List of Jamaicans
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
- Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
- Culture
- Inner Circle
- Third World
- Toots and the Maytals
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
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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
- Richard Walls, 8x8 Technician
See also
Lists of Overseas Jamaicans
Some people born abroad to Jamaican heritage are listed in the above sections, however others can be found at:
Lists of non-Jamaicans
Many non-Jamaicans have served the country over the years. Some of them can be found at: