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
Anna Maria Horsford - actress (of Antiguan descent)
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
Lester Bird
Sir Vere Cornwall Bird
Sir James Carlisle
Tim Hector
Sir Wilfred Jacobs
Baldwin Spencer
Sydney Walling
Sir George Walter
Writers and intellectuals
Leonard Tim Hector
Joanne C. Hillhouse
Marie-Elena John
Jamaica Kincaid
Barbados
Actors
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)
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