Newark Arts High School alumni

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.

American singer and actress (1937–2025)

American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)

American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)

American singer

American actress

American actress and singer

American musician (1944-1989)

American jazz musician (1925-2010)

American singer, and actress

American actor

American jazz musician (1940-1978)

American actor, tap dancer and choreographer

American musician

American actress

American composer and multi-instrumentalist

American singer

Salsa singer-songwriter

American record producer

Jazz music advocate

African American artist (born 1955)