Jamaican Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal with the women's

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal with the women's national team at the 2007 Panamerican Cup in Colima, Mexico. Later that year, she also won the bronze medal at the NORCECA Championship in Winnipeg, Canad

Is a Cuban painter who lives in France. She is known for her abstract expressive paintings in strong

Is a Cuban painter who lives in France. She is known for her abstract expressive paintings in strong colours, usually depicting women. She has also written collections of poems.In 1959 she fled from the Cuban dictatorship of Fidel Castro, and in 1960 she made her first solo exhibition in Luzern, Switzerland. Since then she has mad exhibitions in various countries. Particularly in France where she lives, but also in the United States. She got a close relationship to the Danish painter Asger Jorn from the CoBrA group, and the influence from this artistic group is obvious in her works.

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who participated with the women's nationa

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who participated with the women's national team at the 2007 World Cup in Japan. She competed as Middle Blocker.Along with her twin sister, Gina, she played at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit

Is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist.

Is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist.

A Puerto Rican actress with French ancestry on her father's side.Blondet became famous at around the

A Puerto Rican actress with French ancestry on her father's side.Blondet became famous at around the age of 14, when she began to appear on Puerto Rico's telenovelas. As a soap opera actress, she appeared in many of Puerto Rico's soaps of the late 1970s, and the early 1980s.In 1982 she married Luis Iglesias, a jeweler in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They had one daughter, Andrea and were divorced in 1984. In 1986, she married the famous Bolivian actor Luis Abreu, with whom she had no children. She divorced Abreu in 1987. Around then magazines such as Vea and Teve Guía started talking of a supposed rivalry between her and Millie Avilés, another young Puerto Rican actress who resembled Blondet physically.

Was a Puerto Rican comedian, radio and television host and media icon of Italian descent. Agrelot wa

Was a Puerto Rican comedian, radio and television host and media icon of Italian descent. Agrelot was better known as Don Cholito, one of the more than 200 different characterizations he developed -and his best known one- during his lifetime.He started working on radio stations when he was 14. At that time, he was employed by radio impresario Don Tomás Muñiz, owner of WIAC-AM and the father of later producer and actor Tommy Muñiz. During this period Agrelot developed his first comedic character, Torito Fuertes, the mischievous eight year-old of a family comedy show sponsored by Borden, Inc. and its evaporated milk (the name Torito Fuertes was a pun on "strong calf", a desirable consequence of drinking good milk). The character later took a life of his own on a radio show first named El Profesor Colgate (sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive's flagship toothpaste) and later called El Colegio de la Alegría (The School of Joy). This program featured Tommy Muñiz as the schoolteacher of a rather dysfunctional classroom.

An actress, comedian and television host.Rodríguez made her television debut when she auditioned fo

An actress, comedian and television host.Rodríguez made her television debut when she auditioned for a role in the soap opera La Mujer de Aquella Noche ( The Woman of that night) and performed alongside Braulio Castillo. The soap opera was a success and her acting caught the attention of a Peruvian director who offered her a role in the soap opera Simplemente María-2da. Parte (Simply Mary-Part 2), filmed in Peru. Simplemente María Part 2, became an international success, in Latin America.[1]

Is a professional boxer, nicknamed Gentleman. He stands at 180cm, around 5'11" tall. Johnson has fou

Is a professional boxer, nicknamed Gentleman. He stands at 180cm, around 5'11" tall. Johnson has fought in the middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight divisions and has held the IBF and Ring magazine championships at light heavyweight. Joh

Is a composer, guitarist, and singer of various different types of music styles, such as salsa, bole

Is a composer, guitarist, and singer of various different types of music styles, such as salsa, boleros and rumba. He is credited with recording the first rap song in Spanish.

Was a Puerto Rican Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1960 Sum

Was a Puerto Rican Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

A Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 of best selling music a

A Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide,[1] with 26.5 million in the United States alone[2]. She has won seven Grammy Awards, becoming among the most successful crossover performers in Latin music to date.

Is a former Haitian soccer player.He played throughout his career in the Haitian league playing for

Is a former Haitian soccer player.He played throughout his career in the Haitian league playing for FICA (Football InterClub Association), located in Cap-Haïtien, where he has been the leading scorer. With 24 goals, he was top goalscorer of the league in FICA's championship winning 2001 season[1] and he won 6 national titles with his club.

Was a key architect of Cuba's Independence Movement with José Martí during the late 19th century.B

Was a key architect of Cuba's Independence Movement with José Martí during the late 19th century.Born in Havana, his family moved to New York City, where he was educated. While in the United States, he attended CCNY before graduating from Columbia University. During his undergraduate career he was initiated into Theta Delta Chi. He soon pursued a law degree, graduating from New York University in 1891.

Was Foreign Minister of Cuba from 1956 to 1959 and Prime Minister of Cuba from March 12, 1958 to Jan

Was Foreign Minister of Cuba from 1956 to 1959 and Prime Minister of Cuba from March 12, 1958 to January 1, 1959. He also served as the Cuban Ambassador to Mexico.

Was a Cuban musician, composer, musical director and founder of several orchestras. He was a pioneer

Was a Cuban musician, composer, musical director and founder of several orchestras. He was a pioneer of the symphonic movement in Cuba.In 1902 he began to study piano, music theory and solfège and later graduated in music studies at the Havana Conservatory. In 1907 he played part, as a pianist, in an ensemble (trio), and thus started his very active career in music, composed his first musical piece Voice of misfortune for piano and solo voice.

Is a Cuban punk rock musician and dissident, who has publicly criticized communism. He is the leader

Is a Cuban punk rock musician and dissident, who has publicly criticized communism. He is the leader of the Porno para Ricardo band.Initially, his band was well-received by the Cuban authorities, being even featured on television, but as his lyrics became bolder, he was banned from performing in public and the songs being put on the internet with help of a friend from abroad.[2]

Was a Cuban singer of Latin Jazz, known as 'The First Lady of Latin Jazz'.[2][3]She was born in Hava

Was a Cuban singer of Latin Jazz, known as 'The First Lady of Latin Jazz'.[2][3]She was born in Havana, Cuba and in the early 1940s moved to New York City to seek success. Her best-known songs include "This is Graciela", "Intimate and Sentimental" and "That's the Way I Am". [4] She was the sister of Machito.

Is a former West Indian cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1969 to 1972. He is the cousin of I

Is a former West Indian cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1969 to 1972. He is the cousin of Irvine Shillingford, who also played Test cricket for the West Indies. Grayson Shillingford, the former West Indies fast bowler who played seven Tests betwe

Was a fisherman and the first mate of the Pilar - the boat belonging to the American writer Ernest H

Was a fisherman and the first mate of the Pilar - the boat belonging to the American writer Ernest Hemingway. In 1938, Fuentes replaced the Pilar's original first mate, Carlos Gutierrez, after Hemingway's mistress, Jane Mason, hired him away to be the fir

Is best known for being a Dominican military and state leader who was the main leader in the restora

Is best known for being a Dominican military and state leader who was the main leader in the restoration of the Dominican Republic after the Spanish annexation in 1863.Around the age of 14, Gregorio began working for Pedro Eduardo Dubocq, an owner of a ma

In Saint Michael, Barbados was a West Indies cricketer who took part in the 1982-83 rebel tour of So

In Saint Michael, Barbados was a West Indies cricketer who took part in the 1982-83 rebel tour of South Africa. A right arm fast bowler, Armstrong had a stint with Glamorgan County Cricket Club after they signed him in 1974. He took 45 wickets at 31.00 in

Is a former professional footballer. He has captained the Barbados national team and played professi

Is a former professional footballer. He has captained the Barbados national team and played professionally in the English Football League.

Is a Bahamian cricketer. Taylor is a left-handed batsman who is a left-arm bowler, although his bowl

Is a Bahamian cricketer. Taylor is a left-handed batsman who is a left-arm bowler, although his bowling style is unknown. Taylor also plays as an occasional wicketkeeper and is the current captain of the Bahamas national cricket team. Taylor made his debut for the Bahamas in the 2004 Americas Affiliates Championship against the Turks and Caicos Islands. Taylor made his Twenty20 debut for the Bahamas in the 1st round of the 2008 Stanford 20/20 against Jamaica, where he scored 10 runs and stumped Xavier Marshall off the bowling of Narendra Ekanayake. Taylor represented the Bahamas in the 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five and in the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division 2. Taylor will represent the Bahamas in the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division 1.

Is a female weightlifter from the Dominican Republic. She won three medals during her career at the

Is a female weightlifter from the Dominican Republic. She won three medals during her career at the Pan American Games (1999, 2003 and 2007) in the women's flyweight division (– 48 kg).

Was a Cuban politician and businessman.Aguilera was a Senator from Camagüey from 1954 until 1959. H

Was a Cuban politician and businessman.Aguilera was a Senator from Camagüey from 1954 until 1959. He was one of the largest rice growers in Cuba. He was the owner of Finca San Antonio (Plantation San Antonio) which was 1000 caballerias (33,200 acres) with 600 caballarias (19,920 acres) dedicated to growing rice.