List of Jamaicans

The following is a list of notable people from Jamaica:

Artists and writers

• Perry Henzell, writer, director
• Carl Abrahams, painter
• Opal Palmer Adisa, writer
• Edward Baugh, poet
• Louise Bennett-Coverly, poet
• Jean "Binta" Breeze, poet
• Erna Brodber, novelist
• George Campbell, poet
• Glen Carty, technology writer
• Margaret Cezair-Thompson, novelist
• Colin Channer, novelist, co-founder of Calabash
• Michelle Cliff, writer
• Carolyn Cooper, writer and cultural theorist
• Christine Craig, writer
• Kwame Dawes, Ghana-born/Jamaican writer, co-founder of Calabash
• Marcia Douglas, writer
• Garfield Ellis, novelist
• John Figueroa, poet
• Honor Ford-Smith, artist, writer, performer, educator
• Marcus Garvey, political activist
• Natalee Grant, poet, writer
• Thomas Glave, Bronx-born writer
• Lorna Goodison, writer
• Jean Goulbourne, writer
• Stuart Hall, cultural theorist
• Thomas Duffus Hardy, historian
• John Hearne, novelist
• Anthony M Henry, journalist
• Philip Henry, artist
• Roger Mais, novelist
• Edna Manley, sculptor
• Una Marston, writer
• Claude McKay, Writer
• Alecia McKenzie, writer
• Anthony McNeill, poet
• Brian Meeks, novelist
• Pamela Mordecai, poet
• Mervyn Morris, poet
• Kei Miller, writer
• Mutabaruka, poet
• Oku Onuora, writer
• Geoffrey Philp, writer
• Velma Pollard, writer
• Patricia Powell, novelist
• Claudia Rankine, poet
• Victor Stafford Reid, writer
• Andrew Salkey, writer
• Dennis Scott, poet and playwright
• Malachi Smith, poet
• Pamela Colman Smith, artist and writer
• Kiffra Solomon, writer and producer
• Michael Livingston,artist and writer
• Michael Ekweueme Thelwell, writer
• Peter williams, actor
• Robert Wedderburn, political activist
• Hope Wheeler artist
• Anthony C. Winkler, writer
• Sylvia Wynter, writer
• Walford Campbell, artist

Business

• Chris Blackwell, President & CEO of Island Records and Palm Pictures, NYC.
• Michael Lee-Chin, Chairman/CEO of AIC Limited., Chairman of NCB Jamaica
• Michael Mordecai, past president of the Atlanta Jamaican Association (AJA). Civil engineer, real estate entrepreneur, sportsman and longtime community leader.

Musicians

• Bob Marley, reggae singer
• Buju Banton, reggae singer
• Bounty Killer, reggae musician
• Barry Vincent, guitarist (parents are Jamaican)]
• Prince Buster, ska singer & producer
• Charlie Chaplin, reggae singer
• Clive Chin, record producer
• Jimmy Cliff, reggae musician
• Coxsone Dodd, record producer
• Huey Dunbar, Spanish-language singer with group DLG (Jamaican father)
• Dean Fraser, reggae musician
• Joe Gibbs, record producer
• Sean Paul Henriques, dancehall musician
• Joseph Hoo Kim, record producer
• Diana King, reggae musician
• Ini Kamoze, reggae musician
• Beenie Man, deejay
• Elephant Man, reggae singer
• Eek-a-Mouse, reggae singer
• Bob Marley, legendary reggae musician
• Damian Marley, reggae musician
• Ziggy Marley, reggae musician
• Augustus Pablo, reggae singer
• Lee "Scratch" Perry, reggae musician
• Duke Reid, record producer
• Busta Rhymes, rapper (parents are Jamaican)
• Winston Rodney, ska musician
• Lady Saw, reggae musician
• Mikey Smith, Dub poet
• Shabba Ranks, reggae musician
• LA Lewis deejay
• Peter Tosh, reggae musician
• King Tubby, dub musician
• Wynton Kelly, jazz pianist
• Canibus, rapper
• Ernest Ranglin, jazz, ska, rocksteady and reggae guitarist
• Shaggy, singer/songwriter
• Patra, Dancehall musician
• Desmond Dekker, Ska and Reggae Singer
• Kiprich, deejay
• Lexxus, deejay
• Assassin, deejay
• Mr. Vegas, deejay
• T.O.K., a crew of Jamaican deejays
• Sasha, deejay
• Dawn Penn, reggae singer
• Tami Chynn, singer/songwriter
• Cecile, singer/songwriter
• Grace Jones, Singer/Supermodel
• Jeremyah Fasi, Manager, producer, musician and poet
• Tanya stevens, Singer
• Handshakes, singer

Painters

• Barrington Watson,
• Edna Manley, Painter/Sculptor and wife of the late Jamaican National Hero; Norman Manley, Mother of Late Jamaican Prime Minister; Michael Manley.
• Cecil Cooper,
• Mallica 'Kapo' Reynolds

Politicians

• Alexander Bustamante, trade unionist
• Colin Luther Powell, 65th United States Secretary of State (parents are Jamaican)
• Michael Manley, Prime Minister
• Henry Moore, colonial governor
• Trevor Munroe trade unionist and politician
• P. J. Patterson, Prime Minister
• Eddie Seaga, Prime Minister
• Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister
• Bruce Golding, Prime Minister

Religious leaders

• S U Hastings, First Jamaican Bishop of the Moravian Church.
• Louis Farrakhan, Leader of The Nation Of Islam.

Sports

• Donovan Bailey, Jamaica-born Canadian, world champion sprinter
• Donald Quarrie, Jamaican 200 Metre Gold Medalist
• Steve Bucknor, international cricket umpire
• Linford Christie, world champion sprinter
• Chili Davis, Jamaica-born American, former star Major League Baseball player
• Patrick Ewing, Jamaica-born American, former NBA star
• Ricardo Gardner, Jamaica-born Premier League and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for Bolton Wanderers.
• George Headley, cricketer
• Michael Holding, cricketer
• Ben Johnson, Jamaica-born Canadian, disgraced champion sprinter
• Asafa Powell, sprinter
• Donald Quarrie, sprinter
• Mike McCallum, champion boxer
• Merlene Ottey, sprinter
• Courtney Walsh, cricketer
• Devon White, baseball player
• Veronica Campbell-Brown, sprinter
• Usain Bolt, Sprinter, World Record Holder 100m
• Brian Lara, Cricketer
• Natasha Askale Ricketts, Gymanastic and Table Tennis player
• Kofi Kingston, Wrestler

Activists

• Brian Williamson, Jamaican Gay & Lesbian activist
• Lenford "Steve" Harvey, Jamaican AIDS activist
• Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
• Corinne Bowes "Coco" Associate Director Florida NORML, Marijuana Law Reform Activist

Other

• Carla Campbell model
• Naomi Campbell Supermodel
• Rudolph V. Francis (ACCA Accounting Technician, Justice of the Peace St. James)
• Karl Dalhouse former General Secretary of the Kingston YMCA
• Venice Kong Playboy Playmate
• Jody-Anne Maxwell - Winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
• Ieshia (Powell) Model
• Voletta Wallace, Mother of late rapper The Notorious B.I.G.
• Stacey McKenzie Supermodel, actress, and model coach
• Cicely D Williams paediatrician noted for her early description of and work with Kwashiorkor
• Nadine Willis Supermodel
• Lisa Hanna Miss World 1993
• Cindy Breakspeare Miss World 1976
• Rosa Nelson Aspiring Actress\Singer\Superstar\WAG\Snake Charmer

See also

• List of Jamaican Americans