List of Jamaicans
The following is a list of people from Jamaica:
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Artists and writers
- Pamela Colman Smith, artist and writer
- Thomas Duffus Hardy, historian
- Marcus Garvey, political activist
- Stuart Hall, cultural theorist
- Edna Manley, sculptor
- Claude McKay, communist author
- Robert Wedderburn, political activist
- Hope Wheeler artist
Musicians
- Buju Banton, reggae singer
- Bounty Killer, reggae musician
- Prince Buster, ska singer & producer
- Charlie Chaplin, reggae singer
- Clive Chin, record producer
- Jimmy Cliff, reggae musician
- Coxsone Dodd, record producer
- Judge Dread, reggae musician
- Sean Paul Henriques, reggae singer
- Diana King, reggae musician
- Ini Kamoze, reggae musician
- Beenie Man, famous DJ
- Harry Belafonte, calypso musican (Born in Harlem, New York, United States)
- Elephant Man, reggae singer
- Bob 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
- Shabba Ranks, reggae musician
- Shaggy reggae musician
- Peter Tosh, reggae musician
- King Tubby, dub musician
Painters
- Barrington Watson,
- Cecil Cooper,
Politicians
- Alexander Bustamante, trade unionist
- Michael Manley, socialist Prime Minister
- Henry Moore, colonial governor
- P. J. Patterson, Prime Minister
- Eddie Seaga, Prime Minister
- Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State (born in New York City, New York)
Sports
- Donovan Bailey, Jamaica-born Canadian, world champion sprinter
- Steve Bucknor, international cricket umpire
- Linford Christie, world champion sprinter
- Patrick Ewing, Jamaica-born American, former NBA star
- George Headley, cricketer
- Michael Holding, cricketer
- Ben Johnson, Jamaica-born Canadian, disgraced champion sprinter
- Asafa Powell, sprinter
- Don Quarrie, sprinter
- Mike McCallum, champion boxer
Clerics
- Abdullah el-Faisal, radical Muslim cleric