https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_de%27_Medici,_Duke_of_Florence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges in the usa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grant_Still https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson_(inventor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Rhodes_Revels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Brooke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Laurence_Dunbar of american descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts but if we're talking about "lesser-known" in the "not taught in (public) school" sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Garvey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Muhammad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Neale_Hurston i should mention booker t washington, though he's pretty notable; i do wish more people would read his writings though --- https://imgur.com/A0TAfek