- List of Jamaicans
The following is a list of notable people from
Jamaica :Artists and writers
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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 , artistBusiness
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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
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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 Jamaicandeejay s
*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, dancehalldeejay жSister Nancy,Muma reggae musian,dancehalldeejay Painters
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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
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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 MinisterReligious leaders
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S U Hastings , First Jamaican Bishop of theMoravian Church .cience
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Thomas Lecky , Portland, Jamaica. Father of the Jamaican Diary Industry. Scientific development of Jamaican livestock.ports
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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 starMajor League Baseball player
*Patrick Ewing , Jamaica-born American, former NBA star
*Ricardo Gardner , Jamaica-bornPremier League andJamaica national football team football player. He currently plays forBolton Wanderers .
*George Headley ,cricket er
*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 400mActivists
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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 ActivistOther
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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 theScripps National Spelling Bee
*Ieshia (Powell) Model
*Voletta Wallace , Mother of late rapperThe Notorious B.I.G.
*Stacey McKenzie Supermodel, actress, and model coach
*Cicely D Williams paediatrician noted for her early description of and work withKwashiorkor
*Nadine Willis Supermodel
*Lisa Hanna Miss World 1993
*Cindy Breakspeare Miss World 1976 ee also
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List of Jamaican Americans
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