List of Omega Psi Phi brothers
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
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
This is a list of notable members of Omega Psi Phi fraternity (ΩΨΦ) which was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University.