Belafonte

[ bel-uh-fon-tee ]

noun

1. Harry Harold George Bellanfanti, Jr., 1927–2023, U.S. singer and actor, noted for popularizing calypso music in the 1950s.

Example Sentences

The Belafonte name is synonymous with not only entertainment excellence, but social justice thanks to the family’s commitment to decades of equity work, led by its famed patriarch Harry.

From Essence.com

He made a revisionist Western long before Quentin Tarantino got the idea, with his 1972 Buck and the Preacher, also starring his friends Belafonte and Ruby Dee.

From Time

His idols and inspirations, he says, were Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte.

From The Daily Beast

Musician and civil rights legend Harry Belafonte decried “our deeply Dickensian justice system.”

From The Daily Beast

Waris is joined in the campaign by other familiar faces such as Malin Ackerman and Harry Belafonte.

From The Daily Beast

“Harry Belafonte told me I had mercury poisoning,” Simmons confided.

From The Daily Beast

The group was inducted into the hall of fame by Harry Belafonte and Spike Lee.

From The Daily Beast