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The following is a list of notable people from Jamaica (please note although the list does include some non-resident Jamaicans, there are no British people of Jamaican origin listed here, as they can be found in a separate article):

Activists

Brian Williamson, Gay & Lesbian activist
Clancy Eccles, Social Activist & 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
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
Geoffrey Philp, writer
George Campbell^{[disambiguation needed]}, poet
Glen Carty, writer
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 Jamaican writer, co-founder of Calabash
Lorna Goodison, writer
Louis Marriott, playwright, actor, director, journalist
Louise Bennett-Coverly, poet
Malachi Smith, poet
Marcia Douglas, writer
Marcus Garvey, political activist
Margaret Cezair-Thompson, novelist
Max Earle, Photographer
Mervyn Morris, poet
Michael Ekweueme Thelwell, writer
Michael Livingston,artist and writer
Michelle Cliff, writer
Morris Cargill, journalist
Mutabaruka, poet
Natalee Grant, poet, writer
Nigel Lord, photographer
Nikeisha A. Ricketts, writer
Oku Onuora, 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
Sharon Fox-Mould, painter
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 Marston, writer
Velma Pollard, writer
Vere Johns, writer, broadcaster, actor
Victor Stafford Reid, writer
Walford Campbell, artist
Grace Jones, model, actor, artist
Ryan Fraser Writer

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

Business

Chris Blackwell, President & CEO of Island Records and Palm Pictures, NYC.
Gordon "Butch" Stewart
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.
Samuel Fraunces
Gail Vaz-Oxlade, Financial Advisor/ TV Personality
Jacob De Cardova, Founder of Waco, Texas
Ian Carey Martin, Texas real estate entrepreneur, also involved in real estate in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

Groups

Models

Carla Campbell model
Stacey McKenzie Supermodel, actress, and model coach
Venice Kong Playboy Playmate
Tyson Beckford
Naomi Campbell
Kiady Brown model, teen herald writer

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
Busta Rhymes, rapper (parents are Jamaican)
Busy Signal, dancehall & reggae musician deejay
Byron Lee, Ska & 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 & 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 & reggae musician
Mikey Smith, Dub poet
Mr. Vegas, deejay
Patra, Dancehall musician
Peter Tosh, reggae musician
Prince Buster, ska singer & 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
T.O.K., a crew of deejays
Tami Chynn, singer/songwriter
Vincent "Randy" Chin, record producer and 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

Painters

Barrington Watson,
Cecil Cooper
Edna Manley, painter/sculptor; wife of the late Norman Manley and mother of late Michael Manley

Politicians

Norman Manley, Jamaican national hero
Alexander Bustamante, trade unionist
Bruce Golding, Prime Minister
Colin Luther Powell, 65th United States Secretary of State (parents are Jamaican)
Edward Seaga, Prime Minister
Michael Manley, Prime Minister
P. J. Patterson, Prime Minister
Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister
Henry Moore, colonial governor
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

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
Bolt Usain, sprinter, current 100m and 200m world record holder
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 Red Bull New York.
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. He currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
George Headley, cricketer
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. He 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. He currently plays for Stoke City.
Ricardo Gardner, Jamaica-born Premier League and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for Bolton Wanderers.
Sanya Richards, Jamaican-born American Sprinter 400m
Shavar Thomas, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for Chivas USA.
Steve Bucknor, international cricket umpire
Tyrone Marshall, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for Toronto F.C..
Usain Bolt, Sprinter, World Record and Olympic Record Holder 100m & 200m (Beijing 2008)
Veronica Campbell-Brown, sprinter

Other

Christopher Coke - also known as Dudus, is an alleged Jamaican drug lord and the leader of the Shower Posse gang
Jody-Anne Maxwell - Winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Karl Dalhouse former General Secretary of the Kingston YMCA
Norman Girvan, Economist

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