- Bob Marley
Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6, 1945 – May 11 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He is the most widely known performer of reggae music. A faithful Rastafari, Marley is regarded by many as a prophet of the religion. Marley is best known for his reggae songs, which include the hits "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Three Little Birds", "Exodus", "Could You Be Loved", "Jammin", "Redemption Song", and "One Love". - Roots Manuva
Roots Manuva (born Rodney Smith, 1972) is a rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada. - Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952, Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British based dub poet. He became only the second living poet to be published in the Penguin Classics series. His poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican Creole over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell. Johnson attended Goldsmiths College in New Cross, London, … - Ziggy Marley
David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born October 17, 1968, Trenchtown) is a Grammy-winning Jamaican musician. He is the oldest son of Rita and Bob Marley<sup>1</sup>, the legendary roots reggae singer. His mother Rita called and baptised him David, but his father Bob nicknamed him "Ziggy" in reference to a marijuana cigarette. An alternative explanation links the nickname to the David Bowie persona "Ziggy Stardust" and his eponymous 1972 album. - Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith (born October 27, 1975) is an English novelist. To date she has written three novels, and is widely regarded as one of England's most talented young authors; in 2003, she was included on "Granta's" list of 20 best young authors. - Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (born 15 April 1958, Cole's Hill, Birmingham, England) is a British Rastafarian writer and dub poet, and is well known in contemporary English literature. - Naomie Harris
Naomie Melanie Harris (born September 6, 1976) is a British screen actress best known for her starring role as Selena in "28 Days Later..." and her supporting turn as Tia Dalma in the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies. - Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewis (born April 3 1985 in Islington, London) is an English Ivor Novello award winning singer and songwriter, who was the winner of the third series of the "The X Factor". Her debut single, "A Moment like This" was released on 20 December 2006. The single was also available as a digital download from midnight on 17 December and broke a world record after it was downloaded fifty thousand times in thirty minutes. - Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell (born May 22 1970) is an English supermodel, actress, singer, businesswoman, and author. - Ms. Dynamite
Niomi MacLean-Daley (born 26 April 1981), best known as Ms. Dynamite, is an English R&B and hip hop singer, songwriter, and rapper of Scottish and Jamaican descent. - John Barnes
John Charles Bryan Barnes (born November 7, 1963 in Kingston, Jamaica) was a hugely successful and well known Jamaican-born English football player of the 1980s and 1990s with both Watford and Liverpool, and was once the manager of Celtic. - Kelly Holmes
Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born April 19, 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. She won gold medals in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. - Janet Kay
Janet Kay is a British singer of Jamaican parentage best known for her Lovers Rock songs of the late 1970s, "Silly Games" and a cover of Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You". She has also had roles as a theatre and television actress. Janet's music became popular in Japan in the early 1990s, prompting the release of several of her albums under the Sony Music Japan label. - Alesha Dixon
Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born 7 October 1978 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England), known by first name Alesha, is one of seven children born to an English mother and Jamaican father. A former member of UK girl band, Mis-Teeq, she is an MC, singer, songwriter, sometime model and television personality. She is expected to have her solo debut album "Fired Up" released in 2007. - Lenny Henry
Lenworth George Henry CBE (born 29 August 1958), better known as Lenny Henry, is an English entertainer. - 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. - Michael Johnson
Michael Owen Johnson born (July 4, 1973 in Nottingham, England) is a Jamaican footballer currently playing at Derby County. Although born in England, he is a full Jamaican international and has played several times for the Jamaican national team. Previous clubs include Notts County and Birmingham City, where he played in the 2001 League Cup final against Liverpool. He joined Derby in August 2003 after playing 1 season in the Premiership with Birmingham. - Errol Brown
Errol Brown MBE (born November 12 1948, Kingston, Jamaica) is the singer, songwriter, and frontman of the successful British band, Hot Chocolate. Amongst their biggest chart hits were "You Sexy Thing" and "Brother Louie". The group Hot Chocolate were produced by the UK music business legend Mickie Most, and recorded on his RAK Records label. Brown went solo in the eighties, and achieved success in the clubs with his 1987 single and twelve inch, "Body Rockin'", … - Linford Christie
Linford Christie, OBE (born April 2, 1960) is a former athlete, and the only English man to win Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European 100 m gold medals. He still holds the UK record. Christie's track career was ended when he received a two-year ban for taking a performance-enhancing substance, although he has continually denied any wrongdoing. - Marlon King
Marlon Francis King (born 26 April 1980 in Dulwich, England) is an English-born Jamaican professional football player who plays as a striker for Watford. - Mary Seacole
Mary Jane Seacole (1805 - 14 May 1881) was a mixed-race British nurse. Born in Jamaica, she operated boarding houses in Panama and Crimea while simultaneously treating the sick. Seacole was taught herbal remedies and folk medicine by her mother. Always of a nomadic disposition, on hearing of the terrible conditions of the Crimean War and certain that her knowledge of tropical medicine would be of use, she travelled to London and volunteered as a nurse. - Germaine Lindsay
Germaine Maurice Lindsay, also known as Abdullah Shaheed Jamal, (September 23, 1985 - July 7, 2005) was one of the four terrorists who detonated bombs on three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings, killing 56 (including themselves) and injuring more than 700. Lindsay, who changed his name to Abdullah Shaheed Jamal after his conversion to Islam, detonated the bomb that killed 26 people, … - Darren Bent
Darren Ashley Bent (born February 6, 1984 in Tooting, London) is an English footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur. There is some confusion over Bent's birthplace with nearly all biographies available - typically of a brief nature - saying he was born in Cambridge; however, The FA's profile says he was born in Tooting. This confusion may stem from the fact he moved to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, as a child, where he attended Hinchingbrooke School. - Asher D
Asher D is a British rapper of Jamaican origin who was part of a successful partnership with legendary reggae artist Daddy Freddy. His name was later taken by another British rapper, but the two are not the same person. - Norval Marley
Norval Sinclair Marley (b. around 1881; d. May 20, 1955, Kingston, Jamaica) was the white English father of the famous reggae musician Bob Marley. Norval Marley was of Jamaican and British political nationality and of ethnic English descent. Marley was born in Clarendon, Jamaica to Ellen Bloomfield and Albert Thomas Marley, an English family which originated from Sussex. He was a respected Marine officer and captain, and also a plantation overseer on land he owned. - Deon Burton
Deon Burton (born 25 October 1976 in Reading, England) is a British-Jamaican football striker who currently plays for Sheffield Wednesday. - Chris Eubank
Hamdan Chris Eubank (born Christopher Livingstone Eubanks on August 8 1966) is a boxing legend and British celebrity who held the WBO Middleweight and Super Middleweight titles. - Darren Byfield
Darren Byfield (born 29 September 1976 in Birmingham, West Midlands) is an English professional footballer of Jamaican descent currently playing for Millwall. He was signed by Millwall during pre-season of the 2006-07 season on a free transfer after he left Gillingham. Perhaps the most consistent time of his career was spent at Walsall, where he scored a spectacular winning goal in their 2001 Play-off final victory against Reading. - Andy Cole
Andrew Alexander "Andy" Cole (born 15 October 1971 in Nottingham) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premiership side Portsmouth, and is one of the highest scoring players in the game's history. He is most well known by the name Andy Cole (which he was universally known as in the 1990s) but in 2000 he asked to be known as Andrew Cole. Although ranked second in the all time scoring charts of the FA Premier League, … - Julian Marley
Julian Ricardo Marley (born June 4, 1975 in London) is a reggae musician. He is the son of reggae legend Bob Marley and a Bajan mother, Lucy Pounder. He is a member of the Rastafari movement. Born in London, Julian's childhood was spent between England and Jamaica. Musical from an early age, he can play the keyboard, drums, bass, guitar, among other instruments. Along with his brothers Ziggy Marley and Stephen Marley, he became involved with Ghetto Youth International, … - Bill Morris
William Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, OJ (born 19 October 1938), generally known as Bill Morris, was general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a British trade union. Bill Morris was born in Manchester, Jamaica. After the death of his father, William, a part-time policeman, his mother, Una, went to England to find work and settled in Handsworth, Birmingham. - Jason Euell
Jason Euell (born February 6, 1977 in Lambeth, London) is an Jamaican-English football player. He currently plays for Middlesbrough in the English Premiership as a midfield player having previously been a forward. Euell has been capped once for Jamaica national football team. Euell rose through the ranks at the Wimbledon youth academy to establish himself as a first team player in 1997. - Jermaine Pennant
Jermaine Lloyd Pennant (born January 15 1983 in Nottingham) is an English footballer who signed for Liverpool in July 2006. A pacy right-sided midfielder with fine dribbling skills, he has previously played for Notts County, Arsenal, Watford, Leeds United and Birmingham City. - Sol Campbell
Sulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell (born 18 September 1974 in Plaistow, London) is an English footballer. He currently plays for Portsmouth in the English Premiership, having previously played for Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal. He is the only player to have played for England in six consecutive major tournaments. - Darren Jordon
Darren Jordon (born November 23 1960 in London, England) is a British journalist working for the Al-Jazeera 24 hour English language news and current affairs channel, Al Jazeera English. Born in London to Jamaican parents, Jordon was brought up in the West Indies. Educated at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he spent eight years in the Jamaica Regiment, and was part of the 1983 American led force in the invasion of Grenada. - Shaun Wright-Phillips
Shaun Cameron Wright-Phillips (born 25 October 1981 in Greenwich, London) is an English football player of Jamaican and Grenadian descent. He is the adopted son of the famous player Ian Wright, the half-brother of fellow player Bradley Wright-Phillips and brother to the upcoming youth player Brett Wright. He grew up in Brockley South London and attended the state school Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, in New Cross Gate. He currently plays for Chelsea F.C. - Robbie Earle
Robert Fitzgerald "Robbie" Earle MBE (born 27 January, 1965 in Newcastle-under-Lyme) is a former professional footballer who played approximately 600 games in senior club football, scoring around 150 goals. Earle was the scorer of Jamaica's first ever World Cup goal, against Croatia, in their debut World Cup campaign in 1998. He currently works in television as a commentator and pundit for ITV. - Winston McKenzie
Winston McKenzie (born 23 October 1953 in Jamaica) is a British politician and former amateur boxer. He is currently running for the Conservative nomination for the 2008 election for the mayoralty of London. McKenzie has previously been a member of Labour, the United Kingdom Independence Party and Veritas, for whom he was the spokesperson for sport and policies for the black community and for whom he ran in the 2005 general election in Croydon North, … - Rustie Lee
Rustie Lee was a famous TV chef in the 1980s on UK morning show, TV-AM. Although she has never met anyone called Jack Lord in her life she has always hoped that one day she will. She was born in Jamaica. According to some sources, Rustie left TV-AM under something of a cloud after allegations of product placement for a well-known brand of table salt. However, she also appeared as a presenter on the second, less successful, incarnation of ITV gameshow Game For A Laugh. - Frank Sinclair
Frank Mohammed Sinclair (born December 3, 1971 in Lambeth, London, England) is a professional English-born Jamaican International footballer, who currently plays for Huddersfield Town in Coca-Cola League One.
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