This list of notable Howard University Alumni, 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 Science, medicine and mathematics Historians Academic administrators Business Politics and public service Civil rights, law, and government Military service Entertainment Sports Journalism Nobel laureates Peace, literature, or economics Literature Musicians Pageant queens Film and television Other visual and performing arts Religion Other notable alumni Notable faculty See also List of people from Washington, D.C. References Howard University people Lists of people by educational affiliation in Washington, D.C.