As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.
My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college.
| Mary Decker, Athlete (1958) |
| Lane Evans, Politician (1951) |
| Greta Gerwig, Actress (1983) |
| William Rowan Hamilton, Mathematician (1805) |
| Knut Hamsun, Author (1859) |
| John Harrington, Writer (1561) |
| Edward Irving, Clergyman (1792) |
| Daniel Dae Kim, Actor (1968) |
| Osbert Lancaster, Cartoonist (1908) |
| Harry Lauder, Entertainer (1870) |
| Hans Christian Andersen, Author (1875) |
| John Bacon, Sculptor (1799) |
| Jeanne Calment, Celebrity (1997) |
| Lord Thomson Of Fleet, Publisher (1976) |
| William Floyd, Politician (1821) |

