List of Belizean people
This is a list of notable and well-known Belizean people, ordered alphabetically.
- Michael Anthony Ashcroft, international businessman, philanthropist and politician
- Dolores Balderamos-García, lawyer, activist politician and broadcaster
- Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, rapper and politician
- Simone Biles, American gymnast and Olympian[1]
- Pi'erre Bourne, rapper and record producer
- Barry Bowen, bottling magnate, politician and entrepreneur
- Sharon Carr, murderer who killed a woman in Britain aged only 12
- Nadia Cattouse, actress, singer-songwriter
- Pen Cayetano, artist and musician
- Sue Courtenay, architect
- Ivan Duran, musician, and the founder and director of Stonetree Records[2]
- Zee Edgell, novelist and educator, considered Belize's principal contemporary writer
- Arlen Escarpeta, actor, born in Belize; holds dual Belizean and American citizenship
- Maxime Faget, designer of the Mercury capsule
- Thea Garcia-Ramirez, women's rights activist and politician of the People’s United Party (PUP)
- Antonio Soberanis Gómez, activist in the Belizean labour movement, he founded the Labourers and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage. He was jailed for sedition in 1935
- Samuel Alfred Haynes, soldier, activist and poet
- Houston (of Belizean descent), R&B singer, best known for the hit single "I Like That"
- Marion Jones (holds dual-citizenship), former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA
- Emory King, historian, author, journalist and National Film Commissioner
- Chito Martínez, first Belizean player in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB)
- John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and founder of McAfee, Inc.
- Deon McCaulay, international footballer who last played for R.G. City Boys United in the Premier League of Belize
- Monrad Metzgen, national hero of Belize
- Andy Palacio, punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garínagu and their culture
- Milton Palacio (holds dual-citizenship), Belizean American professional basketball player, currently with the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas
- Elijio Panti, traditional healer who used Mayan herbal medical techniques
- Wilfred Peters, accordionist and band leader, known as the "King of Brukdown"
- Arlie Petters, mathematical physicist, who is the currently the Provost of New York University Abu Dhabi.[3] He was previously the Benjamin Powell Professor and Professor of Mathematics, Physics, and Business Administration at Duke University[4]
- George Cadle Price, the first prime minister of Belize, considered to have been one of the principal architects of the country's independence
- Francis Reneau, pianist and composer. In 1994 he was commissioned by the government to produce a representative compilation of Belizean music[5]
- Gerald Rhaburn, calypso, soca, reggae and brukdown musician
- Marie Sharp, entrepreneur
- Lisa Tucker (of Belizean descent), singer, musical theater and television actress
- Ann-Marie Williams, public policy advisor
- Selwyn Walford Young, musician and composer
- Destiny Wagner, Miss Earth 2021
References
- ^ Lopez, Jill Martin, Elwyn (2016-08-16). "Simone Biles has support in another country: Belize". CNN. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Stonetree Records site". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ "Office of the Provost".
- ^ Duke University
- ^ "Celebration by Frances Reneau Released". The San Pedro Sun. 1996. Retrieved 9 May 2010.