Louis Farrakhan nació el 11 de mayo de 1933 en Massachusetts, Estados Unidos. Está casado con Khadijah desde el 12 de septiembre de 1953. Tienen nueve niños.
The Spike Lee film, La marcha del millón de hombres (1996) was a fictional account of group of men
taking a bus ride to Farrakahn's 1995 Million Man March.
I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.