Jamaican celebrities
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Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon is a British-based Jamaican jazz pianist and singer who came to public attention during the Profumo Affair. He arrived in London from Jamaica in the late 1940s.
Diana King (born 8 November 1970, Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a singer-songwriter who performs a mixture and fusion of reggae, reggae fusion and dancehall. She was born to an Indo-Jamaican mother and an Afro Jamaican father.
Bounty Killer (born Rodney Price; 12 June 1972; Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay. Allmusic describes him as having been “one of the most aggressive dancehall stars of the ’90s, a street-tough rude boy with an unrepentant f
Taneish Simpson was born on December 14, 1984 to Joan and Jeremiah Simpson. She was raised in a small town called St. Margarets Bay in Portland, Jamaican. Taneish simpson moved to the U.S. in 1991. She had dreams of becoming a gymnast the age of 13.
Esther Anderson (born August 4, 1946) is a Jamaican filmmaker, photographer and actress, sometimes listed in credits as Ester Anderson.
Mooji (born Anthony Paul Moo-Young on 29 January 1954) is a spiritual teacher originally from Jamaica. Moo-Young is a disciple of Papaji, a devotee of the advaita and non-dual master Ramana Maharshi. Mooji shares self-inquiry, directing his students
Brittany Lyons is a beauty queen who represented Jamaica in Miss World 2008 in South Africa. She has an associate degree in Business Administration from The University College of the Caribbean, and plans to be a Fashion Marketing manager.
Ernie Smith (born Glenroy Anthony Michael Archangelo Smith, May 1945, Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae singer, with a deep baritone voice, who had his greatest success in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Jacqueline Williams (born 4 March 1976) is a Jamaican cricket umpire. She stood as an umpire in the 2015 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. In 2016, she became the first female umpire to stand in the domestic 50-over competition in the
Elizabeth Rebecca “Liz” Mitchell (born 12 July 1952) is a British singer, best known as the former lead singer of the 1970s disco/pop band, Boney M.
Donald Walbridge Shirley (January 29, 1927 – April 6, 2013) was an American-Jamaican jazz pianist and composer. Shirley’s piano skills were recognized at an early age and he began his career as a composer and virtuoso performer at a young age. Shi
Linford Cicero Christie OBE (born 2 April 1960 in Saint Andrew, Jamaica) is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the O