List of people from the United States Virgin Islands
This is a list of prominent people who were born in, lived in, or are otherwise closely associated with the
St. Thomas). This list does not include people from the British Virgin Islands
. The list covers notable individuals who have garnered international recognition in artistic, cultural, economic, historical, notorious, and political arenas.
Actors
- Lisa Canning (born 1966), television actress
- Kelsey Grammer (born 1955), actor
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs(born 1953), actor
- Janelle James (born 1979), actor
- Jasmin St. Claire (born 1970), adult film actress
Artists
- Fraser Kershaw, philanthropist, film artist
- marine painter; born in Denmark, lived and painted in the Danish West Indies
- Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), artist, French Impressionist painter
Athletes
- Raja Bell (born 1976), former professional basketball player
- Tombi Bell (born 1979), former professional basketball player (sister to Raja Bell)
- Livingstone Bramble (born 1960 on St. Kitts & Nevis; raised on St. Croix), former professional boxing champion
- Jerry Browne (born 1966), professional baseball player
- Joe Christopher (born 1935), first baseball player born in the territory to play in Major League Baseball
- Horace Clarke (born 1940), professional baseball player
- Callix Crabbe (born 1983), Major League Baseball Player (San Diego Padres)
- Midre Cummings (born 1971), professional baseball player
- Tim Duncan (born 1976), former professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs
- Brasheedah Elohim, American-Israeli women's professional basketball player
- Emile Griffith (1938–2013), professional boxing champion
- Elrod Hendricks (1940–2005), professional baseball player and coach
- Peter Holmberg (born 1960), Olympic sailor; as of 2016, the only member of the USVI Olympic Team to win an Olympic medal
- John Jackson (born 1989), professional boxer (son of Julian Jackson; brother to Julius Jackson)
- Julian Jackson (born 1960), former professional boxing champion
- Julius Jackson (born 1987), professional boxer (son of Julian Jackson)
- Milt Newton, former professional basketball player; administrator for multiple NBA teams
- Calvin Pickering (born 1976), professional baseball player
- "Sugar" Ray Seales (born 1952 in Saint Croix), the only American boxer to win gold in the 1972 Summer Olympics
- LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, professional sprinter and Olympian
Entrepreneurs
- ITT Corporation
- William Leidesdorff, (1810–1848), entrepreneur
- Bartholomew Sharp, (c1650–1702), buccaneer
Historians
- Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874–1938), historian, writer, activist, namesake of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; born in Puerto Rico to a mother from St. Croix, attended school on St. Thomas
Models
- Hannah Jeter (born 1990), Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model; born and raised on St. Thomas
Musicians
- Alton Adams (1889–1987), musician, first black bandmaster in the United States Navy
- Bennie Benjamin (1907–1989), composer
- Delyno Brown, reggae artist
- Vanessa Daou, international singer-songwriter, dancer, writer, poet
- Jon Lucien (1942–2007), vocalist and musician; born on the island of Tortola and raised on Saint Thomas
- St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Theron Thomas, member of musical duo Rock City
Nurses
- Ianthe Blyden (1899–1984), pioneer of nursing at Knud Hansen Memorial Hospital on St. Thomas
- Myrah Keating Smith (1908–1994), the only health provider on St. John for two decades
Pharmacist
- manufacturer from St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies.
Political leaders
- Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), first United States Secretary of the Treasury, an American "founding father", economist, and political philosopher; born in Nevis, raised on St. Croix
- Archie Alexander (1888–1958), mathematician, engineer, former Governor of the Virgin Islands
- Judah P. Benjamin (1811–1884), first Jewish U.S. Senator; Secretary of State, Confederate States of America
- Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912), Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician
- Frank Rudolph Crosswaith(1892–1965), socialist and labor leader
- Gabriel Milan governor from 7 May 1684 to 27 February 1686
- Ron De Lugo, St. Croix politician and former candidate for governor
- Hubert Henry Harrison(1883–1927), orator, political activist
- William H. Hastie (1904–1976), jurist, lawyer, Governor of the Virgin Islands
- Ulises Heureaux (1845–1899), former President of the Dominican Republic (mother born in Saint Thomas)[1]
- Casper Holstein (1888–1944), humanitarian
- Roy Innis (born 1934), African-American activist, civil rights leader
- D. Hamilton Jackson (1884–1946), journalist, labor leader, attorney, judge
- J. Raymond Jones (1899–1991), political leader, humanitarian
- William Leidesdorff (1810–1848), entrepreneur
- Juan Francisco Luis (1940–2011), 24th Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876), President of Mexico
- Terence Todman (1926–2014), former U.S. ambassador
- Denmark Vesey (1767–1822), slave revolt leader
- Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (1784–1854), Governor-General of the Danish West Indiesfrom 1827 to 1848
Writers
- Barbara Christian (1943–2000), educator and writer
- Doris Jadan (1925–2004), author and environmental activist; lived on St. John from 1955 until her death
- Audre Lorde (1934–1992), writer, feminist, civil rights activist; born in New York, died on St. Croix
- Karrine Steffans (born 1978), author
- Tiphanie Yanique (born 1978), author; born and raised on St. Thomas
See also
- List of Eastern Caribbean people
- Virgin Islands American
References
- ^ Hijos de Inmigrantes en República Dominicana Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine from ariskelvyn.com