• Source: List of Afro-Guyanese people

The following is a list of prominent Afro-Guyanese, or people of Afro-Guyanese descent.




Notable people of Afro-Guyanese descent



Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer-songwriter with longest-running #1 R&B track on charts
Jason David, Canadian-born American football cornerback
JDiggz, Canadian rapper, Afro-Guyanese mother
Melanie Fiona, Canadian R&B singer-songwriter, who is also of Indo-Guyanese descent
Nubya Garcia, English saxophonist and jazz musician, Guyanese mother
David Lammy, British-born politician and lawyer
Tessa McWatt, Guyanese-born Canadian writer
Des'ree, English singer, Afro-Guyanese mother
Sonnet L'Abbé, Canadian writer
Yolanda T. Marshall, Guyanese-born Canadian writer
Dawnn Lewis, American actress
Leona Lewis, singer and the first winner of "The X Factor" (series 3), Guyanese father
Jermain Jackman, singer and "The Voice UK" (2015) winner
Derek Luke, American actor
Maestro, Canadian rapper and actor
Nicole Narain, Playboy model, has an Afro-Guyanese mother and her father, who is of mixed Indo-Guyanese and Chinese-Guyanese descent
Trevor Phillips, British politician
CCH Pounder, Guyanese-born American actress
Joy Reid, American news correspondent for MSNBC, Afro-Guyanese mother
Rihanna, Barbados-born singer/billionaire, Afro-Guyanese mother
Saukrates, Canadian rapper/singer
Eon Sinclair, bassist of Canadian rock/ska/reggae band Bedouin Soundclash
Sean Patrick Thomas, actor (Save the Last Dance and Barbershop)
Phil Lynott, English-born frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, Afro-Guyanese father
Wretch 32, British rapper, Guyanese mother
Vanessa Lee Chester, former American child actress ("A Little Princess", "Harriet the Spy", and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park")
Letitia Wright, actress, who is best-known for playing Shuri in the 2018 film version of "Black Panther" and the 2022 sequel "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
Roy Woods, Canadian R&B artist
Saint JHN, Guyanese-American rapper
Shaunette Renée Wilson, Guyanese-born American actress ("The Resident", "Billions", and "Black Panther")




Arts



Eddy Grant, musician
Ram John Holder, actor and musician
Preme, Canadian rapper
Red Café, Guyanese-American rapper




Sports



Clifford Anderson, former British Empire featherweight contender
Basil Butcher, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
Colin Croft, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
Chelsea Edghill, Guyanese table tennis player
Roy Fredericks, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
Lance Gibbs, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
Vivian Harris, former WBA super lightweight champion
Roger Harper, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
Carl Hooper, former West Indian cricket captain
Ezekiel Jackson, professional wrestler
Clayton Lambert, American, Guyanese and West Indian cricketer, scored the most runs for Guyana
Andrew Lewis, former WBA welterweight champion
Clive Lloyd, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
Aliann Pompey, Guyanese 400 meter sprinter
Alana Shipp - Barbadian IFBB professional bodybuilder
Mark McKoy, Guyanese-born Canadian sprinter
Michael Anthony, Guyanese Boxer




Politicians and social leaders



Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana, 1980-1985
Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, father of the trade union movement in British Guiana
Cuffy, leader of the Berbice slave uprising
Karen de Souza (born 1958), women and children's activist
Jack Gladstone, leader of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
David A. Granger, President of Guyana
Hamilton Green, 1st Muslim Prime Minister of Guyana, and in the Western world, 1985-1992
Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana, 1985-1992
Sam Hinds, former President of Guyana, Prime Minister of Guyana
Eusi Kwayana, former Guyanese cabinet member and veteran politician
Lincoln Lewis, trade union leader
Quamina, leader of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
Ptolemy Reid, former Prime Minister of Guyana




Academics



John Agard, playwright, poet and children's writer
George Granville Monah James, historian and author
Egbert Martin, 19th-century Guyanese poet of mixed African and European ancestry
Walter Rodney, historian and political activist
Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima, associate professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University




Models


Arti Cameron

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