# List of people from Kingston, Jamaica

This is a list of notable people who are from Kingston, Jamaica, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.

## Notable people

* Yellowman, reggae and dancehall artist
* Bob Andy, reggae vocalist
* Buju Banton, reggae singer
* John Barnes, English footballer
* Aston "Family Man" Barrett, bassist
* Beenie Man, real name Moses Davis, dancehall artist and former husband of Michelle D'Angel Downer
* Louise Bennett-Coverley, folk singer, poet, comedian
* Atari Bigby, former NFL player
* Ken Boothe, artist
* Bounty Killer, dancehall artist
* Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976
* Dennis Brown, reggae singer
* Errol Brown, singer
* Lionel Brown, footballer
* Cory Burke, footballer
* Knox Cameron, footballer
* Alberto Campbell-Staines, Australian athlete with an intellectual disability
* Canibus, rapper
* Frederic G. Cassidy, linguist and lexicographer
* Patrick Chung, NFL football player for the New England Patriots
* Kofi Cockburn, basketball player for the Illinois Fighting Illini
* Frederic Hymen Cowen, British composer
* Carole Crawford, Miss World 1963
* Theodore Curphey, coroner
* Omar Daley, footballer
* Robert Charles Dallas, lawyer, historian and friend of Lord Byron
* Chili Davis, former Major League Baseball player
* Desmond Dekker, singer and songwriter
* Sandy Denton, "Pepa" of hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa
* Coxsone Dodd, reggae music producer
* Sly Dunbar, reggae musician, dub music producer
* Leon Edwards, Jamaican-born English mixed martial artist, current UFC Welterweight Champion
* Eek-A-Mouse, reggae singer
* Elephant Man, dancehall artist
* Patrick Ewing, former NBA basketball player and coach
* Colin Ferguson, mass-shooter
* Heather Foster, Jamaica-born American professional bodybuilder
* Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Olympic gold medalist
* Ricardo Fuller, footballer for Hanley Town
* Ricardo Gardner, former footballer
* Amy Jacques Garvey, journalist, publisher, second wife of Marcus Garvey
* Chris Gayle, cricketer
* Andrew Gourlay, conductor
* Howard Grant, boxer
* Richard Hall, professional boxer
* Lisa Hanna, Miss World 1993, politician
* Bob Hazell, former footballer
* Paul Hewitt, U.S. basketball coach
* John Holt, reggae singer and songwriter
* Kamara James, Olympic fencer
* Jah’Mila, reggae musician
* Jermaine Johnson, footballer for Tivoli Gardens
* Sandra Levy, field hockey player
* Jean Lowrie-Chin, communications consultant, seniors advocate, author and newspaper columnist
* Macka Diamond, real name Charmaine Munroe, dancehall artist
* Michael Manley, Jamaican politician and prime minister
* Bob Marley, great musician and singer-songwriter
* Damian Marley, reggae artiste and youngest son of Bob Marley
* Ziggy Marley, reggae artiste and son of Bob Marley
* Justin Masterson, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
* Mavado, dancehall artist
* Mike McCallum, three division world champion professional boxer
* Marcus Milner, footballer
* Sean Paul, dancehall and reggae artist
* Yendi Phillips, Miss Universe 2010 1st runner-up
* Oswald George Powe, political and equality activist
* Donald Quarrie, sprinter
* Shabba Ranks, dancehall artist
* Angella Reid, White House Chief Usher and Ritz-Carlton hotel manager
* Junior Reid, reggae singer
* Sanya Richards-Ross, Olympic gold medalist and world champion in track and field
* Hazelle P. Rogers, politician
* U-Roy, pioneer of toasting
* Ricky Sappleton, footballer for Cheshunt
* Mary Seacole, medical pioneer
* Shaggy, reggae singer
* Winsome Sears, politician
* Robbie Shakespeare, reggae musician, dub music producer
* Nadine Spencer, businesswoman
* Raheem Sterling, footballer
* Billy Strachan, pioneer of black civil rights in Britain, WWII bomber pilot, communist activist, newspaper editor
* Super Cat, dancehall artist
* Karin Taylor, a former international fashion model, known as Playboy magazine's June 1996 Playmate of the Month
* Ryan Thompson, footballer
* Alfred Valentine, cricketer
* Vybz Kartel, dancehall singer
* Courtney Walsh, cricketer
* Clar Weah, First Lady of Liberia
* Devon White, former Major League Baseball player
* Willard White, opera singer
* Jheanelle Wilkins, politician
* Hyman Wright, reggae record producer