List of Belizean people

This is a list of notable and well-known Belizean people, ordered alphabetically.

Michael Anthony Ashcroft, international businessman, philanthropist and politician. Barry Bowen, bottling magnate, politician and entrepreneur. Lova Boy, recording artist and entrepreneur. Nadia Cattouse, actress, singer and songwriter. Pen Cayetano, artist and musician. Sue Courtenay, architect. Ivan Duran, musician, and the founder and director of Stonetree Records.[1] Zee Edgell, novelist and educator, considered Belize's principal contemporary writer. Maxime Faget, designer of the Mercury capsule, and contributed to the later Gemini and Apollo spacecraft as well as the Space Shuttle. Arlen Escarpeta, actor. O.T. Genasis, rapper. Philip Goldson, newspaper editor, activist and politician. Antonio Soberanis Gómez, activist in the Belizean labour movement, he founded the Labourers and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage. He was jailed for sedition in 1935. Samuel Alfred Haynes, soldier, activist and poet. Houston (of Belizean descent), R&B singer, best known for the hit single "I Like That." Marion Jones (holds dual-citizenship), former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Emory King, historian, author, journalist and National Film Commissioner. Chito Martínez, the first Belizean player in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB). John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and founder of McAfee, Inc. Deon McCaulay, international footballer who last played for R.G. City Boys United in the Premier League of Belize. Monrad Metzgen, national hero of Belize. Andy Palacio, punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garínagu and their culture. Milton Palacio (holds dual-citizenship), Belizean American professional basketball player, currently with the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas. Elijio Panti, traditional healer who used Mayan herbal medical techniques. Wilfred Peters, accordionist and band leader, known as the "King of Brukdown". Arlie Petters, mathematical physicist, who is the Benjamin Powell Professor and Professor of Mathematics, Physics, and Business Administration at Duke University.[2] George Cadle Price, the first prime minister of Belize, considered to have been one of the principal architects of the country's independence. Francis Reneau, pianist and composer. In 1994 he was commissioned by the government to produce a representative compilation of Belizean music,[3] Gerald Rhaburn, calypso, soca, reggae and brukdown musician. Marie Sharp, entrepreneur. Shyne, rapper and convert to Judaism. Lisa Tucker (of Belizean descent), singer, musical theater and television actress. Deborah L. Turbiville, Houston madam. Ann-Marie Williams, public policy advisor. Selwyn Walford Young, musician and composer.

References

1. Stonetree Records site
2. Duke University
3. "Celebration by Frances Reneau Released". The San Pedro Sun. 1996. Retrieved 9 May 2010.

See also

• List of people by nationality