List of Barbadian Americans
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Actors
- Meagan Good - actress (paternal grandfather)[1][2]
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. - actor (paternal grandfather was from Barbados)
- Omar Gooding - actor (same grandfather as Cuba Jr.)
- Adrian Holmes - Canadian actor (ancestry vague)
- Nia Long - actress (ancestry vague)
- Mari Morrow - actress (ancestry vague)
- Gwyneth Paltrow - (her great-grandmother was Barbadian) [3]
- Redd Pepper - (born Richard Green in Barbados)
- Jada Pinkett Smith - actress (ancestry vague on mother's side)
- Robert Christopher Riley - actor (father from Barbados)
- Lamman Rucker - (ancestry vague) [4]
Entertainers
- Lene Hall - supermodel
- Norma Miller - dancer (both parents from Barbados)
Musicians
- Anycia - rapper
- A$AP Rocky - real name Rakim Mayers, rapper
- KRS-One - real name Lawrence Parker, rapper
- Afrika Bambaataa - musician[5]
- Damon Dash - co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records; Stacey Dash's cousin
- Grandmaster Flash - hip hop musician and DJ
- Dave East - rapper
- Faith Evans - singer and actress
- Doug E. Fresh - hip hop musician
- Desiigner - hip hop musician/rapper
- Cuba Gooding, Sr. - singer[6]
- Ryan Leslie - musician, producer
- Mr. Lif - hip hop musician
- LL Cool J - musician[7]
- Lord Burgess - songwriter
- Shontelle - musician
- Arturo Tappin - musician
- Tweet - real name Charlene Keys, singer
- Rayvon - real name Bruce Alexander Michael Brewster, Barbadian singer-songwriter
- Remy Ma - rapper
Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty - singer
- Rowdy Rebel - rapper
- Lil’ Kim - rapper
Public service figures
- Shirley Chisholm - Congresswoman
- Adrian Fenty - former Mayor of Washington, District of Columbia[8][9]
- Charles Gittens - first black United States Secret Service agent[10]
- Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix - New York State Supreme Court Judge[11][12]
- Eric Holder - former Attorney General of the United States[13][14][15]
- Sherrilyn Ifill - lawyer and activist
- Thomas Jones - former Civil Court judge and civil rights activist in Brooklyn, New York
- Chirlane McCray - poet, public speech writer, married to New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio
- Bret Schundler - former Mayor of Jersey City, NJ[16]
- Lloyd Sealy - first African American NYPD officer to command a police precinct and patrol borough[17]
- Dennis M. Walcott - Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development in New York City, New York[18]
Religious figures
- Arnold Josiah Ford - rabbi
Scientists
- Cardinal Warde - physicist, full professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology[19]
Sports figures
- Robert Bailey - National Football League player
- Anson Carter - Canadian hockey player
- Rajah Caruth - American NASCAR driver
- Andre De Grasse - Canadian Sprinter
- Ramon Harewood - National Football League player
- Orlando Jordan - professional wrestler
- Winston Justice - National Football League player
- Sam Seale - National Football League player
- Alana Shipp - American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Christian Taylor - track and field athlete
- Obadele Thompson - track and field athlete
- Kevin Weekes - Canadian hockey player
- Andrew Wiggins - Canadian basketball player
- Nick Wiggins - Canadian basketball player
- Zane Maloney - Formula 2 and Formula E driver
Writers
- Gwen Ifill (1955–2016) American journalist and television newscaster[20][21]
- Agymah Kamau - novelist
- Odimumba Kwamdela (1942–2019) poet and novelist
- Paule Marshall (1929–2019) novelist
- Susan L. Taylor (born 1946) editor-in-chief of Essence magazine
- Neville Goddard - writer and mystic
Others
- Percy C. Ifill (1913–1973) American architect of Barbadian descent
- Frank L. White (1867–1938) chef, the original chef's face on Cream of Wheat box
See also
References
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- ↑ First Barbadian inducted as New York State Supreme Court Justice Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Monday, December 27, 2004, CaribbeanNetNews.com
- ↑ Profile Hon. Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, New York State Unified Court System
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- ↑ Meet The New Kid On The Fast Track, August 22, 1993, North Jersey Herald & News
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