Afro Birthdays
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Adrian Peterson ! TV Personality, Ananda Lewis ! Actress, Sonequa Martin-Green !

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Director/Actor, Spike Lee ! Gospel Singer, Rosetta Tharpe ! Actress, Bianca Lawson ! NBA player, Jamal Crawford ! Tennis Player, Sloane Stephens !

English: Spike Lee attending the AARP’s 2011 Life@50+ National Event and Expo in September 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Comedian, Moms Mabley ! NFL player, EJ Manuel ! NFL player, Ahmad Bradshaw ! Actor, Philip Daniel Bolden !



Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/Actress, Vanessa Williams ! Actress, Queen Latifah ! Singer/Actress, Irene Cara ! Singer, Wilson Pickett ! Country Singer, Charlie Pride ! NFL player, Andre Rison !
By Angela George
Vanessa Williams
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Nat King Cole ! Ex Slave/Politician, Benjamin Sterling Turner ! Singer, Tamar Braxton ! NFL player, Emmanuel Sanders ! NFL player, Cordarrelle Patterson ! NBA player, Thomas Robinson !
Publicity photo from the premiere of The Nat King Cole Show. Cole was the first African-American to host a program of this type. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)


Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Blake Griffin ! MLB player, Curtis Granderson Jr. ! NFL player, Ozzie Newsome ! NBA player, Tim Hardaway Jr. ! NFL player, Rodney Peete ! Rapper, Flavor Flav !

English: Flavor Flav from Public Enemy performing live at BBQ Beats, Riverstage Brisbane Australia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Curtis Granderson running during a game between the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles on August 28, 2011 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Los Angeles Clippers Blake Griffin during a game against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center in Washington on March 12, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Sly Stone ! NFL head coach, Mike Tomlin ! NBA player, Jabari Parker ! NFL player, Tavon Austin !
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Jabari Parker
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Stephen Curry ! Music Producer, Quincy Jones ! NBA Player, Larry Johnson ! MLB player, Kirby Puckett ! NBA player, Anthony Bennett ! Actress, Elise Neal ! Actress, Penny Johnson Jerold !

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Caron Butler ! Jazz Musician, Roy Haynes ! Rapper, Common ! Actor, Fred “Rerun” Berry !

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Al Jarreau ! MLB player, Darryl Strawberry ! Actor, Courtney B. Vance ! Politician, Andrew Young ! Singer, Tony Terry !
By Stig Ove Voll
Al Jarreau
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Anthony Davis ! Actor Terrence Howard ! Singer LeToya Luckett ! Singer, Cheryl Lynn ! Singer, Bobby McFerrin !

English: Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard describes his experiences and impressions of the Air Force during an interview May 27 in New York. Mr. Howard visited two Air Force bases and trained with Airmen while preparing for his role as Lt. Col. James Rhodes in the movie Iron Man. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Keith Allison
Anthony Davis
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Jasmine Guy ! Educator/Author, Hallie Quinn Brown ! NBA player, Kwame Brown ! Actor, Edi Gathegi ! NFL player, Martellus Bennett ! Rapper/Producer, Timberland !

English: LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 29, 2009: Actor Edi Gathegi arriving at the premiere of “Push”, Mann Theater, Westwood. Italiano: Edi Gathegi alla premiere di “Push”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Igitcha
Jasmine Guy
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Jazz Saxophonist, Ornette Coleman ! Actor, Emmanuel Lewis ! Rapper/Actor, Bow Wow !

English: Bow Wow performed at the “Kids Inaugural: We Are the Future” concert at the Verizon Center in downtown Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Ornette Coleman live at Saalfelden 2009 Italiano: Ornette Coleman live a Saalfelden 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: American actor Emmanuel Lewis, cropped from photo DF-ST-88-05173 President Ronald Reagan appears on stage with some of the cast of “Bob Hope’s High Flying Birthday Extravaganza,” a television show celebrating comedian Bob Hope’s 84th birthday. On stage are actor Kirk Cameron, comedienne Phyllis Diller, actor Emmanuel Lewis, comedienne Lucille Ball and Bob Hope. The show preceded the ninth international airlift competition Airlift Rodeo ’87. Exact Date Shot Unknown. POPE AIR FORCE BASE (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Boris Kodjoe ! Actress, Louise Beavers ! Civil Rights Activist/Lawyer, Clarence Mitchell Jr. ! NBA player, Kenny Smith ! Actor, Leon Robinson !
Cropped screenshot of Louise Beavers from the film Imitation of Life (1934) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Angela George
Boris Kodjoe