- Patrick Manning
Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (born August 17, 1946) is the current Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago and Political Leader of the People's National Movement (PNM). He served as Prime Minister between 17 December 1991 to 9 November 1995 and since 24 December 2001, as Leader of the Opposition from 1986 to 1990 and from 1995 to 2001. He has been the Political Leader of the PNM since 1987.
- Dwight Yorke
Dwight Eversley Yorke (born November 3, 1971 in Canaan, Tobago) is a Trinidad and Tobagon football player. He currently plays for Sunderland A.F.C, having previously played for Aston Villa F.C. as his first club and most of his career, then Manchester United F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C., Birmingham City F.C. and Sydney FC.
- Basdeo Panday
Basdeo Panday- (born May 25, 1933) was Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001 and has served as Leader of the Opposition from 1976-1977, 1978-1986, 1989-1995 and 2001-2006. He was first elected to Parliament in 1976 as the Member for Couva North. He is the Chairman and interim party leader of the Opposition United National Congress. In 2006, Panday was convicted of failing to declare a bank account in London and imprisoned but as of March 20, 2007, …
- Eric Williams
Dr. Eric Eustace Williams (September 25, 1911 - March 29, 1981) was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He served from 1956 until his death in 1981. He was also a noted Caribbean historian. Williams was born the son of minor civil servant, but his mother was a descendant of the French Creole elite. He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Port of Spain, where he excelled at academics and football.
- Hasely Crawford
Hasely Joachim Crawford (born August 16, 1950) is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became the first Olympic champion of his country.
- Stern John
Stern Christopher John (born October 30, 1976 in Trincity, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian football player who currently plays for Sunderland He is a centre forward. John moved to the United States to attend Mercer County Community College in 1995. he joined the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer from the now-defunct New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers of the A-League for the 1998 season. John received a try-out with Crew based on the good word from his older cousin, …
- Leo Beenhakker
Leo Beenhakker is an international Dutch football coach, currently the coach of the Polish national team. He has been the coach of several prestigious clubs including Ajax, Feyenoord, Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza and Club América. He has also coached the Saudi Arabian and Dutch national teams. He coached the national team of Trinidad and Tobago in the year leading up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Under Beenhakker's guidance the team managed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, …
- Imran Khan
Imran Khan (b. 6 December, 1984) in Port of Spain. He is a West Indian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago in first-class matches.
- Machel Montano
Machel Jesus Montano (born November 1974) in Trinidad and Tobago) is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Caribbean. He is the frontman of the immensely popular soca band Xtatik, and is noted for his high energy, fast-paced, and often unpredictable on-stage performances. During his career, which spans over 25 years, he has recorded several songs alongside many of Caribbean music's most popular acts, such as Alison Hinds, Beenie Man, Calypso Rose, …
- Kenwyne Jones
Kenwyne Jones (born October 5, 1984) is a Trinidadian football player, who is currently on the books of Southampton. He is a utility player, but has recently been playing as a striker. Jones began his professional career with Joe Public FC in his native Trinidad, and moved to W Connection in 2002 before being purchased by Southampton in July 2004. He debuted with the Trinidad and Tobago national team January 29 2003 in a game against Finland.
- Ato Boldon
Ato Jabari Boldon (born December 30, 1973) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago, the 1997 200 m World Champion and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks of Namibia and Carl Lewis of the USA, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals (4). He was an Opposition Senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament, representing the United National Congress, from 2006-2007.
- Carlos Edwards
Carlos Edwards (born 24 October 1978 in Diego Martin) is a Trinidadian football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Sunderland.
- Shaka Hislop
Neil Shaka Hislop (born 22 February 1969) is a professional football goalkeeper, currently playing for FC Dallas and the Trinidad and Tobago national football team.
- Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne James John Bravo (born 7 October, 1983 in Trinidad and Tobago) is a West Indian cricketer. A genuine all-rounder, Bravo is expected to play a significant role in attempts by the West Indies to return to international prominence in the sport. Bravo is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who has already become one of the West Indies' more reliable one-day bowlers, able to contain batsman towards the end of the innings.
- Dennis Lawrence
Dennis Lawrence (born August 1, 1974) is a 6'7" Trinidad and Tobago football player, who has joined on a two year deal with Swansea City FC in the English Football League One. Lawrence signed for Wrexham in 2001, joining from Defence Force of his native Trinidad, becoming the third Trinidadian at Wrexham along with Hector Sam and Carlos Edwards. After some poor performances when he first joined the club, the Tallman became a valued and popular player at the Welsh club, …
- Russell Latapy
Russell Latapy (born 02 August 1968) is a Trinidad and Tobago football player. Despite being almost 40 years Russell Latapy continues to ply his trade as a midfield player and first team coach for Falkirk in the Scottish Premier League. He has previously played for Hibernian, Rangers, Dundee United, FC Porto, and Boavista. He came out of international retirement to play for Trinidad and Tobago in the FIFA World Cup in Germany, …
- George Maxwell Richards
George Maxwell Richards, T.C., CMT, Ph.D., (b. 1931, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago) is the fourth President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. A chemical engineer by training, Richards was Principal of the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad in 1996. He previously worked for Shell Trinidad Ltd. before joining the University of the West Indies in 1965. He was sworn into office on March 17, 2003 for a five-year term.
- Winston Dookeran
Winston Dookeran is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and economist. He currently serves as Political Leader of the Congress of the People (Trinidad and Tobago) and as Member of Parliament for the St. Augustine constituency. Dookeran was asked to serve as Prime Minister at the conclusion of the jamat coop in 1990. Dookeran spent some fifteen years teaching at the Economics Faculty of the University of the West Indies.
- Jason Scotland
Jason Kelvin Scotland (born February 18, 1979 in Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian footballer who plays as a striker for Welsh club Swansea City.
- Crazy
Edwin Ayoung (born (1944) at Maraval Road, Port of Spain), better known as Crazy is a Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian. Ayoung was born to Trinidadian Chinese father and a Venezuelan mother. Often called the "Loveable Lunatic of Soca", he is artistically underrated in his native land but one of the most commercially successful artists on international soca music scene. He pioneered parang soca and played a leading role in promoting chutney music soca.
- Brent Sancho
Brent Sancho (born 13 March 1977 in Port of Spain) is a Trinidad and Tobago international footballer. He spent his college years playing for St. John's University in New York, where he was part of the school's only National Championship, in 1996. He then spent most of his early career playing in the United States, before joining Dundee in the 2003/04 season. A successful spell in the SPL was followed by a transfer to League One side Gillingham.
- Kelvin Jack
Kelvin Jack (born 29 April, 1976) is a Trinidadian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Gillingham. Jack started his career in English football with Reading in 2004, but did not make any appearances for the club. Jack was later sold to Scottish Premier League team Dundee, where he stayed despite their relegation to the Scottish First Division. In 2006, Jack was called up to the Trinidad and Tobago national football team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
- Avery John
Avery John (born June 18, 1975 in Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian football player, who currently plays as a defender for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer.
- Stephen Ames
Stephen Ames is a golfer on the PGA Tour holding dual citizenship of Trinidad and Tobago and Canada. Ames was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago and is of English/Trinidadian Portuguese descent, and much of his family resides in the Caribbean nation. His grandmother was Trinidad and Tobago Champion 20 times. He grew up in Pointe-à-Pierre and learned to play at the Petrotrin Pointe-à-Pierre Golf Club.
- David Rudder
David Michael Rudder (b. May 6, 1953, Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago) is one of the top calypsonians of his generation. In 1977 he joined Charlie's Roots, one of the top bands in Trinidad and Tobago. He spent many years as one of the vocalists with the band. In 1986 he burst into prominence with his album "The Hammer" which produced two big hits, "The Hammer" (a tribute to the late pannist Rudolph Charles) and "Bahia Girl".
- Marvin Andrews
Marvin Andrews (born December 22, 1975 in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago) is a professional football defender who is currently playing for Raith Rovers in Scotland, with whom he also started his football career in Scotland. He has also spent time with fellow Scottish clubs Livingston and joined Alex McLeish at Rangers in 2004. He was released by Rangers on 23 July, 2006. Andrews is also a key player for the Trinidad and Tobago national team.
- V. S. Naipaul
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, T.C. (born August 17, 1932, in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago), better known as V. S. Naipaul, is a Trinidadian-born British writer of Indo-Trinidadian ethnicity and Bhumihar Brahmin heritage from Gorakhpur in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. Naipaul lives now in Wiltshire, England. Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001 and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990.
- Aurtis Whitley
Aurtis Whitley (born May 1 1977) is a Trinidad and Tobago footballer who plays as a midfielder for San Juan Jabloteh in his home country. Whitely has spent all but six months of his career - when he played for Vitoria Setubal in Portugal - in Trinidad and is regarded as one of the strongest player's in its national league. He has been a part of the Trinidad and Tobago national team since 2000 and took part in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Kamla Persad-Bissessar (born April 4, 1952 in Siparia) is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and lawyer, was the first woman to serve as Attorney General, acting Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago. She is a member of the Opposition United National Congress. Since 1995 she has served as Member of Parliament for Siparia.
- Clayton Ince
Clayton Ince (born July 12 1972) is a Trinidadian football player. He plays as a goalkeeper for English League Two side Walsall. He has earned 63 caps playing for Trinidad and Tobago, his debut coming on April 4 1997 against Barbados (the game ended in a 1-0 defeat for Trinidad and Tobago). Ince was born in Arima. Somewhat unusually, he began his footballing career as a defender before converting to become a goalkeeper.
- Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga is a West Indian cricketer of East Indian descent. He is a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm offbreak bowler. After debuting as a 19 year old he has found himself in and out of the West Indies team, playing regularly for and at times captaining the West Indies A side when he wasn’t selected. After being named the 2006 West Indies Players' Association 'Test player of the year', …
- Cornell Glen
Cornell Glen (born October 21, 1980 in Port of Spain) is a Trinidad and Tobago football player, who last played for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. Glen began his professional career in 1999 with Trinidad club Futgof. After two years with Futgof, Glen moved to Portugal, where he played for Adsanjonense. After playing slightly over a season there, he returned to Trinidad and Tobago, where he joined CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh.
- David Williams
David Williams (born November 4, 1963, Penal, Trinidad) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 11 Tests and 36 ODIs from 1988 to 1998. A diminutive man, at 5 foot 4, Williams struggled to grab Jeff Dujon's place in the international side not least because of his inability to contribute the weight of runs Dujon managed. Compared to Dujon's Test batting average of 31.94, Williams achieved just 13.44, with just one score of 50 or more, …
- Collin Samuel
Collin Samuel (born August 27, 1981 in North Manzanilla, Trinidad) is a Trinidad and Tobago football player, who recently played as a striker for Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League. Samuel signed with Toronto FC in June 2007.
- Shurwayne Winchester
Shurwayne Winchester is a soca artist from Trinidad and Tobago. He is also featured on bmobile commercials. Shurwayne in 2004 and 2005 won the Road March: 2004 being " " and 2005, being "Dead or Alive". In 2006, he won the soca Monarch for "Can't Wait" and Groovy Soca Monarch for "Don't Stop". In 2007, he sang " " for Soca Monarch and "Alequa" for Groovy Soca Monarch, however, he lost both though he gained the People's Choice Award.
- Cyd Gray
Cyd Gray (born 21 November 1973) is a footballer from Trinidad and Tobago. He plays as a defender for San Juan Jabloteh, as well as the islands' national team. He made his debut for the Soca Warriors against Costa Rica in 2001, and has 35 caps and 1 goal. He is in the squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Silvio Spann
Silvio Spann (born August 21 1981) is a Trinidad and Tobagan footballer who currently plays for W Connection in Trinidad and Tobago. Spann is a midfielder, known for his hard work and stamina. He is the son of Leroy Spann, former Trinidad and Tobago national team player who currently coaches a youth football team, Roma, in the MAPLE league in Massachussetts.
- Lord Kitchener
Lord Kitchener (April 18, 1922 - February 11, 2000) was one of the most internationally famous calypsonians. Born Aldwyn Roberts in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, he was the son of a blacksmith Stephen and homemaker Albertha. As Kitchener himself said, "I was born a calypsonian." Kitchener's success began after he moved to England and he soon became massively popular there. His fame continued throughout the 1950s, when calypso achieved international success.
- Colm Imbert
Colm "Peter" Imbert is a politician from Trinidad and Tobago. He is a member of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago and the People's National Movement (PNM) and is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Diego Martin East. He is also the Minister of Works and Transport of Trinidad and Tobago which he will remain as until the General Elections which is carded for October of 2007 or his post is changed by the Prime Minister.
- Densill Theobald
Densill Theobald is a football player who plays for Trinidad and Tobago and Újpest FC. Theobald joined Scottish club Falkirk in the summer transfer window of 2005, after the recommendation of international team-mate Russell Latapy. He is a comfortable midfielder, who can play in any role across the middle. He used to play for Caledonia AIA Fire, now known as Arima Morvant Fire.