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Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION
Founded in 1911 at Howard University.
Official Website: http://www.omegapsiphifraternity.org/
Founding Date: 17-Nov-1911
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Hank Aaron |
Baseball |
5-Feb-1934 |
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Hit 755 home runs over his career |
| Herb Adderley |
Football |
8-Jun-1939 |
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NFL Hall of Famer |
| Ottis Anderson |
Football |
19-Jan-1957 |
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Runningback, 1991 Superbowl MVP |
| Count Basie |
Pianist |
21-Aug-1904 |
26-Apr-1984 |
Big band pianist |
| Charles F. Bolden, Jr. |
Astronaut |
19-Aug-1946 |
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Four-time shuttle astronaut |
| Bill Campbell |
Politician |
25-May-1953 |
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Mayor of Atlanta, 1994-2002 |
| Jim Clyburn |
Politician |
21-Jul-1940 |
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Congressman, South Carolina 6th |
| Virgis W. Colbert |
Business |
1939 |
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EVP at Miller Brewing, 1997-2005 |
| J. Gary Cooper |
Business |
2-Oct-1936 |
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US Ambassador to Jamaica, 1994-97 |
| Bill Cosby |
Comic |
12-Jul-1937 |
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Comedy fixture, accused rapist |
| Clarence Gaines |
Basketball |
21-May-1923 |
18-Apr-2005 |
Winston-Salem Head Coach, 1946-93 |
| Ronald E. Goldsberry |
Business |
12-Sep-1942 |
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Former VP, Ford |
| Moses Gunn |
Actor |
2-Oct-1929 |
16-Dec-1993 |
Bumpy Jonas in Shaft |
| Steve Harvey |
Comic |
23-Nov-1956 |
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The Steve Harvey Show |
| Langston Hughes |
Poet |
1-Feb-1902 |
22-May-1967 |
The Negro Speaks of Rivers |
| Jesse Jackson |
Activist |
8-Oct-1941 |
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Rainbow Coalition |
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Mar-1965 |
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Congressman from Illinois, 1995-2012 |
| Ed "Too Tall" Jones |
Football |
23-Feb-1951 |
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Dallas Cowboys, 106 career sacks |
| Michael Jordan |
Basketball |
17-Feb-1963 |
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God's gift to basketball, clearly |
| Tom Joyner |
Radio Personality |
23-Nov-1949 |
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The Tom Joyner Morning Show |
| Ernest Just |
Biologist |
14-Aug-1883 |
27-Oct-1941 |
Cell surfaces and egg fertilization |
| Benjamin J. Lambert III |
Politician |
29-Jan-1937 |
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Virginia State Senate |
| Kendrick Meek |
Politician |
6-Sep-1966 |
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Congressman from Florida, 2003-11 |
| Eddie N. Moore |
Educator |
c. 1947 |
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President, Virginia State University, 1993-2010 |
| Alonzo Mourning |
Basketball |
8-Feb-1970 |
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Zo |
| Robert Nix, Jr. |
Judge |
13-Jul-1928 |
23-Aug-2003 |
Pennsylvania Chief Justice, 1984-96 |
| Flemming L. Norcott, Jr. |
Judge |
11-Oct-1943 |
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Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court |
| Shaquille O'Neal |
Basketball |
6-Mar-1972 |
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Shaq Attack |
| Carl Rowan |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1925 |
23-Sep-2000 |
Chicago Sun-Times columnist |
| Lexington Steele |
Pornstar |
28-Nov-1969 |
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Lex the Impaler |
| Carl E. Stewart |
Judge |
2-Jan-1950 |
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5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Joe Torry |
Actor |
12-Aug-1965 |
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Poetic Justice |
| L. Douglas Wilder |
Politician |
17-Jan-1931 |
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Governor of Virginia, 1990-94 |
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