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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

Artists

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

Athletes

  • 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

Writers and intellectuals

Barbados

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

Actors

Artists

  • Ras Akyem
  • Karl Broodhagen
  • Edward Rupert Burrowes
  • Alison Chapman-Andrews
  • Jeena Chatrani
  • Paul Dash
  • Annalee Davis
  • Stanley Greaves
  • Gwendolyn Knight
  • Coral Bernadine Pollard
  • Sheena Rose

Athletes

  • 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

Musicians

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 - 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

  • 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

  • Frederick Atkins - convicted murderer

Curaçao

Singers

  • Tory Lanez (mother from Curaçao)

Athletes

  • 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

  • Jandino Asporaat

Political leaders

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

Dominica

  • List of British people of Dominica descent

Media

  • Maurice DuBois
  • Edward Scobie

Musicians

Political leaders

Cricketers

  • Adam Sanford
  • Liam Sebastien
  • Shane Shillingford

Soccer

Writers and intellectuals

French Guiana

Political leaders

Writers and intellectuals

Athletes

  • Ludovic Baal
  • Alexis Claude-Maurice
  • Roy Contout
  • Simon Falette
  • Marc-Antoine Fortuné
  • Jaïr Karam
  • Mike Maignan
  • Florent Malouda
  • Ludovic Proto
  • Jean-Clair Todibo

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

Business people and agriculturalists

  • James Baillie

Musicians

  • Ajamu
  • Casey Benjamin - member of the Robert Glasper Project
  • Craig David (of Grenadian descent)
  • Dollarman
  • David Emmanuel
  • Leslie Hutchinson
  • Finley Jeffrey
  • Jemeni
  • Row Lewis
  • Mighty Sparrow
  • Ms. Dynamite
  • Sir Galba
  • Sonika

Political leaders

Writers and intellectuals

Guadeloupe

Artists

  • Jacques Schwarz-Bart

Athletes

Filmmakers

Political leaders

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

Religious leaders

  • Jean Baptiste Labat

Writers and intellectuals

Guyana

  • List of Guyanese British people

Artists

Athletes

Musicians

Political leaders

Writers and intellectuals

Martinique

Athletes

Filmmakers

Political leaders

Writers and intellectuals

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • List of British people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent

Sports Personalities

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

Soccer

Business and agriculture

  • James Baillie

Political leaders

Writers, intellectuals, filmmakers, and artists

Saint Lucia

  • See also List of Saint Lucians
  • List of British people of Saint Lucian descent

Actors

Artists

  • Winston Branch
  • Dunstan St. Omer
  • Llewellyn Xavier

Athletes

Economists

  • Sir Arthur Lewis

Musicians

  • Shola Ama
  • Nicole David
  • Ronald "Boo" Hinkson
  • Joey Badass
  • Trevor Nelson

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
  • Philip J. Pierre

Writers and intellectuals

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Athletes

Musicians

  • Kevin Lyttle
  • Mattafix

Political leaders

Suriname

Artists

  • Ramdew Chaitoe
  • Damaru
  • Dropati
  • Natalie La Rose

Suriname Netherlands

Athletes

Inventors

  • Jan Earnst Matzeliger

Political leaders

Writers and intellectuals

Musician

  • Tony Scott

Trinidad and Tobago

  • List of Trinidadian Britons

Artists

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

Athletes

Dancers

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
  • Denyse 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

United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands

Actors

Artists and architects

Athletes

Doctors and scientists

  • Dr John C. Lettsom
  • Morris Simmonds

Political leaders

Writers and intellectuals

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