# List of Afro-Guyanese people

The following is a list of prominent Afro-Guyanese, or people of Afro-Guyanese descent.

## Notable people of Afro-Guyanese descent

* Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer-songwriter with longest-running #1 R&B track on charts
* Jason David, Canadian-born American football cornerback
* JDiggz, Canadian rapper, Afro-Guyanese mother
* Melanie Fiona, Canadian R&B singer-songwriter, who is also of Indo-Guyanese descent
* Nubya Garcia, English saxophonist and jazz musician, Guyanese mother
* David Lammy, British-born politician and lawyer
* Tessa McWatt, Guyanese-born Canadian writer
* Des'ree, English singer, Afro-Guyanese mother
* Sonnet L'Abbé, Canadian writer
* Yolanda T. Marshall, Guyanese-born Canadian writer
* Dawnn Lewis, American actress
* Leona Lewis, singer and the first winner of "The X Factor" (series 3), Guyanese father
* Jermain Jackman, singer and "The Voice UK" (2015) winner
* Derek Luke, American actor
* Maestro, Canadian rapper and actor
* Nicole Narain, Playboy model, has an Afro-Guyanese mother and her father, who is of mixed Indo-Guyanese and Chinese-Guyanese descent
* Trevor Phillips, British politician
* CCH Pounder, Guyanese-born American actress
* Joy Reid, American news correspondent for MSNBC, Afro-Guyanese mother
* Rihanna, Barbados-born singer/billionaire, Afro-Guyanese mother
* Saukrates, Canadian rapper/singer
* Eon Sinclair, bassist of Canadian rock/ska/reggae band Bedouin Soundclash
* Sean Patrick Thomas, actor (Save the Last Dance and Barbershop)
* Phil Lynott, English-born frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, Afro-Guyanese father
* Wretch 32, British rapper, Guyanese mother
* Vanessa Lee Chester, former American child actress ("A Little Princess", "Harriet the Spy", and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park")
* Letitia Wright, actress, who is best-known for playing Shuri in the 2018 film version of "Black Panther" and the 2022 sequel "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
* Roy Woods, Canadian R&B artist
* Saint JHN, Guyanese-American rapper
* Shaunette Renée Wilson, Guyanese-born American actress ("The Resident", "Billions", and "Black Panther")

## Arts

* Eddy Grant, musician
* Ram John Holder, actor and musician
* Preme, Canadian rapper
* Red Café, Guyanese-American rapper

## Sports

* Clifford Anderson, former British Empire featherweight contender
* Basil Butcher, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
* Colin Croft, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
* Chelsea Edghill, Guyanese table tennis player
* Roy Fredericks, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
* Lance Gibbs, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
* Vivian Harris, former WBA super lightweight champion
* Roger Harper, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
* Carl Hooper, former West Indian cricket captain
* Ezekiel Jackson, professional wrestler
* Clayton Lambert, American, Guyanese and West Indian cricketer, scored the most runs for Guyana
* Andrew Lewis, former WBA welterweight champion
* Clive Lloyd, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
* Aliann Pompey, Guyanese 400 meter sprinter
* Alana Shipp - Barbadian IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Mark McKoy, Guyanese-born Canadian sprinter
* Michael Anthony, Guyanese Boxer

## Politicians and social leaders

* Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana, 1980-1985
* Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, father of the trade union movement in British Guiana
* Cuffy, leader of the Berbice slave uprising
* Karen de Souza (born 1958), women and children's activist
* Jack Gladstone, leader of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
* David A. Granger, President of Guyana
* Hamilton Green, 1st Muslim Prime Minister of Guyana, and in the Western world, 1985-1992
* Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana, 1985-1992
* Sam Hinds, former President of Guyana, Prime Minister of Guyana
* Eusi Kwayana, former Guyanese cabinet member and veteran politician
* Lincoln Lewis, trade union leader
* Quamina, leader of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
* Ptolemy Reid, former Prime Minister of Guyana

## Academics

* John Agard, playwright, poet and children's writer
* George Granville Monah James, historian and author
* Egbert Martin, 19th-century Guyanese poet of mixed African and European ancestry
* Walter Rodney, historian and political activist
* Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima, associate professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University

## Models

* Arti Cameron