List of Black/White people
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This is a list of notable people with black and white ancestry.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- Shola Ama - singer[1]
- John Amaechi
- Amil - singer[2]
[edit] B
- B5, Boy Band, African-American mother, Caucasian father
- Charli Baltimore
- Benjamin Banneker, mathematician, 3/4 black, 1/4 white
- Shirley Bassey - singer[3]
- Jennifer Beals - actress[4]
- Lou Bega
- Halle Berry - actress[5]
- Troy Beyer
- Mike Bibby, basketball player; son of fair-skinned African American basketball player and coach Henry Bibby and his Trinidadian wife[6]
- James Blake, tennis player; African-American father, white British mother
- David Bluthenthal
- Paul Boateng, Former British MP, now ambassador to South Africa
- Bizzy Bone
- Lisa Bonet
- Donald Brashear
- Edward Brooke
- Melanie Brown - singer[7]
- William Wells Brown
[edit] C
- Chris Cain
- Blu Cantrell
- Irene Cara
- Mariah Carey - singer[8]
- Dina Carroll
- Carol Channing - actress[9]
- Suzette Charles
- Eagle-Eye Cherry
- Neneh Cherry
- Doug Christie - NBA player[10]
- Ward Connerly
[edit] D
- Martin Dahlin, Swedish football (soccer) player, black and Swedish
- Craig David, singer, English and Jewish mother, black father
- Jaye Davidson, actor, English mother and Ghanaian father
- Alana Davis
- Rosario Dawson, actress, Puerto Rican, Afro-Cuban, Irish and Native American
- Ophelia Devore, Classist, French, German, Indian, Black
- Vin Diesel, actor, African American father, mother of Irish, Scottish
- Fefe Dobson, (1/2 Jamaican/Asian - 1/2 White/Native American) Canadian singer
- Frederick Douglass, civil rights activist, writer, black, white and Native American
- W. E. B. Du Bois, activist, French, Dutch, African American
- Alexandre Dumas, French author, one-quarter black and three-quarters white
- Kieron Dyer, English Football Player, Mother is Antiguan, father English
- Mervyn M. Dymally, former US Congressman, Indian, African, white
[edit] E
- Carmen Ejogo, actress, white Scottish mother, black Nigerian father
- Anthony Ervin
- Faith Evans - singer[11]
[edit] F
- China Forbes, American singer/songwriter and member of Pink Martini, White father (of French and Scottish descent), Black mother
- Harold Ford Sr. White mother, Black father
- Harold Ford 3/4 black, 1/4 white
- Melyssa Ford, video model, 1/2 white and 1/2 black. (Black father, white mother)
- Rick Fox, professional basketball player, white Canadian mother, and black Bahamian father
- Lil' Fizz of B2K 3/4 African-American and 1/4 white (biracial/Mulatto mother and African-American father with some Native-American heritage)
- Rainbow Sun Francks, actor/songwriter, black Cree mother and Anglo-Native Canadian father
- Michael Franti
- Jennifer Freeman, American actress, black mother, white father
- Grant Fuhr, ice hockey star, black and white [citation needed]
[edit] G
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 1/2 African-American and 1/2 European-American
- Roland Gift, lead singer of Fine Young Cannibals, half black and half white.
- Ryan Giggs, British Footballer, Half Black/Half White Welsh father, White Welsh mother
- Malcolm Gladwell, writer for The New Yorker, author of The Tipping Point; mother a Jamaican of mixed black, Jewish and Scots heritage, father white English
- Trisha Goddard, (1/2 Dominican - 1/2 English) British talkshow hostess
- Goldie, musician, Jamaican and Scottish
- Drew Gooden
- George William Gordon
- George Gregan, Australian Rugby player, half Zambian, half white[citation needed]
- Justin Guarini, American Idol season 1 finalist, African, Irish, and Italian.
- Vicente Guerrero, Mexican Abolitionist and independence fighter
- Jasmine Guy, actress, black father and white mother
[edit] H
- Prince Hall
- Malou Hansson, (1/2 Ghanaian - 1/2 Swedish) former Miss Sweden
- Erika Harold
- Ben Harper, musician, black father (half Cherokee paternal grandmother) and Russian Jewish mother
- Lemuel Haynes
- James Augustine Healy
- Bessie Head-author
- Sally Hemings, former slave, 3/4 white, 1/4 Black
- George Herriman, cartoonist, mulatto
- Cindy Herron, Singer, her father is black and mother is white
- Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter, white and black
- Grant Hill, basketball player, 3/4 black and 1/4 white (Biracial black/white mother, and black father)
- Lawrence Hill, Canadian author (Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada), white and black
- Kelly Holmes, British athlete, Jamaican biological father, white English mother
- Lena Horne, singer, mixed of black, white, and Native American ancestry
- Terrence Dashon Howard, American actor, 1/2 black, 1/2 white (father half-black, half-white, mother half black, half-white)
- Tim Howard, American soccer star, black father, Hungarian mother
- Albert Hughes-director
- Allen Hughes-director
- Langston Hughes, 1/2 African-American and 7/16 European-American, 1/16 Cherokee
- Javine Hylton, (1/2 Jamaican - 1/2 White) British singer
[edit] I
- Jarome Iginla, NHL star, black (Nigerian) father and white mother
[edit] J
- Etta James
- Derek Jeter, baseball star, African American father and Irish American mother
- Rashida Jones and Kidada Jones, daughters of Quincy Jones (African American) and Peggy Lipton (white Jewish American)
- David Justice
[edit] K
- Alicia Keys, singer, Irish/Italian mother, Jamaican father
- Christel Khalil, actress, her mother is 1/2 Black, 1/2 White and her father is Pakistani.
- Ian Khama, Vice-President of Botswana, African father, English mother
- Jason Kidd, basketball star, black father and white mother
- Eartha Kitt, singer, black Cherokee mother and white father
- Boris Kodjoe, German mother and Ghanaian father
- Lenny Kravitz, singer, son of Sy Kravitz (Russian Jewish) and Roxie Roker (black Bahamian)
- Jimi Hendrix, musician, mixed with African American, Native American Cherokee, and European
[edit] L
- Cleo Laine
- Wifredo Lam, artist, Chinese, African, Spanish
- Trajan Langdon
- Marie Laveau, voodoo queen, black and white
- Sabrina Le Beauf, actress, mixed of black and white ancestry
- Shakara Ledard
- Keri Lewis, musician, husband of musician Toni Braxton, white American mother, black American father
- Paulo Leminski, Brazilian poet and writer, Polish, and Afro-Brazilian
- Noemie Lenoir-model
- Keri Lewis, musician, husband of musician Toni Braxton, white American mother, black American father
- Phil Lynott, lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Afro-Brazilian father and Irish mother
[edit] M
- Antonio Maceo, Cuban Aboloitionist, general and independence fighter
- Suzanne Malveaux, news reporter, white mother, black father.
- Michael Manley, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, mostly Irish and England, some African
- Norman Manley, Premier of Jamaica, Irish, English, and African
- Bob Marley, musician, Black (Jamaican) mother and White Jamaican (Syrian Jewish) father
- Amanda Marshall, musician, black (Trinidadian) mother and white (Canadian) father
- Hans Massaquoi-author
- Denise Matthews
- Jan Earnst Matzeliger
- James McBride (writer) father is African American and mother is Jewish
- Bryton McClure, actor and singer, mixed of black and white ancestry.
- Paul McGrath, Irish international footballer, Irish mother and Ghanaian father
- Lonette McKee
- Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez, Cuban Astronaut
- Michael Michele (actress) Black mother, and White father
- Candice Michelle, WWE diva, Panamanian and German
- Wentworth Miller, American actor, father is African-American, Jamaican, English and German Jewish, mother is French, Dutch, Syrian and Lebanese
- Charles Mingus, musician, 1/2 African-American, 1/4 Chinese, 1/8 Swedish and German
- Shemar Moore, actor, father African American and mother white
- Naima Mora, top model, African-American, Mexican, Indian and Irish
- Walter Mosley, writer, black father and Jewish mother
- Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry and Tahj Mowry, actors, black mother and white father
- Samantha Mumba, pop singer and actress, Zambian father and Irish Mother
- Billie Myers
[edit] N
- Thandie Newton, actress, British father and Zimbabwean mother
- Angela Nissel, author, mother is African-American, father is White
- Yannick Noah, French tennis player and popular singer; Cameroonian father and white French mother. Also:
- Joakim Noah, American basketball player; Yannick's son by his then-wife, Swedish model Cécilia Rhode
Luke Mackinnon Port Hawkesbury NS white father(scottish) black mother.
[edit] O
- Barack Obama, U.S. Senator, Kenyan father and white American mother
- Dan O'Brien, decathlon star, black and Finnish [citation needed]
- Soledad O'Brien, television personality, Irish/Australian father, Afro-Cuban mother
- Obsession, American pornographic actress, white American mother, black American father.
- Sophie Okonedo, British actress, Jewish mother, black Nigerian father
- Tony Osoba, Scottish actor (Porridge, Doctor Who), white Scottish mother, black Nigerian father
[edit] P
- Sean Paul, hip hop/reggae artist, black, white, and Chinese (Mother is 1/2 black and 1/2 Chinese, father is Portuguese-Jamaican.)
- Tony Parker, French NBA star, African American father, Dutch mother
- Karyn Parsons, "Hilary" from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, white father, black mother
- Trevor Penick, black father and white mother
- Alexandre Pétion
- Rob Pilatus
- Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback
- Tamiia Poitier, black father (Sidney Poitier) and white mother
- Adam Clayton Powell IV (politician)
- Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., clergyman, black mother, white father
- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., politician and civil rights leader, part black and part white, his father was half white and half black, his mother was a white-appearing lady also part white and part black
- Juliette Powell, Canadian television personality, black and white
- Rain Pryor, actress, daughter of Richard Pryor and Jewish mother
- Robert Purvis
- Aleksandr Pushkin, most famous Russian poet, ⅞ Russian, ⅛ Ethiopian
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Karim Rashid
- Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana, Scottish father, Ghanaian mother
- Christopher "Kid" Reid, actor, comedian, Jamaican father and Irish mother
- Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden, Swedish, Italian, Latvian and African-American
- Gloria Reuben, actress, black (Jamaican) mother and white (Canadian) father
- Santino Rice, fashion designer, African American mother, Caucasian father
- André Rigaud
- Rihanna, singer, black Barbadian mother, white Barbadian father
- Salli Richardson
- Smokey Robinson, singer, African American, White
- Vicki Sue Robinson
- Evan Ross, actor, African-American mother, Diana Ross, Norwegian father, Arne Naess, half-brother of actress Tracee Ellis Ross
- Tracee Ellis Ross, actress, black mother (Diana Ross) and Jewish father
- Victoria Rowell
- Maya Rudolph, comedian, black mother (Minnie Riperton) and Jewish father
- Emilia Rydberg
[edit] S
- Jehan Sadat
- Sade, singer, Nigerian father and British mother.
- Chevalier de Saint-Georges
- Sherri Saum
- Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek basketball player; Greek Macedonian father, Cameroonian mother
- Tasha Schwikert
- Mary Seacole, nurse, Scottish father and a Jamaican mulatto mother
- Samuel Selvon, author, Indo-Trinidadian and Scottish
- Danzy Senna
- Cedric Simmons, (1/2 African American - 1/2 German) American basketball player
- Sue Simmons-author
- Slash (aka Saul Hudson), musician, English Jewish father, black mother
- Robert Smalls
- Pat Smear, African-American/Native American mother and German Jewish father
- Chelsi Smith-Miss America
- Zadie Smith, Jamaican mother, English father
- Jordin Sparks, singer, mother White and father African American
- Ronnie Spector, singer, White, Black and Native American
- Jake Steed, Pornstar, white mother, black father
- Alexandra Stevenson tennis player African American father (basketball great Julius Erving) and White mother
- Earnie Stewart, American soccer star, black father, Dutch mother
- Cree Summer
- Daniel Sunjata, actor, African American, German, and Irish
[edit] T
- Taimak
- Tamara Taylor
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer, black and white
- Renee Tenison, Playboy Playmate of the Year for 1989, and her identical twin sister Rosie Tenison, model, black and white
- Rosie Tenison, Playboy Playmate of the Year for 1989, and her identical twin sister Renee Tenison, model, black and white
- Chris Thomas (basketball)
- Daley Thompson
- Tammy Townsend
- Rachel True
[edit] U
- Adaora Udoji, CNN News correspondent, black Nigerian father, white American mother
- Peter Ustinov, actor, German, Russian, Italian, French, and Ethiopian
[edit] V
- Valentina (model)
- Mario Van Peebles, actor; son of African American actor and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles and his German wife
- Joanna Vassa, daughter of Olaudah Equiano and his English wife
[edit] W
- Derek Walcott, poet, black and white
- Rebecca Walker
- Booker T. Washington, educator, black and white
- Tamia Washington, Canadian R&B singer (and wife of NBA basketball star Grant Hill), French Canadian father, Black Canadian mother
- André Watts, concert pianist, half African American and Hungarian
- Robert Wedderburn, political reformer, Scottish father, Africanmother (a slave)
- Eric West, American actor and singer, black, Hispanic and white
- Persia White, actress (Girlfriends), black Bahamian father, white mother
- Walter White, civil rights activist, black and white
- Jamila Wideman
- Deron Williams, half black and white
- Jayson Williams
- August Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences) of mixed black and white heritage
- Rod Woodson, American football star, white and black[citation needed]
[edit] Z
- Emiliano Zapata, independence fighter [citation needed]
[edit] References
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ [1] "Her mother is of Dominican and St Lucian parentage and her father is White."
- ^ [2] "Her father is Black, her mother is European/Cherokee (according to the bio on her website)."
- ^ [3] "Her mother was English, her father was Nigerian (From Black Britain Online)."
- ^ [4] "she finds it easier to play one on TV because she's biracial, so she has "always lived sort-of on the outside,"
- ^ [5] "Berry also suffered insults from her peers as a child because she is biracial, and her family lived in a predominately white Cleveland suburb. Her appearance won her numerous beauty contests, however, and she eventually became a runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant."
- ^ [6]See 1973-74 basketball card of Mike's father, former New York Knick Henry Bibby, who is a fair-skinned African-American.
- ^ [7] "Her mother Andrea is white and her father is from the Caribbean island of Nevis."
- ^ [8] "CAREY CITES BI-RACIAL FAMILY FOR INSECURITIES MARIAH CAREY's insecurities stem from growing up in a bi-racial family - because her looks set her apart from her peers."
- ^ [9] "And while her celebrated career in show business has spanned more than five decades, it wasn't until recently, in her autobiography, Just Lucky I Guess, where the 81-year-old performer told the story of the day she learned that she is biracial. She recalled that she was 16 years old and heading to college when her mother told her that she was "part Negro.""
- ^ [10] "His mother is White his father is Black (according to an interview he did with the Sacramento Bee on 3/25/01)."
- ^ [11] [Italian-American Father, African American Mother]