List of Eastern Caribbean people

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[edit]

List of British people of Antigua and Barbuda descent

Actors and comedians[edit]

Anna Maria Horsford - actress (of Antiguan descent)

Artists[edit]

Gregory Abbott - singer
Jazzie B - singer (Soul II Soul)
Shermain Jeremy

Athletes[edit]

Che Adams - footballer
Curtly Ambrose - cricketer
Craig Speedy Claxton - basketball player (of Antiguan descent)
Carl Herrera - former NBA basketball player
Emile Heskey - football player (of Antiguan descent)
Maurice Hope - boxer
Colin Kazim-Richards - football player (of Antiguan descent)
Ledley King - footballer
Sir Isaac Vivian Richards - cricketer
Richie Richardson - cricketer
Andy Roberts - cricketer

Political leaders[edit]

Writers and intellectuals[edit]

Barbados[edit]

Actors[edit]

Nicole Byer (father is Bajan)
Alfred Enoch (mother is Barbadian Brazilian)
Melyssa Ford
Doug E. Fresh
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
Jada Pinkett Smith
Robert Christopher Riley (Trini mother, Bajan father)
Lamman Rucker (mother is a first-generation Bajan American)
Ayo Edebiri (mother is Bajan)

Artists[edit]

Athletes[edit]

Robert Bailey - American football player
Nigel Benn - British boxer
Andrea Blackett - hurdler
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 - sprinter
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 - cricketer
Kieran Gibbs (born in United Kingdom to father from Barbados) - footballer
Joshua Gibson - Aussie rules footballer (parents are from Barbados)
Gordon Greenidge - cricketer
Marlon Harewood - footballer
Ramon Harewood - American football player (Baltimore Ravens)
Desmond Haynes - cricketer
Hadan Holligan - footballer
Sir Conrad Hunte - cricketer
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 - cricketer
Fran Matthews - Negro league baseball player
Earl Maynard - bodybuilder, wrestler, etc.
Anton Norris - high jumper
Kemar Roach - cricketer
Sam Seale - American football player
Alana Shipp - American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
Sir Garfield Sobers - cricketer
Obadele Thompson - sprinter, etc.
Walter Tull - English footballer; first British-born black Army officer; father was from Barbados
Sir Clyde Walcott - cricketer
Joel Ward (both parents are immigrants from Barbados) - ice hockey player
Sir Everton Weekes - cricketer
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 - cricketer
Rhian Brewster

Mariners[edit]

Musicians[edit]

Afrika Bambaataa
Kelly Beckett - member of the Paradiso Girls
Vita Chambers
CJ Fly - rapper
Carl Cox - producer, DJ
Cover Drive - pop band consisting of Amanda Reifer, T-Ray Armstrong, Barry "Bar-Man" Hill and Jamar Harding
Damon Dash
Dave East - rapper
Faith Evans
Doug E. Fresh
Cuba Gooding, Sr.
Grandmaster Flash
Grynner
Alison Hinds
Jackie Opel
Jaicko - R&B and pop music singer-songwriter
Killy (rapper)
Ryan Leslie
Charles D. Lewis - artist, bassist, producer
Hal Linton
Livvi Franc
Magnet Man
Zeeteah Massiah
Rakim Mayers - artist (A$AP Rocky)
Mighty Gabby
Mark Morrison
Leigh-Anne Pinnock - member of Little Mix
Rayvon
Red Plastic Bag
Rihanna - singer
RoRo - singer-songwriter
Rupee - musician, born Rupert Clarke
Shontelle - pop, reggae, and R&B singer
Slowthai - british rapper, a teenage mother who is half Barbadian
Arturo Tappin
Tory Lanez
Tweet - singer, born Charlene Keys
Joseph L. Walcott - founded the first black-owned nightclub in New England, featuring many jazz greats

Political leaders[edit]

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 - Canadian senator
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 - Barbadian government official
Chirlane McCray - poet, public speech writer; married to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
Dame Billie Miller
Richard B. Moore
Mia Mottley - Barbadian prime minister
Charles O'Neale
Clement Payne
Erskine Sandiford - former Barbadian prime minister
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 - former Barbadian prime minister
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[edit]

Adisa Andwele - rhythm poet
Hilary Beckles - historian
Edward Brathwaite - poet and academic
Austin Clarke - author and poet
Tony Cozier - cricket writer and broadcaster
Alan Emtage - Internet pioneer
Neville Lancelot Goddard - mystic and author
Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge - writer on history and law
Charles Wilton Wood Greenidge - organizational head
Ken R. Harewood - molecular biologist
Ted Harris - Sweden-based pastor, theologian and writer
Agymah Kamau - novelist
Odimumba Kwamdela - poet and novelist
George Lamming - author and poet
Karen Lord - writer of speculative fiction
Glenville Lovell - author, playwright, dancer
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)

Others[edit]

Frederick Atkins - convicted murderer

Curaçao[edit]

Singers[edit]

Tory Lanez (mother from Curaçao)

Athletes[edit]

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

Comedians[edit]

Jandino Asporaat

Political leaders[edit]

Dominica[edit]

List of British people of Dominica descent

Media[edit]

Musicians[edit]

Political leaders[edit]

Cricketers[edit]

Soccer[edit]

Tobi Jnohope

Writers and intellectuals[edit]

French Guiana[edit]

Political leaders[edit]

Writers and intellectuals[edit]

Léon Damas

Athletes[edit]

Grenada[edit]

List of British people of Grenadian descent

Artists[edit]

Canute Caliste

Athletes[edit]

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
Yazmeen Jamieson
Cameron Jerome
Jason Roberts - footballer currently playing for Blackburn Rovers