List of Jamaicans
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The following is a list of notable people from Jamaica (although the list does include some non-resident Jamaicans, see also List of Jamaican British people and List of Jamaican Americans):
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[edit] Activists
- Brian Williamson, gay & lesbian activist
- Clancy Eccles, social activist and reggae musician
- Ian McKnight, founder of Jamaica AIDS Support for LIFE (JASL)
- Ja'nice Wisdom, founder of Read Across Jamaica Foundation
- Lenford "Steve" Harvey, AIDS activist
- Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
- Roxroy Salmon, Jamaican-American immigration activist
- St. William Grant, trade unionist and activist
[edit] Artists and writers
- Alecia McKenzie, writer
- Andrew Salkey, writer
- Anthony McNeill, poet
- Aston Cooke, playwright, artistic director
- Barry Reckord, playwright
- Brian Meeks, novelist
- Carl Abrahams, painter
- Carolyn Cooper, writer and cultural theorist
- Claude McKay, writer
- Claudia Rankine, poet
- Colin Channer, novelist, co-founder of Calabash
- Dennis Scott, poet and playwright
- Edna Manley, sculptor
- Edward Baugh, poet
- Erna Brodber, novelist
- Esther Anderson, actress, photographer, filmmaker
- Geoffrey Philp, writer
- George Campbell[disambiguation needed
], poet - Glen Carty, writer
- Grace Jones, model, actor, artist
- Honor Ford-Smith, artist, writer, performer, educator
- Jean "Binta" Breeze, poet
- John Figueroa, poet
- John Hearne, novelist
- Kei Miller, writer
- Kiffra Solomon, writer and producer
- Kwame Dawes, Ghana-born writer, co-founder of Calabash
- Linton Kwesi Johnson, dub poet
- Lloyd Reckord, actor, producer, director, paywright
- Lorna Goodison, writer
- Louis Marriott, playwright, actor, director, journalist
- Louise Bennett-Coverly, poet
- Madge Sinclair, actress
- Malachi Smith, poet
- Marcia Douglas, writer
- Marcus Garvey, political activist
- Margaret Cezair-Thompson, novelist
- Max Earle, photographer
- Mervyn Morris, poet
- Michael Thelwell, writer
- Michael Livingston,artist and writer
- Michelle Cliff, writer
- Mona Hammond, actress
- Morris Cargill, journalist
- Mutabaruka, poet
- Natalee Grant, poet, writer
- Nigel Lord, photographer
- Nikeisha A. Ricketts, writer
- Oku Onuora, writer
- Olive Senior, writer
- Opal Palmer Adisa, writer
- Pamela Colman Smith, artist and writer
- Pamela Mordecai, poet
- Patricia Powell, novelist
- Perry Henzell, writer, director
- Peter Williams, actor
- Philip Henry, artist
- Roger Mais, novelist
- Ryan Fraser writer
- Shakyra Campbell, artist
- Sharon Fox-Mould, painter
- Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress, singer
- Staceyann Chin, poet and writer
- Steven A. Anderson, writer, producer, businessman (Brooklyn-born)
- Sylvia Wynter, writer
- Tanita Satchwell, writer and editor
- Terry-Ann C. Lee, writer
- Thomas Duffus Hardy, historian
- Thomas Glave, Bronx-born writer
- Una Marson, writer, broadcaster
- Velma Pollard, writer
- Vere Johns, writer, broadcaster, actor
- Victor Stafford Reid, writer
- Walford Campbell, artist
- Yvonne Brewster, theatre director
[edit] Beauty contest winners
- Carole Joan Crawford, Miss World 1963
- Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976
- Lisa Hanna, Miss World 1993
- Yendi Phillipps, 1st runner-up, Miss Universe 2010
[edit] Business
- Chris Blackwell, president & CEO of Island Records and Palm Pictures, NYC.
- Gail Vaz-Oxlade, financial adviser, TV personality
- Gordon "Butch" Stewart
- Ian Carey Martin, Texas real estate entrepreneur, also involved in real estate in the Mexican state of Chihuahua
- Jacob De Cardova, founder of Waco, Texas
- Michael Lee-Chin, Chairman/CEO of AIC Limited., Chairman of NCB Jamaica
- Michael Mordecai, past president of Atlanta Jamaican Association (AJA); civil engineer, real estate entrepreneur, sportsman and community leader
- Samuel Fraunces
[edit] Groups
- Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
- Culture
- Inner Circle
- Third World
- Toots and the Maytals
[edit] Models
- Grace Jones, model, musician, actress
- Karin Taylor, former Playboy model
- Naomi Campbell, model
- Stacey McKenzie, supermodel, actress and model coach
- Tyson Beckford, model
- Venice Kong, Playboy Playmate
[edit] Musicians
- Aidonia, dancehall, rap deejay
- Augustus Pablo, reggae singer
- Barrington Levy, reggae singer
- Beenie Man, deejay
- Bei Maejor, music producer, hip-hop/R&B singer (Jamaican parent)
- Biggie Smalls, rapper (Jamaican parents)
- Bob Marley, reggae singer
- Bounty Killer, reggae musician
- Brigadier Jerry, reggae musician, dancehall deejay
- Buju Banton, reggae singer
- Bunny Wailer, reggae singer
- Busta Rhymes, rapper (parents are Jamaican)
- Busy Signal, dancehall and reggae musician deejay
- Byron Lee, ska and soca musician
- Canibus, rapper
- Charlie Chaplin, reggae singer
- Chrisette Michelle, singer (Jamaican parent)
- Clancy Eccles, ska and reggae singer, music producer
- Clive Chin, record producer
- Coxsone Dodd, record producer
- Damian Marley, reggae musician
- Dawn Penn, reggae singer
- Dean Fraser, reggae musician
- Demarco, reggae and dancehall musician
- Desmond Dekker, ska and reggae singer
- Diana King, reggae musician
- Duke Reid, record producer
- Eek-a-Mouse, reggae singer
- Elephant Man, reggae singer
- Ernest Ranglin, jazz, ska, rocksteady and reggae guitarist
- Grace Jones, Singer/Supermodel
- Huey Dunbar, Spanish-language singer with group DLG (Jamaican father)
- Ini Kamoze, reggae musician
- Jimmy Cliff, singer, reggae musician
- Joe Gibbs, record producer
- Joseph Hoo Kim, record producer
- King Tubby, dub musician
- Kiprich, deejay
- Ky-Mani Marley, reggae musician
- Lady Saw, reggae musician
- Lee "Scratch" Perry, reggae musician
- Mad Cobra, dancehall deejay
- Mavado, dancehall and reggae musician
- Mikey Smith, dub poet
- Mr. Vegas, deejay
- Patra, dancehall musician
- Peter Tosh, reggae musician
- Prince Buster, ska singer and producer
- Sasha, deejay
- Sean Paul Henriques, dancehall musician
- Sean Kingston, singer
- Serani, reggae/singer
- Shabba Ranks, reggae musician
- Shaggy, singer/songwriter
- Sister Nancy, dancehall deejay
- Sizzla, reggae & dancehall deejay
- Spice, singer
- T.O.K., a crew of deejays
- Tami Chynn, singer/songwriter
- Tony Mathron,reggae musician
- Vincent "Randy" Chin, record producer, co-founder of VP Records
- Vybz Kartel, dancehall musician, rapper deejay
- Young Oliver (Jamaican parents)
- Willard White, operatic bass-baritone
- Winston Rodney, reggae musician
- Wynton Kelly, jazz pianist
- Ziggy Marley, reggae musician
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[edit] Painters
- Barrington Watson,
- Edna Manley, painter/sculptor; wife of Norman Manley and mother of Michael Manley
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[edit] Politicians
- Alexander Bustamante, trade unionist
- Bruce Golding, Prime Minister
- Colin Luther Powell, 65th United States Secretary of State (parents are Jamaican)
- Edward Seaga, Prime Minister
- Henry Moore, colonial governor
- Hyman Isaac Long, Deputy Inspector General of the Grand Consistory of the twenty-five degree "Rite of the Royal Secret" (11 January 1795)
- Michael Manley, Prime Minister
- Norman Manley, Jamaican national hero
- P. J. Patterson, Prime Minister
- Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister
- Trevor Munroe trade unionist and politician
[edit] Religious leaders
- S U Hastings, first Jamaican bishop of the Moravian Church.
- Neville Neil, bishop of the Moravian Church in Jamaica.
[edit] Science and medicine
- Cicely D. Williams, identified protein deficiency disease kwashiorkor
- Leigh D. Lord, blood transfusion pioneer
- Louis Grant, microbiologist, pathologist
- William E. McCulloch, found cure for blackwater fever and sleeping sickness
[edit] Sports
- Asafa Powell, sprinter, former 100m world record holder
- Atari Bigby, American Football player. He is currently playing for the Green Bay Packers.
- Ben Johnson, Jamaica-born Canadian, disgraced champion sprinter
- Chili Davis, Jamaica-born American, former star Major League Baseball player
- Chris Gayle, Captain of West Indian International Cricket Team
- Courtney Walsh, cricketer
- Dane Richards, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for New York Red Bulls.
- Devon White, baseball player
- Donald Quarrie, 200 Metre Gold Medalist
- Donald Quarrie, sprinter
- Donovan Bailey, Jamaica-born Canadian, world champion sprinter
- Donovan Ricketts, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player; currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy
- George Headley, cricketer
- Jerome Jordan, NBA Player, NY Knicks Center #44
- Melanie Walker, sprinter, 400m Olympic record holder (Beijing 2008)
- Merlene Ottey, Jamaica-born Slovenian sprinter, the world's most winning female athlete
- Michael Holding, cricketer
- Mike McCallum, champion boxer
- Omar Cummings, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player; currently plays for the Colorado Rapids
- Patrick Ewing, Jamaica-born American, former NBA star
- Austin Tasker, Jamaica-born American, NBA All Star and three-time MVP
- Ricardo Fuller, Jamaica-born Premier League and Jamaica national football team football player; currently plays for Stoke City
- Ricardo Gardner, Jamaica-born Premier League and Jamaica national football team football player; currently plays for Bolton Wanderers
- Sanya Richards, Jamaican-born American Sprinter 400m
- Shavar Thomas, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player; currently plays for Chivas USA
- [Stephen Tulloch], National Football League Middle Linebacker for Detroit Lions and N.C. State Wolfpac
- Steve Bucknor, international cricket umpire
- Tyrone Marshall, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player; currently plays for Toronto F.C.
- Usain Bolt, World and Olympic record holder 100m & 200m
- Veronica Campbell-Brown, sprinter
[edit] Other
- Christopher Coke (Dudus), alleged Jamaican drug lord and leader of the Shower Posse gang
- Jody-Anne Maxwell, winner of Scripps National Spelling Bee
- Karl Dalhouse former General Secretary of the Kingston YMCA
- Norman Girvan, economist
[edit] See also
[edit] Lists of Overseas Jamaicans
Some people born abroad to Jamaican heritage are listed in the above sections, however others can be found at:
[edit] Lists of non-Jamaicans
Many non-Jamaicans have served the country over the years. Some of them can be found at:
