This list of Howard University people, sometimes known as Bison, includes faculty, staff, graduates, honorary graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of the American Howard University, a private, coeducational, nonsectarian historically black university, located in Washington, D.C.
Academics
President Obama Delivers the Commencement Address at Howard University - Howard University Washington, DC.
Science, medicine and mathematics
Historians
University administrators
Business
Politics and public service
Civil rights, law and government
Military service
Entertainment
Athletics
Journalism
Nobel laureates
Peace, literature, or economics
Literature
Musicians
Pageant queens
Film and television
Other visual and performing arts
Religion
Other notable alumni
U.S. Presidents honorary alumni
Howard University only trails the University of Notre Dame (6) in the number of U.S. Presidents who are honorary alumni.
Notable faculty
See also
- List of people from Washington, D.C.
Douglas Wilder, former Gov. of VA. graduated from Howard University Law School