100 Notable alumni of University of the West Indies, Mona
Updated: May 21, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of the West Indies, Mona is ranked #1,112 in the world and #1 in Jamaica by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of the West Indies, Mona sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of the West Indies, Mona won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry
1953-. (aged 73)
lawyer
Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry is President of the World Maritime University. She is an international lawyer, a global leader on maritime law, labour standards and labour law, and law of international organizations. Dr. Doumbia-Henry is a distinguished academic in the field of international law and an international advocate for sustainability and innovation.
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2. Tracy Robinson
lawyer
Tracy S. Robinson is Jamaican attorney and lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies. She served as commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) from 2012 to 2015 and in 2014 was elected as chair of the organization. She has served as the Rapporteur on the Rights of Women since January 2012...
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3. Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean
politician
Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean is a Barbadian politician who served as her country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2018.
4. Kenneth Benjamin
jurist
judge
Kenneth Andrew Charles Benjamin is a Caribbean jurist. A dual national of Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda, he served as Chief Justice of Belize from 15 September 2011 to 20 March 2020.
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5. Kendel Hippolyte
1952-. (aged 74)
playwright
Kendel Hippolyte is a St Lucian poet and playwright.
6. Donnya Piggott
1990-. (aged 36)
entrepreneur
LGBTQ rights activist
Donnya D. "Zi" Piggott is a tech entrepreneur, designer and human rights advocate from Barbados. In 2012, she co-founded B-GLAD, a support organisation for LGBTQ persons in Barbados. In 2015, she was awarded Queen Elizabeth's Young Leaders Award for her activism in changing the lives of young people. Donnya is currently the CEO and co-founder of Pink Coconuts.
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7. Paula Gopee-Scoon
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Paula Gopee-Scoon is a Trinidad and Tobago politician. She was MP for Point Fortin in the House of Representatives and a government minister. Formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs for Trinidad and Tobago from 2007 to 2010, she was appointed the Minister of Trade and Industry on September 11, 2015. She was reappointed August 19, 2020, following the 2020 Trinidad and...
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8. Darrell Bradley
1979-. (aged 47)
lawyer
politician
Darrell Bradley is a Belizean attorney and politician. A member of the United Democratic Party (UDP), he served as Mayor of Belize City from 2012 to 2018. From 2019 to 2020, he was President of the Senate.
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9. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
1954-. (aged 72)
biomedical engineer
Anthony "Tony" Guiseppi-Elie is a Trinidad-born, American scientist, chemical and bioengineer, entrepreneur. He is the President and Sr. Fellow of the American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Engineering and Innovation and the President and Scientific director of ABTECH Scientific, Inc. He is noted for his research and commercial development of biologically inspired and chemically responsive electroconductive hydrogels. Guiseppi-Elie is the...
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10. Janice Pereira
lawyer
judge
Dame Janice Mesadis Pereira DBE PC, was the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. She became the first female Chief Justice and the first person from the British Virgin Islands to become Chief Justice in 2012.
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11. Barbara Jenkins
1941-. (aged 85)
writer
novelist
Barbara Jenkins is a Trinidadian writer, whose work since 2010 has won several international prizes, including the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
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12. Norman Girvan
1941-2014 (aged 73)
economist
Norman P. Girvan was a Jamaican professor, Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States between 2000 and 2004. He was born in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica. He died aged 72 in Cuba on 9 April 2014, after having suffered a fall while hiking in Dominica in early 2014. He had been a member of the United Nations Committee on...
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13. E. Dale Abel
1963-. (aged 63)
endocrinologist
Evan Dale Abel is an American endocrinologist who serves as chair of the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His works on the molecular mechanisms that underpin cardiac failure in diabetes. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association and the American College of Physicians. He was elected a member of the National...
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14. Richard Bernal
1949-2023 (aged 74)
diplomat
economist
Richard L. Bernal, OJ was a Jamaican economist and diplomat. Bernal served as the Jamaican Ambassador to the United States from 1991 to 2001, simultaneously holding the post of Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the Organization of American States. As of March 2016, Bernal held the post of Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Affairs at the University of the West Indies...
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15. Edwin W. Carrington
1938-. (aged 88)
diplomat
politician
Sir Edwin Wilberforce Carrington, TC, CM, KCN, CHB, OCC is the former Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, serving from 1992 to 2010.
16. Andaiye
1942-2019 (aged 77)
writer
Andaiye, born Sandra Williams, was a Guyanese social, political, and gender rights activist, who has been described as "a transformative figure in the region's political struggle, particularly in the late 1970s, '80s and '90s".
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17. Gale Rigobert
politician
Gale Tracy Christiane Rigobert is a Saint Lucian politician, former Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development. She is the former representative for Micoud North constituency in the House of Assembly.
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18. Rose-Marie Belle Antoine
1998-2004 (aged 6)
academic
Rose-Marie Belle Antoine is a Trinidadian academic, attorney-at-law, author and Professor of Labor Law and Offshore Financial Law. She currently serves as the pro-vice-chancellor of the Board for Graduate Studies and Research at The University of the West Indies. She previously served as regional Dean of the Faculty of Law, the first Dean of the Faculty of Law at St....
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19. Monica Dacon
1934-. (aged 92)
politician
Dame Monica Jessie Dacon DBE, CMG is a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines former schoolteacher, educator and politician. She is the widow of parliamentarian St. Clair Dacon.
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20. Ishion Hutchinson
poet
Ishion Hutchinson is a Jamaican poet and essayist.
21. Wilfred Elrington
1948-. (aged 78)
lawyer
journalist
judge
politician
Wilfred Peter "Sedi" Elrington is a Belizean politician who has been the Foreign Minister of Belize since 2008.
22. Pamela Coke-Hamilton
lawyer
Pamela Rosemarie Coke-Hamilton is a Jamaican lawyer and trade expert who has been serving as Executive Director of the International Trade Centre since 2020.
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23. Mercedes Richards
1955-2016 (aged 61)
astronomer
Mercedes Tharam Richards, née Davis, was a Jamaican astronomy and astrophysics professor. Her investigation focused on computational astrophysics, stellar astrophysics and exoplanets and brown dwarfs, and the physical dynamics of interacting binary stars systems. However, her pioneering research in the tomography of interacting binary star systems and cataclysmic variable stars to predict magnetic activity and simulate gas flow is her...
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24. Catherine Pollard
1960-. (aged 66)
diplomat
Catherine Pollard is a diplomat who has been serving as Under Secretary-General of the United Nations for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance since 2019. From 2015 until 2019, she was the Coordinator for Multilingualism for the United Nations; in this capacity, she also served as Under Secretary-General of the United Nations for General Assembly and Conference Management.
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25. Whycliffe Cameron
1971-. (aged 55)
cricketer
Whycliffe "Dave" Cameron is the former president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Inc. He was elected the 18th president of the WICB in March 2013.
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26. Stephen Vasciannie
1960-. (aged 66)
diplomat
Stephen Charles Vasciannie CD is a Jamaican law professor. Formerly Deputy Solicitor-General and principal of the Norman Manley Law School, Vasciannie served as Jamaica's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States until he stepped down to return to academic life.
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27. Charles Fernandez
1995-. (aged 31)
modern pentathlete
Charles Henry “Max” Fernandez is a Labour Party politician from Antigua and Barbuda who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade from June 2014 to 2018. He currently serves as Minister of Tourism, Investment and Economic Development.
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28. Pennelope Beckles-Robinson
1961-. (aged 65)
diplomat
lawyer
politician
Pennelope Althea Beckles-Robinson MP is a Trinidadian attorney and politician who has been the Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the People's National Movement since 2025. She has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Representatives for Arima since the 2020 general election. Previously she was the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations,...
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29. Carla Barnett
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
economist
Carla Natalie Barnett is a Belizean economist and politician, currently serving as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) since 2021.
30. Antonette Wemyss Gorman
1972-. (aged 54)
naval officer
Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman CD is a Jamaican military officer serving as the chief of defence staff of the Jamaica Defence Force; which is the highest ranked military position in the country; she also holds the rank of vice admiral. She is the first female chief of staff in Jamaica, and was also the first female officer to serve...
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31. Karen E. Nelson
evolutionary biologist
microbiologist
Karen Nelson is a Jamaican-born American microbiologist who was formerly president of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). On July 6, 2021 she joined Thermo Fisher Scientific as Chief Scientific Officer.
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32. Erna Brodber
1940-. (aged 86)
writer
sociologist
Erna Brodber is a Jamaican writer, sociologist and social activist. She is the sister of writer Velma Pollard.
33. K. Dwight Venner
1946-2016 (aged 70)
economist
Sir Kenneth Dwight Vincent Venner, KBE, SLC was the governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, a position he held from December 1989 to November 2015. Prior to that, he served as the director of finance and planning in the St Lucian Government between November 1981 and November 1989.
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34. Rocky Ricardo Meade
Rocky Ricardo Meade is a Jamaican military leader who was the third Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), serving from December 2016 to January 2022.
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35. Vance Amory
1949-2022 (aged 73)
politician
Vance Winkworth Amory was a Saint Kitts and Nevis politician, cricketer, banker, and educator. He served two stints as Premier of Nevis, from 1992 to 2006 and from 2013 to 2017, and served as the Minister of Sports in the Nevis Island Administration. He founded and led the Concerned Citizens' Movement. The airport in Nevis, Vance W. Amory International Airport,...
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36. Fae Ellington
1953-. (aged 73)
lecturer
journalist
television presenter
actor
Fae Ellington, CD, OD, is a Jamaican media personality and lecturer best known for hosting the television series Morning Time on JBC for more than twelve years.
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37. Reuben Meade
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Reuben Theodore Meade is a British politician who has been Chief Minister and 1st Premier of Montserrat from 1991 to 1996, 2009 to 2014, and since 2024. He has been a member of the Movement for Change and Prosperity (MCAP), National Progressive Party, and United Alliance (UA). After losing the 2014 election he stepped down as leader of MCAP, but...
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38. Don Martina
1935-2024 (aged 89)
politician
Dominico Felipe "Don" Martina was a Curaçaoan politician. He served two terms as prime minister of the Netherlands Antilles. His first term lasted from November 1979 to October 1984 and his second term from January 1986 to July 1988.
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39. Kenneth Baugh
1941-2019 (aged 78)
diplomat
politician
Kenneth Lee O'Neil Baugh, OJ was a Jamaican politician and surgeon. A member of the Jamaica Labour Party, he served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Minister of Health.
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40. Dana Seetahal
1955-2014 (aged 59)
lawyer
politician
Dana Saroop Seetahal SC was a Trinidad and Tobago lawyer and politician. She served as an Independent Senator in the Senate. She was an attorney at law in private practice and was formerly a lecturer at the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago, where she held the position of Course Director in Criminal Practice and Procedure. She was assassinated...
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41. Tiphanie Yanique
1978-. (aged 48)
novelist
Tiphanie Yanique from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a Caribbean American fiction writer, poet and essayist who lives in New York. In 2010, the National Book Foundation named her a "5 Under 35" honoree. She also teaches creative writing, currently based at Emory University.
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42. Colm Imbert
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Colm Imbert is a politician in Trinidad and Tobago. He was the Minister of Public Utilities from March until May 2025 and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Diego Martin North/East, which he has represented since December 1991.
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43. Mark Brantley
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Mark Anthony Graham Brantley is the Premier of Nevis, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and former Minister of Foreign Affairs for St Kitts and Nevis. On May 10, 2022, Dr Timothy Harris, having lost the support of the elected majority to function as Prime Minister and facing a historic Motion of No Confidence in the National Parliament,...
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44. Kwame Dawes
1962-. (aged 64)
writer
periodical editor
poet
magazine editor
Kwame Senu Neville Dawes is a Ghanaian poet, academic, critic, actor, and musician. He is the former Louis Frye Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of South Carolina and former Professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was appointed Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University in 2024. He is series editor of the African Poetry...
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45. Essa M. Faal
lawyer
Essa Mbye Faal is a Gambian international lawyer who is a defence counsel at the International Criminal Court (ICC) and a senior partner at Faal and Co. Faal led the prosecution in the Darfur investigations and as a lead defence counsel for a number of other cases. In 2018, he was appointed as chief prosecutor at the Gambian Truth, Reconciliation...
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46. George Brizan
1942-2012 (aged 70)
politician
George Ignatius Brizan, CMG, CBE was a Grenadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Grenada for four months in 1995. He moved to the top post in February, upon the resignation of Nicholas Brathwaite, and remained in office until Keith Mitchell was inaugurated on 22 June.
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47. Rufus Ewing
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
physician
Rufus Washington Ewing is a Turks and Caicos Islander politician who served as the 3rd Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands and president of the Progressive National Party from 2012 to 2016. Prior to his tenure as premier he worked in the Ministry of Health. He resigned as president of the PNP and lost the premiership after the PNP...
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48. Verene Shepherd
1951-. (aged 75)
historian
social historian
university teacher
Verene Albertha Shepherd is a Jamaican academic who is a professor of social history at the University of the West Indies in Mona. She is the director of the university's Institute for Gender and Development Studies, and specialises in Jamaican social history and diaspora studies.
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49. Kamina Johnson-Smith
diplomat
politician
Kamina Elizabeth Johnson Smith is a Jamaican attorney-at-law and Senator. Johnson Smith is Jamaica's first female Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Since 2016, Johnson Smith has served concurrently as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate.
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50. Carissa Etienne
1952-2023 (aged 71)
physician
Carissa Faustina Etienne was a Dominican public health expert. She served as the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and regional director for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO) (2018–2023). Up to her death, she was in her second five-year term as PAHO director, having been re-elected by the PAHO member states during the Pan American...
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51. Ivor Archie
lawyer
Ivor Archie ORTT is a Trinidadian jurist who served as Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago from 2008 to 2025. He was formerly Solicitor general of the Cayman Islands from 1995 until his return to Trinidad in 1998.
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52. Bridgid Annisette-George
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Bridgid Annisette-George is a Trinidadian lawyer and politician. She was the Speaker of House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago in 2015–2025, and was the second woman to hold the position. By the end of her tenure, she was the world's longest serving female incumbent Speaker of a National Legislature at the time. She previously served as a Senator and...
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53. Faris Al-Rawi
1971-. (aged 55)
lawyer
politician
Faris Al-Rawi is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician. He was the former Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 to 2022. He was the Member of the House of Representatives for the constituency of San Fernando West from 2015 to 2025.
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54. Donovan Ricketts
1977-. (aged 49)
association football player
Donovan Damon Ricketts is a Jamaican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and is currently the head coach for Carolina Core FC in MLS Next Pro. Ricketts played more than 100 games for Bradford City in England, and has more than 100 appearances in Major League Soccer and has twice been named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. He...
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55. Orlando Patterson
1940-. (aged 86)
historian
sociologist
university teacher
Horace Orlando Patterson OJ OM is a Jamaican-American historian and sociologist known for his work on the history of race and slavery in the United States and Jamaica, as well as the sociology of development. He is currently the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. Patterson's 1991 book Freedom in the Making of Western Culture won the U.S....
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56. Dennis Francis
1956-. (aged 70)
diplomat
politician
Dennis Francis is a diplomat from Trinidad and Tobago who has served as his country's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York since 2021. From 2023 to 2024 he was President of the United Nations General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session.
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57. Marcella Liburd
1953-. (aged 73)
barrister
teacher
politician
Dame Marcella Althea Liburd GCMG JP is a Kittitian politician who is the fifth governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis, serving since 2023. Trained as a teacher and then as a barrister and solicitor, Liburd was the first woman to serve as both the Speaker of the National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis and the Governor-General, as well as...
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58. Pearlette Louisy
1946-. (aged 80)
politician
Dame Calliopa Pearlette Louisy GCSL GCMG DStJ is a Saint Lucian academic, who served as governor-general of Saint Lucia from 19 September 1997, until her resignation on 31 December 2017. She is the first woman to hold the vice-regal office, as well as the longest-serving governor-general in the history of Saint Lucia.
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59. Kevin Fenton
1966-. (aged 60)
epidemiologist
Kevin Andrew Fenton is a public health physician and infectious disease epidemiologist. He is the London regional director at Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, regional public health director at NHS London and the statutory health advisor to the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. He is the current president of the United Kingdom Faculty of Public Health and holds honorary...
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60. Tillman Thomas
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Tillman Joseph Thomas, CBE is a Grenadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Grenada from 2008 to 2013. He was the leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from 2000 to 2014.
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61. Orlando Smith
1944-. (aged 82)
politician
physician
Daniel Orlando Smith, OBE is a British Virgin Islands politician who served as Premier of the Virgin Islands from 2003 to 2007, and 2011 to 2019. As leader of the National Democratic Party he Leader of the Opposition from 1999 to 2003, and 2007 to 2011.
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62. Marlene Malahoo Forte
politician
judge
Marlene Patricia Malahoo Forte is a Jamaican politician. She was the Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs from January 2022, until September 2025 when the role was terminated. She also was the Attorney General of Jamaica from 7 March 2016 to 10 January 2022. She served as a Senator for the Jamaica Labour Party from 2009 to 2016, and served...
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63. Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
1937-2023 (aged 86)
diplomat
politician
Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, KA, PC was a Barbadian politician. He served as the fourth prime minister of Barbados from 1987 to 1994, and later served as Barbados' first resident ambassador in Beijing, China, from 2010 to 2013.
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64. Kennedy Simmonds
1936-. (aged 90)
politician
Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds, KCMG, is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician who served as the first prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 1983 to 1995.
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65. Kei Miller
1978-. (aged 48)
novelist
Kei Miller FRSL is a Jamaican poet, fiction writer, essayist and blogger. He is also a professor of creative writing.
66. Philip J. Pierre
1954-. (aged 72)
civil servant
politician
Philip Joseph Pierre is a Saint Lucian politician currently serving as the prime minister of Saint Lucia since 2021. Pierre serves as the Minister for Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy. He is the Leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party since 18 June 2016. He has represented the Castries East constituency in the House of Assembly since 1997.
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67. Edwidge Danticat
1969-. (aged 57)
novelist
university teacher
short story writer
writer
children's writer
Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or edited several books and has been the recipient of many awards and honors. Her work has dealt with themes of national identity, mother-daughter relationships,...
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68. Christine Kangaloo
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Christine Carla Kangaloo ORTT is a Trinidadian politician and lawyer, who has served as the 7th president of Trinidad and Tobago since 2023. She also served as President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 to 2023 and acted as President of the Republic on 33 occasions before assuming office.
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69. Hubert Minnis
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Hubert Alexander Minnis, ON is a Bahamian politician and doctor who served as prime minister of The Bahamas from May 2017 to 16 September 2021. Minnis is the former leader of the Free National Movement, the former governing party, and the Member of Parliament for the New Providence constituency of Killarney. First elected to the legislature in the 2007 election,...
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70. Colville Young
1932-. (aged 94)
composer
novelist
politician
writer
Sir Colville Norbert Young GCMG MBE is a Belizean politician who served as the second governor-general of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General in 1993, taking office on 17 November of that year, and was knighted in 1994.
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71. Bruce Golding
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Orette Bruce Golding is a former Jamaican politician who served as eighth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 11 September 2007 to 23 October 2011. He is a member of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), which he led from 2005 to his resignation in 2011.
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72. Rikrok
1972-. (aged 54)
composer
songwriter
singer
record producer
RikRok is a British-Jamaican singer, best known for his featured vocals on the 2000 international hit song "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy.
73. P. J. Patterson
1935-. (aged 91)
lawyer
politician
Percival Noel James Patterson, ON, OCC, KC, popularly known as P.J. Patterson, is a Jamaican former politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1992 to 2006. He served in office for 14 years, making him the longest-serving prime minister in Jamaica's history. He was the leader of the People's National Party from 1992 to 2006.
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74. Cécile La Grenade
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
scientist
Dame Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade, GCMG OBE DStJ is a Grenadian food scientist who has served as governor-general of Grenada since 2013.
75. Anthony Carmona
1953-. (aged 73)
lawyer
judge
politician
HE Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona SC ORTT is a Trinidadian politician who was the fifth President of Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 to 2018. Previously, he was a High Court Judge at the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago, and served as a Judge of the International Criminal Court from 2012 to 2013.
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76. Patrick Manning
1946-2016 (aged 70)
geologist
politician
Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago twice from 1991 to 1995, and again from 2001 to 2010. A geologist by training, Manning served as Member of Parliament for the San Fernando East constituency from 1971 until 2015 when he was replaced by Randall Mitchell, but with the...
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77. Hansle Parchment
1990-. (aged 36)
hurdler
athletics competitor
Hansle Parchment is a Jamaican track and field athlete, competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics in the event.
78. Giselle Laronde
1963-. (aged 63)
model
beauty pageant contestant
Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde-West is a Trinidadian model, Stenographer and beauty queen who won Miss World 1986, representing Trinidad and Tobago. She became the second woman from that nation to win an international beauty pageant, after Janelle Commissiong Miss Universe 1977 and the only one to date, to win Miss World title. The pageant was held in London, UK at the...
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79. Keith Rowley
1949-. (aged 77)
geologist
politician
Keith Christopher Rowley MP is a Trinidadian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 to 2025. He was the leader the People's National Movement (PNM) from 2010 to 2025 and was Leader of the Opposition from 2010 to 2015. He also served as the Member of the House of Representatives for Diego Martin...
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80. Lisa Hanna
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
television presenter
model
beauty pageant contestant
radio personality
Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna is a Jamaican politician and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1993, becoming the third Jamaican to win the title. A member of the opposition People's National Party, Hanna currently serves as Member of Parliament for Saint Ann South East, and was Jamaica's Minister of Youth and Culture from 2012 to 2016. Hanna was a...
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81. Ralph Gonsalves
1946-. (aged 80)
lawyer
politician
Ralph Everard Gonsalves is a Vincentian politician who served as prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 2001 to 2025, and as the leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) since 2001. He was the longest continuously serving prime minister since St. Vincent's independence in 1979, with almost 25 years in office. Gonsalves has been Member of Parliament...
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82. Wendy Fitzwilliam
1972-. (aged 54)
actor
beauty pageant contestant
lawyer
model
television presenter
Wendy Marcelle Fitzwilliam is a Trinidadian lawyer, actress, model, singer, tv host and beauty queen who won Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe 1998 and became the second Miss Universe in history from Trinidad and Tobago. Miss Universe 1998 is also the third woman of African heritage to win the beauty pageant.
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83. Derek Walcott
1930-2017 (aged 87)
writer
prose writer
poet
playwright
Sir Derek Alton Walcott KCSL OBE OM OCC was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright.
84. Andrew Holness
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Andrew Michael Holness, ON PC MP is a Jamaican politician who has served as Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, having previously served from 2011 to 2012, and as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) since 2011.
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85. Marlon James
1970-. (aged 56)
writer
novelist
Marlon James is a Jamaican writer. He is the author of five novels: John Crow's Devil (2005), The Book of Night Women (2009), A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014), which won him the 2015 Man Booker Prize, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019), and Moon Witch, Spider King (2022). He wrote the limited series Get Millie Black.
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86. Jack Warner
1943-. (aged 83)
businessperson
sports executive
teacher
politician
Jack Austin Warner is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician, businessman, and former football executive. Warner was Vice President of FIFA and President of CONCACAF until his suspension and eventual resignation from these roles in 2011. He is also the former Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago and was an elected member of the country's parliament from 2007 to...
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87. Kamla Persad-Bissessar
1952-. (aged 74)
lawyer
politician
Kamla Susheila Persad-Bissessar SC MP, often referred to by her initials KPB, is a Trinidadian lawyer, politician and educator who has twice served as the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, from 2010 to 2015 and since May 2025. She has also been the Political Leader of the United National Congress since 2010, and was the Leader of the Opposition...
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88. Dean Barrow
1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer
politician
Dean Oliver Barrow, SC PC is a Belizean politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Belize from 2008 until 2020 and as leader of Belize's United Democratic Party.
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89. David A. Granger
1945-. (aged 81)
writer
politician
David Arthur Granger is a Guyanese former politician and retired military officer who served as the ninth president of Guyana from 2015 to 2020. A member of the People’s National Congress (PNC), he previously served as Commander of the Guyana Defence Force and as National Security Adviser from 1990 to 1992. He was leader of the Opposition in the National...
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90. Timothy Harris
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Timothy Sylvester Harris is a Kittitian politician who served as the third prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 2015 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 August 2001 to 25 January 2008, as Minister of Finance from 2008 to 2010, and as Senior Minister and Minister for Agriculture from 2010 to 2013. Originally...
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91. Freundel Stuart
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Freundel Jerome Stuart, OR, PC, SC is a Barbadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Barbados and the leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) from 2010 to 2018. He succeeded David Thompson, who died in office from pancreatic cancer.
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92. Owen Arthur
1949-2020 (aged 71)
politician
economist
Owen Seymour Arthur PC was a Barbadian politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He is the longest-serving Barbadian prime minister to date. He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 1 August 1993 to 6 September 1994 and from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013.
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93. David Thompson
1954-. (aged 72)
basketball player
David John Howard Thompson was the sixth prime minister of Barbados from 15 January 2008 until his death from pancreatic cancer on 23 October 2010.
94. Kenny Anthony
1951-. (aged 75)
university teacher
politician
Kenny Davis Anthony is a Saint Lucian politician who was Prime Minister of Saint Lucia from 1997 to 2006 and again from 2011 to 2016. As leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party, he was Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2011 and returned to office as Prime Minister on 30 November 2011 following the 2011 election. He left...
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95. Denzil Douglas
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
The Right Hon. Denzil Llewellyn Douglas is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. He was the leader of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) from 1989 to 2021. He was the leader of the parliamentary opposition from 1989 to 1995 and from...
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96. Tracy Davidson-Celestine
1978-. (aged 48)
politician
Tracy Petulia Davidson-Celestine is a Tobagonian politician who is the former Secretary of Health, Wellness and Family Development, as well as a former Councillor in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) becoming one of the leading members addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Tobago. She is the first female political leader in the THA, a defeated Chief Secretary candidate, the first...
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97. Adrian Saunders
1954-. (aged 72)
lawyer
judge
Adrian Dudley Saunders is a judge from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Since 2005, he has been a judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice, serving as its president since 2018.
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98. Keith Mitchell
1946-. (aged 80)
mathematician
cricketer
university teacher
politician
Keith Claudius Mitchell is a Grenadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Grenada from 1995 to 2008 and from 2013 to 2022. He is the longest-serving prime minister in Grenadian history, holding the office for more than 22 years. He was leader of the New National Party (NNP) from 1989 until 2024 and has been the Leader of the...
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99. Sandra Mason
1949-. (aged 77)
judge
politician
Dame Sandra Prunella Mason FB GCMG DA SC is a Barbadian politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as the first president of Barbados from 2021 to 2025. She was previously the eighth and final governor-general of Barbados from 2018 to 2021, the second woman to hold the office. On 20 October 2021, Mason was elected by the Parliament of Barbados...
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100. Imran Nazar Hosein
1942-. (aged 84)
writer
philosopher
school teacher
ulema
Imran Nazar Hosein is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian Islamic preacher, author, and philosopher who specialises in Islamic eschatology, world politics, economics, and modern socio-economic/political issues. He is the author of Jerusalem in the Qur'an and other books.
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