Sports

• Orenthal James ''O.J.'' Simpson

  American football player and actor. His trial and acquittal on a double murder charge, and subsequent civil trial in which he was found liable for those murders, captured the world's attention in the mid-1990s.

  • 1969 National Football League number-one draft pick (see list of Football #1 Draft Picks)
  • 1973, 1975 American Football Conference Player of the Year (see list of NFL Players of the Year)
  • Elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1985 (see list of Professional Football Hall of Fame)
  • 1968 Heisman Memorial Trophy winner (see list of Heisman Trophy Winners)
  • 1973 Sporting News Man of the Year (see list of Winners of the Sporting News Man of the Year Award)
  • 1973 Associated Press Athlete of the Year (see list of Associated Press Athletes of the Year)

Stage and Screen

• Orenthal James ''O.J.'' Simpson

  American football player and actor. His trial and acquittal on a double murder charge, and subsequent civil trial in which he was found liable for those murders, captured the world's attention in the mid-1990s.

  • Portrayed Kadi Touray (see list of Actors on ''Roots'')