List of Eastern Caribbean people

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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, Belizeans, Cubans, Dominicans (from the Dominican Republic), Haitians, Jamaicans, or Puerto Ricans.

Antigua and Barbuda[]

  • List of British people of Antigua and Barbuda descent

Actors and comedians[]

  • Anna Maria Horsford - actress (of Antiguan descent)

Artists[]

Athletes[]

Political leaders[]

Writers and intellectuals[]

Barbados[]

See also: Bajan people, List of Bajan Americans, and List of Bajan Britons

Actors[]

  • Nicole Byer (Father is Bajan)
  • Melyssa Ford
  • Alfred Enoch (mother is Barbadian Brazilian)
  • Doug E. Fresh
  • Jada Pinkett Smith
  • Meagan Good
  • Cuba Gooding Jr. (father is a first-generation Bajan American)
  • Omar Gooding
  • David Harewood (both parents Bajan)
  • LL Cool J (mother is a first-generation Bajan American)
  • Mari Morrow
  • Redd Pepper
  • Robert Christopher Riley (Trini mother, Bajan father)
  • Lamman Rucker (mother is a first-generation Bajan American)

Artists[]

Athletes[]

  • Robert Bailey - American football player
  • Nigel Benn
  • Andrea Blackett
  • Emmerson Boyce - footballer who captained the 2013 FA Cup winning Wigan Athletic side
  • Fred Brathwaite - NHL goalie (born in Canada; both parents are from Barbados)
  • Pierre Browne
  • Anson Carter - NHL player (born in Canada to parents from Barbados)
  • Ashley Cole - English footballer (parents are from Barbados)
  • Jon Cornish - CFL player (born in Canada to father from Barbados)
  • Joel Garner
  • Joshua Gibson - Aussie rules footballer (parents are from Barbados)
  • Gordon Greenidge
  • Ramon Harewood - American football player (Baltimore Ravens)
  • Desmond Haynes
  • Sir Conrad Hunte
  • Paul Ince - English footballer and football manager (parents are from Christ Church, Barbados)
  • Winston Justice - American football player (Denver Broncos)
  • Darian King - professional tennis player
  • Zane Maloney - racing driver
  • Malcolm Marshall
  • Fran Matthews - Negro league baseball player
  • Earl Maynard
  • Anton Norris - high jumper
  • Kemar Roach
  • Sam Seale - American football player
  • Alana Shipp - American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
  • Sir Garfield Sobers
  • Obadele Thompson
  • Walter Tull - English footballer; first British-born black Army officer; father was from Barbados
  • Sir Clyde Walcott
  • Joel Ward - (both parents are immigrants from Barbados)
  • Sir Everton Weekes
  • Kevin Weekes - NHL goalie (born in Canada, parents are both from Barbados)
  • Andrew Wiggins - NBA basketball player (born in Canada, mother was born in Barbados)
  • Sir Frank Worrell

Mariners[]

  • Stede Bonnet
  • William Shorey

Musicians[]

  • Afrika Bambaataa
  • Kelly Beckett - member of the Paradiso Girls
  • Vita Chambers
  • CJ Fly - rapper
  • Mark Morrison
  • Carl Cox - producer, DJ
  • Charles D. Lewis - artist, bassist, producer
  • Damon Dash
  • Cover Drive - pop band consisting of Amanda Reifer, T-Ray Armstrong, Barry "Bar-Man" Hill and Jamar Harding
  • Faith Evans
  • Livvi Franc
  • Doug E. Fresh
  • Cuba Gooding, Sr.
  • Grandmaster Flash
  • Grynner
  • Killy (rapper)
  • Alison Hinds
  • Jaicko - R&B and pop music singer-songwriter
  • Tory Lanez
  • Ryan Leslie
  • Hal Linton
  • Magnet Man
  • Zeeteah Massiah
  • Mighty Gabby
  • Jackie Opel
  • Leigh-Anne Pinnock - member of Little Mix
  • Rayvon
  • Red Plastic Bag
  • Rihanna - singer
  • Rakim Mayers - artist (A$AP Rocky)
  • Rupee - musician, born Rupert Clarke
  • Shontelle - pop, reggae, and R&B singer
  • Arturo Tappin
  • 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 - 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
  • 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
  • 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 biologist
  • 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
  • Sheena Rose - artist (born in USA)
  • Susan L. Taylor - former editor-in-chief of Essence'’ magazine (born in USA)

Curaçao[]

Singers[]

  • Tory Lanez (mother from Curaçao)

Athletes[]

  • Leroy Fer (parents both Curaçaoan descent)
  • Andruw Jones
  • Patrick Kluivert (mother of Curaçaoan descent)
  • Churandy Martina
  • Errol Zimmerman

Comedians[]

Political leaders[]

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

Dominica[]

  • List of British people of Dominica descent

Media[]

Musicians[]

Political leaders[]

Cricketers[]

Writers and intellectuals[]

  • Lennox Honychurch
  • Jean Rhys

French Guiana[]

Political leaders[]

Writers and intellectuals[]

Grenada[]

  • 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 currently playing for Blackburn Rovers

Business people and agriculturalists[]

  • James Baillie

Musicians[]

Political leaders[]

Writers and intellectuals[]

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

Guadeloupe[]

Artists[]

  • Jacques Schwarz-Bart

Athletes[]

Filmmakers[]

  • Sarah Maldoror

Political leaders[]

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
  • Aubrey Williams
  • Denis Williams

Athletes[]

Musicians[]

  • Red Cafe
  • Rihanna (Guyanese mother [not Bajan])
  • Saint Jhn
  • Melanie Fiona
  • Eddy Grant
  • P. Reign

Political leaders[]

Writers and intellectuals[]

  • 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 Walrond

Martinique[]

Athletes[]

  • Nicolas Anelka
  • Ronny Turiaf

Filmmakers[]

  • Euzhan Palcy

Political leaders[]

Writers and intellectuals[]

Saint Kitts and Nevis[]

  • List of British people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent

Sports Personalities[]

Business and agriculture[]

  • James Baillie

Political leaders[]

Writers, intellectuals, filmmakers, and artists[]

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

Saint Lucia[]

Actors[]

  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste
  • Joseph Marcell

Artists[]

  • Winston Branch
  • Dunstan St. Omer
  • Llewellyn Xavier

Athletes[]

Economists[]

  • Sir Arthur Lewis

Musicians[]

Political leaders[]

Writers and intellectuals[]

  • Derek Walcott

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[]

Athletes[]


Musicians[]

  • Kevin Lyttle
  • Mattafix

Political leaders[]

Suriname[]

Artists[]

Suriname Netherlands

Athletes[]

Inventors[]

  • Jan Earnst Matzeliger

Political leaders[]

Writers and intellectuals[]

  • Aphra Behn
  • Anton de Kom
  • Lou Lichtveld

Trinidad and Tobago[]

Artists[]

  • Isaiah James Boodhoo
  • Michel-Jean Cazabon
  • Boscoe Holder
  • Geoffrey Holder
  • Che Lovelace

Athletes[]

Dancers[]

  • Pearl Primus

Filmmakers[]

Musicians[]

  • Attila the Hun (Raymond Quevado) - calypsonian
  • Winifred Atwell
  • Denise "Saucy Wow" Belfon
  • Inga "Foxy Brown" Marchand
  • Chalkdust (Hollis Liverpool)
  • Ken Marlon Charles (KMC)
  • Maximus Dan
  • Destra Garcia
  • Bunji Garlin
  • Haddaway
  • Heather Headley
  • Raymond Holman
  • Lord Invader
  • 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 "Bobby" Mohammed
  • Machel Montano
  • Billy Ocean
  • Denise Plummer
  • Sundar Popo
  • Patrice Roberts
  • David Rudder
  • Adesh Samaroo
  • Jit Samaroo
  • Hazel Scott
  • Len "Boogsie" Sharpe
  • Lord Shorty/Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman)
  • Black Stalin (Leroy Calliste)
  • André Tanker
  • Rakesh Yankaran

Political leaders[]

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[]

Doctors and scientists[]

  • 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
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