| Entry Name | Birth | Death | Primary Category |
| Jones, Scipio Africanus | 1863 | 1943 | Law |
| Jones, Sophia Bethene | 1857 | 1932 | Medicine |
| Jones, Thad | 1923 | 1986 | Music |
| Jones, Virginia Lacy | 1912 | 1984 | Education |
| Jones, Willa Saunders | 1901, 04 | 1979 | Theater / Film |
| Jones, Willie "Suicide" | 1908? | Military | |
| Joplin, Scott | 1868? | 1917 | Music |
| Jordan, Barbara | 1936 | 1996 | Politics |
| Jordan, George | 1847 | 1904 | Military |
| Jordan, June | 1936 | 2002 | Writing |
| Jordan, Louis | 1908 | 1975 | Music |
| Jordan, Michael | 1963 | Sports (bsk) | |
| Jordan, Vernon | 1935 | Government | |
| Joseph, Allison | 1967 | Writing | |
| Josey, E. J. | 1924 | Education | |
| Josey, J. Anthony | Journalism | ||
| Joyner, Marjorie Stewart | 1896 | 1994 | Business |
| Joyner, Tom | 1949? | Journalism | |
| Joyner-Kersee, Jackie | 1962 | Sports (trk) | |
| Julian, Hubert F. | 1897 | 1983 | Military |
| Julian, Percy Lavon | 1899 | 1975 | Science |
| Just, Ernest Everett | 1883 | 1941 | Science |
| Karenga, Maulana | 1941 | Activism | |
| Karim, Benjamin Goodman | 1932 | 2005 | Religion |
| Kaufman, Bob | 1925 | 1986 | Writing |
| Kay, Ulysses Simpson | 1917 | 1995 | Music |
| Kearse, Amalya Lyle | 1937 | Law | |
| Kebe, Lamine | Religion | ||
| Keckly, Elizabeth Hobbs | 1818 | 1907 | Slave Narrative |
| Keeble, Marshall | 1878 | Religion | |
| Kein, Sybil | 1939 | Writing | |
| Keith, Damon Jerome | 1922 | Law | |
| Kelley, Edmond | 1817 | Slave Narrative | |
| Kelley, William | 1937 | Writing | |
| Kelly, Alexander | Military | ||
| Kelly, Leontine Turpeau Current | 1920 | Religion | |
| Kelly, Patrick | 1954 | 1990 | Business |
| Kelly, Paula | Theater / Film | ||
| Kelly, Sharon Pratt | 1944 | Politics | |
| Kelly, Wynton | 1932 | 1971 | Music |
| Kenan, Randall | 195X? | Writing | |
| Kendricks, Eddie | 1939 | 1992 | Music |
| Kennedy, Adrienne | 1931 | Writing | |
| Kennedy, Flo | 1916 | 2000 | Activism |
| Kennedy, William Jesse, Jr. | 1830s | Activism | |
| Keppard, Freddie | 1890 | 1933 | Music |
| Kern Foxworth, Marilyn | |||
| Kersands, Billy | 1842 | 1915 | Theater / Film |
| Kersey, Kenny | 1916 | 1983 | Music |
| Key, Elizabeth | 1630? | Law | |
| Keyes, Alan | 1950 | Politics | |
| Kid Gavilan | 1926 | Sports (box) | |
| Kid Norfolk | 19XX | 1953 | Sports (box) |
| Kidd, Mae Taylor Street | 1904 | 1999 | Politics |
| Kilgore, Thomas, Jr. | 1913 | 1998 | Religion |
| Killens, John Oliver | 1916 | 1987 | Writing |
| Kilpatrick, Carolyn Cheeks | 1945 | Politics | |
| Kilson, Martin | Education | ||
| Kimbrough, Jack | 1908 | 1992 | Medicine |
| Kimmons, Carl Eugene | Military | ||
| Kincaid, Jamaica | 1949 | Writing | |
| King, Ada | The West | ||
| King, Albert | 1923 | 1992 | Music (blues) |
| King, B. B. | 1925 | Music (blues) | |
| King, Ben E. | 1938 | Music | |
| King, Bernice | 1963 | Religion | |
| King, Boston | 1760? | 1802 | Slavery |
| King, Coretta Scott | 1927 | 2006 | Activism |
| King, Don | 1931 | Sports (box) | |
| King, Freddie | 1934 | 1976 | Music |
| King, Horace | 1807 | 1885 | Slavery |
| King, Martin Luther, Jr. | 1929 | 1968 | Activism |
| King, Martin Luther, Sr. | 1897 | 1984 | Religion |
| King, Reatha Clark | 1938 | Science | |
| King, Rodney Glenn | 1965 | Activism | |
| Kirby, John | 1908 | 1952 | Music |
| Kirk, Andy | 1898 | 1992 | Music |
| Kirk, Rahsaan Roland | 1935 | 1977 | Music |
| Kitt, Eartha Mae | 1928 | Theater / Film | |
| Kittrell, Flemmie Pansy | 1904 | 1980 | Education |
| Knight, Etheridge | 1931 | 1991 | Writing |
| Knight, Gladys | 1944 | Music | |
| Knight, Gwendolyn | 1913 | 2005 | Art |
| Knox, George Levi | 1841 | 1927 | Business |
| Knox, William Jacob | 1904 | 19XX | Science |
| Knuckles, Frankie | 1955 | Music | |
| Komunyakaa, Yusef | 1947 | Writing | |
| Kornegay, Wade M. | 1934 | Science | |
| KRS-One | 1965 | Music | |
| Labelle, Patti | 1944 | Music | |
| Lacy, Rubin | 1901 | 1972 (approx.) | Music |
| Lacy, Sam | 1903? | 2003 | Journalism |
| Ladd, Florence | Education | ||
| Ladner, Joyce Ann | 1943 | Writing | |
| Lafayette, James Armistead | 1748 | 1830 | Military |
| Lafon, Thomy | 1810 | 1893 | Business |
| LaFontant, Jewel Stradford | 1922 | Business | |
| Laine, Henry Allen | 1869 | 1955 | Writing |
| Lambright, Middleton H. | 1865 | 1959 | Medicine |
| Lampkin, Daisy | 1880s | 1965 | Organizations |
| Landry, Pierre Caliste | 1841 | 1921 | Religion |
| Lane, Dick "Night Train" | 1929 | 2002 | Sports (ftb) |
| Lane, Isaac | 1834 | 1937 | Education |
| Lane, William Henry | 1825? | 1852 | Dance |
| Laney, Lucy Craft | 1854 | 1933 | Education |
| Lange, Mary Elizabeth | 18XX | 1883 | Education |
| Langford, George Malcolm | 1944 | Science | |
| Langford, Samuel | 1883/86? | 1956 | Sports (box) |
| Langston, Charles Henry | 1817 | 1892 | Activism |
| Langston, John Mercer | 1829 | 1897 | Politics |
| Lanier, Willie | 1945 | Sports (ftb) | |
| Lanusse, Armand | 1812 | 1868 | Activism |
| Larsen, Nella | 1891 | 1964 | Writing |
| Lateef, Yusef | 1920 | Music | |
| Latimer, Lewis Howard | 1848 | 1928 | Invention |
| Latta, Morgan London | 1853 | 18XX, 19XX | Activism |
| Lattimore, Benjamin | 1761 | 1838 | Work |
| Lattimore, John Aaron Cicero | 1876? | 1959 | Medicine |
| Laurie, Eunice Verdell Rivers | 1899 | 1986 | Medicine |
| Lautier, Louis Robert | 1897 | 1962 | Journalism |
| Laveaux, Marie | 1801 | 1881 | Religion |
| Lawless, Theodore Kenneth | 1892/94 | 1971 | Medicine |
| Lawrence, Jacob Armstead | 1917 | 2000 | Art |
| Lawrence, Margaret Morgan | 1914 | Medicine | |
| Lawrence, Robert Henry, Jr. | 1935 | 1967 | Military |
| Lawson, James | 1928 | Activism | |
| Lawson, James Raymond | 1915 | 1996 | Science |
| Lawson, John | 1837 | 19XX | Military |
| Lead Belly | 1888 | 1949 | Music |
| Leary, John Sinclair | 1845 | 1904 | Activism |
| Lee, Andrea | 1953 | Writing | |
| Lee, Archy | 1840 | 1873? | Slavery |
| Lee, Arthur | 2006 | Music | |
| Lee, Barbara | 1946 | Politics | |
| Lee, Canada | 1907 | 1952 | Theater / Film |
| Lee, Everett Astor | 1919 | Music | |
| Lee, George E. | 1896 | 1958 | Music |
| Lee, Jarena | 1783 | Religion | |
| Lee, John Wesley, Jr. | 19XX | Military | |
| Lee, Joseph E. | 1849 | 1920 | Law |
| Lee, Julia | 1902/3 | 1958 | Music |
| Lee, Raphael Carl | 1949 | Medicine | |
| Lee, Samuel J. | 1844 | 1895 | Politics |
| Lee, Spike | 1957 | Theater / Film | |
| Lee, Sylvia Olden | 1919 | 2004 | Music |
| Lee, Ulysses Grant | 1913 | 1969 | Military |
| Lee, William | 17XX | Military | |
| Lee, William Mack | 1835 | Military | |
| Lee-Smith, Hughie | 1914 | 1999 | Art |
| LeFlore, John L. | 1926 | 1976 | Activism |
| Leftwich, John C. | Politics | ||
| Leidesdorff, William Alexander | 1810 | 1848 | The West |
| Leiper, Fanny | 1811 (approx.) | Law | |
| Leland, Frank | 1869 | 1913 | Sports (bsb) |
| Leland, Mickey | 1944 | 1989 | Politics |
| Lemon, Meadowlark | 1935 | Sports (bsk) | |
| Lenoir, J. B. | 1929 | 1967 | Music (blues) |
| LeNoire, Rosetta | 1911 | 2002 | Theater / Film |
| Leonard, Buck | 1907 | 1997 | Sports (bsb) |
| Leonard, Harlan | 1905 | 1983 | Music |
| Leonard, Sugar Ray | 1956 | Sports (box) | |
| Leonard, Walter J. | 1929 | Education | |
| Lester, Julius | 1939 | Writing | |
| LeTang, Henry | 1915 (approx.) | Dance | |
| Levington, William | 1793 | 1836 | Religion |
| Levy, Levi Ben | 1935 | 1999 | Religion |
| Lew, Barzillai (or Barsillai) | 1743 | Military | |
| Lewis, Carl | 1961 | Sports (trk) | |
| Lewis, Channing | 1862? | 1941 | Work |
| Lewis, Cudjo (Kossola) | 1835 | 1935 | Slavery |
| Lewis, David Levering | 1936 | Education | |
| Lewis, Edmonia | 1844 (approx.) | after 1909 | Art |
| Lewis, Felix Early | Religion | ||
| Lewis, Furry | 1893 | 1981 | Music (blues) |
| Lewis, George | 1900 | 1968 | Music |
| Lewis, George (Joseph Francois Zeno) | 1952 | Music | |
| Lewis, Ida Elizabeth | 1934 | Journalism | |
| Lewis, Joan Tarika | 1951? | Activism | |
| Lewis, John | 1920 | 2001 | Music |
| Lewis, John Aaron | 1940 | Politics | |
| Lewis, John Henry | 1914 | 1974 | Sports (box) |
| Lewis, Joseph Vance | 18XX | 1923 | Slave Narrative |
| Lewis, Julian Herman | 1891 | 1989 | Science |
| Lewis, Meade Anderson "Lux" | 1905 | 1964 | Music (blues) |
| Lewis, Oliver | 1863 (floruit) | 1907 | Sports (racing) |
| Lewis, Reginald Francis | 1942 | 1993 | Business |
| Lewis, Robert Benjamin | Education | ||
| Lewis, Roscoe E. | 1961 | Slavery | |
| Lewis, Samella | 1924 | Art | |
| Lewis, Shirley A. R. | 1937 | Education | |
| Lewis, W. Arthur | 1915 | 1991 | Education |
| Lewis, William Charles, II | Education | ||
| Lewis, William Henry | 1868 | 1949 | Law |
| Liele, George | 1751 (approx.) | 1828 | Religion |
| Lightfoot, George Morton | 1868 | 1947 | Education |
| Lightner, Gwendolyn | Music | ||
| Ligon, Glenn | 1960 | Art | |
| Lincoln, Abbey | 1930 | Music | |
| Lincoln, C. Eric | 1924 | 2000 | Writing |
| Lindsay, Inabel Burns | 1900 | 1983 | Education |
| Lindsay, John | 1894 | 1950 | Music |
| Lion, Jules | 1809/10 | 1866 | Art |
| Lipman, Wynona M. | 1923 | 1999 | Politics |
| Lipscomb, Eugene Alan "Big Daddy" | 1931 | 1963 | Sports (ftb) |
| Lipscomb, Mance | 1895 | 1976 | Music (blues) |
| Liston, Melba | 1926 | 1999 | Music |
| Liston, Sonny | 1932 | 1970 | Sports (box) |
| Little Richard | 1932 | Music | |
| Little, Booker, Jr. | Music | ||
| Livingston, Myrtle Smith | 1902 | 1973 | Writing |
| LL Cool J | 1968 | Music | |
| Lloyd, Earl Francis | 1928 | sports (bsk) | |
| Lloyd, John Henry "Pop" | 1884 | 1964 | Sports (bsb) |
| LoBagola, Bata Kindai Amgoza Ibn (Joseph Howard Lee) | 1887 | 1947 | Miscellaneous |
| Locke, Alain Leroy | 1885 | 1954 | Writing |
| Locks, John W. | 1818 | 1884 | Business |
| Lockwood, Robert, Jr. | 1915 | Music | |
| Lofton, James | 1956 | Sports (ftb) | |
| Logan, Adella Hunt | 1863 | 1915 | Education |
| Logan, Arthur Courtney | 1909 | 1973 | Medicine |
| Logan, Onnie Lee | 1910 | 1995 | Medicine |
| Logan, Rayford Whittingham | 1897 | 1981 | Education |
| Loguen Fraser, Sarah Marinda | 18XX | 1933 | Medicine |
| Loguen, Jermain Wesley | 1813 (approx.) | 1872 | Slave Narrative |
| Lomax, Louis Emanuel | 1922 | 1970 | Writing |
| Long, Jefferson Franklin | 1836 | 1901 | Politics |
| Long, Sylvester | 1890 | Crime | |
| Lorde, Audre | 1934 | 1992 | Writing |
| Loudin, Frederick Jeremiah | 1840 | 1903/04 | Music |
| Louis, Joe | 1914 | 1981 | Sports (box) |
| Loury, Glenn | 1948 | Education | |
| Louveste, Mary | Slavery | ||
| Love, Edward | 1936 | Art | |
| Love, Emmanuel King | 1850 | 1900 | Religion |
| Love, Josephine Harreld | 1914 | Music | |
| Love, Nat | 1854 | 1921 | Slave Narrative |
| Love, Rose Leary | 1898 | 1961 | Education |
| Loving, Mildred | 1942 | Activism | |
| Loving, Neal Vernon | 1916 | 1998 | Military |
| Lowery, Irving E. | 1850 | Religion | |
| Lowery, Joseph Echols | 1924 | Religion | |
| Lowery, P.G. | 1870 | 1942 | Music |
| Lowry, James | 1939 | Business | |
| Lu Valle, James | 1912 | 1933 | Sports (trk) |
| Lucas, Bohlen | 1840s | 1880s | Slavery |
| Lunceford, Jimmie | 1902 | 1947 | Music |
| Luper, Clara | 1923 | Activism | |
| Lutcher, Nellie | 1915 | Music | |
| Lyle, Ethel Octavia Hedgeman | 1887 | 1950 | Education |
| Lymon, Frankie | 1942 | 1968 | Music |
| Lynch, Damon, III | Activism | ||
| Lynch, James | 1839 | 1872 | Politics |
| Lynch, John Roy | 1847 | 1939 | Politics |
| Lynk, Miles Vandahurst | 1871 | 1956 | Medicine |
| Lynn, Conrad J. | 1908 | 1995 | Activism |
| Lyons, James Leroy (Jimmy) | 1931/33 | 1986 | Music |
| Lyons, Maritcha R. | 1848 | 1929 | Education |
| Lytle, Lutie A. | Law | ||
| Mabley, Moms | 1894? | 1975 | Theater / Film |
| Mabson, George Lawrence | 1846 | 1912 | Slavery Law, Military |
| Mabson, William Patrick | 1846 | 1920 | Slavery, Education, Religion |
| MacAlpine, Arthur | 1915 | 1991 | Journalism |
| Machito | 1908? | 1984 | Music |
| Mack, Cecil | 1883 | 1944 | Music |
| Mackey, Biz | 1897 | 1965 | Sports (bsb) |
| Mackey, Nathaniel | 1947 | Writing | |
| Magee, James Henry | 1839 | Religion | |
| Magic Sam (Samuel Gene Maghett) | 1937 | 1969 | Music (blues) |
| Mahal, Taj | 1940 | Music (blues) | |
| Mahoney, Mary | 1845 | 1926 | Medicine |
| Major, Clarence | 1936 | Writing | |
| Majors, Monroe Alpheus | 1864 | 1960 | Journalism |
| Majozo, Estella Conwill | 1959 | Art | |
| Malarcher, David Julius “Gentleman Dave” | 1894 | 1982 | Sports (bsb) |
| Malcolm X | 1925 | 1965 | Activism |
| Mallory, Arenia Cornelia | 1904 | 1977 | Education |
| Malone, Annie Turnbo | 1869 | 1957 | Business |
| Malone, Vivian | 1942 | 2005 | Activism |
| Malveaux, Julianne Marie | 1953 | Journalism | |
| Malvin, John | 1795 | 1880 | Activism |
| Manley, Audrey Forbes | 1934 | Medicine | |
| Manly, Alexander | Journalism | ||
| Manns Israel, Adrienne | Education | ||
| Maples, William Lineas | 1869 | 1943 | Medicine |
| Mapps, Grace A. | 18XX | 1891? | Writing |
| Marable, Fate | 1890 | 1947 | Music |
| Marchbanks, Lucretia | 1832 | 1911 | The West |
| Marchbanks, Vance Hunter, Jr. | 1905 | 1988 | Medicine |
| Marichal, Juan | 1937 | Sports (bsb) | |
| Marino, Eugene Antonio | 1934 | Religion | |
| Markham, Dewey (Pigmeat) | 1906 | 1981 | Theater / Film |
| Marrant, John | 1755 | 1791 | Religion |
| Marrett, Cora Bagley | Education | ||
| Mars, James | 1790 | Slave Narrative | |
| Marsalis, Wynton | 1961 | Music | |
| Marsh, Vivian Osborne | 1897 | 1986 | Activism |
| Marshall, Albert P. | 1914 | Education | |
| Marshall, Andrew Cox | 1756 | 1856 | Religion |
| Marshall, Arthur | 1881 | 1968 | Music |
| Marshall, Bobby | 1880 | 1958 | Sports (ftb) |
| Marshall, Harriet Gibbs | 1868/69 | 1941 | Music |
| Marshall, Kerry James | 1955 | Art | |
| Marshall, Napoleon Bonaparte | 1873 | Sports (trk) | |
| Marshall, Paule | 1929 | Writing | |
| Marshall, Thurgood | 1908 | 1993 | Law |
| Marshall-Linnemeier, Lynn | Art | ||
| Martin, Graham Edward | Military | ||
| Martin, John Sella | 1832 | 1876 | Activism |
| Martin, Louis E. | 1912 | 1997 | Politics |
| Martin, Roberta | 1907 | 1969 | Music |
| Martin, Sallie | 1895 | 1988 | Music |
| Martinez, Pedro | 1971 | Sports (bsb) | |
| Marvin X | 1944 | Writing | |
| Mason, Biddy Bridget | 1818 | 1891 | The West |
| Mason, Charles Harrison | 1866 | 1961 | Religion |
| Mason, E. Harold | Religion | ||
| Mason, Lena Doolin | 1864 | Education | |
| Mason, Vivian Carter | 1900 | 1982 | Activism |
| Massaquoi, Hans J. | 1929 | Journalism | |
| Massey, Walter Eugene | 1938 | Science | |
| Massiah, Louis | Theater / Film | ||
| Massie, Samuel Proctor, Jr. | 1919 | Science | |
| Matheus, John Frederick | 1887 | 1983 | Writing |
| Mathis, Johnny | 1935 | Music | |
| Matthew, Wentworth Arthur | 1892 | 1973 | Religion |
| Matthews, Artie | 1888 | 1958 | Music |
| Matthews, Victoria Earle | 1861 | 1907 | Activism |
| Matthews, Vince | 1947 | Sports | |
| Matthews, William Clarence | Sports | ||
| Matzeliger, Jan Ernst | 1852 | 1889 | Invention |
| May, Derrick | 1963 | Music | |
| May, Lee | 1941 | Sports (bsb) | |
| Mayes, Vivienne Lucille Malone | 1932 | 1995 | Science |
| Mayfield, Curtis | 1942 | 1999 | Music |
| Mayfield, Percy | 1920 | 1984 | Music |
| Mayhew, Richard | 1924 | Art | |
| Maynard, Aubre De Lanmbert | 1901 | Medicine | |
| Maynard, Robert Clyde | 1937 | 1993 | Journalism |
| Mays, Benjamin E. | 1894 | 1984 | Education |
| Mays, Willie | 1931 | Sports (bsb) | |
| Mazloomi, Carolyn | Art | ||
| McAdoo, Robert Allen, Jr. "Bob" | 1951 | Sports (bsk) | |
| McAfee, Walter Samuel | 1914 | 1995 | Science |
| McBay, Henry Cecil Ransom | 1914 | 1995 | Science |
| McBay, Shirley Mathis | Education | ||
| McBride, James | 1957 | Writing | |
| McCabe, Edwin Prescott | 1850 | 1920 | Government |
| McCain, Franklin | 1941 | Activism | |
| McCall, H. Carl | 1935 | Government | |
| McCall, Nathan | 1954 | Journalism | |
| McCarty, Oseola | 1908? | 1999 | Philanthropy |
| McClain, Leanita | 1952 | 1984 | Journalism |
| McClendon, Dorothy V. | 1924 | Science | |
| McClendon, James Julius | 1898 | 1982 | Activism |
| McClendon, Rose | 1884 | 1936 | Theater / Film |
| McClennan, Alonzo Clifton | 1855 | 1912 | Activism |
| McCline, John | 1852 | 1948 | Slave Narrative |
| McClinton, O. B. | Music | ||
| McCluskey, John A., Jr. | 1944 | Writing | |
| McCovey, Willie | 1938 | Sports (bsb) | |
| McCoy, Elijah | 1843 | 1929 | Invention |
| McCoy, Mary Eleanora | 1846 | 1923 | Philanthropy |
| McCray, Carrie Allen | 1913 | Writing | |
| McCray, John Henry | 1910 | 1987 | Journalism |
| McCray, Mary F. | 18XX | Slave Narrative | |
| McCrorey, Mary Jackson | 1869 | 1944 | Activism |
| McDaniel, Hattie | 1895 | 1952 | Theater / Film |
| McDaniels, Darryl | 1964 | Music | |
| McDonald, Gabrielle Kirk | 1942 | Law | |
| McDonald, Henry | 1890 | 1976 | Sports (ftb) |
| McDowell, Mississippi Fred | 1904 | 1972 | Music (blues) |
| McElroy, Colleen J. | 1935 | Writing | |
| McFerren, Viola Harris | 1931 | Activism | |
| McFerrin, Robert, Jr. (Bobby) | 1950 | Music | |
| McGee, Charles Edward | 19XX | Military | |
| McGee, Henry Wadsworth | Work | ||
| McGhee, Brownie | 1915 | 1996 | Music (blues) |
| McGhee, Fredrick Lamar | 1861 | 1912 | Law |
| McGhee, Howard B. "Maggie" | 1918 | 1987 | Music |
| McGinty, Doris Evans | 1925 | Education | |
| McGirt, James Ephraim | 1874 | 1930 | Journalism |
| McGruder, Aaron | 1975? | Art | |
| McGuire (Duvall), Edith | 1944 | Sports (trk) | |
| McGuire, George Alexander | 1866 | 1934 | Religion |
| McKaine, Osceola | 1892 | 1955 | Activism |
| McKane, Alice Woodby | 1865 | 1948 | Medicine |
| McKay, Claude | 1890 | 1948 | Writing |
| McKay, Nellie Y. | 2006 | Education | |
| McKegney, Tony | Sports | ||
| McKenzie, Vashti Murphy | 1947 | Religion | |
| McKinlay, Whitefield | 1852 | 1941 | Business |
| McKinney, Cynthia | 1955 | Politics | |
| McKinney, Ernest Rice | Activism | ||
| McKinney, Nina Mae | 1913 | 1967 | Theater / Film |
| McKinney, Roscoe Lewis | 1900 | 1978 | Education |
| McKinney, William "Bill" | 1895 | 1969 | Music |
| McKissack, Pat | 1944 | Writing | |
| McKissick, Floyd Bixler | 1922 | 1991 | Activism |
| McKoy, Millie and Christine | 1851 | Theater / Film | |
| McLaurin, George W. | Education | ||
| McLean, Jackie | 1932 | Music | |
| McLendon, Johnny | 1915 | 1999 | Sports (bsk) |
| McLin, Lena | 1913 | Music | |
| McMillan, Terry L. | 1951 | Writing | |
| McNair, Barbara | 1938/39 | 2007 | Theater / Film |
| McNair, Denise | 1951 | 1963 | Activism |
| McNair, Ronald Erwin | 1950 | 1986 | Military |
| McNairy, Francine | Education | ||
| McNeely, Cecil James (Big Jay) | 1927 | Music | |
| McNeil, Claudia | 1917 | 1993 | Theater / Film |
| McNeill, Robert H. | 1917 | Art | |
| McPhatter, Clyde | 1931 | 1972 | Music |
| McPhatter, Thomas | Military | ||
| McPherson, Christopher | 1763? | 1817 | Religion |
| McQueen, Butterfly (Thelma) | 1911 | 1995 | Theater / Film |
| McRae, Carmen | 1922 | 1994 | Music |
| McShann, Jay | 1916 | Music | |
| McTell, Blind Willie | 1898? | 1959 | Music (blues) |
| Meachum, John Berry | 1790? | 1854 | Slavery |
| Meadows, Lucile Smallwood | 1918 | 1997 | Education |
| Mease, Quentin Ronald "Quent" | 1908/9 | Organizations | |
| Mebane, George Allen | 1850 | 1901? | Activism |
| Mebane, Mary Elizabeth | 1933 | Education | |
| Meeks, Gregory | 1953 | Politics | |
| Melvin, Harold | 1939 | 1997 | Music |
| Memphis Minnie | 1897 | 1973 | Music |
| Memphis Slim | 1915 | 1988 | Music (blues) |
| Menard, John Willis | 1838 | 1893 | Writing |
| Mendez, Jose | 1887 | 1928? | Sports (bsb) |
| Menendez, Francisco | 17xx | 17xx | Military |
| Mercer, Mabel | 1900 | 1984 | Music |
| Meredith, James Howard | 1933 | Activism | |
| Meriwether, Louise | 1923 | Writing | |
| Merrick, John | 1859 | 1919 | Business |
| Metcalfe, Ralph Harold | 1910 | 1978 | Politics |
| Metoyer, Augustin | 1768 | 1856 | Slavery |
| Metoyer, Louis | 1770 | 1832 | Slavery |
| Mfume, Kweisi | 1948 | Organizations | |
| Michaux, Lewis H. | 1885 | 1976 | Business |
| Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon | 1884 | 1968 | Religion |
| Micheaux, Oscar | 1884 | 1951 | Theater / Film |
| Mickens, Ronald Elbert | 1943 | Science | |
| Middleton-Hairston, Jeanne | Education | ||
| Mifflin, James | 1839 | ? | Military |
| Milburn, Amos | 1927 | 1980 | Music (blues) |
| Milburn, Rodney (Hot Rod) | 1950 | 1987 | Sports (trk) |
| Miles, John (Mule) | Military | ||
| Miles, Lizzie | 1897 | 1963 | Music (blues) |
| Miley, Bubber | 1903 | 1932 | Music |
| Miller, Bebe | 1950 | Dance | |
| Miller, Cheryl | 1964 | Sports (bsk) | |
| Miller, Dorie | 1919 | 1943 | Military |
| Miller, Kelly | 1863 | 1939 | Education |
| Miller, May Sullivan | 1899 | 1995 | Writing |
| Miller, Robert | Military | ||
| Miller, Thomas Ezekiel | 1849 | 1938 | Politics |
| Millinder, Lucky | 1900 | 1966 | Music |
| Mills, Florence | 1895 | 1927 | Dance |
| Mills, Harry and Mills, Herbert | 1913/ 1912 | 1982/ 1989 | Music |
| Mills, Stephanie | 1957 | Music | |
| Milton, Roy | 1907 | 1983 | Music |
| Mingus, Charles, Jr. | 1922 | 1979 | Music |
| Minkins, Shadrach | 17XX, 18XX | 18XX, 19XX | Slavery |
| Mitchell, Abbie | 1884 | 1960 | Theater / Film |
| Mitchell, Arthur | 1934 | Dance | |
| Mitchell, Arthur Wergs | 1883 | 1968 | Politics |
| Mitchell, Bert Norman | 1938 | Business | |
| Mitchell, Blue | 1930 | 1979 | Music |
| Mitchell, Bobby | 1935 | Sports (ftb) | |
| Mitchell, Charles Lewis | 1829 | 1912 | Government |
| Mitchell, Clarence Maurice, Jr. | 1911 | 1984 | Activism |
| Mitchell, George | 1899 | 1972 | Music |
| Mitchell, John, Jr. | 1863 | 1929 | Journalism |
| Mitchell, Joseph E. | 1876 | 1952 | Journalism |
| Mitchell, Littleton Purnell | Activism | ||
| Mitchell, Parren | 1922 | Politics | |
| Mitchell, Walter M. | Activism | ||
| Mitchell-Bateman, Mildred | 1922 | Medicine | |
| Mix, Sarah Ann Freeman | 18XX | Religion | |
| Mobley, Hank | 1930 | 1986 | Music |
| Mollison, Irvin C. | 1898 | 1962 | Law |
| Mollison, Willis E. | 1898 | 1962 | Organizations |
| Molyneaux, Tom | 1784 | 1818 | Sports (box) |
| Mongoula, Nicolas | 1720 | 1798 | |
| Monk, Thelonious | 1917 | 1982 | Music |
| Monroe, Vernon Earl “The Pearl” | 1944 | Sports (bsk) | |
| Montana, Allison Marcel "Tootie" | 1922 | 2005 | Misc. |
| Montgomery, Benjamin Thornton | 1819 | 1877 | Invention |
| Montgomery, Isaiah Thornton | 1841/47 | 1924 | Business |
| Montgomery, Little Brother | 1906 | 1985 | Music (blues) |
| Montgomery, Ralph | 18XX | 1870 | Slavery |
| Montgomery, Wes | 1923 | 1968 | Music |
| Montgomery, William Thorton | 1840s | 1909 | Slavery |
| Montjoy, Zilpah | 17XX | 1821 | Slavery |
| Moody, Anne E. | 1940 | Writing | |
| Moody, Charles David | Education | ||
| Moon, Harold Warren | 1956 | Sports (ftb) | |
| Moon, Henry Lee | 1901 | 1985 | Journalism |
| Moore, Aaron McDuffie | 1863 | 1923 | Medicine |
| Moore, Acel | 1940 | Journalism | |
| Moore, Amzie | 1911 | Activism | |
| Moore, Archie | 1913 | 1998 | Sports (box) |
| Moore, Cecil B. | Activism | ||
| Moore, Charles | 1928 | 1986 | Dance |
| Moore, Dorothy Rudd | 1940 | Music | |
| Moore, Frederick Randolph | 1857 | 1943 | Business |
| Moore, Harry Tyson | 1905 | 1951 | Activism |
| Moore, John Jamison | 1818 | Religion | |
| Moore, Kevin (Keb’ Mo’) | 1951 | Music |