Jamaican Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Guyanese cricketer. An all-rounder, Foo is a leg spin bowler and lower order batsman for Guyana

Is a Guyanese cricketer. An all-rounder, Foo is a leg spin bowler and lower order batsman for Guyana who made his national debut in the 2010 Caribbean Twenty20. He played a leading role in the final of that tournament, scoring 42 runs from 17 balls to hel

Is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown races. In May

Is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown races. In May 2001, Jono Jones went to compete in Toronto, Canada. While riding in both Canada and in Barbados, between 2000 and 2003 he won four straight editions of t

Is a Puerto Rican boxer. He learned the sport from his father, practicing it since the age of four.

Is a Puerto Rican boxer. He learned the sport from his father, practicing it since the age of four. As an amateur, González has represented Puerto Rico at numerous international events, while competing in the flyweight limit of 51 kg (112 lb).

Is a Puerto Rican professional boxer who competes in the welterweight division. As an amateur, he re

Is a Puerto Rican professional boxer who competes in the welterweight division. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico at numerous international events.

Is a Puerto Rican basketball player who currently plays for Campbell University in the A-Sun divisio

Is a Puerto Rican basketball player who currently plays for Campbell University in the A-Sun division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.He became the second player in Campbell's history to score more than 600 points in a season, finishing wi

Is a Barbadian footballer, currently playing for Dagenham & Redbridge. Nurse started out playing in

Is a Barbadian footballer, currently playing for Dagenham & Redbridge. Nurse started out playing in Sunday league football before joining local club Sutton United. He broke into the first team after doing well in the reserves and went onto score over 25 g

Is a Bahamian cricketer. Barry is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and current

Is a Bahamian cricketer. Barry is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and currently represents the Bahamas national cricket team. Barry made his Twenty20 debut for the Bahamas against the Cayman Islands in the 1st round of the 2006 Stanford 20/20. He played his second and final Twenty20 match to date for the Bahamas in the 1st round of the 2008 Stanford 20/20 against Jamaica. Barry represented the Bahamas in 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five and the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division 2. Barry will represent the Bahamas in the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division 1.

Is an English-born Barbadian footballer who plays for Scunthorpe United as a winger. Forte was born

Is an English-born Barbadian footballer who plays for Scunthorpe United as a winger. Forte was born in Sheffield and started his career at Rotherham United as a schoolboy in the Academy, but opted to join the Sheffield United Academy, along with Billy Sha

An American actor of Puerto Rican descent.Seda's film debut was in 1992, in the boxing film Gladiato

An American actor of Puerto Rican descent.Seda's film debut was in 1992, in the boxing film Gladiator in which he played the role of "Romano," a Cuban pugilist. He has since worked in various films and TV series.In 1995, Seda was nominated Best Male Lead at the Spirit Awards for his role the 1994 movie I Like It Like That opposite Rita Moreno and Lauren Velez. In 1996, he was nominated Best Actor for his role as "Blue" in the film The Sunchaser opposite actor Woody Harrelson at the Cannes Film Festival.

Is a right-handed pitcher for Habana of the Cuban National Series and the Cuban national baseball te

Is a right-handed pitcher for Habana of the Cuban National Series and the Cuban national baseball team.

Was a Cuban Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Was a Cuban Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Was a Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader. He started in music at eight with his father. At ten h

Was a Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader. He started in music at eight with his father. At ten he was able to substitute in a trio. In 1892, he went to Mexico as musical director of the bufo company of Nachos Lopez, visiting various Mexican states, and also touring California.

Is a Cuban politician and diplomat.Bolanos graduated in Political Sciences and International Law fro

Is a Cuban politician and diplomat.Bolanos graduated in Political Sciences and International Law from the University of Havana and did postgraduate courses in Foreign Relations from the University of London.

Is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he

Is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-1 500 m and the K-1 1000 m events.

Is a Cuban Communist politician, diplomat and professor in political science at the University of Ha

Is a Cuban Communist politician, diplomat and professor in political science at the University of Havana.Payret has worked for the Cuban foreign department since 1968 and has been Cuba’s ambassador to Sweden since 2002. He speaks Spanish, English and Swedish.

Is a radio and television personality born in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico.At the age of 16 Seijo started

Is a radio and television personality born in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico.At the age of 16 Seijo started his radio career in nearby Manatí, Puerto Rico at local station WMNT-AM (1500 kHz). He studied a degree in Economics at the University of Puerto Rico at Ri

Is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he

Is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and the K-1 1000 m events.

Is a former boxer from Cuba. Gutiérrez won the Middleweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Is a former boxer from Cuba. Gutiérrez won the Middleweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Is a Cuban film director. He was a founder of the Federación Nacional de Cine Clubes de Cuba - the

Is a Cuban film director. He was a founder of the Federación Nacional de Cine Clubes de Cuba - the Nacional Federation of Cine Clubs of Cuba.His first feature El Benny was presented at the Locarno International Film Festival in August 2006, where its star Renny Arozarena won the Boccalino prize for best performance for protagonist in all sections of festival. The film is Cuba's candidate for the Academy Awards. Sánchez is distantly related to Benny Moré, the subject of this film. At the Latinamerican Film Festival in Havana in December 2006, Sanchez received an award for the film.

Is a male volleyball player from Cuba, who played as a libero for the Men's National Team. He was a

Is a male volleyball player from Cuba, who played as a libero for the Men's National Team. He was a member of the national squad that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Is a former professional baeball player. He played with the New York Mets from 1999-2001. He is 6 ft

Is a former professional baeball player. He played with the New York Mets from 1999-2001. He is 6 ft 3 in (1.9 m) tall and weighs 220 pounds (100 kg). He plays first base and outfield. He bats and throws right-handed.

Is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist.

Is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist.

Was a Cuban writer and attorney, considered among the most distinguished of his time. His studies of

Was a Cuban writer and attorney, considered among the most distinguished of his time. His studies of José Martí, the 'Apostle of Cuban Independence', are estimated to be one of the best political and literal interpretations.

Is a former Major League Baseball catcher for the Colorado Rockies.After being signed as an amateur

Is a former Major League Baseball catcher for the Colorado Rockies.After being signed as an amateur free agent by the Oakland Athletics in 1986, Brito would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Colorado Rockies on April 30, 1995, and appear in hi

Is a Cuban film director. After studying cinema in the USSR, he graduated from the EICTV (Internatio

Is a Cuban film director. After studying cinema in the USSR, he graduated from the EICTV (International Film and TV School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba). His thesis film, Molina's Culpa, won a Coral award and was also simultaneously denounced by a local Catholic organization for alleged anti-religious content. Molina, as his fans refer to him, is an actor as well as a director. He has appeared in close to eighty films (including student films and shorts) and most notably has appeared in many of the films of Cuban filmmaker Fernando Perez, including Madagascar, La Vida Es Silbar ((English) Life is to Whistle) and Madrigal, among others. Among his best known films are Culpa (1993) and Molina's Test (2001). His works are always irreverent and provocative low budget productions, and always feature explicit sexuality and extreme violence. An essay exploring Molina's films in depth appears in the anthology Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Across the Globe, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.