SCIENCE

• Dr. Ernest Everett Just - Internationally known biologist and professor at Howard University
• Dr. Charles Drew - Perfected the use of blood plasma; Professor of Surgery at Howard University
• Percy Julian - Discovered the use of foam to extinguish fires and discovered a method of producing cortisone synthetically
• Dr. Fred Drew Gregory - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Air Force Academy (pilot)
• Charles Bolden - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Naval Academy (pilot)
• Dr. Ronald E. McNair - Astronaut, graduate of M.I.T., Ph.D. in Physics (civilian)

ARTS

• William "Count" Basie - Internationally known pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader
• Langston Hughes - The Black Poet Laureate, excelled as a poet, playwright, novelist, lyricis 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 and actor
• William H. "Bill" Cosby - Comedian, author, actor, producer
• Roland Hayes - Internationally known tenor of the 1920s. Hayes sang in five different languages
• Steve Harvey - Comedian and actor
• Rickey Smiley - Comedian and actor
• Tom Joyner - Radio show host

ATHLETICS

• Michael Jordan - Outstanding basketball player with the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards of the NBA
• Mike Reid - A former wide receiver from the Atlanta Falcons and an E-Theta Chapter Bruh
• 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
• Anthony Smith - Beta Eta Spring 1986, Outstanding football player for the Oakland Raiders
• Charlie Ward - Heisman Trohy winner and NY Knicks gaurd
• Steve "Air" McNair - Outstanding player with the Tennessee Titans
• Hank Aaron - Home-run King who broke Babe Ruth's record
• John Salley - Player with the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Lakers
• Shaquille O'Neal - Star center with the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat
• Jerry Ball - Player with the Oakland Raiders
• Cedric Maxwell - Outstanding professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics and other teams
• Leroy Walker - A U.S. Olympic coach (sprinters) for many years
• Terrence Trammell - 2-time (2000, 2004) Olympic silver medalist in 110m hurdles
• Vince Carter - Star guard for the Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets of the NBA
• Keith Jackson - Outstanding football player with the Miami Dolphins. A Pi Delta brother
• Mark Duper - Another fantastic Miami Dolphins player
• William Floyd - Big man on the San Francisco 49ers football team
• Earl "The Pearl" Monroe - An outstanding basketball player with the ......

POLITICS

• Lawrence Douglas Wilder - Became Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1990. He also received the Bronze Star for his military heroics in the Korean War
• William Hastie - First Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
• George L.P. Weaver - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor
• Vernon Jordan
• Robert C. Weaver - First African American to serve on the Presidential Cabinet when he became Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1966 under President Franklin Roosevelt
• Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. - Secretary, Department of the Army
• Rev. Jesse Jackson - Candidate for the United States Presidency in 1984 and 1988
• Dr. David Satcher - Formerly, the Director of the CDC and the Present of Meharry Medical College

CIVIL RIGHTS

• 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
• Khalid Muhammad - A member of the "Nation of Islam"

EDUCATION

• 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

COLLEGE PRESIDENTS (known as of 1991)

• Dr. William Harris - Alabama State University - Montgomery, Alabama
• Dr. Billy Black - Albany State College - Albany, Georgia
• Dr. Lawrence A. Davis - University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff, Arkansas
• Dr. Nathaniel Pollard, Jr. - Bowie State University - Bowie, Maryland
• Dr. Ivory V. Nelson - Central Washington University - Ellensburg, Washington
• Dr. Henry N. Tisdale - Claflin College - Orangeburg, South Carolina
• Dr. Samuel D. Cook - Dillard University - New Orleans, Louisiana
• Dr. Oscar Prater - Fort Valley State College - Fort Valley, Georgia
• Dr. William Harvey - Hampton University - Hampton, Virginia
• Dr. H. Patrick Swygert - Howard University - Washington, D.C.
• Dr. James E. Lyons - Jackson State University - Jackson, Mississippi
• Dr. Roy D. Hudson - Livingstone College - Salisbury, North Carolina
• Dr. David Satcher - Meharry Medical College - Nashville, Tennessee
• Dr. Albert Sloan - Miles College - Birmingham, Alabama
• Dr. William W. Sutton - Mississippi Valley State University
• Dr. Walter E. Massey - Morehouse College - Atlanta, Georgia
• Dr. Luns Richardson - Morris College - Sumter, South Carolina
• Dr. Samuel D. Jolley, Jr. - Morris Brown College - Atlanta, Georgia
• Dr. David Beckley - Rust College
• Dr. William E. Gardner - Savannah State College - Savannah, Georgia