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A
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (basketball player/actor/producer)
Abdul, Paula (singer/actress/choreographer/producer)
Adams, Granville (actor)
Afari, Nadine B. (model, actress)
Ajaye, Franklyn (actor)
Ajene, Khari (actor/director/producer)
Akinnuoye-agbaje, Adewale (actor)
Alexander, Khandi (actress)
Alexander, Erika (actress)
Alexander (Wilson), Shanice (actress)
Alice, Mary (actress)
Allen, Debbie (actress/choreographer/director)
Amos, John (actor)
Anderson, Anthony (actor)
Andrews, Tina (Actress, Writer)
Angelou, Maya (writer/actress/director)
Ashanti (Ashanti Douglas) (singer/actress)
Atkins, Essence (actress)
Avery, James (actor)
B
Babatunde, Obba (actor)
Babyface (Kenneth Edmonds) (actor/producer)
Baker, Josephine (actress)
Banks, Ernie (actor)
Banks, Tyra (actress)
Barclay, Paris (Director, Producer)
Bassett, Angela (actress)
Bassey, Shirley (singer)
Beach, Michael (actor)
Belafonte, Harry (singer)
Belafonte-Harper, Shari (singer)
Bell, Darryl M. (actor)
Bellamy, Bill (actor)
Benet, Eric (singer/actor)
Berry, Halle (actress/producer)
Billops, Camille (actor/director)
Blackwell, Tamu (actress)
Blacque, Taurean (actor)
Blanks, Billy (actor/martial artist)
Bleek, Memphis (composer/actor)
Boatman, Michael (actor)
Bond III, James (actor)
Bonet, Lisa (actress)
Bradshaw, Carl (actor)
Brandy (Brandy Norwood) (singer/actress)
Braugher, Andre (actor)
Braxton, Toni (singer/actress)
Brooks, Avery (actor)
Brown, Bobby (singer/composer/actor)
Brown, Jim (football player/actor)
Brown, Robert (actor)
Browne, Roscoe Lee (actor)
Bryant, Joy (actress)
Buford, Kenny (writer)
Burton, Levar (actor/director)
Bush, Ayana (actress)
Byrd, Eugene (actor)
C
Calderone, Paul (actor)
Calloway, Vanessa Bell (actress)
Campbell, Paul (actor)
Campbell, Tisha (actress)
Cam'ron (singer/actor)
Cannon, Nick (actor)
Cara, Irene (singer/actress)
Carey, Mariah (singer/actress)
Carroll, Diahann (actress)
Carroll, Kevin (actor)
Carson, Lisa Nicole (actress)
Carter, Nell (actress)
Carter, T.K. (actor)
Carter, Thomas (Director, Producer)
Casey, Bernie (actor)
Cash, Rosalind (actress)
Casseus, Gabriel (actor)
Cedric The Entertainer (comedian/actor)
Chamberlin, Wilt (basketball player/actor)
Chapman, Lanei (actress)
Chappelle, David (actor)
Charles, Ray (singer/actor)
Chase, Debra Martin (Producer)
Cheadle, Don (actor)
Chenzira, Ayoka (director/producer/actress)
Chestnut, Morris (actor)
Chianese Jr., Dominic (actor)
Chong, Rae Dawn (actress)
Cleveland, Odessa (actress)
Cliff, Jimmy (actor)
Cobbs, Bill (actor)
Coleman, Gary (actor)
Cole, Natalie (singer/actress)
Coles, Kim (actress)
Conwell, Angell (actress)
Coolio (Artis Ivey Jr.) (singer/actor)
Corley, Sharron (actor)
Cosby, Bill (comedian/actor)
Cotton III, Curtis (actor)
Cox, Deborah (actress)
Crouch, Andrea (composer/actor)
Crouther, Lance (actor/writer)
Cundieff, Rusty (actor/writer/director)
Curry, Mark (actor)
Curtis-Hall, Vondie (actor/director)
D
Dandridge, Dorothy (actress)
Danielle, Napiera (actress)
Danvers, Mark (actor)
Dash, Damon (actor)
Dash, Julie (director)
Dash, Stacey (actress)
David, Keith (actor)
Davidson, Tommy (actor)
Davis, Angela Y. (social activist/actress)
Davis, DeRay (actor)
Davis, Ossie (actor)
Davis, Jr., Sammy (actor, director,writer)
Davis, Viola (actress)
Dawn, Marpessa (actress)
Dawson, Rosario (actress)
Dee, Ruby (actress)
Devine, Loretta (actress)
Diesel, Vin (actor)
Diggs, Taye (actor)
Dillard, Victoria (actress)
DMX (Earl Simmons) (singer/actor)
Dobson, Tamara (actress)
Dogg, Snoop Doggy (Cordozar Broadus) (singer/actor)
Dorn, Michael (actor)
Doug, Doug E. (Douglas Bourne) (actor)
Dourdan, Gary (actor)
Duke, Bill (actor/director)
Duncan, Michael Clarke (actor)
Dutton, Charles S. (actor)
E
Earthquake (comedian, actor)
Echikunwoke, Megalyn (actress)
Eddy, Sonya (actress)
Edmonds, Tracey E. (producer/actress)
Edwards, James (actor)
Edwards, Pierre (comedian/actor)
Ejiofor, Chiwetel (actor)
Elise, Kimberly (actress)
Ellis, Aunjanue (actress)
Epps, Mike (comedian/actor)
Epps, Omar (actor)
Esposito, Giancarlo (actor)
Evanofski, Candace (actress)
Evans, Art J. (actor)
Eve (Eve Jihan Jeffers) (singer/actress)
Eziashi, Maynard (actor)
F
Faison, Donald (actor)
Faison, Frankie (actor)
Fales-Hill, Susan (writer/producer/actress)
Fargas, Antonio (actor)
Ferrell, Tyra (actress)
Fields, Kim (actress/director)
Fishburne, Lawrence (actor)
Foster, Gloria (actress)
Foster, Stan (actor/writer/producer)
Fox, Crystal R. (actress)
Fox, Vivica A. (actress)
Foxx, Jamie (comedian/actor/writer/producer)
Foxx, Redd (comedian/actor)
Freeman, Morgan (actor)
Freeman Jr., Al (actor/director)
G
Gaye, Nona (actress)
Gerima, Haile (director/producer)
Gibbs, Marla (actress)
Gibson, Althea (actress)
Gibson, Tyrese (also under T for Tyrese)
Ginuwine (Elgin Lumpkin) (singer/actor)
Givens, Robin (model/actress)
Glover, Corey (actor)
Glover, Danny (actor/producer)
Goldberg, Whoopi (comedianne/actress/director)
Good, Meagan (actress)
Gooding Jr., Cuba (actor)
Gooding, Omar (actor)
Gossett, Robert (actor)
Gossett, Jr., Louis (actor)
Graves, Theresa (actress)
Greene, "Mean" Joe (football player/actor)
Gregory, Dick (actor)
Grier, David Allen (actor)
Grier, Pam (actress)
Griffin, Eddie (actor)
Guillaume, Robert (actor)
Gumbel, Bryant (broadcaster/actor)
Guy, Jasmine (actress)
H
Hall, Albert (actort)
Hall, Irma P. (actress)
Hall, Vondie Curtis (actor)
Handy, Rachael (actress)
Hardison, Kadeem (actor)
Harper, Hill (actor)
Harris, Eli (actor)
Harris, Julius W. (actor)
Harris, Naomie (actress)
Harris, Paul (actor)
Harris, Robin (comedian/actor)
Harris, Zelda (actress)
Harris-Barclay, Ameer (actor)
Harvey, Steve (comedian/actor)
Hayes, Isaac (singer/composer/actor)
Haysbert, Dennis (actor)
Heavy D (Dwight Errington Myers) (singer/actor)
Henson, Darrin Dewitt (actor/choreographer)
Henson, Taraji (actress)
Henton, John (actor)
Hervey, Winifred (Writer, Producer)
Hill, Dule (actor)
Hill, Lauryn (singer/actress)
Hines, Gregory (dancer/actor)
Holden, Donald (actor)
Hooks, Kevin (Director)
Horsford, Anna Maria (actress)
Hounsou, Djimon (actor)
Houston, Whitney (singer/actress)
Howard, Terrence (actor)
Hudlin, Reginald (writer/director/actor/producer)
Hudlin, Warrington (producer/actor/director)
Hudson, Ernie (actor)
Hughley, D.L. (comedian/actor)
I
Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson) (singer/actor)
Ice-T (Tracy Morrow) (singer/actor)
J
Jackson, Janet (singer/actress)
Jackson, Mel (actor)
Jackson, Michael (singer/composer/actor/producer)
Jackson, Samuel L. (actor/producer)
Jacobs, Lawrence Hilton (actor)
Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) (singer/actor)
Jean, Wyclef (singer actor)
Jerkins, Rodney (singer)
Johnson, Adrienne Joi (actress)
Johnson, Anne Marie (actress)
Johnson, Clark (actor)
Jones, Barbara O. (BarbaraO) (actress)
Jones, James Earl (actor)
Jones, Krysten Leigh (actress)
Jones, Orlando (actor)
Jones, Quincy (composer/producer/actor)
Jones, Rashida (actress)
Jones, Renee (actress)
Jones, Richard T. (actor)
Jordan, Michael (basketball player/actor)
Julien, Max (actor, producer, writer)
K
Kelley, Jim (actor)
Kelly, R. (Robert S. Kelly) (composer)
Kennedy-Overton, Jayne (sportscaster/actress/model)
Khari Streeter (director/writer/producer)
King, Don (sports promoter/actor/producer)
King, Regina (actress)
Kitt, Eartha (actress)
Knight, Marion "Suge" (music producer/actor)
Knowles, Beyonce (singer/actress)
Kodjoe, Boris (actor)
Kone, Charles (actor)
Kotto, Yaphet (actor)
Kurupt (Ricardo Brown) (singer/actor)
L
La Salle, Eriq (actor)
Lathan, Sanaa (actress)
Lathan, Stan (Director, Producer)
Lawrence, Mark Christopher (actor)
Lawrence, Martin (actor)
LaVert, Gerald (actor)
Lee, Anthony Dwain (actor)
Lee, Damian Jewan (actor)
Lee, Joie (actress)
Lee, Kenney (actor)
Lee, Spike (director/producer)
Lemmons, Kasi (actress)
Lennix, Harry (actor)
Lenoir, Noemie (actress)
Leon (Leon Robinson) (actor)
Lewis, Carl (athlete/actor)
Lewis, Dawnn (actress)
Lewis, Jenifer (actress)
Lifford, Tina (actress)
Lil' Bow Wow (singer/actor)
Lil' Kim (Kimberly Jones) (singer/actress)
Lil' Romeo (Percy Romeo Miller Jr.) (singer/actor)
Lil' Zane (Zane Copeland Jr.) (singer/actor)
Lindo, Delroy (actor)
LisaRaye (Lisa Ray McCoy) (actress)
Lister Jr., Tom "Tiny" (actor)
LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) (singer/actor)
Lockhart, Calvin (actor)
Lofton, Cirroc (actor)
Long, Nia (actress)
Ludacris (Chris Bridges) (singer/actor)
Luke, Derek (actor)
M
Mac, Bernie (comedian/actor)
Maina, Charles Gitonga (actor)
Marshall, William (actor)
Martin, Christopher (actor)
Martin, Duane
Martin, Jesse L. (actor)
Master P. (Percy Miller) (singer/actor)
McBride, Chi (actor)
McDaniel, Hattie (actress)
McDonald, Audra (actress)
McQueen, Butterfly (actress)
Meadows, Tim (actor)
Meeks, Aaron (actor)
Merkerson, S. Epatha (actress)
Method Man (Clifford Smith) (singer/actor)
Micheaux, Oscar (director/producer)
Michele, Michael (actress)
Milian, Christina (actress)
Mitchell, Daryl (actor)
Mitchell, Kel (actor)
Miyeni, Eric (actor)
Mixon-Kirk, Jered (actor)
Monica (Monica Arnold) (singer/actress)
Mo'nique (Monique Imes) (actress)
Moody, Lynne (actress)
Moore, Kenya (actress)
Moore, Shemar (actor)
Morgan, Tracy (actor)
Morris, Garrett (actor)
Morrow, Mari (actress)
Morton, Joe (actor)
Mos Def (Dante Terrell Smith) (singer/actor)
Mosley, Roger (actor)
Mowry, Tahj (actor)
Mr. T (Laurence Tureaud) (athlete/actor)
Mumba, Smantha (actress)
Murphy, Eddie (actor)
Myers, Lou (actor)
N
Nas (Nasir Jones) (singer/actor/writer)
Neal, Elise (actress)
Nelly (Cornell Haynes, Jr.) (singer/actor)
Nelson, Sean (actor)
Newkirk, Toy (actress)
Newton, Thandie (actress)
Nicholas Fayard (dancer/actor)
Nicholas Harold (dancer/actor)
Nichols, Nichelle (actress)
Ntshona, Winston (actor)
Nunez, Miguel A., Jr. (actor/director/writer/producer)
Nunn, Bill (actor)
O
Ogunlano, Oyafunmike (actress)
Oh, Sandra (actress)
Okonedo, Sophie (actress)
Omilami, Afemo (actor)
Omilami, Elizabeth (actress)
O'Neal, Ron (actor/director)
Oversier, Stacy (actress)
Oyelowo, David (actor)
P
P., Storm (actor)
Parker, Nicole Ari (actress)
Parker, Paula Jai (actress)
Parks, Gordon (Actor, Director, Composer, Writer, Producer)
Parros, Peter (actor/producer/writer)
Paulk, Marcus T. (actor)
Payne, Allen (actor)
Payton, Christian (actor)
Peebles, Mario Van (actor)
Peebles, Melvin Van (actor/director/producer)
Peete, Holly Robinson (actress)
Perrineau Jr., Harold (actor)
Perry, Felton (actor)
Peters, Brock (actor)
Phifer, Mekhi (actor)
Phillips, Joseph C. (actor)
Pinkett-Smith, Jada (actress)
Pippen, Scottie (basketball player/actor)
Plummer, Glen Earl (actor)
Poitier, Sidney (actor)
Pooh, DJ (writer/actor)
Pounder, CCH (actress)
Powell, Clifton (actor)
Pras (Prakazrel Michel) (singer/actor)
Pratt, Kyla (actress)
Price, Leontyne (actress)
Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) (singer/actor)
Prince-Bythewood, Gina (director, writer, producer, actress)
Pryor, Richard (comedian/actor)
Purdee, Nathan (actor)
Purvis, Michael (actor)
Q
Queen Latifah (Dana Elaine Owens) (singer/actress/producer)
Quivers, Robin (actress)
R
Rae, Lisa (actress)
Ralph, Sheryl Lee (actress)
Randle, Theresa (actress)
Ray J (Wille Norwood, Jr.) (actor/singer/producer)
Raye, Lisa (actress/model)
Reed, Tracy (actress)
Reese, Della (actress)
Redman (Reggie Noble) (singer/actor)
Reid, Christopher (actor)
Reid, Tim (actor/director)
Reuben, Gloria (actress)
Rhames, Ving (actor)
Rhymes, Busta (singer/composer/actor)
Ri'chard, Robert (actor)
Richards, Beah (actress)
Richardson, Ja Nice (actress)
Richardson, LaTanya (actress)
Richardson-Whitfield, Salli (actress)
Ridley, John (Writer)
Roberts, Leonard (actor)
Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" (dancer/actor)
Robinson, Nichole Mercedes (actress)
Robinson, Wendy Raquel (actress)
Rochon, Lela (actress)
Rock, Chris (comedian/actor)
Rock, The (Dwayne Johnson) (pro wrestler, actor)
Rodman, Dennis (basketball player/actor)
Rogers, Ivan (actor/director)
Rolle, Esther (actress)
Ross, Diana (singer/actress)
Ross, Tracey (actress)
Roundtree, Richard (actor)
Rowell, Victoria (actress)
Rowland, Kelly (singer/actress)
Rule, Ja (Jeffrey Atkins) (singer/actor)
Russ, Tim (actor)
Russell, David (storyboard artist, production illustrator)
Ryan, Roz (actress)
S
Saldana, Zoe (actress)
Sands, Diana (actress)
Santana, Merlin (actor)
Sarpong, Sam (actor, model)
Sciorra, Annabella (actress)
Scott, Kente (actor)
Scott, Klea (actress)
Scott, Larry B. (actor/producer)
Sengbloh, Saycon (actress)
Shakur, Tupac (singer, actor, poet)
Shannon, Vicellous Reon (actor)
Sharissa (singer/actress)
Shuford, Kajuana (actress)
Sigel, Beanie (composer/actor)
Silvera, Frank (actor/director)
Simmons, Derrick (actor/stuntman)
Simmons, Henry (actor)
Simpson, O.J. (football player/actor)
Sinbad (David Adkins) (comedian/actor)
Singleton, John (director/producer)
Sisqo (singer/actor)
Smith, LaTamra (actress)
Smith, Makyla (actress)
Smith, Roger Guenveur (actor)
Smith, Will (actor/singer)
Snipes, Wesley (actor)
Snoop Dogg (Cordozar Broadus) (singer/actor)
Sommore (Lori Ann Rambough) (comedianne/actress)
Speed, Carol (actress)
St. John, Kristoff (actor)
St. Patrick, Mathew (actor)
Starr, Fredro (singer/actor)
Stewart, Nick "Nicodemus" (actor)
Stickney, Timothy D. (actor)
Stickney, Phyllis Yvonne (actress)
Strode, Woodrow "Woody" Wilson Woolwine (actor/athlete)
Studdard, Ruben (singer/actor)
Swan, Charles W. (actor) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3285193/)
Sweet, Vonte (actor)
Symone, Raven (actress)
T
T, Mr. (actor)
Taimak (Taimak Guarriello) (actor, stuntman, martial artis)t
Tamu (Tamu Blackwell) (actress, asst. director)
Tate, Larenz (actor)
Taylor, Mark (actor)
Taylor, Regina (actress)
Thigpen, Lynne (actress)
Thomas, Billie 'Buckwheat' (actor)
Thomas, Philip Michael (actor)
Thomas, Sean Patrick (actor)
Thompson, Kenan (actor)
Todd, Tony (actor/producer)
Torry, Guy (actor)
Torry, Joe (actor)
Toussaint, Lorraine (actress)
Townsend, Robert (actyor/writer/director)
Traylor, Craig Lamar (actor)
Treach (Anthony Criss) (singer/actor)
True, Rachel (actress)
Tucker, Chris (comedian/actor)
Tucker, Kiara (actress)
Turman, Glynn (actor)
Turner, Tina (singer)
Tyler, Aisha (actress)
Tyrese (Tyrese Darnell Gibson) (singer/actor)
Tyson, Cicely (actress)
U
Uggums, Leslie (actress)
Underwood, Blair (actor)
Union, Gabrielle (actress)
V
Van Peebles, Mario (actor)
Vance, Courtney (actor)
Vaughn, Terri J. (actress)
VelJohnson, Reginald (actor)
Vereen, Ben (actor)
W
Walker, Eamonn (actor)
Walker-Perlman, Jordan (director, editor, writer)
Warner, Malcolm Jamal (actor)
Warwick, Dionne (singer/actress)
Washington, Denzel (actor)
Washington, Isaiah (actor)
Watson, Johnson Vernee (actress)
Watts, Rolanda (actress)
Wayons, Damon (actor)
Wayans, Keenan Ivory (actor/writer/director)
Wayans, Marlon (actor)
Wayans, Shawn (actor)
Webb, Veronica (actress)
Whitaker, Forest (actor/directorr)
White, Barry (musician/composer/actor)
White, Brian J. (actor)
White, Michael Jai (actor)
White, Steve (actor, director)
Whitfield, Charles Malik (actor)
Whitfield, Dondre (actor)
Whitfield, Lynn (actress)
Whitley, Kym E. (actress)
Wilkins, Steve (actor)
Williams, Billy Dee (actor)
Williams III, Clarence (actor)
Williams, Cynda (actress)
Williams, Dick Anthony (actor)
Williams, J.D. (actor)
Williams, Montel (broadcaster/actor)
Williams, Tonya Lee (actress)
Williams, Vanessa (actress)
Williams, L. Vanessa (singer/actress)
Williams, Windell (producer, director, writer)
Williamson, Fred (actor)
Williamson, Mykelti (actor)
Wilson, Flip (comedian/actor)
Wilson, Kristen (actress)
Winfrey, Oprah (broadcaster/actress/producer)
Winfield, Paul (actor)
Winston, Hattie (actress)
Witherspoon, John (actor)
Wonder, Stevie (Steveland Judkins Hardaway) (singer/actor/producer)
Wood, Harris (actor)
Woodard, Alfre (actress)
Woodbine, Bokeem (actor)
Wright, Billy (director)
Wright, Jeffrey (actor)
Wright, Michael J. (actor)
Wright, N'Bushe (actress)
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