List of Howard University people
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This list of Howard University people, sometimes known as Bison, includes faculty, staff, graduates, honorary graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of the American Howard University, a private, coeducational, nonsectarian historically black university,[1] located in Washington, D.C.[2]
Academics
Science, medicine and mathematics
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Bath, M.D. | 1968 (Medicine) | ophthalmologist; first African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention | |
| David Blackwell, Ph.D. | faculty, not alumnus | first African-American elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences | |
| Beth A. Brown, Ph.D. | 1991 | NASA astrophysicist; first African-American woman to earn a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan's Department of Astronomy | [3] |
| Marjorie Lee Browne, Ph.D. | 1935 | educator, one of the first African-American women to receive a doctorate in mathematics in the U.S. | |
| Mamie Clark, Ph.D. | 1940 | Howard M.A., Columbia Ph.D., educator and psychologist; with husband Kenneth Clark, conducted the "doll research" for the Brown vs. Board of Education case | |
| Alexander Darnes, M.D. | 1880 | born into slavery; owned by Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith; second African-American physician in Florida, first African-American physician in Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Cheick Modibo Diarra | astrophysicist; former director of education and public outreach, NASA's Mars Exploration Program;[4] former chairman of Microsoft Africa;[5] former acting Malian prime minister (2012)[6] | ||
| Lena Frances Edwards, M.D. | physician (obstetrics and gynecology) and humanitarian; received U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964) | ||
| Roselyn P. Epps, M.D. | 1951, 1955 (M.D.) | physician (pediatrician and public health physician); received Elizabeth Blackwell Medal (1988), first African-American elected president of the American Medical Women's Association (1991) | [7] |
| Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee, M.D. | physician (obstetrician) and educator; joined faculty of the Medical School in 1927; founding president of the Women's Institute; director of Medical School's health services, 1949 until 1968 | [8] | |
| E. Franklin Frazier | sociologist | ||
| Ira Andrew Harden | 2002 | chemistry and physics teacher; first African-American selected as educator, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors Program | |
| Reginald Hawkins, M.D. | dentist; first black man to run for state office in North Carolina | ||
| Louis Eugene King, Ph.D. | c. 1920 | anthropologist; first to study African-American communities in the United States | |
| Harry Penn, DDS. | c. 1931 | dentist; first African-American school board member south of Mason-Dixon Line | [9] |
| Melba Roy Mouton | 1950 | Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA's Trajectory and Geodynamics Division in the 1960s and headed a group of NASA mathematicians called "computers". | |
| Charles DeWitt Watts, M.D. | 1943 (Medicine) | first African-American board-certified surgeon in North Carolina; founder of Lincoln Community Medical Center | [10] |
| Frances Cress Welsing, M.D. | 1960 | psychiatrist; author of The Isis Papers [11] | |
| Marguerite Williams, Ph.D. | 1923 | geologist, received B.A. from Howard | [12] |
| Dudley Weldon Woodard, Ph.D. | established graduate mathematics program at Howard | [13] |
Historians
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camille Akeju | art historian and museum administrator | [14] | |
| Louise Daniel Hutchinson | historian | [15] | |
| Rosalyn Terborg-Penn | historian | [16] | |
| Carter G. Woodson | historian, founder of Negro History Week (now Black History Month); author of Mis-Education of the Negro[17] | [15] |
University administrators
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delbert Baker, Ph.D. | president, Oakwood College | ||
| John T. Baker | first African-American dean, Albany Law School | ||
| Franklin D. Chambers, II., Ph.D. | former Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Howard University; Vice President for Student Affairs, Coppin State University; Higher Ed. Administrator | [16] | |
| Kenneth Clark, Ph.D. | educator and psychologist; with wife Mamie Clark, conducted the "doll research" for the Brown vs. Board of Education case | ||
| Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D. | first African-American president of Gannon University; former dean of Xavier University of Louisiana College of Arts and Sciences | ||
| James Monroe Gregory | 1872 | Professor of Latin at Howard, Dean of the Howard Collegiate Department | |
| Edison O. Jackson | president, Medgar Evers College | ||
| Weldon Jackson | provost and executive vice president, Manhattan College | ||
| Charlene Drew Jarvis, Ph.D. | 1964 M.S. | president, Southeastern University; daughter of Dr. Charles Drew | |
| Dr. Heather Knight | 21st president, Pacific Union College | ||
| Walter J. Leonard | former president of Fisk University; former assistant dean of Howard University School of Law and Harvard Law School; executive director of Cities in Schools | ||
| Beverly D. Malloy | executive vice president, Barber-Scotia College | ||
| Marion Mann | 1954 | former dean, Howard University College of Medicine (1970–1979) | |
| Kelly Miller | 1886 | mathematician, scientist, sociologist; first African-American admitted to Johns Hopkins University; dean of Howard University College of Arts and Sciences (1907–1919); established sociology department at Howard University | [18] |
| R. Charles Moyer | dean emeritus of Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University; fifth permanent dean of University of Louisville College of Business and Public Administration | ||
| Dr. Njeri Nuru-Holm | vice president, Office of Diversity, Cleveland State University | ||
| Inman E. Page | president of four schools: the Lincoln Institute, Langston University, Western University, and Roger Williams University | ||
| Irvin Reid, Ph.D. | president, Wayne State University | ||
| Harry G. Robinson III | 1966, 1970 | dean of Howard University School of Architecture and Design; chairman of United States Commission of Fine Arts | [19] |
| H. Patrick Swygert | president, Howard University | ||
| Dr. Thelma Barnaby Thompson | 12th president, University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
Business
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Ali | co-founder and owner of Ben's Chili Bowl, a landmark restaurant in Washington, D.C. | ||
| Malaak Compton-Rock | founder of the Angelrock Project; incorporator of styleWORKS organization; creator and manager of Champions for Children Committee; wife of comedian Chris Rock; highlighted for her work in the lives of African-Americans on CNN's Black in America II | ||
| H. Naylor Fitzhugh | one of the first African-American graduates of Harvard Business School; credited with creating the concept of target marketing | ||
| Cathy Hughes | founder and executive of TV One, Radio One | ||
| Vernon Jordan | attorney; senior managing director; Lazard Freres & Co. LLC; former president, National Urban League | ||
| Lillian Lincoln Lambert | founder, former president and chief executive officer of Centennial One, Inc.; first African-American woman to earn an MBA at Harvard Business School | ||
| Dumarsais Simeus | owner, Simeus Foods, International |
Politics and public service
Civil rights, law and government
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Alexander | former Governor of US Virgin Islands | ||
| Aris T. Allen | former member Maryland State Senate, first African-American to run for Lt. Governor of Maryland | ||
| Ras Baraka | 1991 | mayor of Newark, New Jersey July 1, 2014- | |
| Boce W. Barlow, Jr. | first African-American to be elected to the Connecticut State Senate | ||
| William V. Bell | mayor of Durham, North Carolina | ||
| Adolphus A. Birch | first African-American to serve as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court | ||
| Aisha N. Braveboy | member, Maryland House of Delegates | ||
| Percival Broderick | Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica | ||
| Edward Brooke | 1941 | first African-American elected to the United States Senate | |
| Hon. Ewart Brown | 1968, School of Medicine 1972 | Premier and Minister of Tourism and Transport of Bermuda | |
| Gayleatha Brown | Ambassador to Benin | ||
| Arthur L. Burnett, Sr. | Senior Judge, currently Judge Superior Court of the District of Columbia | ||
| Roland Burris | 1963 (School of Law) | United States Senator, former State Attorney General and Comptroller, Illinois | |
| Robert L. Carter | 1940 (School of Law) | civil rights advocate and judge of the United States District Court | |
| Walter Percival Carter | civil rights advocate | ||
| Charles E. "Charlie" Cobb Jr. | civil rights activist; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; "Freedom Schools"; founding member of National Association of Black Journalists; writer | ||
| Elijah Cummings | 1973 | United States Congress | |
| David Dinkins | 1950 | first African-American mayor of New York City | |
| Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. | judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia | ||
| Rachel Dolezal | 2002 | civil rights activist | [20] |
| George W. Draper III | first African-American Chief Judge for the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District, first African-American male to be appointed a judge in St. Louis | ||
| Durham Stevens | 1873 | a diplomat and was assassinated while working for Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Mike Espy | first African-American United States Secretary of Agriculture | ||
| Melvin Evans | former Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, former Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives | ||
| Nathaniel Exum | member, Maryland State Senate | ||
| James L. Farmer | 1941 | civil rights activist, founder and first leader of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) | |
| Adrian Fenty | 1996 (School of Law) | former mayor of Washington, D.C. | [21] |
| Wilkie D. Ferguson | (School of Law) | judge who served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the Florida Third District Court of Appeal, and the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida | |
| Harold Ford, Sr. | former United States Representative from Tennessee | ||
| Shirley Franklin | first female and former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Darrin P. Gayles | United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida | ||
| Emma Gillett | co-founder of the first law school in the world founded by women; first woman to be appointed notary public by the President of the United States | ||
| John R. Hargrove, Sr. | Judge, United States District Court Maryland | ||
| Oliver Harper | Minister of Health, Guyana | ||
| Kamala Harris | 1986 | Attorney General of California | [22] |
| Patricia Roberts Harris | 1945 | United States Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, United States Ambassador | |
| William Henry Harrison Hart | attorney who won the 1905 Hart v. State of Maryland case | ||
| William H. Hastie | former Governor of US Virgin Islands | ||
| Joseph Hatchett | 1959 | former Florida Supreme Court judge; first African-American in the south to win a statewide election | |
| Earl F. Hilliard | United States Congress | ||
| Dr. James W. Holley, III, D.D.S. | mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia | ||
| Benjamin Hooks | former executive director of the NAACP | ||
| Lonna Hooks | Secretary of State of New Jersey (1994–1998) | [23] | |
| Hutchins F. Inge | (School of Medicine) | first African-American to serve in the New Jersey Senate | [24] |
| Hon. Louise A. Jackson | 1952 | Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for Health and Seniors Bermuda (2003-2012); founder of Bermuda's first school of dance, Jackson School of the Performing Arts; author of The Bermuda Gombey: Bermuda's Unique Dance Heritage | |
| His Excellency Cheddi Jagan | President, Guyana | ||
| Jack B. Johnson | former County Executive, Prince George's County, Maryland | ||
| William A. Johnson, Jr. | mayor, Rochester, New York | ||
| Elaine Jones | former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. | ||
| Hon. John Junor | Minister of Health, Jamaica | ||
| Sharon Pratt Kelly | 1965 | first African-American female mayor of a major city, Washington, D.C. | |
| Hon. Keith Knight | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica | ||
| John S. Leary | 1873 | North Carolina lawyer and politician | |
| Peta Lindsay | anti-war activist and candidate for U.S. president with the Party for Socialism and Liberation | ||
| Thurgood Marshall | 1933 (School of Law) | first African-American United States Supreme Court justice | |
| William E. Matthews | 1873 (School of Law) | lawyer, financier, and civil rights activist | |
| Rudolph C. McCollum | former mayor, Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Gabrielle Kirk McDonald | (School of Law) | judge, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, Netherlands | |
| Enolia McMillan | first female national president of the NAACP | ||
| Gregory W. Meeks | Representative for New York's sixth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Vicki Miles-LaGrange | District Judge, Western district of Oklahoma; first African-American woman U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma; first African-American woman elected to the Oklahoma Senate | ||
| Dr. Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell | Ph.D. Prime Minister of Grenada | ||
| Thomas R. Monroe | first African-American judge in Arlington County, Virginia | ||
| Brandon T. Neal | national director of the NAACP Youth and College Division; Finance Director, African-American Affairs for Obama for America Presidential Campaign | ||
| James E. O'Hara | member, United States House of Representatives (1883-1887) representing North Carolina | ||
| Ronald Palmer | Ambassador to Togo, Malaysia and Mauritius | ||
| Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr. | 1954 | Chairman, United States Commission on Civil Rights (1981-1988); swimming coach at Howard (1957-1968) | [25] |
| Carrie Saxon Perry | (School of Law) | first African-American female Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut (1987-1993) | |
| Meshea Poore | Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates | [26] | |
| Adam Clayton Powell, IV | member of the New York State Assembly; son of former U.S. Representative Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. | ||
| Randy Primas | 1971 | first African-American Mayor of Camden, New Jersey (1981-1990) | [27] |
| Eugene Puryear | anti-war activist; candidate for Vice President of the United States with the Party for Socialism and Liberation | ||
| Hon. Peggy Quince | first African-American woman on Florida Supreme Court | ||
| Oliver Randolph | (School of Law) | New Jersey lawyer, politician, and civil rights advocate | [28] |
| Charlotte E. Ray | first African-American woman lawyer | ||
| Kasim Reed | 1991 | Mayor of Atlanta | |
| Gerard Robinson | former Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia | ||
| Spottswood Robinson | 1939 (School of Law) | judge, United States Court of Appeals; also faculty | |
| Todd Rutherford | South Carolina State Representative | ||
| Roy Schneider | 1961 | Governor United States Virgin Islands | |
| His Excellency Sir Arleigh Winston Scott | first native Governor-General of Barbados | ||
| Josiah T. Settle | 1872 | member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, Memphis lawyer | |
| Malik Zulu Shabazz | attorney; National Chairman of the New Black Panther Party | ||
| Mary Ann Shadd Cary | first black woman to cast a vote in a national election | ||
| Thomas S. Smith | former mayor of Asbury Park, New Jersey who served in the New Jersey General Assembly[29] | ||
| James R. Spencer | Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | ||
| Craig S. Strong | Michigan Third Circuit Court judge | ||
| Emmet G. Sullivan | Judge of United States District Court for the District of Columbia | ||
| Ronald Sapa Tlau | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, India representing the state of Mizoram | [30] | |
| Kwame Ture | 1964 | activist, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), born Stokely Carmichael | |
| Dale Wainwright | first African-American ever elected to the Texas Supreme Court | ||
| Walter Washington | 1948 (School of Law) | B.A. and J.D.; first elected mayor of Washington, D.C. | |
| Bali White | researcher and human rights activist | ||
| George Henry White | 1877 | U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, 1897-1901 | |
| L. Douglas Wilder | 1959 (School of Law) | first elected African-American United States governor, current Mayor of Richmond, Virginia | |
| Harris Wofford | United States Senator representing Pennsylvania (1991-95) | ||
| Carolyn Wright | 1978 (School of Law) | American lawyer, jurist and the Chief Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas | |
| Albert Wynn | first African-American elected to the United States Congress from Prince George's County and Montgomery County in Maryland | ||
| Andrew Young | first African-American United Nations Ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia |
Military service
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. | few classes, did not matriculate | Brigadier General, first African-American general in the U.S. Army | |
| Lester Lyles | 1968 | General, U.S. Air Force; Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force; Commander, Air Force Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio | |
| Togo West | 1965 | also JD 1968; former Secretary of Veterans Affairs; former Secretary of the Army |
Entertainment
Athletics
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Bartell | NFL cornerback (St. Louis Rams, Detroit Lions) | ||
| Antoine Bethea | NFL safety (San Francisco 49ers) | ||
| Milan Brown | head men's basketball coach at College of the Holy Cross | ||
| Marques Douglas | NFL defensive end (New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco Forty-Niners) | ||
| Omar Evans | Canadian Football League defensive end (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders) | ||
| Dennis Felton | head men's basketball coach at the University of Georgia | ||
| Dr. Rhadi Ferguson | 1997 | four-time US National Judo Champion; 2004 Judo Olympian; only African-American male with a Ph.D. to fight on a internationally televised mixed martial arts event; Strikeforce Challengers 13; MMA fighter for Strikeforce | |
| Pep Hamilton | current offensive coordinator at Stanford University; former quarterbacks coach for the Chicago Bears | ||
| Gary Harrell | current head coach of Howard Bison football team; former NFL/WLAF wide receiver (New York Giants and Frankfurt Galaxy); former assistant coach at Texas Southern University | ||
| Nigel Henry | professional soccer player | ||
| Shaka Hislop | goalkeeper for FC Dallas and Trinidad and Tobago national football team who played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup | ||
| Edward P. Hurt | football, basketball and track coach at Morgan State University | ||
| Billy Jenkins | former National Football League defensive back | ||
| Thyron Lewis | professional gridiron football player | ||
| Bubba Morton | Major League Baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Braves, California Angels); first African-American to sign with the Detroit Tigers | ||
| Marques Ogden | former NFL offensive lineman | ||
| David Oliver | 2005 | professional track and field athlete | |
| Geoff Pope | NFL cornerback (New York Giants) | ||
| Larry Spriggs | former NBA player | ||
| Milt Thompson | former Major League Baseball player, hitting coach for the Philadelphia Phillies | ||
| Andrae Townsel | professional football player; former member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Washington Redskins | ||
| Jay Walker | ESPNU football analyst; NFL quarterback (New England Patriots, 1994; Barcelona Dragons, 1995; Minnesota Vikings, 1996-97), Maryland State Delegate | ||
| Tim Watson | former American football safety in the National Football League | [31] | |
| Tracy White | current NFL linebacker | ||
| Steve Wilson | 1979 | former NFL defensive back; former head football coach of the Howard University; former head coach at Texas Southern University |
Journalism
Gus Johnson
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachelle Akuffo | award-winning business correspondent and producer, China Central Television | ||
| AJ Calloway | 1997 | Extra TV correspondent, former BET TV personality, owner of the Calloway Entertainment Group | |
| Sherry Berger | on-air personality, WPGC-FM, Washington, D.C. | [32] | |
| Michelle Bernard | political/legal analyst, MSNBC, The McLaughlin Group | ||
| Victor Blackwell | television anchor, WPBF, West Palm Beach, Florida; anchor and correspondent, CNN (since 2012) | [33] | |
| Leon Dash | Pulitzer Prize winner, The Washington Post | ||
| Tarik El Bashir | sportscaster, Comcast SportsNet Washington | ||
| Lesli Foster | television anchor, WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C. | ||
| Hal Jackson | first African-American radio sportscaster; co-owner of the first African-American-owned-and-operated station in New York | ||
| Gus Johnson | sportscaster, CBS Sports | ||
| Greg Sashi Kearse | 1974 | Writer, journalist, WABC-TV, Mutual Black Radio Network, Masonic Digest | |
| Colbert King | Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post | ||
| Michael King | conservative commentator; television producer, WXIA-TV, Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Jamilah Lemieux | writer and editor, Ebony magazine | ||
| Kellye Lynn | news anchor, WJZ-TV, Baltimore, Maryland | ||
| Vicki Mabrey | CBS News and 60 Minutes correspondent | ||
| Michelle Miller | reporter, CBS News | ||
| Pat Lawson Muse | television anchor, WRC-TV Washington, D.C. | ||
| Ju-Don Marshall Roberts | The Washington Post, News Corporation | ||
| Cynne Simpson | television anchor, WJLA-TV, Washington, D.C. | ||
| Lori Stokes | news anchor, WABC-TV, New York City | ||
| Tom Terrell | 1972 | music journalist, photographer, promoter, NPR music commentator | |
| La La Vasquez | on-air personality; wife of basketball player Carmello Anthony | ||
| Stan Verrett | anchor, ESPN | ||
| Fredricka Whitfield | anchor, CNN | ||
| Nancy Anita Williams | journalist and editor, Essence, The Washington Post and Daily News | ||
| Steve Wyche | sports journalist, NFL Network | [34] |
Nobel laureates
Peace, literature, or economics
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Bunche | 1950 Nobel Peace Prize | ||
| Toni Morrison | 1953 | born Chloe Anthony Wofford, Nobel Prize for Literature; Pulitzer Prize Winner |
Literature
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Lee Lester | author, stage director, and actor | ||
| Amiri Baraka | author and poet | ||
| Pearl Cleage | poet, essayist, and journalist | ||
| Ta-Nehisi Coates | attended but did not graduate | author and journalist | |
| Dr. William Jelani Cobb | author, historian, professor and journalist | [35] | |
| Karl D. Darmstädter | German literature | ||
| Paul Laurence Dunbar | late-19th-century poet | ||
| Zora Neale Hurston | anthropologist and author | ||
| Benilde Little | author and journalist | ||
| May Miller | poet and playwright of the Harlem Renaissance | [36] | |
| Solomon Mutswairo | novelist and poet | ||
| Gloria Oden | BA 1944, JD 1948 | Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet, professor | |
| Omar Tyree | award-winning novelist | ||
| Valerie Wilson Wesley | author |
Musicians
Sean Combs
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geri Allen | jazz pianist | ||
| Ysaye M. Barnwell | member of a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, actress, author | ||
| James A. Bland | musician; composer; author of over 700 songs including the former state song of Virginia | ||
| Donald Byrd | jazz musician | ||
| Cora Coleman-Dunham | percussionist, currently tours with Prince | ||
| Sean Combs | completed two years (1989, 1990), 2014 | music producer and entrepreneur, also known as "Puffy", "P. Money", "Puff Daddy", "P. Diddy", and "Diddy". He received a honorary doctorate from Howard in 2014 at the spring commencement ceremony where he served as the keynote speaker | [37] |
| Frenchie Davis | 2014 | Broadway performer, soul, dance/electronica, and pop singer | |
| Billy Eckstine | singer | ||
| Lillian Evanti | opera singer | ||
| Roberta Flack | singer | ||
| Benny Golson | jazz saxophone player | ||
| Rich Harrison | Grammy-winning record producer and songwriter | ||
| Donny Hathaway | singer | ||
| Shirley Horn | jazz singer and pianist | ||
| Bill Hughes | 1952 | jazz trombonist, director of the Count Basie Orchestra | [38] |
| Marcus Johnson | jazz pianist | ||
| Laraaji | ambient musician | ||
| Kenny Lattimore | singer; ex-husband of singer Chante Moore | ||
| Linda Lou McCall | songwriter and entertainment marketing consultant; widow of Louis A. McCall; drummer and founder of Con Funk Shun | ||
| Meshell Ndegeocello | recording artist; singer and bassist | ||
| Jessye Norman | opera singer, received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 | ||
| Eric Roberson | singer | ||
| Sadat X | rapper, member of hip hop group Brand Nubian | ||
| Donnie Scantz, born Darnley Scantlebury | Grammy-nominated music producer, musician and songwriter | ||
| Shai | band; "If I Ever Fall in Love" | ||
| Richard Smallwood | 1971 | Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, pianist, and composer | |
| Crystal Waters | singer, "100% Pure Love," "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" | ||
| Angela Winbush | singer | ||
| Inga S Willis | 1998= | Grammy Nominated Songwriter and Music Publisher |
Pageant queens
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candace Allen | Miss District of Columbia USA 2006 | ||
| Crystal L. Bailey | 2006 | Miss Black Virginia America 2009 | |
| Christie Davis | Miss Maryland USA 2000 | ||
| Napiera Groves | Miss District of Columbia USA 1997 | ||
| Shauntay Hinton | Miss USA 2002 | ||
| Danielle Jones | Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe 2004, 4th Runner-up at Miss Universe 2004 | ||
| Sarah-Elizabeth Langford | (School of Law) | Miss District of Columbia 2002 | |
| Tatiana Levone' | 2005 | Miss Black District of Columbia USA 2005 | |
| Amanda Lewis | 2005, 2008 | Miss Black District of Columbia USA 2008; Miss District of Columbia International 2009 | |
| Jessica Neal | 2009 | Miss District of Columbia International 2013 | |
| Alena Neves | Miss District of Columbia USA - 1993 | ||
| Shilah Phillips | first African-American to hold the Miss Texas title, first runner-up Miss America 2007 | ||
| Chelsey Rodgers | Miss District of Columbia USA 2008; Miss District of Columbia International 2010 | ||
| Shayna Y. Rudd | 2007 | Miss District of Columbia America 2008 | |
| Von Gretchen Shepard | first Miss Black California; first Miss Black America 1973 | ||
| Lisa Summerour | Miss New Jersey USA (1986) | ||
| Heather Swann | Miss District of Columbia USA 2011 |
Film and television
Ossie Davis, 1951
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Allen | dancer, actress, producer/director of A Different World, 1987-1993 | ||
| Laz Alonso | actor (Stomp the Yard, Jarhead, Jumping The Broom, This Christmas, Avatar) | ||
| Anthony Anderson | actor (Two Can Play that Game, Barbershop, Kangaroo Jack, The Shield, Law & Order) | ||
| Chadwick Boseman | 2000 | actor (42, Lincoln Heights, Persons Unknown) | |
| Ossie Davis | actor and activist | [39] | |
| Wendy Davis | actress, Lifetime Television, Army Wives | ||
| Ernest Dickerson | filmmaker and director, The Wire | ||
| Lance Gross | actor (Tyler Perry's House of Payne) | ||
| Napiera Groves | actress (As The World Turns) | ||
| Taraji P. Henson | 1995 | Academy Award-nominated actress for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; star of CBS show Person of Interest, has also starred in Baby Boy, Hustle and Flow, Smokin' Aces,The Karate Kid (2010) | |
| Dianne Houston | Oscar-nominated filmmaker | ||
| Ananda Lewis | 1995 | talk show host (BET,The Ananda Lewis Show) | [40] |
| Julia Pace Mitchell | actress (Notorious, The Young & The Restless) | ||
| Paula Jai Parker | actress (Friday, Hustle and Flow, Idlewild) | ||
| Carl Anthony Payne II | actor (The Cosby Show, Martin) | ||
| Freddie Perren | 1966 | Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer (Saturday Night Fever) | |
| Shauneille Perry | 1950 | stage director, playwright and educator | |
| Phylicia Rashad | 1970 | actress (The Cosby Show, Raisin In The Sun, The Old Settler, The Wiz), first African-American actress to win the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Raisin In The Sun) | |
| Wendy Raquel Robinson | actress (The Steve Harvey Show, The Game, Two Can Play That Game, Something New) | ||
| Roxie Roker | 1952 | actress (The Jeffersons); Lenny Kravitz's mother | |
| Malik Hassan Sayeed | filmmaker | ||
| Al Shearer | former BET personality and actor | ||
| Tracie Thoms | actress (Rent - The Movie, The Devil Wears Prada, Grindhouse) | ||
| Stacie Scott Turner | The Real Housewives of D.C. entrepreneur; real estate and marketing professional (Procter & Gamble, BET); founded charity Extra-Ordinary Life | ||
| Isaiah Washington | actor (Get On The Bus, Love Jones, Grey's Anatomy) | ||
| Marlon Wayans | actor (Little Man, White Chicks) | ||
| Richard Wesley | 1967 | playwright and screenwriter | |
| Karen Malina White | actress (The Cosby Show, A Different World, Malcolm & Eddie, Lean On Me) | ||
| Lynn Whitfield | Emmy award-winning actress (The Josephine Baker Story, Stompin' At The Savoy, Thin Line Between Love & Hate, Head of State, Eve's Bayou) | ||
| Vantile Whitfield | 1957 | director, playwright, production designer and influential arts administrator | [41] |
Other visual and performing arts
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Catlett | sculptor and printmaker | ||
| Lois Mailou Jones | artist and educator | ||
| Alma Thomas | painter | ||
| Mildred Thompson | painter, printmaker and sculptor |
Religion
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Gilbert | Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard | ||
| Louis George Gregory | Hand of the Cause in the Bahá'í Faith | ||
| Beryl Higgs | second woman to be ordained by the Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas | ||
| Vashti Murphy McKenzie | first woman to become a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church | ||
| Jeremiah Wright | 1968 | former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ |
Other notable alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanessa Holloway | independent scholar; best known for her published works on civil rights and the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | ||
| Mollie Huston Lee | librarian; first African American librarian in Raleigh, North Carolina; founder of the first library in Raleigh to serve African Americans | [42][43] | |
| Doris Evans McGinty | first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in musicology from Oxford University | ||
| Roger Arliner Young | 1923 | first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in zoology, from University of Pennsylvania |
U.S. Presidents honorary alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| President Barack Obama | 2016 | 1st African-American President of the United States | [44] |
| President Bill Clinton | 2013 | 42nd President of the United States | [45] |
| President George H.W. Bush | 1981 | 41st President of the United States | [46][47] |
| President Lyndon B. Johnson | 1965 | 36th President of the United States | [48][49] |
Notable faculty
| Name | Department | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. R. Braithwaite | Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat; author of To Sir, With Love; artist-in-residence at Howard beginning in 2002 | ||
| Sterling Brown | writer, teacher, literary critic, poet laureate of Washington, D.C.; professor 1929- around 1969 | ||
| John Melville Burgess | Chaplain | served 1946-56; later the first African-American to head an Episcopal diocese as diocesan bishop of Massachusetts | [50] |
| Dr. Clive Callender | a foremost specialist in organ transplant medicine in the US; professor at Howard University College of Medicine, 1973-present | ||
| Cecile Hoover Edwards | Dean of School of Human Ecology (1974-1987); Dean of School of Continuing Education | Nutritional researcher and government consultant | [51] |
| John Mercer Langston | Law | first African-American Dean of Howard Law; Congressman | |
| Alain Locke | professor, writer, philosopher | ||
| Ruth Ella Moore, Ph.D. | first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in bacteriology; faculty member of the Howard University Medical School 1940-1973 | ||
| Merze Tate | first African-American graduate of Western Michigan College; first African-American female to attend Oxford; first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in government and international relations from Harvard University; one of the first women members of the Department of History at Howard University; expert in diplomatic history; professor 1942-77 | ||
| Emory Tolbert | History | African-American historian, archivist and activist; initiated New York Burial Ground Project | |
| Eric Williams | first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago; instrumental in them gaining their independence; Caribbean historian; Howard professor 1939-1944 |
See also
- List of people from Washington, D.C.
References
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