17.9716° N, 76.7932° W

KINGSTON

Most Famous People Born in Kingston, Jamaica

Notable people
860
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1960
Most distinctive
Sprint 23.1×

A small island capital with a sound that travelled everywhere. Kingston's notables are dominated by singers, music producers, sprinters, and cricketers at concentrations that, per capita, are almost unmatched anywhere in the dataset. Reggae, dancehall, and the 100-metre sprint — the city's three biggest exports — account for most of the names you'll recognise.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kingston during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 129 notable births.

What Kingston Is Known For

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Football is Kingston's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (150).

Kingston over-indexes on sprint23.1× the global rate.

Kingston under-produces politician — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Football150
  2. Singer146
  3. Cricket60
  4. Music51
  5. Producer41
  6. Athletic41
  7. Sprint32
  8. Actor27
  1. Sprint3223.1×
  2. Producer4116.6×
  3. Singer1468.2×
  4. Cricket605.5×
  5. Athletic414.3×
  6. Music514.2×
  7. Model94.0×
  8. Football1501.6×
  1. Politician190.2×
  2. Writer130.5×
  3. Actor270.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Kingston's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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860 notable people

0601 ACTOR

Pauline Henriques

1914 - 1998

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0602 ARTIST

D Teck

Born 1987

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0603 PRIEST

Charles Henry Dufour

Born 1953

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0604 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Barry Chevannes

1940 - 2010

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0605 SINGER

Ghost (Reggae)

Born 1974

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0606 SINGER

Brushy One String

-

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0607 PRODUCER

Hyman Wright

-

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0608 ATHLETIC

Cynthia Thompson

1922 - 2019

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0609 POLITICIAN

Winsome Sears

Born 1964

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0610 CRICKET

Robert Samuels

Born 1971

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0611 FOOTBALL

Lloyd Barker (soccer)

Born 1970

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0612 SINGER

Bambaata Marley

Born 1989

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0613 COMPOSER

Samuel Felsted

1743 - 1802

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0614 BADMINTON

Katherine Wynter

Born 1996

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0615 ATHLETIC

Foy Williams

Born 1973

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0616 SPRINT

Rupert Hoilette

Born 1946

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0617 FOOTBALL

Alex Stewart (American football)

Born 1964

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0618 PAINTER

Eugene Palmer

Born 1955

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0619 CELEBRITY

Jody-Anne Maxwell

-

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0620 CRICKET

Jackie Hendriks

Born 1933

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0621 MUSIC

Tiger (musician)

Born 1960

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0622 SINGER

Constantine "Vision" Walker

Born 1951

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0623 BADMINTON

Dennis Coke

Born 1993

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0624 BASEBALL

Rolando Roomes

Born 1962

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0625 PLAYER

Alanna Broderick

Born 1980

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0626 OFFICER

Albert Jacques Verly

1815 - 1883

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0627 FOOTBALL

Devon McDonald

Born 1969

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0628 NETBALL

Simone Forbes

Born 1981

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0629 BOXER

Richard Clarke (boxer)

Born 1963

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0630 SINGER

Sharon Forrester

Born 1956

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0631 PRODUCER

Roy Cousins

Born 1949

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0632 FOOTBALL

Damion McIntosh

Born 1977

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0633 MISSING

Robert Henry Clarence

1873 - 1908

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0634 ARTIST

Camille Turner

Born 1960

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0635 ACTIVIST

Carolyn Gomes

Born 1958

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0636 PRODUCER

Leonard Chin

Born 1953

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0637 ACTOR

Jason R. Moore

-

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0638 CONVICT

Donna Hylton

Born 1964

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0639 ACTOR

Saskia Garel

Born 1977

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0640 FOOTBALL

Tony Cunningham (footballer)

Born 1957

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0641 PAEDIATRICIAN

Yvette Francis-McBarnette

1926 - 2016

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0642 CRICKET

Harry Latchman

Born 1943

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0643 FOOTBALL

Ricardo McDonald

Born 1969

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0644 CRICKET

Derief Taylor

1910 - 1987

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0645 BASKET

Mike Perry

1939 - 2002

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0646 HOCKEY

Sandra Levy

Born 1965

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0647 JOURNALIST

Wilfred Adolphus Domingo

1889 - 1968

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0648 FOOTBALL

Akeil Barrett

Born 1992

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0649 PLAYWRIGHT

Aston Cooke

1958 - 2019

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0650 WRITER

Val McCalla

1943 - 2002

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0651 CRICKET

Donovan Pagon

Born 1982

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0652 PRODUCER

Ossie Hibbert

1951 - 2012

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0653 MECHANIC

Frisco Kid (Musiker)

Born 1971

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0654 SINGER

I Kong

Born 1947

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0655 FOOTBALL

Garrick Gordon

Born 1982

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0656 PRODUCER

Supa Dups

-

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0657 FOOTBALL

Lloyd Harrison

Born 1977

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0658 ACTOR

Larrington Walker

1947 - 2017

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0659 CRICKET

Everton Mattis

Born 1957

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0660 SPRINT

Lynn Headley

Born 1943

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0661 POLITICIAN

Hazelle P. Rogers

Born 1952

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0662 FOOTBALL

Sean McFarlane

Born 1993

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0663 PLAYER

Courtney Smith (rugby union)

Born 1971

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0664 ARCHITECT

Nadine Isaacs

1942 - 2004

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0665 CRICKET

Andre McCarthy

Born 1987

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0666 MEDICAL

Connie Mark

1923 - 2007

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0667 FOOTBALL

Kyle Butler

Born 1998

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0668 POLITICIAN

Jheanelle Wilkins

Born 1988

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0669 FOOTBALL

Marvin Morgan Jr.

Born 1992

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0670 CRICKET

Carlton Forbes

1936 - 2009

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0671 CRICKET

Roy Miller (cricketer)

Born 1924

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0672 ARMY

Bessie Stringfield

1911 - 1993

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0673 FOOTBALL

Kurt Campbell

Born 1982

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0674 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Adam Stewart (business executive)

Born 1981

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0675 PRODUCER

Philip Smart

1960 - 2014

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0676 NETBALL

Althea Byfield

Born 1982

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0677 MUSIC

Geoffrey Chung

1950 - 1995

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0678 PIANIST

Bobby Carcassés

Born 1938

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0679 CRICKET

Damion Jacobs

Born 1985

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0680 FOOTBALL

Bob Hazell

Born 1959

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0681 FOOTBALL

Alex Marshall (footballer)

Born 1998

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0682 SINGER

Anita Antoinette

Born 1989

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0683 FOOTBALL

Dawyne Smith

Born 1988

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0684 SPRINT

Leighton Hope

Born 1952

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0685 FILM

Dickie Jobson

1941 - 2008

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0686 MILITAR

John Davis (Medal of Honor, 1881)

1854 - 1903

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0687 BUSINESS

Ann-Marie Campbell

Born 1965

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0688 PRODUCER

Kemar McGregor

Born 1980

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0689 POLITICIAN

Martial Bataille

1814 - 1878

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0690 ATHLETIC

Tara-Sue Barnett

Born 1993

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0691 FOOTBALL

Dino Lopez

Born 1969

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0692 FOOTBALL

Tony Johns

Born 1960

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0693 MODEL

Emily Maddison

Born 1998

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0694 ARTIST

Ras Daniel Heartman

1942 - 1989

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0695 CRICKET

Brandon King (cricketer)

Born 1994

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0696 ATHLETIC

Vinton Beckett

1923 - 2018

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0697 CRICKET

Robert Haynes (cricketer)

Born 1964

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0698 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Jenaae Jackson

Born 1990

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0699 GALLANTRY

William James Gordon

1864 - 1922

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0700 FOOTBALL

Fabian Reid

Born 1991

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0701 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Sharlene Rädlein

Born 1990

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0702 FOOTBALL

Floyd Wedderburn

Born 1976

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0703 CRICKET

Frank Martin (cricketer)

1893 - 1967

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0704 FOOTBALL

Peter Isaacs

Born 1968

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0705 JUMPER

Tajay Gayle

Born 1996

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0706 ATHLETIC

Eric Spence

Born 1961

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0707 BUSINESS

G. Raymond Chang

1948 - 2014

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0708 FOOTBALL

Kevon Harris

Born 1981

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0709 FOOTBALL

Chris Hewitt

Born 1974

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0710 SONGWRITER

Bertram McLean

1948 - 2012

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0711 CRICKET

Ray Wynter

Born 1955

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0712 FOOTBALL

Greg Simmonds

Born 1975

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0713 FILM

Errol Sadler

Born 1982

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0714 BASKET

Nick Richards (basketball)

Born 1997

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0715 CRICKET

Rudolph Cohen

Born 1942

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0716 SWIMMER

Dominic Walter

Born 1992

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0717 FOOTBALL

Kevin King (footballer)

Born 1982

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0718 WRESTLER

Slyck Wagner Brown

Born 1979

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0719 FOOTBALL

Omolyn Davis

Born 1987

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0720 BODYBUILDER

Heather Foster

Born 1966

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0721 MUSIC

Ding Dong (reggae musician)

Born 1980

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0722 ARTIST

Delano Stewart

Born 1947

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0723 HOCKEY

Lisa Lyn

Born 1964

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0724 SONGWRITER

Jackie McCullough

Born 1950

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0725 FOOTBALL

Devon Mitchell

Born 1962

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0726 SPORT

Tony Bridge (sport shooter)

1921 - 2000

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0727 SCULPTOR

Fowokan

Born 1943

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0728 MUSIC

Fabian Marley

Born 1968

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0729 SAILOR

Alexandra Rickham

Born 1981

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0730 BADMINTON

Debra O’Connor

Born 1966

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0731 BARRISTER

Courtenay Griffiths

-

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0732 FOOTBALL

Stephen Herdsman

Born 1975

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0733 SPORT

Keith De Casseres

1910 - 2003

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0734 BODYBUILDER

Midnight (wrestler)

Born 1965

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0735 POLITICIAN

Ripton MacPherson

1922 - 2011

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0736 CRICKET

Stanley Goodridge

Born 1928

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0737 CRICKET

Joseph Smith (cricketer)

Born 1946

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0738 FOOTBALL

John Groves (cricketer)

1914 - 1996

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0739 SWIMMER

Natasha Moodie

Born 1990

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0740 PASTOR

Orim M. Meikle

Born 1967

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0741 PHYSICIAN

Michelle Ann Williams

-

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0742 MODEL

Chantal Raymond

Born 1985

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0743 CORONER

Theodore Curphey

1897 - 1986

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0744 CRICKET

Clarence Passailaigue

1901 - 1972

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0745 PLAYER

Karen Anderson (squash player)

Born 1971

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0746 SPRINT

Ian Stapleton

Born 1959

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0747 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Brittany Lyons

Born 1989

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0748 DANCER

Luther Brown

-

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0749 BOXING

Josephine Abercrombie

Born 1926

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0750 BUSINESS

Don Wehby

Born 1963

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0751 CRICKET

Bill Morris (cricketer)

1917 - 2004

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0752 ARCHBISHOP

Samuel Emmanuel Carter

1919 - 2002

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0753 CRICKET

Akeem Dewar

Born 1991

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0754 SINGER

Jo Mersa Marley

Born 1991

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0755 LAWYER

Tom Tavares-Finson

Born 1953

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0756 FOOTBALL

Paul Thomas (calciatore)

Born 1943

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0757 ACTIVIST

Shackelia Jackson

Born 1982

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0758 PRIEST

Anthony Hampden Dickson

Born 1935

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0759 FOOTBALL

Ian Smart

Born 1980

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0760 CRICKET

Alexander MacDougall (cricketer)

1837 - 1917

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0761 FOOTBALL

Rennico Clarke

Born 1995

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0762 FOOTBALL

Patrick Beech

Born 1974

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0763 OFFICER

Jeanine Menze

-

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0764 FOOTBALL

Winston Earle

Born 1948

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0765 ACTOR

Tessa Prendergast

1928 - 2001

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0766 SINGER

Andrew Bees

Born 1972

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0767 COMIC

Dennis Francis

Born 1957

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0768 ATHLETIC

Delroy Poyser

1962 - 2019

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0769 FOOTBALL

Lloyd Richards (footballer)

Born 1958

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0770 PRODUCER

Prince Hammer

-

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0771 BASKET

Floyd Miller

Born 1973

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0772 MEDICAL

W. Webber Kelly

1875 - 1951

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0773 FILM

Mykal Cushnie

Born 1980

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0774 MISSING

John Dewar (academic)

-

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0775 FOOTBALL

Henry Largie

Born 1940

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0776 LIEUTENANT

William Robinson Clarke

1895 - 1981

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0777 CRICKET

Yannick Elliott

Born 1986

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0778 CRICKET

Christopher Lamont (cricketer)

Born 1988

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0779 MUSIC

Shiah Coore

Born 1979

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0780 MILITAR

Lorna Mahlock

-

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0781 OPERATOR

Duke Vin

1928 - 2012

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0782 PRODUCER

Phil Pratt

Born 1942

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0783 JOURNALIST

Donald Hinds

Born 1934

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0784 GUITAR

Big Pete Pearson

Born 1936

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0785 FOOTBALL

Marcus Milner (footballer)

Born 1991

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0786 FOOTBALL

Jovan East

Born 1995

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0787 SINGER

Kashief Lindo

Born 1978

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0788 SINGER

Nordia Coco Witter

Born 1981

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0789 FOOTBALL

Carla Chin

Born 1966

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0790 BOXER

Owen Reece

Born 1960

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0791 FOOTBALL

Garfield Shaw

Born 1972

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0792 BUSINESS

Nadine Spencer

Born 1967

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0793 MUSIC

Al Beeno

-

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0794 FOOTBALL

Colin Fowles

1953 - 1985

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0795 SPRINT

Jonielle Smith

Born 1996

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0796 CRICKET

Reynard Leveridge

Born 1990

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0797 ATHLETIC

Alberto Campbell-Staines

Born 1993

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0798 EDUCATOR

Kofi Kayiga

Born 1943

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0799 ATHLETIC

Gleneve Grange

Born 1995

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0800 POET

Jacqueline Bishop

-

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0801 SINGER

J.O.E.

1986 - 2011

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0802 SINGER

Bling Dawg

Born 1982

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0803 MISSING

Ian Moo-Young

Born 1943

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0804 FOOTBALL

Delroy Clarke

Born 1982

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0805 FOOTBALL

Mario Swaby

Born 1982

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0806 ARTIST

Dave McKenzie (artist)

Born 1977

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0807 COMMUNICATION

Jean Lowrie-Chin

Born 1951

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0808 FOOTBALL

Javain Brown

Born 1997

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0809 SINGER

Ambelique

Born 1956

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0810 OLYMPIC

Roy Anthony Bridge

1921 - 2000

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0811 COMMUNICATION

Shanique Palmer

Born 1987

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0812 POLITICIAN

Iris Winnifred King

1910 - 2000

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0813 FOOTBALL

Amoy Brown

Born 1996

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0814 CRICKET

Jermaine Harrison

Born 1985

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0815 FOOTBALL

Andre Francis

Born 1961

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0816 ENGINEER

Walt Braithwaite

Born 1945

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0817 OFFICER

John Simmonds

Born 1946

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0818 CAMPAIGN

Allan MacKenzie

1931 - 2012

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0819 FOOTBALL

Shaquille Dyer

Born 1995

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0820 NURSE

Gwendolyn Spencer

1916 - 2015

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0821 LAWYER

Gordon Wright (politician)

1927 - 1990

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0822 SINGER

Raine Seville

Born 1986

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0823 ATHLETIC

Carmen Phipps

Born 1927

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0824 SINGER

Angel Doolas

Born 1978

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0825 CRICKET

Enos Knibbs

-

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0826 NETBALL

Shimona Nelson

Born 1998

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0827 ATHLETIC

Ramone Bailey

Born 1991

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0828 MISSING

Rudolph Green

Born 1926

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0829 POLITICIAN

Dennis Meadows (politician)

Born 1966

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0830 CRICKET

Jon-Ross Campbell

Born 1990

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0831 CRICKET

Leonard Levy (cricketer)

1939 - 2014

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0832 SPRINT

Jerry Wisdom

1947 - 2009

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0833 DIPLOMAT

Joy Elfreda Wheeler

Born 1954

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0834 LIEUTENANT

John Daley (RAF officer)

1898 - 1918

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0835 ARTIST

Paul Lewin

Born 1973

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0836 CRICKET

Neville Bonitto

1924 - 2013

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0837 PRIEST

E. Don Taylor

1937 - 2014

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0838 FOOTBALL

Nicholas McCreath

Born 1978

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0839 CRICKET

Lawson Matthews

Born 1943

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0840 PIANIST

Bernard Harvey

Born 1956

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0841 NETBALL

Kadie-Ann Dehaney

Born 1996

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0842 CRICKET

Jimmy Cameron

1923 - 1994

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0843 CRICKET

Altemont Wellington

Born 1934

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0844 FOOTBALL

Altamont McKenzie

Born 1951

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0845 CRICKET

Ferdie Harvey

Born 1936

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0846 CRICKET

Ryan Cunningham

Born 1978

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0847 ATHLETIC

Philip Granville

Born 1894

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0848 JUDGE

Gail Chang Bohr

Born 1944

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0849 OFFICER

Peter L. Brady

Born 1945

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0850 FOOTBALL

Julian Radlein

Born 1981

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0851 DRUMMER

Eric "Fish" Clarke

Born 1960

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0852 PRODUCER

Juan Urteaga

Born 1972

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0853 HORSE TRAINER

Laurie Silvera

Born 1939

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0854 CRICKET

Neil Humphrey

Born 1973

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0855 PHYSICIAN

George Drummond Robinson

1864 - 1950

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0856 DIPLOMAT

Marcia Gilbert-Roberts

Born 1950

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0857 POLITICIAN

Phyllis MacPherson-Russell

1923 - 2008

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0858 DIPLOMAT

Lloyd Melville Harcourt Barnett

Born 1930

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0859 DIPLOMAT

Douglas Fletcher

1917 - 2000

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0860 DIPLOMAT

Reginald Enos Kirkland Philips junior

1951 - 1986

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