as far as ancestors; the father, james brown, ansel adams, j-dilla, alvin ailey, malcom x, jacob lawrence, ernesto guevara de la serna, gregory hines, grover washington jr, karl marx, elijah muhammad, gordan parks, zora neale hurston................. still kickin it: stevie wonder, don cheadle, george lucas, barack obama, howard gardner, tony hawk, glenn pike, m. night shyamalan, tom hanks, terrence howard, neil peart, sting, bill duke, george duke, areatha franklin, louis black, tim burton, morgan freeman, sean connery, hal jackson......