List of African American sportspeople
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This is a list of notable African American sportspeople. For other African Americans, see Lists of African Americans.
Administrators, executives, and businesspeople
- Katrina Adams, current president of the United States Tennis Association
- Koby Altman, current General manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers[1]
- Anucha Browne Sanders, former executive of the New York Knicks
- Pinball Clemons, current vice-chairman for the Toronto Argonauts
- Dell Demps, current vice president and general manager of the New Orleans Pelicans
- Joe Dumars, former President of Basketball Operations of the Detroit Pistons
- Wayne Embry, first African-American General manager and team president in NBA history, 2x NBA Executive of the Year[2]
- Rube Foster, former executive of the Chicago American Giants
- Rod Higgins, former president of Basketball Operations for the Charlotte Bobcats
- Billy Hunter, former executive director of the National Basketball Players Association
- Al Haymon, manager and adviser to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
- Michael Huyghue, former Commissioner of the United Football League
- Stu Jackson, former executive vice president of the National Basketball Association, current associate Commissioner of the Big East Conference
- Magic Johnson, current president of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Lakers, part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, owner of the Los Angeles Sparks, and co-owner of the Los Angeles Football Club[3][4]
- Michael Jordan, current principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets[5]
- Billy King, former general manager of the Brooklyn Nets
- Don King, former boxing promoter
- Billy Knight, former general manager and executive vice president of the Atlanta Hawks
- Billy McKinney, former vice president of Basketball Operations for the Detroit Pistons, Executive vice president for both Seattle SuperSonics and Seattle Storm
- Steve Mills, current executive of the New York Knicks
- Ozzie Newsome, current general manager of the Baltimore Ravens
- Jerry Reese, former general manager of the New York Giants
Baseball
A
- Hank Aaron, retired professional baseball player, member of National Baseball Hall of Fame[6]
- Tommie Aaron
- Tommie Agee
- Willie Aikens
- Gary Alexander
- Matt Alexander
- Ted Alexander
- Dick Allen
- Greg Allen
- Garvin Alston
- George Altman
- Garret Anderson
- Marlon Anderson
- Chris Archer
B
- Harold Baines
- Dusty Baker
- Gene Baker
- James Baldwin
- Dan Bankhead
- Sam Bankhead
- Ernie Banks
- Willie Banks
- Jesse Barfield
- Kevin Bass
- Earl Battey
- Don Baylor
- Tony Beasley
- Tim Beckham
- Albert Belle
- Mookie Betts
- Junius Bibbs
- Jim Bibby
- Joe Black
- Paul Blair
- Vida Blue
- Barry Bonds
- Bobby Bonds
- Lyman Bostock
- Daryl Boston
- Michael Bourn
- Mickey Bowers
- Jackie Bradley Jr.
- Phil Bradley
- Glenn Braggs
- Michael Brantley
- Chet Brewer
- Marshall Bridges
- Lou Brock
- Hubie Brooks
- Domonic Brown
- Jarvis Brown
- Gates Brown
- Willard Brown
- Don Buford
- Al Bumbry
- Homer Bush
- Byron Buxton
C
- Lorenzo Cain
- Mike Cameron
- Roy Campanella
- Chris Carter
- Joe Carter
- Nate Colbert
- Vince Coleman
- Cecil Cooper
- Al Cowens
- Carl Crawford
- Willie Crawford
D
- Eric Davis
- Khris Davis
- Mo'ne Davis
- Rajai Davis
- Tommy Davis
- Willie Davis
- Andre Dawson
- Ian Desmond
- Mike Devereaux
- Chris Dickerson
- Larry Doby
- Al Downing
- Dan Driessen
- Elijah Dukes
- Taylor Duncan
- Shawon Dunston
- Ray Durham
- Leon Durham
- Jermaine Dye
- Jarrod Dyson
E
F
- Eric Farris
- Mike Felder
- Cecil Fielder
- Prince Fielder
- Chone Figgins
- Curt Flood
- Cliff Floyd
- George Foster
- Rube Foster
- Dexter Fowler
G
- Ron Gant
- Ralph Garr
- Amir Garrett
- Cito Gaston
- Bob Gibson
- Jim Gilliam
- Doug Glanville
- Dwight Gooden
- Brian Goodwin
- Danny Goodwin
- Tom Goodwin
- Dee Gordon—professional baseball player[7]
- Tom Gordon—former professional baseball player
- Curtis Granderson—professional baseball player[8]
- Mudcat Grant
- Pumpsie Green
- Ken Griffey Jr.—retired professional baseball player, Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Ken Griffey Sr.
- Marquis Grissom
- Chris Gwynn
- Tony Gwynn—retired professional baseball player, Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Tony Gwynn Jr.
H
- Billy Hamilton—professional baseball player
- Jeffrey Hammonds
- Mike Harkey—retired professional baseball player
- Tommy Harper—former professional baseball player
- Lenny Harris
- Willie Harris
- Wilmer Harris
- Josh Harrison—professional baseball player
- Billy Hatcher
- LaTroy Hawkins—retired professional baseball player
- Charlie Hayes—former professional baseball player
- Dave Henderson—former professional baseball player
- Rickey Henderson—retired professional baseball player, Member of National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Steve Henderson—former professional baseball player
- George Hendrick—former professional baseball player
- Elrod Hendricks—former professional baseball player
- Larry Herndon—former professional baseball player
- Jason Heyward—professional baseball player
- Aaron Hicks—professional baseball player
- Glenallen Hill—former professional baseball player
- Larry Hisle—former professional baseball player
- L.J. Hoes—professional baseball player
- Elston Howard—retired professional baseball player
- Ryan Howard—professional baseball player
- Orlando Hudson—former professional baseball player
- Torii Hunter—retired professional baseball player
I
- Monte Irvin—retired professional baseball player, Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
J
- Austin Jackson—professional baseball player
- Aaron Judge—professional baseball player[9]
- Reggie Jackson – former professional baseball player, member of National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Bo Jackson—former professional baseball player
- Edwin Jackson—professional baseball player
- Grant Jackson—former professional baseball player
- Jeremy Jeffress—professional baseball player
- Desmond Jennings—professional baseball player
- Derek Jeter (African-American father)—retired professional baseball player[10][11]
- Sam Jethroe—former professional baseball player
- Alex Johnson—retired professional baseball player
- Charles Johnson—former professional baseball player
- Cliff Johnson—former professional baseball player
- Sam Jethroe—former professional baseball player
- Alex Johnson—former professional baseball player
- Charles Johnson—former professional baseball player
- Cliff Johnson—former professional baseball player
- Micah Johnson—professional baseball player
- Adam Jones—professional baseball player
- Cleon Jones—former professional baseball player
- Gary Jones—professional baseball manager
- Ruppert Jones—retired professional baseball player
- Sam Jones—former professional baseball player
- David Justice—retired professional baseball player
K
- Matt Kemp—professional baseball player[12]
- Howie Kendrick—professional baseball player
- Wayne Kirby—retired professional baseball player
L
- Buck Leonard, former professional baseball player
P
- Satchel Paige, former professional baseball player
R
- Jackie Robinson, former professional baseball player, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, first African American to play in Major league Baseball[13]
- Frank Robinson, former professional baseball player
S
- CC Sabathia, professional baseball player
- Giancarlo Stanton, professional baseball player[14][15]
- Gary Sheffield, retired professional baseball player
- Justus Sheffield, professional baseball player
M
- Lee May – former professional baseball player
- Andrew McCutchen – professional baseball player
- Willie McCovey – former professional baseball player
- Joe Morgan – retired professional baseball player
N
- Don Newcombe – former professional baseball player
W
- Dave Winfield – retired professional baseball player
- Jerome Williams – baseball player
Basketball
A
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Quincy Acy - professional basketball player
- Jordan Adams - professional basketball player
- Arron Afflalo - professional basketball player
- Arthur Agee - retired professional basketball player
- Maurice Ager - former professional basketball player
- Mark Aguirre - retired professional basketball player[16]
- LaMarcus Aldridge - professional basketball player[17]
- Cliff Alexander - professional basketball player
- Kwame Alexander - professional basketball player
- Jarrett Allen - professional basketball player[18]
- Jerome Allen - former professional basketball player
- Lavoy Allen - professional basketball player[19]
- Ray Allen - retired professional basketball player[20]
- Tony Allen - professional basketball player[21]
- Alan Anderson - professional basketball player
- James Anderson - professional basketball player
- Justin Anderson - professional basketball player
- Kenny Anderson - former professional basketball player
- Nick Anderson - retired professional basketball player
- Carmelo Anthony - professional basketball player, (African-American mother)[22][23]
- Greg Anthony - retired professional basketball player
- Cole Anthony - basketball player (African American father)
- Nate Archibald - former professional basketball player
- Jim Ard - former professional basketball player
- Gilbert Arenas - retired professional basketball player
- B. J. Armstrong - former professional basketball player
- Darrell Arthur - professional basketball player
- Al Attles - former professional basketball player
- D. J. Augustin - professional basketball player
- Jeff Ayres - professional basketball player
- Ron Artest III
B
- Thurl Bailey—former professional basketball player
- Wade Baldwin IV—professional basketball player
- Lonzo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player[24]
- LiAngelo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player
- LaMelo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player
- Gene Banks—retired professional basketball player
- Tony Barbee—former professional basketball player
- Charles Barkley—retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[25]
- Don Barksdale—former professional basketball player
- Harrison Barnes—professional basketball player
- Matt Barnes (African American father)—retired professional basketball player[26]
- Earl Barron—professional basketball player
- Will Barton—professional basketball player
- Brandon Bass—professional basketball player
- Shane Battier—retired professional basketball player
- Elgin Baylor—former professional basketball player
- Kent Bazemore—professional basketball player
- Bradley Beal—professional basketball player
- Butch Beard—former professional basketball player
- Malik Beasley—professional basketball player
- Michael Beasley—professional basketball player
- Chris Bosh—professional basketball player[27]
- Marvin Bagley—professional basketball player
- Mikal Bridges—professional basketball player
- Miles Bridges—professional basketball player
- Bruce Brown—professional basketball player
- Troy Brown Jr.—professional basketball player
- Jalen Brunson—professional basketball player
- Dwayne Bacon—professional basketball player
- Jordan Bell—professional basketball player
- Jaylen Brown—professional basketball player[28]
- Antonio Blakeney—professional basketball player[29]
- James Blackmon Jr.—professional basketball player
- Thomas Bryant—professional basketball player
- Isaiah Briscoe—professional basketball player
- Tony Bradley—professional basketball player
- Sterling Brown—professional basketball player
- Jabari Bird—professional basketball player
- Malcolm Brogdon—professional basketball player
- Jerryd Bayless—professional basketball player
- Jimmy Butler—professional basketball player[30]
- Rasual Butler—former professional basketball player
- Aaron Brooks—professional basketball player
- Will Barton—professional basketball player
- MarShon Brooks—professional basketball player
- Walt Bellamy—former professional basketball player
- Kobe Bryant—retired professional basketball player[31]
- Kwame Brown—professional basketball player[32]
- Trey Burke—professional basketball player[33]
- Reggie Bullock—professional basketball player[34]
- Chauncey Billups—retired professional basketball player[35]
- Muggsy Bogues—retired professional basketball player
- Terrell Brandon—retired professional basketball player
- Eric Bledsoe—professional basketball player[36]
- Patrick Beverley—professional basketball player
- Avery Bradley—professional basketball player
- Chauncey Billups
C
- Dell Curry - former professional basketball player
- Stephen Curry - professional basketball player
- Seth Curry - professional basketball player
- Wilt Chamberlain - retired professional basketball player, Member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, only NBA player to score 100 points[37]
- Wendell Carter Jr. - professional basketball player
- DeMarcus Cousins - professional basketball player
- Ian Clark - professional basketball player
- Norris Cole - professional basketball player
- Quinn Cook - professional basketball player
- Jevon Carter - professional basketball player
- Vince Carter - professional basketball player
- Jordan Clarkson (African-American father) - professional basketball player
- Tony Carr - professional basketball player
- Bryant Crawford - professional basketball player
- Jamal Crawford - professional basketball player
- John Collins - professional basketball player
- Marquese Chriss - professional basketball player
- Tyson Chandler - professional basketball player
- Isaiah Canaan - professional basketball player
- Mario Chalmers - professional basketball player
- Jordan Crawford - professional basketball player
- Jarrett Culver - professional basketball player
D
- Anthony Davis - professional basketball player
- Antonio Davis - former professional basketball player
- Ed Davis - professional basketball player
- Glen Davis - former professional basketball player
- Adrian Dantley - retired professional basketball player
- Andre Drummond - professional basketball Player
- Baron Davis - retired professional basketball player
- Deyonta Davis - professional basketball player
- Dewayne Dedmon - professional basketball player
- DeMar DeRozan - professional basketball player
- Erick Dampier - former professional basketball player
- Spencer Dinwiddie - professional basketball player
- Clyde Drexler - retired professional basketball player
- Kevin Durant - professional basketball player
- Kris Dunn - professional basketball player
- PJ Dozier - professional basketball player
- Troy Daniels - professional basketball player
- Trevon Duval - professional basketball player
E
- Jawun Evans - professional basketball player
- Tyreke Evans - professional basketball player
- Reggie Evans - retired professional basketball player
- Julius Erving - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
F
- De'Aaron Fox - professional basketball player
- Kay Felder - professional basketball player
- Markelle Fultz - professional basketball player
- Terrance Ferguson - professional basketball player
- Yogi Ferrell - professional basketball player
G
- Horace Grant - retired professional basketball player
- Hal Greer - retired professional basketball player
- George Gervin - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Harry Giles - professional basketball player
- Kevin Garnett - retired professional basketball player
- Paul George - professional basketball player
- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - professional basketball player
- Ben Gordon (Africans-Americans mother) - Basketball player
H
- Elvin Hayes - retired professional basketball player
- Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway - retired professional basketball player[38]
- Happy Hairston - former professional basketball player
- PJ Hairston - professional basketball player
- Dwight Howard - professional basketball player[39]
- Grant Hill - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[40]
- James Harden - professional basketball player[41]
- Josh Hart - professional basketball player
- Tobias Harris - professional basketball player
- Tyrese Haliburton - professional basketball player
- Ron Harper - retired professional basketball player
- Rodney Hood - professional basketball player
- Udonis Haslem - professional basketball player
- John Henson - professional basketball player
- Montrezl Harrell - professional basketball player
- Jrue Holiday - professional basketball player
- Justin Holiday - professional basketball player
- Aaron Holiday - professional basketball player
- De'Andre Hunter - professional basketball player
- Larry Hughes - retired professional basketball player
- Richard Hamilton - retired professional basketball player
- Solomon Hill
I
- Allen Iverson - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Brandon Ingram - professional basketball player
- Kyrie Irving - professional basketball player
J
- DeAndre Jordan - professional basketball player
- Derrick Jones Jr. - professional basketball player
- Josh Jackson - professional basketball player
- Frank Jackson (African American father) - professional basketball player
- K.C. Jones - retired professional basketball player
- Sam Jones - retired professional basketball player
- Tyus Jones (African-American father) - professional basketball player
- Jaren Jackson - retired professional basketball player
- Jaren Jackson Jr. - professional basketball player
- LeBron James - professional basketball player[42]
- Dennis Johnson - former professional basketball player
- Magic Johnson - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[43]
- Michael Jordan - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, considered as the greatest player in NBA History.[44][45]
- Amile Jefferson - professional basketball player
- Jarrett Jack - professional basketball player
- Reggie Jackson
K
- Brandon Knight - professional basketball player
- Kevin Knox II - professional basketball player
- Jason Kidd - retired professional basketball player (African American Father)
- Kemba Walker - professional basketball player (African American Mother)
L
- Bob Lanier - retired professional basketball player
- Damian Lillard - professional basketball player
- Kawhi Leonard - professional basketball player
- Kyle Lowry - professional basketball player
- Rashard Lewis - retired professional basketball player
- Caris LeVert - professional basketball player
- Earl Loyd - first African American NBA player (professional basketball player) Desegregated the NBA
M
- Bob McAdoo - retired professional basketball player and coach
- CJ McCollum - professional basketball player
- Alonzo Mourning - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Donovan Mitchell - professional basketball player
- Ja Morant - professional basketball player
- Karl Malone - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Moses Malone - former professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Cedric Maxwell - retired professional basketball player
- Malik Monk - professional basketball player
- Reggie Miller - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Tracy McGrady - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Earl Monroe - retired professional basketball player
- Marcus Morris - professional basketball player
- Markieff Morris - professional basketball player
- Khris Middleton - professional basketball player
- Shawn Marion
- Wesley Matthews - professional basketball player
N
- Aaron Nesmith
- Georges Niang
- Malik Newman - professional basketball player
O
- Charles Oakley - former professional basketball player
- Jahlil Okafor - professional basketball player
- Kelly Oubre Jr.
- Shaquille O'Neal - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
P
- Robert Parish - retired professional basketball player
- Chris Paul - professional basketball player
- Gary Payton - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Anthony Parker
- Jabari Parker (African-American father) - professional basketball player[46]
- Sonny Parker
- Tony Parker (African-American father) - professional basketball player
- Kendrick Perkins - former professional basketball player
- Sam Perkins - former professional basketball player
- Paul Pierce - retired professional basketball player
- Scottie Pippen - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Scotty Pippen Jr.- (African-American father) - professional basketball player
- Tayshaun Prince
- Taurean Prince
- Jordan Poole
R
- Bill Russell - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[47][48]
- Cam Reddish - basketball player
- Willis Reed - retired professional basketball player, coach and manager
- Doc Rivers - retired professional basketball player, NBA head coach
- Austin Rivers (African American father) - professional basketball player
- Derrick Rose - professional basketball player
- D'Angelo Russell - professional basketball player
- Dennis Rodman - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Jalen Rose - retired professional basketball player
- Oscar Robertson - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Rajon Rondo - professional basketball player
- Terrence Ross - professional basketball player
- Terry Rozier - professional basketball player
- Josh Richardson - professional basketball player
- Clifford Robinson - former professional basketball player
- David Robinson - former professional basketball player
S
- John Salley - former professional basketball player
- Satch Sanders - former professional basketball player
- Anfernee Simons - professional basketball player[49]
- Caleb Swanigan - professional basketball player
- Dennis Smith Jr. - professional basketball player[50]
- Dennis Scott - retired professional basketball player
- Iman Shumpert - professional basketball player
- Kenny Smith - retired professional basketball player
- John Salmons - retired professional basketball player[51]
- John Salley - retired professional basketball player
- Collin Sexton - professional basketball player
- Marcus Smart - professional basketball player
- Omari Spellman - professional basketball player
- JR Smith - professional basketball player
- Lance Stephenson - professional basketball player
- Eric Snow - former professional basketball player and coach
- Jerry Stackhouse - retired professional basketball player
T
- Gary Trent - former professional basketball player
- Gary Trent Jr. - professional basketball player
- Isiah Thomas - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Isaiah Thomas - professional basketball player
- David Thompson - retired professional basketball player
- Jayson Tatum - professional basketball player
- Karl-Anthony Towns (African-American father) - professional basketball player
- Jason Terry - professional basketball player
- Klay Thompson
- Myles Turner - professional basketball player
- Wayman Tisdale - former professional basketball player
- Terry Taylor
U
- Wes Unseld - retired professional basketball player
W
- Chris Webber - retired professional basketball player
- Dwyane Wade - professional basketball player
- Dominique Wilkins
- Earl Watson
- Gerald Wilkins
- John Wall - professional basketball player
- Russell Westbrook - professional basketball player
- Justise Winslow - professional basketball player
- T. J. Warren - professional basketball player
- Dion Waiters - professional basketball player
- Jamaal Wilkes - retired professional basketball player
- Lenny Wilkens - retired professional basketball player
- Zion Williamson - basketball player
- Lou Williams - professional basketball player
- Patrick Williams professional basketball player
- Marvin Williams - professional basketball player
- Hassan Whiteside - professional basketball player
- Coby White - professional basketball player
- James Worthy - retired professional basketball player
- Mitchell Wiggins
Y
- Trae Young (African-American father) - professional basketball player
Boxing
A
- DeAndrey Abron, former professional boxer
- Devon Alexander, professional boxer
- Laila Ali, former professional boxer
- Muhammad Ali, former professional boxer, activist, philanthropist, recognized as the greatest athlete of all time
- Rahaman Ali, former professional boxer
- Demetrius Andrade, professional boxer
- Henry Armstrong, professional boxer
- Emanuel Augustus, former professional boxer
B
- Johnathon Banks, former professional boxer
- Johnny Banks, former professional boxer
- Kelcie Banks, former professional boxer
- Sonny Banks, former professional boxer
- Riddick Bowe, former professional boxer
- Timothy Bradley, former professional boxer
- Maurice Brantley, former professional boxer
- Lamon Brewster, former professional boxer
- Shannon Briggs, professional boxer
- Adrien Broner, professional boxer
- Joe Brown, former professional boxer
- Trevor Bryan, former professional boxer
- Chris Byrd, former professional boxer
C
- Jermall Charlo, professional boxer
- Jermell Charlo, professional boxer
- Terence Crawford, professional boxer
- Steve Cunningham, former professional boxer
D
- Gervonta Davis, professional boxer
- Howard Davis Jr., former professional boxer
- Anthony Dirrell, professional boxer
- Michael Dokes, former professional boxer
- Larry Donald, former professional boxer
- Joseph Dorsey Jr., former professional boxer
- Buster Douglas, former professional boxer
E
- Jimmy Ellis, professional boxer
- Jaron Ennis, professional boxer
F
- George Foreman, former professional boxer
- Joe Frazier, former professional boxer
- Stephen Fulton, professional boxer
G
- Derrick Gainer, former professional boxer
- George Godfrey, former professional boxer
- Joshua Greer Jr., former professional boxer
H
- Marvelous Marvin Hagler, former professional boxer
- Devin Haney, professional boxer
- Tony Harrison, professional boxer
- Thomas Hearns, former professional boxer
- Jamel Herring, professional boxer
- Larry Holmes, former professional boxer
- Evander Holyfield, former professional boxer
- Maurice Hooker, professional boxer
- Bernard Hopkins, former professional boxer
- Jarrett Hurd, former professional boxer
I
- Amir Imam, professional boxer
J
- Beau Jack, former lightweight boxer
- Daniel Jacobs, professional boxer
- Jack Johnson, former professional boxer
- Roy Jones Jr., former professional boxer
- Zab Judah, professional boxer
K
- James Kinchen, former professional boxer
L
- Sugar Ray Leonard, former professional boxer
- John Henry Lewis, former professional boxer
- Sonny Liston, professional boxer
- Rocky Lockridge, former professional boxer
- Joe Louis, former professional boxer
- Ron Lyle, professional boxer
M
- Floyd Mayweather Sr., former professional boxer
- Floyd Mayweather Jr., former professional boxer
- Roger Mayweather, former professional boxer
- Oliver McCall, professional boxer
- Ray Mercer, former professional boxer
- Bob Montgomery, former lightweight boxer
- Archie Moore, professional boxer
- Shane Mosley, former professional boxer
N
- Ken Norton, former professional boxer
P
- Floyd Patterson, former professional boxer
- Shawn Porter, professional boxer
- Aaron Pryor, professional boxer
Q
- Dwight Muhammad Qawi, former professional boxer
R
- Hasim Rahman, former professional boxer
- Sugar Ray Robinson, professional boxer
- Gary Russell Jr., professional boxer
S
- Ed Sanders, former professional boxer
- Earnie Shavers, former professional boxer
- Errol Spence Jr., professional boxer
- Cory Spinks, former professional boxer
- Leon Spinks, former professional boxer
- Michael Spinks, former professional boxer
- Shakur Stevenson, professional boxer
T
- Jermain Taylor, former professional boxer
- Keith Thurman, professional boxer
- James Toney, former professional boxer
- Austin Trout, professional boxer
- Caleb Truax, professional boxer
- Tony Tucker, former professional boxer
- Mike Tyson, former professional boxer
W
- Andre Ward, former professional boxer
- Pernell Whitaker, professional boxer
- Deontay Wilder, professional boxer
- Tim Witherspoon, former professional boxer
- Chalky Wright, former professional boxer
- Winky Wright, former professional boxer
Fencing
- Miles Chamley-Watson, foil fencer
- Nikki Franke, foil fencer and coach
- Daryl Homer, saber fencer
- Uriah Jones, foil fencer
- Curtis McDowald, épée fencer
- Sharon Monplaisir, foil fencer
- Ibtihaj Muhammad, foil fencer
- Lauren Scruggs, foil fencer
- Erinn Smart, foil fencer
- Keeth Smart, saber fencer
- Ruby Watson, saber and épée fencer and 2025 USA Fencing Hall of Fame nominee[52][53]
- Peter Westbrook (1952-2024), saber fencer, founder of the Peter Westbrook Foundation
- Ruth White, retired fencer[54]
Football
B
- Antonio Brown, professional football player
- Jim Brown, retired professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Dez Bryant, professional football player
- Odell Beckham Jr., professional football player
- Le'Veon Bell, professional football player
- Cedric Benson, professional football player
- Sergio Brown
C
E
- Akayleb Evans
- Ezekiel Elliott - professional football player
G
- Rosey Grier - retired professional football player
- Mel Groomes - former professional football player
H
- Dwayne Haskins - professional football player
I
- Michael Irvin - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
J
- Edwin Jackson - former professional football player
- Jerry Jeudy - professional football player
- Lamar Jackson - professional football player
- Willie Jeffries - former player and head football coach of South Carolina State University, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Deacon Jones - former professional football player
K
- Colin Kaepernick (African-American father) - professional football player
L
- Ray Lewis - retired professional football player, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Floyd Little - professional football player
- Marshawn Lynch - retired football player
M
- Bob Mann - former professional football player
- Khalil Mack - professional football player
- Kyler Murray - professional football player
- Patrick Mahomes - professional football player[55]
- Marion Motley - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Randy Moss - retired professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
N
- Cam Newton - professional football player[56]
O
- Dayo Odeyingbo
- Terrell Owens - retired professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
P
- Dak Prescott - professional football player
- Walter Payton - former professional football player, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Joe Perry - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Micah Parsons
- Terrelle Pryor
- Fritz Pollard - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
S
- Barry Sanders - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Deion Sanders - former professional football & baseball player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Gale Sayers - former professional football player
- Marcus Spears - former professional football player
- Warren Sapp - retired professional football player
- O. J. Simpson - former professional football player[57]
- Bubba Smith - former professional football player
- Woody Strode - former professional football player
- Terrell Suggs - professional football player
T
- George Taliaferro - former professional football player
V
- Michael Vick - retired professional football player
W
- Damien Woody - retired professional football player
- Jameis Winston - professional football player[58]
- Russell Wilson - professional football player[59]
- Bill Willis - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Hines Ward (African American father) - retired professional football player
- Deshaun Watson - professional football player
- Herschel Walker - retired professional football player
- Kenny Washington - former professional football player
- Fred Williamson - retired professional football player
- Carl Weathers - retired professional football player
- Wesley Woodyard
Golf
- Jerry Bruner, professional golfer
- Althea Gibson, former professional golfer
- Calvin Peete, former professional golfer
- Renee Powell, professional golfer
- Charlie Sifford, professional golfer
- Bill Spiller, former professional golfer
- Jim Thorpe, professional golfer
- Tiger Woods (African American father), professional golfer, winner of 14 major championships[60]
- Harold Varner III, professional golfer
Gymnastics
Hockey
- Justin Bailey
- Blake Bolden
- Francis Bouillon
- Donald Brashear
- J. T. Brown
- Dustin Byfuglien
- Gerald Coleman
- Robbie Earl
- Emerson Etem
- Jordan Greenway
- Mike Grier
- Val James
- Justin Johnson
- Caleb Jones
- Seth Jones
- Greg Mauldin
- K'Andre Miller
- Nyjer Morgan
- Justin Morrison
- Kyle Okposo
- Jordan Samuels-Thomas
- C. J. Suess
- Scooter Vaughan
- Shawn Wheeler
- Charles Williams
Swimming
Tennis
A
- Arthur Ashe - retired professional tennis player[62]
B
- James Blake - professional tennis player
G
- Zina Garrison - retired professional tennis player
- Althea Gibson - retired professional tennis player
- Coco Gauff - professional tennis player
J
- Jarmere Jenkins - retired professional tennis player
K
- Madison Keys - professional tennis player
M
- Nicholas Monroe - professional tennis player
R
- Chanda Rubin - professional tennis player
S
- Bryan Shelton - retired professional tennis player
T
- Taylor Townsend - professional tennis player
S
- Sloane Stephens - professional tennis player
W
- Mashona Washington - retired professional tennis player
- Richard Williams - professional tennis coach
- Serena Williams - professional tennis player
- Venus Williams - professional tennis player
Y
- Donald Young - professional tennis player
Track and field
A
- Charles Austin, retired track and field athlete
B
- Ronnie Baker, professional track and field athlete
- Bob Beamon, retired track and field athlete
- Larry Black, former track and field athlete
- Trayvon Bromell, professional track and field athlete
- Ralph Boston, former track and field athlete
- Leroy Burrell, retired track and field athlete
C
- Milt Campbell, former track and field athlete
- Henry Carr, former track and field athlete
- Andre Cason, retired track and field athlete
- Jearl Miles Clark, retired track and field athlete
- Kerron Clement, professional track and field athlete
- Alice Coachman, former track and field athlete
- Wayne Collett, former track and field athlete
- Christian Coleman, professional track and field athlete
- Mike Conley Sr., retired track and field athlete
- Shawn Crawford, retired track and field athlete
- Josh Culbreath, retired track and field athlete
D
- Tony Darden, retired track and field athlete
- Otis Davis, retired track and field athlete
- Walter Davis, professional track and field athlete
- Harrison Dillard, retired track and field athlete
- Jon Drummond, retired track and field athlete
E
- Ashton Eaton, retired track and field athlete
F
- Allyson Felix, professional track and field athlete
- Phyllis Francis, professional track and field athlete
- Ron Freeman, former track and field athlete
G
- Justin Gatlin, professional track and field athlete
- Tyson Gay, professional track and field athlete
- Charles Green, professional track and field athlete
- Maurice Greene, retired track and field athlete
H
- Elijah Hall, professional track and field athlete
- Danny Harris, retired track and field athlete
- Otis Harris, professional track and field athlete
- Alvin Harrison, retired track and field athlete
- Jeff Henderson, professional track and field athlete
- Jim Hines, retired track and field athlete
J
- Larry James, former track and field athlete
- Bershawn Jackson, professional track and field athlete
- Cornelius Johnson, former track and field athlete
- Michael Johnson, retired track and field athlete
- Rafer Johnson, retired track and field athlete
- Al Joyner, retired track and field athlete
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee, retired track and field athlete
- Florence Griffith Joyner, former track and field athlete
K
- Roger Kingdom, retired track and field athlete
- Erik Kynard, professional track and field athlete
L
- Brian Lewis, professional track and field athlete
- Carl Lewis, retired track and field athlete
- Noah Lyles, professional track and field athlete
M
- Michael Marsh, retired track and field athlete
- Vincent Matthews, retired track and field athlete
- Tony McQuay, professional track and field athlete
- Aries Merritt, professional track and field athlete
- LaShawn Merritt, professional track and field athlete
- Ralph Metcalfe, former track and field athlete
- Rod Milburn, former track and field athlete
- Tim Montgomery, retired track and field athlete
- Edwin Moses, retired track and field athlete
N
- Dave Neville, retired track and field athlete
O
- Dan O'Brien, retired track and field athlete
- David Oliver, professional track and field athlete
- Jesse Owens, former track and field athlete
P
- Darvis Patton, retired track and field athlete
- David Payne, professional track and field athlete
- Mike Powell, retired track and field athlete
- Tiffany Porter
R
- Mack Robinson, retired track and field athlete
- Mike Rodgers, professional track and field athlete
- Wilma Rudolph, former track and field athlete
- Butch Reynolds, retired track and field athlete
S
- Ronnie Ray Smith, former track and field athlete
- Tommie Smith, retired track and field athlete
- Wallace Spearmon, professional track and field athlete
T
- Christian Taylor
- Eddie Tolan, former track and field athlete
- Gwen Torrence, retired track and field athlete
- Wyomia Tyus, retired track and field athlete
W
- Willye White, former track and field athlete
- Archie Williams, former track and field athlete
- John Woodruff, former track and field athlete
Y
- Kevin Young, retired track and field athlete
Wrestling
- Cedric Alexander, professional wrestler
- Sasha Banks, professional wrestler
- Bianca Belair, professional wrestler
- Shelton Benjamin, professional wrestler
- Angelo Dawkins, professional wrestler
- Montez Ford, professional wrestler
- Mark Henry, former professional wrestler
- Maven, former professional wrestler
- Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, retired professional wrestler
- Bobby Lashley, professional wrestler
- Keith Lee, professional wrestler
- Moose, professional wrestler
- Willie Mack, professional wrestler
- Montel Vontavious Porter, professional wrestler
- R-Truth, professional wrestler
- Rich Swann, professional wrestler
- King Booker, retired professional wrestler
- Naomi, professional wrestler
- Titus O'Neil, professional wrestler
- Xavier Woods, professional wrestler
- Mia Yim (African American father), professional wrestler
Motorsport
- Bubba Wallace, NASCAR driver
- Elias Bowie
- George Wiltshire
- Willy T. Ribbs
- Bill Lester
Martial arts
- Daniel Cormier, mixed martial artist
- Quinton Jackson, mixed martial artist
- Demetrious Johnson, mixed martial artist
- Jon Jones, mixed martial artist
- Kevin Lee, mixed martial artist
- Tyron Woodley, mixed martial artist
Soccer
- Andrew Farrell
- Antonee Robinson
- Robbie Findley
- Roy Lassiter
- Benji Michel
- Brandon Servania
- Bright Dike
- Charlie Davies
- Chris Richards
- DeAndre Yedlin
- DeJuan Jones
- DaMarcus Beasley
- Dante Sealy
- Duane Holmes
- Daryl Dike
- Drake Callender
- Eddie Gustafsson
- Eddie Johnson
- Edson Buddle
- Erik Palmer-Brown
- Gianluca Busio
- Haji Wright
- Mark Segbers
- Tim Howard
- Tyler Adams
- Freddy Adu
- Kellyn Acosta
- Eddie Pope
- Briana Scurry
- Kofi Sarkodie
- Kayden Pierre
- Kurowskybob Pierre
- Jonathan Lewis
- Jozy Altidore
- Konrad de la Fuente
- Maurice Edu
- Mark Mckenzie
- Marlon Hairston
- Gyasi Zardes
- Julian Green
- Justin Che
- Marvell Wynne
- Sean Okoli
- Sean Johnson
- Tayvon Gray
- Weston McKennie
- Zack Steffen
- Patrick Koffi
- Jimmy Banks
See also
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