| Entry Name | Birth | Death | Primary Category |
| Hacker, Benjamin Thurman | 1935 | Military | |
| Hackley, Emma Azalia Smith | 1867 | 1922 | Music |
| Haden, Mabel Dole | Law | ||
| Haggler, Joseph, Jr. | Religion | ||
| Hagler, Marvin | 1954 | Sports (box) | |
| Haizlip, Shirlee Taylor | 1937 | Writing | |
| Hale, Clara McBride | 1904/05 | 1992 | Organizations |
| Hale, Mamie Odessa | 1911 | 1968 (approx.) | Medicine |
| Hale, Millie E. | 1881 | 1930 | Medicine |
| Haley, Alex | 1921 | 1992 | Writing |
| Hall, Adelaide | 1901 | 1993 | Music |
| Hall, Al | 1915 | 1988 | Music |
| Hall, Arsenio | 1955 | Theater / Film | |
| Hall, Charles | 1921 | Military | |
| Hall, Edmond | 1901 | 1967 | Music |
| Hall, Harry Haywood | 1898 | 1985 | Activism |
| Hall, Juanita | 1901 | 1968 | Theater / Film |
| Hall, Jude | Military | ||
| Hall, Lloyd Augustus | 1894 | 1971 | Invention |
| Hall, Primus | Military | ||
| Hall, Prince | 1735 | 1807 | Activism |
| Hall, William Henry | 1823 | Activism | |
| Hamer, Fannie Lou | 1917 | 1977 | Activism |
| Hamid, Sufi Abdul | 1903 | 1938 | Activism |
| Hamilton, Grace Towns | 1907 | 1992 | Politics |
| Hamilton, Robert | 1819 | Journalism | |
| Hamilton, Thomas | 1823 | 1865 | Journalism |
| Hamilton, Virginia Esther | 1936 | 2002 | Writing |
| Hamlet, James | Slavery | ||
| Hamlin, Albert Comstock | 1881 | 1912 | Politics |
| Hammon, Briton | 1747 | 1760 | Slave Narrative |
| Hammon, Jupiter | 1711 | Writing | |
| Hammonds, Evelynn Maxine | Education | ||
| Hampton, Carl B. | 1949 | 1970 | Activism |
| Hampton, Fred | 1948 | 1969 | Activism |
| Hampton, Henry | 1940 | 1998 | Theater / Film |
| Hampton, James | 1909 | 1964 | Art |
| Hampton, Lionel Leo | 1908 | 2002 | Music |
| Hampton, Pete | 1871 | 1916 | Music |
| Hampton, Slide | Music | ||
| Hancock, Gordon Blaine | 1884 | 1970 | Education |
| Hancock, Herbert Jeffrey (Herbie) | 1940 | Music | |
| Hancock, Hugh Berry | 1858 | 1910 | Activism |
| Handy, W. C. | 1873 | 1958 | Music |
| Haney, Cecil D. | Military | ||
| Hansberry, Lorraine Vivian | 1930 | 1965 | Writing |
| Hansberry, William Leo | 1894 | 1965 | Education |
| Haralson, Jeremiah | 1846 | 1916 | Politics |
| Hardin, William Jefferson | 1831 | 1890 | Politics |
| Hardman, Della Brown Taylor | 1922 | 2005 | Art |
| Hardwick, Toby | 1904 | 1970 | Music |
| Hargrave, Frank Settle | 1874 | 1942 | Medicine |
| Harlan, Robert | 1816 | 1897 | Military |
| Harleston, Edwin Augustus | 1882 | 1931 | Art |
| Harmon, Leonard Roy | 1916 | 1942 | Military |
| Harney, Ben R. | 1871 | 1938 | Music |
| Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins | 1825 | 1911 | Activism |
| Harper, Michael Steven | 1938 | Writing | |
| Harper, Minnie Buckingham | Politics | ||
| Harrington, Oliver W. | 1912 | 1995 | Journalism |
| Harris, Abram Lincoln, Jr. | 1899 | 1963 | Education |
| Harris, Barbara | 1930 | Religion | |
| Harris, Charles (Teenie) | 1908 | 1998 | Art |
| Harris, E. Lynn | 1955 | Writing | |
| Harris, E. Victor | 1905 | 1978 | Sports (bsb) |
| Harris, Eddie | 1934? | Music | |
| Harris, Franco | 1950 | Sports (ftb) | |
| Harris, James Henry | 1832 | 1891 | Journalism |
| Harris, John Benjamin | Business | ||
| Harris, Little Benny | 1919 | 1975 | Music |
| Harris, Louise “Mamma” | 1891 | Activism | |
| Harris, Lyle Ashton | 1962 | Art | |
| Harris, Patricia Roberts | 1924 | 1985 | Government |
| Harris, Ruth Coles | Business | ||
| Harris, Trudier | 1948 | Writing | |
| Harris, Wynonie (Mr. Blues) | 1915 | 1969 | Music |
| Harrison, Hubert Henry | 1883 | 1927 | Journalism |
| Harrison, Juanita | 1891? | 19XX | Exploration |
| Harrison, Paul Carter | 1936 | Writing | |
| Harrison, Samuel | 1818 | 1900 | Religion |
| Harris-Stewart, Lusia “Lucy” | 1955 | Sports (bsk) | |
| Harsh, Vivian Gordon | 1890 | 1960 | Education |
| Hart, Billy | 1940 | Music | |
| Hart, William H. H. | 1857 | 1934 | Law |
| Hartley, Henry Alexander Saturnin | |||
| Hartman, Johnny | 1923 | 1983 | Music |
| Harvard, Beverly | 1950 | Work | |
| Harvey, Bessie | Art | ||
| Harvey, Clarie Collins | Activism | ||
| Harvey, Georgette Mickey | 1883 | 1952 | Theater / Film |
| Hastie, William Henry | 1904 | 1976 | Law |
| Hathaway, Donny | 1945 | 1975 | Music |
| Hathaway, Isaac Scott | 1874 | 1967 | Art |
| Havens, Richie | 1941 | Music | |
| Hawes, Hampton | 1928 | 1977 | Music |
| Hawkins, Augustus Freeman | 1907 | Politics | |
| Hawkins, Coleman | 1904? | 1969 | Music |
| Hawkins, Connie | 1942 | Sports (bsk) | |
| Hawkins, Edwin | 1943 | Music | |
| Hawkins, Erskine | 1914 | 1993 | Music |
| Hawkins, Jalacy J "Screamin' Jay" | 1929 | 2000 | Music |
| Hawkins, Ted | 1936 | 1995 | Music |
| Hawkins, Thomas R. | Military | ||
| Hawkins, Walter Lincoln | 1911 | 1992 | Science |
| Hawkins, William Ashbie | 1862 | 1941 | Law |
| Hawthorne, Edward William | 1921 | 1986 | Medicine |
| Hayden, Lewis | 1811 | 1889 | Activism |
| Hayden, Palmer | 1890/93 | 1973 | Art |
| Hayden, Robert Earl | 1913 | 1980 | Writing |
| Hayden, Scott | 1882 | 1915 | Music |
| Hayes, Bob | 1942 | 2002 | Sports (trk) |
| Hayes, Isaac | 1942 | Music | |
| Hayes, Roland | 1887 | 1976 | Music |
| Haynes, Daniel | Theater / Film | ||
| Haynes, Elizabeth Ross | 1883 | 1953 | Government |
| Haynes, George Edmund | 1880 | 1960 | Activism |
| Haynes, Lemuel | 1753 | 1833 | Religion |
| Haynes, Marques Oreole | 1926 | Sports (bsk) | |
| Haynes, Martha Euphemia Lofton | 19xx | 1980 | Science |
| Haynes, Roy | 1926 | Music | |
| Haynes, Thomas | Politics | ||
| Hayre, Ruth Wright | 1911 | Education | |
| Haywood, G.T. | 1880 | 1931 | Religion |
| Healy, Eliza | 1846 | 1919 | Religion |
| Healy, James Augustine | 1830 | 1900 | Religion |
| Healy, Michael | 1839 | 1904 | Military |
| Healy, Patrick Francis | 1834 | 1910 | Religion |
| Healy, Sherwood | 1836 | 1875 | Religion |
| Heard, J. C. | 1917 | 1988 | Music |
| Heard, Marian Nobelene Langston | Business | ||
| Heard, Nathan Cliff | 2004 | Writing | |
| Heard, William Henry Harrison | 1850 | 1937 | Government |
| Hearn, Ephraim | 1745 (approx.) | Military | |
| Hearne, Azeline | Slavery | ||
| Hearns, Thomas | 1958 | Sports (box) | |
| Heath, Gordon | 1918 | 1991 | Theater / Film |
| Heath, Jimmy | 1926 | Music | |
| Heath, Tootie | 1935 | Music | |
| Hector, Edward (Ned) | 1744 (approx.) | 1834 | Military |
| Hedgeman, Anna Arnold | 1899 | 1990 | Activism |
| Hegamin, Lucille | 1894 | 1970 | Music (blues) |
| Height, Dorothy | 1912 | Organizations | |
| Helmsley, Sherman | 1938 | Theater / Film | |
| Hemings, Sally | 1773 | 1835 | Slavery |
| Hemphill, Essex | 1957 | 1995 | Writing |
| Hemphill, Jessie Mae Brooks | 1933 | Music | |
| Hemphill, Julius | 1940 | 1995 | Music |
| Henderson, Fletcher | 1897 | 1952 | Music |
| Henderson, Horace W. | 1904 | 1988 | Music |
| Henderson, Joe | 1937 | 2001 | Music |
| Henderson, Rickey | 1958 | Sports (bsb) | |
| Henderson, Stephen McKinley | Theater / Fim | ||
| Hendon, Ernest | 1908 | 2004 | Medicine |
| Hendricks, Barbara | 1948 | Music | |
| Hendrix, Jimi | 1942 | 1970 | Music |
| Henry, Aaron E. | 1922 | 1997 | Activism |
| Henry, Ernie | 1926 | 1957 | Music |
| Henry, Thomas W. | 1794 | 1877 | Slave Narrative |
| Henry, Warren Elliott | 1909 | 2001 | Science |
| Henson, Josiah | 1789 | 1883 | Slave Narrative |
| Henson, Matthew Alexander | 1866 | 1955 | Exploration |
| Herc, DJ Kool | 1955 | Music | |
| Hercules, Felix | 1943 | Religion | |
| Hernandez, Aileen | 1926 | Business | |
| Hernandez, Nestor | Art | ||
| Hernandez, Rafael | Music | ||
| Herndon, Alonzo Franklin | 1858 | 1927 | Business |
| Herndon, Angelo | 1913 | 1997 | Activism |
| Herndon, Norris B. | 1899? | 1977 | Business |
| Heron, Giles | 1922 | Sports | |
| Herriman, George Joseph | 1880 | 1944 | Art |
| Heth, Joice | 18XX | Slave Narrative | |
| Hewlett, James | 17XX, 18XX | 18XX | Theater / Film |
| Hickman, Daniel | The West | ||
| Higginbotham, A. Leon, Jr. | 1928 | 1998 | Law |
| Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks | |||
| Higginbotham, J. C. | 1906 | 1973 | Music |
| Higginbotham, Mitchell | Military | ||
| Higgins, Bertha Grant DeLard | 1872 | 1944 | Activism |
| Higgins, Billy | 1936 | 2001 | Music |
| Hill, "Rabbi" David | Religion | ||
| Hill, Abram | 1910 | 1986 | Theater / Film |
| Hill, Andrew | 1937 | Music | |
| Hill, Arzell “Z. Z.” | 1935 | 1984 | Music |
| Hill, Charles Andrew | 1893 | 1970 | Religion |
| Hill, Chippie | 1905 | 1950 | Music (blues) |
| Hill, Edwin Shelton | Activism | ||
| Hill, Elias | Activism | ||
| Hill, Errol | 1921 | Writing | |
| Hill, Henry Aaron | 1915 | 1979 | Science |
| Hill, Lethia | ca. 1900 | after 1931 | Music |
| Hill, Mary Elliott | 1907 | 1969 | Science |
| Hill, Oliver White | Law | ||
| Hill, Pete | 1880 | 1951 | Sports (bsb) |
| Hill, Stephen Spencer | Slavery | ||
| Hill, Thomas Arnold | 1888 | 1947 | Organizations |
| Hilliard, David | 1942 | Activism | |
| Hilton, Alfred B. | Military | ||
| Hilton, John Telemachus | 1801 | 1864 | Activism |
| Hilyer, Amanda Victoria Gray | 1870 | 1957 | Activism |
| Himes, Chester Bomar | 1909 | 1984 | Writing |
| Hinard, Eufrosina | 1777 | Business | |
| Hinderas, Natalie | 1927 | 1987 | Music |
| Hines, Earl "Fatha" | 1905 | 1983 | Music |
| Hines, Gregory | 1946 | 2003 | Theater / Film |
| Hinson, Eugene Theodore | 1873 | 1960 | Medicine |
| Hinton, William Augustus | 1883 | 1959 | Medicine |
| Hite, Les | 1903 | 1962 | Music |
| Hite, Mattie | 1890 | 1935 | Music |
| Hobson Pilot, Ann | 1943 | Music | |
| Hodges, Augustus M. | |||
| Hodges, Ben | 1850s? | 1929 | The West |
| Hodges, Johnny | 1907 | 1970 | Music |
| Hodges, Sylvester | Activism | ||
| Hogan, Ernest (Reuben Crowders) | 1860? | 1909 | Music |
| Hogan, Moses | 1957 | 2002 | Music |
| Holder, Geoffrey | 1930 | Dance | |
| Holiday, Billie | 1915 | 1959 | Music |
| Holland, Annie Welthy Daughtry | 1871 (approx.) | 1934 | Education |
| Holland, Endesha Ida Mae | 1944 | 2006 | Activism |
| Holland, Jerome Heartwell (Brud) | 1916 | 1985 | Business |
| Holland, Milton Murray | 18XX | Military | |
| Holland, William H. | 1841 | 1907 | Politics |
| Holley, Major | 1924 | 1990 | Music |
| Holley, Susie Catherine | Education | ||
| Holliday, Jennifer | 1960 | Music | |
| Holloman, John Lawrence Sullivan, Jr. | 1919 | Medicine | |
| Holloway, Josephine Amanda Groves | 1898 | 1988 | Organizations |
| Holly, James Theodore | 1829 | 1911 | Activism |
| Holman, M. Carl | 1919 | 1988 | Writing |
| Holman, Steve | 1970 | Sports | |
| Holmes, Hamilton | 1941 | 1995 | Medicine |
| Holsey, Lucius Henry | 1842 | 1920 | Slave Narrative |
| Holstein, Caspar A. | 1877 | 1944 | Business |
| Holtzclaw, William Henry | 1870 | 1943 | Business |
| Holyfield, Evander | 1962 | Sports (box) | |
| Homer, LeRoy | Misc. | ||
| Honeywood, Varnette | 1950 | Art | |
| Hood, James Walker (J.W.) | 1831 | 1913? 18? | Religion |
| Hood, Walter | 1938 | Art | |
| Hooker, Earl | 1930 | 1970 | Music |
| Hooker, John Lee | 1917 | 2001 | Music (blues) |
| hooks, bell | 1952 | Writing | |
| Hooks, Benjamin Lawson | 1925 | Activism | |
| Hope, Elmo | 1923 | 1967 | Music |
| Hope, John | 1915 | Education | |
| Hope, Lugenia Burns | 1871 | 1947 | Activism |
| Hopkins, Claude | 1903 | 1984 | Music |
| Hopkins, Esther | Medecine | ||
| Hopkins, Lightnin' | 1912 | 1982 | Music (blues) |
| Hopkins, Linda | 1925 | Writing | |
| Hopkins, Pauline Elizabeth | 1859 | 1930 | Journalism |
| Horace, Lillian B. | Writing | ||
| Hord, Noel Edward | 1946 | Philanthropy | |
| Horn, Shirley | 1934 | Music | |
| Horne, Frank | 1899 | 1974 | Writing |
| Horne, Lena | 1917 | Music | |
| Horse, John | 1812? | 1882 | Activism |
| Horton, George Moses | 1797? | 1883? | Slave Narrative |
| Horton, Walter | 1918 | 1981 | Music (blues) |
| Horton, William R., Jr. | 1951 | Crime | |
| Hose, Sam | 1877? | 1899 | Activism |
| Hosier, (Black Harry) | 1850? | 1806 | Religion |
| Hoskins, Dave | 1925 | 1970 | Sports (bsb) |
| House, Callie Delphia | Activism | ||
| House, Son | 1902 | 1988 | Music (blues) |
| Houser, N. B. | 1869 | 19XX | Medicine |
| Houston, Charles Hamilton | 1895 | 1950 | Law |
| Houston, Drusilla Dunjee | 1876 | 1941 | Journalism |
| Houston, Joshua | 1822 | 1902 | Politics |
| Houston, Kenneth Ray | 1944 | Sports (ftb) | |
| Houston, Ulysses L. | 1825 | Religion | |
| Howard, Clara Ann | 1866 | 1935 | Religion |
| Howard, Elston | 1929 | 1980 | Sports (bsb) |
| Howard, Milton | Military | ||
| Howard, Perry Wilbon | 1877 | 1961 | Law |
| Howard, T. R. M. | 1908 | 1976 | Medicine |
| Howell, Abner Leonard | Sports | ||
| Howlin' Wolf | 1910 | 1976 | Music |
| Hubbard, James H. | 1838 | Religion | |
| Hubbard, Philip Gamaliel | 1921 | 2002 | Invention |
| Hubbard, William DeHart | 1903 | 1976 | Sports (trk) |
| Hudson, Hosea | 1898 | 1988 | Activism |
| Huff, Edgar R. | 1919 | Military | |
| Huff, Leon | 1942 | Music | |
| Huggins, Ericka | 1948 | Activism | |
| Huggins, Hazel Renfroe | 1905 | 2005 | Education |
| Huggins, Nathan Irvin | 1927 | 1989 | Education |
| Hughes, Albert and Allen | 1972 | Theater / Film | |
| Hughes, Cathy | 1947 | Business | |
| Hughes, Langston | 1902 | 1967 | Writing |
| Hughes, Louis | 1832 | 1913 | Slave Narrative |
| Hughes, Revella | 1895 | 1987 | Music |
| Huiswoud, Otto Eduard Gerardus Majella | Activism | ||
| Hulett, John | Government | ||
| Hull, Agrippa | 1759 | 1848 | Military |
| Hull, Gloria Thompson (Akasha) | 1944 | Writing | |
| Humes, Helen | 1909 | 1981 | Music (blues) |
| Hundley, Mary Gibson | 1897 | 1986 | Education |
| Hunster, Richard L. | Art | ||
| Hunt, Gilbert | 1838 | 1900 | Slave Narrative |
| Hunt, Henry Alexander, Jr. | 1866 | 1938 | Government |
| Hunt, Ida Alexander Gibbs | 1862 | 1957 | Activism |
| Hunt, Richard | 1935 | Art | |
| Hunt, William Henry | 1869 | 1951 | Government |
| Hunter, Alberta | 1895 | 1984 | Music (blues) |
| Hunter, Clementine | 1886? | 1988 | Art |
| Hunter, Ivory Joe | 1914 | 1974 | Music |
| Hunter, Jane Edna | 1882 | 1971 | Organizations |
| Hunter, John McNeile | 1901 | Science | |
| Hunter, Mary Evelyn Virginia | Education | ||
| Hunter-Gault, Charlayne | 1942 | Journalism | |
| Hunton, Addie Waites | 1875 | 1943 | Organizations |
| Hunton, Alphaeus | 1903 | 1970 | Education |
| Hunton, William | 1863 | 1916 | Education |
| Hurley, Ruby | 1913 | 1980 | Activism |
| Hurston, Zora Neale | 1891 | 1960 | Writing |
| Hurt, Mississippi John | 1893 | 1966 | Music (blues) |
| Hutson, Bill | 1936 | Art | |
| Hutson, Jean Blackwell | 1914 | 1998 | Education |
| Hutto, J. B. | 1926 | 1983 | Music (blues) |
| Hutton, Bobby | 19XX | 1968 | Activism |
| Hyers, Anna Madah | 1853/56 | 1920/1930s | Music |
| Hyers, Emma Louise | 1855/58 | 1899 (approx.) | Music |
| Hyman, Flora “Flo” | 1954 | 1986 | Sports |
| Hyman, John Adams | 1840 | 1891 | Politics |
| Ice Cube | 1969 | Music | |
| Ice-T | 1958 | Music | |
| Ihetu, Richard (Dick Tiger) | 1929 | 1971 | Sports (box) |
| Ikard, Bose | 1847 | 1929 | The West |
| Iman | 1955 | Theater / Film | |
| Imes, Elmer Samuel | 1883 | 1941 | Science |
| Innis, Roy | 1934 | Activism | |
| Irvin, Monte | 1919 | Sports (bsb) | |
| Irvis, K. Leroy | 1918 | Politics | |
| Isley, Ronald | 1941 | Music | |
| Isom, Roger G. | Military | ||
| Jack, Beau | 1921 | 2000 | Sports (box) |
| Jackman, Harold | 1900 | 1960 | Education |
| Jackson McCabe, Jewell | 1945 | Activism | |
| Jackson, Ada B. | Politics | ||
| Jackson, Al, Jr. | 1935 | 1975 | Music |
| Jackson, Angela | 1951 | Writing | |
| Jackson, Bo | 1962 | Sports (ftb) | |
| Jackson, Daniel | 1929 | Crime | |
| Jackson, Dinnah | 17xx | 1818 | Work |
| Jackson, Emory Overton | 1908 | 1975 | Journalism |
| Jackson, Fay M. | 1902 | 1988 | Journalism |
| Jackson, George | 1941 | 1971 | Activism |
| Jackson, George Washington | 1860 | 1940 | Education |
| Jackson, Giles Beecher | Activism | ||
| Jackson, J. J. | 1942? | 2004 | Music |
| Jackson, Jesse L., Sr. | 1941 | Activism | |
| Jackson, Jesse Louis, Jr. | 1965 | Politics | |
| Jackson, Jimmy Lee | 1938 | 1965 | Activism |
| Jackson, Joseph Harrison | 1900 | 1990 | Religion |
| Jackson, Leo Albert | Law | ||
| Jackson, Lillie Mae Carroll | 1889 | 1975 | Activism |
| Jackson, Luther Porter | 1892 | 1950 | Education |
| Jackson, Mahalia | 1911 | 1972 | Music |
| Jackson, Maynard Holbrook, Jr. | 1938 | 2003 | Politics |
| Jackson, Michael | 1958 | Music | |
| Jackson, Milt | 1923 | 1999 | Music |
| Jackson, Peter | 1861 | 1901 | Sports (box) |
| Jackson, Rebecca Cox | 1795 | 1871 | Religion |
| Jackson, Reggie | 1946 | Sports (bsb) | |
| Jackson, Robert R. | 1870 | 1942 | Politics |
| Jackson, Samuel L. | 1948 | Theater / Film | |
| Jackson, Shirley Ann | 1946 | Science | |
| Jackson, William | Religion | ||
| Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman | Sports (ftb, trk) | ||
| Jacobs, Harriet | 1813 | 1897 | Slave Narrative |
| Jacobs, John S. | 1815 | 1873 | Slave Narrative |
| Jacobs, Little Walter | 1930 | 1968 | Music (blues) |
| Jacobs, Louisa | Slavery | ||
| Jacobs, Phebe Ann | 18XX | Slave Narrative | |
| Jacquet, Illinois | 1922 | 2004 | Music |
| Jafa, Arthur | 1960 | Theater / Film | |
| Jai, Anna Madgigine | Slavery | ||
| Jakes, T. D. | 1957 | Religion | |
| Jallo, Job ben Solomon | 1720? | 1773? | Writing |
| Jam Master Jay | 1965? | 2002 | Music |
| Jamal, Ahmad | 1930 | Music | |
| James, Anna Louise | 1886 | 1977 | Medicine |
| James, C. L. R | 1901 | 1989 | Writing |
| James, Charles Edmund | Activism | ||
| James, Daniel, Jr. | 1920 | 1978 | Military |
| James, Elmore | 1918 | 1963 | Music (blues) |
| James, Etta | 1938 | Music | |
| James, Miles | Military | ||
| James, Sharpe | 1936 | Politics | |
| James, Skip | 1902 | 1969 | Music (blues) |
| James, Thomas | 1804 | 1891 | Slave Narrative |
| Jamison, Judith | 1943 | Dance | |
| Jarreau, Alwyn Lopez (Al) | 1940 | Music | |
| Jarrett, Vernon D. | 1921 | Journalism | |
| Jasper, John | 1812 | 1901 | Religion |
| Jay-Z | 1970 | Music | |
| Jea, John | 1773 | 18XX | Slave Narrative |
| Jeffers, Lance | 1919 | 1985 | Writing |
| Jefferson, Blind Lemon | 1897? | 1929 | Music (blues) |
| Jefferson, Eddie | 1918 | 1979 | Dance |
| Jefferson, Isaac | 1775 | 1850/53 | Slave Narrative |
| Jefferson, Mildred Fay | 1927 | Medicine | |
| Jefferson, Roland M. | 1934 | Science | |
| Jefferson, Roland Spratlin | Writing | ||
| Jefferson, William Jennings | 1947 | Politics | |
| Jeffrey, George S. | 1830 | 1906 | Activism |
| Jemison, Mae | 1956 | Military | |
| Jemison, T. J. | 1914 | Activism | |
| Jemmy | 17XX | 1739 | Slavery |
| Jenkins, Clarence (Fats) | 1898 | 1968 | Sports (bsb) |
| Jenkins, David | 1811 | 1877 | Activism |
| Jenkins, Edmund Thornton | 1894 | 1926 | Music |
| Jenkins, Esau | 1910 | 1972 | Activism |
| Jenkins, Ferguson Arthur, Jr. “Fergie” | 1943 | Sports (bsb) | |
| Jenkins, Norman A. | 1882 | 19XX | Medicine |
| Jennings, Darius T. | 1980 | 2003 | Military |
| Jeremiah, Thomas | 17xx | 1775 | Slavery |
| Jernigan (or Jernagin), William H. | 1869 | 1958 | Religion |
| Jessye, Eva Alberta | 1895 | 1992 | Music |
| Joans, Ted | 1928 | 2003 | Writing |
| Joe | 1813? | Military | |
| John Hardy | Folk Legend | ||
| John Henry | 1840? | Folk Legend | |
| Johns, Barbara | 1935 | 1991 | Activism |
| Johns, Moses | 1814 | 1892 | The West |
| Johns, Vernon Napoleon | 1892 | 1965 | Religion |
| Johnson (Hubbell), Helene V. | 1907 | 1995 | Writing |
| Johnson, Amelia Etta Hall | 1858 | 1922 | Journalism |
| Johnson, Amy | Law | ||
| Johnson, Andrew N. | 1865 | 1922 (approx.) | Journalism |
| Johnson, Ann Battles | 1815 | Writing | |
| Johnson, Anthony | 1600? | 1660? | Slavery |
| Johnson, Bill | 1872/74 | 1972 | Music |
| Johnson, Blind Willie | 1900/02 | 1949 | Music (blues) |
| Johnson, Budd | 1910 | 1984 | Music |
| Johnson, Bunk | 1889? | 1949 | Music |
| Johnson, Cernoria McGowan | 1909 | 1990 | Activism |
| Johnson, Charles Spurgeon | 1893 | 1956 | Education |
| Johnson, Cornelius Cooper | 1913 | 1946 | Sports (trk) |
| Johnson, Earvin “Magic," Jr. | 1959 | Sports (bsk) | |
| Johnson, Edward Austin | 1860 | 1944 | Business |
| Johnson, Ellsworth (Bumpy) | 1906 | 1968 | Crime |
| Johnson, Francis | 1792 | 1844 | Music |
| Johnson, George “Chappie” | 1876 | 1949 | Sports (bsb) |
| Johnson, George W. | Music | ||
| Johnson, Georgia Douglas | 1877 | 1966 | Writing |
| Johnson, Gilbert | 1905 | 1972 | Military |
| Johnson, Hall | 1888 | 1970 | Music |
| Johnson, Halle Tanner Dillon | 1864 | 1901 | Medicine |
| Johnson, Harvey | 1843 | 1923 | Religion |
| Johnson, Henry | 1897 | 1929 | Military |
| Johnson, Herman | 19XX | 2004 | Writing |
| Johnson, J.J. | 1924 | 2001 | Music |
| Johnson, Jack | 1878 | 1946 | Sports (box) |
| Johnson, James P. | 1894 | 1955 | Music |
| Johnson, James Weldon | 1871 | 1938 | Writing |
| Johnson, Jane | 1814? | 1872 | Slavery |
| Johnson, John [i] | 1918 | 2005 | Business |
| Johnson, John [ii] | Military | ||
| Johnson, John Henry | 1929 | Sports (ftb) | |
| Johnson, John Howard (Rev.) | Sports (bsb) | ||
| Johnson, John Rosamond | 1873 | 1954 | Music |
| Johnson, Johnnie | 2005 | Music | |
| Johnson, Joshua | 1795 | 1824 | Art |
| Johnson, Judy | 1899 | 1989 | Sports (bsb) |
| Johnson, Katherine G. | 1918 | Science | |
| Johnson, Kathryn Magnolia | 1878 | 1955 | Activism |
| Johnson, Lonnie [i] | Invention | ||
| Johnson, Lonnie [ii] | 1889? 1899? | 1970 | Music (blues) |
| Johnson, Louis | 1931 | Dance | |
| Johnson, Lucy Bagby | 1834 | 1906 | Slavery |
| Johnson, Mamie (Peanut) | 1936 | Sports (bsb) | |
| Johnson, Marjorie Witt | Activism | ||
| Johnson, Mess | 1840 | The West | |
| Johnson, Mordecai Wyatt | 1890 | 1976 | Religion |
| Johnson, Nathan | Activism | ||
| Johnson, Norma Holloway | 1932 | Law | |
| Johnson, Pauline Byrd Taylor | Education | ||
| Johnson, Pete | 1904 | 1967 | Music |
| Johnson, Peter August | 1851 | 1914 | Medicine |
| Johnson, Rafer | 1935 | Sports (trk) | |
| Johnson, Robert | 1911 | 1938 | Music (blues) |
| Johnson, Robert L. | 1946 | Business | |
| Johnson, Sargent Claude | 1887/88 | 1967 | Art |
| Johnson, Thomas Lewis | 1836 | 18XX, 19XX | Slavery |
| Johnson, Tommy | 1896? | 1956 | Music |
| Johnson, W. Bishop | Religion | ||
| Johnson, William | 1809 | 1851 | Slavery |
| Johnson, William H. | 1901 | 1970 | Art |
| Johnson, William Henry | 1833 | 1901 | Medicine |
| Johnson-Brown, Hazel | 1927 | Military | |
| Johnston, Albert | Theater / Film | ||
| Joiner, Charlie | 1947 | Sports (ftb) | |
| Joiner, Philip | 1835 | 1876? | Slavery, Activism |
| Jones, Absalom | 1746 | 1818 | Religion |
| Jones, Bessie | 1902 | 1984 | Music |
| Jones, Bill T. | 1952 | Dance | |
| Jones, Booker T. | 1944 | Music | |
| Jones, Charles Price | 1865 | 1949 | Religion |
| Jones, Clara Stanton | 1913 | Education | |
| Jones, Claudia | 1915 | 1965 | Activism |
| Jones, David (Deacon) | 1938 | Sports (ftb) | |
| Jones, E. Edward, Sr. | Activism | ||
| Jones, Eddie (Guitar Slim) | 1926 | 1959 | Music |
| Jones, Edith Mae Irby | 1927 | Medicine | |
| Jones, Edward P., Sr. | 1807 | 1865 | Religion |
| Jones, Edward Smythe | 1881 | Writing | |
| Jones, Etta | 1928 | 2001 | Theater / Film |
| Jones, Eugene Kinckle | 1885 | 1954 | Activism |
| Jones, Gayl | 1949 | Writing | |
| Jones, Gilbert Haven | Education | ||
| Jones, Grace | 1952 | Theater / Film | |
| Jones, Grace Morris Allen | 1876? | 1928 | Journalism |
| Jones, James Earl | 1931 | Theater / Film | |
| Jones, James Francis | 1908 | 1971 | Religion |
| Jones, Jerrel | Journalism | ||
| Jones, Jo | 1911 | 1985 | Music |
| Jones, John [i] | 1816 | 1879 | Activism |
| Jones, John [ii] | 1842 | 1909 | Slavery |
| Jones, K. C. | 1932 | Sports (bsk) | |
| Jones, Laurence Clifton | 1882 | 1975 | Education |
| Jones, Lois Mailou | 1905 | 1998 | Art |
| Jones, Madame Sissieretta Joyner | 1868 | 1933 | Music |
| Jones, Marion | 1975 | Sports (trk) | |
| Jones, Nancy | 1860 | Religion | |
| Jones, Nathaniel R. | 1926 | Law | |
| Jones, Philly Joe | 1923 | 1985 | Music |
| Jones, Quincy | 1933 | Music | |
| Jones, Sam [i] | 1924 | 1981 | Music |
| Jones, Sam [ii] | 1933 | Sports (bsk) | |
| Jones, Sarah Garland Boyd | 1865 | 1905 | Medicine |