List of Famous people born in Jamaica
Duke Reid
Arthur "Duke" Reid CD was a Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner.
Marguerite LeWars
Marguerite LeWars is a Jamaican former beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Jamaica in 1961. While serving in that capacity, she played the role of Dr. No's photographer, Annabel Chung, in the first James Bond film Dr. No, in 1962.
Junior Braithwaite
Franklin Delano Alexander "Junior" Braithwaite was a reggae musician from Kingston, Jamaica and the youngest member of the vocal group, The Wailing Wailers. The Wailing Wailers was a vocal group Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh started in 1963, together with Braithwaite, when ska music had become popular in Jamaica. Soon after Beverly Kelso and Cherry Smith joined the group as backing vocalists.
Clifton Jones
Clifton Jones is an actor known for his roles in British television.
Carl Douglas
Carlton George Douglas is a Jamaican singer-songwriter and recording artist who is best known for the 1974 disco single "Kung Fu Fighting".
Aston Barrett
Aston Francis Barrett, often called "Family Man" or "Fams" for short, is a Jamaican musician and Rastafarian.
Donald James Reece
Donald James Reece is an Emeritus Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica.
Simone Edwards
Simone Ann-Marie Edwards, OD is a basketball player who played for the New York Liberty and the Seattle Storm and was the first Caribbean and first Jamaican player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The 6'4" Edwards center is known to fans as the "Jamaican Hurricane."
Roxanne Beckford
Roxanne Beckford, , is an American actress who was born in Jamaica. She has acted in numerous television series and played minor roles in films, including Bewitched (2005) Something's Gotta Give (2003), and Father of the Bride Part II (1995). Beckford began her career in acting as a child starring in television commercials in Jamaica. Her husband, Bob Hoge, is also an actor. They have four children, including twins who were featured on episode 1 of TLC's Bringing Home Baby in 2005.
Debra O'Connor
Debra O'Connor is a Trinidad and Tobago badminton player, born in Jamaica. She competed in women's singles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She was a record ten times winner of the Women's Singles event at the Carebaco Games Caribbean Regional Badminton Championships.. She also won the Women's Doubles Carebaco event nine times for Trinidad & Tobago and the Mixed Doubles event 3 times.