Lists of African Americans

This is a list of African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans. African Americans are an ethnic group consisting of citizens of the United States mainly descended from various Americas|indigenous Americans peoples with minor additional ancestry from Europe and West African and Central African and other regions of Africa. As an ethnic group, African Americans have a small amount of african ancestry due to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade when only 38,800 slave were brought to North America. Those Africans were mixed with the major population of Americas|indigenous Americans who also were enslaved in America and developed a new and distinct cultural identity during their time in the Americas.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and references showing the person is African-American.

Activists

Artists

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs

Chefs

Cinematographers

Entertainers

Fashion

Beauty queens and fashion models

Fashion designers

Government and politics

President

  • Barack Obama (Kenyan-American father), 44th president of the United States, 2009–2017

Vice president

  • Kamala Harris (Jamaican-American father), 49th vice president of the United States, 2021–2025

First Ladies of the United States

  • Michelle Obama (2009–2017), first African American First Lady; 44th First Lady

Governors

  • Archie Alexander, former governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Wes Moore, serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023, first African American to serve as governor of Maryland
  • David Paterson (African-American mother), 55th governor of New York
  • Deval Patrick, served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts 2007–2015, so far the only African American to serve as governor of Massachusetts
  • P.B.S. Pinchback, served as the 24th governor of Louisiana 1872–1873; first African American to become governor of a U.S. state
  • Douglas Wilder, served as the 66th governor of Virginia, first elected African-American governor, first African American to serve as governor of U.S. state since Reconstruction

Other political fields

Journalism and media

Military and law enforcement

Ministers and other religious leaders

Richard Allen

Science and mathematics

Sports

Writers

Publishers

Other notables

See also

Books

References

  1. ↑ Mather, Frank Lincoln (1915). Who's Who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent. Vol. 1. pp. 163–164 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Carrico, Richard L.; Jordan, Stacey (December 2004). "Centre City Development Corporation Downtown San Diego African-American Heritage Study" (PDF). Mooney & Associates. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ Eligon, John; Julia Moskin (July 16, 2019). " "l 16 Black Chefs: Changing Food in America". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ Newsome, Melba (February 9, 2021). "9 Black Chefs Who Have Changed the Way We Eat". Taste of Home.
  5. ↑ Trebay, Guy (May 8, 2019). "At 45, Tyra Banks is Back on the Cover of Sports Illustrated". The New York Times. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Chanel Iman Strikes A Pose for 'the Edit' and speaks out again on Fashion Diversity". m.huffpost.com. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ "North Carolina lawyer Cheslie Kryst named Miss USA 2019". www.nbc.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Miss USA 2017 is Kara McCullough". people.com. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ "25 Black Models Who Shaped Fashion History".
  10. ↑ "Sofia Richie touches on Race and Religion in new interview". www.vanityfair.com. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  11. ↑ "5 African American Designers Who Changed Fashion".
  12. ↑ "First Lady Michelle Obama". www.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  13. ↑ Milevski, Laila (January 19, 2023). "How many Black governors have served in the U.S. before Wes Moore?". Baltimore Banner. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Douglas L. Wilder". www.wilder.vcu.edu. Archived from the original on October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Valerie Jarrett". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Valerie Jarrett's Extraordinary Family tree". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  17. ↑ "List of Department of Housing and Urban Development appointments by Joe Biden", Wikipedia, October 15, 2023, retrieved October 15, 2023
  18. ↑ Pirani, Fiza (October 18, 2018). "Who is Louis Farrakhan? 10 things to know about the Nation of Islam leader, black activist". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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