Anita Doreen Diggs
Anita Doreen Diggs (born 1966 in New York City aalbc.com) is an American
Annie Le Porte Diggs
Annie Le Porte Diggs (, Le Porte; February 22, 1853 – September 7, 1916) was a Canadian-born American activist, journalist, author, and librarian. She was the chairman of the delegation from Washington, D.C. for the National People's Party (Uni ...
(1853–1916), Canadian writer, advocate
* Bubba Diggs (born c. 1960), American football player and coach
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Charles Diggs
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (December 2, 1922 – August 24, 1998) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served in the state senate and U.S. House of Representatives. He was the first African American elected to Congress ...
(1922–1998), African-American politician
* Charles C. Diggs Sr. (1894–1967), Michigan State Senator and father of Charles Diggs
* Danny Diggs, American politician
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Daveed Diggs
Daveed Daniele Diggs (born January 24, 1982) is an American actor, rapper, and singer-songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping, and in 2015, he originated the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jeffer ...
(born 1982), American rapper and actor
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Ellen Diggs
Ellen Irene Diggs (1906–1998) was an American anthropologist. She was the writer of a major contribution to African American history, ''Black Chronology: From 4,000 B.C. to the Abolition of the Slave Trade''.
Biography
Diggs was born on April ...
(1906–1998), American anthropologist
* Estella B. Diggs (1916–2013), American politician
* Fadil Diggs (born 2001), American football player
* Francesca Diggs (), American politician
* George Diggs (born 1952), American biologist
* J. Frank Diggs (1917–2004), American journalist
* Jamal Diggs (born 1970), stage name
J-Diggs
Jamal Diggs (born July 10, 1970), better known by his stage name J-Diggs, also Jay Digs or J-Diggs tha Rockstar, is an American rapper from Vallejo, CA. He is best known for his affiliation with fellow Vallejo rapper Mac Dre and his label, Thizz ...
, American rapper
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Jamar Diggs
Jamar Anthony Diggs (born November 27, 1988) is an American professional basketball player.
College career
Diggs played college basketball at Wayne State College and Wofford College. He graduated from Wofford College in 2011.
As a Freshman at W ...
(born 1988), American basketball player
* Jimmy Diggs (born 1955), American screenwriter
* Jimmy Diggs (1938–2023), half of the soul-music duo
Knight Brothers
The Knight Brothers (also billed as The Knight Bros.) were a soul music duo, comprising Richard Dunbar (b. 31 May 1939) and Jimmy Diggs (b. James Leon Diggs, 11 October 1938)(d. February 28, 2023).
Both had been singing in local church choirs ...
Kip Diggs
Kip Andre Diggs is an American politician and retired professional boxer. He serves as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and assumed office on January 3, 2021.
Diggs holds a record of 30–5, with three knock o ...
(born 1966), American boxer
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Lemuel Diggs
Lemuel Whitley Diggs (January 8, 1900 – January 8, 1995) was an American pathologist who specialized in sickle cell anemia and hematology.
Biography
Diggs was born in Hampton, Virginia, but spent most of his life and did most of his work i ...
(1900–1995), American pathologist
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Louis S. Diggs
Louis S. Diggs (April 13, 1932 – October 24, 2022) was an African-American writer and historian specializing in the African-American history of Baltimore County, Maryland. As a chronicler of the county's African-American legacy, his work illumina ...
(born 1932), American writer and historian
* Marissa Diggs (born 1992), American retired soccer player
* Marshall R. Diggs (1888–1968), United States Acting Comptroller of the Currency (1938)
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Na'il Diggs
Na'il Diggs (born July 8, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL draft. He played college ...
(born 1978), American National Football League player
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Quandre Diggs
Quandre Diggs (born January 22, 1993) is an American professional football safety. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, and was selected by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL draft. He played his first two years ...
(born 1993), American football player
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Quincy Diggs
Quincy Johan Diggs (born December 8, 1990) is an American-Austrian professional basketball player for Oberwart Gunners of the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga.
College career
In the 2011–11 season, the Akron Zips qualified for the NCAA Tournament ...
(born 1990), American basketball player
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Reese Diggs
Reese Wilson "Diggsy" Diggs (September 22, 1915 – October 30, 1978) was a Major League Baseball pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound ...
(1915–1978), Major League Baseball pitcher
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Renée Diggs
Starpoint was an American R&B and funk band from Maryland that was active from 1978 to 1990 recording 10 albums during that time. It comprised four brothers and two other musicians. The ten albums released did well, some reaching the US R&B Cha ...
, a former member of the American R&B and funk band Starpoint
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Richard Diggs (actor)
Richard Diggs (died 1727) was a British stage actor.
He was a member of the Dury Lane company before 1718, when he switched to join John Rich's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre and remained there until his death.Johanson p.410
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(died 1727), British stage actor
* Robert Diggs (born 1969), stage name
RZA
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (born July 5, 1969), better known by his stage name RZA ( ) or the RZA, is an American rapper, record producer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is the '' de facto'' leader of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, having pro ...
, African-American music producer, rapper and musician
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Roland Diggs
Roland J. Diggs (1934–2019) was a Liberian Lutheran bishop.
He was born on 11 September 1934. He was elected as Vice President
A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business w ...
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fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1990s), Liberian Lutheran bishop and Vice President of Liberia (1990–1991)
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Sally Maria Diggs
Sally Maria Diggs (1851 – October 27, 1928) was an enslaved African-American girl, also known as "Pinky", whose freedom was famously bought by Henry Ward Beecher in 1860, during a sermon at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, NYC. Beecher famously ...
(c. 1851–?), African-American slave purchased by abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher
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Stefon Diggs
Stefon Marsean Diggs (born November 29, 1993) is an American professional American football, football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins footbal ...
(born 1993), American football player
* Talitha Diggs (born 2002), American sprinter, 2022 400 m national champion
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Taye Diggs
Scott Leo "Taye" Diggs (né Berry; born January 2, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the Broadway musicals '' Rent'' and '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', the TV series '' Private Practice'' (2007–2013), '' Murder in ...
(born 1971), African-American actor
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Thomas Digges
Thomas Digges (; c. 1546 – 24 August 1595) was an English mathematician and astronomer. He was the first to expound the Copernican system in English but discarded the notion of a fixed shell of immoveable stars to postulate infinitely many s ...
(died 1887), African-American politician during the Reconstruction era
* Trevon Diggs (born 1997), American football player
Fictional characters
* Oscar Diggs, better known as the
Wizard of Oz (character)
Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, better known as the "Wizard of Oz" and, during his reign, as "Oz, the Great and Terrible", is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. ...
Boy Eats Girl
''Boy Eats Girl'' is a 2005 horror-comedy film directed by Stephen Bradley and starring Samantha Mumba, produced and shot in Ireland. The plot tells of a teenage boy who comes back to life as a zombie, similar to the plot of the American film ''M ...