List of Famous people born in Jamaica

Buju Banton

First Name Buju
Born in Jamaica

Mark Anthony Myrie, professionally known by his stage name Buju Banton, is a Jamaican reggae dancehall recording artist and convicted felon. He is widely considered one of the most significant and well-regarded artists in Jamaican music. Banton has collaborated with many international artists, including those in the hip hop, Latin and punk rock genres, as well as the sons of Bob Marley.

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Skip Marley

First Name Skip
Born on June 4, 1996 (age 27)
Born in Jamaica

Skip Marley is a Jamaican singer-songwriter. He is the son of Cedella Marley and David Minto, and grandson of Bob Marley.

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Fanny Eaton

First Name Fanny
Last Name Eaton
Born on June 23, 1835
Died on March 4, 1924 (aged 88)
Born in Jamaica

Fanny Eaton was a Jamaican-born artist's model and domestic worker. She is best known as a model for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their circle in England between 1859 and 1867. Her public debut was in Simeon Solomon's painting The Mother of Moses, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1860. She was also featured in works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, Joanna Mary Boyce, Rebecca Solomon, and others.

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John Barnes

John Charles Bryan Barnes
First Name John
Last Name Barnes
Born on November 7, 1963 (age 60)
Born in Jamaica
Height 181 cm | 5'11

John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE is a former professional football player and manager. He currently works as a commentator and pundit for ESPN and SuperSport. Initially a quick, skilful left winger, he moved to central midfield later in his career. Barnes won two league titles with Liverpool, with whom he also won two cup finals at Wembley. He was also an FA Cup runner-up with Watford, Liverpool and Newcastle United. Barnes earned 79 international caps for England.

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Bunny Wailer

Neville O'Riley Livingston
First Name Bunny
Last Name Wailer
Born on April 10, 1947
Died on March 2, 2021 (aged 73)
Born in Jamaica

Neville O'Riley Livingston, OM, best known as Bunny Wailer, is a Jamaican singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. A three-time Grammy award winner, he is considered one of the longtime standard-bearers of reggae music. He is also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately Jah B.

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Lee Boyd Malvo

First Name Lee
Last Name Malvo
Born on February 18, 1985 (age 39)
Born in Jamaica

Lee Boyd Malvo, also known as John Lee Malvo, is a convicted murderer who, along with John Allen Muhammad, committed murders in connection with the Beltway sniper attacks in the Washington Metropolitan Area over a three-week period in October 2002. Malvo was aged 16–17 during the span of the shootings. Currently, he is serving multiple life sentences at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia, a supermax prison. Muhammad was executed in 2009.

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Louie Rankin

First Name Louie
Last Name Rankin
Born on November 30, 1964
Died on September 30, 2019 (aged 54)
Born in Jamaica

Leonard Ford, known professionally as Louie Rankin, was a Jamaican dancehall reggae artist and actor.

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Trevor Berbick

First Name Trevor
Last Name Berbick
Born on August 1, 1954
Died on October 28, 2006 (aged 52)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Trevor Berbick was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000. He won the WBC heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Pinklon Thomas, then lost it in his first defense in the same year to Mike Tyson. Berbick was also the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, defeating him in 1981.

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Prince Buster

First Name Prince
Last Name Buster
Born on May 24, 1938
Died on September 8, 2016 (aged 78)
Born in Jamaica

Cecil Bustamente Campbell, known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that would be drawn upon later by reggae and ska artists.

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Maurice Ashley

First Name Maurice
Last Name Ashley
Born on March 6, 1966 (age 58)
Born in Jamaica

Maurice Ashley is a Jamaican-American chess grandmaster, author, and commentator. In 1999 he earned the grandmaster title (GM), making him the first black person to attain the title of grandmaster.

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