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Line 1: This is a list of prominent people from the Eastern Caribbean, the Guianas, and the Bahamas. It does not include [[List of Cubans\|Cubans]], [[List of Dominicans\|Dominicans (from the Dominican Republic)]], [[List of Puerto Ricans\|Puerto Ricans]], [[List of Jamaicans\|Jamaicans]] or [[List of Haitians\|Haitians]]. Because of the close proximity of these countries, some people are listed under more than one heading. ~~{{Unreferenced\|date=January 2007}}~~ ~~[[Image:QT - Antoine Galland.PNG\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Antoine Galland]]~~ '''Antoine Galland''' ([[April 4]], [[1646]] — [[February 17]], [[1715]]) was a [[France\|French]] [[orientalist]] and [[archaeologist]], and the first European translator of the [[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights\|Arabian Nights]]. ==[[Antigua and Barbuda]]== Galland was born at [[Rollot]], in the department of [[Somme]]. The completion of his school education at [[Noyon]] was followed by a brief [[apprenticeship]] to a trade, from which, however, he soon escaped, to pursue his linguistic studies at [[Paris]]. After having been employed for some time in making a catalogue of the Oriental manuscripts at the [[University of Paris\|Sorbonne]], he was, in [[1670]], attached to the French embassy at [[Constantinople]]; and in [[1673]] he travelled in [[Syria]] and the [[Levant]], where he copied a great number of inscriptions, and sketched, and in some cases removed historical monuments. ===Writers and intellectuals=== [[Marie-Elena John]] [[Leonard Tim Hector]] [[Jamaica Kincaid]] [[Gregson Davis]] [[Basil Hill]] - ===Political leaders=== After a brief visit to France, where his collection of ancient coins attracted some attention, Galland returned to the Levant in [[1676]]; and in [[1679]] he undertook a third voyage, being commissioned by the [[French East India Company]] to collect for the cabinet of [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert\|Colbert]]; on the expiration of this commission he was instructed by the government to continue his researches, and had the title of [[antiquary]] to the king conferred upon him. During his prolonged residences abroad he acquired a thorough knowledge of the [[Arabic language\|Arabic]], [[Turkish language\|Turkish]] and [[Persian language\|Persian]] languages and literatures, which, on his final return to France, enabled him to render valuable assistance to [[Jean de Thévenot]], the keeper of the royal library, and to [[Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville]]. [[Vere Cornwall Bird]] [[Lester Bird]] [[James Carlisle]] [[Robert Hall]] [[Tim Hector]] [[Wilfred Jacobs]] [[Baldwin Spencer]] [[Reginald St. Clair Stevens]] [[Sydney Walling]] [[George Walter]] ===Religious leaders=== After their deaths he lived for some time at [[Caen]] under the roof of [[Nicolas Foucault]], the intendant of Caen, himself no mean archaeologist; and there he began in [[1704]] the publication of ''Les mille et Une Nuits'', which excited immense interest during the time of its appearance, and is still the standard French translation. It had no pretensions to verbal accuracy, and the coarseness of the language was modified to suit European taste, but the narrative was adequately rendered. [[George McGuire]] ===Actors and Comedians=== In [[1701]] Galland had been admitted into the [[Academy of Inscriptions]], and in [[1709]] he was appointed to the chair of Arabic in the [[College de France]]. He continued to discharge the duties of this post until his death in [[1715]]. [[Bert Williams]] [[Anna Maria Horsford]] - Actress (of Antiguan descent) [[Conrad Roberts]] ===Artists=== Besides a number of archaeological works, especially in the department of [[numismatics]], he published in [[1694]] a compilation from the Arabic, Persian and Turkish, entitled ''Paroles remarquables, bons mots et maximes des orientaux'', and in [[1699]] a translation from an Arabic manuscript, ''De l'origine et du progrès du café''. The former of these works appeared in an English translation in [[1795]]. His ''Contes et fables indiennes de Bidpai et de Lokrnan'' was published posthumously in [[1724]]. Among his numerous unpublished manuscripts are a translation of the [[Qur'an]] and a ''Histoire générale des empereurs Turcs''. His Journal was published by [[Charles Schefer]] in [[1881]]. [[Shermain Jeremy]] * [[Gregory Abbott]] - Singer * [[King Short Shirt]] - Calypsonian * [[Swallow (Calypsonian)]] - Calypsonian * [[King Obstinate]] - Calypsonian * [[Burning Flames]] - Soca Band, (Official Web site [http://www.onyanandburningflames.com]) * [[Claudette "CP" Peters]] - Soca Artist [[Marie-Elena John]] - Author ==~~External links~~=Athletes=== [[Vivian Richards\|Sir Issac Vivian Richards]] - Cricketer [http://rollot.baillet.org/rolsars/rolo07.htm Antoine Galland by Maxime de Sars (in French) [[Curtly Ambrose]] - Cricketer * [[Richie Richardson]] - Cricketer * [[Andy Roberts]] - Cricketer * [[Ledley King]] - Footballer * [[Speedy Claxton\|Craig Speedy Claxton]] - Basketball player (of Antiguan descent) * [[Maurice Hope]] - Boxer * [[Emile Heskey]] - Football player (of Antiguan descent) * [[Colin Kazim-Richards]] - Football Player (of Antiguan descent) ==[[The Bahamas]]== ~~{{Persondata~~ ===Athletes=== ~~\|NAME=Galland, Antoine~~ [[Christine Amertil]] ~~\|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=~~ [[Christopher Brown]] ~~\|SHORT DESCRIPTION=french orientalist, numismatist and translator~~ [[Tonique Williams]] ~~\|DATE OF BIRTH=[[April 4]], [[1646]]~~ ~~\|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Rollot]], [[Picardie]], France~~ ~~\|DATE OF DEATH=[[February 17]], [[1715]]~~ ~~\|PLACE OF DEATH=[[Paris]], France~~ }} ===Political leaders=== ~~[[Category:1646 births\|Galland, Antoine]]~~ [[Janet Bostwick]] ~~[[Category:1715 deaths\|Galland, Antoine]]~~ Sir [[Milo Butler]] ~~[[Category:French archaeologists\|Galland, Antoine]]~~ [[Perry Christie]] ~~[[Category:Arabic-French translators\|Galland, Antoine]]~~ Dame [[Ivy Dumont]] ~~[[Category:French fantasy writers\|Galland, Antoine]]~~ [[Hubert Ingraham]] ~~[[Category:Collectors of fairy tales\|Galland, Antoine]]~~ [[Fred Mitchell (Bahamas)\|Fred Mitchell]] Sir [[Lynden Pindling]] [[Cynthia Pratt]] Sir [[Stafford Sands]] [[Brent Symonette]] Sir [[Roland Symonette]] Sir [[Orville Turnquest]] [[Tommy Turnquest]] ===Actors=== ~~[[de:Antoine Galland]]~~ [[~~es:Antoine~~Calvin ~~Galland~~Lockhart]] [[Earl Maynard]] ~~[[fa:آنتوان گالان]]~~ [[~~fr:Antoine~~Sidney ~~Galland~~Poitier]] [[Roxie Roker]] ~~[[he:אנטואן גלן]]~~ ==[[Barbados]]== ===Athletes=== [[Andrea Blackett]] [[Anson Carter]] [[Joel Garner]] [[Gordon Greenidge]] [[Conrad Hunte\|Sir Conrad Hunte]] [[Malcolm Marshall]] [[Earl Maynard]] [[Garfield Sobers\|Sir Garfield Sobers]] [[Obadele Thompson]] [[Clyde Walcott\|Sir Clyde Walcott]] [[Everton Weekes\|Sir Everton Weekes]] [[Kevin Weekes]] [[Anson Carter]] [[Frank Worrell\|Sir Frank Worrell]] [[Pierre Browne]] ===Mariners=== [[William Shorey]] ===Musicians=== [[Grandmaster Flash]] [[Anderson Armstrong]] [[Arturo Tappin]] [[Terry Arthur]] [[Adrian Clark]] [[Rupee (musician)\|Rupert Clarke]] [[Rayvon]] [[Terencia Coward]] (TC) [[Mighty Gabby]] [[Grynner]] [[Alison Hinds]] [[Lil Rick]] [[Mac Fingall]] [[Jackie Opel]] [[Red Plastic Bag]] [[Zeeteah Massiah]] [[Rihanna]] [[Shontelle]] [[Edwin Yearwood]] [[Contone]] [[Pong]] [[Peter "Ram" Wiggins]] [[Richard Stoute]] [[Karl "Agany" Payne]] Natalie Burke Doug E. Fresh ===Political leaders=== Sir [[Grantley Adams]] Sir [[Courtney Blackman]] [[J.M.G. Adams]] [[Owen Arthur]] [[Errol Barrow]] [[Bussa]] [[Anne C. Cools]] Sir [[Clifford Husbands]] [[Clyde Mascoll]] Dame [[Billie Miller]] [[Richard B. Moore]] [[Charles O'Neale]] [[Clement Payne]] [[Erskine Sandiford]] ===Writers and intellectuals=== [[Edward Brathwaite]] [[Austin Clarke]] [[Geoffrey Drayton]] [[Alan Emtage]] [[George Lamming]] [[Glenville Lovell]] ==[[Dominica]]== ===Writers and intellectuals=== [[Irving Andre]] [[Lennox Honychurch]] [[Jean Rhys]] ===Political leaders=== [[Phyllis Shand Allfrey]] Dame [[Eugenia Charles]] [[Pierre Charles]] [[Rosie Douglas]] [[Edison James]] [[Patrick R. John]] [[Edward Oliver LeBlanc]] [[Nicholas Liverpool]] Sir [[Clarence Seignoret]] [[Oliver Seraphine]] [[Vernon Shaw]] [[Roosevelt Skerrit]] [[Crispin Sorhaindo]] ===Religious Leaders=== [[Kelvin Felix]] ==[[French Guiana]]== ===Writers and intellectuals=== [[Léon Damas]] [[René Jadfard]] ===Political leaders=== [[Justin Catayée]] [[Constant Chlore]] [[Félix Éboué]] [[Gaston Monnerville]] [[Victor Schoelcher]] ==[[Grenada]]== ===Athletes=== [[Alleyne Francique]] ===Political leaders=== [[Jean Augustine]] [[Maurice Bishop]] [[Nicholas Brathwaite]] [[Tubal Uriah Butler]] [[Bernard Coard]] [[Henri Christophe]] [[Julien Fédon]] [[Eric Gairy]] [[T.A. Marryshow]] [[David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead]] [[L.C.J Thomas]] ===Musicians=== [[Mighty Sparrow]] ==[[Guadeloupe]]== ===Writers and intellectuals=== [[Jean Louis Baghio'o]] [[Maryse Condé]] [[Daniel Maximin]] [[Paul Niger]] [[Saint-John Perse]] [[Simone Schwartz-Bart]] ===Political leaders=== [[Gerty Archimède]] [[Louis Delgrès]] [[Victor Hugues]] [[Joseph Ignace]] [[Hégésippe Légitimus]] [[Patrick Reason]] ===Religious leaders=== [[Jean Baptiste Labat]] ===Filmmakers=== [[Sarah Maldoror]] ==[[Guyana]]== ===Writers and intellectuals=== [[Jan Carew]] [[Martin Carter]] [[Wilson Harris]] [[Edgar Mittelholzer]] [[Walter Rodney]] [[A.J. Seymour]] [[Clive Thomas]] [[Eric D. Walrond\|Eric Walrond]] ===Political leaders=== [[Brindley Benn]] [[Forbes Burnham]] [[Arthur Chung]] [[Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow]] [[Cuffy (person)\|Cuffy]] [[Jack Gladstone]] [[Bernie Grant]] [[Sam Hinds]] [[Desmond Hoyte]] [[Cheddi Jagan]] [[Janet Jagan]] [[Bharrat Jagdeo]] [[Eusi Kwayana]] Sir [[Shridath Ramphal]] [[Clement Rohee]] [[Rupert Roopnaraine]] ===Musicians=== [[Eddy Grant]] [[Dave Martin (musician)\|Dave Martin]] [[Shaya (singer)\|Shaya]] * ===Athletes=== [[Clive Lloyd]] [[Lance Gibbs]] [[Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan]] [[Shivnarine Chanderpaul]] [[Rohan Bholalall Kanhai]] [[Carl Hooper]] ==[[Martinique]]== ===Writers and intellectuals=== [[Mayotte Capécia]] [[Aimé Césaire]] [[Patrick Chamoiseau]] [[Raphaël Confiant]] [[Frantz Fanon]] [[Édouard Glissant]] [[Gilbert Gratiant]] [[Étienne Léro]] [[René Maran]] [[Joseph Zobel]] ===Political leaders=== [[Joséphine de Beauharnais]] [[Alfred Marie-Jeanne]] ===Filmmakers=== [[Euzhan Palcy]] ==[[Netherlands Antilles]], [[Aruba]] now a Protectorate of the Netherlands, [[Bonaire]], [[Curaçao]], [[St.Maarten]], [[St.Eustacius]], and [[Saba]]== ===Political leaders=== [[Betico Croes]] [[Daniel De Leon]] [[Wilson Godett]] [[Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez]] [[Ben Komproe]] [[Maria Liberia-Peters]] [[Claude Wathey]] ===Athletes=== [[Sidney Ponson]] [[Andruw Jones]] ==[[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]== ===Writers / Intellectuals / Filmmakers / Artists=== [[R.C.O. Benjamin]] [[Christene Browne]] [[Caryl Phillips]] [[Pogus Caesar]] [[Burt Caesar]] ===Political leaders=== [[Clement Arrindell]] [[Robert Bradshaw]] [[Denzil Douglas]] [[Alexander Hamilton]] [[Rawlins Lowndes]] [[Lee Moore]] [[Cuthbert Sebastian]] [[Kennedy Simmonds]] [[Paul Southwell]] ===Athletes=== [[Kim Collins]] ==[[Saint Lucia]]== ===Writers and intellectuals=== [[Derek Walcott]] [[John Robert Lee]] [[Roderick Walcott]] ===Political leaders=== [[Kenny Anthony]] [[Winston Cenac]] [[George Charles]] Sir [[John Compton]] [[Julian Hunte]] Sir [[Allen Lewis]] [[Vaughan Lewis]] Sir [[Allan Louisy]] Dame [[Pearlette Louisy]] [[George Odlum]] ===Economists=== * Sir [[Arthur Lewis (economist)\|Arthur Lewis]] ===Artists=== [[Dunstan St. Omer]] [[Cedric George]] [[C. Eudovic]] ===Actors=== [[Joseph Marcell]] ===Musicians=== [[Ronald "Boo" Hinkson]] [[Nicole David]] [[Gregory'Shining'Emmanuel]] ===Athletes=== [[Darren Sammy]] [[Dominic Johnson]] ==[[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]== ===Political leaders=== Sir [[Charles Antrobus]] Sir [[Frederick Ballantyne]] [[Milton Cato]] [[Joseph Chatoyer]] [[Arnhim Eustace]] [[Ralph Gonsalves]] Sir [[David Jack]] [[Ebenezer Joshua]] Sir [[James F. Mitchell]] Sir [[Louis Straker]] ===Musicians=== [[Kevin Lyttle]] * [[Mattafix]] * [[Jamsie P]] ===Athletes=== * [[Keneke Alexander]] * [[Pamenous Ballentyne]] * [[Adonal Foyle]] * [[Sancho Lyttle]] * [[Madonna Hickson]] * [[Sophia Young]] * [[Gailene Gordon]] * [[John Gardiner]] * [[Tenicia Gittens]] * [[Shanna Brown]] * [[Delroy Burke]] * [[Isha Sam]] * [[Orande Quammie]] ==[[Suriname]]== ===Writers and intellectuals=== [[Aphra Behn]] [[Anton de Kom]] ===Political leaders=== [[Jules Ajodhia]] [[Henck Arron]] [[Bram Behr]] [[Dési Bouterse]] [[Ronnie Brunswijk]] [[Fred Derby]] [[Johan Ferrier]] [[Otto Huiswood]] [[Harry Kisoensingh]] [[Jagernath Lachmon]] [[Johan Adolf Pengel]] [[Pretaapnarian Radhakishun]] [[Ram Sardjoe]] [[Ronald Venetiaan]] [[Jules Wijdenbosch]] ===Inventors=== [[Jan Earnst Matzeliger]] ==[[Trinidad and Tobago]]== ===Writers and intellectuals=== [[Valerie Belgrave]] [[Lloyd Best]] [[Rafael de Boissiere]] [[Dionne Brand]] [[Rosa Guy]] [[Merle Hodge]] [[C. L. R. James]] [[Earl Lovelace]] [[Mustapha Matura]] [[Alfred Mendes]] Inga "[[Foxy Brown]]" Marchand [[Shiva Naipaul]] [[V.S. Naipaul]] [[Charles Petioni]] [[Marlene Philip]] [[Michel Philip\|Michel Maxwell Philip]] [[Kenneth Ramchand]] [[Lall Sawh]] [[Leslie Scotland]] [[Samuel Selvon]] [[Eric Williams]] [[Dharmesh Michael Persad]] [[Aleth Bruce]] [[Stokely Carmichael]] ===Athletes=== [[Inshan Ali]] [[Stephen Ames]] [[Marvin Andrews]] [[Ian Bishop]] [[Marlon Black]] [[Ato Boldon]] [[Darel Brown]] [[George Bovell\|George Bovell III]] [[Marc Burns]] [[Learie Constantine]] [[Hasely Crawford]] [[Rajindra Dhanraj]] [[Mervyn Dillon]] [[Ansil Elcock]] [[Daren Ganga]] [[Gerry Gomez\|Gerald "Gerry" Gomez]] [[Anthony Gray]] [[Shaka Hislop]] [[Clayton Ince]] [[Stern John]] [[Brian Lara]] [[Russell Latapy]] [[Leonson Lewis]] [[Gus Logie\|Augustine "Gus" Logie]] [[Clint Marcelle]] [[Deryck Murray]] [[David Nahkid]] [[Jerren Nixon]] [[Sonny Ramadhin]] [[Manny Ramjohn]] [[Dinanath Ramnarine]] [[Anthony Rougier]] [[Phil Simmons]] [[Jeffrey Stollmeyer]] [[Victor Stollmeyer]] [[Evans Wise]] [[Dwight Yorke]] ===Political leaders=== [[David Abdullah]] [[Yasin Abu Bakr]] [[Tubal Uriah Butler]] [[Rudranath Capildeo]] [[Simbhoonath Capildeo]] [[Stokely Carmichael]] a.k.a. [[Kwame Ture]] [[George Chambers]] [[Carson Charles]] [[Arthur Andrew Cipriani]] (A.A. Cipriani) [[Ellis Clarke]] [[Winston Dookeran]] [[Knowlson Gift]] [[Albert Gomes]] [[Geddes Granger]] (Makandal Daaga) [[Noor Hassanali]] [[Karl Hudson-Phillips]] [[A.P.T. James]] [[Roy Joseph]] [[Franklin Khan]] [[Fuad Khan]] [[Gillian Lucky]] [[Errol Mahabir]] [[Ramesh Maharaj]] [[Patrick Manning]] [[Bhadase Maraj\|Bhadase Sagan Maraj]] [[Ralph Maraj]] [[Errol McLeod]] [[Kamaludeen Mohammed]] [[Roodal Moonilal]] [[Wendell Mottley]] [[George Padmore]] [[Basdeo Panday]] [[Kamla Persad-Bissessar]] [[David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead]] [[George Richards\|George Maxwell Richards]] [[A. N. R. Robinson\|A.N.R. Robinson]] [[Keith Rowley]] [[Adrian Cola Rienzi]] (born [[Krishna Deonarine]]) [[Eric Williams]] [[Eric A. Williams]] [[Gerald Yetming]] ===Musicians=== [[André Tanker]] [[Attila the Hun (calypsonian)\|Atilla the Hun]] ([[Raymond Quevado]]) [[Winifred Atwell]] Inga "[[Foxy Brown]]" Marchand [[Anil Bheem]] [[Pat Bishop]] [[Nisha Bissambhar]] [[Chalkdust]] ([[Hollis Liverpool]]) [[Rasika Dindial]] [[Devanand Gattoo]] [[Haddaway]] [[Ray Holman\|Raymond Holman]] [[Lord Invader]] [[Lord Kitchener (calypsonian)\|Lord Kitchener]] ([[Alwyn Roberts]]) [[Lord Melody]] [[Lennox Mohammed\|Lennox "Bobby" Mohammed]] [[Machel Montano]] [[Billy Ocean]] [[Ken Philmore\|Ken "Professor" Philmore]] [[Sundar Popo]] [[Richard Ramnarine]] [[David Rudder]] [[Adesh Samaroo]] [[Jit Samaroo]] [[Hazel Scott]] [[Lennox Sharpe\|Len "Boogsie" Sharpe]] [[Lord Shorty]]/[[Ras Shorty I]] ([[Garfield Blackman]]) [[Mighty Sparrow]] ([[Slinger Francisco]]) [[Mighty Spoiler]] [[Black Stalin]] ([[Leroy Calliste]]) [[Anand Yankaran]] [[Rakesh Yankaran]] [[Destra Garcia]] [[Heather Headley]] [[Denise Plummer]] [[Denise "Saucy Wow" Belfon]] [[Maximus Dan]] [[KMC]] [[Bunji Garlin]] ===Dancers=== [[Satnarine Balkaransingh]] [[Mondira Balkaransingh]] [[Percival Borde]] [[Eugene Joseph]] [[Torrance Mohammed]] [[Pearl Primus]] [[Susan Mohip]] [[Sandra Sookdeo]] ===Artists=== [[Isaiah Boodhoo\|Isaiah James Boodhoo]] [[Michel-Jean Cazabon]] [[LeRoy Clarke]] [[Willie Chen]] [[Jackie Hinkson]] [[Shastri Maharaj]] [[Edwin Hing Wan]] [[Geoffrey Holder]] [[Sonnylal Rambissoon]] [[Noel Vaucrosson]] [[Alfred Codallo]] ===Aviators=== [[Mikey Cipriani]] [[Herbert Julian]] ==[[United States Virgin Islands]] and [[British Virgin Islands]]== ===Writers and intellectuals=== [[Barbara Christian]] [[Geraldo Guirty]] [[Ariel Melchior\|Ariel Melchior, Sr.]] [[Arthur Schomburg]] ===Doctors and Scientists=== [[John Lettsome\|Dr. John C. Lettsome]] ===Political leaders=== [[Judah Philip Benjamin]] [[Edward Blyden]] [[Frank Rudolph Crosswaith]] [[Rothschild Francis]] [[Hubert Henry Harrison]] [[Elizabeth Anna Hendrickson]] [[Casper Holstein]] [[Roy Innis]] [[D. Hamilton Jackson]] [[J. Raymond Jones]] [[William Alexander Leidesdorff]] [[T. McCants Stewart]] [[Terence Todman]] [[Ashley Totten]] [[Denmark Vesey]] ===Artists and Architects=== [[Austin Hansen]] [[Camille Pissarro]] [[William Thornton\|Dr. William Thornton]] ===Actors=== [[Kelsey Grammer]] [[Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs]] ===Athletes=== [[Raja Bell]] [[Tim Duncan]] [[Julian Jackson]] [[Calvin Pickering]] [[Category:Caribbean people\| Eastern Caribbean]] [[Category:Lists of people by ancestry\|Eastern Caribbean]] ==External Links == [http://www.calypsonians.com Calypsonians.com who sung what, when and won]

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