Barbados
Historical figures born in Barbados
164 notable historical figures were born in Barbados. These are the most notable:
Barbados ranks #148 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Togo.
By occupation
- Politician: 9
- Minister/Cabinet Official: 5
- Prime Minister: 5
- Head of State/President: 3
- Poet: 3
- Writer/Author: 3
- Lawyer: 2
- Novelist: 2
- Rihanna (born 1988, Arts & Music)
- Mia Mottley (born 1965, Politics)
- Sandra Mason (born 1949, Politics)
- Jeffrey Bostic (born 1960, Politics)
- Errol Barrow (1920 to 1987, Politics)
- Owen Arthur (1949 to 2020, Politics)
- Kamau Brathwaite (1930 to 2020, Literature)
- Freundel Stuart (born 1951, Politics)
- Grantley Herbert Adams (1898 to 1971, Politics)
- Tom Adams (politician) (1931 to 1985, Politics)
- Arthur Barclay (1854 to 1938, Politics)
- George Lamming (1927 to 2022, Literature)
- Austin Clarke (novelist) (1934 to 2016, Literature)
- Lloyd Erskine Sandiford (1937 to 2023, Politics)
- Hilary Beckles (born 1955, Literature)
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