Cecil B. DeMille | William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | Cecil Rhodes | Cecil Taylor | William Cecil | Cecil Sharp | Max Payne | Cecil Beaton | Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury | David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter | Cecil | Robert Cecil | John Howard Payne | Cecil Raleigh | Cecil Parkinson | Bill Payne | Tyler Perry's House of Payne | Payne | Michael "Clip" Payne | Cecil Street | Cecil McBee | Cecil Kellaway | Cecil Balmond | Cecil Adams | Ben Iden Payne | Alexander Payne | William Cecil Slingsby | Waylon Payne | Thomas Payne |
Members of the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame include: Hubie Blake, Cal Massey, C. Scoby Stroman, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Joe Carroll, Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, Noel Pointer, Betty Roché, Art Blakey, Kenny Durham, Hazel Scott, Mary Lou Williams, Roland Alexander, Cecil Payne and Max Roach.
In the 1950s and 1960s he worked with Howard McGhee, Cecil Payne, John Coltrane, Dinah Washington and Billie Holiday, among others; in 1961 he also participated in the Living Theater's production of Jack Gelber's The Connection.