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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Basketball	16-Apr-1947		NBA records for most minutes, most points
Mumia Abu-Jamal	Criminal	23-Apr-1954		Black Panther, sentenced to death
Mahershala Ali	Actor	16-Feb-1974		Remy Danton on House of Cards
Muhammad Ali	Boxing	17-Jan-1942		Floated like butterfly, stung like bee
Idi Amin	Head of State	17-May-1928	16-Aug-2003	Former dictator of Uganda
Art Blakey	Drummer	11-Oct-1919	16-Oct-1990	Principal bebop instigator and drummer
Emperor Bokassa I	Royalty	22-Feb-1921	3-Nov-1996	Central African Emperor
Omar Bongo	Head of State	30-Dec-1935	7-Jun-2009	President of Gabon, 1967-2009
H. Rap Brown	Activist	4-Oct-1943		Die, Nigger, Die!
Dave Chappelle	Comic	24-Aug-1973		Chappelle's Show
Clarence 13X	Religion	21-Feb-1928	13-Jun-1969	Nation of Gods and Earths
Jimmy Cliff	Singer/Songwriter	1-Apr-1948		Reggae musician
Mos Def	Rapper	11-Dec-1973		Black On Both Sides
Bob Denard	Military	7-Apr-1929	13-Oct-2007	French mercenary
Isabelle Eberhardt	Author	17-Feb-1877	21-Oct-1904	Transvestite Muslim author
Keith Ellison	Politician	4-Aug-1963		Congressman, Minnesota 5th
Louis Farrakhan	Religion	11-May-1933		Leader of Nation of Islam
Stepin Fetchit	Actor	30-May-1902	19-Nov-1985	Professional black stereotype
Adam Gadahn	Terrorist	1-Sep-1978	Jan-2015	Al-Qaeda terrorist, indicted for treason
Ghostface Killah	Rapper	9-May-1970		Wu-Tang Clan
Rabih Haddad	Religion	1960		Deported imam, purported terrorist
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Musician	18-Jul-1929	12-Feb-2000	I Put a Spell on You
Walt Hazzard	Basketball	15-Apr-1942	18-Nov-2011	UCLA basketball coach 1984-88
David Hicks	Military	7-Aug-1975		Australia's answer to John Walker Lindh
Rex Ingram	Film Director	15-Jan-1892	21-Jul-1950	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Carlos the Jackal	Terrorist	12-Oct-1949		International terrorist
Jermaine Jackson	Musician	11-Dec-1954		The Jackson Five
John Walker Lindh	Criminal	9-Feb-1981		The American Taliban
Malcolm X	Activist	19-May-1925	21-Feb-1965	Nation of Islam
Lee Malvo	Criminal	18-Feb-1985		One of the two Washington Snipers
Abu Hamza al-Masri	Religion	15-Apr-1958		Imam of Finsbury Park Mosque
John Allen Muhammad	Criminal	31-Dec-1960	10-Nov-2009	Beltway sniper
Peter Murphy	Singer	11-Jul-1957		Bauhaus
Queen Noor	Royalty	23-Aug-1951		Queen of Jordan
Jose Padilla	Terrorist	18-Oct-1970		Convicted of conspiracy
Emin Pasha	Explorer	28-Mar-1840	23-Oct-1892	German colonial traveller in Africa
St. John Philby	Government	3-Apr-1885	30-Sep-1960	Sheikh Abdullah, Arabist
Q-Tip	Rapper	10-Apr-1970		A Tribe Called Quest
Rakim	Rapper	28-Jan-1968		Eric B and Rakim
Ahmad Rashad	Sports Journalist	19-Nov-1949		Wide Receiver turned sportscaster
Richard Reid	Terrorist	12-Aug-1973		Shoe bomber
MC Ren	Rapper	14-Jun-1969		NWA
Jack Roche	Terrorist	31-Oct-1953		al Qaeda's man in Australia
Betty Shabazz	Activist	28-May-1936	23-Jun-1997	Widow of Malcolm X
Cat Stevens	Singer/Songwriter	21-Jul-1948		Morning Has Broken
Sharmila Tagore	Actor	8-Dec-1946		Apur Sansar
Mike Tyson	Boxing	30-Jun-1966		Erratic heavyweight champion
Thomas A. Watson	Engineer	18-Jan-1854	13-Dec-1934	Assistant to Alexander Graham Bell
John Whitehead	Musician	2-Jul-1948	11-May-2004	Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Yahweh ben Yahweh	Religion	27-Oct-1935	7-May-2007	Nation of Yahweh

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