Sports – Basketball
Otey Matthew Scruggs (1929-2014)
Historian, athlete, and professor Otey Matthew Scruggs was born in the seaport town of Vallejo, California, on June 29, 1929...
Danita Johnson (1984- )
Danita Johnson is a business executive affiliated with the WNBA, NBA, and NBA G leagues. In December 2020, Johnson was...
Fred Whitfield (1959- )
Fred Whitfield is the President, Chief Operating Officer, and minority co-owner of the Charlotte Hornets, a franchise in the National...
Roland G. Fryer, Jr. (1977- )
Roland G. Fryer, Jr. is an economist, the youngest African American to receive tenure at Harvard University, and one of...
Ted Rasberry (1913-2001)
Ted Rasberry was a player and team owner in the Negro Baseball Leagues. Rasberry was born on October 8, 1913,...
Devante Malik Smith-Pelly (1992- )
Devante Smith-Pelly, one of only 30 Black players in the National Hockey League (NHL), was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada...
Russell Westbrook III (1988- )
Russell Westbrook III is American basketball player who played for the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston (Texas) Rockets in the...
Rui Hachimura (1998- )
Professional basketball player Rui Hachimura was born on February 8, 1998 to a Japanese mother, Makiko Hachimura, father, Zakari Jabil,...
Michael Bakari Jordan (1987- )
Actor Michael Bakari Jordan was born on February 9, 1987 in Santa Ana, California to Donna Jordan and Michael A....
