This is a list of notable people who are from Kingston, Jamaica, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.
Notable people Yellowman, reggae and dancehall artist Bob Andy, reggae vocalist Pamela Ball, Jamaican-British surgeon Buju Banton, reggae singer John Barnes, English footballer Aston "Family Man" Barrett, bassist Beenie Man, real name Moses Davis, dancehall artist and former husband of Michelle D'Angel Downer Louise Bennett-Coverley, folk singer, poet, comedian Atari Bigby, former NFL player Ken Boothe, artist Bounty Killer, dancehall artist Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976 Dennis Brown, reggae singer Errol Brown, singer Lionel Brown, footballer Cory Burke, footballer Knox Cameron, footballer Alberto Campbell-Staines, Australian athlete with an intellectual disability Canibus, rapper Frederic G. Cassidy, linguist and lexicographer Patrick Chung, NFL football player for the New England Patriots Kofi Cockburn, basketball player for the Illinois Fighting Illini Frederic Hymen Cowen, British composer Carole Crawford, Miss World 1963 Theodore Curphey, coroner Omar Daley, footballer Robert Charles Dallas, lawyer, historian and friend of Lord Byron Chili Davis, former Major League Baseball player Desmond Dekker, singer and songwriter Sandy Denton, "Pepa" of hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa Coxsone Dodd, reggae music producer Frances Duff, heiress and landowner Sly Dunbar, reggae musician, dub music producer Leon Edwards, Jamaican-born English mixed martial artist, former UFC Welterweight Champion Eek-A-Mouse, reggae singer Elephant Man, dancehall artist Patrick Ewing, former NBA basketball player and coach Samuel Felsted, classical composer and organist Colin Ferguson, mass shooter Heather Foster, Jamaica-born American professional bodybuilder Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Olympic gold medalist Ricardo Fuller, footballer Ricardo Gardner, former footballer Amy Jacques Garvey, journalist, publisher, second wife of Marcus Garvey Chris Gayle, cricketer Andrew Gourlay, conductor Howard Grant, boxer Richard Hall, professional boxer Lisa Hanna, Miss World 1993, politician Kid Harold, singer, dancer and vaudeville comedian Bob Hazell, former footballer Paul Hewitt, U.S. basketball coach John Holt, reggae singer and songwriter Kamara James, Olympic fencer Jah’Mila, reggae musician Jermaine Johnson, footballer for Tivoli Gardens Janielle Josephs, athlete Sandra Levy, field hockey player Jean Lowrie-Chin, communications consultant, seniors advocate, author and newspaper columnist Macka Diamond, real name Charmaine Munroe, dancehall artist Lee Boyd Malvo, mass murderer who committed the D.C. sniper attacks with John Allen Muhammad Michael Manley, Jamaican politician and prime minister Bob Marley, great musician and singer-songwriter Damian Marley, reggae artiste and youngest son of Bob Marley Ziggy Marley, reggae artiste and son of Bob Marley Justin Masterson, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians Mavado, dancehall artist Mike McCallum, three division world champion professional boxer Marcus Milner, footballer Sean Paul, dancehall and reggae artist Yendi Phillips, Miss Universe 2010 1st runner-up Oswald George Powe, political and equality activist Donald Quarrie, sprinter Shabba Ranks, dancehall artist Angella Reid, White House Chief Usher and Ritz-Carlton hotel manager Junior Reid, reggae singer Sanya Richards-Ross, Olympic gold medalist and world champion in track and field Hazelle P. Rogers, politician U-Roy, pioneer of toasting Ricky Sappleton, footballer for Cheshunt George Mearns Savery, British educator and founder of Harrogate Ladies' College, born in Kingston, Jamaica Rachel Scott, fashion designer Mary Seacole, medical pioneer Shaggy, reggae singer Winsome Sears, politician Robbie Shakespeare, reggae musician, dub music producer Nadine Spencer, businesswoman Raheem Sterling, footballer Billy Strachan, pioneer of black civil rights in Britain, WWII bomber pilot, communist activist, newspaper editor Super Cat, dancehall artist Karin Taylor, a former international fashion model, known as Playboy magazine's June 1996 Playmate of the Month Ryan Thompson, footballer Alfred Valentine, cricketer Vybz Kartel, dancehall singer Courtney Walsh, cricketer Clar Weah, First Lady of Liberia Devon White, former Major League Baseball player Willard White, opera singer Jheanelle Wilkins, politician Hyman Wright, reggae record producer Marlon James, novelist
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