Occupation-Entertainer
Angela Bassett (1958- )
Angela Evelyn Bassett is an actress and producer known for her depictions of powerful women in history on stage, television,...
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990)
Sammy Davis, Jr. was born on December 8, 1925 in Harlem, New York. His parents, Sammy Davis, Sr., an African American,...
Pearl Hobson (1879- ?)
In the decades prior to the Russian Revolution, Pearl Hobson became the most popular African American dancer and singer in Imperial Russia. Known by various names...
Henri Salvador (1917-2008)
Henri Salvador was a popular 20th Century French entertainer, pop singer, and humorist. His most popular and emblematic song was...
Robert “Bobby” Waltrip Short (1924-2005)
Recording artist and three-time Grammy award nominee Bobby Short, a self-taught piano prodigy during his childhood, was regarded as the...
Herbert “Herb” Jeffries (1913-2014)
Herb Jeffries, baritone jazz balladeer and first black singing cowboy in the movies, was born Umberto Alexander Valentino on September...
Chaka Khan (1953- )
Chaka Khan was born Yvette Marie Stevens in Chicago, Illinois on March 23, 1953, eldest of Charles Stevens’ and Sandra...
Steve Harvey (1957- )
Steve Harvey is a media conglomerate personified in a man whose career began doing stand-up comedy in the mid-1980s. His...
Paul “Hucklebuck” Williams (1915-2002)
Saxophonist, bandleader and songwriter Paul Williams was a performer at The Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland in 1952, considered to...
