List of Jamaicans

The following is a list of notable people from Jamaica. The list includes some non-resident Jamaicans; see also List of Jamaican British people and List of Jamaican Americans.

Activists

• Clancy Eccles, social activist and reggae musician
• Ian McKnight, founder of Jamaica AIDS Support for LIFE (JASL)
• 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

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
• Charles Hopel Brown, writer, author
• 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
• Faisal Abdu'Allah visual artist
• Geoffrey Philp, 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
• Kirk Fraser, film director, film producer, screenwriter
• Kwame Dawes, Ghana-born writer, co-founder of Calabash
• Leone Ross, novelist, editor, short story writer, journalist, academic
• 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
• Marcus Garvey, political activist
• Margaret Cezair-Thompson, novelist
• Mervyn Morris, poet
• Michael Thelwell, writer
• Michelle Cliff, writer
• Mona Hammond, actress
• Morris Cargill, journalist
• Mutabaruka, poet
• Oku Onuora, writer
• Olive Senior, writer
• Opal Palmer Adisa, writer
• Pamela Colman Smith, artist and writer
• Pamela Mordecai, poet
• Patricia Powell, novelist
• Patrick Brown, writer, director
• Perry Henzell, writer, director
• Peter Williams, actor
• Roger Mais, novelist
• Ryan Fraser writer
• Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress, singer
• Staceyann Chin, poet and writer0
• Stephen Hopkins, film director
• Sylvia Wynter, writer
• Thomas Duffus Hardy, historian
• Thomas Glave, Bronx-born writer
• Una Marson, writer, broadcaster
• Vere Johns, writer, broadcaster, actor
• Victor Stafford Reid, writer
• Yvonne Brewster, theatre director

Beauty contest winners

• Carole Joan Crawford, Miss World 1963
• Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976
• Lisa Hanna, Miss World 1993

Business

• Chris Blackwell, president and CEO of Island Records and Palm Pictures, NYC.
• Gail Vaz-Oxlade, financial adviser, TV personality
• Gordon "Butch" Stewart
• Michael Lee-Chin, Chairman/CEO of AIC Limited., Chairman of NCB Jamaica

Groups

• Bob Marley and the Wailers
• Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
• Culture
• Inner Circle
• Third World
• Toots and the Maytals

Models

• Grace Jones, model, musician, actress
• Karin Taylor, former Playboy model
• Naomi Campbell, model
• Rachel Stuart, model, television personality
• Stacey McKenzie, supermodel, actress and model coach
• Tyson Beckford, model
• Venice Kong, Playboy Playmate

Musicians

• Aidonia, dancehall, rap deejay
• Alaine, singer
• Akala (rapper), poet, journalist, rapper, educator
• Augustus Pablo, reggae singer
• Barrington Levy, reggae singer
• Beenie Man, deejay(Grammy winner)
• Bei Maejor, record 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
• Cherine Anderson, Singer, Actress, Director
• Charlie Chaplin, reggae singer
• Chipmunk (rapper), rapper, songwriter
• Chrisette Michelle, singer (Jamaican parent)
• Chuck Fenda, singer
• Clancy Eccles, ska and reggae singer, record 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
• Deni Hines, singer
• Desmond Dekker, ska and reggae singer
• Diana King, reggae musician
• DJ Kool Herc, DJ
• Duke Reid, record producer
• Eek-a-Mouse, reggae singer
• Elephant Man, reggae singer
• Ernest Ranglin, jazz, ska, rocksteady and reggae guitarist
• Ghetts, grime mc
• Giggs (rapper), rapper
• Grace Jones, Singer/Supermodel
• Heavy D, rapper
• Huey Dunbar, Spanish-language singer with group DLG (Jamaican father)
• Horace Faith, reggae singer
• Ini Kamoze, reggae musician
• Jimmy Cliff, singer, reggae musician
• Joe Gibbs, record producer
• Joseph Hoo Kim, record producer
• Kano (rapper), rapper, actor
• King Tubby, dub musician
• Kiprich, deejay
• Ky-Mani Marley, reggae musician
• Lady Saw, reggae musician
• Lee "Scratch" Perry, reggae musician
• Leigh-Anne Pinnock, member of girl group Little Mix
• Mad Cobra, dancehall deejay
• Marcia Hines, singer
• 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 and dancehall deejay
• Spice, singer
• Stephen Marley, singer
• Tarrus Riley, singer
• T.O.K., a crew of deejays
• Tami Chynn, singer/songwriter
• Thom Bell, musician, singer/songwriter, arranger and producer
• Toots Hibbert, reggae musician
• Tyga
• Vincent "Randy" Chin, record producer, co-founder of VP Records
• Vybz Kartel, dancehall musician, rapper deejay
• Will.i.am,rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, entrepreneur, actor, DJ, producer
• Willard White, operatic bass-baritone
• Winston Rodney, reggae musician
• Wretch 32, rapper
• Wynton Kelly, jazz pianist
• Ziggy Marley, reggae musician

• Spot (rapper), rapper

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)
• Lisa Hanna, Minister of Youth & Culture, former Miss World
• 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

Religious leaders

• S. U. Hastings, first Jamaican bishop of the Moravian Church
• Neville Neil, bishop of the Moravian Church in Jamaica.

Science and medicine

• Cicely Williams, identified protein deficiency disease kwashiorkor

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, 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
• Wavell Hinds, 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
• 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-Ross, 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. Born in Miama of Jamaican heritage.
• 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 and 200m
• Veronica Campbell-Brown, sprinter

See also

• List of Jamaican British peopleDr. Olga Graham, author Autism: The Teratogen Fallout
• List of Jamaican Americans

References

[[Category:Lists of Jamaican people|who are not on your list;1. author and writer Gerald A. Archambeau, 2. Police inspector Herbert T. Thomas.