As far as famous I can't really recall anyone is particularly famous but you can find a good list of notable folks here http://www.quora.com/Who-are-some-notab

As far as famous I can't really recall anyone is particularly famous but you can find a good list of notable folks here http://www.quora.com/Who-are-some-notable-African-American-founders-entrepreneurs-and-executives-in-Silicon-Valley http://www.quora.com/Who-are-some-notable-African-American-f... As far as the situation of blacks in tech, I have written at length about it before here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3170071 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3170071