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 Curaçao 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

• Vere Cornwall Bird
• Lester Bird
• James Carlisle
• Wilfred Jacobs

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
• Pierre Charles
• Nicholas Liverpool
• Oliver Seraphine
• Vernon Shaw
• Roosevelt Skerrit

French Guiana

Writers and intellectuals

• Léon Damas

Political leaders

• Félix Éboué
• Victor Schoelcher

Grenada

Political leaders

• Maurice Bishop
• Nicholas Brathwaite
• Tubal Uriah Butler
• Bernard Coard
• Henri Christophe
• Julien Fédon
• Eric Gairy
• David Pitt

Musicians

• Mighty Sparrow

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

• Forbes Burnham
• Arthur Chung
• Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow
• Jack Gladstone
• Bernie Grant
• Sam Hinds
• Desmond Hoyte
• Cheddi Jagan
• Janet Jagan
• Bharrat Jagdeo
• Kofi

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

• 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

• Atilla de Hun
• 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