Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980, Whitechapel, England) is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. Cole plays left back for Chelsea and for the England national team, a position from which he often uses his strong pace to try and support the forward players

Mark McCammon (born August 7, 1978 in Barnet, London) is an Barbados football (soccer) player. He currently plays for Doncaster Rovers and is a Barbados international. McCammon played four games for Cambridge United on a non-contract basis between August 1997 and March 1999. He signed for Charlton Athletic on 9 March 1999 and played with them until July 2000. He had a loan spell at Swindon Town between 2 January 2000 and 7 February 2000 while with Charlton.

Gary Younge (born 1969 in Hitchin, UK) is a journalist and author, born to immigrant parents from Barbados. Younge read French and Russian at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He went on to study at City University, London where he gained a Post-graduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism in 1993. Younge is a columnist for "The Guardian" and is currently the newspaper's New York City correspondent.

Paul Ifill (born October 20 1979 in Brighton, England) is an English/Barbadian football player, who currently plays in the midfield for Crystal Palace, where he wears the number 11 shirt.

Emmerson Orlando Boyce (born September 24 1979 in Aylesbury) is an English footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic in the Premier League. Emmerson Boyce moved to Crystal Palace in July 2004. His contract had expired at his old club Luton Town and after a short trial he made the move on a free transfer. He had become a firm favourite with Palace fans, and had established a place in the first team at right back. He was such a hit with the fans, …

Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 - 25 March 1918). Tull was the first Black outfield player in the top division of the Football League, and the first ever Black infantry officer in the British Army. Walter Tull was born in Folkestone, Kent, the son of Daniel Tull a carpenter who had emigrated from Barbados and a local woman Alice Palmer. Following the death of his parents he was brought up in an orphanage in Bethnal Green with his brother Edward.

Theo James Walcott (born 16 March 1989 in Stanmore, London) is an English footballer who currently plays for Arsenal FC, having signed there from Southampton on 20 January 2006.

Dennis Bovell (1953, Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies) is a legendary reggae guitarist and music producer. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym 'Blackbeard'. Bovell is widely credited as the inventor of lover's rock --- a style of reggae with light apolitical, romantic lyrical themes marketed towards young women. He is also known for attempting to fuse disco rhythms with reggae, …

John Richard Archer (8 June, 1863-July, 1932) was a British race and political activist. In November 1906, he and Sylvester Williams became the first people of African descent to be elected to public office in Britain, with Archer becoming a councillor and later Mayor in Battersea. Archer was born to Richard Archer, from Barbados, and Mary Teresa Burns, from Ireland, in Liverpool. He travelled the world as a seaman, living in the USA and Canada, …

Dean Graham Leacock (born June 10, 1984 in Croydon) is an English footballer who currently plays for Derby County. He went to Ashburton Community School in Croydon where he was coached by Peter Yates. He plays primarily as a centreback, and is of Barbadian descent. Leacock made his professional debut as an eighteen year old for Fulham in a Worthington Cup defeat against Wigan Athletic. Leacock is an England international at Under-19 level.

Shaznay Tricia Lewis (born October 14, 1975 in Islington, London) is an English female singer/songwriter and a member of All Saints. Shaznay is 1. 70m (5' 7"), and has Bajan and Jamaican roots. Her nickname is "Bart" because she sounds like Bart Simpson when she raps.

Seraphim “Joe” Fortes was a former sailor, originally from Barbados and then Liverpool, and a legendary figure in the early history of Vancouver, Canada. After moving to the city in 1885 (the year before it was incorporated), he worked as a labourer and bartender, then became a fixture at English Bay Beach, where he lived in a small cabin, acted as unofficial security guard, and taught hundreds of children how to swim.

Oliver Skeete (born 26 March 1956 in Speightstown, Barbados) is a British showjumper.

Richard Blackwood (born 15 May, 1972, Clapham, London, England) is a British stand-up comedian, television personality, sometime actor and MC of Jamaican origin. He currently co-presents a show on the London radio station, Choice FM, and guests as a disc jockey at nightclubs in the United Kingdom.

Des'ree (born Desiree Weeks, November 30 1968 in London, England) is one of Britain's most successful pop/soul vocalists throughout the 1990s.

Ian David Russell Bradshaw (born 9 July, 1974) is a Barbadian cricketer who played for West Indies as a left-arm medium-fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He captained the West Indies U-19 team, but his senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One-Day Internationals of the seven-match series against England. After taking five wickets in the three matches, he bcame a permanent fixture.

Stede Bonnet was an early 18th century English pirate, sometimes called the "the gentleman pirate", since he had lived as a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694. In 1709, he married Mary Allamby and engaged in some level of militia service. Supposedly, Bonnet turned to piracy as a result of his marriage problems.

Marlon Harewood (born August 25, 1979) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Aston Villa. He started his career at Nottingham Forest, had a successful spell on loan to FC Haka before joining West Ham United in 2003 and then Aston Villa in 2007.

Gregory Ronald St Clair Goodridge (born July 10, 1971 in Barbados) is a former professional footballer. He has captained the Barbados national team and played professionally in the English Football League. Goodridge, a pacy winger, signed an 18 month contract with Torquay United on the February 7, 1994, but due to work permit problems had to wait until the 24th March to complete his signing from St. Vincent side Lambada, …

Labi Siffre (born June 25, 1945) is an English poet, songwriter and singer.

Michael Gilkes (born 20 July 1965 in Hackney, London) was a footballer who played left wing for Reading and was also a former Barbados international. Gilkes played more than 550 times as a professional and made his name with the Reading side that nearly won promotion to the Premier League in the early 1990s.

Louie Pierre Soares (born 8 January 1985 in Reading, England) is a football midfielder who plays for Aldershot Town in Conference National. His brother Tom is also a footballer, who plays for Championship side Crystal Palace.

Gladstone Cleophas Small (born October 18, 1961 in St. George, Barbados) is a former England cricketer. Small moved to England shortly after his 14th birthday, usually the point after which a change of nationality is not permitted. However, he applied for eligibility to play cricket for England, and the MCC accepted his application. As a cricketer, Small did not have an outstanding reputation but was highly regarded as a committed team player.

George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower was a black Polish-born virtuoso violinist, who lived in England for much of his life. He was born in Biała in Poland, probably on 29 February 1780, although some authorities give 11 October 1778.

Thomas Chenery (1826 - 11 February 1884) was an English scholar and editor of the British newspaper "The Times". He was born in Barbados and educated at Eton and Caius College, Cambridge. Having been called to the Bar, he went out to Constantinople as "The Times" correspondent just before the Crimean War, …

Paul J. Medford (born in West London in 1967) is a British actor and performer of Barbadian descent. He is best known for playing the role of Kelvin Carpenter in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" from the show's inception in 1985 to 1987. Other television credits include "This Life" (1997), "Casualty" (2003) and "The Professionals" (1983).

Francis Willoughby (1605-1666) was an English baron - the fifth Lord Willoughby of Parham. He was an early supporter of the Parliamentarian cause during the English Civil War but later became a Royalist. He twice served as governor of English colonies in the Caribbean.

Renn Dickson Hampden (1793 - April 23, 1868), English divine, was born in Barbados, where his father was colonel of militia, in 1793, and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. Having taken his B.A. degree with first-class honours in both classics and mathematics in 1813, he next year obtained the chancellor's prize for a Latin essay, and shortly afterwards was elected to a fellowship in his college, Keble, Newman and Arnold being among his contemporaries.

Thelston Rodney O'Neale Payne (b. 13 February, 1957, Foul Bay, Saint Philip, Barbados) was a West Indian cricketer. He played only one Test and seven one-day internationals for the West Indies. He played first class cricket from 1978-79 to 1989-90, turning out in 68 first class matches - mostly for Barbados. He was usually second choice to Jeff Dujon in the West Indies team, but got his Test chance in the 1985-86 series v England in West Indies as Dujon was injured.

Floyd Lamonte Reifer is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He has played four Tests and two one-day internationals, spread over a home tour against Sri Lanka in 1997 and a tour of South Africa in 1998–99. He also played three matches for the Scottish Saltires as an overseas player in 2004. However, 77 of his 97 first class matches have been for Barbados, with whom he has won six Carib Beer Cup titles.