Calabar High School - Notable Alumni

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