List of people from Dominica
Commonwealth of Dominica
This is a list of notable people from the Commonwealth of Dominica. The list include also individuals with Dominican ancestry and citizenship.
Politics
Presidents
Prime Ministers
- Dame Eugenia Charles
- Pierre Charles
- Roosevelt Douglas
- Edison James
- Patrick John
- Oliver Seraphin
- Roosevelt Skerrit
Political personalities
- Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1907–86), politician
- Ronald Green, politician
- Edward Oliver LeBlanc, government official
- Emmanuel Christopher Loblack (1898–1995), union leader and politician
- Cecil Rawle (1891–1938), attorney and politician
- Baroness Scotland, former Attorney General for England and Wales
Activists
Actors
- Danny John-Jules, of "Red Dwarf" and of "Death in Paradise (TV series)," filmed in Guadeloupe
Media
- Trisha Goddard, host of Trisha
- Moira Stuart, female newsreader on British television and radio, working for the BBC
Musicians
Sports
- Frank Bruno, professional boxer
- Joe Cooke, soccer player
- Jermain Defoe, soccer player
- Phillip DeFreitas, cricketer
- Billy Doctrove, cricket umpire
- Luan Gabriel, sprinter
- Vince Hilaire, soccer player
- Manjrekar James, soccer player
- Garth Joseph, basketballer
- Karina LeBlanc, soccer player
- Jerome Romain, athlete
- Adam Sanford, cricketer
- Grayson Shillingford, cricketer
- Shane Shillingford, cricketer
Visual artists
Writers
- Phyllis Shand Allfrey, novelist (The Orchid House)
- Trish Cooke, Author (So Much)
- Lennox Honychurch, historian (The Dominica Story)
- Marie-Elena John, novelist (Unburnable)
- Elma Napier, novelist (Black and White Sands)
- Jean Rhys, novelist (Wide Sargasso Sea)
- Alec Waugh, novelist (Island in the Sun)