Jamaican celebrities

The list Jamaican celebrities includes Vybz Kartel, Grace Jones, Bob Marley, Usain Bolt and Sean Paul. The list consists of 2,751 members.

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Vybz Kartel

Jamaican Dancehall artiste

Overview: Adidja Azim Palmer (born 7 January 1976), better known as Vybz Kartel, is a Jamaican reggae dancehall musician, singer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur. Among his various nicknames, he is r ...

Date of birth: 7 January 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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Jamaican dancehall musicians 88T

Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica 296T

Prisoners and detainees of Jamaica 2T
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Grace Jones

Jamaican singer, actress and model

Overview: Grace Beverly Jones OJ (born 19 May 1948) is an American model, singer and actress. Born in Jamaica, she and her family moved to Syracuse, New York, when she was a teenager. Jones began her modelling career ...

Date of birth: 19 May 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Androgynous people 10T

21st-century Jamaican women singers 38T

20th-century Jamaican women singers 37T
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Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

Overview: Robert Nesta Marley OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career ...

Date of birth: 6 February 1945

Date of death: 11 May 1981

Age: 36 (age at death)

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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20th-century Jamaican male singers 51T

20th-century male singers 6,335T

20th-century Jamaican singers 43T
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Sean Paul

Jamaican, Disc Jockey

Overview: Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques OD (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican rapper, singer and record producer.

Date of birth: 9 January 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Disc Jockey

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Wolmer's Schools alumni 48T

VP Records artists 120T

21st-century Jamaican male singers 40T
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Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter (born 1986)

Overview: Usain St. Leo Bolt OJ CD OLY (born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter, widely considered to be one of the greatest sprinters of all time. He is the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 ...

Date of birth: 21 August 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

Partner: Kasi Bennett (Long-Term)

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Sportspeople from Trelawny Parish 39T

Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 948T

Jamaican Athletics Championships winners 128T
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Shaggy

Reggae singe and former U.S. Marine

Overview: Orville Richard Burrell CD OJ (born October 22, 1968), better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae musician, singer, DJ, and actor who scored hits with the songs "It Wasn't Me" ...

Date of birth: 22 October 1968

Age: 55

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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VP Records artists 120T

20th-century Jamaican male singers 51T

21st-century African-American male singers 600T
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Damian Marley

Jamaican musician

Overview: Damian Robert Nesta "Jr. Gong" Marley (born 21 July 1978) is a Jamaican DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer. A renowned lyricist, Damian is the youngest son of reggae singer Bob Marley. He was 2 ...

Date of birth: 21 July 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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SuperHeavy members 5T

21st-century male singers 6,386T

Bob Marley 16T
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Sizzla

Jamaican musician

Overview: Miguel Orlando Collins (born 17 April 1976), known by his stage name Sizzla Kalonji or Sizzla, is a Jamaican reggae recording artist. He is one of the most commercially and critically successful conte ...

Date of birth: 17 April 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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Jamaican dancehall musicians 88T

Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica 296T

Reparations for slavery 39T
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Buju Banton

Jamaican reggae dancehall musician (born 1973)

Overview: Buju Banton (born Mark Anthony Myrie; 15 July 1973) is a Jamaican reggae dancehall recording artist. He is widely considered one of the most significant and well-regarded artists in Jamaican music. Banton ...

Date of birth: 17 July 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Disc Jockey

Gender: Male

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21st-century Jamaican criminals 2T

Jamaican dancehall musicians 88T

20th-century male singers 5,297T
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Beenie Man

Jamaican musician

Overview: Anthony Moses Davis (born 22 August 1973), better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Jamaican dancehall deejay. He is widely considered one of the greatest and most internationally-recognized da ...

Date of birth: 22 August 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Songwriter

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Greensleeves Records artists 73T

VP Records artists 120T

Jamaican dancehall musicians 96T
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Jodi Stewart

Jamaican, Video Jockey

Date of birth: 13 November 1982

Age: 41

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Video Jockey

Gender: Female

Partner: Sean Paul (Married)

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Peter Tosh

Jamaican reggae musician (1944–1987)

Overview: Peter Tosh, OM (born Winston Hubert McIntosh; 19 October 1944 – 11 September 1987) was a Jamaican reggae musician. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band ...

Date of birth: 9 October 1944

Date of death: 11 September 1987

Age: 42 (age at death)

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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20th-century Jamaican male singers 51T

20th-century male singers 6,335T

20th-century Jamaican singers 44T
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Konshens

Dancehall musician

Overview: Garfield Spence (born 11 January 1985), also known as Konshens, is a Jamaican dancehall recording artist.

Date of birth: 1 November 1985

Age: 38

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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Jamaican male musicians 9T

Jamaican dancehall musicians 88T

21st-century Jamaican musicians 3T
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Yendi Phillips

Jamaican model

Overview: Yendi Amira Phillipps (born 8 September 1985) is a Jamaican TV host, model and beauty queen who was the winner of the Miss Jamaica World 2007 beauty pageant, as well as the Miss Jamaica Universe 2010 ...

Date of birth: 8 September 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Chino McGreggor (Engaged)

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Jamaican people of Dougla descent 4T

Miss Jamaica World winners 8T

Jamaican people of African descent 38T
15.

Mizicann Evans

Jamaican, Student

Date of birth: 5 December 1988

Age: 35

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Student

Gender: Female

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Peter A. Thomas

Jamaican, Music Producer

Date of birth: 12 September 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Music Producer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Baje Fletcher

Jamaican, Author

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Asafa Powell

Jamaican sprinter

Overview: Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and ...

Date of birth: 23 November 1982

Age: 41

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

Partner: Alyshia Miller (Married)

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Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics 81T

World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists 453T

Diamond League winners 202T
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Mavado

Jamaican musician

Overview: David Constantine Brooks (born 30 November 1980), better known by his stage name Mavado, is a Jamaican dancehall singer, who is signed to We the Best Music Group and formerly to Cash Money Records.

Date of birth: 30 November 1981

Age: 42

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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Dancehall singers 11T

Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica 296T

Ragga musicians 20T
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Alaine Laughton

Musical artist

Overview: Alaine Laughton (born September 21, 1978), known by her first name, is a Jamaican American reggae singer and songwriter. She was born in New Jersey. In early 2019, Alaine got baptized and released her ...

Date of birth: 21 September 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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21st-century women singers 8,493T

American emigrants to Jamaica 9T

Jamaican people of Taíno descent 2T