12 Notable alumni of
Langston University
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Langston University is 2273rd in the world, 782nd in North America, and 738th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Langston University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jennifer Hudson
- Occupations
- voice actorartistsinger-songwriterspokespersonmusician
- Biography
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Jennifer Kate Hudson, also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer and actress. Having received numerous accolades for her work in music, film, television, and theater, Hudson became the youngest woman and third African-American recipient of all four major American entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT) in 2022. She was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013, and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.
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Chad Johnson
- Occupations
- association football playerCanadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Chad Ochocinco Johnson, known from 2008 to 2012 as Chad Ochocinco, is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football for the Santa Monica Corsairs and the Oregon State Beavers, and played for the Cincinnati Bengals and the New England Patriots during his tenure playing in the NFL. He was selected by the Bengals in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft, and played for them for 10 seasons. Ochocinco, which means "eight five" in Spanish, was also his number. In 2011, Johnson was traded to the Patriots, for whom he played in Super Bowl XLVI.
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Bessie Coleman
- Occupations
- aircraft pilothuman rights activiststunt pilot
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Elizabeth Coleman was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, and is the earliest known Black person to earn an international pilot's license. She earned her license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale on June 15, 1921.
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Charlie Wilson
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- record producersinger-songwritersingeractor
- Biography
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Charles Kent Wilson, also known as Uncle Charlie, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who served lead vocalist for the Gap Band from its 1967 formation until its 2010 disbandment. As a solo act, Wilson has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards and 11 NAACP Image Awards (including two wins), received a 2009 Soul Train Icon Award, and was a recipient of a BMI Icon Award in 2005. In 2009 and 2020, he was named Billboard magazine's No. 1 Adult R&B Artist, and his song "There Goes My Baby" was named the No. 1 Urban Adult Song for 2009 in Billboard.
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Marques Haynes
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Marques Haynes was an American professional basketball player and member of the Harlem Globetrotters, notable for his ability to dribble the ball and keep it away from defenders. According to the 1988 film Harlem Globetrotters: Six Decades of Magic, Haynes could dribble the ball as many as 348 times a minute.
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Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
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- American football player
- Biography
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Thomas Henderson, nicknamed "Hollywood", is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers, Houston Oilers, and Miami Dolphins. He played college football at Langston University.
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Nathan Hare
- Enrolled in Langston University
- In 1954 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- anthropologistsociologist
- Biography
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Nathaniel Hare was an American sociologist, activist, academic, and psychologist. In 1968 he was the first person hired to coordinate a Black studies program in the United States. He established the program at San Francisco State University. A graduate of Langston University and the University of Chicago, he had become involved in the Black Power movement while teaching at Howard University.
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Anastasia Pittman
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- politician
- Biography
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Anastasia A. Pittman is an American and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma politician from the state of Oklahoma. She has served on the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma General Council since 2021 representing the Dosar Barkus Band.
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Lee Gaines
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- lyricistsongwriterjazz musiciansinger
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Otho Lee Gaines was an American jazz singer and lyricist. Gaines wrote the lyrics for "Take the "A" Train" and "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'", two jazz standards by Billy Strayhorn.
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Michael C. Thompson
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Michael C. Thompson is a retired United States General Officer and Oklahoma Army National Guard member who served as the 21st Adjutant General of Oklahoma from 2017 to 2021. He was a Major General in the United States Army National Guard and was a member of the Oklahoma Governor's Cabinet.
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Mo Bassett
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Maurice LaFrancis Bassett was a professional American football player. Bassett played fullback for three seasons for the Cleveland Browns. He led the Browns in rushing his rookie year and serves as the namesake for the Cleveland Browns' Rookie of the Year award. He attended Langston University and would go on to serve in the Navy before playing for the Browns. Maurice was added to the Langston Athletic Hall of Fame posthumously in 2021.
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Maxine Horner
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maxine Edwyna Cissel Horner was one of the first African American women to serve in the Oklahoma Senate, serving from 1986 to 2004, along with Vicki Miles-LaGrange. Horner held the position of Democratic Caucus Chair, as well as Chair of Business and Labor and Government Operations, and Vice-Chair of Adult Literacy.
