List of Barbadian Americans

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

Actors

• Meagan Good - actress (paternal grandfather)
• Cuba Gooding, Jr. – actor (paternal grandfather was from Barbados)
• Omar Gooding – actor (same grandfather as Cuba Jr.)
• Chet Hanks – actor (ancestry vague)
• Colin Hanks – actor (ancestry vague)
• Jim Hanks – actor (ancestry vague)
• Tom Hanks – actor (ancestry vague)
• Adrian Holmes – Canadian actor (ancestry vague)
• Mari Morrow – actress (ancestry vague)
• Gwyneth Paltrow – (her great-grandmother was Barbadian)
• Redd Pepper – (born Richard Green in Barbados)
• Robert Christopher Riley – actor (father from Barbados)
• Lamman Rucker – (ancestry vague)

Entertainers

• Lene Hall – supermodel
• Norma Miller – dancer (both parents from Barbados)
• Walter Weekes, also known as FreshPrinceCEO, co-host of the Fresh and Fit Podcast

Musicians

• Anycia - rapper
• A$AP Rocky - real name Rakim Mayers, rapper
• KRS-One – real name Lawrence Parker, rapper
• Afrika Bambaataa – musician
• Damon Dash - co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records; Stacey Dash's cousin
• Grandmaster Flash – hip hop musician and DJ
• Dave East – rapper
• Doug E. Fresh – hip hop musician
• Desiigner – hip hop musician/rapper
• Cuba Gooding, Sr. – singer
• Ryan Leslie – musician, producer
• Mr. Lif – hip hop musician
• Lord Burgess – songwriter
• Shontelle – musician
• Arturo Tappin – musician
• Charlene Keys- singer
• Rayvon – real name Bruce Alexander Michael Brewster, Barbadian singer-songwriter
• Remy Ma – rapper
• Rihanna – singer
• Rowdy Rebel – rapper

Public service figures

• Shirley Chisholm - Congresswoman
• Adrian Fenty – former Mayor of Washington, District of Columbia
• Charles Gittens – first black United States Secret Service agent
• Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix – New York State Supreme Court Judge
• Eric Holder – former Attorney General of the United States
• Sherrilyn Ifill – lawyer and activist
• Thomas Jones – former Civil Court judge and civil rights activist in Brooklyn, New York
• Chirlane McCray – poet, public speech writer, married to New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio
• Bret Schundler – former Mayor of Jersey City, NJ
• Lloyd Sealy – first African American NYPD officer to command a police precinct and patrol borough
• Dennis M. Walcott – Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development in New York City

Religious figures

• Arnold Josiah Ford – rabbi

Scientists

• Cardinal Warde – physicist, full professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sports figures

• Robert Bailey - National Football League player
• Anson Carter – Canadian hockey player
• Rajah Caruth – American NASCAR driver
• Andre De Grasse – Canadian Sprinter
• Mike Grier – NHL Player
• Ramon Harewood – National Football League player
• Orlando Jordan – professional wrestler
• Winston Justice – National Football League player
• Sam Seale – National Football League player
• Alana Shipp – American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Christian Taylor – track and field athlete
• Obadele Thompson – track and field athlete
• Kevin Weekes – Canadian hockey player
• Andrew Wiggins – Canadian basketball player
• Nick Wiggins – Canadian basketball player
• Zane Maloney – Formula 2 and Formula E driver

Writers

• Gwen Ifill (1955–2016) American journalist and television newscaster
• Agymah Kamau – novelist
• Odimumba Kwamdela (1942–2019) poet and novelist
• Paule Marshall (1929–2019) novelist
• Susan L. Taylor (born 1946) editor-in-chief of Essence magazine
• Neville Goddard – writer and mystic

Others

• Percy C. Ifill (1913–1973) American architect of Barbadian descent
• Frank L. White (1867–1938) chef, the original chef's face on Cream of Wheat box

See also

• List of Barbadians
• List of Barbadian Britons
• Barbadian Canadians

References