List of Saint Lucians
This is a list of people from Saint Lucia in the eastern Caribbean.
A
[edit]- Makeba Alcide (born 1990) – athlete, born in Castries[1]
- Julien Alfred (born 2001) – athlete
- Pamela Alfred (born 1978) – international cricketer[2]
- Kenny Davis Anthony (born 1951) – Prime Minister of St Lucia, born in Laborie
- Joyce Auguste – musician and leader of The Hewanorra Voices
- Marie Grace Augustin (1897–1996) – businesswoman[3]
B
[edit]- Michelle Baptiste (born 1977) – Olympic long jumper, born in St Lucia
- Danielle Beaubrun (born 1990) – Olympic swimmer, born in St Lucia[4]
- Kevin Bertin also known as Monét X Change (born 1990) – drag queen, RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 contestant and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars winner
- Chris Boucher (born 1993) – NBA basketball player, born in Castries
- Rufus George Bousquet (born 1958) – politician, cabinet minister, born in St Lucia
- Winston Branch (born 1947) – artist, living in California, born in Castries[5]
- Desmond Brathwaite (died 2022) – politician and government minister[6]
C
[edit]- Ignatius Cadette (born 1957) – international cricketer, born in Castries[7]
- Neville Cenac (born 1939) – Foreign Minister of St Lucia, born in Soufriere
- Winston Francis Cenac (1925–2004) – Prime Minister of St Lucia, born in Soufriere
- George Frederick Lawrence Charles (1916–2004) – Chief Minister of St Lucia
- Johnson Charles (born 1989) – international cricketer, born in Castries[8]
- Ryan Charles (born 1986) – St Lucian, British based boxer, mother born in St Lucia[9]
- Allen Michael Chastanet (born 1960) – Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
- Sir Frederick Joseph Clarke (1912–1980) – St Lucia’s first native governor (1967–1973)[10]
- Sir John George Melvin Compton (1925–2007) – Chief Minister of St Lucia, born St Vincent and the Grenadines but raised in St Lucia
- Petrus Compton – politician and government minister
D
[edit]- Stephen Dantes (born 1982) – poet and novelist, born in Saltibus, Choiseul[11]
- Suzie Agnes-Ida d'Auvergne (1942–2014) – High Court judge[12]
- Nicole David – soca musician
- Sir Justin Louis Devaux (1884–1943) – lawyer and colonial Chief Justice[13]
E
[edit]- Darvin Edwards (born 1986) – high jumper, St Lucian record holder, born in Castries[14]
- Craig Walt Emmanuel (born 1986) – international cricketer, born in St Lucia[15]
- Edmund Estephane (born 1968) – politician, cabinet minister[16]
- Erma-Gene Evans (born 1984) – javelin thrower, born in Castries[17]
- Nathalie Emmanuel (born 1989) – actress, born in England [18]
F
[edit]- Verena Marcelle Felicien (born 1964) – women's Test cricketer, born in Castries[19]
- Alvin La Feuille (born 1978) – international cricketer[20]
- Felix Finisterre – politician
- Sir Vincent Floissac (1928–2010) – lawyer and judge, born in St Lucia
- Sarah Lucy Flood-Beaubrun (born 1969) – politician and government minister,[21] born in Desruisseaux
- Emile Ford (born Michael Emile Telford Miller) (born 1937) – singer and musician (Emile Ford and the Checkmates), born in Castries, raised in the Bahamas[22]
- Claudius James Francis (born 1959) – politician
- Hunter J. Francois (1924–2014) – politician and government minister[23]
- Walter Francois – politician
- Richard Frederick (born 1965) – lawyer, politician and government minister, born in Micoud[24]
G
[edit]- Louis Bertrand George (1950–2014) – politician and government minister[25]
H
[edit]- Cornelius Cyprian Henry (born 1956) – international cricketer (for Canada), born in St Lucia[26]
- Sherri Malaika Ayesha Henry (born 1982) – Olympic swimmer, born in St Lucia[27]
- Ronald "Boo" Hinkson – jazz guitarist, born in St Lucia[28]
- Emma Hippolyte – OBE, politician
- Kendel Hippolyte (born 1952) – poet and playwright, born in St Lucia[29]
- Julian Robert Hunte (born 1940) – politician, foreign minister, born in Castries[30]
J
[edit]- Arsene Vigil James (1944) – politician, born in Desruisseaux[31][32]
- Earl Jude Jean (born 1971) – professional footballer, St Lucian international, born in St Lucia
- Ignatius Jean – politician
- Teddyson John – musician, born in Castries[33]
- Velon Leo John (born 1942) – politician
- Sonia M. Johnny (born 1953) – permanent member of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States, first woman ambassador to the United States
- Dominic Laurence Johnson (born 1975) – Olympic pole vaulter, multiple St Lucian record holder[34]
- Ezechiel Joseph – politician
- Guy Joseph (born 1966) – politician
- Zepherinus Joseph (born 1975) – middle and long distance runner, St Lucian multiple record holder, born in Mon Repos[35]
- Peter Josie – former politician, born in Vieux Fort
- Didacus Jules (born c.1957) – educator[36]
K
[edit]- Jane King (born 1952) – poet, born in Castries[37]
- Stephenson King (born 1958) – Prime Minister of St Lucia, born in Castries
L
[edit]- Cyprian Lansiquot – lawyer and politician
- Cecil Lay – politician
- Vernetta Lesforis (born 1975) – Olympic sprinter, born in St Lucia
- Alderman Rowe Nicholas Lesmond (born 1978) – international cricketer, born in St Lucia[38]
- Allen Montgomery Lewis (1909–1993) – Governor-General of St Lucia, born in Castries[39]
- Vaughan Allen Lewis (born 1940) – Prime Minister of St Lucia[40]
- Sir William Arthur Lewis (1915–1991) – economist, Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979, born in Castries
- Sir Allan Fitzgerald Laurent Louisy (1916–2011) – Prime Minister of St Lucia, born in Labourie
- Dame Pearlette Louisy (born 1946) – Governor General of St Lucia, born in Laborie
- Vladimir Lucien (born 1988) – writer, critic and actor[41]
M
[edit]- William George Mallet (1923–2010) – Deputy Prime Minister, Governor-General, born Panama and raised in St Lucia[42]
- Gabriel Malzaire (born 1957) – clergyman, Bishop of Roseau, Dominica and Archbishop-elect of Castries, born in Mon Repos[43]
- Joseph Marcell (born 1948) – actor (played Geoffrey the butler in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air), born in St Lucia but moved to England at nine years of age[44]
- Mario Michel (born 1960) – lawyer, high court judge and politician, government minister[45]
- Monét X Change (born 1990) – drag queen and contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race
- Keith Mondesir (born 1948) – politician and government minister, born in Castries
- Peter Lenard Montoute (born 1962) – politician and government minister, born in Gros Islet[46]
N
[edit]- Marcus Neill Nicholas (born 1966) – politician
O
[edit]- George Odlum (1934–2003) – Deputy Prime Minister of St Lucia, born in Castries
P
[edit]- Jamie Peterkin (born 1982) – Olympic swimmer, born in Castries[47]
- Philip Joseph Pierre (born 1954) – Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
- Michael Pilgrim (born 1947) – Acting Prime Minister of St Lucia
- Alain Providence (born 1976) – football manager, ex St Lucia national football team manager
- Dalton Polius (born 1991) – first class cricketer
R
[edit]- Menissa Rambally (born 1976) – politician and government minister
- Alvina Reynolds – politician and government Minister for Health, Wellness, Human Services and Gender Relations [48]
- Gale Tracy Christiane Rigobert – politician,[49] born in Micoud[50]
- Lennard Riviere – MP and Attorney-General, from Soufriere
- Ives Heraldine Rock (1933–2012) – politician and government minister[51]
S
[edit]- Darren Julius Garvey Sammy (born 1983) – international test cricketer, born in Dugard, Micoud[52]
- Jonel Scott (born 1992) – played in ESPN Rise High School National Basketball Game 2011 [53]
- Dame Marie Selipha Descartes, DBE, BEM (1914–2010) – folk singer, known as Sesenne, born in Malgretoute, Micoud[54]
- Anthony Bryan Severin (born 1955) – Ambassador to the United Nations[55]
- Aimran Simmons – musician and pan player
- Joseph Solomon (died 1995) – executed murderer
- Levern Donaline Spencer (born 1984) – high jumper, born in Castries[56]
- Clement Springer – musician and folklorist
- Hilary Stewart (1924-2014) writer and illustrator on the first nations people of northern Canada[57]
T
[edit]- Isidore Philip Tisson (1985–2010) – international footballer, shot in New York[58]
W
[edit]- Derek Alton Walcott (1930–2017) – poet and playwright, Nobel Prizewinner 1992, born in Castries[59]
- Roderick Walcott (1930–2000) – dramatist, twin brother of Derek Alton Walcott, born in Castries
- Rick Wayne (born Learie Carasco) (born 1938) – bodybuilder, publisher and talk-show host, born in St Lucia[60]
- Boswell Williams (1926–2014) – politician, Governor General, born in St Lucia
- David R. Williams (born 1954) – Harvard University public health sociologist
- Marius Wilson – politician
- Trix Worrell (born 1960) – writer and director, born in St Lucia[61]
X
[edit]- Llewellyn Xavier, OBE (born 1945) – artist, born in St Lucia[62]
Y
[edit]- Marland Yarde (born 1992) – rugby union player who has played for the English national side, born in St Lucia
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