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

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