- Ben Johnson
Benjamin Sinclair "Ben" Johnson CM (born December 30, 1961) is a former Canadian sprinter who enjoyed a high-profile career during most of the 1980s, winning two Olympic Bronze medals, and an Olympic Gold which was subsequently rescinded. He set consecutive 100 m world records at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and the 1988 Summer Olympics, but he was disqualified for doping, losing the Olympic title and both records. - Lennox Lewis
Lennox Claudius Lewis CBE (born September 2 1965 in West Ham, London, England) is a retired professional boxer who represented Canada in the Olympics and fought under the British flag as a professional. He is a former undisputed lineal heavyweight champion. Along with Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield, Lewis is one of three boxers in heavyweight history to have won the Heavyweight Championship on three separate occasions. - Gloria Reuben
Gloria Reuben (born June 9, 1964 in Toronto) is a Canadian actress of film and television, best known for her role on "ER". Her Jamaican mother was a gospel singer. She is a biracial Jamaican Canadian. She began learning piano as a child and studied later music technique and theory, ballet and jazz at the Canadian Royal Conservatory. Her career as an actress was triggered by a few jobs as model and TV ad appearances. She is best known for her role as Jeanie Boulet, … - Kardinal Offishall
Kardinal Offishall (born Jason Harrow on May 21, 1976 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian hip-hop MC and producer of Jamaican descent. Kardinal is often viewed as "Canada's hip-hop ambassador", and along with MC's such as Saukrates and Maestro Fresh Wes, he's arguably the most popular. Kardinal blends soul, dancehall, reggae and hip-hop to create a truly unique sound. - Jully Black
Jully Black (born Jully Ann Inderia Gordon on November 8, 1977 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian R&B singer of Jamaican heritage, and was brought up in the notorious Jane and Finch area of Toronto. Her given name is pronounced "JOO-lee". Black had a Top 40 hit on the Canadian charts in 1999 with "Rally'n". She has collaborated and written for many notable artists, including Nas, Missy Elliott, Saukrates, Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, … - Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a Canadian former athlete. Born in Manchester, Jamaica, Bailey emigrated from Jamaica to Canada at age 13, and played basketball before his graduation at Queen Elizabeth Park High School in Oakville, Ontario. He began competing as a 100 m sprinter part-time in 1991, but he did not take up the sport seriously until 1994. At that time, he was also a successful stockbroker. The following year saw his international breakthrough. - Nalo Hopkinson
Nalo Hopkinson (born December 20, 1960) is a Jamaican-born writer and editor who lives in Canada. Her science fiction and fantasy novels ("Brown Girl in the Ring", "Midnight Robber", "The Salt Roads") and short stories such as those in her collection "Skin Folk" often draw on Caribbean history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling. - Makeda Silvera
Makeda Silvera (born 1955 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Caribbean Canadian novelist and short story writer. Silvera emigrated to Canada at the age of 12 with her family, and currently lives in Toronto. She published two volumes of short stories in the 1990s before releasing her first novel, "The Heart Does Not Bend", in 2002. In addition to her own writing, she is the cofounder and managing editor of Sister Vision Press, and has edited a number of anthologies, … - Howard Grant
Howard Grant is a former boxer from Jamaica, competing in the light-welterweight (63.5kg) division. A resident of Montréal, Quebec, he represented Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was defeated in the second round by Sweden's Lars Myrberg. He won the gold medal in the same weight division, two years earlier, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Howard is renown for training top UFC Fighters and Professional Boxers. - Kamala-Jean Gopie
Kamala-Jean Gopie, formerly known as Jean M. Gammage, is a Canadian political activist. Gopie was born in Jamaica, and moved to Canada in 1963 after graduating from high school. She holds Bachelor of Arts (1975) and Master of Education (1990) degrees from the University of Toronto, and worked as a teacher with the North York School Board in private life. She is best known for her community activism within Toronto. - Roger Cross
Roger R. Cross (born October 19, 1966 in Christiana, Jamaica) is a contemporary actor who has made numerous appearances in several movies and TV series, mostly on productions shot in Canada. The fourth of five children, Cross was born in Jamaica but moved to Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada with his parents and siblings when he was eleven. He graduated in 1989 with a degree in Aviation and General Studies from Trinity Western University in Langley, … - Michie Mee
Michie Mee (born Michelle McCullock) is a Canadian rapper and actor of Jamaican descent. In 1987, Michie Mee was featured on the all-Canadian hip hop compilation "Break'n Out" which was produced by KRS-One and Scott La Rock of Boogie Down Productions. She was the first Canadian rapper to sign a deal with an American record label, First Priority/Atlantic in 1988. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with artists such as MC Lyte, Shabba Ranks, … - Rosemary Brown
Rosemary Brown, P.C., O.C., O.B.C., M.S.W., LL.D. (June 17, 1930 - April 26, 2003) was a Canadian politician. Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1930, and moved to Canada in 1951 to study at McGill University in Montreal. She served as an Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the British Columbia legislature from 1972 to 1986, making her the first Black Canadian woman to be elected to a Canadian provincial legislature. - Dwight Drummond
Dwight Drummond (born in Montego Bay, Jamaica c.1967), is a Canadian television presenter. Drummond anchors Citytv Toronto's "CityNews" at noon. He is also the program's crime specialist. Drummond started out at Citytv as a security guard on "Electric Circus" in 1989. Since then he has worked as a teleprompter operator, floor director, studio cameraman, deputy chief of assignment, anchor of "CityNews" Streetbeat, and videographer of "CityNews". - Robert Esmie
Robert Esmie (born July 5, 1972) is a Canadian athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Born in Jamaica and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, Esmie formed along with Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey the world's best 4x100 m relay team in the mid-1990s. Esmie was seventh in 100 m and won a bronze medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1993 World Championships. - Cindy Breakspeare
Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare, known as Cindy Breakspeare (born October 24, 1954 in Toronto, Canada) was crowned Miss World 1976. She is a jazz artist and the mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley. She was born in 1954 to a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother, and moved to Jamaica when she was four years old. As a teenager she began participating in beauty pageants, including Miss Jamaica Body Beautiful and Miss Universe Bikini. - Maurice Dean Wint
Maurice Dean Wint (born Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom) is a Canadian actor. His roles include: * Sgt. Luther Robinson in the cult musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" * "RoboCop: Prime Directives" as John Terrence Cable/RoboCable * "Cube" (1997) as Quentin the Cop * "Di-Gata Defenders" as Professor Alnar He is also a stage actor whose credits include "Where is Kabuki", … - Lloyd Richards
Lloyd Richards was an American actor and director best known for staging the original production of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun", which debuted on Broadway to standing ovations on March 11, 1959. He also brought August Wilson to Broadway with "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" in 1984. As head of the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, he helped develop the careers of Wendy Wasserstein, Christopher Durang, … - Clifton Dawson
Clifton Dawson (born October 8 1983) is a Canadian professional football running back for the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL and formerly for Harvard University. He is the all-time Ivy League career rushing leader with 4,841 yards. He was selected four times for 1st Team All-Ivy League. He is also the 8th player in NCAA Division I history to rush for over 1,000 yards a season 4 times. Dawson briefly attended Northwestern University before opting to transfer to Harvard. - Philip Akin
Philip Akin is a Canadian actor who has been active for almost thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as "The Sum of All Fears", "S.W.A.T.", and "Get Rich or Die Tryin’". He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the "X-Men" animated series and Tripp Hansen in "Monster Force". Born in Kingston, Jamaica as a middle brother of five sons, … - Charmaine Crooks
Charmaine Crooks (born August 8, 1962 in Mandeville, Jamaica) is a Canadian athlete who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for Canada, starting in 1984. At the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA she won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres with her team mates Jillian Richardson, Molly Killingbeck and Marita Payne. At her last Olympic appearance in Atlanta, Georgia she carried the Canadian flag during the opening ceremony. - Mark Anthony Graham
Mark Anthony Graham (born May 17, 1973 in Gordon Town, Jamaica - died September 4, 2006 in Panjwaii, Afghanistan) was a Canadian Olympic athlete and soldier who died while participating in the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Graham grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, lived in Calgary, Alberta and had been stationed at CFB Petawawa in Ontario. - Julián de Guzmán
Julián “Bobby” de Guzmán, is a Canadian professional football (soccer) player of Filipino and Jamaican descent. In 2005 he signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in the First Division of La Liga of Spain, becoming the first Canadian to play in Spain's La Liga. The 169-cm, 68-kg de Guzmán, a defensive midfielder, was discovered by representatives of Olympique Marseille while playing for the North Scarborough youth soccer club in Toronto. - Rob Rainford
Robert Rainford is a Canadian chef and host of "Licence to Grill" on Food Network Canada and Discovery Home in the U.S. The format of the show involves Rainford hosting a get-together at his home for one reason or another, and preparing meals on his grills for the occasion. The different "occasions" provide the impetus for the food choices, and allow Rainford the opportunity to "ham it up" for the camera. - Orim M. Meikle
Orim M. Meikle (born 1967, in Jamaica) is the senior pastor of Rhema Christian Ministries in Toronto, Canada, one of the fastest growing churches with a congregation, averaging approximately 2000 people, with a variety of weekly services in English as well as in Spanish. - Molly Killingbeck
Molly Killingbeck (born March 2, 1959 in Jamaica) is a Canadian athlete who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for Canada, starting in 1984. At the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA she won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres with her team mates Charmaine Crooks, Jillian Richardson and Marita Payne. - Lascelles Brown
Lascelles Brown AKA King (born October 12, 1974 in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a bobsleigh athlete. He formerly competed for Jamaica and is competing for Canada. He is the first Jamaican-born athlete to win a Winter Olympic medal. Brown was a member of the Jamaican bobsled team from 1999 to 2004, and competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, as brakeman for Winston Watt of the Jamaican bobsled team. In Salt Lake the Jamaican duo set the track push record. - Simeon Jackson
Simeon Jackson is a Canadian footballer, currently playing for Rushden & Diamonds. He has previously played for Gillingham and Dulwich Hamlet and on loan for Raunds Town of the United Counties League. Jackson was born in Kingston, Jamaica but grew up in Mississauga, Ontario. At the age of 15 he moved to England. He joined Rushden and Diamonds in 2004. He has earned trials with Manchester United and Manchester City. - Tony Sharpe
Tony Sharpe (born on June 26, 1961 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former sprinter from Canada who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. Competing at the first World Championships in 1983, he set his personal best 100 metres time with 10.31 seconds. Sharpe was a part of the doping regime of George Astaphan, the physician who infamously supplied Ben Johnson with stanazolol. - Ryan Thelwell
Ryan Thelwell (born April 6, 1973 in Montego Bay, Jamaica) is a wide receiver in the Canadian Football League, most recently for the Calgary Stampeders. He is known to the Lions' fans as "Automatic" (because of his ability to always catch the ball). Thelwell played college football with the University of Minnesota. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. In 2004, Thelwell was elected to the West Division's All-Star Team. - Mark Boswell
Mark Boswell (born September 28, 1977 in Mandeville, Jamaica) is a Canadian high jumper. Boswell attended the University of Texas at Austin. In 2006, he won gold at the Commonwealth games held in Melbourne, Australia. His other notable achievements in international competition include 7th place at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 6th place at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, … - Angella Taylor-Issajenko
Angella Taylor-Issajenko is a former Canadian sprinter. In 1985, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. She was a part of the doping regime of George Astaphan, the physician who infamously supplied Ben Johnson with stanazolol. After Issajenko's training partner Johnson tested positive for stanozolol in 1988, she testified in the Dubin Inquiry and gave a detailed account of widespread substance abuse in athletics. - Atlee Mahorn
Atlee Mahorn (born October 27, 1965 in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a retired Canadian sprinter. - Sandra Levy
Sandra Levy (born December 12, 1965 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former field hockey player, who represented Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There the resident of Markham, Ontario ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Team, after having finished in sixth place four years earlier in Seoul, South Korea. - Jonathan de Guzmán
Jonathan de Guzmán is a midfielder for Feyenoord Rotterdam of the Dutch Eredivisie. The promising midfielder left Canada when he was 12 years old and joined the Feyenoord youth. He was not allowed to play for the first team before he was 18 years old. After his debut against SC Heerenveen he has become a key player quite quickly. Jonathan scored his first professional goal in the 9th minute against Willem II Tilburg on September 30, 2005. - Mark Simms
Mark Simms (b. 1981), is a Jamaican-Canadian film director, and producer. He is a community activist and executive producer for Jane-finch.com. Mark Simms is an outspoken advocate for the Jane and Finch community. He is a well known personality and is featured in the media regularly. Mark Simms served as an associate producer on the controversial documentary film "Lost in the Struggle" in association with CBC's flagship investigative news program The Fifth Estate. - Mista Mo
Mista Mo (born Morgan Oliver Smith on January 29, 1972) is the star, writer, music producer, segment and co-executive producer of the Buzz, a sketch comedy television series featuring him and fellow comedian Daryn Jones of YTV & MTV fame. Mo is responsible for coming up with popular segments such as: Nuts 4 Bucks, Jesus Caught on Tape, Buzz Cops, Fat Pride, White History Month etc. The son of a Pentecostal Church Minister, Mo was born in Kingston, Jamaica, … - Franklyn Dennis
Franklyn Anthony Dennis (born 26 September 1947 in Jamaica) is a former cricketer for Canada. He played three One-Day Internationals in the 1979 World Cup, as well as appearing for the country in the 1979 ICC Trophy tournament. In the latter competition, in the match against England at Old Trafford he scored 21 out of the team's total of 45 all out; none of his team-mates made more than five. - Andy Williams
Andy Williams (born September 23, 1977 in Toronto) is a Canada born Jamaican soccer player, who currently plays attacking midfielder for the Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Before joining MLS, Williams was a star in college for the University of Rhode Island where he is currently the team's all-time leading scorer, with 52 goals and 45 assists. Williams joined MLS in 1998 with the Columbus Crew, with whom he would play for two seasons. - Nigel Dawes
Nigel Dawes (born February 9, 1985 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the New York Rangers of the NHL. Nigel, a native of Canada, is of Jamaican descent. His mother is Canadian and his father is Jamaican. Dawes scored his first NHL goal against Andrew Raycroft on October 21, 2006 in the Rangers 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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