Comedian Bill Cosby gained widespread popularity for TV shows including 'I Spy,' 'Fat Albert' and 'The Cosby Show.' Following years of accusations, he was found guilty of sexual assault in 2018.

• Comedian, Television Producer, Film Actor, Television Actor
  (1937–)

James West is a U.S. inventor and professor who, in 1962, developed the electret transducer technology later used in 90 percent of contemporary microphones.

• Scientist, Inventor
  (1931–)

Amelia Boynton Robinson was a civil rights pioneer who championed voting rights for African Americans. She was brutally beaten for helping to lead a 1965 civil rights march, which became known as Bloody Sunday and drew national attention to the Civil Rights Movement. She was also the first black woman to run for Congress in Alabama.

• Educator, Civil Rights Activist
  (1911–2015)

Kunal Nayyar stars as Raj Koothrappali on the hit sitcom 'Big Bang Theory.'

• Television Actor, Film Actor, Theater Actor
  (1981–)

Daryl Hall is a singer-songwriter who's part of the mega-hit duo Hall & Oates, known for hit songs like "Sara Smile," "One on One" and "Out of Touch."

• Songwriter, Singer, Pianist, Guitarist
  (1946–)

Molefi Asante created the country's first African-American studies Ph.D. program at Temple University in 1987.

• Journalist, Educator, Scholar
  (1942–)

John Oates teamed up with fellow musician Daryl Hall to form the mega-hit duo Hall & Oates, known for songs like "Kiss on My List," "One on One" and "Out of Touch."

• Songwriter, Singer, Music Producer, Guitarist
  (c. 1949–)

Bob Saget is a comedic TV personality and actor who found success first on the sitcom Full House and later on America's Funniest Home Videos.

• Television Actor, Talk Show Host
  (1956–)