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- Daniel Decatur "Dan" Emmett (October 29, 1815 - June 28, 1904), was an American songwriter and entertainer.
- male, deceased (1878)
- William M. "Billy" Whitcock was an American blackface performer. He began his career in entertainment doing blackface banjo routines in circuses...
- male, deceased (1864)
- Stephen Collins Foster, known as the "father of American music," was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of the 19th century. His...
- male, deceased (1860)
- Joel Walker Sweeney, also known as Joe Sweeney, was a musician and early blackface minstrel performer. Born to farming family in Buckingham County,...
- male, deceased (1916)
- Sam Lucas was an African American actor, comedian, singer, and songwriter. His career began in blackface minstrelsy, but he later became one of the...
- female, deceased (1952)
- Hattie McDaniel was an African-American actress. She was the first performer of African descent to ever win an Academy Award. She won the award for...
- male, deceased (1862)
- Edwin Pearce Christy (November 28, 1815 - May 21, 1862) was an American composer, singer, actor and stage producer. He is more commonly known as E....
- male, deceased (1825)
- Micah Hawkins (January 1, 1777-July 29, 1825) was an American poet, playwright, and composer, largely of music for theater, who also operated a New...
- male, deceased (1874)
- Frank Brower was an American blackface performer active in the mid-19th century. He began his career doing blackface performances in circuses and...
- male, deceased (1911)
- James Alan Bland (also known as Jimmy Bland) (12 October 1854 - 6 May 1911) was an African American musician and song writer. He was one of 8...
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