List of Jamaican Maroons explained

This is a list of notable individuals of Jamaican Maroon ancestry.

A

• Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, current mayor of Freetown

C

• Adelaide Casely-Hayford, activist, nationalist and fiction writer
• Gladys Casely-Hayford, first author to write in the Krio language

D

• Doris Darlington, one of Jamaica's first sound system operators, and a force in the development of ska, rocksteady and reggae music

E

• Macormack Charles Farrell Easmon, medical doctor

H

• Thomas Frederick Hope, engineer and entrepreneur

J

• Colin Jackson, former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles
• Albert Jarrett, footballer who last played for Dulwich Hamlet and has represented the Sierra Leone national football team
• Constance Agatha Cummings-John, first woman to serve as mayor of Freetown
• Eldred Durosimi Jones, academic and literary critic

M

• Timothy E. McPherson Jr., Jamaican economist

P

• Suzanne Packer, actress known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the BBC medical drama Casualty
• Arthur Thomas Porter, academic and historian

R

• Namba Roy, artist, from Accompong^[1]
• Jesse Royal, musician, singer and songwriter

S

• Daddy Saj, afropop musician
• Kathleen Mary Easmon Simango, artist and missionary
• Robert Smith, assistant colonial surgeon
• Francis Smith, puisne judge

Notes and References

1. Beshoff . Patricia . Namba Roy: Maroon Artist and Writer . Jamaica Journal . 1983 . 16 . 34–38 . 5 February 2021 . 15 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220415013754/https://dloc.com/UF00090030/00040/36?search=jamaica+%3Djournal%2Cjamaica+%3Djournal . live .