Famous African American Men

The Most Famous African American Men
Name	Birthday	Nationality	Bio
Snoop Dogg	October 20, 1971	American	Snoop Dogg is an American rapper and actor who emerged as one of the best-known figures in gangsta rap during the 1990s
Flip Wilson	December 8, 1933	American	Flip Wilson was an American comedian and actor
Coolio	August 1, 1963	American	Coolio is a well-known American rap artist, musician and record producer
Sidney Poitier	February 20, 1927	American	Sidney Poitier is an actor, director and diplomat who was the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor
Lil Twist	January 11, 1993	American	Lil Twist (Christopher Lynn Moore) is an American rapper and hip-hop artist
Derek Walcott	January 23, 1930	Saint Lucian	Derek Walcott is a West Indian poet and playwright, who won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature
Satchel Paige	July 7, 1906	American	Satchel Paige was a legendary African-American baseball player
Deion Sanders	August 9, 1967	American	Deion Sanders is a former American football and baseball player
Leon Spinks	July 11, 1953	American	Leon Spinks is an American former boxer who became the world heavyweight champion in 1978
Kobe Bryant	August 23, 1978	American	Kobe Bryant is one of the most significant contemporary American basketball player who plays for the ‘Los Angeles Lakers’

Elijah Muhammad was a black American leader of the religious and social movement known as the ‘Nation of Islam’ (NOI)

Carl Lewis is one of the greatest track and field athletes that the sporting world has till date witnessed

Booker T

Smokey Robinson Jr

is an American former baseball and football player and the only sportsperson to be named an All-Star in two major sports

Bill Russell is a retired basketball player widely considered one of the best players in NBA history

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is hailed as one of the greatest Basketball players from America

Ben Harper is a contemporary American singer-songwriter

Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States

Arthur Ashe was a professional tennis player, and the first black man ever to win singles title at at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open