Europe – Finland
Bella Forsgrén (aka Asha Maria Belaynesh Forsgrén) (1992- )
Bella Forsgrén is the first black woman elected to the Parliament of Finland. Born February 10, 1992, in Addis Ababa,...
Arabella Fields (1879-1933)
Arabella Fields was a singer and actress known as “The Black Nightingale” and had a storied career performing in Europe....
Meredith C. Gourdine (1929-1998)
Meredith C. Gourdine was an American engineer, athlete, and inventor. He primarily focused on electrogasdynamics systems which refer to generating...
Arthur Woodley (1949-2020)
Basso cantante (Lyric Bass) Arthur Woodley was born in New York City, New York in 1949 and raised in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands where...
Allyson Michelle Felix (1985– )
“Image Ownership: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil” Allyson Michelle Felix is an American track and field sprinter who competes in 100-meter, 200-meter,...
Raymond Harold/ “Ray” Boone Sr. (1938-2014)
Prominent Virginia journalist Ray Boone Sr. was born February 2, 1938, in Suffolk, Virginia. His parents, foreign-born Japanese father, Tsujiro...
Lola Odusoga (1977- )
Eighteen-year-old Lola Odusoga was crowned Miss Finland in 1996 (Miss Suomi in Finnish). Her full maiden name is Iyabode Ololade...
Denny Méndez (1978- )
Beauty pageant queen, model, and actress Denny Andreina Méndez de la Rosa was born on July 20, 1978 in Santo Domingo,...
Charles Dean Dixon (1915-1976)
Charles Dean Dixon, a conductor, was born January 10, 1915, in New York, New York, to West Indian parents Henry...
