List of recipients of the Order of Jamaica

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This list includes the names of people who have received the Order of Jamaica, sorted alphabetically by last name, along with the year in which they were honoured. [1] Members of the Order of Jamaica are entitled to be styled "The Honourable" and have the post-nominal letters 'O.J.' and 'O.J. (Hon.)', as appropriate. [1]

RecipientYear
Giuseppe (Pino) Maffessanti 2018 [2]
Howard Aris 2012 [3]
Professor Barbara Evelyn Bailey 2008 [4]
Amy Bailey 1990 [5]
Enid Bennett 2012 [3]
Christopher Blackwell 2004 [6]
Bishop Herro Blair 2007 [7] [8]
Usain Bolt 2009 [9] [10]
Steve Bucknor 2007 [8]
Archbishop Lawrence Burke 2009 [10]
Dr. Gladstone Chang 2011 [11]
Bill Clarke 2007 [8]
Sue M. Cobb 2010 [12]
Headley Cunningham 2007 [7]
Queen Sofía of Spain 2009 [13]
Dr. Rae Davis 2006 [14]
Godfrey Glengoffe Dyer 2018 [15]
May Farquharson 1990 [5]
Michael Fennell 2005 [16]
Professor Peter Figueroa 2008 [4]
Arnold Foote 2010 [12]
Terrence Forrester 2012 [3]
Vincent Stephen Francis 2017 [17]
Dr. Julius Winston Garvey 2019 [18]
Dr. Mavis Gilmour-Petersen 2009 [19]
Dr. Carolyn Gomes 2009 [10]
Reverend Weeville Gordon 2007 [7]
Phillip Frederick Gore 2017 [17]
Ray Elias Hadeed 2006 [14]
Professor Kenneth O. Hall 2004 [6]
Tony Hart 2017 [17]
Zaila McCalla 2007 [20]
Dr. Marshall McGowan Hall 2010 [12]
Hugh Hart 2011 [11]
Toots Hibbert 2012 [3]
Richard Ho Lung 2008 [21]
Patrick Andrew Alwyn Junior Hylton 2020 [22]
Earl Wesley Adolph Jarrett 2018 [15]
Professor Edwin Jones 2007 [8]
Grace Beverly Jones 2018 [15]
Byron Lee 2008 [23]
Michael Lee-Chin 2008 [4]
Robert Earle Levy 2019 [18]
Beverley Lopez 2006 [14]
Henry Lowe 2012 [3]
Ferdinand Mahfood 2012 [3]
Dr. Alferita Constantia "Rita" Marley 2019 [18]
Neville McCook 2006 [14]
Archibald McDonald 2017 [17]
Claude McKay 1977 (posthumous) [24] [25]
Queen's Counsel Shirley Miller 2004 [6]
Professor Owen St. Clair Morgan 2006 [14]
Peter Moses 2011 [11]
Keble Munn 2007 [8]
Merlene Joyce Ottey 2020 [22]
Frank Phipps 2011 [11]
Robert Dixon Pickersgill 2019 [18]
Dorothy Pine-McLarty 2007 [8]
Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon 2010 [12]
Donald Reece 2012 [3]
Reverend Alfred Reid 2005 [16]
Molly Rhone 2011 [11]
Patrick Robinson 2009 [10]
Derrick Rochester 2012 [3]
Karl George Samuda 2020 [22]
Douglas Anthony Clive Saunders 2011 [11]
Professor Gordon Shirley 2009 [10]
Reverend Carmen Stewart 2007 [7]
Clifton George Whyms Stone 2017 [17]
Adrian Strachan 2007 [26]
Thomas George Tavares-Finson 2020 [22]
Garth Taylor 2005 [16]
Muriel Lowe Valentine 2009 [10]
Bunny Wailer 2012 [3]
Danville Walker 2008 [4]
Basil Watson 2005 [16]
Brian Hector John Wynter 2020 [22]
Professor Sylvia Wynter 2010 [12]
Kenneth Smith 1973 [27] [28]
Dr. Kenneth Osbourne Rattray 1983 [29] [30]
Pearnel Patroe Charles 2021 [31]
Dr. Peter David Phillips 2021 [31]
Ian Kent Levy 2021 [31]
Ernest Adheir "Ernie" Ranglin 2021 [31]
Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander 2022 [32]
Joan Isabelle Duncan 2022 (posthumous) [32]
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 2022 [32]
Olivia "Babsy" Grange 2022 [32]
Justice (Ret'd) Karl Stanhope Harrison 2022 [32]
Rita Humphries-Lewin 2022 [32]
Professor Maureen A. Samms-Vaughan 2022 [32]
Audrey Vivia Sewell 2022 [32]
Professor Alvin George Wint 2022 [32]
Sheryl Lee Ralph 2022 (honorary) [32]
Howard Gregory 2023 [33]

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  33. ↑ "Archbishop Howard Gregory to receive Jamaican national honour". Anglican Communion News Service. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
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