List of people from Dominica

Commonwealth of Dominica

This is a list of notable people from the Commonwealth of Dominica. The list include also individuals with Dominican ancestry and citizenship.

Politics

Presidents

Nicholas Liverpool
Charles Savarin
Clarence Seignoret
Vernon Shaw
Crispin Sorhaindo
Alwin Bully (created or artist of the national flag of Dominica)

Prime Ministers

Leader(s) of the Opposition

Political personalities

Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal (born 1955), current Commonwealth of Nations Secretary General; former Attorney General for England and Wales
Denise Charles-Pemberton minister of tourism
Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1907–1986), politician
Ronald Green, politician
Edward Oliver LeBlanc (1923–2004), government official
Emmanuel Christopher Loblack (1898–1995), union leader and politician
Cecil Rawle (1891–1938), attorney and politician

Spiritual personalities

Ogyen Trinley Dorje,^[1] (widely known as the 17th Karmapa), head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

Activists

Kellyn George
Whitney Mélinard, Kalinago Territory issues^[2]
Asquith Xavier, Dominican-born Briton who fought a colour bar to become the first non-white train guard at Euston station in London in 1966.

Actors

Danny John-Jules, of Red Dwarf and of Death in Paradise, filmed in Guadeloupe
Trish Cooke, of Playdays

Doctors

Jasmine R. Marcelin, physician

Scientists

Chelsea Connor, herpetologist

Media

Trisha Goddard, host of Trisha
Moira Stuart, female newsreader on British television and radio, working for the BBC
Urban Dangleben, proprietor of the first private radio station "Radio En Ba Mango" in the Commonwealth of Dominica..

Musicians

Signal Band Gordon Henderson Exile One Freddy Nicholas Fitzroy Williams Phillip " Chubby" Mark and Marcel "Co" Mark of Midnight Groovers

Sports

Frank Bruno, professional boxer
Thea Lafond-Gadson, olympic gold athlete
Joe Cooke, footballer
Phillip DeFreitas, cricketer
Billy Doctrove, cricket umpire
Luan Gabriel, sprinter
Vince Hilaire, footballer
Manjrekar James, footballer
Garth Joseph, basketballer
Karina LeBlanc, footballer
Jérôme Romain, athlete
Adam Sanford, cricketer
Grayson Shillingford, cricketer
Shane Shillingford, cricketer

Visual artists

Writers

Phyllis Shand Allfrey, novelist (The Orchid House)
Lennox Honychurch, historian (The Dominica Story)
Marie-Elena John, novelist (Unburnable)
Elma Napier, novelist (Black and White Sands)
Jean Rhys, novelist (Wide Sargasso Sea)
Alec Waugh, novelist (Island in the Sun)
Trish Cooke, children and young adults books (So Much)

References

^ "Karmapa acquires Dominica passport". The Hindu. 2018-10-03.
^ "Leader of Kalinago advocacy group, Whitney Melinard, calls for more state resources to tackle child sexual abuse". Dominica News Online. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

[ctic-1] "Karmapa acquires Dominica passport". The Hindu. 2018-10-03.

[2] "Leader of Kalinago advocacy group, Whitney Melinard, calls for more state resources to tackle child sexual abuse". Dominica News Online. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

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