List of Jamaican Americans
This is a list of notable Jamaican Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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Actors
- Roxanne Beckford
- Tyson Beckford[1]
- Shari Belafonte[2]
- Corbin Bleu (1989– ) – film/television actor and vocalist (High School Musical)[3]
- Dulé Hill
- Penn Badgley (1/16th or 1/32 Afro-Jamaican ancestry through a great-grandfather)
- Grace Jones[2]
- Delroy Lindo[2]
- Carl Lumbly[2]
- Camille McDonald
- Alano Miller
- Sheryl Lee Ralph[4]
- David Reivers[5]
- Gloria Reuben
- Madge Sinclair[2]
- Kerry Washington
- Susan Kelechi Watson
Musicians
- Astro – rapper
- Joey Bada$ – rapper
- Afrika Bambaataa[6]
- Harry Belafonte[7]
- Busta Rhymes[2]
- Luther Campbell[8]
- Canibus[2]
- Capital STEEZ
- Chubb Rock[2]
- Sandra Denton
- Missy Elliott[2]
- Chuck Fenda
- Flatbush Zombies
- CJ Fly
- Heavy D[2]
- Hodgy Beats
- Tori Kelly – singer of Puerto Rican, Jamaican and Irish descent
- Sean Kingston
- DJ Kool Herc[2]
- KRS-One[2]
- Alaine Laughton
- Stephen Marley
- DJ Mustard
- Renee Neufville[2]
- The Notorious B.I.G.[2] – rapper
- Olivia
- Christopher "Kid" Reid
- Pretty Ricky
- Tarrus Riley
- Pete Rock
- Safaree Samuels
- Gil Scott-Heron[9]
- Shaggy
- Bobby Shmurda – rapper
- Ski Mask the Slump God – rapper
- Pop Smoke
- Robb Banks
- Justine Skye
- Ernie Smith[2]
- Wifisfuneral – rapper
- Mike Smith
- Lil Tecca
- Tyga
- XXXTentacion
- YFN Lucci
- Young M.A – rapper
- JPEGMafia
Sports
Patrick Ewing
Mike Tyson
- Andre Drummond – basketball player
- Chili Davis – baseball player
- Patrick Ewing – retired basketball player who played with the New York Knicks
- Heather Foster – Jamaican-born American professional bodybuilder
- Ben Gordon – British-born Charlotte Bobcats basketball player
- Roy Hibbert – basketball player
- Kamara James – Olympic fencer
- Big E Langston – professional wrestler for WWE
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. – Boxer
- Justin Masterson – Major League baseball pitcher
- Errol Spence – professional boxer
- Stephen A. Smith – sport commentator
- Aljamain Sterling – mixed martial arts fighter
- Isaiah Stewart – basketball player
- Mike Tyson – retired boxer
- Devon White – baseball player
Military
- Vincent R. Stewart – first African American, first Jamaican American and first Marine to hold the position of Director of the DIA
- Colin Luther Powell – Jamaican American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army.
Others
Kamala Harris
Colin Powell
- Opal Palmer Adisa – writer, poet, performance artist
- Maurice Ashley – chess grandmaster
- Tyson Beckford[1]
- Ronald Blackwood – Mayor of Mount Vernon, New York (1985–1996), first elected black mayor in New York state[10][11]
- Yvette Clarke – Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Ann-Marie Campbell – President, Southern Division, The Home Depot
- Desus – comedian
- Louis Farrakhan – leader of the Nation of Islam
- Colin Ferguson – mass murderer
- Yvette Francis-McBarnette – doctor who pioneered antibiotic treatment for pediatric sickle cell anemia
- Kamala Harris – U.S. Senator from California
- Nadine Burke Harris – pediatrician, linked adverse childhood experiences and health
- Jason D. Hill – Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University
- Donna Hylton – author
- Claude McKay – writer and poet
- Wayne Messam – Mayor of Miramar, Florida
- Gil Noble – television reporter and interviewer
- David Paterson – Governor of New York
- C.J. Pearson – teen conservative contributor
- Colin Powell – 65th United States Secretary of State[12]
- Angella Reid – White House Chief Usher
- Shawn Rhoden – professional bodybuilder
- Susan Rice – United States National Security Advisor
- Alexis Skyy
- Marsha Thomason – British-born actress
See also
- List of Jamaicans
- List of Jamaican British people
- Jamaican Canadian
- Marcus Garvey
References
- "I Love Jamaica – Superstars". BBC.
- "Celebrities". jamaicanpride.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-18.
- Corbin Bleu Archived 2006-11-28 at the Wayback Machine – "I'm a spicy blend of Jamaican (my dad) and Italian (my mom)."
- Jamaican Hall Of Fame: Actress, Sheryl Lee Ralph (Jamaica)
- "David Reivers Actor". TV Guide.
- Afrika Bambaataa: "djhistory Interview" Archived 2010-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
- BBC – Cult – I Love Jamaica – Superstars
- Jamaican Ancestry
- "'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' Author Dies". The Gleaner. Gleaner Company. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- Williams, Lena (1985-01-30). "Man in the News; Milestone for New Mt. Vernon Mayor". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- Spillane, Matt (2017-02-27). "Service set for former Mount Vernon mayor Ronald Blackwood". The Journal News. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- "Belafonte Slams Powell – Celebrity Gossip". FOXNews.com.
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