Subdivisions of Belize - Notable People

Notable People

For a more complete list, see Category:Belizean people and its subcategories.
  • Michael Anthony Ashcroft, international businessman, philanthropist and politician.
  • Barry Bowen, bottling magnate, politician and entrepreneur.
  • Lova Boy, recording artist and entrepreneur.
  • Nadia Cattouse, actress, singer and songwriter.
  • Pen Cayetano, artist and musician.
  • Ivan Duran, musician, and the founder and director of Stonetree Records.
  • Zee Edgell, Writer. She has had four of her novels published.
  • Maxime Faget, the designer of the Mercury capsule, and contributed to the later Gemini and Apollo spacecraft as well as the Space Shuttle.
  • Arlen Escarpeta, Actor.
  • Phillip Goldson, newspaper editor, activist and politician.
  • Antonio Soberanis Gómez, an 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."
  • Dr. Karl Heusner, doctor/physician one of the country's most famous and best loved physicians. Became known throughout the Caribbean and Latin America for his expertise in tropical diseases.
  • 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, the 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. He currently plays for 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 Benjamin Powell Professor and Professor of Mathematics, Physics, and Business Administration at Duke University.
  • George Cadle Price, the first prime minister of Belize and is 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,
  • Gerald Rhaburn, calypso, soca, reggae and brukdown musician.
  • Shyne, Rapper and convert to Judaism.
  • Lisa Tucker (of Belizean descent), singer, musical theater and television actress.
  • Selwyn Walford Young, musician and composer.

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