By Bianca Sierra FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Roy Ayers (September 10, 1940 — March 4, 2025) was an American vibraphonist, record producer and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he […]

By StephanieLee Elliott   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jacob Matthew Lloyd (born March 5, 1989), also known as Jake Broadbent, is an American former actor who portrayed young Anakin Skywalker in the film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) and Jamie Langston in Jingle All the Way (1996). Jake Matthew Lloyd was born […]

By StephanieLee Elliott FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Andrea Bowen (born March 4, 1990) is an American actress. She began her career appearing on Broadway musicals such as Les Misérables and The Sound of Music. In 2004, she began playing the role of Julie Mayer on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, a role she played on a […]

By Bianca Sierra   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS David Roger Johansen[5] (January 9, 1950 – February 28, 2025) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as lead singer of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter and […]

By Bianca Sierra FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Gwen McCrae (née Mosley, December 21, 1943 – February 21, 2025) was an American singer, best known for her 1975 hit “Rockin’ Chair“. Known in the music industry as the “Queen of Rare Groove”, McCrae’s gospel, soul, disco and funk vocals have been […]

By Bianca Sierra FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Angela Laverne Stone (née Brown; December 18, 1961 – March 1, 2025) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She rose to fame in the late 1970s as a member of the hip hop trio the Sequence. In the early […]

By Bianca Sierra FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Joseph Charles Molland (21 June 1947 – 1 March 2025) was an English songwriter and rock guitarist whose recording career spanned five decades. He was best known as a member of Badfinger, the most successful of the acts he performed with. Molland was […]

By StephanieLee Elliott FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS John Francis Bongiovi Jr. (born March 2, 1962), known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is best known as the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983. He has […]

By StephanieLee Elliott FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Howard started his career as a child actor before transitioning to directing films. Over his six-decade career, Howard has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, six Emmy Awards, two Golden […]

By Tatiana Ponil FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Bernadette Peters (née Lazzara; born February 28, 1948) is an American actress and singer. Over a career spanning more than six decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television and film, performed in solo concerts and released recordings. She is a […]

By Tatiana Ponil   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, entertainment, and comedy in their style of play. Over the years, they have played more than 26,000 exhibition games in 124 countries and territories, mostly against deliberately ineffective opponents, such as the Washington Generals (1953–1995, since […]

By Tatiana Ponil FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Donal Francis Logue (born February 27, 1966) is a Canadian-American film and television actor. He played the starring role of Sean Finnerty on the sitcom Grounded for Life (2001–2005), and Detective Harvey Bullock on the DC Comics adaptation Gotham (2014–2019). He is also known for playing flight nurse Chuck […]

By Tatiana Ponil   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the first African American to go to space. While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer […]

By Bianca Sierra FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (October 11, 1985 – February 26, 2025) was an American actress. After beginning her career in TV commercials at age three, she made her television debut in her first credited role on the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & […]

By Bianca Sierra FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) was an American singer and pianist known for her emotive, genre-blending ballads that spanned R&B, jazz, folk, and pop and contributed to the birth of quiet storm. Her commercial success included the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles […]

By Tatiana Ponil FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Corinne Jacqueline Bailey Rae (/kəˈrɪn/; née Bailey; born 26 February 1979) is a British singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2006 single “Put Your Records On“. Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an […]

By Tatiana Ponil FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS John Baxter Taylor Jr. (November 3, 1882, Washington, D.C. – December 2, 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American track and field athlete, notable as the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal. Taylor was a member of the gold medal-winning men’s medley relay team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. […]

By Tatiana Ponil FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS James Andrew Eric Phelps and Oliver Martyn John Phelps (born 25 February 1986) are English actors, podcasters and identical twin brothers. They are known for playing Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter film series from 2001 to 2011 and have continued to work together […]

By Tatiana Ponil FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Daniel Alexander Payne (February 24, 1811 – November 2, 1893) was an American bishop, educator, college administrator and author. A major shaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), Payne stressed education and preparation of ministers and introduced more order in the […]

By Tatiana Ponil FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Colin Luther Powell (/ˈkoʊlɪn ˈpaʊəl/ KOH-lin POW-əl; April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American statesman, diplomat, and army officer who was the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American to hold the office. He was the 15th national […]