Notable Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha


Business Leaders

  • Henry Brown, Anheuser-Busch

  • W. Melvin Brow, American Development Corporation

  • Thomas J. Burrell, Burrell Advertising

  • Doug Bush - Entrepreneur

  • John Bustamant, First National Bank Association

  • Darwin Davis, Equitable Life Insurance

  • I. Owen Funderberg, Citizens Trust Bank

  • Nathaniel Goldston, Gourmet Services, Inc.

  • Charles Jaynes, James Produce

  • John H. Johnson - Entrepreneur

  • Thomas Shropshire, Phillip Morris Inc.

  • Donald Simmons, Simmons Oil Company

  • Joshua Smith, Maxima Corporation

  • Wayman Smith, Anheuser-Busch

Civic Leaders

  • Julius L. Chambers - NAACP Legal Defense Fund

  • W.E.B. Dubois, Writer, Historian, Civil Rights Activist, Philosopher

  • Frederick Douglass - Anti-slavery activist

  • Lester Granger, National Urban League

  • Dick Gregory, Activist

  • James Joseph, Council on Foundations

  • Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil rights activist

  • Thurgood Marshall - Civil Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice

  • Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Civil Rights Activist

  • Paul Robeson, Actor/Athlete/Activist

  • William Gray - United Negro College Fund, Businessman

  • Franklin Williams, Phelps-Stokes Fund

Education/Scholarship

  • James Check, Howard University

  • T.W. Cole, Jr. Clark College

  • Nolen Ellison, Cuyahoga Community College

  • Luther Foster, Tuskegee Institute

  • John Hope Franklin, Historian

  • Norman Francis, Xavier University

  • E. Franklin Frazier, Sociologist

  • George Gore, Founder, Alpha Kappa Mu

  • Ernest Holloway, Langston University

  • Frederick Humphries, Florida A & M University

  • Arthur Jefferson, Detroit Superintendent

  • Dennis Kimbro - Author

  • Frederick Patterson, Founder, UNCF

  • Benjamin Payton, Tuskegee University

  • Harley Flack, President of Wright State University

  • Edward Fort, President of North Carolina A & T State University

  • Henry Ponder, Fisk University

  • Earl Richardson, Morgan State University John Slaughter, University of Maryland

  • Dr. Ronald J. Temple - Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago

  • Walter Washington, Alcorn State University

  • Cornell West - Author

Entertainment

  • Daryl Bell - Actor

  • Tony Brown - Journalist/Producer

  • Countee Cullen - Poet

  • Duke Ellington - Jazz musician

  • Donny Hathaway - Musician

  • Eugene Jackson - National Black Network

  • Lionel Richie - Singer

  • Stuart Scott - Sportscenter Anchorman

  • Chuck Stone - Philadelphia Daily News

  • Keenan Ivory Wayans - Comedian, producer

Government (Federal)

  • Rudolph Aggrey, Ambassador to Romania

  • Edward W. Brooke, U.S. Senator U.W. Clemon, U.S District Court

  • Ronald Brown - Former Secretary of Commerce

  • William Coleman, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

  • Robert Collins, U.S. District Court

  • William Dawson, U.S. Representatives

  • Ronald Deflums, U.S Representative

  • Julian Dixon, U.S. Representative

  • Harry Edwards, U.S. Court of Appeals

  • Harold Ford, U.S. Representative

  • Damon Keith, U.S. District Court

  • Thurgood Marshall U.S. Supreme Court

  • Ralph Metcalfe, U.S. Representative

  • Samuel Pierce, U.S. HUD Secretary

  • Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., U.S. Representative

  • Charles Rangel, U.S. Representative

  • Aubrey Robinson, U.S. District Court

  • Bennett Stewart, U.S. Representative

  • Terrace Todman, Ambassador to Denmark

  • Gerald Thomas, Ambassador to Kenya

Government (State/Local)

  • Dennis Archer, Mayor Detroit

  • Richard Arrington, Mayor Birmingham, AL

  • Thomas V. Barnes, Mayor Gary, IN

  • Marion Barry, Mayor Washington D.C.

  • Theodore Berry, Mayor Cincinnati OH

  • Lee P. Brown, Houston Police Chief

  • Willie Brown, Assembly Speaker (CA)

  • Roland Burris, Comptroller Illinois

  • David Dinkins, Mayor New York City, NY

  • Chaka Fattah - Pennsylvania Congressman

  • Ernest Finney - South Carolina Supreme Court Justice

  • Maynard Jackson, Mayor Atlanta, GA

  • Henry Marsh, Mayor Richmond VA

  • Ernest N. Morial, - 1st Black Mayor of New Orleans

  • Eugene Sawyer, Mayor Chicago, IL

  • Charles Z. Smith, Washington Supreme Court

  • Lionel Wilson, Mayor Oakland, CA

  • Andrew Young, Mayor Atlanta, GA

Media Figures

  • Tony Brown, Journalist/Producer

  • C.C. Lejoie, Louisiana Weekly

  • Mat Goode, 1st Black Network Reporter

  • Eugene Jackson, National Black Network

  • John H. Johnson, Johnson Publications

  • John Procope, Amsterdam News

  • Chuck Stone, Philadelphia Daily News

Military

  • Roscoe Cartwright, General, USA

  • Fred A. Gorden, Brigadier General, USA, Commandant of Cadets, West Point

  • Samuel Gravely, Admiral USN

  • Edward Honor, Major General, USA

  • James McCall, Major General, USA, Chief, Pentagon Budget Office

  • Benjamin Hacker, Rear Admiral, USN, Commander, San Diego Naval Base

Religious

  • John Hurst Adams, President Congress of Black Churches

  • Philip Cousin, President National Council of Churches

  • Harold Davis, President American Baptist Churches

  • T.J. Jemison, President National Baptist Convention USA

  • E. Edward Jones, President National Baptist Convention America

  • J. Alfred Smith, President Progressive National Baptist Convention

Science/Medicine

  • James Comer, Psychologist

  • Joseph Gayles, Morehouse Medical College

  • Dr. Lessall D. Leffall - President American College of Surgeons

  • Garrett Morgan, Inventor Traffic Signal

  • Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Education

Sports Figures

  • Walt Bellamy, NBA

  • Junior Bridgeman, NBA

  • Quinn Buckner - Former NBA Player and Coach

  • Wes Chandler, San Diego Charges

  • Greg Coleman, NFL's 1st Black Punter

  • Todd Day - NBA Player

  • Wayne Embry, GM-Cleveland Cavaliers

  • Rosie Greer - NFL Player

  • Charles Haley - NFL Player

  • Mike Merriweather, Pittsburgh Steelers

  • Jesse Owens, Olympic Star

  • Fritz Pollard (First Black Head Coach in NFL history)

  • Jethro Pugh, NFL

  • Ken Rilev, NFL

  • Eddie Robinson, Grambling State University - Winningest coach in college football history

  • Jackie Robinson - First Black Man in Major League Baseball

  • Art Shell, NFL Coach

  • Wes Unseld, Washington Bullets

  • Eugene Upshaw, NFL Players Association

  • Lenny Wilkins, Atlanta Hawks - Winningest coach in NBA history

  • John "Hot Rod" Williams - NBA Player

  • Reggie Williams, Cincinnati Bengals

  • Eric Wright, San Francisco 49er