List of people from Dominica

For a list of people from the Dominican Republic, see List of people from the Dominican Republic.

Commonwealth of Dominica

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This is a list of notable people from the Commonwealth of Dominica . The list include also individuals with Dominican ancestry and citizenship.

Politics

Presidents

• Nicholas Liverpool
• Charles Savarin
• Clarence Seignoret
• Vernon Shaw
• Crispin Sorhaindo
• Alwin Bully (created or artist of the national flag of Dominica)

Prime Ministers

• Patrick John 1st
• Oliver Seraphin 2nd
• Dame Eugenia Charles 3rd
• Edison James 4th
• Roosevelt Douglas 5th
• Pierre Charles 6th
• Roosevelt Skerrit (current)

Leader(s) of the Opposition

• Hector John
• Lennox Linton

Political personalities

• Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal (born 1955), current Commonwealth of Nations Secretary General; former Attorney General for England and Wales
• Denise Charles-Pemberton minister of tourism
• H. D. Shillingford, politician
• Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1907–1986), politician
• Ronald Green, politician
• Edward Oliver LeBlanc (1923–2004), government official
• Emmanuel Christopher Loblack (1898–1995), union leader and politician
• Cecil Rawle (1891–1938), attorney and politician
• Alix Boyd Knights, politician and attorney
• Michael Astaphan, politician
• Arden Shillingford, diplomat

Activists

• Kellyn George
• Whitney Mélinard, Kalinago Territory issues ^[1]
• Asquith Xavier, Dominican-born first non-white train guard at Euston railway station

Actors

• Danny John-Jules, of Red Dwarf and of Death in Paradise , filmed in Guadeloupe
• Trish Cooke, of Playdays

Business

• A. C. Shillingford (1882–1938), businessman

Doctors

• Jasmine R. Marcelin, physician

Law

• Brian George Keith Alleyne, jurist
• Cara Shillingford, lawyer

Media

• Trisha Goddard, host of Trisha
• Moira Stuart, female newsreader on British television and radio, working for the BBC

Musicians

• Gabrielle
• Bashy
• Pearle Christian
• Nasio Fontaine
• Michele Henderson
• Ophelia Marie
• Shakka
• Swinging Stars
• Windward Caribbean Kulture ("WCK")

Signal Band Gordon Henderson Exile One Freddy Nicholas Fitzroy Williams Phillip " Chubby" Mark and Marcel "Co" Mark of Midnight Groovers

Scientists

• Chelsea Connor, herpetologist

Spiritual personalities

• Ogyen Trinley Dorje, ^[2] (widely known as the 17th Karmapa), head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

Sports

• Frank Bruno, professional boxer
• Thea Lafond, olympic gold athlete
• Joe Cooke, footballer
• Phillip DeFreitas, cricketer
• Billy Doctrove, cricket umpire
• Luan Gabriel, sprinter
• Vince Hilaire, footballer
• Manjrekar James, footballer
• Garth Joseph, basketballer
• Karina LeBlanc, footballer
• Jérôme Romain, athlete
• Adam Sanford, cricketer
• Grayson Shillingford, cricketer
• Irvine Shillingford, cricketer
• Shane Shillingford, cricketer

Visual artists

• Tam Joseph
• Pauline Marcelle

Writers

• Phyllis Shand Allfrey, novelist ( The Orchid House )
• Lennox Honychurch, historian ( The Dominica Story )
• Marie-Elena John, novelist (Unburnable)
• Elma Napier, novelist (Black and White Sands)
• Jean Rhys, novelist ( Wide Sargasso Sea )
• Alec Waugh, novelist (Island in the Sun)
• Trish Cooke, children and young adults books (So Much)

References

1. "Leader of Kalinago advocacy group, Whitney Melinard, calls for more state resources to tackle child sexual abuse". Dominica News Online. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
2. "Karmapa acquires Dominica passport". The Hindu. 2018-10-03.