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 Aliko Dangote
Nigerian businessman, owner of The Dangote Group; richest Black person
(Billionaire)
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 Senator
Anne Cools
First Black person appointed to Canada's Upper House
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 Barack Obama
44th. President of the United States of America.
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 Berry Gordy Jr.
Founder of Motown
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 Dr. Ben Carson
Brain surgeon, John Hopkins Hospital
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 Bill Cosby
Actor, comedian, television producer, and activist.
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 Sir Bill Morris
Baron Morris of Handsworth. Retired general secretary of Britain's Transport and General Workers' Union and the first black leader of a British trade union.
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 Clarence Thomas
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, USA
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 Clive Campbell
"Kool Herc", the pioneer of Hip-Hop
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 Colin Powell
Retired General and retired United States of America's Secretary of State
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 Condoleezza Rice
Former United States of America's Secretary of State
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 Dr. Daurene Lewis
Canadian. First Black female Mayor in North America
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 Debi Thomas
1986 Black figure skating world champion and Olympic medal winner
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 Debra Lee
Chairman and CEO, BET Television, Harvard educated Lawyer
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 Donovon Bailey
First Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100 metre sprint
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 Eddie Murphy
Actor, director, producer, comedian and singer. Academy Award winner. One of the three highest grossing actors.
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 Ellen Johnson Sirlief
President of Liberia (Africa's first female president) and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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 Gregory Charles
Trinidadian-Canadian Radio Host, Television Host, classic Singer, Pianist, dancer, Actor
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 Hank Aaron
Major League Baseball record holder, most home runs in a carreer
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 Harrry Belafonte American musician, actor and social activist. One of the most successful Jamaican musicians in history
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 Herb Carnegie
First Black offered a contract to play in the National Hockey League (1948)
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 Jay-Z
The 2011 second richest person in the Hip-Hop entertainment business
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 Jean Augustine
First Black woman in Canada's House of Commons
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 Juanita Westmoreland Traoré
First Quebec Black Judge and first Black Dean of a Law School
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 Ken Chenault
Chairman & CEO
American Express
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 Kofi Annan
Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations
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 Lewis Carl Hamilton
Formula 1 racing driver
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 Lincoln Alexander
24th. Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario
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 Louis Farrakhan
Head of the Nation of Islam
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 Mae Jemison
First Black female astronaut in space
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 Magic Johnson
Earvin "Magic" Johnson, ex-basketball star & CEO, Magic Johnson Enterprises
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 Marlene Jennings
First Black woman from Quebec to be elected to Parliament
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 Mary Ann Chambers
Former Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament and cabinet minister
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 Dr. Maya Angelou
Poet, memoirist, actress, civil rights activist
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 The Right Honorable Michaëlle Jean
Former Governor General of Canada
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 Michael Jordan
Three times retired basketball star and one of the most marketed sports figures in history
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 Michael Lee-Chin
Jamaican CEO of AIC Limited and Chairman of the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica.
(Former Billionaire)
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 Michelle Obama, US First Lady
Forbes' 2011 8th. most powerful woman, reportedly more popular in the USA than her husband President Barack Obama.
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 Mike Adenuga
Nigerian owner of telecoms carrier Globacom recently launched a 4G network, and he's invested $1 billion in a submarine cable connecting Nigeria to the rest of the world.
(New Billionaire in 2011)
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 Sheikh Mohammed Aboud Al Amoudi
Saudi Arabian / Ethiopian business magnate, second richest African
(Billionaire)
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 Dr. Mohamed "Mo" Ibrahim
British mobile communications entrepreneur.
(Billionaire)
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 Muhammad Ali
The greatest boxer of all time
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 Neil Degrasse Tieson Astrophysicist
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 Nelson Mandela
Freedom-fighter, first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections
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 Oprah Winfrey
Entertainment Executive, richest Black Woman
(Billionaire)
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 Patrice Motsepe
Possible South Africa's richest Black Man
(Billionaire)
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 P. Diddy
Sean John Combs, the 2011 Forbes richest person in the hip-hop entertainment business.
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 Pelé
The greatest soccer player of all time
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 Quincy Jones
American music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter.
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 Richard Parsons
Chairman of Citigroup, former Chairman & CEO
Time Warner
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 Robert Johnson
Founder, Black Entertainment Television.
First Black billionaire.
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 Russell Simmons
Owner of Def Jam and Phat Farm. One of the richest Hip-Hop executives.
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 Serena Williams
One of the greatest women's Tennis Players
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 Sir Sidney Poitier
Academy Award-winning Bahamian actor, film director, and activist
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 Shani Davis
Speedskater, First Black athlete to win a gold medal at the winter olympics
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 Bishop T.D. Jakes
American Televangelist, chief pastor of The Potter's House, a non-denominational megachurch, with 30,000 members, located in Dallas, Texas
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 Tiger Woods
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods,
one of the most successful Golfers of all time
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 Tyler Perry
Actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, author and songwriter
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 Ulrick Chérubin
one of the first Black Canadians to be elected a mayor in Quebec.
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 Ursula Burns
Xerox Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Forbes' 27th. most powerful woman.
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 Usain Bolt
Jamaican World Record Holder for the 100 meters (9.58 sec.) and the 200 (19.19 sec.)
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 Will Smith
Double Academy Award winner. In the top 5 highest grossing actors of all time.
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 Willie O'ree
First Black player in the National Hockey League, born in New Brunswick
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 Yolande James
Quebec Minister of Families, MNA for Nelligan, first Black woman in the Quebec National Assembly
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(This is a non-static list compiled by BlackMontreal.com and it is not comprehensive)
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