- Eamonn Andrews
- Self
- Muhammad Ali
- Self
- David Susskind
- Self
- George W. Bush
- Self
- Louis Farrakhan
- Self
- Rahman Ali
- Self
- Gordon B. Davidson
- Self - attorney, Louisville Sponsoring Group
- Bill Faversham
- Self
- W.L. Lyons Brown
- Self
- Alberta Jones
- Self - lawyer
- Abdul Rahman Muhammad
- Self
- Salim Muwakkil
- Self
- Malcolm X
- Self
- Abdul Bey Muhammad
- Self
- Elijah Muhammad
- Self
- Martin Luther King
- Self
- Khalilah Camacho Ali
- Self
- Robert Lipsyte
- Self - sports journalist, New York Times
- Jerry Lewis
- Self
- Sonny Liston
- Self
- Odessa Clay
- Self
- Floyd Patterson
- Self
- Ernie Terrell
- Self
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Self
- Joe Louis
- Self
- Jackie Robinson
- Self
- Henry Winston
- Self
- Wilt Chamberlain
- Self
- H. Rap Brown
- Self
- Stokely Carmichael
- Self
- David Frost
- Self
- William F. Buckley
- Self
- John Carlos
- Self
- Andrew Ferguson
- Self
- Thomas G. Krattenmaker
- Self
- Leroy Johnson
- Self
- Lester Maddox
- Self
- Chauncey Eskridge
- Self
- Jerry Quarry
- Self
- Coretta Scott King
- Self
- Ralph Abernathy
- Self
- Hana Ali
- Self
- William O. Douglas
- Self
- Erwin Griswold
- Self
- Stewart Thomas
- Self
- David Brinkley
- Self
- Drew Bundini Brown
- Self - Ali's assistant trainer
- John Chancellor
- Self
- Cassius Clay Sr.
- Self
- Henry Cooper
- Self - English boxer
- Howard Cosell
- Self
- Barney Felix
- Self - Liston fight referee
- Harry Kessler
- Self - Terrell fight referee
- Don King
- Self
- Charles Kuralt
- Self
- Thurgood Marshall
- Self
- Arthur Mercante
- Self - Patterson fight referee
- Roger Mudd
- Self
- Wallace D. Muhammad
- Self
- Peter Norman
- Self
- Harry Reasoner
- Self
- Diana Ross
- Self
- Howard K. Smith
- Self
- Tommie Smith
- Self
