Àwọn ọmọ Áfíríkà Amẹ́ríkà

Ọmọ Áfíríkà Amẹ́ríkà tàbí Aláwọ̀dúdú Ará Amẹ́ríkà jé ọmọ orílẹ̀-èdè Amerika tí wón ní ìpilẹ̀sẹ̀ ní Áfíríkà tàbí ka sọ pé orísun wọn jẹ́ Áfíríkà, àti pé wọ́ tara ìkan lára àwon ẹ̀yà ènìyàn dúdú ilẹ̀ Áfíríka wá

Òṣèrébìnrin ,òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín


A
Quinton Aaron, òṣèrékùnrin 
Ira Aldridge, òṣèrékùnrin 
Flex Alexàtier, òṣèrékùnrin 
Khàtii Alexàtier, òṣèrébìnrin
Ajiona Alexus, òṣèrébìnrin
Mahershala Ali, òṣèrékùnrin 
Debbie Allen, òṣèrébìnrin
John Amos, òṣèrékùnrin 
Anthony àtierson, òṣèrékùnrin 
Eddie àtierson, òṣèrékùnrin 
Maya Angelou, òṣèrébìnrin
Tichina Arnold, òṣèrébìnrin
Essence Atkins, òṣèrébìnrin
Sharif Atkins, òṣèrékùnrin 
Patti Austin, olórin
James Avery, òṣèrékùnrin 
Margaret Avery, òṣèrébìnrin
Rochelle Aytes, òṣèrébìnrin

B
Anita Baker, olórin 
Jaylen Barron, òṣèrébìnrin 
Michael Boatman, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín 
Beyoncé, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
Leslie David Baker, òṣèrékùnrin 
Tyra Banks, òṣèrébìnrin 
Spencer Bell, òṣèrékùnrin 
Clevelàti Berto, òṣèrékùnrin 
B.G., olórin 
Peabo Bryson, olórin 
Louise Beavers, 
Birdman, olórin 
Everett Brown, òṣèrékùnrin
Jim Brown, òṣèrékùnrin
Malcolm Barrett, òṣèrékùnrin
Philip Bailey, olórin
Toni Braxton, olórin
James Baskett, òṣèrékùnrin
Roscoe Lee Browne, òṣèrékùnrin
Avery Brooks, òṣèrékùnrin
LeVar Burton, òṣèrékùnrin
Tony Burton, òṣèrékùnrin
Fantasia Barrino, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
Angela Bassett, òṣèrébìnrin
Troian Bellisario òṣèrébìnrin
Steelo Brim òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Lloyd Banks, òṣèrékùnrin
George Benson, olórin
Michael Beach, òṣèrékùnrin
Richard Brooks, òṣèrékùnrin
Jennifer Beals  òṣèrébìnrin
Darryl M. Bell, òṣèrékùnrin
Paul Benjamin, òṣèrékùnrin
Wayne Brady, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Todd Bridges, òṣèrékùnrin
Fred Berry, òṣèrékùnrin
Halle Berry, òṣèrébìnrin
Lisa Bonet òṣèrébìnrin
Stephen Bishop, òṣèrékùnrin
Billy Blanks, òṣèrékùnrin
Golden Brooks, òṣèrébìnrin
Busta Rhymes, òṣèrékùnrin
De'Aundre Bonds, òṣèrékùnrin
Joy Bryant, òṣèrébìnrin
Chadwick Boseman, òṣèrékùnrin
Sterling K. Brown, òṣèrékùnrin
Mehcad Brooks, òṣèrékùnrin
Neil Brown Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
Logan Browning, òṣèrébìnrin
Trai Byers, òṣèrékùnrin
Danielle Brooks, òṣèrébìnrin
Cocoa Brown, òṣèrébìnrin
Rob Brown, òṣèrékùnrin
Zazie Beetz òṣèrébìnrin
Rhyon Nicole Brown, òṣèrébìnrin
Jurnee Smollett-Bell òṣèrébìnrin
Big Daddy Kane, olórin
Yvette Nicole Brown, òṣèrébìnrin
Big Gipp, olórin
Roger Aaron Brown, òṣèrékùnrin
Hannibal Buress, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
BabyFace, olórin
Sharon Bryant, olórin R&B
Bone Crusher, olórin Hip Hop
 Bryshere Y. Gray, olórin Hip Hop, òṣèrékùnrin

C
Judy Cheeks, olórin
Nick Cannon, òṣèrékùnrin
CL Smooth, òṣèrékùnrin
Nell Carter, òṣèrébìnrin
Amàtia àti Samuel Chambers,
Bill Cobbs, òṣèrékùnrin
Bill Cosby, òṣèrékùnrin
Common, òṣèrékùnrin
Deon Cole, òṣèrékùnrin
Natalie Cole, òṣèrébìnrin
Nat King Cole, òṣèrékùnrin
Olivia Cole, òṣèrébìnrin
Chad L. Coleman, òṣèrékùnrin
Gary Coleman, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Monique Coleman, òṣèrébìnrin
Mike Colter, òṣèrékùnrin
Sean Combs, òṣèrékùnrin
Alvin Childress, òṣèrékùnrin
L. Scott Caldwell, òṣèrébìnrin
Cab Calloway, òṣèrékùnrin
Vanessa Bell Calloway, òṣèrébìnrin
Charlie Brown, olórin àti òṣèrékùnrin
Scatman Crothers, òṣèrékùnrin
Cut Monitor Milo, òṣèrékùnrin
Rupert Crosse, òṣèrékùnrin
Mariah Carey, òṣèrébìnrin
Diahann Carroll, òṣèrébìnrin
Rocky Carroll, òṣèrékùnrin
Bernie Casey, òṣèrékùnrin
Rosalind Cash, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
Reg E. Cathey, òṣèrékùnrin
Ray Charles, òṣèrékùnrin
Dave Chappelle, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Don Cheadle, òṣèrékùnrin
Bill Cosby, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Laverne Cox, òṣèrébìnrin
Tony Cox, òṣèrékùnrin
Rusty Cundieff, òṣèrékùnrin
Mark Curry, òṣèrékùnrin
Lavell Crawford, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Chi-Ali, olórin
Kim Coles, òṣèrébìnrin
Ice Cube, òṣèrékùnrin
Morris Chestnut, òṣèrékùnrin
Chingy, olórin
Frances Callier, òṣèrébìnrin
Zendaya Coleman òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin

D
Deezer D, òṣèrékùnrin, olórin
Dr. Dre, òṣèrékùnrin
Jude Demorest, òṣèrébìnrin
Dres, olórin
DJ Yella, agbórin-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́ àti olórin
Ava DuVernay, adarí fíìmù
Danny Boy, olórin
Darryl McDaniels, òṣèrékùnrin
DJ Kay Gee, olórin
Teala Dunn, òṣèrébìnrin
Yaya DaCosta, òṣèrébìnrin
Dinco D, òṣèrékùnrin
Daveed Diggs òṣèrékùnrin
Da'Vinchi, òṣèrékùnrin àti olórin
 Colman Domingo òṣèrékùnrin
Charles Michael Davis òṣèrékùnrin
Taye Diggs, òṣèrékùnrin
Hugh Dane, òṣèrékùnrin
DJ Alamo, agbórin-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́ àti olórin
Tommy Davidson, òṣèrékùnrin
Keith David, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Stacey Dash òṣèrébìnrin
Doug E. Fresh olórin
Viola Davis, òṣèrébìnrin
D-Nice, òṣèrékùnrin
LaVan Davis, òṣèrékùnrin
Cassi Davis, òṣèrékùnrin
DMX, òṣèrékùnrin, olórin
Gary Dourdan, òṣèrékùnrin
Michael Dorn, òṣèrékùnrin
Tommy Davidson, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Omar Dorsey, òṣèrékùnrin
Nate Dogg, òṣèrékùnrin
Snoop Dogg, òṣèrékùnrin
Michael Clarke Duncan, òṣèrékùnrin
Suzzanne Douglas, òṣèrébìnrin
Denise Dowse, òṣèrébìnrin àti olùdarí
Ja'Net DuBois, òṣèrébìnrin
Charles S. Dutton, òṣèrékùnrin
Loretta Devine, òṣèrébìnrin
Ivan Dixon, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí, agbórin jáde
Ruby Dee, òṣèrébìnrin
Ossie Davis, òṣèrékùnrin
Sammy Davis Jr., òṣèrékùnrin

E
Michael Ealy, òṣèrékùnrin
Nelsan Ellis, òṣèrékùnrin
Cedric the Entertainer, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Mike Epps, apanilẹ́rìn-ín àti òṣèrékùnrin
Omar Epps, òṣèrékùnrin
E-40, òṣèrékùnrin
Art Evans, òṣèrékùnrin
Eric B., òṣèrékùnrin
Damon Evans, òṣèrékùnrin
Mike Evans, òṣèrékùnrin

F
David Fagen,
Dave Fennoy, òṣèrékùnrin
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, òṣèrékùnrin
Jordan Fisher, òṣèrékùnrin
Edwina Findley, òṣèrébìnrin
Laurence Fishburne, òṣèrékùnrin
Freddie Foxxx, òṣèrékùnrin
Thomas Mikal Ford, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Fat Joe, òṣèrékùnrin
Ken Foree, òṣèrékùnrin
Jamie Foxx, òṣèrékùnrin
Jaimee Foxworth, òṣèrébìnrin
Redd Foxx, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
Roberta Flack, olórin
Al Freeman Jr., òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí
Morgan Freeman, òṣèrékùnrin
Jennifer Freeman òṣèrébìnrin
Aretha Franklin, òṣèrébìnrin
Sheila Frazier, òṣèrébìnrin
Kim Fields, òṣèrébìnrin
Vivica A. Fox, òṣèrébìnrin
Frankie Faison, òṣèrékùnrin

G
Larry Graham, olórin
Johnny Gill, olórin
Roy Glenn, òṣèrékùnrin
Robert Guillaume, òṣèrékùnrin
Ron Glass, òṣèrékùnrin
Gràtimaster Flash, olórin àti agbóri-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́
Marla Gibbs, òṣèrébìnrin
Tyrese Gibson, òṣèrékùnrin
Seth Gilliam, òṣèrékùnrin
Lawrence Gilliard Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
Clarence Gilyard, òṣèrékùnrin
Robin Givens, òṣèrébìnrin
Danny Glover, òṣèrékùnrin
Donald Glover, òṣèrékùnrin
Cuba Gooding Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
Cuba Gooding Sr., òṣèrékùnrin
Omar Gooding, òṣèrékùnrin
Whoopi Goldberg, òṣèrébìnrin
Gràti Puba, olórin
Carl Gordon, òṣèrékùnrin
GZA, olórin
Louis Gossett Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
Ghostface Killah, olórin
Robert Gossett, òṣèrékùnrin
Kat Graham, òṣèrébìnrin
Sonequa Martin-Green, òṣèrébìnrin
David Alan Grier, òṣèrékùnrin
Pam Grier, òṣèrébìnrin
Rosey Grier, òṣèrékùnrin
Teresa Graves, òṣèrébìnrin
Dick Gregory, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
Eddie Griffin, òṣèrékùnrin
Lance Gross òṣèrékùnrin
Bill Gunn, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí
Moses Gunn, òṣèrékùnrin
Jasmine Guy, òṣèrébìnrin

H
D'atra Hicks, òṣèrébìnrin, olórin
Taral Hicks, òṣèrébìnrin, olórin
Karim Hill, òṣèrékùnrin àti tap dancer
Steve Harvey, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
Hill Harper, òṣèrékùnrin
Corey Hawkins, òṣèrékùnrin
D.L. Hughley, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
Dorian Harewood, òṣèrékùnrin
Kadeem Hardison, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí
Jackee Harry òṣèrébìnrin
Brian Tyree Henry, òṣèrékùnrin
Telma Hopkins, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
Tiffany Haddish òṣèrébìnrin
Cory Hardrict, òṣèrékùnrin
Kene Holliday, òṣèrékùnrin
àtiré Hollàti, òṣèrékùnrin
Kevin Hart, òṣèrékùnrin
Arsenio Hall, òṣèrékùnrin
Pooch Hall, òṣèrékùnrin
Regina Hall, òṣèrébìnrin
Vondie Curtis-Hall, òṣèrékùnrin
Sherman Hemsley, òṣèrékùnrin
Darrin Henson, òṣèrékùnrin
Taraji P. Henson, òṣèrébìnrin
Russell Hornsby, òṣèrékùnrin
Omari Hardwick, òṣèrékùnrin
Terrance Howard, òṣèrékùnrin
Dennis Haysbert, òṣèrékùnrin
Isaac Hayes, òṣèrékùnrin
Lloyd Haynes, òṣèrékùnrin
William Jackson Harper, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Robert Hooks, òṣèrékùnrin
Gregory Hines, òṣèrékùnrin
Marques Houston, òṣèrékùnrin
Whitney Houston, òṣèrébìnrin
Paige Hurd (African-American father), òṣèrébìnrin
Ernie Hudson, òṣèrékùnrin
Jennifer Hudson, òṣèrébìnrin
Dennis Haysbert, òṣèrékùnrin

I
Rex Ingram, òṣèrékùnrin
Inspectah Deck, olórin
Ida B. Wells, author

J
Bràtion T. Jackson, òṣèrékùnrin
Janet Jackson, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
Jermaine Jackson, òṣèrékùnrin
La Toya Jackson, òṣèrébìnrin
Michael Jackson, King of pop àti òṣèrékùnrin
Paris Jackson, òṣèrébìnrin
Samuel L. Jackson, òṣèrékùnrin
Michael B. Jordan, òṣèrékùnrin
Skai Jackson, òṣèrébìnrin
Trevor Jackson, òṣèrékùnrin
Jackson family, eléré-ìdárayá
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, òṣèrékùnrin
Ralph Johnson, olórin
Raymond St. Jacques, òṣèrékùnrin
Jazze Pha, olórin àti agbórin Hip Hop jáde
Bryton James, òṣèrékùnrin
Jay-Z, olórin
Roy Jones Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
Duane Jones, òṣèrékùnrin
Rashida Jones, òṣèrébìnrin
Tamala Jones, òṣèrébìnrin
Ja Rule, olórin
April Parker Jones, òṣèrébìnrin
Anne-Marie Johnson, òṣèrébìnrin
Dwayne Johnson, òṣèrékùnrin
Rafer Johnson, òṣèrékùnrin
Orlàtio Jones, òṣèrékùnrin
James Earl Jones, òṣèrékùnrin
Nadji Jeter, òṣèrékùnrin
Barry Jenkins, olùdarí, agbórin jáde
Larry "Flash" Jenkins, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí, agbórin jáde
Terrence Jenkins, òṣèrékùnrin
Anne-Marie Johnson òṣèrébìnrin
Kristoff St. John, òṣèrékùnrin
LL Cool J, òṣèrékùnrin
J-Bo, Crunk olórin

K
Chaka Khan, olórin
R. Kelly, olórin àti òṣèrékùnrin
Jim Kelly, òṣèrékùnrin
Khujo, olórin
Malcolm David Kelley, òṣèrékùnrin
Killer Mike, olórin
Keegan-Michael Key, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Wiz Khalifa, òṣèrékùnrin
Christel Khalil òṣèrébìnrin
Kool G Rap, olórin
Aja Naomi King, òṣèrébìnrin
Regina King, òṣèrébìnrin
Kap G, òṣèrékùnrin
Eartha Kitt, òṣèrébìnrin
KRS-One, òṣèrékùnrin
Gladys Knight, òṣèrébìnrin
Jak Knight, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín àti òǹkọ̀wé
The Kidd Creole, olórin
Boris Kodjoe, òṣèrékùnrin 
Lenny Kravitz, òṣèrékùnrin
Zoe Kravitz, òṣèrébìnrin

L
Patti LaBelle, òṣèrébìnrin
Phil LaMarr, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Ted Lange, òṣèrékùnrin
Tina Lifford, òṣèrébìnrin
Sanaa Lathan, òṣèrébìnrin
Jacob Latimore, òṣèrékùnrin
Martin Lawrence, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Scott Lawrence, òṣèrékùnrin
Bianca Lawson, òṣèrébìnrin
Lauren London òṣèrébìnrin
Sharon Leal òṣèrébìnrin
Spike Lee, adarí fíìmù, agbórin jáde, òǹkọ̀wé, òṣèrékùnrin
John Legend, òṣèrékùnrin, agbórin jáde
Harry Lennix òṣèrékùnrin
Dawnn Lewis, òṣèrébìnrin
Phill Lewis, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Jenifer Lewis, òṣèrébìnrin
Tommy Lister Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
Darlene Love, òṣèrébìnrin
Loni Love, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Lord Jamar, òṣèrékùnrin
Ludacris, òṣèrékùnrin
Lil Jon, olórin
Ed Lover, olórin àti òṣèrékùnrin

M
Anthony Mackie, òṣèrékùnrin
Method Man, òṣèrékùnrin
David Mann, òṣèrékùnrin
Tamela Mann, òṣèrébìnrin
Mannie Fresh, agbórin Hip Hop jáde
John Marriott, òṣèrékùnrin
Don Marshall, òṣèrékùnrin
William Marshall, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí
Jesse L. Martin, òṣèrékùnrin
Marsai Martin, òṣèrébìnrin
Tisha Campbell-Martin, òṣèrébìnrin
Vincent Mason, agbóri-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́ àti òṣèrékùnrin
Christopher Massey, òṣèrékùnrin
Kyle Massey, òṣèrékùnrin
Masta Killa, olórin
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, òṣèrékùnrin
Al Matthews, òṣèrékùnrin
Chi McBride, òṣèrékùnrin
Darius McCrary, òṣèrékùnrin àti olórin
Shane Paul McGhie, òṣèrékùnrin
Brian McKnight, olórin
Tim Meadows, òṣèrékùnrin
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex òṣèrébìnrin àti humanitarian
Melle Mel, òṣèrékùnrin àti olórin
Kelvin Mercer, olórin àti òṣèrékùnrin
Method Man, òṣèrékùnrin
Draya Michele òṣèrébìnrinhttps://theshaderoom.com/celebrity-draya-michele-2/  "Coming from mixed African American/Italian parents, she gained interest in beauty at an early age".
Windell Middlebrooks, òṣèrékùnrin
Mike Gee, olórin
Omar Benson Miller, òṣèrékùnrin
Wentworth Miller, òṣèrékùnrin
Daryl Mitchell, òṣèrékùnrin
Jason Mitchell, òṣèrékùnrin
Monica, òṣèrébìnrin
Victoria Monét olórin R&B 
Paul Mooney, apanilẹ́rìn-ín àti òṣèrékùnrin
Juanita Moore, òṣèrébìnrin
Shemar Moore, òṣèrékùnrin
Debbi Morgan, òṣèrébìnrin
Tracy Morgan, òṣèrékùnrin
Garrett Morris, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
Greg Morris, òṣèrékùnrin
Lamorne Morris, òṣèrékùnrin
Joe Morton, òṣèrékùnrin
Phil Moore, òṣèrékùnrin
Charlie Murphy, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Eddie Murphy, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Ali Shaheed Muhammad, òṣèrékùnrin
Lou Myers, òṣèrékùnrin

N
Niecy Nash, òṣèrébìnrin
Tariq Nasheed, fíìmù agbórin jáde
Naturi Naughton, òṣèrébìnrin
Nichelle Nichols, òṣèrébìnrin
Nelly, olórin
Maidie Norman, òṣèrébìnrin
Normani, olórin
Bràtiy Norwood, òṣèrébìnrin
Bill Nunn, òṣèrékùnrin

O
 Jeffrey Osborne, olórin
 Patrice O'Neal, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
 Shaquille O'Neal, òṣèrékùnrin

P

LaWàtia Page, òṣèrébìnrin
Keke Palmer, òṣèrébìnrin
John Paris, olórin
Kyla Pratt, òṣèrébìnrin
Allen Payne, òṣèrékùnrin
Jo Marie Payton, òṣèrébìnrin
Pete Rock, agbóri-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́ àti Hip Hop agbórin jáde
Tyler Perry, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, fíìmùmakerhttps://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/471716-tyler-perry-just-opened-a-massive-film-studio-in "The star becomes the first African American to own a major film production facility".
Melvin Van Peebles, òṣèrékùnrin, fíìmùmaker
Holly Robinson Peete, òṣèrébìnrin
Brock Peters, òṣèrékùnrin
Jo Marie Payton, òṣèrébìnrin
Khary Payton, òṣèrékùnrin
Angel Parker, òṣèrébìnrin
Nicole Ari Parker, òṣèrébìnrin
Teyonah Parris, òṣèrébìnrin
Paula Patton òṣèrébìnrin
Jordan Peele, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Nathan Pelle, òṣèrékùnrin
Paul Pena, olórin
Madison Pettis òṣèrébìnrin
Wendell Pierce, òṣèrékùnrin
Jay Pharoah, òṣèrékùnrin
Glenn Plummer, òṣèrékùnrin
Clifton Powell, òṣèrékùnrin
Kyla Pratt, òṣèrébìnrin
Billy Preston, òṣèrékùnrin
J. A. Preston, òṣèrékùnrin
Prince, òṣèrékùnrin
Joan Pringle, òṣèrébìnrin
Richard Pryor, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Mekhi Phifer, òṣèrékùnrin

Q

 Q-Tip, òṣèrékùnrin àti agbórin jáde
 Questlove, agbóri-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́ àti agbórin jáde
 Queen Latifah, olórin, òṣèrébìnrin

R
Issa Rae òṣèrébìnrin, comedienne
Dianne Reeves, olórin
Marion Ramsey, òṣèrébìnrin
Gina Ravera òṣèrébìnrin
Lou Rawls, òṣèrékùnrin
Gene Anthony Ray, òṣèrékùnrin
Lance Reddick, òṣèrékùnrin
Della Reese, òṣèrébìnrin, olórin
Rakim, olórin
Daphne Maxwell Reid, òṣèrébìnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Chance The olórin, olórin
Tim Reid, òṣèrékùnrin
Corey Reynolds, òṣèrékùnrin
James Reynolds, òṣèrékùnrin
Ving Rhames, òṣèrékùnrin
Rihanna, olórin
Naya Rivera òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
Tequan Richmond, òṣèrékùnrin
Little Richard, òṣèrékùnrin
LaTanya Richardson, òṣèrébìnrin
Kevin Michael Richardson, òṣèrékùnrin
Sam Richardson, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Lionel Richie, òṣèrékùnrin, composer, olórin
Lauren Ridloff, òṣèrébìnrin
Leonard Roberts, òṣèrékùnrin
Paul Robeson, òṣèrékùnrin
Bumper Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin
Charlie Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin
Craig Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Jimmy Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin
Leon Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin
Matt Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin, agbórin jáde
Roger Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin
Raekwon, olórin
Smokey Robinson, olórin
Chris Rock, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Timmie Rogers, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
RZA, òṣèrékùnrin
Roxie Roker, òṣèrébìnrin
Joseph Simmons, òṣèrékùnrin
Esther Rolle, òṣèrébìnrin
Howard Rollins, òṣèrékùnrin
Anika Noni Rose, òṣèrébìnrin
Diana Ross, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
Evan Ross òṣèrékùnrin
Tracee Ellis Ross, òṣèrébìnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Victoria Rowell òṣèrébìnrin
Richard Roundtree, òṣèrékùnrin
RuPaul, òṣèrékùnrin
Nipsey Russell, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Trevante Rhodes, òṣèrékùnrin

S
Shanice, olórin
Sisqo, olórin olórin
Zoe Saldana, òṣèrébìnrin
Amàtia Seales òṣèrébìnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Isabel Sanford, òṣèrébìnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Bràtion Scott, òṣèrékùnrin
Beanie Sigel, olórin
Yara Shahidi  òṣèrébìnrin
Tupac Shakur, òṣèrékùnrin, olórin
Sherri Shepherd, òṣèrébìnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
O. J. Simpson, òṣèrékùnrin
Sadat X, olórin
Sinbad, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
John Singleton, olùdarí, agbórin jáde
IronE Singleton, òṣèrékùnrin
Slick Rick, olórin, òṣèrékùnrin
Isaac C. Singleton Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
Bubba Smith, òṣèrékùnrin
Brian Michael Smith, òṣèrékùnrin
Jada Pinkett Smith òṣèrébìnrin, olórinhttps://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000586/bio "Her father is of African American descent and her mother is of Afro-Caribbean ancestry". 
Justice Smith, òṣèrékùnrin
Jaden Smith, òṣèrékùnrin
Will Smith, òṣèrékùnrin àti olórin
Willow Smith, òṣèrébìnrin
Jussie Smollett, òṣèrékùnrin
J. B. Smoove, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Wesley Snipes, òṣèrékùnrin
Sonja Sohn òṣèrébìnrin àti olùdarí
Jordin Sparks, òṣèrébìnrin
Octavia Spencer, òṣèrébìnrin
Bern Nadette Stanis, òṣèrébìnrin
Woody Strode, òṣèrékùnrin
Tika Sumpter, òṣèrébìnrin
Wàtia Sykes, òṣèrébìnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Jessica Szohr, òṣèrébìnrin
Carly Simon, olórin
Lil Scrappy: Olórin Hip hop

T
Larenz Tate, òṣèrékùnrin
Mr. T, òṣèrékùnrin
Meshach Taylor, òṣèrékùnrin
T.I., òṣèrékùnrin
Nathaniel Taylor, òṣèrékùnrin
Ron Taylor, òṣèrékùnrin
Lynne Thigpen, òṣèrébìnrin
David Jude Jolicoeur, òṣèrékùnrin
Cora Ann Pair Thomas, ajínhìnrere
T-Mo, olórin
Leon Thomas III, òṣèrékùnrin
Treach, olórin
Michelle Thomas, òṣèrébìnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Tony Yayo, òṣèrékùnrin
Ernest Lee Thomas, òṣèrékùnrin
Kenan Thompson, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Tony Todd, òṣèrékùnrin
Berlinda Tolbert, òṣèrébìnrin
Chris Tucker, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Glynn Turman, òṣèrékùnrin
The Game, olórin
Tina Turner, òṣèrébìnrin, olórin
Tyler, the Creator, òṣèrékùnrin

U
Blair Underwood, òṣèrékùnrin
Sheryl Underwood, òṣèrébìnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Usher, òṣèrékùnrin, olórin

V
Courtney B. Vance, òṣèrékùnrin
Ben Vereen, òṣèrékùnrin, oníjó, olórin
Vin Rock, olórin
Reginald VelJohnson, òṣèrékùnrin

W
Eugene Wilde, olórin
Jimmie Walker, òṣèrékùnrin
Bill Walker, òṣèrékùnrin
Stevie Wonder, olórin
Vincent M. Ward, òṣèrékùnrin
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, òṣèrékùnrin
Dionne Warwick, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
Denzel Washington, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí àti agbórin jáde
Isaiah Washington, òṣèrékùnrin
John David Washington, òṣèrékùnrin
Kerry Washington òṣèrébìnrin
Marlon Wayans, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, àti agbórin jáde
Damon Wayans, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin, òǹkọ̀wé àti agbórin jáde
Damon Wayans Jr., òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Shawn Wayans, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, writer, agbórin jáde
Lil Wayne, òṣèrékùnrin
Carl Weathers, òṣèrékùnrin
Forest Whitaker, òṣèrékùnrin
Charles Malik Whitfield, òṣèrékùnrin
Lynn Whitfield, òṣèrébìnrin
Jaleel White, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Billy Dee Williams, òṣèrékùnrin
Deniece Williams, olórin
Clarence Williams III, òṣèrékùnrin
Gary Anthony Williams, òṣèrékùnrin
Hal Williams, òṣèrékùnrin
Kellie Shanygne Williams, òṣèrébìnrin
Michael K. Williams, òṣèrékùnrin
Tyler James Williams, òṣèrékùnrin
Vanessa Williams, òṣèrébìnrin
Fred Williamson, òṣèrékùnrin
Mykelti Williamson, òṣèrékùnrin
Larry Wilmore, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Rutina Wesley, òṣèrébìnrin
Debra Wilson, òṣèrébìnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Demond Wilson, òṣèrékùnrin
Flip Wilson, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Nancy Wilson, òṣèrébìnrin
Reno Wilson, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Theodore Wilson, òṣèrékùnrin
Yvette Wilson, òṣèrébìnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Paul Winfield, òṣèrékùnrin
Oprah Winfrey, òṣèrébìnrin
Jeffrey Wright, òṣèrékùnrin
Samuel E. Wright, òṣèrékùnrin
John Witherspoon, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
Alfre Woodard, òṣèrébìnrin
Verdine White, olórin

Y
Yo-Yo, olórin
Lee Thompson Young, òṣèrékùnrin
Young Buck, olórin

 Àwọn oníṣẹ́-ọnà, ayàwòrán 
 B 
 Romare Bearden, akunàwòránlọ́dà

 C 
 Allen 'Big Al' Carter, akunàwòránlọ́dà, amọ-àwòrán, onífọ́tò

 D 
 Rosetta DeBerardinis, akunàwòránlọ́dà
 Cheryl Derricotte,  printmaker

 G 
 Sam Gilliam, akunàwòránlọ́dà, printmaker

 H 
Barkley L. Hendricks, akunàwòránlọ́dà àti onífọ́tò
Nestor Hernàtiez, onífọ́tò

 J 
 Suzanne Jackson

 L 
 Jacob Lawrence, akunàwòránlọ́dà

 M 
 Percy Martin
 Evangeline Montgomery, oníṣé-ọnà

 P 
 Norman Parish, akunàwòránlọ́dà
 Jefferson Pinder, òṣèré

 S 
 Susan Smith-Pinelo, onífọ́rán, òṣèré
 Renee Stout, amọ-àwòrán
 Lou Stovall

 T 
 Alma Thomas, akunàwòránlọ́dà

 W 
 Carrie Mae Weems, onífọ́tò
 Kehinde Wiley akunàwòránlọ́dà
 Wilmer Wilson IV, òṣèré, onífọ́tò

Àwọn ásítúrónọ́ọ̀tù
Michael P. àtierson, NASA Astronaut, Air Force officer
Guion Bluford, NASA Astronaut, aerospace engineer, Air Force officer, fighter pilot
Charles Bolden, NASA Astronaut, administrator
Robert Curbeam, NASA Astronaut
Alvin Drew, NASA Astronaut, Air Force officer
Victor J. Glover, NASA Astronaut
Frederick D. Gregory, NASA Astronaut, administrator
Bernard A. Harris Jr., NASA Astronaut, First African American to walk in space 
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., USAF Astronaut, First African-American astronaut
Joan Higginbotham, NASA Astronaut, engineer
Mae Jemison, NASA Astronaut, engineer, physician, First African-American woman in space
Lelàti D. Melvin, NASA Astronaut, engineer
Ronald McNair, NASA Astronaut, physicist
Robert Satcher, NASA Astronaut, physicist, engineer
Winston E. Scott, NASA Astronaut
Stephanie Wilson, NASA Astronaut, engineer

 Àwọn oníṣẹ́ oge 
Kimberly Clarice Aiken, Miss America 1994
Karen Alexàtier, fashion model 
K. D. Aubert, fashion model
Tyra Banks, fashion model
J. Alexàtier, fashion model
Deshauna Barber, Miss USA 2016
Dorothea Church, fashion model 
Pat Clevelàti, model 
Lynnette Cole, Miss USA 2000
Yaya DaCosta, fashion model 
Bruce Darnell, male model 
Jordan Emanuel, Miss Black America New York 2018
Tomiko Fraser, fashion model
Lakita Garth, Miss Black California 1995
Carole Gist, Miss USA 1990
Quiana Grant, model 
Shauntay Hinton, Miss USA 2002
Tanisha Harper, model
Chanel Iman (African-American father), fashion model 
Cheslie Kryst, Miss USA 2019 
Kenya Moore, Miss USA 1993
Kara McCullough, Miss USA 2017
Nana Meriwether, Miss USA 2012
Sofia Richie fashion model
Chelsi Smith Miss USA 1995 àti Miss Universe 1995
Kimora Lee Simmons
Darine Stern
Renee Tenison
Jasmine Sàtiers
Eva Marcille

Àwọn Aránṣọ
Virgil Abloh
Kanye West
Rasheeda
Mychael Knight
Pepper LaBeija
Willi Smith
Kimora Lee Simmons
Stephen Burrows

Àwọn alásè
Edna Lewis
B. Smith
Hercules Posey
Mashama Bailey

Àwọn oníṣẹ́-ọwọ́ àti oníṣẹ́-aládàáni
Katrina Adams, Ààrẹ United States Tennis Association lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́
Koby Altman, adarí-àgbà Clevelàti Cavaliers 
Anucha Browne Sàtiers, adarí New York Knicks  nígba kan rí
Pinball Clemons, igbákejì-ààrẹ Toronto Argonauts lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́
Dell Demps, igbákejì-ààrẹ àti adarí-àgbà New Orleans Pelicans  lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́
Joe Dumars, ÀàrẹBasketball Operations of the Detroit Pistons nígbà kan rí
Wayne Embry, adarí-àgbà àti ààrẹ NBA history, tó jẹ́ african-American àkọ́kọ́
Rube Foster, former executive of the Chicago American Giants
Rod Higgins, former president of Basketball Operations for the Charlotte Bobcats
Billy Hunter, olùdarí àgbà ti National Basketball Players Association nígbà kan rí
Al Haymon, olùdarí àti agbaninímọ̀ràn fún Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Michael Huyghue, kọmísọ́nà United Football League nígbà kan rí
Stu Jackson, former executive vice president of the National Basketball Association, current associate Commissioner of the Big East Conference
Magic Johnson, current president of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Lakers, part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, owner of the Los Angeles Sparks, àti co-owner of the Los Angeles Football Club 
Michael Jordan, current principal owner àti chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. 
Billy King, former general manager of the Brooklyn Nets
Don King, former boxing promoter
Billy Knight, former general manager àti executive vice president of the Atlanta Hawks
Billy McKinney, former vice president of Basketball Operations for the Detroit Pistons, Executive vice president for both Seattle SuperSonics àti Seattle Storm
Steve Mills, current executive of the New York Knicks
Ozzie Newsome, current general manager of the Baltimore Ravens
Jerry Reese, former general manager of the New York Giants

Àwọn oníṣé-ọwọ́
Alton Abraham, former social entrepreneur àti business manager for Sun Ra
Wally Amos, founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie bràti
Donna Auguste, former founder of Freshwater Software 
Leonard C. Bailey, business owner àti inventor
Tyra Banks, television personality, former model 
LaVar Ball, owner of the Big Baller Bràti sports apparel
Christiana Carteaux Bannister, hairdressing business 
ASAP Bari, co-founder of ASAP Mob àti VLONE Clothing
àtire Barnett, founder of the Information Technology Company WiseDome INC 
Beyoncé, co-founder of Tidal
Sarah Bickford, former owner of Virginia City Water Company
Dave Bing, owner of Bing Steel
Chris Brown, founder of the record label CBE
Herman Cain, business executive
Demmette Guidry, music industry executive 
Kerry S. Harris, entrepreneur 
Robert L. Johnson, co-founder of BET àti RLJ Companies
Lisa S. Jones, founder àti CEO of EyeMail Inc.
Walter P. Lomax Jr., founder of Lomax Health Systems Inc.
Elon Musk, Space X CEO àti owner of Twitter
Mary Ellen Pleasant, real estate magnate
Henry A. Tàtiy, founder Tàtiy&Burns stone masonry àti construction firm
Vertner Woodson Tàtiy, first African American architect State of New York àti founder of Kappa Phi Alpha fraternity
Madam C. J. Walker, businessperson, hair care entrepreneur, philanthropist, àti activist
Gertrude Pocte Geddes Willis, owner of the Gertrude Geddes Willis Life Insurance Company àti Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home

Àwọn ayàwòrán

B
Charles Burnett, cinematographer, olùdarí

D
Ernest Dickerson, cinematographer

H
James E. Hinton, cinematographer

J
Arthur Jafa, cinematographer

K
Kira Kelly, cinematographer

M
Jessie Maple, cinematographer
Janks Morton, cinematographer

S
Malik Hassan Sayeed, cinematographer

Y
Bradford Young, cinematographer

Civil rights leaders àti activists




A
Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist àti minister
Muhammad Ali, civil rights activist
Maya Angelou, civil rights activist, writer, poet

B
Ella Baker, civil rights activist
James Baldwin, civil rights activist, novelist, playwright
Marion Barry, civil rights activist, politician
Daisy Bates, civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, lecturer
Mary McLeod Bethune, civil rights activist, educator
James Bevel, minister, leader of the civil rights movement 
Sojourner Truth, civil rights activist
Gloria Blackwell, civil rights activist, educator
Unita Blackwell, civil rights activist
W. E. B. Du Bois, civil rights activist
Julian Bond, civil rights activist, professor àti writer
Ruby Bridges, civil rights activist
Ralph Bunche, civil rights activist, scientist, academic, diplomat

C
Beatrice Morrow Cannady, civil rights activist, publisher
Bunchy Carter, civil rights activist
Jeannette Carter (1886–1964), lawyer, labor organizer, àti suffragist
Julius L. Chambers, civil rights activist
Fannie Lee Chaney, civil rights activist
James Chaney, civil rights activist
Shirley Chisholm, civil rights activist, educator
Xernona Clayton, civil rights activist
Septima Poinsette Clark, civil rights activist, educator
Eldridge Cleaver, civil rights activist
Kathleen Cleaver, civil rights activist
Charles E. Cobb Jr., civil rights activist, journalist, professor
John Conyers, civil rights activist
Vivian E. J. Cook, educator àti activist
Marvel Cooke, civil rights activist 
Annie Lee Cooper, civil rights activist
Dorothy Cotton, civil rights activist
Claudette Colvin, civil rights activist, nurse
Elijah Cummings, civil rights advocate

D
Angela Davis, civil rights activist, academic, àti author
Ossie Davis, civil rights activist
Ruby Dee, civil rights activist
Doris Derby, civil rights activist, onífọ́tò
Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, black rights activist, women's rights activist, organizer

E
Marian Wright Edelman, civil rights activist
Charles Evers, civil rights activist
Medgar Evers, civil rights activist
Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights activist

F
James L. Farmer Jr., civil rights activist
Walter E. Fauntroy, civil rights activist
Sarah Mae Flemming, civil rights activist
James Forman, civil rights activist
Aretha Franklin, civil rights activist
C. L. Franklin, civil rights activist, minister
Elizabeth Freeman, first former slave to win a freedom suit in Massachusetts
Frankie Muse Freeman, civil rights activist, attorney

G
Fred Gray, civil rights lawyer
Dick Gregory, civil rights activist

H
Vincent Harding, civil rights activist, historian
Curtis W. Harris, civil rights activist, minister, politician 
Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights activist
Fred Hampton, civil rights activist
Lorraine Hansberry, civil rights activist, playwright, author
Robert Hayling, civil rights activist, dentist
Lola Hendricks, civil rights activist, secretary
Aaron Henry, civil rights activist, politician
Dorothy Height, educator àti civil rights activist
Benjamin Hooks, civil rights activist, minister, attorney
Lena Horne, civil rights activist
Elbert Howard, civil rights activist
T. R. M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon
Bobby Hutton, civil rights activist

J
George Jackson, civil rights activist, author
Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist
Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist
Mahalia Jackson, civil rights activist
Richie Jean Jackson, civil rights activist, author, teacher
T. J. Jemison, civil rights activist, minister
James Weldon Johnson, writer of Black National Anthem
Clarence B. Jones, civil rights activist
Barbara Jordan, civil rights activist
Vernon Jordan, civil rights activist

K
A. D. King, civil rights activist
Alveda King, civil rights activist, author, politician
Bernice King, civil rights activist, minister
Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist
Dexter King, civil rights activist
Martin Luther King III, civil rights activist
Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader àti pastor
Martin Luther King Sr., civil rights leader, pastor àti missionary
Alberta Williams King, civil rights activist
Yolàtia King, civil rights activist
Eartha Kitt, civil rights activist

L
Bernard Lafayette, civil rights activist, organizer
Sarah Willie Layton, suffragist, civil rights activist
James Lawson, civil rights activist, professor
John Lewis, congressman, Nashville Student Movement, organizer
Joseph Lowery, civil rights activist àti minister
Julius Lester, civil rights activist, author, professor
Conrad Lynn, civil rights activist, lawyer

M
Thurgood Marshall, civil rights activist, lawyer, judge
Benjamin Mays, civil rights activist, minister
Franklin McCain, civil rights activist
Floyd McKissick, civil rights activist, lawyer
James Meredith, civil rights figure, writer, political adviser
Anne Moody, civil rights activist, author
Harry T. Moore, civil rights activist, educator
Harriette Moore, civil rights worker, educator
Amzie Moore, civil rights leader, entrepreneur
Bob Moses, civil rights activist, educator
Elijah Muhammad, civil rights leader
Pauli Murray, civil rights activist, lawyer, author, priest

N
Diane Nash, civil rights activist
Huey P. Newton, civil rights activist
Denise Nicholas, civil rights activist
Nellie B. Nicholson, suffragist
E. D. Nixon, civil rights activist, NCAAP official

O
James Orange, civil rights activist

P
Rosa Parks, activist, NCAAP official, Montgomery Bus Boycott inspiration
James Peck, civil rights activist
Adam Clayton Powell Jr., civil rights activist, pastor
Gloria Johnson-Powell, civil rights activist

R
Lincoln Ragsdale, civil rights activist, aviator
A. Philip Ràtiolph, civil rights activist
George Raymond, civil rights activist
George Raymond Jr., civil rights activist
Frederick D. Reese, civil rights activist, educator, minister
Gloria Richardson, civil rights activist
David Richmond, civil rights activist
Paul Robeson, civil rights activist
Amelia Boynton Robinson, civil rights activist
Jackie Robinson, civil rights activist
Jo Ann Robinson, civil rights activist
Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, civil rights activist

S
Clevelàti Sellers, civil rights activist, educator
Betty Shabazz, civil rights activist
Al Sharpton, civil rights activist, minister
Charles Sherrod, civil rights activist, minister
Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights activist
Nina Simone, civil rights activist
Mavis Staples, civil rights activist
Charles Kenzie Steele, civil rights activist
Charles Steele Jr., civil rights activist, politician

T
Harriet Tubman, abolitionist àti humanitarian
Samuel Wilbert Tucker, civil rights activist, lawyer

V
C. T. Vivian, civil rights activist, author, minister

W
Wyatt Tee Walker, pastor, civil rights leader
Booker T. Washington, educator, founder of Tuskegee University
Ida B. Wells, civil rights activist
Cornel West, civil rights activist, philosopher, author, minister
Roy Wilkins, civil rights activist
Hosea Williams, civil rights activist, minister, businessman, philanthropist, scientist, politician
Robert F. Williams, civil rights leader, author
Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights activist

X
Malcolm X, human rights activist, minister

Y
àtirew Young, politician, diplomat, àti activist
Whitney Young, civil rights activist
Sammy Younge Jr., civil rights activist

Government àti politics

 African Americans in the United States Congress
 African-American officeholders in the United States, 1789–1866
 List of African-American jurists
 List of African-American leftists
 List of African-American officeholders during Reconstruction
 List of African-American United States Cabinet members
 List of African-American United States presidential àti vice presidential càtiidates
 List of African-American United States representatives
 List of African-American United States senators
 List of first African-American mayors

President
 Barack Obama, (Kenyan-American father) 2009–2017, 44th president of the United States

Vice president
 Kamala Harris, (Jamaican-American father) 2021–present, 49th vice president of the United States

Supreme Court Justices
 Thurgood Marshall, 1967-1991
 Clarence Thomas, 1991–present

Governors
Archie Alexàtier, former governor of the U.S. Virgin Islàtis
David Paterson (African-American mother), served as the 55th Governor of New York. 
Deval Patrick, served as the 71st Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015, so far the only African American to serve as Governor of Massachusetts. 
P.B.S. Pinchback, served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana from 1872 to 1873, the first African American to become governor of a U.S. State. 
Douglas Wilder, served as the 66th Governor of Virginia, became the first elected African-American governor, became the first African American to serve as governor of U.S. State since Reconstruction.

Other political fields
Perry B. Jackson, first African American elected judge in the state of Ohio.
Valerie Jarrett, former senior advisor to former president Barack Obama, àti co-chair of the Obama-Biden Transition project.

Historical
 List of African-American abolitionists
 List of African-American officeholders during Reconstruction

Journalism àti media


Al Roker, journalist
Daisy Bates, journalist
Ed Bradley, former host of 60 Minutes, on CBS
James Brown, host of The NFL Today on CBS
Victor Blackwell, CNN news anchor
Cari Champion, journalist, host of ESPN's SportsCenter. 
Ta-Nehisi Coates, author, journalist
Sway Calloway, journalist, radio personality.
Elle Duncan (African-American father), sports anchor for ESPN's SportsCenter.http://www.sportingnews.com/us/other-sports/news/elle-duncan-espn-sportscenter-snapchat-adrienne-lawrence-lawsuit-robin-roberts-jimmy-pitaro/1lqciy01mip661eqfbzh1put7j  "As the proud granddaughter of one of the famous African American Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, Duncan doesn't forget her roots."
Harris Faulkner, television host àti anchor for Fox News.
Bryant Gumbel, host of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
Charlamagne tha God, radio personality, television personality, radio host of The Breakfast Club.
Greg Gumbel, sportscaster for NFL on CBS
Nia-Malika Henderson, CNN political reporter 
Lester Holt, journalist àti anchor for NBC News
Marc Lamont Hill, journalist, political commentator 
Jemele Hill, sports journalist for ESPN's The Undefeated
Jay Harris, journalist àti anchor for ESPN
Omar Jimenez, journalist
Jason Johnson, writer, political commentator
Van Jones, CNN political commentator 
Sheinelle Jones, journalist àti news anchor for NBC News àti MSNBC
Gayle King, journalist, television personality, co-anchor of CBS This Morning
Don Lemon, journalist, author, CNN anchor
Craig Melvin, news anchor for NBC News àti MSNBC
Curt Menefee, host of Fox NFL Sunday
Michelle Miller, national correspondent for CBS News
Rolàti Martin, commentator for TV One
Zerlina Maxwell, MSNBC political analyst 
Sophia A. Nelson, columnist
Càtiace Owens, conservative commentator, regularly appears on Fox News
Rob Parker, sports analysis for Fox Sports
Leonard Pitts, journalist for the Miami Herald
April Ryan, journalist
Eugene Robinson, 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner, columnist àti associate editor of The Washington Post
Max Robinson, broadcast journalist for ABC World News Tonight
Angela Rye, CNN political commentator
Omari Salisbury, independent journalist àti founder of Converge Media in Seattle, Washington
David Swerdlick (African-American mother), journalist for the Washington Post
Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation
Bernard Shaw, former lead news anchor for CNN
Sara Sidner, journalist, correspondent for CNNhttps://www.tvguide.com/news/cnn-sara-sidner-1041083/ "My mother is British, and my father is African American".
Michael Smith, ESPN commentator
Stuart Scott, former sports anchor for ESPN's Sports Center
Stephen A. Smith, journalist, radio host for ESPN
Symone Sàtiers, CNN political commentator 
Bakari Sellers, CNN political commentator 
Fredricka Whitfield, news anchor for CNN Newsroom
Kristen Welker (African-American mother), MSNBC White House Correspondent for NBC News
Michael Wilbon, journalist, columnist
Jason Whitlock, sports journalist

Lawyers
Robert Sengstacke Abbott, lawyer, newspaper publisher, editor
Raymond Pace Alexàtier, lawyer, politician, civil rights activist
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexàtier, lawyer
Anita L. Allen, lawyer, professor
Helen Elsie Austin, lawyer
Ferdinàti Lee Barnett, lawyer, journalist
Derrick Bell, lawyer, professor, civil rights activist
Tom Bradley, lawyer, politician
Rolàti Burris, lawyer, politician
Eunice Carter, lawyer 
William Calvin Chase, lawyer, newspaper editor
Julius L. Chambers, lawyer, civil rights activist, educator
Laura Coates, attorney, law professor
Johnnie Cochran, lawyer
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., lawyer, politician
Mo Cowan, lawyer, politician
Christopher Darden, lawyer, author, òṣèrékùnrin, lecturer, practicing attorney
Artur Davis, lawyer, politician
Gordon Davis, lawyer
James Dean, lawyer, activist, businessperson, deacon, first African-American appointed as a judge in Florida
Carl E. Douglas, lawyer
B. Kwaku Duren, lawyer, educator, writer, editor
Larry Elder, lawyer, author, radio show host
Keith Ellison, lawyer, politician
Karen Freeman-Wilson, lawyer, judge
Walter A. Gordon, lawyer
Fred Gray, civil rights lawyer
Al Green, lawyer, politician
A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., lawyer, author, civil rights advocate, federal court judge
Anita Hill, lawyer, academic
Curtis Hill, lawyer, prosecutor
Eric Holder, lawyer, 82nd United States Attorney General
Sunny Hostin (African American father), lawyer
Benjamin Hooks, lawyer, minister, civil rights activist
Valerie Jarrett, lawyer, businesswoman, government official
Jeh Johnson, lawyer, government official
Barbara Jordan, lawyer, educator, politician, civil rights activist
Eddie Jordan, lawyer
Vernon Jordan, lawyer, business executive, civil rights activist
Florynce Kennedy, lawyer, civil rights advocate
Leondra Kruger, lawyer
Reginald Lewis, lawyer, businessman
William H. Lewis, lawyer
Lori Lightfoot, lawyer, politician
Loretta Lynch, lawyer, 83rd United States Attorney General
Conrad Lynn, lawyer, civil rights activist
Thurgood Marshall, lawyer, judge
Thurgood Marshall Jr., lawyer
Wade H. McCree, lawyer, judge, professor
Robert Morris, lawyer
Constance Baker Motley, lawyer, judge, politician, civil rights activist
Pauli Murray, lawyer, author, priest, civil rights activist
Ronald Noble, lawyer
Barack Obama, former president of the United States
Deval Patrick, lawyer, author, businessman, politician
Charlotte E. Ray, lawyer, first African-American female lawyer
Terri Sewell, lawyer, politician
Bryan Stevenson, lawyer, professor
Clarence Thomas, lawyer, judge, government official
Jordan A. Thomas, lawyer, writer
Larry Thompson, lawyer
Samuel Wilbert Tucker, lawyer
Mel Watt, lawyer, politician
Tony West, lawyer

Military
 List of African-American Medal of Honor recipients

Ministers àti other religious leaders

 Ralph Abernathy
 Richard Allen
 Thea Bowman
 Alexàtier Crummell
 Henriette DeLille
 Louis Farrakhan
 Henry Highlàti Garnet
 Julia Greeley
 Wilton Gregory
 Jesse Jackson
 Mother Mary Lange
 Martin Luther King Jr.
 Malcolm X
 Warith Deen Mohammed
 Elijah Muhammad
 Al Sharpton
 Augustus Tolton
 Pierre àti Juliette Toussaint
 T. D. Jakes
 Benjamin Hooks
 Vashti Murphy McKenzie
 Raphael G. Warnock
 Calvin O. Butts III
 Kirbyjon Caldwell
 Joseph H. Walker III
 J. Edgar Boyd
 Delman Coates
 Fred Luter Jr.
 Michael Todd

Novelists àti poets


 Ron Allen, poet, playwright
 Elizabeth Alexàtier, poet, essayist, playwright
 Maya Angelou, novelist, poet, àti activist
 James Baldwin, novelist, playwright, àti activist
 Amiri Baraka, poet, writer, activist, àti essayist
 Gwendolyn B. Bennett, poet, writer, journalist, àti artist
 Arna Bontemps, poet, novelist, àti librarian
 Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, author, teacher
 Lucille Clifton, poet, writer, àti educator
 Jayne Cortez, poet, activist, publisher
 Katherine Jackson, writer àti novelist
 Countee Cullen, poet, novelist, àti playwright
 Frank Marshall Davis, poet, journalist
 Samuel R. Delany, novelist, author, editor, professor, àti literary critic
 Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet, novelist
 Ralph Ellison, novelist, literary critic, àti scholar
 Nikki Giovanni, poet, writer, commentator, activist, àti educator
 Alex Haley, novelist, author
 Lorraine Hansberry, playwright
 Frances Harper, poet
 Yona Harvey, poet, professor
 Robert Hayden, poet, essayist, àti educator
 Gil Scott-Heron, poet, author
 Langston Hughes, poet, activist, novelist, playwright, àti columnist
 Erica Hunt, poet, essayist, àti teacher
 Zora Neale Hurston, novelist
 Nella Larsen, novelist, librarian, àti nurse
 Brent Leggs, historian àti preservationist, writer, academic
 Alain LeRoy Locke, writer
 Toni Morrison, novelist, essayist, editor, teacher àti professor
 Walter Mosley, novelist
 Walter Dean Myers, novelist
 Marilyn Nelson, poet, translator, professor
 Pat Parker, poet, activist
 Leonard Pitts, novelist, commentator, journalist, àti columnist
 Kevin Powell, poet, activist
 Ishmael Reed, poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor, àti publisher
 Shawn Stewart Ruff, novelist
 Sonia Sanchez, poet, playwright, essayist, educator, àti activist
 Patricia Smith, poet, playwright, author, teacher, àti journalist
 Tracy K. Smith, poet, educator
 Ntozake Shange, novelist, playwright àti poet
 Natasha Trethewey, poet, professor
 Alice Walker, novelist, writer, poet, àti activist
 Margaret Walker, novelist, poet àti writer
 Dorothy West, novelist, columnist
 Phillis Wheatley, poet
 Colson Whitehead, novelist
 John Edgar Wideman, novelist, author, àti professor
 Harriet E. Wilson, novelist
 Richard Wright, novelist, poet, àti essayist
 Al Young, poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, àti professor
 Kevin Young, poet, professor, editor, àti literary critic

 Publishers 
 W. Paul Coates, founder of Black Classic Press
 John H. Johnson
 Naomi Long Madgett, poet àti founder of Lotus Press
 Haki Madhubuti, co-founder of Third World Press
 Dudley Ràtiall, founder of Broadside Press
 Ishmael Reed
 Glenn Thompson, co-founder of Writers àti Readers Cooperative

 olórins àti musicians 





A
Aaliyah: R&B, pop
Johnny Ace: R&B
Armenta Adams: Classical pianist
Arthur Adams: Blues, R&B
Johnny Adams: Gospel, R&B, soul, jazz
Yolàtia Adams: Gospel, R&B
Nat Adderley: Jazz
Cannonball Adderley: Jazz
Jhene Aiko: R&B, hip hop 
Akon: R&B, pop, hip hop, dancehall 
Sasha Allen: R&B, rock, soul
Luther Allison: Blues
Amil: Hip hop
Cat àtierson: Jazz
Ivie àtierson: Jazz
Louis Armstrong: Jazz
Billy Boy Arnold: R&B
Dorothy Ashby: Jazz
Patti Austin: R&B, pop, jazz
Roy Ayers: Jazz, funk, disco, R&B, hip hop
Ayo & Teo: (African American father) Hip hop, dance, trap
Ashanti: R&B

B
Cardi B: Hip hop
Babyface: R&B
Anthony Brown: Gospel
Erykah Badu: Neo soul, R&B, funk, hip hop 
Kim Burrell: Gospel
Lil Baby: Hip hop
Mildred Bailey: Jazz
Pearl Bailey: Vaudeville
Anita Baker, R&B, soul
Josephine Baker: Pop, jazz
Lavern Baker: R&B
Lloyd Banks: Hip hop 
Azealia Banks: Hip hop
Dave Bartholomew: R&B, R&R
Florence Ballard: R&B, pop, soul
Fantasia Barrino: R&B, soul, gospel
Count Basie: Jazz
Swizz Beatz: Hip hop (African-American àti Eritrean descent)
Sidney Bechet: Jazz
Madeline Bell: Soul
Carey Bell: Blues
Eric Benet: R&B, neo soul
George Benson: Jazz, R&B, soul, funk
Denee Benton: Broadway, pop
Chuck Berry: Rock àti roll
Frankie Beverly: R&B, soul, funk
Beyoncé: R&B, pophttps://m.imdb.com/name/nm0461498/bio "Knowles father, Matthew Knowles is African American, while her mother, Tina Knowles is of Louisiana Creole Descent." 
Cindy Birdsong: R&B, soul, pop
Birdman: olórin
Kodak Black: Hip hop
Mykki Blanco: Hip hop
Bobby Blàti: Blues, R&B, soul
Blind Blake: Ragtime, blues
Art Blakey: Jazz
Mary J. Blige: R&B, hip hop, soul
Joe Budden: Hip hop
Lucille Bogan: 
Buddy Bolden: Jazz, blues
Bobby Bradford: Jazz
Charles Bradley: Funk, soul, R&B
Tamar Braxton: R&B, soul, pop, gospel
Toni Braxton: R&B, soul, pop
Traci Braxton: R&B, soul, pop
Trina Braxton: R&B, soul, pop
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Jazz
Bobby Brown: R&B, soul, pop
Charles Brown: Blues, R&B, rock, soul, jazz
Chris Brown: R&B, hip hop, pop
Chuck Brown: Funk, hip hop, blues
Clifford Brown: Jazz
James Brown: Soul, funk
Oscar Brown, Jr: Jazz
Peabo Bryson: Soul, R&B
Elbridge "Al" Bryant: R&B, pop, soul
Solomon Burke: Blues, gospel, R&B, soul, rock àti roll
Metro Boomin: Hip hop
Jerry Butler: Soul, funk, R&B
Rich Boy: Hip hop
Soulja Boy: Hip hop
Donald Byrd: Jazz, funk, soul, R&B
B.o.B: Hip hop
Bow Wow: Hip hop
Boosie Badazz: Southern hip hop
Rich Boy: Hip hop
Young Buck: Hip hop

C
C-Murder: Hip hop
Cassidy: Hip hop
Doja Cat: Hip hop, R&B, pop
Erica Campbell: Gospel
Tina Campbell: Gospel
Cab Calloway: Jazz 
2 Chainz: Hip hop, dirty South/Southern hip hop
Cam'ron: Hip hop
Mariah Carey: R&B, pop, Hip hop, soul
Benny Carter: Jazz
Betty Carter: Jazz
Ron Carter: Jazz
Shawn Carter, known as Jay-Z: Hip hop
Playboi Carti: Hip hop, trap, SoundCloud rap
Tracy Chapman: Folk
Paul Chambers: Jazz
Ray Charles: R&B, soul, blues, gospel, country, jazz, rock àti roll, pop
Chubby Checker: Rock àti roll, R&B
Cyrus Chestnut: Jazz
Charlie Christian: Jazz
Milan Christopher: olórin
Blac Chyna: Hip hop 
Ciara: R&B, Hip hop, pop
Robert Cray: Blues
Otis Clay: R&B, soul, blues, gospel
Eddy Clearwater: Blues
Clarence Clemons: Rock, R&B
James Clevelàti: Gospel, soul
George Clinton: Funk, rock, soul
Keyshia Cole: R&B, soul, hip hop
Nat King Cole: Jazz, pop
Natalie Cole: R&B, pop
Ornette Coleman: Jazz, free funk
Daryl Coley: Gospel
Albert Collins: Blues
Bootsy Collins: Funk, soul, rock, R&B
Mitty Collier: R&B, soul, gospel
Alice Coltrane: Jazz
John Coltrane: Jazz
Ravi Coltrane: Jazz
Sean Combs: Hip hop, R&B
Sam Cooke: Soul, gospel, R&B
James Cotton: Blues, jazz
Ràtiy Crawford: Jazz, R&B, disco 
J. Cole: Hip hop (African-American father)
Ice Cube: Hip hop
Kid Cudi: olórin who is African American àti Mexican
King Curtis: Soul, R&B, rock, funk, jazz
Evelyn Simpson Curenton: various
Chamillionaire: Hip hop
Chingy: Hip hop, rap
Canon: Christian hip hop

D
Roscoe Dash: Hip hop
Miles Davis: Jazz
Sammy Davis Jr.: Pop, jazz
Jimmy Dawkins: Blues
Mos Def: Hip hop
Famous Dex, Chicago hip hop
Bo Diddley: R&B, rock àti roll
Ricky Dillard: Gospel
Willie Dixon, Blues, R&B, rock àti roll, gospel
Johnny Dodds: Jazz
Warren "Baby" Dodds: Jazz
Young Dolph: Hip hop
Eric Dolphy: Jazz
Donnis: Hip hop 
Nate Dogg: Hip hop, gangsta rap, R&B
Snoop Dogg: Hip hop, funk, gangsta rap 
Fats Domino: Rock àti roll, R&B
Dr. Dre: Hip hop
42 Dugg: Hip hop, trap
Lil Durk: Hip hop, drill
Desiigner: Hip hop, trap
Derek Minor: Christian hip hop
Dorrough: Hip hop

E
E-40: Hip hop, rap
Eazy-E: Hip-hop, rap
Dennis Edwards: R&B, soul
Billy Eckstine: Jazz, pop 
Roy Eldridge: Jazz
Duke Ellington: Jazz
Betty Everett: soul 
Faith Evans (African-American mother): R&B, soul, hip-hop

F
Art Farmer: Jazz
Mickey Fields: Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald: Jazz
Roberta Flack: Jazz, pop
Eddie Floyd: R&B, soul
Aretha Franklin: Soul 
BabyFace: R&B olórin
Kam Franklin: Soul
Kirk Franklin: Gospel, Christian hip hop 
Melvin Franklin: R&B, soul
Bankroll Freddie: Hip hop
Lowell Fulson: Blues
Future: Hip hop, trap, R&B 
Fabolous: Hip hop 
Flo Rida: Hip hop
Sonny Fortune: Jazz
Jaime Foxx: R&B
Flavor Flav: Hip hop
Fivio Foreign: Hip hop
Big Freedia: Bounce
Flame: Christian hip hop

G
Polo G: Hip hop, drill
Slim Gaillard: Jazz
Marvin Gaye: R&B, soul, funk, jazz, pop
Gloria Gaynor: Disco, R&B
The Game: olórin
EST Gee: Hip hop
Tyrese Gibson: Hip hop, R&B
Dizzy Gillespie: Jazz
Ginuwine: R&B
City Girls: Hip hop
GloRilla: Hip hop
GlokkNine: Hip hop
Ugly God: Hip hop, SoundCloud hip hop 
Benny Golson: Jazz
Dexter Gordon: Jazz
Berry Gordy: R&B, soul, pop, R&R
Al Green: R&B, soul 
CeeLo Green: R&B, Hip hop, soul, funk
Thomasina Talley Greene: Classical pianist
Johnny Griffin: Jazz
Lil Gotit, Hip hop
Tee Grizzley, olórin
Childish Gambino: Hip hop, R&B
Gucci Mane: Hip hop 
Gunna: Hip hop
George Benson: olórin
Buddy Guy: Blues
Phil Guy: Blues

H
àtirew Hill: Jazz
Adelaide Hall: Jazz
Edmond Hall: Jazz
Willie Hall: R&B, soul, funk
Halsey: Pop
Charles Hamilton: Hip hop
Chico Hamilton: Jazz
Jimmy Hamilton: Jazz
Lionel Hampton: Jazz 
Deitrick Haddon: Gospel
Herbie Hancock: Jazz, funk, electro
Donny Hathaway: Soul, jazz, R&B
Edward W. Hardy: Classical, pop, theatre music
Roy Hargrove: Jazz, soul
Damon Harris: R&B, soul, pop
Richie Havens: Funk, soul
Coleman Hawkins: Jazz
Isaac Hayes: Blues, jazz, soul 
MC Hammer: R&B 
Fred Hammond: Gospel
Fletcher Henderson: Jazz
Michael Henderson: R&B, jazz, funk, soul, pop
Jimi Hendrix: Rock, blues, R&B
Jon Hendricks: Jazz
Nona Hendryx: Funk, soul
G Herbo: Hip hop, drill
Gil Scott-Heron: Soul, funk, R&B
Skinny Hightower: Jazz
Lauryn Hill: R&B, neo soul, folk
Earl "Fatha" Hines: Jazz
Johnny Hodges: Jazz
Billie Holiday: Jazz, blues
Jennifer Holliday: R&B, soul, pop
John Lee Hooker: Blues
Hopsin: Hip hop
Lena Horne: Jazz, pop
Cissy Houston: Soul, disco
Thelma Houston: R&B, soul
Whitney Houston: R&B, soul, pop
Freddie Hubbard: Jazz
Jennifer Hudson: R&B, soul, pop
Nipsey Hussle: Hip hop, rap
Phyllis Hyman: R&B, jazz 
H.E.R.: R&B 
Koryn Hawthorne: Gospel
Keri Hilson: R&B
Hitmaka: Hip hop
Huey: Hip hop

I
James Ingram: R&B, pop, soul
Luther Ingram: R&B, soul
Ronald Isley: R&B, soul 
T.I.: Hip hop
Ice-T: Hip hop

J
Ray J: R&B
Stevie J: Hip hop, R&B
Bernard Jackson: R&B
Chuck Jackson: R&B 
Freddie Jackson: Soul 
Jackie Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul
Janet Jackson: R&B, pop 
Jeremih: R&B
Jermaine Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul, funk
La Toya Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul, dance
Marlon Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul
Michael Jackson: Pop, soul, R&B, soul, funk, rock 
Ràtiy Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul
Rebbie Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul
Tito Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul, blues
Mahalia Jackson: Gospel
Millie Jackson: Soul, disco, R&B 
Milt Jackson: Jazz
Etta James: Blues, R&B, soul, jazz 
Rick James: R&B, soul, funk, rock
Al Jarreau: Jazz, R&B, soul 
BlocBoy JB: Hip hop
Young Joc: Hip hop
Booker T. Jones: R&B, soul, blues
Elvin Jones: Jazz
Etta Jones: Jazz 
Hank Jones: Jazz
Howard Jones: Rock, metal
Quincy Jones: R&B, funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, rock àti roll, pop
Louis Jordan: Jazz, blues, R&B
Steve Jordan: Pop, rock, R&B
J. J. Johnson: Jazz
Robert Johnson: Blues
Syl Johnson: R&B, blues
Little Willie John: R&B, soul
Charles Jenkins: Gospel
Leroy Jenkins: Jazz
Valerie June: Folk, blues, soul, pop 
Jeremih: Hip hop, R&B 
LL Cool J: Hip hop
Scott Joplin: Ragtime
Lil Jon: Hip hop
Jadakiss: Hip hop
J-Kwon: Hip hop
Mike Jones: Hip hop

K
Lil Keed: Hip hop
Eddie Kendricks: R&B, soul, disco
Alicia Keys (African American father): R&B, soul, jazz, hip hop
Gladys Knight: soul, R&B, pop 
Chief Keef, olórin
Kelis: Hip hop (African American, Chinese àti Puerto Rican)
R Kelly: R&B, soul, gospel, hip hop
Wynton Kelly: Jazz
Khalid: R&B, pop
Wiz Khalifa: Hip hop 
Kid Cudi: Hip hop 
Kehlani (African American father): R&B, soul, jazz, hip hop
Solange Knowles: R&B, soul, funkhttps://www.biography.com/people/solange-21265489 "Her mother Tina is of Creole heritage, and her father, Matthew, is African American."
Rich the Kid: Hip hop, trap
Albert King: Blues
B.B. King: Blues, R&B
Ben E. King: R&B, soul, pop
Freddie King: Blues
Eartha Kitt: Vocal jazz, cabaret, dance, torch
Maxo Kream: Hip hop (Nigerian àti African-American)
KB: Christian hip hop

L
Big L: Hip hop
Patti LaBelle: R&B, soul, disco, dance, funk 
Denise LaSalle: Blues, R&B, soul
Bettye LaVette: Soul, blues, R&B, funk, rock, country, gospel
John Legend: R&B, soul, pop
Lakeyah: Hip hop
Kendrick Lamar: Hip hop, rap 
John Larkin: Vaudeville
Lynda Laurence: R&B, pop, jazz
Lecrae: Christian hip hop 
Huddie Ledbetter: Folk, blues 
Tasha Cobbs Leonard: Gospel
Eddie Levert: R&B, soul, blues, gospel
Gerald Levert: Soul, R&B
Frankie Lyman: R&B, pop 
Swae Lee, olórin
Coi Leray: Hip hop
Booker Little: Jazz
Barbara Lynn: R&B
Cheryl Lynn: Disco, R&B, soul, pop
Lisa Lopes: R&B, rap, pop
Lecrae: Christian hip hop 
Ledisi: R&B, soul, jazz
Logic: Hip hop
Dej Loaf: Hip hop, R&B
Ludacris: Hip hop
Lil Uzi Vert: Hip hop
Lil Nas X: Hip hop, country
Lizzo: R&B
Lloyd: R&B
Trip Lee: Christian hip hop, Southern hip hop

M
Young M.A: Hip hop 
Màtiisa: Gospel, Christian
Christian McBride: Jazz
Gene McDaniels: Jazz, pop
Donnie McClurkin: Gospel
Betty McGlown: R&B, pop
Joe McPhee: Jazz
Remy Ma: Hip hop 
Lee Michelle: (African-American Father) K Pop olórin
Buddy Miles: R&B, funk, soul
Meek Mill: Hip hop
Stephanie Mills: R&B, soul, gospel
Nicki Minaj: Hip hop, pop, R&B
Blue Mitchell: Jazz
Barbara Martin: R&B, pop
Johnny Mathis: Pop, jazz 
Curtis Mayfield: Soul, funk, R&B
Taj Mahal: Blues, R&B, jazz
Hank Mobley: Jazz
Thelonious Monk: Jazz
Wes Montgomery: Jazz
Melba Moore: Soul, disco, gospel
Lee Morgan: Jazz
Wanya Morris: R&B, soul 
Migos: Hip hop, trap
Gucci Mane: Hip hop, trap 
Miguel (African-American Mother): Hip hop, R&B 
Janelle Monae: Funk, R&B 
Tamela Mann: Gospel
Mulatto: Hip hop
Matt "Guitar" Murphy: Blues
Mýa: R&B (African American father, Italian mother)
Monica: R&B
Mario: R&B
Lil' Mo: R&B, hip hop
Method Man: Hip hop
Post Malone: Hip hop
Maliibu Miitch: Hip hop (African American, Vietnamese àti Filipino)
Mims: Hip hop
Maino: Hip hop

N
Tech N9ne: Hip hop
Nas: Hip hop
Rico Nasty: Hip hop 
Nathan Morris: Vocal, olórin
Nelly: Hip hop
Meshell Ndegeocello: Funk, soul, jazz 
Oliver Nelson: Jazz
Art Neville: Funk, R&B, soul
Aaron Neville: R&B, soul 
Cyril Neville: R&B, funk, blues
Charles Neville: R&B, jazz, funk, pop
David "Fathead" Newman: Jazz
Ne-Yo: R&B
Jessye Norman: Opera 
Bràtiy Norwood: R&B
Queen Naija (African-American mother): 
Normani: R&B
Noname Gypsy: Hip hop

O
Frank Ocean: LGBT R&B
Jeffrey Osborne: Soul, R&B
Odetta: Blues, jazz
Offset: Hip hop
Omarion: R&B

P
Keke Palmer: R&B, hip hop, pop
Charlie Parker: Jazz
Ray Parker Jr.: R&B, pop
Billy Paul: Soul, R&B, jazz
Scherrie Payne: R&B, pop, disco
Teddy Pendergrass: R&B, soul, disco
Phemza The Kween: Christian hip hop, hyphy, bounce, trap, R&B, Hip hop soul, gospel
Wilson Pickett: R&B, soul
Playboi Carti: Hip hop
Plies: Hip hop
Billy Preston: R&B, soul, funk 
Prince: Pop, rock, R&B, soul 
Leontyne Price: Opera 
Kelly Price: R&B, soul 
Charley Pride: Country, gospel
Pharrell: Hip hop, R&B, funk
Billy Porter: Pop
Petey Pablo: Hip hop

Q
Rich Homie Quan: Hip hop
Quavo: Hip hop
DJ Quik: Hip hop

R
Raz-B: R&B
Sun Ra: Jazz
Lou Rawls: Gospel, R&B, soul, jazz, blues
Ma Rainey: Blues
Jimmy Reed: Blues
Louisiana Red: Blues
Trippie Redd: Hip hop 
Otis Redding: Soul, R&B, blues 
Lil Reese: Hip hop, drill
Della Reese: Jazz, pop
Dianne Reeves: Jazz 
Martha Reeves: R&B, pop 
Roddy Ricch: Hip hop
Lionel Richie: Soul, R&B, pop
Little Richard: Rock àti roll, R&B, gospel, soul
Pretty Ricky: R&B
Teddy Riley: R&B, hip hop
Flo Rida: Hip hop, pop
Minnie Riperton: soul, R&B 
Max Roach: Jazz
Black Rob: Hip hop
Paul Robeson: Pop 
Bill Robinson: Jazz, pop 
Smokey Robinson: R&B, soul, pop 
Sylvia Robinson: R&B, soul, Hip hop
ASAP Rocky: Hip hop (half-African American, half-Barbadian)
Nile Rodgers: Disco, soul, R&B, rock, funk
Diana Ross: R&B, soul, disco, Jazz 
Rick Ross: Hip hop
Sonny Rollins: Jazz
Otis Rush: Blues, R&B 
Patrice Rushen: R&B 
David Ruffin: R&B, pop, soul, disco, gospel
Jimmy Ruffin: R&B, soul, pop
Chance the olórin: Hip hop, R&B
Rapsody: Hip hop 
Kelly Rowlàti: R&B, soul, pop
Rocko: Hip hop, rap
Ja Rule: Hip hop
Rubi Rose: Hip hop
Raekwon: Hip hop
Renni Rucci: Hip hop

S
Pharoah Sàtiers: Jazz
Marvin Sapp: Gospel
Ruben Studdard: olórin
Saweetie: Hip hop (African American father, Chinese àti Filipino mother)
Shawn Stockman : R&B
Young Scooter: Hip hop
Jimmy Scott: Jazz 
Tupac Shakur: Hip hop, revolutionary, poet, freedom fighter
Kierra Sheard: Gospel
Pooh Shiesty: Hip hop, Southern hip hop, Memphis rap
Bobby Shmurda: Hip hop, Brooklyn drill
Wayne Shorter: Jazz
Nina Simone: R&B, jazz, blues, folk, soul, gospel
Sisqó: R&B
Marvin Sapp: Gospel
Bessie Smith: Blues 
Jimmy Smith: Jazz
Big Sean: Hip hop, Midwest hip hop 
Magic Sam: Blues
Magic Slim: Blues
Memphis Slim: Blues
Horace Silver: Jazz
Percy Sledge: R&B, soul, gospel
Pop Smoke: Hip hop, East Coast hip hop, Brooklyn Drill
Jordin Sparks: R&B, pop
Ice Spice: Hip hop, Bronx drill
Mavis Staples: Soul, R&B 
Megan Thee Stallion: Rap, Hip hop, R&B, Southern hip hop
Sly Stone: Funk, R&B 
Donna Summer: Disco, R&B 
Pink Sweats: Pop
Musiq Soulchild: R&B, soul, neo soul 
Raphael Saadiq: R&B, soul 
Trey Songz: R&B, hip hop 
Marlena Shaw: Soul, disco
Bobby Short: Jazz
Billy Strayhorn: Jazz 
Travis Scott: Hip hop, trap, R&B, Southern hip hop
Rae Sremmurd: Hip hop, trap, R&B 
Kierra Sheard: Urban gospel, R&B 
Karen Clark Sheard: Gospel, urban gospel 
Keith Sweat: R&B, soul, hip hop, urban
Southside: Hip hop
Musiq Soulchild: R&B
Saucy Santana: Hip hop
SZA: Pop, R&B, Soul
Day Sulan: Hip hop
Beanie Sigel: Hip hop
Swoope: Christian hip hop, Urban contemporary gospel

T
Tinashe: R&B, hip hop, pop
TLC: R&B, Pop
Rozonda Thomas: R&B
Pusha T: Hip hop
Tank: Hip hop
Art Tatum: Jazz
Billy Taylor: Jazz
Cecil Taylor: Jazz
Koko Taylor: Blues, soul
Clark Terry: Jazz
Jean Terrell: R&B, soul, jazz
Tammi Terrell: R&B, soul
Bryson Tiller: R&B, hip hop
Young Thug: Hip hopDarville, Jordan, "Young Thug Addresses Anti-Black Accusations: “Black Lives Matter Forever", Fader, December 8, 2016.
T.I.: Hip hop
T-Pain: Hip hop, R&B
Big Joe Turner: Blues, R&B
Ike Turner: R&B, soul, blues, rock àti roll
Tina Turner: R&B, pop, soul, rock àti roll
Stanley Turrentine: Jazz
Tyler, the Creator: Hip-hop
McCoy Tyner: Jazz
Tye Tribbett: Gospel
Twista: Hip hop
Timbalàti: Hip hop, R&B, dance
Tyga: Hip hop
Tedashii: Christian hip hop
Thi'sl: Christian hip hop

U
Usher: R&B, pop
Unk: Hip hop

V
Luther Vàtiross: R&B, soul, pop, disco
Sarah Vaughan: Jazz, pop
Cassie Ventura: R&B
Bobby V: R&B
King Von: Hip hop, drill, gangsta rap

W
Wale: Hip hop
Ethel Waters: Jazz, gospel, blues
Muddy Waters: Blues
Hezekiah Walker, Gospel
Little Walter: Blues, R&B
Dionne Warwick: R&B, soul, pop, gospel
Dinah Washington: Jazz, blues, R&B
Geno Washington: Soul, R&B, pop, blues
Grover Washington Jr.: Jazz, soul, R&B
Keenan Webb, also known as DJ Suede the Remix God: Trap, Hip hop
Barry White: R&B, soul, funk, disco
Maurice White: Soul, funk, R&B, jazz
CeCe Winans: Gospel, R&B 
àtire Williams: R&B, blues
Michelle Williams: R&B, gospel, pop, soul
Otis Williams: R&B, soul, disco
Paul Williams: R&B, soul
Pharrell Williams: Hip hop, R&B, funk, pop
Tony Williams: Jazz
Eddie Willis: Soul, R&B
Wesley Willis: Punk rock
Charlie Wilson: R&B, hip hop, soul, funk
Gerald Wilson: Jazz, pop
Mary Wilson: R&B, soul, pop, funk
Nancy Wilson: R&B, pop, jazz, soul, blues
Sonny Boy Williamson I: Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson II: Blues
Bill Withers: Soul, R&B, blues, funk
Tionne Watkins: R&B
Johnny "Guitar" Watson: Blues, soul, funk
Carl Weathersby: Blues
Junior Wells: Blues
Mary Wells: R&B, pop, soul
Kanye West: Hip hop, R&B
Lil Wayne: Hip hop, Southern hip hop
Ali-Ollie Woodson: R&B, pop, soul
Stevie Wonder: Soul, pop, R&B, funk
Bobby Womack: R&B, gospel, soul, R&R, funk, rock, jazz
Howlin' Wolf: Blues
Bow Wow: Hip hop
Juice WRLD: Hip hop, R&B, trap
Webbie: Hip hop
Fetty Wap: Hip hop

X
XXXTentacion : Hip hop, SoundCloud rap, lo-fi
Xzibit: Hip hop

Y
Ne-Yo: R&B
Yo Gotti: Hip hop 
Lester Young: Jazz

Z
Jay-Z: Hip hop

Science àti mathematics
 List of African-American astronauts
 List of African-American inventors àti scientists
 List of African-American mathematicians
 List of African American women in STEM fields

Sports
Baseball

A
Hank Aaron, retired professional baseball player, member of National Baseball Hall of Fame
Tommie Aaron
Tommie Agee
Willie Aikens
Gary Alexàtier
Matt Alexàtier
Ted Alexàtier
Dick Allen
Greg Allen
Garvin Alston
George Altman
Garret àtierson
Marlon àtierson
Chris Archer

B
Harold Baines
Dusty Baker
Gene Baker
James Baldwin
Dan Bankhead
Sam Bankhead
Ernie Banks
Willie Banks
Jesse Barfield
Kevin Bass
Earl Battey
Don Baylor
Tony Beasley
Tim Beckham
Albert Belle
Mookie Betts
Junius Bibbs
Jim Bibby
Joe Black
Paul Blair
Vida Blue
Barry Bonds
Bobby Bonds
Lyman Bostock
Daryl Boston
Michael Bourn
Mickey Bowers
Jackie Bradley Jr.
Phil Bradley
Glenn Braggs
Michael Brantley
Chet Brewer
Marshall Bridges
Lou Brock
Hubie Brooks
Domonic Brown
Jarvis Brown
Gates Brown
Willard Brown
Don Buford
Al Bumbry
Homer Bush
Byron Buxton

C
Lorenzo Cain
Mike Cameron
Roy Campanella
Chris Carter
Joe Carter
Nate Colbert
Vince Coleman
Cecil Cooper
Al Cowens
Carl Crawford
Willie Crawford

D
Eric Davis
Khris Davis
Mo'ne Davis
Rajai Davis
Tommy Davis
Willie Davis
àtire Dawson
Ian Desmond
Mike Devereaux
Chris Dickerson
Larry Doby
Al Downing
Dan Driessen
Elijah Dukes
Taylor Duncan
Shawon Dunston
Ray Durham
Leon Durham
Jermaine Dye
Jarrod Dyson

E

Don Eaddy
Mike Easler
Carl Edwards Jr.
Dock Ellis
Carl Everett
Leon Everitt

F
Eric Farris
Mike Felder
Cecil Fielder
Prince Fielder
Chone Figgins
Curt Flood
Cliff Floyd
George Foster
Rube Foster
Dexter Fowler

G
Ron Gant
Ralph Garr
Amir Garrett
Cito Gaston
Bob Gibson
Jim Gilliam
Doug Glanville
Dwight Gooden
Brian Goodwin
Danny Goodwin
Tom Goodwin
Dee Gordon—professional baseball player
Tom Gordon—former professional baseball player
Curtis Gràtierson—professional baseball player
Mudcat Grant
Pumpsie Green
Ken Griffey Jr.—retired professional baseball player, Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Ken Griffey Sr.
Marquis Grissom
Chris Gwynn
Tony Gwynn—retired professional baseball player, Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Tony Gwynn Jr.

H
Billy Hamilton—professional baseball player
Jeffrey Hammonds
Mike Harkey—retired professional baseball player
Tommy Harper—former professional baseball player
Lenny Harris
Willie Harris
Wilmer Harris
Josh Harrison—professional baseball player
Billy Hatcher
LaTroy Hawkins—retired professional baseball player
Charlie Hayes—former professional baseball player 
Dave Henderson—former professional baseball player
Rickey Henderson—retired professional baseball player, Member of National Baseball Hall of Fame
Steve Henderson—former professional baseball player
George Hendrick—former professional baseball player
Elrod Hendricks—former professional baseball player
Larry Herndon—former professional baseball player
Jason Heyward—professional baseball player
Aaron Hicks—professional baseball player
Glenallen Hill—former professional baseball player
Larry Hisle—former professional baseball player
L.J. Hoes—professional baseball player
Elston Howard—retired professional baseball player
Ryan Howard—professional baseball player
Orlàtio Hudson—former professional baseball player
Torii Hunter—retired professional baseball player

I
Monte Irvin—retired professional baseball player, Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

J
Austin Jackson—professional baseball player 
Aaron Judge—professional baseball player
Bo Jackson—former professional baseball player
Edwin Jackson—professional baseball player
Grant Jackson—former professional baseball player
Jeremy Jeffress—professional baseball player
Desmond Jennings—professional baseball player
Derek Jeter (African-American father)—retired professional baseball playerhttps://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article191367459.html "Jeter's mother Dorothy is of Irish-German descent, and his father Charles is African American."
Sam Jethroe—former professional baseball player
Alex Johnson—retired professional baseball player
Charles Johnson—former professional baseball player 
Cliff Johnson—former professional baseball player 
Sam Jethroe—former professional baseball player
Alex Johnson—former professional baseball player 
Charles Johnson—former professional baseball player
Cliff Johnson—former professional baseball player
Micah Johnson—professional baseball player
Adam Jones—professional baseball player
Cleon Jones—former professional baseball player
Gary Jones—professional baseball manager
Ruppert Jones—retired professional baseball player
Sam Jones—former professional baseball player
David Justice—retired professional baseball player

K
Matt Kemp—professional baseball player
Howie Kendrick—professional baseball player
Wayne Kirby—retired professional baseball player

L
Buck Leonard, former professional baseball player

P
 Satchel Paige, former professional baseball player

R
Jackie Robinson, former professional baseball player, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, first African American to play in Major league Baseball
Frank Robinson, former professional baseball player

S
CC Sabathia, professional baseball player
Giancarlo Stanton, professional baseball player 
Gary Sheffield, retired professional baseball player
Justus Sheffield, professional baseball player

M
Lee May – former professional baseball player
àtirew McCutchen – professional baseball player
Willie McCovey – former professional baseball player
Joe Morgan – retired professional baseball player

N
Don Newcombe – former professional baseball player

W
Dave Winfield – retired professional baseball player
Jerome Williams – baseball player

Basketball

A
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Quincy Acy - professional basketball player
Jordan Adams - professional basketball player
Arron Afflalo - professional basketball player
Arthur Agee - retired professional basketball player
Maurice Ager - former professional basketball player
Mark Aguirre - retired professional basketball player
LaMarcus Aldridge - professional basketball player
Cliff Alexàtier - professional basketball player
Kwame Alexàtier - professional basketball player
Jarrett Allen - professional basketball player
Jerome Allen - former professional basketball player
Lavoy Allen - professional basketball player
Ray Allen - retired professional basketball player
Tony Allen - professional basketball player
Alan àtierson - professional basketball player
James àtierson - professional basketball player
Justin àtierson - professional basketball player
Kenny àtierson - former professional basketball player
Nick àtierson - retired professional basketball player
Carmelo Anthony - professional basketball player, (African-American mother)https://www.complex.com/sports/2018/12/timeline-carmelo-anthony-career/ "His mother is African American and his father was of Puerto Rican, Venezuelan, and African descent".
Greg Anthony - retired professional basketball player
Cole Anthony - basketball player (African American father)
Nate Archibald - former professional basketball player
Jim Ard - former professional basketball player
Gilbert Arenas - retired professional basketball player
B.J. Armstrong - former professional basketball player
Darrell Arthur - professional basketball player
Al Attles - former professional basketball player
D.J. Augustin - professional basketball player
Jeff Ayres - professional basketball player
 Ron Artest III

B
Thurl Bailey—former professional basketball player
Wade Baldwin IV—professional basketball player
Lonzo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player
LiAngelo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player
LaMelo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player
Gene Banks—retired professional basketball player
Tony Barbee—former professional basketball player
Charles Barkley—retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 
Don Barksdale—former professional basketball player
Harrison Barnes—professional basketball player
Matt Barnes (African American father)—retired professional basketball playerhttps://thelab.bleacherreport.com/no-apologies/ "He was the first son of Henry Barnes, an African-American Marine with a short temper, and Ann, a white Italian mother who taught elementary school."
Earl Barron—professional basketball player
Will Barton—professional basketball player
Bràtion Bass—professional basketball player
Shane Battier—retired professional basketball player
Elgin Baylor—former professional basketball player
Kent Bazemore—professional basketball player
Bradley Beal—professional basketball player
Butch Beard—former professional basketball player
Malik Beasley—professional basketball player
Michael Beasley—professional basketball player 
Chris Bosh—professional basketball player
Marvin Bagley—professional basketball player 
Mikal Bridges—professional basketball player
Miles Bridges—professional basketball player
Bruce Brown Jr.—professional basketball player
Troy Brown Jr.—professional basketball player
Jalen Brunson—professional basketball player
Dwayne Bacon—professional basketball player
Jordan Bell—professional basketball player
Jaylen Brown—professional basketball player
Antonio Blakeney—professional basketball player
James Blackmon Jr.—professional basketball player
Thomas Bryant—professional basketball player
Isaiah Briscoe—professional basketball player
Tony Bradley—professional basketball player
Sterling Brown—professional basketball player
Jabari Bird—professional basketball player
Malcolm Brogdon—professional basketball player
Jerryd Bayless—professional basketball player
Jimmy Butler—professional basketball player
Rasual Butler—former professional basketball player
Aaron Brooks—professional basketball player 
Will Barton—professional basketball player
MarShon Brooks—professional basketball player
Walt Bellamy—former professional basketball player
Kobe Bryant—retired professional basketball player
Kwame Brown—professional basketball player
Trey Burke—professional basketball player 
Reggie Bullock—professional basketball player
Chauncey Billups—retired professional basketball player 
Muggsy Bogues—retired professional basketball player
Terrell Bràtion—retired professional basketball player 
Eric Bledsoe—professional basketball player
Patrick Beverley—professional basketball player
Avery Bradley—professional basketball player

C
Dell Curry - former professional basketball player 
Stephen Curry - professional basketball player
Seth Curry - professional basketball player 
Wilt Chamberlain - retired professional basketball player, Member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, only NBA player to score 100 points
Wendell Carter Jr. - professional basketball player
DeMarcus Cousins - professional basketball player
Ian Clark - professional basketball player
Norris Cole - professional basketball player
Quinn Cook - professional basketball player
Jevon Carter - professional basketball player
Vince Carter - professional basketball player
Jordan Clarkson (African-American father) - professional basketball player
Tony Carr - professional basketball player
Bryant Crawford - professional basketball player
Jamal Crawford - professional basketball player
John Collins - professional basketball player
Marquese Chriss - professional basketball player
Tyson Chàtiler - professional basketball player
Isaiah Canaan - professional basketball player
Mario Chalmers - professional basketball player
Jordan Crawford - professional basketball player
Jarrett Culver - professional basketball player

D
Anthony Davis - professional basketball player 
Antonio Davis - former professional basketball player
Ed Davis - professional basketball player
Glen Davis - former professional basketball player 
Adrian Dantley - retired professional basketball player 
 àtire Drummond- Professional basketball Player
Baron Davis - retired professional basketball player
Deyonta Davis - professional basketball player 
Dewayne Dedmon - professional basketball player
DeMar DeRozan - professional basketball player
Erick Dampier - former professional basketball player
Clyde Drexler - retired professional basketball player
Kevin Durant - professional basketball player
Kris Dunn - professional basketball player 
P.J. Dozier - professional basketball player 
Troy Daniels - professional basketball player
Trevon Duval - professional basketball player

E

Jawun Evans - professional basketball player
Tyreke Evans - professional basketball player
Reggie Evans - retired professional basketball player 
Julius Erving - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

F
De'Aaron Fox - professional basketball player
Kay Felder - professional basketball player
Markelle Fultz - professional basketball player 
Terrance Ferguson - professional basketball player
Yogi Ferrell - professional basketball player

G
Horace Grant - retired professional basketball player
Draymond Green - professional basketball player 
Hal Greer - retired professional basketball player
George Gervin - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Harry Giles - professional basketball player
Kevin Garnett - retired professional basketball player 
Paul George - professional basketball player 
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - professional basketball player
 Ben Gordon (Africans-Americans mother) - Basketball player

H
Elvin Hayes - retired professional basketball player
Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway - retired professional basketball player
Happy Hairston - former professional basketball player
PJ Hairston - professional basketball player
Dwight Howard - professional basketball player 
Grant Hill - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
James Harden - professional basketball player 
Josh Hart - professional basketball player
Tobias Harris - professional basketball player 
Ron Harper - retired professional basketball player
Rodney Hood - professional basketball player
Udonis Haslem - professional basketball player
John Henson - professional basketball player
Montrezl Harrell - professional basketball player
Jrue Holiday - professional basketball player
Justin Holiday - professional basketball player
Aaron Holiday - professional basketball player
De'àtire Hunter - professional basketball player
Larry Hughes - retired professional basketball player
Richard Hamilton - retired professional basketball player
 Solomon Hill

I
Allen Iverson - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Bràtion Ingram - professional basketball player 
Kyrie Irving - professional basketball player

J
Deàtire Jordan - professional basketball player 
Derrick Jones Jr. - professional basketball player
Josh Jackson - professional basketball player
Frank Jackson (African American father) - professional basketball player 
K.C. Jones - retired professional basketball player
Sam Jones - retired professional basketball player
Tyus Jones (African-American father)  - professional basketball player 
Jaren Jackson - retired professional basketball player
Jaren Jackson Jr. - professional basketball player
LeBron James - professional basketball player
Dennis Johnson - former professional basketball player
Magic Johnson - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Michael Jordan - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, considered as the greatest player in NBA History. 
Amile Jefferson - professional basketball player
Jarrett Jack - professional basketball player
Reggie Jackson

K
Bràtion Knight - professional basketball player
Kevin Knox - professional basketball player
Jason Kidd - retired professional basketball player (African American Father)
Kemba Walker - professional basketball player (African American Mother)

L
Bob Lanier - retired professional basketball player
Damian Lillard - professional basketball player
Kawhi Leonard - professional basketball player 
Kyle Lowry - professional basketball player 
Rashard Lewis - retired professional basketball player
Caris LeVert - professional basketball player

M
Bob McAdoo - retired professional basketball player àti coach
CJ McCollum - professional basketball player 
Alonzo Mourning - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Donovan Mitchell - professional basketball player 
Ja Morant - professional basketball player
Karl Malone - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Moses Malone - former professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Cedric Maxwell - retired professional basketball player
Malik Monk - professional basketball player
Reggie Miller - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Tracy McGrady - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Earl Monroe - retired professional basketball player
Marcus Morris - professional basketball player
Markieff Morris - professional basketball player 
Khris Middleton - professional basketball player 
Wesley Matthews - professional basketball player

N
 Aaron Nesmith
 Georges Niang
Malik Newman - professional basketball player

O
Charles Oakley - former professional basketball player
Jahlil Okafor - professional basketball player
 Kelly Oubre Jr.
Shaquille O'Neal - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

P
Robert Parish - retired professional basketball player
Chris Paul - professional basketball player 
Gary Payton - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Jabari Parker (African-American father) - professional basketball player 
Kendrick Perkins - former professional basketball player 
Sam Perkins - former professional basketball player
Paul Pierce - retired professional basketball player
Scottie Pippen - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
 Jordan Poole

R
Bill Russell - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 
Cam Reddish - basketball player
Willis Reed - retired professional basketball player, coach àti manager
Doc Rivers - retired professional basketball player, NBA head coach 
Austin Rivers (African American father) - professional basketball player
Derrick Rose - professional basketball player
D'Angelo Russell - professional basketball player 
Dennis Rodman - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Jalen Rose - retired professional basketball player 
Oscar Robertson - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Rajon Rondo - professional basketball player 
Terrence Ross - professional basketball player 
Terry Rozier - professional basketball player
Josh Richardson - professional basketball player
Clifford Robinson - former professional basketball player
David Robinson - former professional basketball player

S
John Salley - former professional basketball player
Satch Sàtiers - former professional basketball player
Anfernee Simons - professional basketball player
Caleb Swanigan - professional basketball player
Dennis Smith Jr. - professional basketball player
Dennis Scott - retired professional basketball player
Iman Shumpert - professional basketball player
Kenny Smith - retired professional basketball player 
John Salmons - retired professional basketball player
John Salley - retired professional basketball player
Collin Sexton - professional basketball player 
Marcus Smart - professional basketball player 
Omari Spellman - professional basketball player
JR Smith - professional basketball player
Lance Stephenson - professional basketball player
Eric Snow - former professional basketball player àti coach
Jerry Stackhouse - retired professional basketball player

T
Gary Trent - former professional basketball player
Gary Trent Jr. - professional basketball player
Isiah Thomas - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Isaiah Thomas - professional basketball player
David Thompson - retired professional basketball player
Jayson Tatum - professional basketball player 
Karl-Anthony Towns (African-American father) - professional basketball player
Jason Terry - professional basketball player
 Klay Thompson
Myles Turner - professional basketball player
Wayman Tisdale - former professional basketball player

U
Wes Unseld - retired professional basketball player

W
Chris Webber - retired professional basketball player 
Dwyane Wade - professional basketball player 
 Dominique Wilkins
 Earl Watson
 Gerald Wilkins
John Wall - professional basketball player
Russell Westbrook - professional basketball player
Justise Winslow - professional basketball player 
T. J. Warren - professional basketball player
Dion Waiters - professional basketball player 
Jamaal Wilkes - retired professional basketball player
Lenny Wilkens - retired professional basketball player
Zion Williamson - basketball player
Lou Williams - professional basketball player
Marvin Williams - professional basketball player
Hassan Whiteside - professional basketball player
Coby White - professional basketball player
James Worthy - retired professional basketball player
 Mitchell Wiggins

Y
Trae Young (African-American father)  - professional basketball player

Boxing


A
Deàtirey Abron, former professional boxer 
Devon Alexàtier, professional boxer 
Laila Ali, former professional boxer
Muhammad Ali, former professional boxer, activist, philanthropist, recognized as the greatest athlete of all time
Rahman Ali, former professional boxer
Demetrius àtirade, professional boxer 
Henry Armstrong, professional boxer
Emanuel Augustus, former professional boxer

B
Johnathon Banks, former professional boxer 
Johnny Banks, former professional boxer 
Kelcie Banks, former professional boxer 
Sonny Banks, former professional boxer 
Riddick Bowe, former professional boxer
Timothy Bradley, former professional boxer 
Maurice Brantley, former professional boxer 
Lamon Brewster, former professional boxer
Shannon Briggs, professional boxer
Adrien Broner, professional boxer
Joe Brown, former professional boxer
Trevor Bryan, former professional boxer 
Chris Byrd, former professional boxer

C
Jermall Charlo, professional boxer 
Jermell Charlo, professional boxer 
Terence Crawford, professional boxer
Steve Cunningham, former professional boxer

D
Gervonta Davis, professional boxer 
Howard Davis Jr., former professional boxer
Anthony Dirrell, professional boxer 
Michael Dokes, former professional boxer
Larry Donald, former professional boxer 
Joseph Dorsey Jr., former professional boxer 
Buster Douglas, former professional boxer

E
Jimmy Ellis, professional boxer
Jaron Ennis, professional boxer

F
George Foreman, former professional boxer
Joe Frazier, former professional boxer
Stephen Fulton, professional boxer

G
Derrick Gainer, former professional boxer
George Godfrey, former professional boxer
Joshua Greer Jr., former professional boxer

H
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, former professional boxer
Devin Haney, professional boxer 
Tony Harrison, professional boxer 
Thomas Hearns, former professional boxer 
Jamel Herring, professional boxer 
Larry Holmes, former professional boxer 
Evàtier Holyfield, former professional boxer
Maurice Hooker, professional boxer
Bernard Hopkins, former professional boxer
Jarrett Hurd, former professional boxer

I
Amir Imam, professional boxer

J
Beau Jack, former lightweight boxer
Daniel Jacobs, professional boxer 
Jack Johnson, former professional boxer
Roy Jones Jr., former professional boxer
Zab Judah, professional boxer

K
James Kinchen, former professional boxer

L
Sugar Ray Leonard, former professional boxer
John Henry Lewis, former professional boxer
Sonny Liston, professional boxer
Rocky Lockridge, former professional boxer
Joe Louis, former professional boxer 
Ron Lyle, professional boxer

M
Floyd Mayweather Sr., former professional boxer
Floyd Mayweather Jr., former professional boxer
Roger Mayweather, former professional boxer
Oliver McCall, professional boxer
Ray Mercer, former professional boxer
Bob Montgomery, former lightweight boxer
Archie Moore, professional boxer
Shane Mosley, former professional boxer

N
Ken Norton, former professional boxer

P
Floyd Patterson, former professional boxer
Shawn Porter, professional boxer 
Aaron Pryor, professional boxer

Q
Dwight Muhammad Qawi, former professional boxer

R
Hasim Rahman, former professional boxer
Sugar Ray Robinson, professional boxer
Gary Russell Jr., professional boxer

S
Ed Sàtiers, former professional boxer
Earnie Shavers, former professional boxer
Errol Spence Jr., professional boxer
Cory Spinks, former professional boxer
Leon Spinks, former professional boxer
Michael Spinks, former professional boxer
Shakur Stevenson, professional boxer

T
Jermain Taylor, former professional boxer 
Keith Thurman, professional boxer 
James Toney, former professional boxer
Austin Trout, professional boxer 
Caleb Truax, professional boxer
Tony Tucker, former professional boxer 
Mike Tyson, former professional boxer

W
àtire Ward, former professional boxer 
Pernell Whitaker, professional boxer
Deontay Wilder, professional boxer
Tim Witherspoon, former professional boxer
Chalky Wright, former professional boxer
Winky Wright, former professional boxer

Fencing
Ruth White, retired fencer

Football



B
Antonio Brown, professional football player 
Jim Brown, retired professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Dez Bryant, professional football player
Odell Beckham Jr., professional football player 
Le'Veon Bell, professional football player
Cedric Benson, professional football player

C
 Saahdiq Charles
 Yodny Cajuste

E
 Akayleb Evans
Ezekiel Elliott - professional football player

G
Rosey Grier - retired professional football player
Mel Groomes - former professional football player

H
Dwayne Haskins - professional football player

I
Michael Irvin - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

J
Edwin Jackson - former professional football player
Jerry Jeudy - professional football player 
Lamar Jackson - professional football player
Willie Jeffries - former player àti head football coach of South Carolina State University, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Deacon Jones - former professional football player

K
Colin Kaepernick (African-American father) - professional football player

L
Ray Lewis - retired professional football player, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
Floyd Little - professional football player
Marshawn Lynch - retired football player

M
Bob Mann - former professional football player 
Khalil Mack - professional football player
Kyler Murray - professional football player 
Patrick Mahomes - professional football player "Mahomes, 23, became the second African American quarterback to win the NFL's MVP Award outright".
Marion Motley - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Ràtiy Moss - retired professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

N
Cam Newton - professional football player

O
 Dayo Odeyingbo
Terrell Owens - retired professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

P
Dak Prescott - professional football player
Walter Payton - former professional football player, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
Joe Perry - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
 Micah Parsons
Fritz Pollard - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

S
Barry Sàtiers - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Deion Sàtiers - former professional football & baseball player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Gale Sayers - former professional football player
Marcus Spears - former professional football player
Warren Sapp - retired professional football player
O. J. Simpson - former professional football player
Bubba Smith - former professional football player
Woody Strode - former professional football player
Terrell Suggs - professional football player

T
George Taliaferro - former professional football player

V
Michael Vick - retired professional football player

W
Damien Woody - retired professional football player
Jameis Winston - professional football player
Russell Wilson - professional football player
Bill Willis - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Hines Ward (African American father) - retired professional football player 
Deshaun Watson - professional football player
Herschel Walker - retired professional football player
Kenny Washington - former professional football player
Fred Williamson - retired professional football player
Carl Weathers - retired professional football player

Golf
Jerry Bruner, professional golfer
Althea Gibson, former professional golfer
Calvin Peete, former professional golfer
Renee Powell, professional golfer
Charlie Sifford, professional golfer
Bill Spiller, former professional golfer
Jim Thorpe, professional golfer
Tiger Woods (African American father), professional golfer, winner of 14 major championships
Harold Varner III, professional golfer

Gymnastics
Simone Biles, gymnast
Dominique Dawes
Gabby Douglas
Kyla Ross
Tasha Schwikert

Hockey
Justin Bailey
Blake Bolden
Francis Bouillon
Donald Brashear
J. T. Brown
Dustin Byfuglien
Gerald Coleman
Robbie Earl
Emerson Etem
Jordan Greenway
Mike Grier
Val James
Justin Johnson
Caleb Jones
Seth Jones
Greg Mauldin
K'àtire Miller
Nyjer Morgan
Justin Morrison
Kyle Okposo
Jordan Samuels-Thomas
C. J. Suess
Scooter Vaughan
Shawn Wheeler
Charles Williams

Swimming
Cullen Jones
Simone Manuel
Lia Neal
David Curtiss
Sybil Smith

Tennis

A
Arthur Ashe - retired professional tennis player

B
James Blake - professional tennis player

G
Zina Garrison - retired professional tennis player
Althea Gibson - retired professional tennis player 
Coco Gauff - professional tennis player

J
Jarmere Jenkins - retired professional tennis player

K
Madison Keys - professional tennis player

M
Nicholas Monroe - professional tennis player

R
Chàtia Rubin - professional tennis player

S
Bryan Shelton - retired professional tennis player

T
Taylor Townsend - professional tennis player

S
Sloane Stephens - professional tennis player

W
Mashona Washington - retired professional tennis player
Richard Williams - professional tennis coach
Serena Williams - professional tennis player
Venus Williams - professional tennis player

Y
Donald Young - professional tennis player

Track àti field

A
Charles Austin, retired track àti field athlete

B
Ronnie Baker, professional track àti field athlete
Bob Beamon, retired track àti field athlete
Larry Black, former track àti field athlete
Trayvon Bromell, professional track àti field athlete
Ralph Boston, former track àti field athlete
Leroy Burrell, retired track àti field athlete

C
Milt Campbell, former track àti field athlete
Henry Carr, former track àti field athlete
àtire Cason, retired track àti field athlete
Jearl Miles Clark, retired track àti field athlete
Kerron Clement, professional track àti field athlete
Alice Coachman, former track àti field athlete
Wayne Collett, former track àti field athlete
Christian Coleman, professional track àti field athlete
Mike Conley Sr., retired track àti field athlete
Shawn Crawford, retired track àti field athlete
Josh Culbreath, retired track àti field athlete

D
Tony Darden, retired track àti field athlete
Otis Davis, retired track àti field athlete
Walter Davis, professional track àti field athlete
Harrison Dillard, retired track àti field athlete
Jon Drummond, retired track àti field athlete

E
Ashton Eaton, retired track àti field athlete

F
Allyson Felix, professional track àti field athlete
Phyllis Francis, professional track àti field athlete
Ron Freeman, former track àti field athlete

G
Justin Gatlin, professional track àti field athlete
Tyson Gay, professional track àti field athlete
Charles Green, professional track àti field athlete
Maurice Greene, retired track àti field athlete

H
Elijah Hall, professional track àti field athlete
Danny Harris, retired track àti field athlete
Otis Harris, professional track àti field athlete
Alvin Harrison, retired track àti field athlete
Jeff Henderson, professional track àti field athlete
Jim Hines, retired track àti field athlete

J
Larry James, former track àti field athlete
Bershawn Jackson, professional track àti field athlete
Cornelius Johnson, former track àti field athlete
Michael Johnson, retired track àti field athlete
Rafer Johnson, retired track àti field athlete
Al Joyner, retired track àti field athlete
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, retired track àti field athlete
Florence Griffith Joyner, former track àti field athlete

K
Roger Kingdom, retired track àti field athlete
Erik Kynard, professional track àti field athlete

L
Brian Lewis, professional track àti field athlete
Carl Lewis, retired track àti field athlete
Noah Lyles, professional track àti field athlete

M
Michael Marsh, retired track àti field athlete
Vincent Matthews, retired track àti field athlete
Tony McQuay, professional track àti field athlete
Aries Merritt, professional track àti field athlete
LaShawn Merritt, professional track àti field athlete
Ralph Metcalfe, former track àti field athlete
Rod Milburn, former track àti field athlete
Tim Montgomery, retired track àti field athlete
Edwin Moses, retired track àti field athlete

N
Dave Neville, retired track àti field athlete

O
Dan O'Brien, retired track àti field athlete
David Oliver, professional track àti field athlete
Jesse Owens, former track àti field athlete

P
Darvis Patton, retired track àti field athlete
David Payne, professional track àti field athlete
Mike Powell, retired track àti field athlete
 Tiffany Porter

R
Mack Robinson, retired track àti field athlete
Mike Rodgers, professional track àti field athlete
Wilma Rudolph, former track àti field athlete
Butch Reynolds, retired track àti field athlete

S
Ronnie Ray Smith, former track àti field athlete
Tommie Smith, retired track àti field athlete
Wallace Spearmon, professional track àti field athlete

T
Eddie Tolan, former track àti field athlete
Gwen Torrence, retired track àti field athlete
Wyomia Tyus, retired track àti field athlete

W
Willye White, former track àti field athlete
Archie Williams, former track àti field athlete
John Woodruff, former track àti field athlete

Y
Kevin Young, retired track àti field athlete

Wrestling
Cedric Alexàtier, professional wrestler
Sasha Banks, professional wrestler 
Bianca Belair, professional wrestler
Shelton Benjamin, professional wrestler 
Angelo Dawkins, professional wrestler
Montez Ford, professional wrestler
Mark Henry, former professional wrestler 
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, retired professional wrestler
Bobby Lashley, professional wrestler
Keith Lee, professional wrestler 
Moose, professional wrestler 
Willie Mack, professional wrestler
Montel Vontavious Porter, professional wrestler
R-Truth, professional wrestler 
Rich Swann, professional wrestler
King Booker, retired professional wrestler 
Naomi, professional wrestler
Titus O'Neil, professional wrestler
Xavier Woods, professional wrestler 
Mia Yim (African American father), professional wrestler

Motorsport
Bubba Wallace, NASCAR driver
Elias Bowie
Charlie Scott
George Wiltshire
Ràtiy Bethea
 Willy T. Ribbs
Bill Lester

Martial arts
Daniel Cormier, mixed martial artist 
Jon Jones, mixed martial artist
Kevin Lee, mixed martial artist
Tyron Woodley, mixed martial artist

Soccer
 Antonee Robinson
 Benji Michel
 Bràtion Servania
 Bright Dike
 Charlie Davies
 Chris Richards
 Deàtire Yedlin
 DeJuan Jones
 DaMarcus Beasley
 Dante Sealy
 Duane Holmes
 Daryl Dike
 Eddie Gustafsson
 Eddie Johnson
Edson Buddle
 Erik Palmer-Brown
 Haji Wright
 Mark Segbers
 Tim Howard
 Tyler Adams
 Freddy Adu
 Kellyn Acosta
 Eddie Pope
 Briana Scurry
 Kofi Sarkodie
 Kayden Pierre
 Kurowskybob Pierre
 Jonathan David
 Jonathan Lewis
 Jozy Altidore
 Konrad de la Fuente
 Maurice Edu
 Mark Mckenzie
 Marlon Hairston
 Gyasi Zardes
 Julian Green
 Justin Che
 Marvell Wynne
 Sean Okoli
 Sean Johnson
 Tayvon Gray
 Weston McKennie
 Zack Steffen
 Patrick Koffi

First Ladies of the United States
Michelle Obama (2009–2017), first African American First Lady àti the 44th First Lady

 Àwọn ìtọ́kasí 

External links
President Obama's Speech to the NAACP on July 16, 2009 - full video by MSNBC
Famous African Americans

Category:Lists of American people by ethnic or national origin
Category:Lists of people by ethnicity