John Edgar Colwell Hearne
Jamaician writer.
M. G. Smith
Jamaican social anthropologist and poet.
Lorna Goodison
Lorna Goodison was born in Jamaica, and has won numerous awards for her writing in both poetry and prose, including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Musgrave Gold Medal from Jamaica, the Henry Russel Award for Exceptional Creative Work from the University of Michigan, and one of Canada’s largest literary prizes, the British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction for From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her People (2007).
Brian Meeks
Professor.
Una Marson
Jamaican writer.
James Beckford
Jamaican long and triple jumper.
Roger Mais
Jamaican writer.
Kei Miller
Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978.
Melvin Dixon
Poet, novelist, professor, translator.
Kellie Magnus
Jamaican writer.
Trevor Graham
Jamaican American athlete, coach.
Stephen Malcolm
Jamaican footballer.
Anthony Corbett
Footballer.
Vanessa Spence
Writer.
Richard McCallum
New Zealand politician.
Leslie Laing
Jamaican sprinter.
Gillian Russell
Jamaican hurdler.
Sean Fraser
Canadian soccer player.
Roy Gilchrist
Jamaican cricketer.