North America-Jamaica
Ronald Alexander Blackwood (1926-2017)
Ronald Blackwood was the first African American mayor of Mount Vernon, New York, a suburb of New York City. Blackwood...
Evan Dale Abel (1963 -)
Evan Dale Abel, a pioneering endocrinologist, and advocate for more Black men being accepted into medical school, was born in...
Wes Moore (1978- )
Wes Moore—Rhodes Scholar, banker, and writer—was elected governor of Maryland on November 8, 2022. He is the first African American...
Charles Wade Mills (1951-2021)
Charles Wade Mills was a notable Caribbean-American political philosopher and distinguished professor. He was born in London on January 3,...
Fred Degazon (1913-2008)
Frederick Eutrope Degazon was a Dominican politician who served as the country’s first president from 1979 to 1980. He was...
Sir Kennedy Simmonds (1936- )
Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds is a St Kitts and Nevis politician who served as the first Prime Minister of St...
Andrew Michael Holness
(1972- )
The Most Honorable Andrew Michael Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, was born on July 22, 1972, in Spanish Town, Jamaica,...
Alexander Bustamante (1884-1977)
Sir William Alexander Bustamante ONH GBE PC was a Jamaican politician and trade union leader who became the first Prime...
Heavy D/Dwight Arrington Myers (1967-2011)
Dwight Arrington “Heavy D” Myers was a rapper, record producer, and actor. Myers was born on May 24, 1967, to...
