List of Afro-Guyanese people
The following is a list of prominent Afro-Guyanese people, or of Afro-Guyanese descent.
Notable people of Afro-Guyanese descent
Letitia Wright, Actress (Shuri in Black Panther)
- Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer-songwriter with longest-running #1 R&B track on charts
- Jason David, Canadian-born American football cornerback
- Peter Davison, played the Doctor in Doctor Who, with a Guyanese father of mixed race
- JDiggz, Canadian rapper with an Afro-Guyanese mother
- Melanie Fiona, Canadian R&B singer-songwriter, also of Indo-Guyanese descent
- Nubya Garcia, English Saxophonist, Jazz Musician, with a Guyanese Mother
- Sonnet L'Abbé, Canadian writer
- Leona Lewis, First X Factor Winner with a Guyanese father
- Jermain Jackman, The Voice UK 2015 winner
- Derek Luke, American actor
- Maestro, Canadian rapper and actor
- Nicole Narain, Playboy model, Afro-Guyanese mother and father was 1/2 Indo-Guyanese and 1/2 Chinese-Guyanese
- Trevor Phillips, British politician
- Rihanna, singer with an Afro-Guyanese mother
- Saukrates, Canadian rapper/singer
- Simone Denny, former lead singer of Canadian-based electro-dance pop trio, Love Inc.
- Eon Sinclair, bassist of Canadian rock/ska/reggae band Bedouin Soundclash
- Sean Patrick Thomas, actor (Save the Last Dance and Barbershop)
- Phil Lynott, English-born frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, with an Afro-Guyanese father
- Ashley Walters, London based actor, rapper and musician
- Wretch 32, British rapper with a Guyanese mother
- Leticia Wright, actress (Shuri in Black Panther)
- Roy Woods, Canadian R&B artist
- Saint JHN, Guyanese American-based rapper
- Shaunette Renée Wilson, Guyanese-born American actress (The Resident, Billions, and Black Panther)
Arts
Eddy Grant, musician
- Eddy Grant, musician
- Ram John Holder, actor and musician
- P. Reign, Canadian rapper
- Red Cafe, American rapper
Athletics
Ezekiel Jackson, Professional wrestler
- Clifford Anderson, former British Empire featherweight contender
- Basil Butcher, former Guyanese and West Indian Cricketer
- Colin Croft, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
- Roy Fredericks, former Guyanese and West Indian Cricketer. Highest average for Guyana
- Lance Gibbs, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
- Roger Harper, Guyanese and West Indian Cricketer, former Kenyan cricket coach
- Carl Hooper, former West Indian Cricket Captain
- Ezekiel Jackson, professional wrestler
- Clayton Lambert, American, Guyanese and West Indian cricketer, scored the most runs for Guyana
- Clive Lloyd, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
- Alana Shipp - American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
Politicians and social leaders
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Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana from 1980 to 1985
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- Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana, 1980-1985
- Hamilton Green, 1st Muslim Prime Minister of Guyana, and in the Western world, 1985-1992
- Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, father of the trade union movement in British Guiana
- Cuffy, leader of the Berbice slave uprising
- Karen de Souza (born 1958), women and children's activist
- Jack Gladstone, leader of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
- David A. Granger, President of Guyana
- Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana, 1985-1992
- Sam Hinds, former President of Guyana, Prime Minister of Guyana
- Eusi Kwayana, former Guyanese cabinet member and veteran politician
- Lincoln Lewis, trade union leader
- Quamina, leader of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
- Ptolemy Reid, former Prime Minister of Guyana
Academics
Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima, associate professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University
- John Agard, playwright, poet and children's writer
- George Granville Monah James, historian and author
- Egbert Martin, 19th century Guyanese poet, African and European ancestry
- Walter Rodney, historian and political activist
- Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima, associate professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University
- Dalton Tong, Professor and Senior Lecturer Johns Hopkins University, first black to serve on national board of Healthcare Financial Management Association
Model
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