List of Omega Psi Phi Brothers - Arts

Arts

Name Original chapter Notability References
Count Basie Xi Phi (Honorary) Famous American Jazz Bandleader
Sterling Brown Gamma Poet, author, writer, and professor emeritus at Howard University
Reuben Cannon Grand Chapter
(Special Intake)		 Film Casting Director
Roland Hayes Gamma (Honorary) Internationally known tenor and orator. Omega Men of Distinction 6th edition.
Langston Hughes Beta Poet
Benjamin Mays Gamma Presidential advisor, author, mentor to MLK Omega Men of Distinction 6th edition.
Max Roach Grand Chapter "Special Intake" Internationally known jazz drummer and improvisationalist. Omegas in the Decades.
Tommy Stewart Gamma Sigma Jazz Musician, Producer

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