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Revision as of 04:25, 11 December 2013
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, novelis
- [[Herbert Theodore Thomas, writer of two books on Jamaica
- [[Gerald A. Archambeau, writer of his autobbiography - 2008
- 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.