Bahamians Explained

Group:	Bahamians
Flag Caption:	Flag of the Bahamas
Total:	460,000
Popplace:	Bahamas 400,516 (2022)^[1]
Region1:	United States
Pop1:	56,498 (2015)^[2]
Region2:	Canada
Pop2:	3,675 (2016)^[3]
Region3:	United Kingdom
Pop3:	1,797 (2001)^[4]
Langs:	English, Bahamian Creole
Rels:	Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, Other Protestants 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2%^[5]
Related:	Caribbean people

Bahamians are people originating or having roots from The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. One can also become a Bahamian by acquiring citizenship.

History

See main article: History of the Bahamas.

Culture

See main article: Culture of the Bahamas, Music of the Bahamas, Bahamian literature, Bahamian cuisine and Bahamian Creole.

Olympic Games

See also: Bahamas at the Olympics.

World Championships in Athletics

See also: Bahamas at the World Championships in Athletics.

List

See main article: List of Bahamians.

• Sidney Poitier, first black man to win an Oscar, first black American actor to win Best Actor, first black American actor to be nominated for best actor.
• Shaunae Miller-Uibo, sprinter, 2016 Olympic 400m champion, and world record holder in 200m straight
• Buddy Hield, basketball player
• Klay Thompson, basketball player
• Rick Fox, three-time NBA champion, owner of Echo Fox
• Lynden Oscar Pindling, first Prime Minister of the Bahamas.
• Joseph Robert Love, important pan-African leader of the 19th and 20th century who influenced Marcus Garvey
• Allan Glaisyer Minns, first black British mayor
• Bert Williams, first black lead actor on Broadway
• Deandre Ayton, was ranked number-one high-school basketball player in the USA by scout in 2015
• Mychal Thompson, two-time NBA champion and first foreign-born player to be selected as 1st pick in the NBA draft history.
• Angela Palacious, first woman deacon and priest of the Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Yves Edwards, mixed martial artist
• Kimbo Slice, streetfighter, boxer and mixed martial artist

See also

• Demographics of the Bahamas
• Bahamian Americans

Notes and References

1. https://www.populationpyramid.net/bahamas/2017/ Bahamas 2017
2. Web site: Access . Data . (DADS) . Dissemination Systems . Results . . 5 October 2010 . 27 August 2017 .
3. Web site: Population by selected ethnic origins, by province and territory (2006 Census) . statcan.gc.ca . 28 July 2009 . 10 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110115234252/http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo26a-eng.htm . January 15, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
4. Web site: Country-of-birth database . . 5 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050511105416/http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls . 11 May 2005 .
5. Web site: Religion | The Bahamas Guide. www.thebahamasguide.com.