Listed below are prominent people from the Eastern Caribbean, the Guianas. Because of the close proximity of these countries, some people are listed under more than one heading. The following are not included:

Bahamians Bahamians are people originating or having roots from The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. One can also become a Bahamian by acquiring citizenship. History Culture Olympic Games World Championships in Athletics List * Sidney Poitier, firs ...

Belizeans Belizeans are people associated with the country of Belize through citizenship or descent. Belize is a multiethnic country with residents of African, Amerindian, European and Asian descent or any combination of those groups. Colonisation, slave ...

Cubans Cubans ( es, Cubanos) are people born in Cuba and people with Cuban citizenship. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic, religious and national backgrounds. Racial and ethnic groups Census The population of Cuba wa ...

, Dominicans (from the Dominican Republic),

Haitians Haitians ( French: , ht, Ayisyen) are the citizens of Haiti and the descendants in the diaspora through direct parentage. An ethnonational group, Haitians generally comprise the modern descendants of self-liberated Africans in the Caribbean te ...

Jamaicans Jamaicans are the citizens of Jamaica and their descendants in the Jamaican diaspora. The vast majority of Jamaicans are of Sub-Saharan African descent, with minorities of Europeans, East Indians, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and others of mixed a ...

, or

Puerto Ricans Puerto Ricans ( es, Puertorriqueños; or boricuas) are the people of Puerto Rico, the inhabitants, and citizens of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and their descendants. Overview The culture held in common by most Puerto Ricans is referred t ...

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...

* List of British people of Antigua and Barbuda descent

Actors and comedians

Anna Maria Horsford Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress, known for her performances in television comedies. Horsford is best known for her roles as Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom ''Amen'' (1986–91), and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom ''The Wayans Bros.'' (1 ...

- actress (of Antiguan descent)

Artists

Gregory Abbott Gregory Joel Abbott (born April 2, 1954) is an American singer, musician, composer and producer. Although he continues to record to date, he is best known for his singles in the mid-1980s including his platinum single, "Shake You Down", from h ...

- singer *

Jazzie B Trevor Beresford Romeo OBE, (born 26 January 1963) better known as Jazzie B, is a British DJ and music producer. He is the founder of Soul II Soul. Life and career Jazzie was born in London UK to parents of Antiguan descent in Hornsey, Londo ...

- singer (Soul II Soul) * Shermain Jeremy

Athletes

Curtly Ambrose Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN (born 21 September 1963) is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he took 405 Test wickets at ...

- cricketer * Craig Speedy Claxton - basketball player (of Antiguan descent) *

Carl Herrera Carl Víctor Herrera Allen (born December 14, 1966) is a retired Trinidadian-born Venezuelan basketball player. A power forward, he was part of the Houston Rockets National Basketball Association championship teams of the mid-1990s. He was the f ...

- former

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

basketball player *

Emile Heskey Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey (born 11 January 1978) is an English former professional footballer who currently serves as head of football development of Leicester City Women. Playing as a striker, he made more than 500 appearances in the Foo ...

- football player (of Antiguan descent) *

Maurice Hope Maurice Hope (born 6 December 1951) is a British former boxer, who was world junior middleweight champion. Born in Antigua, he grew up in Hackney, London. He represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Boxin ...

- boxer *

Colin Kazim-Richards Colin Kazim-Richards (born 26 August 1986), also known as Colin Kâzım, Kâzım or Kâzım Kâzım, is a professional footballer as a forward for Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük S.K. Born and raised in England, he qualified for Turkish n ...

- football player (of Antiguan descent) *

Ledley King Ledley Brenton King (born 12 October 1980) is a former player who was a one-club man, spending his entire career at Tottenham Hotspur and playing 323 competitive matches for the club from 1999 to 2012. He is currently a club ambassador for Tot ...

- footballer * Sir Isaac Vivian Richards - cricketer *

Richie Richardson Sir Richard Benjamin Richardson, KCN (born 12 January 1962) is a former West Indies international cricketer and a former captain of the West Indian cricket team. He was a flamboyant batsman and superb player of fast bowling. He was famous for ...

- cricketer * Andy Roberts - cricketer * Che Adams *

Isaiah Osbourne Isaiah George Osbourne (born 5 November 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nuneaton Borough. He is a former England under-16 international who started his career with Aston Villa. Osbourne had loan spells with Notti ...

Political leaders

Lester Bird Sir Lester Bryant Bird KNH (21 February 1938 – 9 August 2021) was an Antigua and Barbuda politician and athlete who served as the second prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004. He was chairman of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP ...

*Sir

Vere Cornwall Bird Sir Vere Cornwall Bird, KNH (9 December 1910 – 28 June 1999) was the first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. His son, Lester Bryant Bird, succeeded him as Prime Minister. In 1994 he was declared a national hero. He was an officer in ...

*Sir James Carlisle *

Tim Hector Leonard "Tim" Hector (24 November 1942 – 12 November 2002) was a leftist Antiguan political leader and cricket administrator known for his opposition to the rule of the Bird family. Early life Born in St John's, Antigua, and named Leonard C ...

*Sir

Wilfred Jacobs Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs (19 October 1919 – 11 March 1995) was the first Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and t ...

* Baldwin Spencer * Sydney Walling *Sir

George Walter Sir George Herbert Walter, KNH KNH or knh may refer to: * Kamla Nehru Hospital, a hospital located in Gandhi Medical College campus, Madhya Pradesh, India * Kenyatta National Hospital, the oldest hospital in Kenya * KNH, the IATA code for Kinmen ...

Writers and intellectuals

* Leonard Tim Hector * Joanne C. Hillhouse *

Marie-Elena John Marie-Elena John is a Caribbean writer whose novel, ''Unburnable'', was published in 2006. She is an Africanist, development and women’s rights specialist, currently serving as the Senior Racial Justice Lead at UN Women. Biography John was bor ...

Jamaica Kincaid Jamaica Kincaid (; born May 25, 1949) is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. She was born in St. John's, Antigua (part of the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda). She lives in North Bennington, Vermo ...

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

Actors

Nicole Byer Nicole Byer (born August 29, 1986) is an American comedian, actress, and television host. She is known as the host of the Netflix comedic reality bake-off series ''Nailed It!'' (2018–present), for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award no ...

(father is Bajan) *

Melyssa Ford Melyssa Savannah Ford (born November 7, 1976) is a Canadian Media Personality, media personality, actress, and former video vixen. She attended York University and studied in the field of forensic psychology. She is often referred to as Jessica ...

Alfred Enoch Alfred Lewis Enoch (born 2 December 1988) is an English actor, best known for playing Dean Thomas in the ''Harry Potter'' film series and Wes Gibbins in the ABC legal thriller television series ''How to Get Away with Murder''. Early life an ...

(mother is Barbadian Brazilian) *

Doug E. Fresh Doug E. Fresh (born September 17, 1966) is a Barbados-born American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer, also known as the "Human Beat Box". The pioneer of 20th-century American beatboxing, Fresh is able to accurately imitate drum machines an ...

Jada Pinkett Smith Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (; née Pinkett; born September 18, 1971) is an American actress and talk show host. She is co-host of the Facebook Watch talk show '' Red Table Talk'', for which she has received a Daytime Emmy Award. ''Time'' named ...

Meagan Good Meagan Monique Good is an American actress. She first gained critical attention for her role in the film ''Eve's Bayou'' (1997), prior to landing the role of Nina in the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Cousin Skeeter'' (1998–2001). Good received further ...

Cuba Gooding Jr. Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy nomination. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in ''Boyz n the Hood'' (1991), he appear ...

(father is a first-generation Bajan American) *

Omar Gooding Omar Miles Gooding Sr., also known by his stage name, Big ODavid Harewood David Harewood MBE (born 8 December 1965) is a British actor and presenter. He is best known for his roles as CIA Counterterrorism Director David Estes in ''Homeland'' (2011–2012), and as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter and Hank Henshaw / C ...

(both parents Bajan) *

LL Cool J James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, along ...

(mother is a first-generation Bajan American) *

Mari Morrow Mari Eulanda Morrow (born July 21, 1968) is an American film and television actress, model and realtor. Morrow is best known for her roles as Rachel Gannon on the ABC daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live'' (1994–96), Oneisha Savoy on the ABC/ ...

Redd Pepper Richardson Green (born 23 June 1961), known professionally as Redd Pepper, is a Barbadian-British voice actor. With his unusually deep voice and vocal style similar to that of Don LaFontaine, he is known for his work on movie trailers. Early ...

Robert Christopher Riley Robert Christopher Riley (born October 11, 1980) is an American film, television, and stage actor of Trinidadian and Bajan descent. He is known for his role as Terrence Wall in the VH1 television drama series '' Hit The Floor'' from 2013 to 201 ...

(Trini mother, Bajan father) *

Lamman Rucker Lamman Rucker (born October 6, 1971) is an American actor. Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas ''As the World Turns'' and ''All My Children'', before roles in ''The Temptations (miniseries), The Temptations'', Tyler Perry's films ...

(mother is a first-generation Bajan American)

Artists

* Ras Akyem * Karl Broodhagen * Edward Rupert Burrowes *

Alison Chapman-Andrews Alison Chapman-Andrews (born Alison Armstrong, 1942) is a Barbadian painter of English birth. She is one of two women with the same first name to be born the UK the other is Alison Hinds. A native of Hertford, Chapman-Andrews studied from 1963 to 1 ...

* Jeena Chatrani *

Paul Dash Paul Dash (born 1946) is a Barbados-born artist, educator and writer who in 1957 migrated to Britain,Paul O'Kane"Dash, Paul" in Alison Donnell, ''Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture'', Routledge, 2002, p. 93. where he was associated ...

Annalee Davis Annalee Davis (born 1963) is a visual artist from Barbados whose occupation consists of drawing, painting, object making, art installation and video production. She works a hybrid practice of jobs as a visual artist, instigator, cultural produce ...

* Stanley Greaves *

Gwendolyn Knight Gwendolyn Clarine Knight (May 26, 1913 – February 18, 2005) was an American artist who was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, in the West Indies. Knight painted throughout her life but did not start seriously exhibiting her work until the 1970s. He ...

* Coral Bernadine Pollard *

Sheena Rose Sheena Rose (born 1985) is a contemporary Caribbean multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Barbados. She is a Fulbright scholar and holds a BFA Honors degree from Barbados Community College, 2008, as well as an MFA from the University ...

Athletes

Kieran Gibbs Kieran James Ricardo Gibbs (born 26 September 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. Gibbs began his senior career with Arsenal in 2007, after joining the club from the Wi ...

(born in United Kingdom to father from Barbados) * Robert Bailey - American football player *

Nigel Benn Nigel Gregory Benn (born 22 January 1964) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 1996. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO middleweight title in 1990 and the WBC super-middleweight ti ...

Andrea Blackett Andrea Melissa Blackett (born 24 January 1976, in London) is a Barbadian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. She is also a women's track assistant coach at her alma mater, Rice University. Her greatest achievement in athletics i ...

* Emmerson Boyce - footballer who captained the 2013 FA Cup winning

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

side *

Fred Brathwaite Fredrick Brathwaite (born November 24, 1972) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. Brathwaite played as a goaltender, and spent his career with the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues and Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL ...

- NHL goalie (born in Canada; both parents are from Barbados) *

Pierre Browne Pierre Browne (born January 14, 1980) is a Canadian sprinter of Barbadian descent. He represented Canada for the 100 and the 200 meters dash in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 2002 Commonwealth Games, and the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Anson Carter Anson Horace Carter (born June 6, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for eight teams, most notably with the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks. He was la ...

- NHL player (born in Canada to parents from Barbados) *

Ashley Cole Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English football coach and former player who is currently a first-team coach at Premier League club Everton. As a player, he played as a left-back, most notably for Arsenal and Chelsea. Cole is consi ...

- English footballer (parents are from Barbados) *

Jon Cornish Jon Cornish (born November 5, 1984) is a former Canadian football running back who played nine seasons with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted 13th overall in the 2006 CFL Draft after playing college fo ...

- CFL player (born in Canada to father from Barbados) *

Joel Garner Joel Garner (born 16 December 1952) is a former West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early 1980s West Indies cricket teams. Garner is the highest ranked One Day International bowler according to the ICC bes ...

* Joshua Gibson - Aussie rules footballer (parents are from Barbados) *

Gordon Greenidge Sir Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge (born 1 May 1951) is a Barbadian, former first-class cricketer, who represented the West Indies in Test and One-day Cricket for 17 years. Greenidge is regarded worldwide as one of the greatest and most destructive o ...

* Ramon Harewood - American football player (Baltimore Ravens) *

Desmond Haynes Desmond Leo Haynes (born 15 February 1956) is a former Barbadian cricketer and cricket coach who played for the West Indies cricket team between 1978 and 1994. Haynes favoured a more measured approach to batting and scored 7,487 runs in 116 Te ...

* Sir Conrad Hunte *

Paul Ince Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (; born 21 October 1967) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of EFL Championship side Reading. A former midfielder, Ince played professionally from 1982 to 2007, star ...

- English footballer and football manager (parents are from Christ Church, Barbados) *

Winston Justice Winston Frederick Justice (born September 14, 1984) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round (39th overall pick) of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC. Cu ...

- American football player (Denver Broncos) *

Darian King Darian King (born 26 April 1992 in Bridgetown) is a Barbadian tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 106 achieved on 8 May 2017, and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. ...

- professional tennis player *

Zane Maloney Zane Maloney (born 2 October 2003) is a Barbadian racing driver. He was the 2019 British F4 champion and finished as runner-up in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, racing for Trident. In December 2022, it was announced he was joining the Red ...

- racing driver *

Malcolm Marshall Malcolm Denzil Marshall (18 April 1958 – 4 November 1999) was a Barbadian cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, Marshall is widely regarded as one of the greatest and one of the most accomplished fast bowlers of the modern era in Test cricket. ...

* Fran Matthews - Negro league baseball player *

Earl Maynard Earl Maynard (born November 28, 1935) is a bodybuilder and professional wrestler as well as a film actor, producer and director from Barbados. Career Bodybuilding Maynard won the 1964 Universe - Pro - NABBA bodybuilding competition - part of the ...

* Anton Norris - high jumper *

Kemar Roach Kemar Andre Jamal Roach (born 30 June 1988) is a Barbadian international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. He played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka and has represented the West Indies in Test and One Day International c ...

Sam Seale Samuel Ricardo Seale (born October 6, 1962) is a Barbadian-born former American football cornerback who played ten seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the Los Angeles Raiders The Los Angeles Raiders were a professional American ...

- American football player *

Alana Shipp Alana Shipp (born 1982) is a Barbadan professional female bodybuilder, based in Jerusalem. Early life Alana Shipp was born in 1982 in Bridgetown, Barbados to Guyanese parents. She spent her early childhood in Guyana prior to moving to Queens ...

- American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder *Sir

Garfield Sobers Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowler, an aggressive batsman and an excellent fielder, ...

Obadele Thompson Obadele "Oba" Thompson BSS (born 30 March 1976) is a Barbados-born former sprinter, lawyer, author, and speaker. He won Barbados's first and only Olympic medal as an independent country by placing third in the 100 metres at the 2000 Sydney Olymp ...

Walter Tull Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was an English professional footballer and British Army officer of Afro-Caribbean descent. He played as an inside forward and half back for Clapton, Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Tow ...

- English footballer; first British-born black Army officer; father was from Barbados *

Sir Clyde Walcott Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott Knight or Dame of St. Andrew (Barbados), KA, Gold Crown of Merit, GCM, OBE (17 January 1926 – 26 August 2006) was a West Indies cricket team, West Indian cricketer. Walcott was a member of the "three W's", the other ...

* Joel Ward - (both parents are immigrants from Barbados) * Sir Everton Weekes *

Kevin Weekes Kevin Weekes (born April 4, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 348 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is now a studio analyst for NHL Networks' ''On the Fly'', ''NHL Tonight'', and ESPN's The Poi ...

- NHL goalie (born in Canada, parents are both from Barbados) *

Andrew Wiggins Andrew Christian Wiggins (born February 23, 1995) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by th ...

- NBA basketball player (born in Canada, mother was born in Barbados) * Sir Frank Worrell * Hadan Holligan *

Marlon Harewood Marlon Anderson Harewood (born 25 August 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Harewood started his career at Nottingham Forest. During his career there, he had loan spells at Haka and Ipswich Town before j ...

Mariners

Stede Bonnet Stede Bonnet (1688 – 10 December 1718) was an early 18th-century English/Barbadian pirate, also known as the Gentleman Pirate for the reason that he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born in ...

* William Shorey

Musicians

Afrika Bambaataa Lance Taylor (born on April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa (), is an American DJ, rapper, and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenc ...

Kelly Beckett Kelly Donnelly (formerly Kelly Beckett) is a British professional singer, actress, TV host and activist. She is best known as a member of the musical group Paradiso Girls and more recently as a TV host on Style Network, G4 (U.S. TV channel), G4 a ...

- member of the Paradiso Girls *

Vita Chambers Vita Chambers (born June 10, 1993) is a Barbadian-Canadian singer and songwriter. She is best known for her hit single "Like Boom" in 2010. Musical career and early life Chambers was born in Vancouver, Canada. She then moved to Barbados, wh ...

CJ Fly Chaine St. Aubin Downer Jr. (born July 6, 1993), better known by his stage name CJ Fly, is an American rapper and producer from Brooklyn, New York City. He is a founding member and the oldest member of the hip-hop collective group Pro Era. Throug ...

- rapper *

Mark Morrison Mark Morrison (born 3 May 1972) is a British R&B singer. His single, "Return of the Mack", became a No. 1 or top 10 hit in several European countries in 1996. The song peaked at No. 2 in the United States the following year. Career Mark Mo ...

Carl Cox Carl Cox (born 29 July 1962) is a British house and techno club DJ, as well as radio DJ and record producer. He is based in Hove, Sussex, England. Cox has won and been nominated for numerous awards. He has performed at numerous clubs and ele ...

- producer, DJ *

Charles D. Lewis Charles D. Lewis (born 1955) is a Barbadian songwriter, recording artist, bassist, engineer, and producer. Career Charles is best known for his writing and performance of " Soca Dance", released in Europe in 1990. It was number one for seven ...

- artist, bassist, producer *

Damon Dash Damon Anthony Dash (born May 3, 1971) is an American entrepreneur and record executive. Dash is best known as co-founder of Roc-A-Fella along with Jay-Z and Kareem Burke. Early life Born in New York City, Dash swept the floors of a local barbe ...

Cover Drive Cover Drive were a four-piece band from Barbados consisting of Amanda Reifer, T-Ray Armstrong, Barry "Bar-Man" Hill and Jamar Harding. They have gained commercial success in the United Kingdom. They are best known for their UK number one single ...

- pop band consisting of Amanda Reifer, T-Ray Armstrong, Barry "Bar-Man" Hill and Jamar Harding *

Faith Evans Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer and actress. Born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 for a career in the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B ...

Livvi Franc Olivia Charlotte Waithe (born 31 May 1988), better known by her stage name Livvi Franc, is a British Barbadian singer-songwriter. Early life Franc was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England to an English mother and a Bajan father. Franc' ...

Cuba Gooding, Sr. Cuba Mark Gooding Sr. (April 27, 1944 – April 20, 2017) was an American singer. He was the most successful lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, replacing former lead singer Donald McPherson who was diagnosed with leukemia in ...

Grandmaster Flash Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958), popularly known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is an American DJ and rapper. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Hip Hop DJing, cutting, scratching and mixing. Grandmaster Flash and the Fur ...

Grynner Grynner (born MacDonald Blenman on 10 February 1946), is a popular calypsonian from Barbados. Like his compatriot Mighty Gabby, his songs often feature political and social commentary. He has been named the Barbados Crop Over Road March "Tune of ...

* Killy (rapper) *

Alison Hinds Alison Amanda Hinds (born 1 June 1970) is a British-born Bajan soca artist based in Barbados. She is one of the most popular soca singers in the world. Biography Alison Hinds was born in London on 1 June 1970 and grew up in Plaistow.Batey, A ...

Jaicko Jaicko Lawrence is a Bajan contemporary pop music singer-songwriter signed to Capitol Records. Born Jaicko Lawrence on 6 August 1991 in Christ Church, Barbados, Jaicko has been nominated for six Barbados Music Awards, including Best Pop Single, ...

- R&B and pop music singer-songwriter *

Tory Lanez Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson (born July 27, 1992), known professionally as Tory Lanez, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and convicted felon. He received initial recognition from the mixtape ''Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story'', rel ...

Ryan Leslie Anthony Ryan Leslie (born September 25, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur from Washington, D.C. He has produced singles for a number of prominent artists in a variety of genres, ranging from R&B, hip hop ...

Hal Linton Hal Alexander Linton, (born December 25, 1986) is a Barbadian born Soul/R&B singer, songwriter and producer. In October 2008 news broke in the small Caribbean island of Barbados that Hal Linton inked a million dollar deal with major record label ...

Magnet Man Magnet Man (Sometimes referred to as "Magnetman" and "TheMagnetMan") is a singer, songwriter, composer, musician, producer and actor. Sometimes known as "The Man of Many voices" and "Musical Ambassador for Barbados", his music spans a broad ra ...

Zeeteah Massiah Zeeteah Silveta Massiah (born December 24, 1956) is a Barbadian-born British singer particularly associated with reggae, jazz and house music. In a wide-ranging career she has recorded and/or toured with artists including Robbie Williams, Tom ...

Mighty Gabby Anthony Carter (born 30 March 1948), better known as Mighty Gabby or simply Gabby, is a Barbadian calypsonian and folk singer, and a Cultural Ambassador for the island of Barbados. Career Born in Emmerton, Carter was given the nickname "Gabby ...

Jackie Opel Dalton Sinclair Bishop (27 August 1937 – 9 March 1970), better known as Jackie Opel, was a Barbadian singer who possessed a rich, powerful voice with a high octave range. He was known as the "Jackie Wilson of Barbadian culture" and was als ...

Leigh-Anne Pinnock Leigh-Anne Pinnock (born 4 October 1991) is an English singer, actress and songwriter. She rose to prominence in the 2010s as a member of the girl group Little Mix, one of the world's best-selling girl groups ever. With Little Mix, she release ...

- member of Little Mix *

Rayvon Bruce Alexander Michael Brewster (born January 18, 1968),Gage, Simon (2002), ''The Independent'', 4 August 2002. better known by his stage name Rayvon, is a Barbadian singer and songwriter, known for his work with Shaggy. Born in Barbados, he was ...

* Red Plastic Bag *

Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, actress, and businesswoman. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna auditioned for American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the ...

- singer *

Rakim Mayers Rakim Athelaston Mayers (born October 3, 1988), known professionally as ASAP Rocky ( ; stylized as A$AP Rocky), is an American rapper, music producer and record executive. Born and raised in Harlem, he embarked on his musical career as a membe ...

- artist (A$AP Rocky) *

Rupee Rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, B ...

- musician, born Rupert Clarke *

Shontelle Shontelle Layne (born 4 October 1985), known mononymously as Shontelle, is a Barbadian singer and songwriter. She released her debut album ''Shontelligence'' in 2008. Her second album, '' No Gravity'', was released in 2010. Her singles "T-Shirt" ...

- pop, reggae, and R&B singer *Arturo Tappin *Tweet (singer), Tweet - singer, born Charlene Keys *Joseph L. Walcott - founded the first black-owned nightclub in New England, featuring many jazz greats *Dave East - rapper

Political leaders

*Sir Grantley Adams *J. M. G. Adams *Owen Arthur *Errol Barrow *Sir Courtney Blackman *London Bourne - former Barbadian slave who became a merchant and abolitionist. *Bussa *Shirley Chisholm - Congresswoman *Anne C. Cools *Adrian Fenty - former Mayor of Washington, DC *Charles Gittens - first black United States Secret Service agent *Eric Holder - Attorney General of the United States *Sir Clifford Husbands *Gwen Ifill - American political journalist; television newscaster *Thomas R. Jones (judge), Thomas R. Jones - former Civil Court judge and Civil Rights activist in Brooklyn, New York *Clyde Mascoll *Chirlane McCray - poet, public speech writer; married to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio *Dame Billie Miller *Richard B. Moore *Mia Mottley *Charles O'Neale *Clement Payne *Erskine Sandiford *Bret Schundler - former Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey *Lloyd Sealy - first African American NYPD officer to command a police precinct and patrol borough *David Thompson (Barbadian politician), David Thompson *Elizabeth Thompson (Barbados), Elizabeth Thompson (born 1961) - politician, Permanent Representative to the UN *Dennis M. Walcott - Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development in New York City *Frank L. White - original chef face on Cream Of Wheat box

Writers and intellectuals

*Adisa Andwele *Hilary Beckles - historian *Edward Brathwaite *Austin Clarke (novelist), Austin Clarke *Tony Cozier - cricket writer and broadcaster *Alan Emtage - Internet pioneer *Neville Lancelot Goddard - prophet and author *Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge *Charles Wilton Wood Greenidge *Ken R. Harewood - Molecular biology, Molecular biologist *Ted Harris (pastor), Ted Harris - Sweden-based pastor, theologian and writer *Agymah Kamau - novelist *Odimumba Kwamdela - poet and novelist *George Lamming *Glenville Lovell *Paule Marshall - novelist (born in USA) *Avinash Persaud - businessman *

- artist (born in USA) *Susan L. Taylor - former editor-in-chief of ''Essence'’ magazine (born in USA)

Curaçao

Singers

(mother from Curaçao)

Athletes

*Leroy Fer (parents both Curaçaoan descent) *Andruw Jones * Armando Obispo (father of Curaçao, Curaçaoan descent) * Charlton Vicento (Parents both Curaçaoan descent) * Hedwiges Maduro (mother of Curaçaoan descent) * Jaron Vicario (parents both curaçaoan descent) *Patrick Kluivert (mother of Curaçaoan descent) *Churandy Martina * Javier Martina * Jurgen Locadia *Leandro Bacuna *Errol Zimmerman *Kenley Jansen *Ozzie Albies * Tahith Chong * Tyrell Malacia (father of Curaçao, Curaçaoan descent) * Vurnon Anita

Comedians

*Jandino Asporaat

Political leaders

*Daniel De Leon *Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez *Ben Komproe *Maria Liberia-Peters

Dominica

*:English people of Dominica descent, List of British people of Dominica descent

Media

*Maurice DuBois *Edward Scobie

Musicians

*Lemuel McPherson Christian *Pearle Christian *Ophelia Marie

Political leaders

*Phyllis Shand Allfrey *Dame Eugenia Charles *Pierre Charles (Dominican politician), Pierre Charles *Rosie Douglas *Edison James *Patrick R. John *Edward Oliver LeBlanc *Nicholas Liverpool *Doreen Paul *Sir Clarence Seignoret *Oliver Seraphin *Vernon Shaw *Roosevelt Skerrit *Crispin Sorhaindo

Cricketers

* Adam Sanford *Liam Sebastien *Shane Shillingford

Soccer

* Tobi Jnohope

Writers and intellectuals

*Lennox Honychurch *Jean Rhys

French Guiana

Political leaders

*Léon Bertrand *Justin Catayée *Félix Éboué *Gaston Monnerville *Victor Schœlcher *Christiane Taubira

Writers and intellectuals

*Léon Damas

Athletes

* Alexis Claude-Maurice * Jaïr Karam * Jean-Clair Todibo *Marc-Antoine Fortuné * Ludovic Baal * Ludovic Proto * Florent Malouda *Marc-Antoine Fortuné * Mike Maignan *Roy Contout * Simon Falette

Grenada

*:English people of Grenadian descent, List of British people of Grenadian descent

Artists

*Canute Caliste

Athletes

*Lewis Hamilton - F1 driver and 7-time World Champion 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, & 2020 seasons. *Kirani James - Grenadian sprinter who specialises in 200 and 400 meters; *Jason Roberts (footballer), Jason Roberts - footballer currently playing for Blackburn Rovers * Yazmeen Jamieson *Cameron Jerome

Business people and agriculturalists

*James Baillie (merchant), James Baillie

Musicians

*Ajamu *Casey Benjamin - member of the Robert Glasper Project *Craig David (of Grenadian descent) *Dollarman *David Emmanuel (musician), David Emmanuel *Sir Galba *Leslie Hutchinson *Finley Jeffrey *Jemeni *Row Lewis *Mighty Sparrow *Ms. Dynamite *Sonika

Political leaders

*Jean Augustine *Maurice Bishop *Herbert A. Blaize *Nicholas Brathwaite *Tubal Uriah Butler *Henri Christophe *Bernard Coard *Eric Gairy *Malcolm X (of Grenadian descent) *Dickon Mitchell *Keith Mitchell *David Paterson (Grenadian grandfather) *David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead *Tillman Thomas

Writers and intellectuals

*Tobias S. Buckell *Merle Collins *Audre Lorde (of Grenadian descent) *Franklyn Harvey *Jacob Ross

Guadeloupe

Artists

* Jacques Schwarz-Bart

Athletes

*Eric Abidal *Jocelyn Angloma *Christine Arron *Jim Bilba * Jordan Tell * Layvin Kurzawa *Pascal Chimbonda *Laura Flessel-Colovic *William Gallas *Thierry Henry *Jérôme Moïso *Jean-Marc Mormeck *Marie-José Pérec *Mickaël Piétrus *Therry Racon *Teddy Riner * Jonathan Biabiany * Kevin Seraphin *Louis Saha *Lilian Thuram *Marius Trésor * Ronald Zubar * Thomas Lemar * Wylan Cyprien

Filmmakers

*Sarah Maldoror

Political leaders

*Louis Delgrès *Victor Hugues *Victorin Lurel *Stéphane Pocrain *Patrick Reason

Religious leaders

*Jean Baptiste Labat

Writers and intellectuals

*Maryse Condé *Daniel Maximin *Saint-John Perse *Simone Schwarz-Bart

Guyana

*List of Guyanese British people

Artists

* Stanley Greaves *George Simon (artist), George Simon *Aubrey Williams *Denis Williams

Athletes

*Shivnarine Chanderpaul *Lance Gibbs *Carl Hooper *Rohan Bholalall Kanhai *Clive Lloyd *Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan *Nicolette Fernandes * Jaime Peters * Kieran Richardson * Martin Braithwaite

Musicians

*Red Cafe *

(Guyanese mother [not Bajan]) *Saint Jhn *Melanie Fiona *Eddy Grant *P. Reign

Political leaders

*Brindley Benn *Forbes Burnham *Arthur Chung *Clinton Collymore *Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow *Cuffy (person), Cuffy *Jack Gladstone *Quamina Gladstone *David A. Granger *Bernie Grant *Sam Hinds *Desmond Hoyte *Cheddi Jagan *Janet Jagan *Bharrat Jagdeo *Eusi Kwayana *Moses Nagamootoo *Reepu Daman Persaud *Sir Shridath Ramphal *Clement Rohee *Rupert Roopnaraine

Writers and intellectuals

*E. R. Braithwaite, Edward Ricardo Braithwaite *Jan Carew *Martin Carter *David Dabydeen *Wilson Harris *Roy Heath *Matthew James Higgins *Edgar Mittelholzer *Walter Rodney *Ivan Van Sertima *A. J. Seymour *Eric D. Walrond, Eric Walrond

Martinique

Athletes

* Claude Anelka * Garry Bocaly * Johnny Marajo * Manuel Cabit *Nicolas Anelka *Peter Luccin *Ronny Turiaf * Steve Marlet * Joan Hartock * Mikaël Cantave * Steeven Langil

Filmmakers

*Euzhan Palcy

Political leaders

*Joséphine de Beauharnais *Alfred Marie-Jeanne

Writers and intellectuals

*Aimé Césaire *Patrick Chamoiseau *Raphaël Confiant *Frantz Fanon *Édouard Glissant *René Maran *Joseph Zobel *Paulette Nardal *Jeanne Nardal

Saint Kitts and Nevis

*:British people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent, List of British people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent

Sports Personalities

*Keith Arthurton *Kim Collins *Derick Parry *Stuart Williams (cricketer), Stuart Williams *Elquemedo Willett

Soccer

* Marcus Rashford

Business and agriculture

*James Baillie (merchant), James Baillie

Political leaders

*Sir Clement Arrindell *Robert Bradshaw (politician), Robert Bradshaw *Denzil Douglas *Alexander Hamilton *Timothy Harris *Rawlins Lowndes *Sir Lee Moore (politician), Lee Moore *Sir Cuthbert Sebastian *Sir Kennedy Simmonds *Paul Southwell

Writers, intellectuals, filmmakers, and artists

*Joan Armatrading *Imruh Bakari *Christene Browne *Burt Caesar *Pogus Caesar *Caryl Phillips *Cicely Tyson

Saint Lucia

* See also List of Saint Lucians *:English people of Saint Lucian descent, List of British people of Saint Lucian descent

Actors

* Marianne Jean-Baptiste * Joseph Marcell

Artists

*Winston Branch *Dunstan St. Omer *Llewellyn Xavier

Athletes

* Jermain Defoe (St Lucian mother) * Anton Ferdinand (St Lucian father) * Les Ferdinand * Rio Ferdinand (St Lucian father) * Dominic Johnson (pole vaulter), Dominic Johnson * Cyrille Regis * Dave Regis * John Regis (athlete), John Regis * Darren Sammy * Ken Charlery (St Lucian Parents)

Economists

* Sir Arthur Lewis (economist), Arthur Lewis

Musicians

* Shola Ama * Nicole David * Ronald "Boo" Hinkson * Trevor Nelson * Joey Badass

Political leaders

*Kenny Anthony *Winston Cenac *George Charles *Sir John Compton *Julian Hunte *Sir Allen Montgomery Lewis, Allen Lewis *Vaughan Lewis *Sir Allan Louisy *Dame Pearlette Louisy *George Odlum *Philip J. Pierre

Writers and intellectuals

*Derek Walcott

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Athletes

* Adonal Foyle * Dan Gadzuric * Sancho Lyttle * Sophia Young * Jesse Lingard

Musicians

* Kevin Lyttle * Mattafix

Political leaders

*Sir Charles Antrobus *Sir Frederick Ballantyne *Milton Cato *Joseph Chatoyer *Arnhim Eustace *Ralph Gonsalves *Sir David Emmanuel Jack, David Jack *Ebenezer Joshua *Sir James F. Mitchell *Sir Louis Straker

Suriname

Artists

*Ramdew Chaitoe *Damaru *Dropati *Natalie La Rose

Athletes

* Donyell Malen * Dwight Tiendalli * Florian Jozefzoon *Tommy Asinga *Ryan Babel *Remy Bonjasky *Edgar Davids *Eljero Elia *Ilonka Elmont *Ruud Gullit *Ernesto Hoost *Patrick Kluivert *Anthony Nesty *Frank Rijkaard *Clarence Seedorf *Tyrone Spong *Letitia Vriesde *Aron Winter * Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink * Kevin Wattamaleo * Kurt Elshot * Sigourney Bandjar * Romario Sabajo

Inventors

*Jan Earnst Matzeliger

Political leaders

*Jules Ajodhia *Henck Arron *Bram Behr *Dési Bouterse *Ronnie Brunswijk *Johan Ferrier *Otto Huiswoud *Harry Kisoensingh *Jagernath Lachmon *Pretaapnarian Radhakishun *Ram Sardjoe *Ronald Venetiaan *Jules Wijdenbosch

Writers and intellectuals

*Aphra Behn *Anton de Kom *Lou Lichtveld

Musician

* Tony Scott (rapper), Tony Scott

Trinidad and Tobago

* List of Trinidadian Britons

Artists

*Isaiah Boodhoo, Isaiah James Boodhoo *Michel-Jean Cazabon *Boscoe Holder *Geoffrey Holder *Che Lovelace *Zak Ové

Athletes

* Carlos Edwards *Inshan Ali *Stephen Ames *Marvin Andrews *Ian Bishop (cricketer, born 1967), Ian Bishop *Marlon Black *Ato Boldon *George Bovell, George Bovell III *Dwayne Bravo *Darrel Brown *Marc Burns *Learie Constantine *Hasely Crawford *Rajindra Dhanraj *Mervyn Dillon *Ansil Elcock *Daren Ganga *Roger Gibbon *Larry Gomes, Hilary Angelo "Larry" Gomes *Gerry Gomez, Gerald "Gerry" Gomez *Tony Gray (cricketer), Anthony Gray *Shaka Hislop *Clayton Ince *Stern John *Kenwyne Jones *Brian Lara *Russell Latapy *Leonson Lewis *Gus Logie, Augustine "Gus" Logie *Clint Marcelle *Wendell Mottley *Deryck Murray *Jerren Nixon *Sonny Ramadhin *Manny Ramjohn *Dinanath Ramnarine *Anthony Rougier *Phil Simmons *Jeffrey Stollmeyer *Victor Stollmeyer *Richard Thompson (athlete), Richard Thompson *Evans Wise *Dwight Yorke * Levi García

Dancers

*Pearl Primus

Filmmakers

*Horace Ové *Frances-Anne Solomon

Musicians

*Attila the Hun (calypsonian), Attila the Hun (Raymond Quevado) - calypsonian *Winifred Atwell *Denise "Saucy Wow" Belfon *Inga "Foxy Brown (rapper), Foxy Brown" Marchand *Chalkdust (Hollis Liverpool) *Ken Marlon Charles (KMC) *Maximus Dan *Destra Garcia *Bunji Garlin *Haddaway *Heather Headley *Ray Holman, Raymond Holman *Lord Invader *Lord Kitchener (calypsonian), Lord Kitchener (Alwyn Roberts) *Lord Melody *Fay Ann Lyons-Alvarez *Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) *Mighty Spoiler *Nicki Minaj (Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty) - rapper *PartyNextDoor (Trinidadian father) *Cardi B (Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar) (Trinidadian mother) *Lennox Mohammed, Lennox "Bobby" Mohammed *Machel Montano *Billy Ocean *Denise Plummer *Sundar Popo *Patrice Roberts *David Rudder *Adesh Samaroo *Jit Samaroo *Hazel Scott *Lennox Sharpe, Len "Boogsie" Sharpe *Lord Shorty/Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) *Black Stalin (Leroy Calliste) *André Tanker *Rakesh Yankaran

Political leaders

*Tubal Uriah Butler *Rudranath Capildeo *Simbhoonath Capildeo *Stokely Carmichael (a.k.a. Kwame Ture) *George Chambers *Carson Charles *Arthur Andrew Cipriani (A. A. Cipriani) *Ellis Clarke, Sir Ellis Clarke *Tracy Davidson-Celestine *Winston Dookeran *Knowlson Gift *Albert Gomes *Geddes Granger (Makandal Daaga) *Gary Griffith *Noor Hassanali *Karl Hudson-Phillips *A. P. T. James *Roy Joseph *Franklin Khan *Fuad Khan *Gillian Lucky *Ramesh Maharaj *Patrick Manning *Bhadase Maraj, Bhadase Sagan Maraj *Ralph Maraj *Wendell Mottley *George Padmore *Basdeo Panday *Kamla Persad-Bissessar *David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead *George Maxwell Richards *Adrian Cola Rienzi (born Krishna Deonarine) *A. N. R. Robinson *Keith Rowley *Austin "Jack" Warner *Dr. Eric Williams *Eric A. Williams *Gerald Yetming

Writers and intellectuals

*Lloyd Best *Neil Bissoondath *Ralph de Boissière *Dionne Brand *Vahni Capildeo *Stokely Carmichael *Rosa Guy *Merle Hodge *C. L. R. James *Earl Lovelace *Mustapha Matura *Shiva Naipaul *V. S. Naipaul *Lakshmi Persaud *Kenneth Ramchand *Arnold Rampersad *Lall Sawh *Samuel Selvon *Eric Williams

United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands

Actors

*Kelsey Grammer *Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Artists and architects

*Camille Pissarro *Dr. William Thornton

Athletes

*Raja Bell *Horace Clarke *Midre Cummings *Tim Duncan *Julian Jackson (boxer), Julian Jackson *Calvin Pickering *Elmo Plaskett * Trent Alexander-Arnold * Tyler Adams

Doctors and scientists

*John Lettsom, Dr John C. Lettsom *Morris Simmonds

Political leaders

*Edward Blyden *Frank Rudolph Crosswaith *Hubert Henry Harrison *Casper Holstein *Roy Innis *D. Hamilton Jackson *J. Raymond Jones *William Alexander Leidesdorff *T. McCants Stewart *Terence Todman *Denmark Vesey

Writers and intellectuals

*Barbara Christian *Arthur Schomburg {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Eastern Caribbean People Lists of Caribbean people, Eastern