs, also known professionally as Diddy, is an American former rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is credited with the discovery and development of musical artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher, among others.

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)

American singer (1937–2025)

first President of Nigeria (1904-1996)

American actress (born 1970)

American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author

American actor (born 1970)

American opera singer (1945–2019)

African-American writer (1934–2014)

American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer (born 1950)

American activist (1941-1998)

American actress (born 1948)

President of Guyana, Prime Minister of Guyana, dentist (1918-1997)

American actor (born 1963)

American politician from Massachusetts (1919–2015)

American rapper, actor, and comedian (born 1980)

American actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist (1917-2005)

American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1929–2024)

American reality television personality and political aide (born 1974)

Trinidad and Tobago footballer

American writer, journalist, and educator

106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1994

American actress

American ophthalmologist and inventor (1942-2019)

Cuban American actor

Vincentian cardiologist (1936-2020)

American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor

Trinidadian anti-colonial writer (1903-1959)

Black American-born Mexican artist (1915–2012)

American politician (1951-2019)

Malian astrophysicist, businessman, and politician

American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)

American actress

American composer and jazz pianist (1957-2017)

American politician and diplomat (1924–1985)

American musician (1914–1993)

American singer-songwriter

actress

American politician & judge (1936–2021)

American Civil War soldier, Christian minister, Ohio politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer

25th United States Secretary of Agriculture

Nigerian government minister

American film director

American jazz trumpeter (1960–2020)

American poet, playwright and activist

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

American poet (1936-2010)

American actress (born July 25, 1967)

American singer, film and theatre actor (1945–2004)

American cinematographer

American transracial activist

American musician, producer and songwriter (1940–1979)

American painter and art educator (1891-1978)

American actress (1925–2004)

retired pastor from Chicago, USA

American politician (born 1979)

American actress