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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List

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
• Delroy Edwards[9]
• 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[10]
• 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
• Tevin Campbell - singer

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
• Patrick Ewing Jr. - Basketball player
• 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
• Jonathan Lewis - Soccer 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[11][12]
• 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; 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee
• 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[13]
• Angella Reid – White House Chief Usher
• Shawn Rhoden – professional bodybuilder
• Susan Rice – United States National Security Advisor
• Alexis Skyy
• Marsha Thomason – British-born actress
• [Orinthia Montague]] - Forth President of Tompkins Cortland Community College

See also

• List of Jamaicans
• List of Jamaican British people
• Jamaican Canadian
• Marcus Garvey

References

1. "I Love Jamaica – Superstars". BBC.
2. "Celebrities". jamaicanpride.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-18.
3. Corbin Bleu Archived 2006-11-28 at the Wayback Machine – "I'm a spicy blend of Jamaican (my dad) and Italian (my mom)."
4. Jamaican Hall Of Fame: Actress, Sheryl Lee Ralph (Jamaica)
5. "David Reivers Actor". TV Guide.
6. Afrika Bambaataa: "djhistory Interview" Archived 2010-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
7. BBC – Cult – I Love Jamaica – Superstars
8. Jamaican Ancestry
9. Weiss, Jeff (August 3, 2016). "Delroy Edwards, One of L.A.'s Best Dance Music Producers, Remains an Enigma". LA Weekly. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
10. "'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' Author Dies". The Gleaner. Gleaner Company. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
11. Williams, Lena (1985-01-30). "Man in the News; Milestone for New Mt. Vernon Mayor". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
12. Spillane, Matt (2017-02-27). "Service set for former Mount Vernon mayor Ronald Blackwood". The Journal News. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
13. "Belafonte Slams Powell – Celebrity Gossip". FOXNews.com.