Trinidad and Tobago
Historical figures born in Trinidad and Tobago
386 notable historical figures were born in Trinidad and Tobago. These are the most notable:
Trinidad and Tobago ranks #115 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Honduras, Kyrgyzstan and Guatemala.
By occupation
- Politician: 20
- Writer/Author: 12
- Novelist: 10
- Lawyer: 9
- Head of State/President: 8
- Journalist: 6
- Minister/Cabinet Official: 5
- Prime Minister: 5
- Nicki Minaj (born 1982, Arts & Music)
- V. S. Naipaul (1932 to 2018, Literature)
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar (born 1952, Politics)
- Christine Kangaloo (born 1961, Politics)
- Floella Benjamin (born 1949, Entertainment)
- C. L. R. James (1901 to 1989, Literature)
- Eric Williams (1911 to 1981, Politics)
- Claudia Jones (1915 to 1964, Literature)
- Keith Rowley (born 1949, Politics)
- Basdeo Panday (1933 to 2024, Politics)
- Stuart Young (born 1975, Politics)
- Noor Hassanali (1918 to 2006, Politics)
- A. N. R. Robinson (1926 to 2014, Politics)
- Learie Constantine (1901 to 1971, Sports)
- Patrick Manning (1946 to 2016, Politics)
- Paula-Mae Weekes (born 1958, Politics)
- George Maxwell Richards (1931 to 2018, Politics)
- Anthony Carmona (born 1953, Politics)
- Dionne Brand (born 1953, Literature)
- Ellis Clarke (1917 to 2010, Politics)
- Shiva Naipaul (1945 to 1985, Literature)
- André Alexis (born 1957, Literature)
- Pearl Primus (1919 to 1994, Arts & Music)
- George Chambers (1928 to 1997, Politics)
- Pelham Warner (1873 to 1963, Sports)
- George Harris, 4th Baron Harris (1851 to 1932, Sports)
- Earl Lovelace (born 1935, Literature)
- Rudranath Capildeo (1920 to 1970, Politics)
- Wendell Mottley (born 1941, Science)
- Althea McNish (1924 to 2020, Arts & Music)
- Rosa Guy (1922 to 2012, Literature)
- Anthony Joseph (born 1966, Literature)
- Dwight Yorke (born 1971, Sports)
- M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947, Literature)
- Stephon Alexander (born 1971, Science)
- Altheia Jones-LeCointe (born 1945, Science)
- Stokely Carmichael (1941 to 1998, Politics)
- Monique Roffey (born 1965, Literature)
- Vahni Capildeo (born 1973, Literature)
- Bert Achong (1928 to 1996, Science)
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