African-American fraternity founded in 1906 at Cornell University.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| O. Rudolph Aggrey |
Diplomat |
24-Jul-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Romania, 1977-81 |
| Dennis Archer |
Politician |
1-Jan-1942 |
|
Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001 |
| Nate Archibald |
Basketball |
2-Sep-1948 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Marion Barry |
Politician |
6-Mar-1936 |
22-Nov-2014 |
Twice Mayor of Washington, DC |
| Bobby Bell |
Football |
17-Jun-1940 |
|
Linebacker, NFL Hall of Famer |
| Darryl M. Bell |
Actor |
10-May-1963 |
|
Ron Johnson on A Different World |
| Walt Bellamy |
Basketball |
24-Jul-1939 |
2-Nov-2013 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Robert Benham |
Judge |
25-Sep-1946 |
|
Justice, Georgia Supreme Court |
| David H. Blackwell |
Mathematician |
24-Apr-1919 |
8-Jul-2010 |
Bayesian statistics |
| Ulysses L. Bridgeman, Jr. |
Basketball |
17-Sep-1953 |
|
Former Milwaukee Buck, Wendy's franchisee |
| Edward Brooke |
Politician |
26-Oct-1919 |
3-Jan-2015 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79 |
| Judge Joe Brown |
Judge |
5-Jul-1947 |
|
TV judge |
| Tony Brown |
Talk Show Host |
11-Apr-1933 |
|
Host of Tony Brown's Journal |
| Willie Brown |
Politician |
20-Mar-1934 |
|
Mayor of San Francisco, 1997-2004 |
| Roland W. Burris |
Politician |
8-Aug-1937 |
|
US Senator from Illinois, 2009-10 |
| Wes Chandler |
Football |
22-Aug-1956 |
|
Former NFL wide receiver |
| Hansen Clarke |
Politician |
3-Mar-1957 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 13th |
| R. Guy Cole, Jr. |
Judge |
23-May-1951 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Thomas W. Cole, Jr. |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
President of Clark Atlanta, 1989-2002 |
| William T. Coleman, Jr. |
Government |
7-Jul-1920 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 1975-77 |
| Countee Cullen |
Poet |
30-May-1903 |
9-Jan-1946 |
Harlem Renaissance poet |
| Rusty Cundieff |
Actor |
13-Dec-1960 |
|
Fear of a Black Hat, TV Nation |
| Danny Davis |
Politician |
6-Sep-1941 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 7th |
| Ron Dellums |
Politician |
24-Nov-1935 |
|
Mayor of Oakland, 2007-11 |
| Eric Jerome Dickey |
Novelist |
7-Jul-1961 |
|
Waking With Enemies |
| David Dinkins |
Politician |
10-Jul-1927 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 1989-93 |
| Julian C. Dixon |
Politician |
8-Aug-1934 |
8-Dec-2000 |
Congressman from California, 1979-2000 |
| Donald Driver |
Football |
2-Feb-1975 |
|
Green Bay Packers WR |
| Edward R. Dudley |
Diplomat |
11-Mar-1911 |
8-Feb-2005 |
First Black US Ambassador |
| Carl Eller |
Football |
25-Feb-1942 |
|
Minnesota Vikings DE |
| Wayne Embry |
Basketball |
26-Mar-1937 |
|
NBA General Manager |
| Harold Ford, Sr. |
Politician |
20-May-1945 |
|
Congressman from Tennessee, 1975-97 |
| William H. Gray |
Politician |
20-Aug-1941 |
1-Jul-2013 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-91 |
| Al Green |
Politician |
1-Sep-1947 |
|
Congressman, Texas 9th |
| Dick Gregory |
Activist |
12-Oct-1932 |
|
Autobiography: NIGGER! |
| Rosey Grier |
Football |
14-Jul-1932 |
|
LA Rams All-Pro defensive lineman |
| Charles Haley |
Football |
6-Jan-1964 |
|
Five winning Superbowls |
| Donny Hathaway |
Singer |
1-Oct-1945 |
13-Jan-1979 |
Where Is The Love? |
| Earl Hilliard |
Politician |
9-Apr-1942 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1993-2003 |
| Freeman A. Hrabowski |
Educator |
13-Aug-1950 |
|
President, University of Maryland Baltimore |
| Maynard Jackson |
Politician |
23-Mar-1938 |
23-Jun-2003 |
First black Mayor of Atlanta |
| Kwame Kilpatrick |
Politician |
8-Jun-1970 |
|
Mayor of Detroit, 2002-08 |
| Martin Luther King |
Activist |
15-Jan-1929 |
4-Apr-1968 |
Pacifist civil rights activist |
| Delano E. Lewis |
Diplomat |
12-Nov-1938 |
|
US Ambassador to South Africa, 2000-01 |
| Rayford W. Logan |
Historian |
7-Jan-1897 |
4-Nov-1982 |
The Negro in American Life and Thought |
| Thurgood Marshall |
Judge |
2-Jul-1908 |
24-Jan-1993 |
First black US Supreme Court justice |
| Donald F. McHenry |
Diplomat |
13-Oct-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 1979-81 |
| Gregory Meeks |
Politician |
25-Sep-1953 |
|
Congressman, New York 6th |
| Kelly Miller |
Sociologist |
23-Jul-1863 |
29-Dec-1939 |
Out of the House of Bondage |
| Dutch Morial |
Politician |
9-Oct-1929 |
24-Dec-1989 |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1978-86 |
| Marc Morial |
Politician |
3-Jan-1958 |
|
Mayor of New Orleans, 1994-2002 |
| Samuel R. Pierce |
Politician |
8-Sep-1922 |
31-Oct-2000 |
US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89 |
| Fritz Pollard |
Football |
27-Jan-1894 |
11-May-1986 |
First black coach in the NFL |
| Adam Clayton Powell |
Politician |
29-Nov-1908 |
4-Apr-1972 |
Congressman from New York, 1945-71 |
| Hugh B. Price |
Activist |
1941 |
|
President of the Urban League, 1994-2003 |
| Charles Rangel |
Politician |
11-Jun-1930 |
|
Congressman, New York 15th |
| Lionel Richie |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Jun-1949 |
|
All Night Long, former Commodore |
| Eddie Robinson |
Football |
13-Feb-1919 |
3-Apr-2007 |
Grambling Head Coach, 1941-97 |
| Ray M. Robinson |
Business |
30-Nov-1947 |
|
Former AT&T executive |
| Eugene Sawyer |
Politician |
3-Sep-1934 |
19-Jan-2008 |
Mayor of Chicago, 1987-89 |
| Kurt L. Schmoke |
Politician |
1-Dec-1949 |
|
Mayor of Baltimore, 1988-99 |
| Bobby Scott |
Politician |
30-Apr-1947 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 3rd |
| David Scott |
Politician |
27-Jun-1946 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 13th |
| Stuart Scott |
Sports Journalist |
19-Jul-1965 |
4-Jan-2015 |
ESPN Sportscaster |
| Art Shell |
Football |
26-Nov-1946 |
|
Former Raiders player, coach |
| Louis Wade Sullivan |
Government |
3-Nov-1933 |
|
US Secretary of HHS, 1989-93 |
| Charles Turnbull |
Politician |
5-Feb-1935 |
|
Governor of Virgin Islands |
| Wes Unseld |
Basketball |
14-Mar-1946 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer, coach |
| Gene Upshaw |
Football |
15-Aug-1945 |
20-Aug-2008 |
NFL Hall-of-Fame Guard, NFLPA Leader |
| Reggie Walton |
Judge |
8-Feb-1949 |
|
US District Court Judge |
| Keenen Ivory Wayans |
Comic |
8-Jun-1958 |
|
A Wayans Brother |
| Lenny Wilkens |
Basketball |
28-Oct-1937 |
|
Winningest coach in NBA history |
| Wesley S. Williams, Jr. |
Attorney |
13-Nov-1942 |
|
Former Partner, Covington & Burling |
| Robert L. Wright |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Dimension International |
| Andrew Young |
Politician |
12-Mar-1932 |
|
Mayor of Atlanta, 1982-90 |
