Afro Birthdays Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Jazz Trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie ! Astronaut, Ronald McNair ! NBA player, Shelden Williams ! NBA player, Festus Ezeli ! Actress, LaTanya Richardson ! written by Marc Alexander October 21, 2026 View image | gettyimages.com View image | gettyimages.com LaTanya Richardson and Samuel L. Jackson Shelden Williams Ronald McNair Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Jazz Trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie ! Astronaut, Ronald McNair ! NBA player, Shelden Williams ! NBA player, Festus Ezeli ! Actress, LaTanya Richardson ! was last modified: October 5th, 2026 by Marc Alexander 0 comment 0 Facebook Twitter Google + Pinterest Marc Alexander previous post Today in Afro History ! The” Johnny Bright Incident ” occurs in 1951. Governor, Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency in Kenya in 1952 because of the Mau Mau Uprising. next post Today in Afro History ! A coup d’etat brings Siad Barre to power in Somalia in 1969 ! You may also like Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Olympic Sprinter/Long Jump... July 1, 2026 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Natalie Cole... February 6, 2026 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Comedian, Kevin Hart... July 6, 2026 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Julio... February 3, 2026 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player/Mayor, Kevin... March 4, 2026 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Sprinter, Yohan Blake... December 26, 2025 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player Antoine... August 12, 2026 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Cuba Gooding... January 2, 2026 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/Actress, Pearl Bailey... March 29, 2026 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Reggie... August 24, 2026 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.