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
Kym Whitley07 June 1961, American
Comedian
Nikki Giovanni07 June 1943, American
Poet, Writer
W. C. Handy16 November 1873, American
Trumpeter, Composer, Songwriter, Autobiographer,
Mandisa02 October 1976, American
Singer
John Lewis21 February 1940, American
Politician
John Hope Franklin02 January 1915, American
Historian, University teacher, Author, Professor,
Aaron Douglas26 May 1899, American
Painter
Nella Larsen13 April 1891, American
Author
Melvin Tolson06 February 1898, American
Poet
William Christopher Handy16 November 1873, American
Composer