List of Eastern Caribbean people

Listed below are prominent people from the Eastern Caribbean, the Guianas, and the Bahamas. Because of the close proximity of these countries, some people are listed under more than one heading. The following are not included: Cubans, Dominicans (from the Dominican Republic), Haitians, Jamaicans, or Puerto Ricans.

Contents 1 Antigua and Barbuda 1.1 Writers and intellectuals 1.2 Political leaders 1.3 Actors and Comedians 1.4 Artists 1.5 Athletes 2 The Bahamas 2.1 Athletes 2.2 Political leaders 2.3 Actors 3 Barbados 3.1 Actors 3.2 Athletes 3.3 Mariners 3.4 Musicians 3.5 Political leaders 3.6 Writers and intellectuals 4 Dominica 4.1 Writers and intellectuals 4.2 Political leaders 4.3 Religious Leaders 5 French Guiana 5.1 Writers and intellectuals 5.2 Political leaders 6 Grenada 6.1 Artists 6.2 Political leaders 6.3 Writers and Intellectuals 6.4 Musicians 6.5 Athletes 7 Guadeloupe 7.1 Artists 7.2 Athletes 7.3 Writers and intellectuals 7.4 Political leaders 7.5 Religious leaders 7.6 Filmmakers 8 Guyana 8.1 Writers and intellectuals 8.2 Political leaders 8.3 Musicians 8.4 Athletes 9 Martinique 9.1 Athletes 9.2 Writers and intellectuals 9.3 Political leaders 9.4 Filmmakers 10 Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 10.1 Political leaders 10.2 Athletes 11 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.1 Writers / Intellectuals / Filmmakers / Artists 11.2 Political leaders 11.3 Athletes 12 Saint Lucia 12.1 Writers and intellectuals 12.2 Political leaders 12.3 Economists 12.4 Artists 12.5 Actors 12.6 Musicians 12.7 Athletes 13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.1 Political leaders 13.2 Musicians 13.3 Athletes 14 Suriname 14.1 Writers and intellectuals 14.2 Athletes 14.3 Artists 14.4 Political leaders 14.5 Inventors 15 Trinidad and Tobago 15.1 Writers and intellectuals 15.2 Athletes 15.3 Political leaders 15.4 Musicians 15.5 Dancers 15.6 Artists 15.7 Filmmakers 16 United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands 16.1 Writers and intellectuals 16.2 Doctors and Scientists 16.3 Political leaders 16.4 Artists and Architects 16.5 Actors 16.6 Athletes

Antigua and Barbuda

• List of British people of Antigua and Barbuda descent

Writers and intellectuals

• Marie-Elena John
• Leonard Tim Hector
• Jamaica Kincaid

Political leaders

• Sir Vere Cornwall Bird
• Lester Bird
• Sir James Carlisle
• Tim Hector
• Sir Wilfred Jacobs
• Baldwin Spencer
• Sydney Walling
• Sir George Walter

Actors and Comedians

• Bert Williams
• Anna Maria Horsford - Actress (of Antiguan descent)
• Stacey Dash - Actress (of Barbudan and Arawak Indian descent)

Artists

• Shermain Jeremy
• Gregory Abbott - Singer
• Marie-Elena John - Author

Athletes

• Sir Issac Vivian Richards - Cricketer
• Curtly Ambrose - Cricketer
• Richie Richardson - Cricketer
• Andy Roberts - Cricketer
• Ledley King - Footballer
• Craig Speedy Claxton - Basketball player (of Antiguan descent)
• Maurice Hope - Boxer
• Emile Heskey - Football player (of Antiguan descent)
• Colin Kazim-Richards - Football Player (of Antiguan descent)
• Carl Herrera - Former NBA Basketball player

The Bahamas

Athletes

• Christine Amertil
• Tonique Williams

Political leaders

• Sir Milo Butler
• Perry Christie
• Dame Ivy Dumont
• Hubert Ingraham
• Fred Mitchell
• Sir Lynden Pindling
• Cynthia Pratt
• Sir Stafford Sands
• Brent Symonette
• Sir Roland Symonette
• Sir Orville Turnquest
• Tommy Turnquest

Actors

• Calvin Lockhart
• Earl Maynard
• Roxie Roker
• Sydney Poitier

Barbados

See also Barbadian people, People of Barbadian descent, List of Barbadian Americans, List of Barbadian Britons

Actors

• Mari Morrow
• Meagan Good
• Stacey Dash Bajan descendant
• LL Cool J Barbadian descendant
• Blythe Danner
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Cuba Gooding Jr.

Athletes

• Nigel Benn
• Andrea Blackett
• Anson Carter - NHL Player Born in Canada, whose parents are both from Barbados
• Joel Garner
• Joshua Gibson - Aussie Rules footballer whose parents are from Barbados
• Gordon Greenidge
• Sir Conrad Hunte
• Malcolm Marshall
• Earl Maynard
• Sir Garfield Sobers
• Obadele Thompson
• Sir Clyde Walcott
• Sir Everton Weekes
• Kevin Weekes - NHL Goalie Born in Canada, whose parents are both from Barbados
• Sir Frank Worrell
• Pierre Browne
• Fred Brathwaite - NHL Goalie, born in Canada. His parents are both from Barbados.
• Ashley Cole - English footballer whose parents are from Barbados.
• Paul Ince - English footballer and football Manager whose parents are from Christ Church Barbados.
• Walter Tull - English footballer and later first British born black Army officer whose father was from Barbados.
• George Headley

Mariners

• William Shorey

Musicians

• Rihanna (Pop/R&B Singer)
• Carl Cox (Producer, DJ)
• Grandmaster Flash
• Arturo Tappin
• Rupert Clarke
• Rayvon
• Mighty Gabby
• Grynner
• Alison Hinds
• Jackie Opel
• Jaicko (R&B)
• Red Plastic Bag
• Zeeteah Massiah
• Shontelle - Pop/reggae/rnb/rock/alternative/dancehall/rap singer
• Hal Linton
• Rupee (musician)
• Doug E. Fresh
• Livvi Franc
• Kelly Beckett From The Paradiso Girls
• Vita Chambers
• Cuba Gooding Sr.

Political leaders

• Sir Grantley Adams
• Sir Courtney Blackman
• J.M.G. Adams
• Owen Arthur
• Errol Barrow
• Bussa
• Anne C. Cools
• Sir Clifford Husbands
• Clyde Mascoll
• Dame Billie Miller
• Richard B. Moore
• Charles O'Neale
• Clement Payne
• Erskine Sandiford
• David Thompson

Writers and intellectuals

• Edward Brathwaite
• Austin Clarke
• Alan Emtage
• Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge
• Charles Wilton Wood Greenidge
• George Lamming
• Glenville Lovell
• Ted Harris - a Sweden-based pastor, theologian and writer

Dominica

• List of British people of Dominica descent

Writers and intellectuals

• Lennox Honychurch
• Jean Rhys

Political leaders

• Phyllis Shand Allfrey
• Dame Eugenia Charles
• Pierre Charles
• Rosie Douglas
• Edison James
• Patrick R. John
• Edward Oliver LeBlanc
• Nicholas Liverpool
• Sir Clarence Seignoret
• Oliver Seraphin
• Vernon Shaw
• Roosevelt Skerrit
• Crispin Sorhaindo

Religious Leaders

• Kelvin Felix

French Guiana

Writers and intellectuals

• Léon Damas

Political leaders

• Justin Catayée
• Félix Éboué
• Gaston Monnerville
• Victor Schoelcher
• Léon Bertrand
• Christiane Taubira

Grenada

• List of British people of Grenadian descent

Artists

• Canute Calliste

Political leaders

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

Writers and Intellectuals

• Audre Lorde (Grenadian descent)

Musicians

• Mighty Sparrow

Athletes

• Lewis Hamilton - F1 driver and World Champion 2007/2008 season
• Jason Roberts - footballer currently playing for Blackburn Rovers
• Bradley Wright-Phillips - footballer currently playing for Charlton Athletic and half brother of Shaun Wright-Phillips
• Shaun Wright-Phillips - footballer currently playing for Manchester City and half brother of Bradley Wright-Phillips
• Kirani James - Grenadian Sprinter who specialises in 200 and 400 meters. He is he reigning 400 meters World Champion.

Guadeloupe

Artists

• Jacques Schwarz-Bart

Athletes

• Lilian Thuram
• Christine Arron
• Marie-José Pérec
• Louis Saha
• William Gallas
• Éric Abidal
• Teddy Riner
• Laura Flessel-Colovic
• Marius Trésor
• Jocelyn Angloma
• Mickaël Piétrus
• Jim Bilba
• Pascal Chimbonda
• Jérôme Moïso
• Thierry Henry
• Therry Racon

Writers and intellectuals

• Maryse Condé
• Daniel Maximin
• Saint-John Perse

Political leaders

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

Religious leaders

• Jean Baptiste Labat

Filmmakers

• Sarah Maldoror

Guyana

• List of Guyanese British people

Writers and intellectuals

• Jan Carew
• Martin Carter
• Wilson Harris
• Edgar Mittelholzer
• Walter Rodney
• A.J. Seymour
• Clive Thomas
• Roy Heath
• David Dabydeen
• Edward Ricardo Braithwaite
• Ivan Van Sertima
• Winston McGowan
• Eric Walrond
• Dr. Adrian Dexter Talbot
• Dr. David Abner Talbot
• Dr. David Arlington Talbot
• Bishop, Dr. Frederick Hilborn Talbot
• Rev., Dr. David Patterson-Talbot
• Professor Alwyn Theodore Talbot
• His Excellency George Wilfred Stier Talbot, jr.

Political leaders

• Brindley Benn
• Forbes Burnham
• Arthur Chung
• Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow
• Cuffy
• Jack Gladstone
• Quamina Gladstone
• Bernie Grant
• Sam Hinds
• Desmond Hoyte
• Cheddi Jagan
• Janet Jagan
• Bharrat Jagdeo
• Eusi Kwayana
• Sir Shridath Ramphal
• Clement Rohee
• Rupert Roopnaraine
• Moses Nagamootoo
• Reepu Daman Persaud

Musicians

• Eddy Grant
• Red Cafe
• Rihanna Fenty, (Guyanese mother)
• Melanie Fiona

Athletes

• Clive Lloyd
• Lance Gibbs
• Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul
• Rohan Bholalall Kanhai
• Carl Hooper

Martinique

Athletes

• Nicolas Anelka

Writers and intellectuals

• Aimé Césaire
• Patrick Chamoiseau
• Raphaël Confiant
• Frantz Fanon
• Édouard Glissant
• René Maran
• Joseph Zobel

Political leaders

• Joséphine de Beauharnais
• Alfred Marie-Jeanne

Filmmakers

• Euzhan Palcy

Netherlands Antilles and Aruba

Political leaders

• Betico Croes
• Daniel De Leon
• Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez
• Ben Komproe
• Maria Liberia-Peters
• Claude Wathey

Athletes

• Sidney Ponson
• Andruw Jones

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• List of British people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent

Writers / Intellectuals / Filmmakers / Artists

• Christene Browne
• Caryl Phillips
• Pogus Caesar
• Cicely Tyson
• Joan Armatrading

Political leaders

• Sir Clement Arrindell
• Robert Bradshaw
• Denzil Douglas
• Alexander Hamilton
• Rawlins Lowndes
• Sir Lee Moore
• Sir Cuthbert Sebastian
• Sir Kennedy Simmonds
• Paul Southwell

Athletes

• Kim Collins
• Keith Arthurton
• Stuart Williams
• Derick Parry

Saint Lucia

• List of British people of Saint Lucian descent

Writers and intellectuals

• Derek Walcott

Political leaders

• Kenny Anthony
• Winston Cenac
• George Charles
• Sir John Compton
• Julian Hunte
• Sir Allen Lewis
• Vaughan Lewis
• Sir Allan Louisy
• Dame Pearlette Louisy
• George Odlum

Economists

• Sir Arthur Lewis

Artists

• Llewellyn Xavier

Actors

• Joseph Marcell

Musicians

• Ronald "Boo" Hinkson
• Nicole David

Athletes

• Darren Sammy
• Dominic Johnson

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Political leaders

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

Musicians

• Kevin Lyttle
• Mattafix

Athletes

• Adonal Foyle
• Sancho Lyttle
• Sophia Young
• John Gardiner

Suriname

Writers and intellectuals

• Aphra Behn
• Anton de Kom
• Lou Lichtveld

Athletes

• Patrick Kluivert
• Clarence Seedorf
• Edgar Davids
• Ruud Gullit
• Aron Winter
• Ryan Babel
• Eljero Elia
• Frank Rijkaard
• Anthony Nesty
• Letitia Vriesde
• Tommy Asinga
• Ernesto Hoost
• Remy Bonjasky
• Tyrone Spong
• Ilonka Elmont
• Patrick Kluivert

Artists

• Damaru
• Dropati
• Ramdew Chaitoe

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

Inventors

• Jan Earnst Matzeliger

Trinidad and Tobago

• List of Trinidadian Britons

Writers and intellectuals

• Lloyd Best
• Ralph de Boissière
• Dionne Brand
• Rosa Guy
• Merle Hodge
• C. L. R. James
• Earl Lovelace
• Mustapha Matura
• Shiva Naipaul
• V.S. Naipaul
• Kenneth Ramchand
• Lall Sawh
• Samuel Selvon
• Eric Williams
• Stokely Carmichael

Athletes

• Inshan Ali
• Stephen Ames
• Marvin Andrews
• Ian Bishop
• Marlon Black
• Ato Boldon
• Dwayne Bravo
• Darrel Brown
• George Bovell III
• Marc Burns
• Learie Constantine
• Hasely Crawford
• Rajindra Dhanraj
• Mervyn Dillon
• Kenwyne Jones
• Ansil Elcock
• Daren Ganga
• Roger Gibbon
• Hilary Angelo "Larry" Gomes
• Gerald "Gerry" Gomez
• Anthony Gray
• Shaka Hislop
• Clayton Ince
• Stern John
• Brian Lara
• Russell Latapy
• Leonson Lewis
• 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
• Evans Wise
• Dwight Yorke

Political leaders

• Yasin Abu Bakr
• 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
• Winston Dookeran
• Knowlson Gift
• Albert Gomes
• Geddes Granger (Makandal Daaga)
• Noor Hassanali
• Karl Hudson-Phillips
• A.P.T. James
• Roy Joseph
• Franklin Khan
• Fuad Khan
• Gillian Lucky
• Ramesh Maharaj
• Patrick Manning
• Bhadase Sagan Maraj
• Ralph Maraj
• Wendell Mottley
• George Padmore
• Basdeo Panday
• Kamla Persad-Bissessar
• David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead
• George Maxwell Richards
• A.N.R. Robinson
• Keith Rowley
• Adrian Cola Rienzi (born Krishna Deonarine)
• Austin "Jack" Warner
• Eric Williams
• Eric A. Williams
• Gerald Yetming

Musicians

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

Dancers

• Pearl Primus

Artists

• Isaiah James Boodhoo
• Michel-Jean Cazabon
• Geoffrey Holder

Filmmakers

• Horace Ové
• Frances-Anne Solomon

United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands

Writers and intellectuals

• Barbara Christian
• Arthur Schomburg

Doctors and Scientists

• Dr. John C. Lettsome
• Morris Simmonds

Political leaders

• Judah Philip Benjamin
• 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

Artists and Architects

• Camille Pissarro
• Dr. William Thornton

Actors

• Kelsey Grammer
• Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Athletes

• Raja Bell
• Tim Duncan
• Julian Jackson
• Calvin Pickering