List of Antiguans and Barbudans

This is a list of notable people from Antigua and Barbuda.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academics and scientists

• Sir W. Arthur Lewis (1915–1991), Nobel prize-winning economist, of Antiguan parentage
• Dame Nellie Robinson (1880–1972), national hero and creator of the first school to admit students regardless of race, religion or class.
• Judge H. B. D. Woodcock (1867–1957), amateur botanist and jurist

Actors

• Anna Marie Horsford, actress, of Antiguan parentage
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste, actress, of Antiguan parentage
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste, actress, of Antiguan parentage

Artists

• Heather Doram, artists and designer of the national costume

Businesspeople

• Allen Stanford, Texan business tycoon, convicted and sentenced to 110 years in prison for investment fraud ^[1]
• Larry Flynt, U.S.-based publisher

Entertainers

• DJ Red Alert, disc Jockey on Power 105.1 FM and has been recognized as a hip-hop pioneer
• Jazzie B, musician and Soul II Soul founder
• Robin Leach, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous host
• June Ambrose, celebrity fashion designer and stylist

Politicians and activists

• Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua
• Baldwin Spencer, former Prime Minister of Antigua
• Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister
• Sir William Young FRS, first governor of Dominica
• Rick James (1939–2018), actor and politician/activist who founded the Free and Fair Elections League ^[2] and unsuccessfully contested in the 1999 Antigua Freedom Party ^[3]
• Sheila Roseau, women´s rights advocate

Sportspeople

• Joel Anthony, Canadian professional NBA player with Antiguan parentage

• Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers, British-Anguillan Athlete, Barrister, Beauty Queen, Model and Politician who represented Antigua and Barbuda at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the heptathlon event and was crowned Miss Universe Great Britain 2018 and placed Top 20 at Miss Universe 2018

• Craig "Speedy" Claxton, retired professional basketball player, is of Antiguan parentage
• Verton Harris (born 1980), football player
• Maurice Hope, world champion boxer
• Dr. Craig “Pro Skills” Skilling (Esports Entertainment and Sports Management) Professor Consultant born to an Antiguan father (Pete Skilling) Brenden Skilling (15), son of Craig Skilling and grandson to Pete Skilling plays on the U17 Antigua and Barbuda National Team.
• Kenroy Smith, football player
• 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
• Curtly Ambrose, West Indian cricketer Curtly Ambrose
• Rai Benjamin, hurdler who won Olympic Gold and Silver medals
• Daniel Bailey, Olympic sprinter
• Brendan Christian Olympic sprinter
• James Grayman, Olympic high jumper
• Cejhae Greene, Olympic sprinter
• Heather Samuel, Olympic sprinter
• Miguel Francis, sprinter
• S. D. Jones, Conrad Efraim former professional wrestler
• Keroi Lee: Famous Basketball player. Electrician and Stove Technician
• Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player
• Steveroy Anthony, professional footballer

Writers

• Melvin Claxton, ^[4] Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
• 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
• Jamaica Kincaid, novelist famous for her writings about life on Antigua. Her book A Small Place was banned under the Vere Bird administration
• Zahra Airall, Feminist playwright and filmmaker

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, convicted and sentenced to 110 years in prison for investment fraud ^[1]
• 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

See also

• Antiguans and Barbudans in the United Kingdom

References

1. "Closed Criminal Division Cases". www.justice.gov. 2015-06-09. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
2. George Rick James dies
3. George James - Caribbean Elections Biography
4. pulitzer.org