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, novelistAlex Morgan, 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
*Willard White, operatic bass-baritoneж [Brigadier Jerry,reggae musician, dancehall deejayж Sister Nancy,Muma reggae musian,dancehall deejay

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.

cience

*Thomas Lecky, Portland, Jamaica. Father of the Jamaican Diary Industry. Scientific development of Jamaican livestock.

ports

*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, former 100m world record holder
*Donald Quarrie, sprinter
*Mike McCallum, champion boxer
*Courtney Walsh, cricketer
*Devon White, baseball player
*Veronica Campbell-Brown, sprinter
*Usain Bolt, Sprinter, World Record and Olympic Record Holder 100m & 200m (Beijing 2008)
*Natasha Askale Ricketts, Gymanastic and Table Tennis player
*Kofi Kingston, Wrestler
*Melanie Walker, sprinter, 400m Olympic Record Holder (Beijing 2008)
*Sanya Richards, Jamaican-born American Sprinter 400m

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

ee also

*List of Jamaican Americans