This is a list of notable Barbadian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
Actors
Meagan Good - actress (paternal grandfather) Cuba Gooding, Jr. – actor (paternal grandfather was from Barbados) Omar Gooding – actor (same grandfather as Cuba Jr.) Chet Hanks – actor (ancestry vague) Colin Hanks – actor (ancestry vague) Jim Hanks – actor (ancestry vague) Tom Hanks – actor (ancestry vague) Adrian Holmes – Canadian actor (ancestry vague) Mari Morrow – actress (ancestry vague) Gwyneth Paltrow – (her great-grandmother was Barbadian) Redd Pepper – (born Richard Green in Barbados) Robert Christopher Riley – actor (father from Barbados) Lamman Rucker – (ancestry vague)
Entertainers Lene Hall – supermodel Norma Miller – dancer (both parents from Barbados) Walter Weekes, also known as FreshPrinceCEO, co-host of the Fresh and Fit Podcast
Musicians
Anycia - rapper A$AP Rocky - real name Rakim Mayers, rapper KRS-One – real name Lawrence Parker, rapper Afrika Bambaataa – musician Damon Dash - co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records; Stacey Dash's cousin Grandmaster Flash – hip hop musician and DJ Dave East – rapper Doug E. Fresh – hip hop musician Desiigner – hip hop musician/rapper Cuba Gooding, Sr. – singer Ryan Leslie – musician, producer Mr. Lif – hip hop musician Lord Burgess – songwriter Shontelle – musician Arturo Tappin – musician Charlene Keys- singer Rayvon – real name Bruce Alexander Michael Brewster, Barbadian singer-songwriter Remy Ma – rapper Rowdy Rebel – rapper
Public service figures
Shirley Chisholm - Congresswoman Adrian Fenty – former Mayor of Washington, District of Columbia Charles Gittens – first black United States Secret Service agent Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix – New York State Supreme Court JudgeFirst Barbadian inducted as New York State Supreme Court Justice , Monday, December 27, 2004, CaribbeanNetNews.comProfile Hon. Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, New York State Unified Court System Eric Holder – former Attorney General of the United States Sherrilyn Ifill – lawyer and activist Thomas Jones – former Civil Court judge and civil rights activist in Brooklyn, New York Chirlane McCray – poet, public speech writer, married to New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio Bret Schundler – former Mayor of Jersey City, NJMeet The New Kid On The Fast Track, August 22, 1993, North Jersey Herald & News Lloyd Sealy – first African American NYPD officer to command a police precinct and patrol borough Dennis M. Walcott – Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development in New York City
Religious figures Arnold Josiah Ford – rabbi
Scientists Cardinal Warde – physicist, full professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sports figures
Robert Bailey - National Football League player Anson Carter – Canadian hockey player Rajah Caruth – American NASCAR driver Andre De Grasse – Canadian Sprinter Mike Grier – NHL General Manager (and former player) Ramon Harewood – National Football League player Orlando Jordan – professional wrestler Winston Justice – National Football League player Sam Seale – National Football League player Alana Shipp – American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder Christian Taylor – track and field athlete Obadele Thompson – track and field athlete Kevin Weekes – Canadian hockey player Andrew Wiggins – Canadian basketball player Nick Wiggins – Canadian basketball player Zane Maloney – Formula 2 and Formula E driver Obi Toppin - American basketball player
Writers
Gwen Ifill (1955–2016) American journalist and television newscaster Agymah Kamau – novelist Odimumba Kwamdela (1942–2019) poet and novelist Paule Marshall (1929–2019) novelist Susan L. Taylor (born 1946) editor-in-chief of Essence magazine Neville Goddard – writer and mystic Audre Lorde - writer
Others Percy C. Ifill (1913–1973) American architect of Barbadian descent Frank L. White (1867–1938) chef, the original chef's face on Cream of Wheat box
See also List of Barbadians List of Barbadian Britons Barbadian Canadians
References