List of Antiguans and Barbudans
This a list of notable people from Antigua and Barbuda.
- DJ Red Alert, disc Jockey on Power 105.1 FM and has been recognized as a hip-hop pioneer
- Joel Anthony, Canadian professional NBA player with Antiguan parentage
- Craig "Speedy" Claxton, retired professional basketball player, is of Antiguan parentage
- Melvin Claxton,[1] Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
- Maurice Hope, world champion boxer
- Anna Marie Horsford, actress, is of Antiguan parentage
- Jazzie B, Musician and Soul II Soul founder
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste, actress, is of Antiguan parentage
- Marie-Elena John, Antiguan writer and former African Development Foundation specialist. Her debut novel, Unburnable, was selected as Best Debut of 2006 by Black Issues Book Review
- Special Delivery Jones, Conrad Efraim former professional wrestler
- Jamaica Kincaid, novelist famous for her writings about life on Antigua. Her book A Small Place was banned under the Vere Bird administration
- Howard Lindsay, three-time Olympian 1984 (Los Angeles), 1988 (Seoul), and 1996 (Atlanta), in 100 dash and long jump
- Viv Richards, West Indian cricketer; the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua was named in his honour
- Dame Nellie Robinson (1880–1972), National Hero and creator of the first school to admit students regardless of race, religion or class.
- Kenroy Smith, footballer
- Allen Stanford, Texan business tycoon
- Judge H. B. D. Woodcock (1867–1957), amateur botanist and jurist
- Sir William Young FRS, first governor of Dominica
- See: Antiguan British
People who own homes in Antigua
- Oprah Winfrey, American television/entertainment icon and entrepreneur, owns a home near Jumby Bay
- Eric Clapton, established an Antiguan drug treatment centre; has a home in the south of the island
- Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, owns a home near Galley Bay
- Calvin Ayre, founder of internet gambling company Bodog Entertainment Group
- Allen Stanford, Texan business tycoon
- Robin Leach, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous host
- Larry Flynt, U.S.-based publisher
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste, actress, of Antiguan parentage
- Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player
- Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister
- Timothy Dalton, portrayed James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill
- Richard Branson, Virgin Atlantic mogul
- Ken Follett, British author of Eye of the Needle, owns a house on Jumby Bay
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References
- pulitzer.org
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