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Michael B. Jordan
Michael Bakari Jordan is an American actor, producer, and director. His accolades include an Academy Award, three Actor Awards, and a Producers Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Awards. Jordan was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2020 and 2023, People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2020, and in 2020 was ranked 15th on The New York Times list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century.

Connie Francis
American singer and actress (1937–2025)

Sarah Vaughan
American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)

Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)

Kat DeLuna
American singer
Tisha Campbell
American actress
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
American actress and singer
Woody Shaw
American musician (1944-1989)
James Moody
American jazz musician (1925-2010)
Melba Moore
American singer, and actress
J. D. Williams
American actor
Larry Young
American jazz musician (1940-1978)
Savion Glover
American actor, tap dancer and choreographer
Andy Bey
American musician
Crystal Clarke
American actress
Tyshawn Sorey
American composer and multi-instrumentalist
Tawatha Agee
American singer

Frankie Negrón
Salsa singer-songwriter
Charles Calello
American record producer
Lorraine Gordon
Jazz music advocate
Willie Cole
African American artist (born 1955)