Europe – Great Britain – Scotland
Gary Younge (1969- )
Writer Gary Younge was born in January 1969 in Hertfordshire, England, to Barbadian parents. He grew up in the town...
John Edmonstone (? – ?)
John Edmonstone was a Guyanese-born enslaved person and taxidermist who later became a taxidermy teacher in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edmonstone was...
Angela Ankomaah Tabiri (1990- )
Angela Ankomaah Tabiri, a quantum algebra researcher, was born in 1990 in Accra, Ghana. She graduated from Anum Memorial School...
Dawda Kairaba Jawara (1924-2019)
Dawda (David) Jawara was the first Head of State of independent Gambia. He was born on May 16, 1924, at...
Francis Cardozo (1836-1903)
Francis Lewis Cardozo was a minister, educator, and politician who was born free in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 1,...
Strive Masiyiwa (1961- )
Strive Masiyiwa is a Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist. He is best known for being the founder and chairman of Econet...
Jotello Festiri Soga (1865-1906)
Dr. Jotello Festiri Soga in 1886 became the first South African of any race to receive a degree in veterinary...
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (1945–1946)
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was an all-black battalion of the Woman’s Army Corps (WAC). The 6888th had 855...
Maurice S. Parker (1949- )
Ambassador Maurice S. Parker is a career Senior Foreign Service Officer with the rank of Minister-Counselor at the U.S. Department...
