List of African American sportspeople

This is a list of notable African American sportspeople. For other African Americans, see Lists of African Americans.

Administrators, executives, and businesspeople

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Baseball

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Satchel Paige
 
Jackie Robinson
 
Roy Campanella
 
Larry Doby
 
Hank Aaron
 
Willie Mays
 
Ernie Banks
 
Bob Gibson
 
Lou Brock
 
Willie McCovey
 
Joe Morgan
 
Frank Robinson
 
Curt Flood
 
Barry Bonds
 
Ken Griffey Jr.
 
Derek Jeter
 
Aaron Judge
 
Giancarlo Stanton

Basketball

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
 
Elgin Baylor
 
Charles Barkley
 
Kobe Bryant
 
Wilt Chamberlain
 
Stephen Curry
 
Kevin Durant
 
Julius Erving
 
Kevin Garnett
 
K. C. Jones
 
Sam Jones
 
Magic Johnson
 
Michael Jordan
 
LeBron James
 
Karl Malone
 
Shaquille O'Neal
 
David Robinson
 
Oscar Robertson
 
Bill Russell
 
Dwyane Wade
 
Wes Unseld
 
Moses Malone
 
Robert Parish
 
Nate Thurmond
  • Wes Unseld - retired professional basketball player
  • Trae Young (African-American father) - professional basketball player

Boxing

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Muhammad Ali
 
Joe Frazier
 
George Foreman
 
Larry Holmes
 
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
 
Ken Norton
 
Floyd Patterson
 
Sugar Ray Robinson
 
Earnie Shavers
 
Mike Tyson

Fencing

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Football

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Jim Brown
 
Colin Kaepernick
 
Cam Newton
 
Jerry Rice
 
Deion Sanders
 
O. J. Simpson
 
Bubba Smith
 
Herschel Walker
 
Russell Wilson

Golf

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Tiger Woods

Gymnastics

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Hockey

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Dustin Byfuglien
 
Kyle Okposo

Swimming

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Tennis

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Arthur Ashe
 
Althea Gibson
 
Serena Williams
 
Venus Williams

Track and field

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Otis Davis
 
Harrison Dillard
 
Charles Greene
 
Jim Hines
 
Michael Johnson
 
Florence Griffith Joyner
 
Vincent Matthews
 
Ralph Metcalfe
 
Jesse Owens
 
Wilma Rudolph
 
Tommie Smith
 
Eddie Tolan

Wrestling

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Motorsport

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Martial arts

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Soccer

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See also

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References

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