List of Afro-Guyanese people

The following is a list of prominent Afro-Guyanese, or people of Afro-Guyanese descent.

Notable people of Afro-Guyanese descent

 * Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer-songwriter with longest-running #1 R&B track on charts
 * Jason David, Canadian-born American football cornerback
 * JDiggz, Canadian rapper, Afro-Guyanese mother
 * Melanie Fiona, Canadian R&B singer-songwriter, who is also of Indo-Guyanese descent
 * Nubya Garcia, English saxophonist and jazz musician, Guyanese mother
 * David Lammy, British-born politician and lawyer
 * Tessa McWatt, Guyanese-born Canadian writer
 * Des'ree, English singer, Afro-Guyanese mother
 * Sonnet L'Abbé, Canadian writer
 * Yolanda T. Marshall, Guyanese-born Canadian writer
 * Dawnn Lewis, American actress
 * Leona Lewis, singer and the first winner of "The X Factor" (series 3), Guyanese father
 * Jermain Jackman, singer and "The Voice UK" (2015) winner
 * Derek Luke, American actor
 * Maestro, Canadian rapper and actor
 * Nicole Narain, Playboy model, has an Afro-Guyanese mother and her father, who is of mixed Indo-Guyanese and Chinese-Guyanese descent
 * Trevor Phillips, British politician
 * Joy Reid, American news correspondent for MSNBC, Afro-Guyanese mother
 * Rihanna, Barbados-born singer/billionaire, Afro-Guyanese mother
 * Saukrates, Canadian rapper/singer
 * Eon Sinclair, bassist of Canadian rock/ska/reggae band Bedouin Soundclash
 * Sean Patrick Thomas, actor (Save the Last Dance and Barbershop)
 * Phil Lynott, English-born frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, Afro-Guyanese father
 * Wretch 32, British rapper, Guyanese mother
 * Vanessa Lee Chester, former American child actress ("A Little Princess", "Harriet the Spy", and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park")
 * Letitia Wright, actress, who is best-known for playing Shuri in the 2018 film version of "Black Panther" and the 2022 sequel "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
 * Roy Woods, Canadian R&B artist
 * Saint JHN, Guyanese-American rapper
 * Shaunette Renée Wilson, Guyanese-born American actress ("The Resident", "Billions", and "Black Panther")

Arts

 * Eddy Grant, musician
 * Ram John Holder, actor and musician
 * Colleˊ Kharis, Reggae recording artist
 * Preme, Canadian rapper
 * Red Café, Guyanese-American rapper

Sports

 * Clifford Anderson, former British Empire featherweight contender
 * Basil Butcher, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
 * Colin Croft, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
 * Chelsea Edghill, Guyanese table tennis player
 * Roy Fredericks, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
 * Lance Gibbs, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
 * Vivian Harris, former WBA super lightweight champion
 * Roger Harper, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
 * Carl Hooper, former West Indian cricket captain
 * Ezekiel Jackson, professional wrestler
 * Clayton Lambert, American, Guyanese and West Indian cricketer, scored the most runs for Guyana
 * Andrew Lewis, former WBA welterweight champion
 * Clive Lloyd, former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
 * Aliann Pompey, Guyanese 400 meter sprinter
 * Alana Shipp - Barbadian IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Mark McKoy, Guyanese-born Canadian sprinter
 * Michael Anthony, Guyanese Boxer

Politicians and social leaders

 * Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana, 1980-1985
 * Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, father of the trade union movement in British Guiana
 * Cuffy, leader of the Berbice slave uprising
 * Karen de Souza (born 1958), women and children's activist
 * Jack Gladstone, leader of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
 * David A. Granger, President of Guyana
 * Hamilton Green, 1st Muslim Prime Minister of Guyana, and in the Western world, 1985-1992
 * Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana, 1985-1992
 * Sam Hinds, former President of Guyana, Prime Minister of Guyana
 * Eusi Kwayana, former Guyanese cabinet member and veteran politician
 * Lincoln Lewis, trade union leader
 * Quamina, leader of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
 * Ptolemy Reid, former Prime Minister of Guyana

Academics

 * John Agard, playwright, poet and children's writer
 * George Granville Monah James, historian and author
 * Egbert Martin, 19th-century Guyanese poet of mixed African and European ancestry
 * Walter Rodney, historian and political activist
 * Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima, associate professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University

Models

 * Arti Cameron