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Encyclopedia > List of Barbadians

This is a list of prominent people from the Eastern Caribbean, the Guianas, and the Bahamas. It does not include Cubans, Dominican Republicans, Puerto Ricans, Jamaicans or Haitians. Because of the close proximity of these countries, some people are listed under more than one heading.

Contents

Antigua and Barbuda

Writers and intellectuals

Political leaders

Religious leaders

  • George McGuire

The Bahamas

Political leaders

Actors

Barbados

Writers and intellectuals

Athletes

Political leaders

Mariners

  • William Shorey

Dominica

Writers and intellectuals

Political leaders

French Guiana

Writers and intellectuals

  • Léon Damas

Political leaders

Grenada

Political leaders

Musicians

Guadeloupe

Writers and intellectuals

  • Jean Louis Baghio'o
  • Maryse Condé
  • Daniel Maximin
  • Paul Niger
  • Saint-John Perse
  • Simone Schwartz-Bart

Political leaders

  • Louis Delgrès
  • Victor Hugues
  • Jean Ignace
  • Hégésippe Légitimus
  • Patrick Reason

Religious leaders

  • Jean Baptiste Labat

Filmmakers

  • Sarah Maldoror

Guyana

Writers and intellectuals

  • Jan Carew
  • Martin Carter
  • Wilson Harris
  • Edgar Mittelhölzer
  • Walter Rodney
  • Eric Walrond

Political leaders

Musicians

Athletes

Martinique

Writers and intellectuals

  • Mayotte Capécia
  • Aimé Césaire
  • Patrick Chamoiseau
  • Raphaël Confiant
  • Frantz Fanon
  • Édouard Glissant
  • Gilbert Gratiant
  • Étienne Léro
  • René Maran
  • Joseph Zobel

Political leaders

  • Joséphine de Beauharnais

Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao

Political leaders

Athletes

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Writers and intellectuals

  • R.C.O. Benjamin

Political leaders

Athletes

Saint Lucia

Writers and intellectuals

Political leaders

Economists

  • Arthur Lewis

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Political leaders

Suriname

Writers and intellectuals

Political leaders

Inventors

  • Jan Earnst Matzeliger

Trinidad and Tobago

Writers and intellectuals

Athletes

Political leaders

Musicians

Dancers

  • Satnarine Balkaransingh
  • Mondira Balkaransingh
  • Percival Borde
  • Eugene Joseph
  • Torrance Mohammed
  • Pearl Primus

Artists

  • Isaiah James Boodhoo
  • Michel-Jean Cazabon
  • LeRoy Clarke
  • Willie Chen
  • Jackie Hinkson
  • Edwin Hing Wan
  • Geoffrey Holder
  • Sonnylal Rambissoon
  • Noel Vaucrosson

Aviators

  • Mikey Cipriani
  • Herbert Julian

United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands

Writers and intellectuals

Political leaders

  • Judah Philip Benjamin
  • Edward Blyden
  • Frank Rudolph Crosswaith
  • Rothschild Francis
  • Hubert Henry Harrison
  • Elizabeth Anna Hendrickson
  • Casper Holstein
  • Roy Innis
  • D. Hamilton Jackson
  • J. Raymond Jones
  • William Alexander Leidesdorff
  • T. McCants Stewart
  • Terence Todman
  • Ashley Totten
  • Denmark Vesey

Artists

Athletes


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