World famous persons. Celebrities, athletes, artists, photographers.

Famous african americans

  • Muhammad Ali photoMuhammad Ali, the first heavyweight boxing champion to regain the title three times, and civil rights activist
  • Marian Anderson photoMarian Anderson, black singer that gave a historic concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, which drew an integrated crowd of over 75000 people
  • Louis Armstrong photoLouis Armstrong, singer of 'What a Wonderful World' and virtuose cornet and trumpet player
  • Josephine Baker photoJosephine Baker, the eccentric singer that at one time in the 1920s was the most photographed woman in the world
  • Halle Berry photoHalle Berry, many years the face of Revlon cosmetics, actress in movies like Catwoman, X-Men, and 'Monster's ball, for which she won an Oscar
  • James Brown photoJames Brown, the high-energy singer of tight funk
  • Nick Cannon photoNick Cannon, co-creator, executive producer and star of his own sketch-comedy variety show on Nickelodeon
  • Ray Charles photoRay Charles, the maker of a revolutionary blend of gospel, soul, rock, jazz and country music
  • Bill Cosby photoBill Cosby, the comic The Cosby Show, and known for his work with children
  • Miles Davis photoMiles Davis, innovative fusion/electric jazz musician
  • Duke Ellington photoDuke Ellington, arranger, composer of some of America's most famous songs
  • Julius Erving photoJulius Erving, basketball player that soared through the air on the basketball court
  • Jamie Foxx photoJamie Foxx, actor in films and on television, most notably on a Oscar-winning role as Ray Charles in the biopic RAY.
  • Aretha Franklin photoAretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
  • Danny Glover photoDanny Glover, actor in both Hollywood blockbusters and serious dramatic films.
  • Whoopi Goldberg photoWhoopi Goldberg, actress in the film The Color Purple and Oscar-winning with Ghost
  • Jimi Hendrix photoJimi Hendrix, arguably the best and most influential electrical guitarist the world has ever known
  • Billie Holiday photoBillie Holiday, the emotion-laden singer that sang about her trials and tribulations in such a way that it couldn't be from anything else but experience.
  • Whitney Houston photoWhitney Houston, singer with a remarkable vocal range and powerful who was the first performer to have seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard magazine pop-music charts
  • Langston Hughes photoLangston Hughes, poet that used the rhythms of jazz and of everyday black speech in his poetry
  • Janet Jackson photoJanet Jackson, singer with choreographed dance moves in cutting-edge, innovative music videos
  • Michael Jackson photoMichael Jackson, the king op pop
  • Michael Jordan photoMichael Jordan, the greatest player to ever play in the National Basketball Association (NBA)
  • B B King photoB.B. King, model for countless musicians, with ability to get so much out of single note playing on his Gibson guitar
  • Charlie Parker photo[musicians/Charlie Parker, jazz musician with a virtuoso style of improvisation that was fundamental to the bebop style of jazz
  • Lionel Richie photoLionel Richie, singer of many great hit songs, and Grammy winner and nowadays better known as Nicole Richie's father
  • O J Simpson photoO J Simpson, american football legend, and acquitted for murder
  • Wesley Snipes photoWesley Snipes, actor and producer of big-budget action movies
  • Tina Turner photoTina Turner, the passionate and emotional singer
  • Gabrielle Union photoGabrielle Union, playing the leader of the African-American cheerleader squad in 2000's Bring it On
  • Sarah Vaughan photoSarah Vaughan, singer with a vocal range from soprano to baritone and signature beautiful vibrato
  • Dionne Warwick photoDionne Warwick, singer of hit records of Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs between 1963 and 1970
  • Denzel Washington photo[actors/Denzel Washington, actor of big-hearted, heroic characters
  • Muddy Waters photoMuddy Waters, blues musician with driving slide guitar technique and darkly expressive vocal style
  • Oprah Winfrey photoOprah Winfrey, the richest African American of the 20th century
  • Stevie Wonder photoStevie Wonder, the illustrious blind musician
 
 
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