List of Eastern Caribbean people

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.

Table of contents

1 Antigua and Barbuda

1.1 Writers and intellectuals
1.2 Political leaders
1.3 Religious leaders

2 The Bahamas

2.4 Political leaders
2.5 Actors

3 Barbados

3.6 Writers and intellectuals
3.7 Athletes
3.8 Political leaders
3.9 Mariners

4 Dominica

4.10 Writers and intellectuals
4.11 Political leaders

5 French Guiana

5.12 Writers and intellectuals
5.13 Political leaders

6 Grenada

6.14 Political leaders
6.15 Musicians

7 Guadeloupe

7.16 Writers and intellectuals
7.17 Political leaders
7.18 Religious leaders
7.19 Filmmakers

8 Guyana

8.20 Writers and intellectuals
8.21 Political leaders

9 Martinique

9.22 Writers and intellectuals
9.23 Political leaders

10 Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Bonaire and Cura�ao

10.24 Political leaders
10.25 Athletes

11 Saint Kitts and Nevis

11.26 Writers and intellectuals
11.27 Political leaders

12 Saint Lucia

12.28 Writers and intellectuals
12.29 Political leaders
12.30 Economists

13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

13.31 Political leaders

14 Suriname

14.32 Writers and intellectuals
14.33 Political leaders
14.34 Inventors

15 Trinidad and Tobago

15.35 Writers and intellectuals
15.36 Athletes
15.37 Political leaders
15.38 Musicians
15.39 Dancers
15.40 Aviators

16 United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands

16.41 Writers and intellectuals
16.42 Political leaders
16.43 Artists

Antigua and Barbuda

Writers and intellectuals

Jamaica Kincaid

Political leaders

Religious leaders

George McGuire

The Bahamas

Political leaders

Perry Christie
Ivy Dumont
Hubert Ingraham
Lynden Pindling
Roland Symonette

Actors

Sidney Poitier

Barbados

Writers and intellectuals

Edward Brathwaite

Austin Clarke
George Lamming

Athletes

Jersey Joe Walcott

Political leaders

Grantley Adams
J.M.G. Adams
Owen Arthur
Errol Barrow
Bussa
Clifford Husbands
Richard Moore
Charles O'Neale
Erskine Sandiford
David Straker

Mariners

William Shorey

Dominica

Writers and intellectuals

Jean Rhys

Political leaders

Eugenia Charles

French Guiana

Writers and intellectuals

L�on Damas

Political leaders

F�lix �bou�
Victor Schoelcher

Grenada

Political leaders

Nicholas Brathwaite

Tubal Uriah Butler
Bernard Coard
Henri Christophe
Julien F�don
Eric Gairy
David Pitt

Musicians

Mighty Sparrow

Guadeloupe

Writers and intellectuals

Jean Louis Baghio'o

Saint-John Perse
Simone Schwartz-Bart

Political leaders

Louis Delgr�s
Victor Hugues
Jean Ignace
H�g�sippe L�gitimus
Patrick Reason

Religious leaders

Jean Baptiste Labat

Filmmakers

Sarah Maldoror

Guyana

Writers and intellectuals

Edgar Mittelh�lzer

Walter Rodney
Eric Walrond

Political leaders

Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow

Bernie Grant
Sam Hinds
Desmond Hoyte
Cheddi Jagan
Janet Jagan
Bharrat Jagdeo
Kofi

Martinique

Writers and intellectuals

Mayotte Cap�cia

Aim� C�saire
Patrick Chamoiseau
Rapha�l Confiant
Frantz Fanon
�douard Glissant
Gilbert Gratiant
�tienne L�ro
Ren� Maran
Joseph Zobel

Political leaders

Jos�phine de Beauharnais

Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Bonaire and Cura�ao

Political leaders

Daniel De Leon
Maria Liberia-Peters

Athletes

Sidney Ponson

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Writers and intellectuals

R.C.O. Benjamin

Political leaders

Clement Arrindell

Robert Bradshaw

Denzil Douglas
Alexander Hamilton
Lee Moore
Cuthbert Sebastian
Kennedy Simmonds
Paul Southwell

Saint Lucia

Writers and intellectuals

Derek Walcott

Political leaders

Kenny Anthony
Winston Cenac
John Compton
Julian Hunte
Allan Louisy
Pearlette Louisy

Economists

Arthur Lewis

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Political leaders

Frederick Ballantyne
Milton Cato
Ralph Gonsalves
James Fitz-Allen Mitchell

Suriname

Writers and intellectuals

Aphra Behn

Political leaders

Jules Ajodhia
Desi Bouterse
Ronnie Brunswijk
Ronald Venetiaan
Jules Wijdenbosch

Inventors

Jan Earnst Matzeliger

Trinidad and Tobago

Writers and intellectuals

Valerie Belgrave

Rafael de Boissiere

Dionne Brand
Rosa Guy
Merle Hodge
C.L.R. James
Earl Lovelace
Mustapha Matura
V.S. Naipaul
Charles Petioni
Marlene Philip
Samuel Selvon
Eric Williams

Athletes

Learie Constantine

Brian Lara

Political leaders

Tubal Uriah Butler
Stokely Carmichael
Ellis Clarke
Noor Hassanali
Patrick Manning
George Padmore
Basdeo Panday
David Pitt
Maxwell Richards
A.N.R. Robinson

Musicians

Hazel Scott

Dancers

Percival Borde
Pearl Primus

Aviators

Herbert Julian

United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands

Writers and intellectuals

Arthur Schomburg

Political leaders

Judah Philip Benjamin
Edward Blyden
Frank Rudolph Crosswaith
Hubert Henry Harrison
Roy Innis
William Alexander Leidesdorff
T. McCants Stewart
Denmark Vesey

Artists

Camille Pissarro