Notable Jamaican Americans

This is a list of notable Jamaican Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

(This project is a part of or subgroup of Jamaica "Out Of many, One People" project.)

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Actors

• Tyson Beckford
• Shari Belafonte
• Corbin Bleu
• Camille McDonald
• Cherine Anderson (Movie Dance Hall Queen))
• Clinton H Wallace D Cornwall (Movie still Photographer)The Hillz etc
• Sheryl Lee Ralph
• Tiffany Chin-Sim
• David Reivers
• Frank Silvera 1950-1960. the Frank Silvverman writers workshop foundation, inc
• Wentworth Miller
• Dulé Hill
• Carl Lumbly
• Delroy Lindo
• Jeff Henry aka Jeffery Peter Reed Henry
• Linda Powell
• Mona Hammond Aka Mona Chin ( movie10,000 BC)

Musicians

• Christopher "Kid" Reid
• Cody Chesnutt
• Curtis Fuller
• Carmen McCrae (1920-1994)
• Canibus
• Taj Mahal
• Grace Jones
• Gil Scott-Heron
• Monty Alexander
• Shaggy
• Sandra Denton (Pepa)
• Lord Burgess
• KRS-One
• Afrika Bambaataa
• Beat Prophets
• Harry Belafonte
• Busta Rhymes
• Heavy D
• Sean Kingston
• Notorious BIG
• Renee Neufville
• Ernie Smith
• Steven "Bigg Steve" Anderson
• Olivia
• * Pretty Ricky
• Sean Paul
• Sister Carol
• DJ Kool Herc

Writers

• June Jordan (1936-2002)
• John Brown Russwurm (1799-1851)
• Joel Augustus Rogers (1880-1966)
• Claude McKay (1889-1948)
• Amy Jacques Garvey (1895-1973) (Marcus Garvey's second wife)
• Dahlia Welsh

Arts

• Katherine Dunham, Matriarch Of Modern Dance

Sports

• Edward "Bearcat" Wright (1932-1982) (wrestling)
• Ben Gordon (basketball)
• Patrick Ewing (basketball)
• Devon White (baseball)
• Jeff Cunningham (soccer)
• Patrick Chung (football)
• Carl Wright (cricket)

Public Service

• Marcus Garvey (1887-1940)
• Colin Powell (former 65th United States Secretary of State)
• David Paterson (55th Governor of New York)
• Yvette Clarke (U.S. House of Representative, 11th Congressional District, central Brooklyn, New York)
• John Brown Russwurm (Abolitionist, Publisher)
• Kamala Harris (California District Attorney)
• Susan Rice (U.N. Ambassador) Rice Ends Bid Amid Criticism; Susan Rice Battles Critics Over Benghazi Attacks

Religious Leaders

• Louis Farrakhan (leader of the Nation of Islam)
• Bishop Noel Jones (brother of singer / model Grace Jones)

Business

• Samuel Fraunces (ca. 1722-1795)
• Jacob Raphael de Cordova (1808-1868)

Journalists and News media

• Lester Holt and Jenna Wolfe, NBC Weekend TODAY

Others

• Lisa Hanna, Miss World Caribbean 1993 and is a member of the People's National Party.
• Carla Campbell

Links

more links welcome!

• Jamaican American
• History of Jamaica
• Persons for whom the public has demonstrated a permanent interest.
• Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Jews In Jamaica
• Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Lebanese
• Out Of Many Cultures The People Who Came - The Arrival Of The Chinese
• Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Indians
• Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Irish
• Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Africans
• Out Of Many Cultures: Who Came - The Germans
• Theophilus Beckford
• Theophilus Beckford
• List of American people of Jamaican descent