List of people from Dominica

This is a list of notable people from the Commonwealth of Dominica. The list include also individuals with Dominican ancestry and citizenship.

Politics

Presidents

• Nicholas Liverpool
• Charles Savarin
• Clarence Seignoret
• Vernon Shaw
• Crispin Sorhaindo
• Alwin Bully (created or artist of the national flag of Dominica)

Prime Ministers

• Patrick John 1st
• Oliver Seraphin 2nd
• Dame Eugenia Charles 3rd
• Edison James 4th
• Roosevelt Douglas 5th
• Pierre Charles 6th
• Roosevelt Skerrit (current)

Leader(s) of the Opposition

• Hector John
• Lennox Linton

Political personalities

• Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal (born 1955), current Commonwealth of Nations Secretary General; former Attorney General for England and Wales
• Denise Charles-Pemberton minister of tourism
• H. D. Shillingford, politician
• Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1907–1986), politician
• Ronald Green, politician
• Edward Oliver LeBlanc (1923–2004), government official
• Emmanuel Christopher Loblack (1898–1995), union leader and politician
• Cecil Rawle (1891–1938), attorney and politician
• Alix Boyd Knights, politician and attorney
• Michael Astaphan, politician
• Arden Shillingford, diplomat

Activists

• Kellyn George
• Whitney Mélinard, Kalinago Territory issues
• Asquith Xavier, Dominican-born first non-white train guard at Euston railway station

Actors

• Danny John-Jules, of Red Dwarf and of Death in Paradise, filmed in Guadeloupe
• Trish Cooke, of Playdays

Business

• A. C. Shillingford (1882–1938), businessman

Doctors

• Jasmine R. Marcelin, physician

Law

• Brian George Keith Alleyne, jurist
• Cara Shillingford, lawyer

Media

• Trisha Goddard, host of Trisha
• Moira Stuart, female newsreader on British television and radio, working for the BBC
• Raashaun Casey (DJ Envy), television and radio personality.

Musicians

• Gabrielle
• Bashy
• Pearle Christian
• Nasio Fontaine
• Michele Henderson
• Ophelia Marie
• Shakka
• Swinging Stars
• Windward Caribbean Kulture ("WCK")

Signal Band Gordon Henderson Exile One Freddy Nicholas Fitzroy Williams Phillip " Chubby" Mark and Marcel "Co" Mark of Midnight Groovers

Scientists

• Chelsea Connor, herpetologist

Spiritual personalities

• Ogyen Trinley Dorje, (widely known as the 17th Karmapa), head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

Sports

• Frank Bruno, professional boxer
• Thea Lafond, olympic gold athlete
• Joe Cooke, footballer
• Phillip DeFreitas, cricketer
• Billy Doctrove, cricket umpire
• Luan Gabriel, sprinter
• Vince Hilaire, footballer
• Manjrekar James, footballer
• Garth Joseph, basketballer
• Karina LeBlanc, footballer
• Jérôme Romain, athlete
• Adam Sanford, cricketer
• Grayson Shillingford, cricketer
• Irvine Shillingford, cricketer
• Shane Shillingford, cricketer

Visual artists

• Tam Joseph
• Pauline Marcelle

Writers

• Phyllis Shand Allfrey, novelist (The Orchid House)
• Lennox Honychurch, historian (The Dominica Story)
• Marie-Elena John, novelist (Unburnable)
• Elma Napier, novelist (Black and White Sands)
• Jean Rhys, novelist (Wide Sargasso Sea)
• Alec Waugh, novelist (Island in the Sun)
• Trish Cooke, children and young adults books (So Much)

References