List of Howard University people
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Howardites are persons affiliated with Howard University, commonly including alumni, current and former faculty members, students, and others. Here follows a list of notable Howardians.
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[edit] Alumni
[edit] Nobel laureates
Peace, Literature, or Economics
- Toni Morrison, born Chloe Anthony Wofford
[edit] Academia
- Charlene Drew Jarvis (Ph.D.), president Southeastern University
- Lois Pierre-Noel, educator
- Irvin Reid (Ph.D.), president Wayne State University
- H. Patrick Swygert, president Howard University
- Sonia Sanchez, author and poet
[edit] Arts, Media, Music & Literature
- Candace Allen, Miss District of Columbia USA 2006
- Debbie Allen, dancer, actress
- Geri Allen, jazz pianist
- Anthony Anderson, actor
- Amiri Baraka, author and poet
- Sean Combs, music producer, also known as "Puffy", "P. Money", "Puff Daddy", "P. Diddy", and "Diddy"
- Ossie Davis, actor and activist
- Paul Laurence Dunbar, late 19th century poet
- Lillian Evanti, opera singer
- Roberta Flack, singer
- Benny Golson, jazz saxophone
- Rich Harrison, Grammy winning record producer and song writer
- Donny Hathaway, singer
- Taraji P. Henson, actress (Hustle and Flow, Baby Boy, Smokin Ace's)
- Shauntay Hinton, Miss USA 2002
- Shaka Hislop, goalkeeper for FC Dallas and Trinidad and Tobago national football team who played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup
- Zora Neale Hurston, anthropologist and author (did not graduate)
- Solomon Mutswairo, novelist and poet
- Jessye Norman, opera singer
- Shaunielle Perry, stage director, playwright and educator
- Phylicia Rashad, actress (The Cosby Show)
- Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, actress (The Apprentice, Surreal Life)
- Marlon Wayans, actor
- Tracie Thoms, actress (Rent the movie)(The Devil wears Prada)
- Kenny Lattimore, singer
- Wendy Rachel Robinson, actress(Regina -The Steve Harvey Show)
- Benilde Little, author
- Paula Jai Parker, actress (Hustle and Flow, Idlewild)
- Ernest Dickerson, Filmmaker ([Director] Juice, Bones, Never Die Alone, ER,[Director of Photography] Mo' Betta Blues, Malcolm X.
- Malik Sayeed, Filmmaker ( Life and Debt [Director of Photography]He Got Game, The Original Kings of Comedy, Belly)
- Vickey Mabrey, Journalist, CNN News
- Fredricka Whitfield, Journalist, CNN News
- A.J. Calloway, On air personality, Extra (formerly of 106th and Park [BET]
- Lynn Whitfield, actress, Madea's Family Reunion, Head of State, Eve's Bayou
- Lala Vasquez, On air personality and actress, Direct Effect, Total Request Live [MTV], You Got Served
- Lori Stokes - Journalist, ABC / Channel 7 Eyewitness News - New York City
- Ananda Lewis - BET Talk Show Host/MTV Host/ The Ananda Lewis Show
- Roxie Roker - Helen from "The Jeffersons" - Lenny Kravitz's mother
- Shai (Marc Gray, Carl Martin, Darnell Van Rensalier, Garfield A. Bright) - Band - "If I Ever Fall in Love"
- Crystal Waters, singer - "Gypsy Woman - She's homeless"
- Angela Winbush, singer - "Your smile" "Imaginary Playmates" "Angel"
- Camille McDonald, model - "America's next top model - Cycle 2"
- Richard Smallwood, Gospel singer, pianist, and arranger
- Alena Neves, Miss District of Columbia USA - 1993
- Minister Michele Watkins, notable member of Rainbow PUSH Coalition
- Carl Anthony Payne II, Actor, "The Cosby Show - Cockroach" "Martin"
- Karen Malina White, Actress, "The Cosby Show - Charmaine"
- Stan Verrett, Journalist, ESPNNEWS,ESPN's - 24 Hour Sports
- Sadat X, rapper, member of hip hop group Brand Nubian
- Stephen Nichols, reality television personality, MTV's "The Real World: Denver"
- Richard Wesley, playwright and screenwriter
- Isaiah Washington, Actor - "Grey's Anatomy"
- Frederick James (Freddie)Perren - Two time Grammy Award Winning songwriter/producer Saturday Night Fever.
- Gus Johnson, legendary sportscaster, CBS Sports
- Shirley Horn, Jazz singer
[edit] Civil Rights
- Vernon Jordan, civil rights leader
- Kwame Ture, activist, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), born Stokely Carmichael
- Adam Clayton Powell IV, Member of the New York State Assembly. Son of Civil Rights leader - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
[edit] Law & Politics
- The Rt. Hon (Dr.) Nnamdi Azikwe, First President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1960-66)
- Dr. Percival Broderick, Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica
- Hon. Edward Brooke, first African-American elected to the United States Senate
- Hon. Ewart Brown, Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport of Bermuda
- Hon. Roland Burris, former State Attorney General, Illinois
- Prof. Goler T. Butcher, later returning to teach in international law
- Hon. Robert L. Carter, civil rights advocate and judge of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York
- Hon. Elijah Cummings, United States Congress
- Hon. David Dinkins, first African-American mayor of New York City
- Hon. Mike Espy, first African-American United States Secretary of Agriculture
- Hon. Adrian Fenty, current mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Hon. Shirley Franklin, first female mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- Dr. Cheddi Jagan, President, Guyana
- Dr. Oliver Harper, Minister of Health, Guyana
- Hon. Patricia Roberts Harris, United States Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, United States Ambassador
- Hon. Earl F. Hilliard, United States Congress
- Hon. John Junor, Minister of Health, Jamaica
- Hon. Sharon Pratt Kelly, first African-American female mayor of a major city, Washington, D.C.
- Hon. Keith Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jamaica
- Hon. Thurgood Marshall, first African-American United States Supreme Court justice
- Hon. Gabrielle McDonald, judge Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, Netherlands
- Hon. Gregory W. Meeks Representive for New York's sixth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives
- Hon. Spottswood Robinson, judge, United States Court of Appeals
- Hon. Roy Schneider, Governor United States Virgin Islands
- Hon. Emmet G. Sullivan, judge of United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- Hon. Walter Washington, first elected mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Hon. Douglas Wilder, first elected African-American United States governor, current Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
- Hon. Harris Wofford, United States Congress
- Hon. Albert Wynn, first African-American elected to the United States Congress from Prince George's County and Montgomery County in Maryland
- Hon. Andrew Young, first African-American United Nations Ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- Charlotte E. Ray, the first African American woman lawyer
- Hon. Peggy Quince, the first African American woman on Florida Supreme Court
- Louis George Gregory, Hand of the Cause in the Bahá'í Faith
[edit] Religion
- Vashti Murphy McKenzie, first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
[edit] Science & Mathematics
- Dr. David Blackwell PhD, first African-American elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
- Dr. St. Elmo Brady PhD, first African-American to earn a doctorate in chemistry.
- Dr. Percy Lavon Julian PhD, second African-American to earn a doctorate in chemistry, second African-American to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
