List of Eastern Caribbean people
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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.
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Antigua and Barbuda
Writers and intellectuals
Political leaders
Religious leaders
The Bahamas
Political leaders
Actors
Barbados
Athletes
- Joel Garner
- Gordon Greenridge
- Sir Garfield Sobers
- Obadele Thompson
- Sir Cydle Walcott
- Sir Everton Weekes
- Sir Frank Worrell
Mariners
Musicians
- Anderson Armstrong
- Rupert Clarke (Rupee)
- Mac Fingall
- Gabby
- Alison Hinds
- Red Plastic Bag
- Edwin Yearwood
Political leaders
- Grantley Adams
- J.M.G. Adams
- Owen Arthur
- Errol Barrow
- Bussa
- Anne C. Cools
- David A. Comissiong
- Clifford Husbands
- Billie Miller
- Richard Moore
- Charles O'Neale
- Clement Payne
- Erskine Sandiford
Writers and intellectuals
Dominica
Writers and intellectuals
Political leaders
French Guiana
Writers and intellectuals
Political leaders
Grenada
Political leaders
- Jean Augustine
- Maurice Bishop
- Nicholas Brathwaite
- Tubal Uriah Butler
- Bernard Coard
- Henri Christophe
- Julien Fédon
- Eric Gairy
- David Pitt
Musicians
Guadeloupe
Writers and intellectuals
Political leaders
Religious leaders
Filmmakers
Guyana
Writers and intellectuals
Political leaders
- Forbes Burnham
- Arthur Chung
- Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow
- Cuffy
- Jack Gladstone
- Bernie Grant
- Sam Hinds
- Desmond Hoyte
- Cheddi Jagan
- Janet Jagan
- Bharrat Jagdeo
Musicians
Athletes
- Clive Lloyd
- Lance Gibbs
- Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul
- Rohan Bholalall Kanhai
- Carl Hooper
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
Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao
Political leaders
Athletes
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Writers / Intellectuals / Filmakers / Artists
Political leaders
- Clement Arrindell
- Robert Bradshaw
- Denzil Douglas
- Alexander Hamilton
- Rawlins Lowndes
- Lee Moore
- Cuthbert Sebastian
- Kennedy Simmonds
- Paul Southwell
Athletes
Saint Lucia
Writers and intellectuals
Political leaders
Economists
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Political leaders
Suriname
Writers and intellectuals
Political leaders
Inventors
Trinidad and Tobago
Writers and intellectuals
- Valerie Belgrave
- Lloyd Best
- Rafael de Boissiere
- Dionne Brand
- Rosa Guy
- Merle Hodge
- C. L. R. James
- Earl Lovelace
- Mustapha Matura
- Alfred Mendes
- Shiva Naipaul
- V.S. Naipaul
- Charles Petioni
- Marlene Philip
- Michel Maxwell Philip
- Kenneth Ramchand
- Samuel Selvon
- Eric Williams
Athletes
- Inshan Ali
- Stephen Ames
- Marvin Andrews
- Ian Bishop
- Marlon Black
- Ato Boldon
- George Bovell III
- Learie Constantine
- Hasely Crawford
- Rajindra Dhanraj
- Mervyn Dillon
- Ansil Elcock
- Daren Ganga
- Gerald "Gerry" Gomez
- Anthony Gray
- Shaka Hislop
- Stern John
- Brian Lara
- Russell Latapy
- Leonson Lewis
- Augustine "Gus" Logie
- Clint Marcelle
- Deryck Murray
- David Nahkid
- Jerren Nixon
- Sonny Ramadhin
- Manny Ramjohn
- Dinanath Ramnarine
- Anthony Rougier
- Phil Simmons
- Jeffrey Stollmeyer
- Victor Stollmeyer
- Evans Wise
- Dwight Yorke
Political leaders
- David Abdullah
- Yasin Abu Bakr
- Tubal Uriah Butler
- Rudranath Capildeo
- Simbhoonath Capildeo
- Stokely Carmichael a.k.a. Kwame Ture
- Arthur Cipriani (A.A. Cipriani)
- Ellis Clarke
- Winston Dookeran
- Albert Gomes
- Noor Hassanali
- Karl Hudson-Phillips
- Roy Joseph
- Gillian Lucky
- Errol Mahabir
- Patrick Manning
- Bhadase Sagan Maraj
- Errol McLeod
- Kamaludeen Mohammed
- Roodal Moonilal
- Wendell Mottley
- George Padmore
- Basdeo Panday
- David Pitt
- George Maxwell Richards
- A.N.R. Robinson
- Keith Rowley
- Adrian Cola Rienzi
- Eric Williams
Musicians
- André Tanker
- Atilla the Hun (Raymond Quevado)
- Anil Bheem
- Pat Bishop
- Nisha Bissambhar
- Rasika Dindial
- Devanand Gattoo
- Haddaway
- Raymond Holman
- Lord Invader
- Lord Kitchener (Alwyn Roberts)
- Lord Melody
- Lennox "Bobby" Mohammed
- Machel Montano
- Billy Ocean
- Ken "Professor" Philmore
- Sundar Popo
- Richard Ramnarine
- 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)
- Anand Yankaran
- Rakesh Yankaran
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
United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands
Writers and intellectuals
Doctors and Scientists
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