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Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. was born in Harlem, New York City, [14] the only child of Cora Lillian, a department store price checker, and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Sr., a transit police officer and jazz musician. [15] Cora was born in North Carolina but came to Harlem as part of the Great Migration.
Power Memorial Academy (PMA) was an all-boys Catholic high school in New York City that operated from 1931 through 1984. It was a basketball powerhouse, producing several NBA players including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [1] Len Elmore, [2] Mario Elie, [3] Chris Mullin, [4] as well as NBA referee Dick Bavetta and a record 71-game winning streak.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Hall of Fame basketball player, author, [31] born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., raised Catholic in New York City where he attended Catholic schools, converted to Islam in 1971 at age 24. Keith Ellison, first Muslim to serve in the United States Congress; Everlast, Irish-American rapper and guitar player
Grier met basketball player Ferdinand Lewis (Lew) Alcindor in 1969. [24] Early in their relationship, he converted to Islam and changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Abdul-Jabbar proposed to Grier on the condition that she immediately convert to Islam. [25] Grier refused, and he married a different woman that day. [26] [27]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) – American professional basketball player and the NBA's former all-time leading scorer. [9] [10] Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf – (born Chris Wayne Jackson) – American former professional basketball player. [11] Ahmed Abdullah (born Leroy Bland) – American jazz trumpeter. [12]
NBC News Washington Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor gave birth to a baby boy on May 30th. Alcindor and husband Nathaniel Cline named their baby Yrie Myles.
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., American basketball player who changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Fernando Alonso (born 1981), Spanish racing driver; Ferdinand Bol (1616–1680), Dutch Golden Age painter; Fernand Braudel (1902–1985), French historian; Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839–1898), British banker
Sisqó (born 1978), real name Mark Althavan Andrews, R&B and pop singer; Cameron Snyder (1916–2010), sportswriter for The Baltimore Sun; winner of Dick McCann Memorial Award; Maelcum Soul (1940–1986), bartender, artist's model, and actress; Florence Garrettson Spooner (1840s–1935), social reformer