| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
Basketball |
16-Apr-1947 |
|
NBA records for most minutes, most points |
| Mumia Abu-Jamal |
Criminal |
23-Apr-1954 |
|
Black Panther, sentenced to death |
| Mahershala Ali |
Actor |
16-Feb-1974 |
|
Remy Danton on House of Cards |
| Muhammad Ali |
Boxing |
17-Jan-1942 |
|
Floated like butterfly, stung like bee |
| Idi Amin |
Head of State |
17-May-1928 |
16-Aug-2003 |
Former dictator of Uganda |
| Art Blakey |
Drummer |
11-Oct-1919 |
16-Oct-1990 |
Principal bebop instigator and drummer |
| Emperor Bokassa I |
Royalty |
22-Feb-1921 |
3-Nov-1996 |
Central African Emperor |
| Omar Bongo |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1935 |
7-Jun-2009 |
President of Gabon, 1967-2009 |
| H. Rap Brown |
Activist |
4-Oct-1943 |
|
Die, Nigger, Die! |
| Dave Chappelle |
Comic |
24-Aug-1973 |
|
Chappelle's Show |
| Clarence 13X |
Religion |
21-Feb-1928 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Nation of Gods and Earths |
| Jimmy Cliff |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Apr-1948 |
|
Reggae musician |
| Mos Def |
Rapper |
11-Dec-1973 |
|
Black On Both Sides |
| Bob Denard |
Military |
7-Apr-1929 |
13-Oct-2007 |
French mercenary |
| Isabelle Eberhardt |
Author |
17-Feb-1877 |
21-Oct-1904 |
Transvestite Muslim author |
| Keith Ellison |
Politician |
4-Aug-1963 |
|
Congressman, Minnesota 5th |
| Louis Farrakhan |
Religion |
11-May-1933 |
|
Leader of Nation of Islam |
| Stepin Fetchit |
Actor |
30-May-1902 |
19-Nov-1985 |
Professional black stereotype |
| Adam Gadahn |
Terrorist |
1-Sep-1978 |
Jan-2015 |
Al-Qaeda terrorist, indicted for treason |
| Ghostface Killah |
Rapper |
9-May-1970 |
|
Wu-Tang Clan |
| Rabih Haddad |
Religion |
1960 |
|
Deported imam, purported terrorist |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
Musician |
18-Jul-1929 |
12-Feb-2000 |
I Put a Spell on You |
| Walt Hazzard |
Basketball |
15-Apr-1942 |
18-Nov-2011 |
UCLA basketball coach 1984-88 |
| David Hicks |
Military |
7-Aug-1975 |
|
Australia's answer to John Walker Lindh |
| Rex Ingram |
Film Director |
15-Jan-1892 |
21-Jul-1950 |
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| Carlos the Jackal |
Terrorist |
12-Oct-1949 |
|
International terrorist |
| Jermaine Jackson |
Musician |
11-Dec-1954 |
|
The Jackson Five |
| John Walker Lindh |
Criminal |
9-Feb-1981 |
|
The American Taliban |
| Malcolm X |
Activist |
19-May-1925 |
21-Feb-1965 |
Nation of Islam |
| Lee Malvo |
Criminal |
18-Feb-1985 |
|
One of the two Washington Snipers |
| Abu Hamza al-Masri |
Religion |
15-Apr-1958 |
|
Imam of Finsbury Park Mosque |
| John Allen Muhammad |
Criminal |
31-Dec-1960 |
10-Nov-2009 |
Beltway sniper |
| Peter Murphy |
Singer |
11-Jul-1957 |
|
Bauhaus |
| Queen Noor |
Royalty |
23-Aug-1951 |
|
Queen of Jordan |
| Jose Padilla |
Terrorist |
18-Oct-1970 |
|
Convicted of conspiracy |
| Emin Pasha |
Explorer |
28-Mar-1840 |
23-Oct-1892 |
German colonial traveller in Africa |
| St. John Philby |
Government |
3-Apr-1885 |
30-Sep-1960 |
Sheikh Abdullah, Arabist |
| Q-Tip |
Rapper |
10-Apr-1970 |
|
A Tribe Called Quest |
| Rakim |
Rapper |
28-Jan-1968 |
|
Eric B and Rakim |
| Ahmad Rashad |
Sports Journalist |
19-Nov-1949 |
|
Wide Receiver turned sportscaster |
| Richard Reid |
Terrorist |
12-Aug-1973 |
|
Shoe bomber |
| MC Ren |
Rapper |
14-Jun-1969 |
|
NWA |
| Jack Roche |
Terrorist |
31-Oct-1953 |
|
al Qaeda's man in Australia |
| Betty Shabazz |
Activist |
28-May-1936 |
23-Jun-1997 |
Widow of Malcolm X |
| Cat Stevens |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Jul-1948 |
|
Morning Has Broken |
| Sharmila Tagore |
Actor |
8-Dec-1946 |
|
Apur Sansar |
| Mike Tyson |
Boxing |
30-Jun-1966 |
|
Erratic heavyweight champion |
| Thomas A. Watson |
Engineer |
18-Jan-1854 |
13-Dec-1934 |
Assistant to Alexander Graham Bell |
| John Whitehead |
Musician |
2-Jul-1948 |
11-May-2004 |
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now |
| Yahweh ben Yahweh |
Religion |
27-Oct-1935 |
7-May-2007 |
Nation of Yahweh |
