List of Belizean people explained

This is a list of notable and well-known Belizean people, ordered alphabetically.

• Michael Anthony Ashcroft, international businessman, philanthropist and politician
• Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, rapper and politician
• Simone Biles, American gymnast and Olympian^[1]
• Pi'erre Bourne, rapper and record producer
• Barry Bowen, bottling magnate, politician and entrepreneur
• Sharon Carr, murderer who killed a woman in Britain aged only 12
• Nadia Cattouse, actress, singer-songwriter
• Pen Cayetano, artist and musician
• Sue Courtenay, architect
• Ivan Duran, musician, and the founder and director of Stonetree Records^[2]
• Zee Edgell, novelist and educator, considered Belize's principal contemporary writer
• Maxime Faget, designer of the Mercury capsule
• Antonio Soberanis Gómez, activist in the Belizean labour movement, he founded the Labourers and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage. He was jailed for sedition in 1935
• Samuel Alfred Haynes, soldier, activist and poet
• Houston (of Belizean descent), R&B singer, best known for the hit single "I Like That"
• Marion Jones (holds dual-citizenship), former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA
• Emory King, historian, author, journalist and National Film Commissioner
• Chito Martínez, first Belizean player in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB)
• John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and founder of McAfee, Inc.
• Deon McCaulay, international footballer who last played for R.G. City Boys United in the Premier League of Belize
• Monrad Metzgen, national hero of Belize
• Andy Palacio, punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garínagu and their culture
• Milton Palacio (holds dual-citizenship), Belizean American professional basketball player, currently with the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas
• Elijio Panti, traditional healer who used Mayan herbal medical techniques
• Wilfred Peters, accordionist and band leader, known as the "King of Brukdown"
• Arlie Petters, mathematical physicist, who is the currently the Provost of New York University Abu Dhabi.^[3] He was previously the Benjamin Powell Professor and Professor of Mathematics, Physics, and Business Administration at Duke University^[4]
• George Cadle Price, the first prime minister of Belize, considered to have been one of the principal architects of the country's independence
• Francis Reneau, pianist and composer. In 1994 he was commissioned by the government to produce a representative compilation of Belizean music^[5]
• Gerald Rhaburn, calypso, soca, reggae and brukdown musician
• Marie Sharp, entrepreneur
• Trevon Salazar, competitive cyclist
• Lisa Tucker (of Belizean descent), singer, musical theater and television actress
• Deborah L. Turbiville, Houston madam
• Ann-Marie Williams, public policy advisor
• Selwyn Walford Young, musician and composer
• Destiny Wagner, Miss Earth 2021

See also

• List of people by nationality

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lopez . Jill Martin,Elwyn . 2016-08-16 . Simone Biles has support in another country: Belize . 2022-12-12 . CNN . en.
2. http://www.stonetreerecords.com/office/office.php Stonetree Records site
3. https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/about/leadership-and-administration/office-of-the-provost.html
4. http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/math/faculty/petters Duke University
5. Web site: Celebration by Frances Reneau Released. 1996. The San Pedro Sun. 9 May 2010.