Discover the notable alumni of Fisk University. The list includes people like W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Marion Barry, James Weldon Johnson & Nikki Giovanni. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as writers, intellectuals & academics, activists, musicians and media personalities etc.
W. E. B. Du Bois23 February 1868, Ghanaian
Civil Rights Activists
Ida B. Wells16 July 1862, American
Journalist
Marion Barry06 March 1936, American
Johnny Lewis29 October 1983, Canadian, American
Actor
Nikki Giovanni07 June 1943, American
Poet, Writer
Kym Whitley07 June 1961, American
Comedian
W. C. Handy16 November 1873, American
Trumpeter, Composer, Songwriter, Autobiographer,
Mandisa02 October 1976, American
Singer
John Hope Franklin02 January 1915, American
Historian, University teacher, Author, Professor,
Mary Frances Berry17 February 1938, American
Historian
Aaron Douglas26 May 1899, American
Painter
Nella Larsen13 April 1891, American
Author
John Lewis21 February 1940, American
Politician
Judith Jamison10 May 1943
Dancer
Jimmie Lunceford06 June 1902, American
Saxophonist
Johnnetta Cole19 October 1936, American
Anthropologist and educator
Charles Diggs02 December 1922, American
Politician
Robert McFerrin19 March 1921, American
Baritone
Melvin Tolson06 February 1898, American
Poet
William Christopher Handy16 November 1873, American
Composer