Notable Alumni
Calabar has produced a number of prominent members of Jamaican society including:
- Academia
- Sir Phillip Sherlock, former Vice-Chancellor and founding father of the University of the West Indies
- Prof. Leslie Robinson, former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
- Prof. Errol Miller, Head of the Department of Education at the University of the West Indies
- Dr. Norman Girvan, former Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States
- Dr. Simon Clarke, former UNESCO representative and Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica
- Dr. Franklyn Prendergast, Director of the Mayo Clinic's Comprehensive Cancer Research Center in Rochester, Minnesota
- Arts and culture
- Vybz Kartel,
- Carl Abrahams, painter
- John Holt,
- Ken Boothe,
- Baby Cham,
- Michael Sharpe, news editor at Television Jamaica,
- Roger Mais, writer
- Wilmot Perkins, talk show host
- Business and finance
- Paul Geddes, co-founder of the Red Stripe beer brand.
- Claude Robinson, former general manager, Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation
- Clergy
- Rev. Hugh Sherlock, author of Jamaica's National Anthem
- Rev. Horace Russell, former principal of the United Theological College of the West Indies
- Rev. Dr. Howard Gregory, former president, Jamaica Council of Churches
- Rev. Stephen Jennings, president of the Jamaica Baptist Union
- Rev. Karl Henlin, former president of the Jamaica Baptist Union and vice president of the Caribbean Baptist Fellowship
- Politics and law
- Percival James Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica
- Derrick Smith, Minister of Mining and Technology
- Basil Buck, former Executive Chairman of Buck Securities and Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
- John Junor, former Minister of Health
- Arnold Bertram, former Minister of Local Government
- Derrick Kellier, former Minister of Labour and Social Security
- Colin Campbell, former Minister of Information and Development
- Dr. Percy Broderick, former Minister of Agriculture
- Dr. Lloyd Barnett, former president of the Jamaica Bar Association and chairman of the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights
- Francis Forbes, former Commissioner of Police
- E.G. Green, former Parliamentary Ombudsman
- Carrington Mahoney, former deputy director of the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP)
- His Excellency Paul Robotham, Jamaican Ambassador to Japan
- Justice Chester Orr, former High Court Judge
- Justice Alvin B. Edwards, former Supreme Court Judge
- Sports
- Mike Fennell, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the Jamaica Olympic Association
- Dennis Johnson, former UTECH Sports Administrator (and former world record holder at 100 yards)
- Arthur Wint, Olympic Gold Medallist runner and former world record holder
- Chris Stokes and Dudley Stokes members of the Jamaican Bobsled Team that inspired the movie Cool Runnings
- George Rhoden, Olympic Gold Medalist runner
- Herb McKenley, Olympic Gold Medalist sprinter and former world record holder
- Nehemiah Perry, former Jamaican cricketer and West Indies Cricket Board selector
- Maurice Smith, decathlete, World Championship Silver Medallist
- Maurice Wignall, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist
- Dwight Thomas, Olympic Gold Medalist
- Ajani Williams, former NBA player and president of the Jamaica Basketball Association
- Warren Weir Olympic Bronze Medalist
- Andrew Riley Olympic Hurdler
- Jason Morgan Olympic discus thrower
- Josef Robertson Olympic Hurdler
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