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This is a list ofnotableJamaican Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

• Opal Palmer Adisa – Professor Emeritus atCalifornia College of the Arts^[1]
• Elizabeth Alexander – Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor in the Humanities in the Department of English and Comparative Literature,Columbia University. Chancellor Emeritus of the Academy of American Poets^[2][3]
• Deborah Archer – Jacob K. Javits Professor atNew York University and Professor of Clinical Law atNew York University School of Law^[4]
• Frederic G. Cassidy (1907-2000) – Professor of English at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison. Founder of theDictionary of American Regional English^[5]
• Susan Collins – Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs atUniversity of Michigan. TheEdward M. Gramlich Collegiate Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics^[6]
• Paul R. Cunningham – Dean Emeritus ofthe Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. The first African-American to serve as dean of the Brody School^[7][8]
• Trevor Dawes – ViceProvost for Libraries and Museums and May Morris University Librarian. President of theAssociation of College and Research Libraries^[9][10]
• Tashni-Ann Dubroy – Executive Vice President andChief Operations Officer (COO) ofHoward University^[11]
• Carol Lani Guinier (1950-2022) –Bennett Boskey Professor of Law atHarvard Law School. The first woman of colour appointed to a tenured professorship at Harvard law school^[12]
• Ewart Guinier (1910-1990) – founding chairman ofHarvard University's Department of African and African-American Studies^[13]
• Donald J. Harris – Professor Emeritus atStanford University, father of the49thvice president of the United States,Kamala Harris^[14]
• Odette Harris – Professor ofNeurosurgery atStanford University and the Director of the Brain Injury Program for the Stanford University School of Medicine. America’s second Black female professor of neurosurgery^[15]
• Peter Blair Henry – Dean ofNew York University'sLeonard N. Stern School of Business and William R. Berkley Professor of Economics and Business^[16][17]
• Jason D. Hill – Professor of Philosophy atDePaul University^[18]
• Robert A. Hill – Professor Emeritus of History and Research Professor at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)^[19]
• William Jacob Holland (1848-1932) –Chancellor of theUniversity of Pittsburgh and Director of theCarnegie Museums of Pittsburgh^[20]
• Jacqueline Hughes-Oliver – Professor of Statistics atNorth Carolina State University^[21]
• Gene Andrew Jarrett – Dean of the Faculty and William S. Tod Professor of English atPrinceton University. Founding editor-in-chief of the Oxford Bibliographies module on African American Studies^[22][23]
• Marcia V. Keizs – former president ofYork College,City University of New York^[24]
• Heather Knight – former president ofPacific Union College.The first black president and first female president in Pacific Union College history. The first black female to lead a Seventh-day Adventist college in the United States^[25][26]
• Charles Wade Mills (1951-2021) – Professor atGraduate Center, CUNY andNorthwestern University^[27]
• Melisa Murray – Professor of law atNYU
• Keith Anthony Morrison – Dean of theTyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia^[28][29]
• Colin A. Palmer (1944-2019) – Dodge Professor of History atPrinceton University^[30]
• Orlando Patterson – TheJohn Cowles Professor of Sociology atHarvard University^[31]
• Paul Ramphal – Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill^[32]
• Donald Richards – Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistics atPennsylvania State University^[33]
• Dorceta Taylor – Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion atYale School of the Environment. Also Yale's Professor of Environmental Justice^[34] She was the firstAfrican American woman to earn a doctoral degree fromYale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies^[35]
• Ekwueme Michael Thelwell – founding chairman of the Department of African-American Studies at theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst^[36]
• Heather A. Williams – Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor ofAfricana Studies at theUniversity of Pennsylvania^[37]
• Henry Vernon Wong – Professor Emeritus at theUniversity of Texas, Austin^[38]
• Peter Wayne Lewis – Professor Emeritus of Fine Art Painting atMassachusetts College of Art & Design

• Roxanne Beckford
• Tyson Beckford^[39]
• Harry Belafonte –Emmy,Oscar andTony Awards winner; first black actor to win an Emmy^[40]
• Shari Belafonte^[41]
• Marsha Stephanie Blake
• Corbin Bleu – film/television actor and vocalist (High School Musical)^[42]
• Doug E. Doug
• Parisa Fitz-Henley
• Chip Fields
• Kim Fields
• Antonia Gentry^[43]
• Dulé Hill
• Grace Jones^[41]
• Robinne Lee
• Delroy Lindo^[41]
• Carl Lumbly^[41]
• Camille McDonald
• Alano Miller
• Wentworth Miller
• Shameik Moore
• Lewis Morrison (1844/5-1906) – Grandparent toConstance andJoan Bennett^[44]
• Olivia Olson
• Evan Parke
• Jada Pinkett Smith –Daytime Emmy Award winner^[45]
• Sheryl Lee Ralph –Primetime Emmy Award winner^[46][47]
• David Reivers^[48]
• Kevin Michael Richardson
• Antoinette Robertson
• Frank Silvera (1914-1970)
• Madge Sinclair (1938-1995) –Primetime Emmy Award winner^[41][49]
• Basil Wallace
• Kerry Washington –Primetime Emmy Award winner^[50]
• Susan Kelechi Watson
• Robert Wisdom

• Trisha Bailey – entrepreneur, personal wealth estimated to exceed $700 million^[51][52]
• Richard Arthur Bogle (1835-1904) –Walla Walla's first black businessman. Co-founder of the Walla Walla Savings and Loan Association^[53][54]
• Ann-Marie Campbell – Executive Vice President, U.S. Stores & International Operations,The Home Depot^[55][56]
• Vincent "Randy" Chin (1937-2003) – founder ofVP Records^[57][58]
• Susan Collins – President and CEO of theFederal Reserve Bank of Boston (from July 2022). The first black female to lead a regional Federal bank^[59][60]
• Emma Grede – CEO and co-founder (withKhloe Kardashian) ofGood American. Founding partner ofSkims.^[61]
• Golden Krust – founded in Jamaica by the Hawthorne family. Over 100 Golden Krust restaurants operate in the U.S^[62][63]
• Vincent HoSang – CEO and founder of Caribbean Food Delights and Royal Caribbean Bakery^[64]
• James Bruce Llewelly (1927-2010) – businessman, personal wealth estimated to exceed $160 million^[65]
• Pat McGrath – British Jamaican based in New York. Founder of Pat McGrath Labs which has as an estimated value of $1 billion^[66][67]
• Graham N Robinson – Senior Vice President and President of Stanley Industrial,Stanley Black & Decker^[68][56]
• Janice Savin Williams – Senior Principal and co-founder of The Williams Capital Group, L.P^[69][70]
• Jacky Wright – Chief Digital Officer and Corporate Vice President atMicrosoft US^[71]
• Jo Cato – entrepreneur, founder, Periwinkle Group, Grab and Go Vending (Airport concession and retail stores)

• Deborah Archer – President of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union, first African American to hold the position. Civil rights lawyer^[72]
• Michelle Bernard – President and CEO of the Bernard Centre For Women, Politics & Public Policy. Lawyer and political analyst
• Renatha Francis – circuit judge^[73]
• Claudia L. Gordon – lawyer, first deaf black female attorney in the United States and the first deaf graduate of American University's law school^[74]
• Carol Lani Guinier (1950-2022) – civil rights lawyer^[12]
• Ewart Guinier (1910-1990) – lawyer and trades union leader^[75]
• Maya Harris – lawyer and public policy advocate. Sister of the49thvice president of the United States,Kamala Harris
• Sheila Jackson Lee – lawyer and politician^[76]
• Leondra Kruger –Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. ActingPrincipal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States in theObama administration^[77]
• David Patrick Rowe (1959-2018) – lawyer^[78]
• Jewel Scott – first Jamaican American judge in Georgia. First Jamaican American (female) appointed as a Judge of the Clayton County Superior Court. First woman and first Caribbean-American District Attorney for Clayton County.^[79][80]
• Alison Smith – lawyer, first black woman president of Florida's Broward County Bar Association^[81][82]
• James Lopez Watson (1922-2001) –judge of theUnited States Court of International Trade. FirstAfrican-American to head a federal court in the American Deep South.^[83][84]
• James S. Watson (1882-1952) – one of the first two black Americans elected as ajudge in the state ofNew York. The first justice of African descent to sit in judgment on white litigants and the first African American attorney nominated to the American Bar Association since 1912^[85]
• Barbara M. Watson (1918-1983) – lawyer and diplomat. First black person and the first woman to serve as anAssistant Secretary of State^[86]
• Damian Williams – lawyer, firstAfrican-American U.S. attorney for theSouthern District of New York^[87]

• Clifford Alexander Jr. – formerSecretary of the Army, first African American to hold the position^[88]
• John Davis (1854-1903) –United States Navy sailor, recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, theMedal of Honor^[89]
• Lorna Mahlock –Brigadier General in theUnited States Marine Corps; first black female to hold the position
• Jeanine Menze –Commander and first black female aviator in the history of theU.S. Coast Guard
• Colin Luther Powell (1937-2021) – statesman and four-star general in the United States Army
• Vincent R. Stewart – first African American, first Jamaican American and first Marine to hold the position ofDirector of the DIA

• Aaliyah (1979-2001)^[90][91]
• A-Plus
• Astro – rapper
• Joey Bada$$ – rapper
• Afrika Bambaataa^[92]
• Harry Belafonte – three-timeGrammy Award winner^[93][94]
• Thom Bell – one of the creators ofPhiladelphia soul. Two-time Grammy Award winner^[95][96]
• Big Tigger
• Bushwick Bill (1966-2019)
• Busta Rhymes^[41]
• Bobby Shmurda^[41]
• Luther Campbell (Uncle Luke)^[97]
• Canibus^[41]
• Capital STEEZ (1993-2012)
• Chubb Rock^[41]
• Sandra Denton –Grammy Award winner^[98]
• Delroy Edwards^[99]
• Diana King
• Etana
• Chuck Fenda
• Flatbush Zombies
• Funkmaster Flex
• CJ Fly
• Heavy D (1967-2011)^[41]
• Hodgy Beats
• Grand Puba
• Iniko
• Tori Kelly – two-time Grammy Award winner^[100]
• Sean Kingston
• DJ Kool Herc^[41]
• KRS-One^[41]
• Alaine Laughton
• Masego
• Stephen Marley – eight-time Grammy Award winner^[101]
• Denroy Morgan (1945-2022)
• Gramps Morgan – member of Grammy Award-winning reggae bandMorgan Heritage
• DJ Mustard
• Mýa –Grammy Award winner^[102]
• NLE Choppa
• Renee Neufville^[41]
• The Notorious B.I.G.(1972-1997)^[41] – rapper
• Olivia Longott
• Styles P
• Christopher "Kid" Reid
• Pretty Ricky
• Tarrus Riley
• Pete Rock
• Safaree Samuels
• Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011) –Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award^[103][104]
• Shaggy – two-timeGrammy Award winner^[105]
• Ski Mask the Slump God – rapper
• Pop Smoke – rapper
• Robb Banks
• Justine Skye
• Sleepy Hallow
• Ernie Smith^[41]
• Wifisfuneral – rapper
• Mike Smith
• Simi Sernaker
• Special Ed
• Lil Tecca – rapper
• Tyga – rapper
• will.i.am – rapper, member of the Black Eyed Peas
• XXXTentacion – rapper
• YFN Lucci – rapper
• Young M.A – rapper
• JPEGMafia
• Tevin Campbell – singer
• Toosii – singer^[106]
• Rowdy Rebel – rapper
• Rican Da Menace - rapper

• Ronald Blackwood (1926–2017) – Mayor ofMount Vernon, New York (1985–1996), first elected black mayor inNew York state^[107][108]
• Michael Blake – former vice chair of theDemocratic National Committee (DNC)^[109]
• David Bowen – member of theWisconsin State Assembly^[110]
• Anthony Brown – Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Tanya Chutkan – judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia^[111]
• Kristen Clarke – Head of theU.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, the first woman to hold the position^[112]
• Yvette Clarke – Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Jacob De Cordova (1808–1868) – elected to theTexas House of Representatives. Founder of theJamaica Gleaner^[113]
• Brian A. Cunningham – member of theNew York State Assembly^[114]
• Alexander J. Dallas (1759–1817) –United States Secretary of the Treasury underPresidentJames Madison^[115]
• Jacob De Cordova – former member of theTexas House of Representatives
• Lisa Dunkley – member of theFlorida House of Representatives
• Winsome Earle-Sears – former member of theVirginia House of Delegates.Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, the first female and woman of colour to hold the office^[116]
• Claudia L. Gordon – Associate director in theWhite House Office of Public Engagement. The first deaf person to work at the White House in a detailee capacity^[117][74]
• Denise D. Grant –City of Lauderhill Mayor^[118]
• Kamala Harris –Vice President of the United States; formerU.S. Senator from California. The first African American vice president, the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history
• Dale Holness – Broward County Commissioner and former Mayor ofBroward County^[119]
• Sheila Jackson Lee – Democrat,U.S. representative forTexas's 18th congressional district^[120]
• Leondra Kruger – California Supreme Court Justice
• Donna McLeod – former member of theGeorgia House of Representatives^[121]
• Wayne Messam – Mayor ofMiramar, Florida
• Wes Moore^[122][123] – 63rd Governor of Maryland
• Shirley Nathan-Pulliam – former member of theMaryland State Senate andMaryland House of Delegates^[124]
• Anika Omphroy – member of theFlorida House of Representatives
• Basil A. Paterson (1926–2014) – formerSecretary of State of New York; father of David Paterson
• David Paterson – Governor ofNew York, the first African American to serve as governor of New York.
• N. Nick Perry – formerU.S. Ambassador to Jamaica and member of theNew York State Senate^[125]
• Colin Powell (1937–2021) – 65thUnited States Secretary of State, the first African American Secretary of State^[126]
• Michael Powell – former Chair of theFederal Communications Commission (FCC); son of Colin Powell
• Marcia Ranglin-Vassell – former member of theRhode Island House of Representatives^[127]
• Kenneth Reeves – formerMayor ofCambridge, Massachusetts^[128]
• Pauline Rhodd-Cummings (1945–2002) – former member of the New York State Assembly, the first woman of Caribbean descent elected to the state Assembly^[129]
• Susan Rice – Director of theWhite House Domestic Policy Council
• Hazelle P. Rogers – Mayor ofLauderdale Lakes, Florida; former member of theFlorida House of Representatives
• Edward A. Stevenson Sr. (1907–1980) – former member of theNew York State Assembly, the first Caribbean American to serve in the Assembly^[130]
• Jheanelle Wilkins – member of theMaryland House of Delegates, the first black female ever elected to the district^[131]

• Evan Abel – endocrinologist, identified the link between adipose tissueglucose transporter (GLUT4) and insulin resistance^[132][133]
• Walt W. Braithwaite – engineer, led the development ofcomputer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) systems atBoeing. Also made significant contributions to the development of theInitial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES). Braithwaite's common data format and translators from Boeing were subsequently used as the basis for developing the IGES protocol.^[134]
• Nadine Burke Harris – California's first-ever Surgeon General. Pediatrician who linked traumaticchildhood experiences and poor health^[135][136]
• Paul R. Cunningham – surgeon^[7]
• Ira Ferguson (1904–1992) – clinical psychologist^[137]
• Yvette Francis-McBarnette (1926–2016) – pioneering pediatrician, the first practitioner to useprophylactic antibiotics in the treatment of children with sickle cell. Second ever black woman to enrol at the Yale School of Medicine in 1946^[138][139]
• Neil Hanchard – physician and scientist, clinical investigator in theNational Human Genome Research Institute^[140]
• Christopher Huie – Virgin Galactic astronaut and Senior Engineering Manager, Flight Sciences. Successfully completed Unity 25 space mission.^[141]
• Karen E. Nelson – microbiologist, published the first ever comprehensivehuman microbiome study^[142][143]
• Robert Rashford – aerospace engineer and inventor, known for his work on spacecraft and theHubble Space Telescope.
• Mercedes Richards (1955–2016) – pioneering scientist, the firstastronomer to make images of the gravitational flow of gas between the stars in anyinteracting binary; the first to image thechromospheres andaccretion disks inAlgol binaries; the first in astronomy to apply the technique oftomography; the firstastrophysicist to make theoretical hydrodynamic simulations of the Algol binary stars; the first astronomer to discoverstarspots on the cool star in an Algol binary and the first astrophysicist to apply novel distance correlation statistical methods to large astronomical databases^{[144][145][146]}
• John Thompson – computer programmer, invented theLingo programming language used inAdobe Director^[147][148]

• Timroy Allen - cricketer
• Kyle Anderson - basketball player
• Alicia Ashley - boxer, former WBC female world super bantamweight champion
• Corey Ballentine - football player
• Barrington Bartley - cricketer
• Claudine Beckford - cricketer
• Shaun Bridgmohan - jockey
• C. B. Bucknor - umpire in Major League Baseball
• Jade Cargill - professional wrestler and fitness model
• Patrick Chung - retired football player
• Jeff Cunningham - former professional soccer player
• Chili Davis - baseball player,first ballplayer born in Jamaica to appear in an MLB game
• Kenrick Dennis(1966-2003) - cricketer
• Andre Drummond - basketball player
• Patrick Ewing - retired basketball player who played with the New York Knicks
• Patrick Ewing Jr. - basketball player
• Sandra Farmer-Patrick - athlete
• Heather Foster - professional bodybuilder
• Colin Fowles (1953-1985) - soccer player
• Robin Fraser - soccer coach and former player
• Ian Fray - soccer player
• Tony Gonzalez - retired football player
• Ben Gordon - British-born Charlotte Bobcats basketball player
• Uriah Hall - professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer
• Kwame Harris - footballer
• Sek Henry - basketball player
• Roy Hibbert - basketball player
• Danielle Hunter- football player
• Elmore Hutchinson - cricketer
• Kamara James (1984-2014) - Olympic fencer
• Andrew Kennedy - basketball player
• Big E Langston - professional wrestler, former WWE champion
• Brynton Lemar (born 1995) - American-born Jamaican basketball player forHapoel Jerusalem of theIsraeli Basketball Premier League
• Jonathan Lewis - soccer player
• Rajiv Maragh - jockey
• Floyd Mayweather Jr. - boxer, won world championships from super featherweight to light middleweight
• Justin Masterson - Major League baseball pitcher
• Matt Peart - footballer
• Norman Powell - basketball player
• Suziann Reid - sprinter
• Sanya Richards-Ross - Olympic and World championship winning sprinter
• Errol Spence - championship winning professional boxer
• Aljamain Sterling - mixed martial arts fighter, UFC Bantamweight Champion
• Isaiah Stewart - basketball player
• Ndamukong Suh - football player
• Mike Tyson - retired boxer, former heavyweight champion
• Olivier Vernon - football player
• Devon White - baseball player
• Tristan Thompson - basketball player
• Allyssa Lyn "Lacey" Lane - professional wrestler
• Tina Charles - basketball player, WBNA

• Opal Palmer Adisa – award-winning writer, poet, performance artist
• Gil Bailey (1936-2020) – radio broadcaster, known as the "Godfather of Caribbean/Reggae Radio"^[149]
• Michelle Bernard – journalist, author
• Ruschell Boone (1975-2023) –Emmy award-winning journalist
• Colin Channer – writer
• Staceyann Chin – award-winning spoken-word poet and activist
• Michel du Cille (1956-2014) –Pulitzer prize winning photojournalist
• Michelle Cliff (1946-2016) – poet and author
• Wilfred Adolphus Domingo (1889-1968) – writer, journalist and activist
• Stacy-Ann Gooden – broadcaster and model
• Lester Holt – TV news anchor. The first Black male solo anchor for a major network newscast
• Marlon James – author,Man Booker Prize winner
• June Jordan (1936-2002) – award-winning poet, author and activist
• Shara McCallum – award-winning poet
• Claude McKay (1890-1948) – writer and poet, central figure in theHarlem Renaissance
• Gil Noble (1932-2012) – Emmy award-winning TV reporter, anchor and interviewer
• Patricia Powell – award-winning writer
• Joel Augustus Rogers (1880/83-1966) – journalist, author and historian
• Al Roker – TV weather anchor
• Louis Simpson (1923-2012) – Pulitzer prize winning poet
• Stephen A. Smith – sports journalist
• Frederick de Sola Mendes (1850-1927) – author and editor
• Ekwueme Michael Thelwell – award-winning novelist and essayist
• Jenna Wolfe – journalist and personal trainer
• Fiona Zedde – fiction writer

• Janeshia Adams-Ginyard – actress, stunt woman and professional wrestler
• Maurice Ashley – chess grandmaster
• King Bach – Internet personality, actor, composer, rapper and comedian
• Tyson Beckford – model and actor^[39]
• Cedella Booker (1926–2008) – singer, writer, mother ofBob Marley
• Amos H. Carnegie (1886–1978) – Baptist minister
• Desus Nice – comedian
• Louis Farrakhan – leader of theNation of Islam
• Colin Ferguson – mass murderer
• Tanya Hamilton – film director and producer
• Donna Hylton – convict and author
• Barrington Irving – pilot who previously held the record for the youngest person to pilot a planearound the world solo. The firstblack person to accomplish this feat^[150]
• Peter Wayne Lewis – contemporary artist
• CJ Pearson – conservative contributor
• Angella Reid – White House Chief Usher, the first woman to hold the position
• Shawn Rhoden (1975–2021) – professional bodybuilder
• Ryan Shakes – social media personality, and actor
• Ted Shearer (1919–1992) – advertising art director and cartoonist
• Toni-Ann Singh – beauty queen who wonMiss World 2019
• Alexis Skyy – reality television personality
• Marsha Thomason – British-born actress
• Dexter Williams –Miramar police chief^[151]

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