William "Count" Basie - Internationally known pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader.
Langston Hughes - The Black Poet Laureate, excelled as a poet, playwright, novelist, lyricist, and humorist.
Sterling Brown - Teacher, poet, writer, Professor Emeritus of Literature at Howard University, has a special foundation for folk culture and jazz music.
Carl Rowan - Syndicated columnist.
Joe Torry- Comedian
William H. "Bill" Cosby - Comedian, author, actor, producer.
Roland Hayes - Internationally known tenor of the 1920s. Hayes sang in five different languages.
Ernest E. Just - Internationally known biologist and professor at Howard University.
Charles R. Drew - Perfected the use of blood plasma. Professor of Surgery at Howard University.
Ronald McNair - Astronaut, graduate of MIT, Ph.D in Physics.
Percy L. Julian - Discovered the use of foam to extinguish fires and discovered a method of producing cortisone synthetically.
Fred Gregory - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Air Force Academy.
Charles Bolden - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Naval Academy..
Michael Jordan - Outstanding basketball player with the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.
De Hart Hubbart - A University of Michigan sprinter; was the first Black person to represent the United States in the Olympic Games (1924).
Ed "Too Tall" Jones - Outstanding player with the Dallas Cowboys football team.
Joe Black - An all-time great Brooklyn Dodger baseball pitcher. In 1952, he had the lowest earned-run average in the Major Leagues.
Charlie Ward - Heisman Trophy winner and NY Knicks guard.
Hank Aaron - Home-run King who broke Babe Ruth's record.
William Floyd - Big man on the San Francisco 49ers football team.
Mark Duper - Another fantastic Miami Dolphins player.
Keith Jackson
- Outstanding football player with the Miami Dolphins.
John Salley - Outstanding basketball player with the Detroit Pistons.
Leroy Walker - A U.S. Olympic coach (sprinters) for many years
Cedric Maxwell - Outstanding
professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics and other teams.
Jerry Ball
- Player with the Oakland Raiders.
Shaquille O'Neal - Star center with the Los Angles Lakers.
John Salley
- Player with the Chicago Bulls.
Charlie Ward
- Heisman Trophy winner and NY Knicks guard
James Hasty - Outstanding player with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Jesse Hill - President of Atlanta Life Insurance Company.
William J. Kennedy III - President of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company.
Gilliard S. Glover - President of Afro-American Life Insurance Company.
Earl Grave - Publisher of Black Enterprise magazine.
Therman McKenzie - Co-owner of M&M Products.
Otis M. Smith - General Counsel, General Motors Corporation.
Nathaniel Bronner - Co-owner of Bronner Brothers Beauty Supplies.
Rev. Jesse Jackson - Former Director of Operation PUSH; Founder, Rainbow Coalition.
Grant Reynolds - Played a major role in President Truman's 1948 decision to desegregate the United States Armed Forces.
James Nabrit - Former Dean of Howard University Law School and former president of Howard University. A leader in the training of the early Civil Rights lawyers.
Wiley Branton - Attorney of the "Little Rock Nine" and former Dean of Howard University School of Law.
Roy Wilkins - Long-time Executive Director of the NAACP.
Benjamin Hooks - Succeeded Roy Wilkins as Executive Director of the NAACP, the most effective of all civil rights organizations.
Vernon Jordan - Former Executive Director of the National Urban League.
Dr. Ernest E. Just - Professor of Biology at Howard University, and 1st honorary member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson - The earliest and most outspoken proponent for the study of Black History.
Benjamin E. Mays - President Emeritus of Morehouse College, writer and lecturer.
Herman Dreer - Teacher, minister, writer, and author of The History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., 1911-1961.
William Hastie - First Governor of the Virgin Islands.
George L. P. Weaver - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor.
Robert C. Weaver - Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Clifford Alexander - Secretary, Department of the Army.
Jesse Jackson - Candidate for United States Presidency in 1984 and 1988.
Lawrence Douglas Wilder - Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.