List of African-American Jews

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This is a list of African-American Jews.

Name	Lifespan	Nationality	Occupation
Eric Andre[1]	born 1983	United States	Actor and comedian
Dinah Abrahamson[2]	1954–2013	United States	Author and politician
Koby Altman[3]	born 1982	United States	General manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers
Moses "Shyne" Barrow[4]	born 1978	United States Belize	Rapper, politician
Darrin Bell[5]	born 1975	United States	Cartoonist
Nissim Black[6]	born 1986	United States Israel	Rapper and producer
David Blu[7][8]	born 1980	United States Israel	Basketball player
Lisa Bonet[9]	born 1967	United States	Actress
Nell Carter[10]	1948–2003	United States	Singer and actress
Danielia Cotton[11]	born 1967	United States	Singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jordan Dangerfield[12]	born 1990	United States	NFL safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Sammy Davis, Jr.[13]	1925–1990	United States	Dancer and singer
Lacey Schwartz Delgado[14]	born 1977	United States	Filmmaker and Second Lady of New York
Daveed Diggs[15]	born 1982	United States	Actor, rapper, singer
Jordan Farmar[16]	born 1986	United States	Basketball player
Ada Fisher[17]	1947–2022	United States	Physician and politician
Aaron Freeman[18]	born 1956	United States	Comedian
Capers C. Funnye Jr.[19]	born 1952	United States	Rabbi
Alicia Garza[20]	born 1981	United States	Activist
Lewis Gordon[21]	born 1962	United States	Philosopher
Kat Graham[22]	born 1989	United States	Actress
Ahuvah Gray[23]		United States Israel	Writer
Reuben Greenberg[24]	1943–2014	United States	Criminologist
Lani Guinier[25]	1950–2022	United States	Lawyer and scholar
Tiffany Haddish	born 1979	United States Eritrea	Actress and comedienne
Ben Harper[26]	born 1967	United States	Musician
Kali Hawk[22]	born 1986	United States	Actress
Carolivia Herron[27]	born 1947	United States	Writer and scholar
Reese Hopkins[28]		United States	Radio talk show host
Ruby Johnson[29]	1936–1999	United States	Soul singer
Kidada Jones[30]	born 1974	United States	Actress
Rashida Jones[31]	born 1976	United States	Actress
Yaphet Kotto[32]	1939–2021	United States	Actor
Lenny Kravitz[32]	born 1964	United States	Musician
Zoe Kravitz[33]	born 1988	United States	Actress, singer, and model
Sandra Lawson[34][35][36]	born 1969	United States	Rabbi
Julius Lester[37]	1939–2018	United States	Author
Karen Lewis	1953–2021	United States	American educator and labor leader
Lauren London[38]	born 1984	United States	Actress and fashion model
Elliott Maddox[39]	born 1947	United States	Baseball player
Saoul Mamby[40]	1947–2019	United States	Boxer
Taylor Mays[41]	born 1988	United States	American football player
James McBride[42]	born 1957	United States	Writer and musician
Yavilah McCoy[43]	born 1972	United States	Teacher
Adah Isaacs Menken[44]	1835–1868	United States	Actress and poet
"Magnificent" Montague[45]	born 1928	United States	Disc jockey
Walter Mosley[46]	born 1952	United States	Novelist
Joshua Nelson[47]		United States	Gospel singer
Aulcie Perry[48]	born 1950	United States Israel	Basketball player
Rain Pryor[49]	born 1969	United States	Actress and comedian
Shais Rishon[50][51]	born 1982	United States	Rabbi, writer
Joshua Redman[52]	born 1969	United States	Jazz saxophonist
Gloria Reuben[53]	born 1964	Canada United States	Actress, jazz singer, and pianist
Tracee Ellis Ross[54]	born 1972	United States	Actress and model
Maya Rudolph[55]	born 1972	United States	Actress and comedian
Anthony Russell[56]	born 1980	United States	Singer and musician
Willie "The Lion" Smith[57]	1897–1973	United States	Jazz pianist
Alysa Stanton[58]		United States	Rabbi
Amar'e Stoudemire[59]	born 1982	United States Israel	Basketball player
Khleo Thomas[60]	born 1989	United States	Actor
Andre Tippett[61]	born 1959	United States	American football player
Michael W. Twitty[62]	born 1977	United States	Writer and culinary historian
Alex Tyus[63]	born 1988	United States Israel	Basketball player
Rebecca Walker[64]	born 1969	United States	Feminist and writer
Justin Warfield[65]	born 1973	United States	Rapper
Robin Washington[66]	born 1956	United States	Journalist and filmmaker
Jamila Wideman[67]	born 1975	United States	Basketball player
Andre Williams[68]	1936–2019	United States	R&B musician
Earl Williams[69]	born 1951	United States Israel	Basketball player
Jackie Wilson[70]	1934–1984	United States	Singer
Y-Love[71]	born 1978	United States	Hip hop artist
Drew Bundini Brown	1928–1987	United States	Boxing cornerman and actor
Doja Cat[72]	born 1995	United States	Rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress
Drake[73]	born 1986	Canada United States	Rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor

• Mazi Melesa Pilip, Ethiopian-born American politician
• Cameron Boyce, child actor

See also

• Jews of Color