David Harold Blackwell (April 24, 1919 – July 8, 2010) je Ojogbon Onipoeye ninu awon Statistiki ni Yunifasity Kalifornia ni Berkeley, be sini oruko re je tikan ninu aropojinle Rao-Blackwell. Won bi ni Centralia, Illinois, ohun ni omo Afrika Amerika akoko to je gbigbawole si Akademi Olomoorile-ede ninu Sayensi, ati adulawo akoko to je ara eka-eko adipomu ni UC Berkeley. Ni 1935, nigba to je omo odun 16, Blackwell lo si Yunifasiti Illinois ni Urbana-Champaign pelu ero lati di oluko mathimatiki ni ile-eko alakobere. Ni 1938 o gba iwe-eri bachelor ninu mathimatiki, iwe-eri master ni 1939, be sini o di dokita ninu mathimatiki ni 1941 nigba to je omo odun 22, gbogbo won lati Yunifasiti Illinois. Sorkin, Michael (July 14, 2010). "David Blackwell fought racism; become world-famous statistician". Saint Louis Post-Dispatch. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/article_8ea41058-5f35-5afa-9c3a-007200c5c179.html.  Cattau, Daniel (July 2009). "David Blackwell 'Superstar'". Illinois Alumni (University of Illinois Alumni Association): pp. 32–34.  James H. Kessler, J. S. Kidd, Renee A. Kidd.