Famous Omega Men |
Science |
Arts |
Athletics |
- Dr. Ernest Everett Just - Internationally known biologist and professor at Howard University
- Dr. Charles Drew - Perfected the use of blood plasma; Professor of Surgery at Howard University
- Percy Julian - Discovered the use of foam to extinguish fires and discovered a method of producing cortisone synthetically
- Dr. Fred Drew Gregory - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Air Force Academy (pilot)
- Charles Bolden - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Naval Academy (pilot)
- Dr. Ronald E. McNair - Astronaut, graduate of M.I.T., Ph.D. in Physics (civilian)
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- William "Count" Basie - Internationally known pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader
- Sterling Brown - Teacher, poet, writer, Professor Emeritus of Literature at Howard University, has a Langston Hughes - The Black Poet Laureate, excelled as a poet, playwright, novelist, lyricis and humorist
- special foundation for folk culture and jazz music
- Joe Torry - Comedian and actor
- William H. "Bill" Cosby - Comedian, author, actor, producer
- Roland Hayes - Internationally known tenor of the 1920s. Hayes sang in five different languages
- Steve Harvey - Comedian and actor
- Rickey Smiley - Comedian and actor
- Tom Joyner - Radio show host
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- Michael Jordan - Outstanding basketball player with the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards of the NBA
- Mike Reid - A former wide receiver from the Atlanta Falcons and an E-Theta Chapter Bruh
- De Hart Hubbart - A University of Michigan sprinter; was the first Black person to represent the United States in the Olympic Games (1924)
- Ed "Too Tall" Jones - Outstanding player with the Dallas Cowboys football team
- Joe Black - An all-time great Brooklyn Dodger baseball pitcher. In 1952, he had the lowest earned-run average in the Major Leagues
- Anthony Smith - Beta Eta Spring 1986, Outstanding football player for the Oakland Raiders
- Charlie Ward - Heisman Trophy winner and NY Knicks guard
- Steve "Air" McNair - Outstanding player with the Tennessee Titans
- John Salley - Player with the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Lakers
- Shaquille O'Neal - Star center with the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat
- Jerry Ball - Player with the Oakland Raiders
- Cedric Maxwell - Outstanding professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics and other teams
- Leroy Walker - A U.S. Olympic coach (sprinters) for many years
- Terrence Trammell - 2-time (2000, 2004) Olympic silver medalist in 110m hurdles
- Vince Carter - Star guard for the Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets of the NBA
- Keith Jackson - Outstanding football player with the Miami Dolphins. A Pi Delta brother
- Mark Duper - Another fantastic Miami Dolphins player
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Politics |
Civil Rights |
Education |
- Lawrence Douglas Wilder - Became Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1990. He also received the Bronze Star for his military heroics in the Korean War
- William Hastie - First Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
- George L.P. Weaver - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor
- Vernon Jordan
- Robert C. Weaver - First African American to serve on the Presidential Cabinet when he became Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1966 under President Lyndon B. Johnson
- Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. - Secretary, Department of the Army
- Rev. Jesse Jackson - Candidate for the United States Presidency in 1984 and 1988
- Dr. David Satcher - Formerly, the Director of the CDC and the President of Meharry Medical College
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- Rev. Jesse Jackson - Former Director of Operation PUSH; Founder, Rainbow Coalition
- Grant Reynolds - Played a major role in President Truman's 1948 decision to desegregate the United States Armed Forces
- James Nabrit - Former Dean of Howard University Law School and former president of Howard University. A leader in the training of the early Civil Rights lawyers
- Wiley Branton - Attorney of the "Little Rock Nine" and former Dean of Howard University School of Law
- Roy Wilkins - Long-time Executive Director of the NAACP
- Benjamin Hooks - Succeeded Roy Wilkins as Executive Director of the NAACP, the most effective of all civil rights organizations
- Vernon Jordan - Former Executive Director of the National Urban League
- Khalid Muhammad - A member of the "Nation of Islam"
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- Dr. Carter G. Woodson - The earliest and most outspoken proponent for the study of Black History
- Benjamin E. Mays - President Emeritus of Morehouse College, writer and lecturer
- Herman Dreer - Teacher, minister, writer, and author of The History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., 1911-1961
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