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Co-founder of the first black British glossy magazine, Root [19] [20] Val McCalla (died 2002), accountant and media entrepreneur. He was the founder of The Voice, a British weekly newspaper aimed at the Britain's black community; Pat McGrath (born 1965), founder of Pat McGrath Labs which has an estimated value of $1 billion
The Caribbean island nation of Jamaica was a British colony between 1655 and 1962. More than 300 years of British rule changed the face of the island considerably (having previously been under Spanish rule, which depopulated the indigenous Arawak and Taino communities [6]) – and 92.1% of Jamaicans are descended from sub-Saharan Africans who were brought over during the Atlantic slave trade. [6]
Mary Seacole, Jamaican-born woman of Scottish and Creole descent who set up a "British hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War Jean Springer , Jamaican mathematics professor Garth Taylor , Jamaican ophthalmologist, professor, and humanitarian
Lists of Jamaican women (3 P) Pages in category "Lists of Jamaican people" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... List of Jamaican British ...
Ena Collymore-Woodstock OD, MBE (born 10 September 1917) is a Jamaican barrister and magistrate who throughout her career broke many barriers for women. After being orphaned, she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service and trained as a radar operator, serving in Belgium and Britain.
Pages in category "British people of Jamaican descent" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
British-Jamaican businesswoman and nurse: Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant; 23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881) was a British-Jamaican businesswoman and nurse who set up the "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War. Coming from a tradition of Jamaican and West African "doctresses", Seacole used herbal remedies to nurse soldiers back ...
She is the oldest verified Jamaican person ever and the first verified supercentenarian from Jamaica. [9] Her date of birth was variously reported as 4 March 1900, [10] 10 March 1900, [2] and 15 March 1900. [1] [11] Brown was born in Jamaica when it was a part of the British Empire and she was the last known subject of Queen Victoria. [12]