- List of Phi Beta Sigma brothers
Famous Men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
cience/Education/Medicine
*Dr. Sunday A. Adesuyi / Sits on the NCAA Division II Management Council. Held the First-Vice President position for CIAA Conference. Serving as Interim Vice- President for Academic Affairs. Dean of Natural Science and Mathematics Department, Saint Paul"s College.
*Alger Boswell / First to head the Mathematics Department at Tennessee State University. Became Vice President of the College from 1951-1964.
*Reverend Jerry Whitaker, Founding Charter Member Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
*George Washington Carver / World Famous Scientist
*Dr. Frank Chambers / First African American to teach at Columbia University Dental School
*Frank Marshall Davis / Outstanding writer, author and journalist, during the Harlem Renaissance who made a tremendous impact on African American Literature and Writings
*Matthew W. Dogan / First Black College President, Wiley College
*Dr. Edgar Draper / Former President of William V S Tubman Teachers College in Monrovia, Liberia. Former President of Borough of Manhattan Community College- CUNY.
*Dr. Dudley E. Flood / World-renowned speaker on leadership and education
*Dr. Elmer A. Henderson / Appointed in 1945 as the assistant superintendent of the Baltimore Public School System. The first African American to hold the position.
*Edison O. Jackson / President of Medgar Evers College, NY
*James Weldon Johnson / Author, Black National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
*Dr. Ralph W.E. Jones / Former President of Grambling University
*Dr. Jonn A. Kenny / Medical director at Tuskegee Institute from 1902- 1924. Director of Community hospital of Newark, NJ 1924- 1939. Founder of John A. Andrew Clinical Society. Founder and first editor of "journal of National Medical Association"
*Alain LeRoy Locke / First Black Rhodes Scholar, Author, Bahá'í
* Dr. Phillip B. Middleton / Professor, Language and Literature, Ferris State University,Big Rapids, Michigan
*Dr. Horace Mitchell / President, California State University, Bakersfield
*Dr. Parlett Moore / Founded the Sigma Beta Club. Second President of Coppin State University. 20th Past President of Phi Beta Sigma.
*Robert Russa Moton / Second President of Tuskegee Univ.
*George L. Netterville / The third president of Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge
*Dr. Rod Paige / Secretary of Education
*Dr. Albert Roberts / First Minority to graduate with a PHD in Psychology from Emory University. Former Dean of Howard Psychology Department Public Speaker and recognized leader in the psychology field for children and young adults.
*Dr. Damon U. Bryant/ Student of Bro. Albert Roberts at Howard and the very first graduate of the PhD Program in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the University of Central Florida.
*Dr. Samuel Robinson / President of The Lincoln Foundation, Inc.
*Dr. William Sherman Savage / Sigma Historian and 1st black man to receive a degree from the University of Oregon, Past National President of Sigma and Lincoln University in Missouri
*Dr. David Swinton / President, Benedict College
*Dr. George D. Thorne / Led fight for inclusion of Negro Surgeons in the American College of Surgeons. Founder of Mount Morris Park hospital in New York City.
*Dr. Cornelius V. Troupe / Second President of Ft. Valley State College and later President of Morris Brown College
*Dr. Thomas W. Turner / World-renowned biologist, educator, and Catholic activist;
*Dr. Lawrence V. Wells / Director of Charter Schools, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan
*John D. Westberry / Noted Texas Educator and Official Texas Southern University, 21st Past National President of Phi Beta Sigma
*Dr. Kevin Rome / Vice President for Student Services atMorehouse College inAtlanta, GA Civic Leaders & Politicians
*Dwayne Ashley / CEO & President of the Thurgood Marshal Fund
*Nnamdi Azikiwe / Past President, Nigeria
*Ben Brown / Deputy. Dir. of Democratic Party
*Benjamin Chavis / Organizer, Million Man March
*Terry L. Clark / First African American Judge of the 70th District Court of Saginaw, Michigan.
*Major Milton Dean / Colored Troupe Commander World War I. One of three Negro Officers of this rank in the U. S. Army.
*Dr.Melvin Evans / Governor and Congressman of the U.S. Virgin Islands
*Shane Gibson /Member of Parliament and Minister of Immigration, Labour and Training of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas
*Lafayette McKeene Hershaw / One of the twenty-nine founders of the Niagara movement, the forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
*Rev. JLS Holloman / Father of the esteemed Holloman Family and pastor of the 2nd Street Baptist Church. He is the father of Majorie Holloman Parker, National Historian Emeritus, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
*Dr. George Iggers / A German born native and possibly the first white member initiated into Phi Beta Sigma. Dr. Iggers was also instrumental in the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.
*Hulan Jack / First black borough President of Manhattan New York
*Dr. Joseph H. Jackson / Religious leader and Former President of the six million member National Baptist Convention, USA. ( largest black organization in the world).
*Fleming Jones, Jr. / First black Democratic member of West Virginia House of Delegates from 1935-1941 and 1945-1947
*John Lewis / U.S. Congressman & Civil Rights Activist
*Daniel Lewis / State of New York, Queens County Supreme Court Judge
*Arthur W. Mitchell / First African American Democrat elected to the U.S Congress, 6th Past National President of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Served longer than any other President (1925-1934)
*Min. Abdul Arif Muhammad, Esq. / General Counsel, Nation of Islam / Editor-In-Chief, Final Call Newspaper
*Huey P. Newton / Co-founder,Black Panther Party
*Kwame Nkrumah / Former President,Ghana
*Hon.Morris Overstreet / First African-American elected by popular vote to a statewide office in the history of Texas. First African American to sit on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
*George A. Parker / Dean of the Terrell School of Law, and the 1964 Republican National Convention Delegate to San Francisco, who on National TV, publicly challenged Presidential Candidate Barry Goldwater on his record for civil rights. Past National President of Sigma
*A. Philip Randolph / Founder, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
*Hon.Robert H. Terrell / First black Municipal Judge in Washington, DC
*William Tolbert / Past President,Liberia
*Edolphus Townes / U.S. Congressman
*Harold Washington / First Black Mayor of Chicago
*Armstrong Williams / Syndicated Columnist and Political Talk Show Pundit
*Major General Bennie Williams / Commanding General, 21st Theater Support Command
*Hosea Williams / Civil Rights Activist
*Herman Williams, Jr. / 1st Black fire chief of Baltimore Maryland and a major U.S city. Father of famed talk show host Montel Williams
*Edward Wilson / Mayor of Signal Hill, California
*Alexander Wright, Jr. / Associate Judge, Baltimore County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit
*Hon. Dr.Willie Adams / Current and first African American Mayor of Albany,GA.
*Phenton Neymour / Bahamas Member of Parliament Minister of State for Works
*Eldridge Hawkins / Mayor of Orange, New JerseyBusiness
*Peter Adams, Esq. / Partner at Callahan, Schepp, Yuhas, Adams & Carfora. 30th Past National President of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
*Marshal B. Bass / Former Corporate Vice Pres. for R.J. Reynolds Industries
*Ezunial Burks / Former Head Director of the Los Angeles Harbor
*Joe L. Dudley, Sr / President and CEO of Dudley Hair Care Products.
*Roy M. Eavins II / Founder of Jericho Broadcast Networks, an urban internet media company.
*Preston Edwards / Founder of Black Collegiate Magazine
*Cornelius Ford / Prominent black livestock dealer in Buffalo, NY
*Russell Gideon / Esteemed Black Pharmacist-Learn more at www.historylink.org/_output.cfm?file_id=238
*Shirley E. Gilbert / He established and was editor for the "Omaha Star " for 7 years.
*James T. Hadley / CEO of Community Bank of Lawndale Chicago, IL
*Lindsay Hughes / Chairman of McDonald’s Gospelfest
*James “Billboard” Jackson / Black Corporate Pioneer
*Alden J. McDonald / Pres. and CEO of Liberty Bank and Trust Company of New Orleans, LA
*B. Doyle Mitchell / Pres. and CEO of Industrial Bank of Washington, D.C.
*James Paschal / Co-Owner, Paschal Bros.Food and Beverage Enterprise
*Herman J. Russell / His organization is the largest minority-owned general contractor in the US
*Herman E. Valentine Sr. / Founder of Systems Management American Corporation Norfolk, VA
*Jesse T. Williams / Former Executive of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
*Carter D. Womack / President & CEO, of Leadership At Its Best WWW.LeadershipAIB.com 27 & 29 past National President of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.Entertainment
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Qasim A. Basir / Actor, Director, Producer
*Les Brown / Motivational Speaker
*James Anthony Brown / Comedian,Tom Joyner Morning Show
*Kurt Carr / Gospel Recording Artist
*Everette Harp / Famous Jazz saxophonist and Bluenote Records artist
*Bobby Jones / Bobby Jones Gospel Hour
*Mark "Flex" Alexander Knox/ aka"Flex" Comedian and actor
*Clarence Muse / World-renowned actor
*Daiquan Jamel Smith / Actor
*Baba Olatunji / World-renowned drummer
*Kevin Saunderson / Record Producer and Co-Founder of Techno Music and Lead singer of the Group "Inner City". Wrote songs "Good Life", "Big Fun"
*Wayne Shorter / World-renowned jazz musician
*The Temptations / -Otis Williams -Melvin Franklin -Paul Williams -Eddie Kendricks -David Ruffin The original Temptations
*Dr.Walter Turnbull / Director,Harlem Boys Choir
*Lawrence "Whisonant" Winters / One of the leading characters in the Broadway success,"Porgy and Bess ." International opera singer, first black singer to perform standard opratic roles on a regular basis with the New York City Centre Opera.
*Blair Underwood / Actor
*Walter A. Campbell / Comedian, Entertainer
*Stess The Emcee / Real Name:Thomas Roach/ Underground Rapper, Radio PersonalityAthletics
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Charles Austin , / Olympian Gold Medalist High Jumper(1996), US Record Holder (HJ)
*Buster Barnett / NFL
*Fred Barrett / NFL
*Charlie Batch / NFL
*Carlos Bates / IBA Light Heavyweight Champion
*Kentwood 'Kenta' Bell / Track and Field
*Greg Blue /NFL
*Lou Brock / Baseball Hall of Famer
*Larry Brown / NFL
*Calvin Brown / All-American Football
*Alex Brown / All-American Football, NFL
*Clarence "Chucky" Brown / NBA
*Lomas Brown / NFL
*Kenny Burroughs / NFL
*Donnie Caldwell / NFL
*Ernest Calloway / NFL
*LeMark Carter / Track and Field
*Rich Castor / NFL
*Ben Coates / NFL - Pro-Bowler (1994-1998)
*Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie / NFL
*Eric Curry / NFL (Bucs, Jaguars)
*Demarcus Curry / NFL
*Lional Dalton / NFL
*Phillip Daniels / NFL
*Willie Davis / NFL
*Marques Douglass / NFL
*Walter Dix / Track and Field, Record Holder and Olympian Sprinter (2008)
*Eugene Edgerson / All-American Basketball, Harlem Globetrotters
*Robert Edwards / NFL & CFL
*Braylon Edwards / NFL
*Donnie Elder / NFL
*Gerald Glass / NBA
*Wayne Gomes / MLB
*Greg Graham / NBA
*Victor Green / NFL
*LC Greenwood / NFL-Pittsburgh Steelers
*Johnny Grey / Olympic Gold Medal 800
*Sean Grosvenor / World Class Gymnast
*Myron Guyton / NFL
*Corey Harris / NFL - Kansas City Chiefs
*Chris Harris / NFL
*Chris Hayes / NFL-NY Jets
*Ryan Howard / MLB Philadelphia Phillies
*Claude Humphrey / NFL
*Donald Iguebuike / NFL
*Ken Irvin / NFL
*Darrius Johnson / NFL-Denver Broncos
*Aaron Jones / NFL
*Al Joyner / Olympian- Track
*Emmit King / Medalist at World Track Championships (1983) & Olympian (1984, 1988)
*Willis McGahee / NFL
*Ben McGee / NFL
*Marques Miller / NFL-Balt. Ravens
*Douglas Miller / CFL
*Coby Miller / USA Olympic Team 2000 & Medallist
*Brandon Miller / NFL-Indianapolis Colts
*Nate Miller / NFL - Atlanta Falcons
*Michael "Mookie" Moore / NFL - Atlanta Falcons
*Jason Motes / Professional Surfer & 2005 ESA Champion
*Lloyd Mumford / NFL
*Ikechuku Ndukwe / NFL-Baltimore Ravens
*Renaldo Nehemiah / NFL - SF 49ers, ex-World Record Holder in Hurdles (Track)
*Bubba Paris / NFL
*Marvcus Patton / NFL- Bills, Redskins, Chiefs
*Eddie Payton / NFL
*Bernard Perry / NBA-Washington Bullets
*Merceda Perry / NFL
*Todd Pinkston / NFL-Phil. Eagles
*Olden Polynice / NBA-Utah Jazz
*Joey Porter / NFL-Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins
*Travis Prentice / NFL-Cleveland Browns
*Tony Reagins / MLB-Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim GM
*Willis Reed / NBA-Hall of Fame
*Jerry Rice / NFL-SF 49ers & Dancing with the Stars Runner-Up 2005
*Adrian Ross / NFL-Cinn. Bengals
*Dwayne Rudd / NFL - Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Bucs
*Earl Seals / NFL
*Terrance Shaw / NFL-SD Chargers
*Ron Simpkins / NFL
*Ryan Sims / NFL - Kansas City Chiefs
*Jackie Slater / NFL
*Jesse Small / NFL-Phil. Eagles & CFL
*Emmitt Smith / NFL-Dallas Cowboys & Dancing with the Stars Champion 2006
*Lamont Smith / 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
*Revie Sorey / NFL
*John Stephens / NFL- Kansas City Chiefs
*Marcus Stroud / NFL
*Aaron Swinson / NBA - Phoenix Suns
*Chris Terry / NFL-Carolina Panthers
*Kiwaukee Thomas / NFL-Buffalo Bills
*Marvin Thomas / NFL
*George R. Thornton / NFL San Diego Chargers, NY Giants
*Elijah Thurmon / NFL-Phil. Eagles
*Lewis Tillman / NFL-NY Giants
*T.Deshea Townsend / NFL-Pittsburgh Steelers
*Frank Trigg / World Champion Ultimate Fighter
*Darnell Valentine / NBA
*Andrew Valmon / 3 time Olympic gold medalist in track
*Tony Vinson / NFL-Balt. Ravens
*Hines Ward / NFL-Pittsburgh Steelers
*James Washington / NFL
*Tracy White / NFL-Seattle Seahawks
*Willie Whitehead / NFL-New Orleans Saints
*Wilson Whitney / NFL
*Roland Wilfong / NFL
*Willie Williams / NFL-Seattle Seahawks
*Erik Williams / NFL-Dallas Cowboys
*George Clive Wright / Olympian Sprinter (1988) for Jamaica
*Craig Yeast / NFL-Cinn. Bengals
*EB Brown / NFL-Cinn. Bengals
*Terrance Edwards / NFL & CFL
*Sam Vincent / Head Coach-Charlotte Bobcats
*Nathaniel McKinney / Bahamas Men's 4x4 Gold and Silver Medalist Olympics and World Championships
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