List of people from Dominica
Commonwealth of Dominica
This is a list of notable people from the Commonwealth of Dominica. The list include also individuals with Dominican ancestry and citizenship.
Politics
[edit]- Nicholas Liverpool
- Charles Savarin
- Clarence Seignoret
- Vernon Shaw
- Crispin Sorhaindo
- Alwin Bully (created or artist of the national flag of Dominica)
Prime Ministers
[edit]- 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
[edit]Political personalities
[edit]- 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
- 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
Spiritual personalities
[edit]- Ogyen Trinley Dorje,[1] (widely known as the 17th Karmapa), head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Activists
[edit]- Kellyn George
- Whitney Mélinard, Kalinago Territory issues[2]
- Asquith Xavier, Dominican-born Briton who fought a colour bar to become the first non-white train guard at Euston station in London in 1966.
Actors
[edit]- Danny John-Jules, of Red Dwarf and of Death in Paradise, filmed in Guadeloupe
- Trish Cooke, of Playdays
Doctors
[edit]- Jasmine R. Marcelin, physician
Scientists
[edit]- Chelsea Connor, herpetologist
Media
[edit]- Trisha Goddard, host of Trisha
- Moira Stuart, female newsreader on British television and radio, working for the BBC
- Urban Dangleben, proprietor of the first private radio station "Radio En Ba Mango" in the Commonwealth of Dominica..
Musicians
[edit]- Gabrielle
- Bashy
- Pearle Christian
- Nasio Fontaine
- 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
Sports
[edit]- Frank Bruno, professional boxer
- Thea Lafond-Gadson, 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
- Shane Shillingford, cricketer
Visual artists
[edit]Writers
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Karmapa acquires Dominica passport". The Hindu. 2018-10-03.
- ^ "Leader of Kalinago advocacy group, Whitney Melinard, calls for more state resources to tackle child sexual abuse". Dominica News Online. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-09-01.