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Cuba Gooding, Jr. - actor (paternal grandfather was from Barbados) Omar Gooding - actor (same grandfather as Cuba Jr.) Adrian Holmes - Canadian actor (ancestry vague) Nia Long - actress (ancestry vague) Mari Morrow - actress (ancestry vague) Gwyneth Paltrow - (her great-grandmother was Barbadian) [3] Redd Pepper - (born Richard Green in Barbados)
Sir Michael Stoute, thoroughbred horse trainer, born in St. Michael's Parish; Swarmz, rapper; Walter Tull, footballer and British army officer, his father Daniel Tull was born in Barbados; Alison Hinds, popular female Barbadian Soca singer, (born in England to Barbadian parents) Gary Younge, journalist, author and broadcaster [17]
Barbados is famous for its music, with genres such as calypso, soca, and reggae being the most popular in the country. Rihanna is one of the most well-known Barbadian musicians. Barbadian cuisine is a fusion of African, European, indigenous and Caribbean influences. Some of Barbados's most popular dishes are cou-cou and flying fish.
Walter Tull - English footballer; first British-born black Army officer; father was from Barbados; Sir Clyde Walcott - cricketer; Joel Ward (both parents are immigrants from Barbados) - ice hockey player; Sir Everton Weekes - cricketer; Kevin Weekes - NHL goalie (born in Canada, parents are both from Barbados)
Robyn Rihanna Fenty (/ r i ˈ æ n ə / ⓘ ree-AN-ə; [3] [4] [n 1] born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, businesswoman and actress. She is noted as the best-selling female recording artist of the 21st century by Guinness World Records and the highest-certified female digital single artist by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Rupert Clarke (born September 10, 1975), best known by his stage name Rupee, is a soca musician from Barbados. [1] [2] He was born in the military barracks in Germany to a German mother and a Bajan father, who was serving in the British Armed Forces at the time. He later migrated to Barbados. He was signed to Atlantic Records.
This is a list of Barbadian artists, either from Barbados or associated with Barbados, including sculptors, ... (born 1942) Jeena Chatrani; D. Paul Dash (born 1946)
Prescod was born as the son of a free woman of colour, Lidia Smith, and a wealthy white father, William Prescod. He was given his forenames for Samuel Jackman, a local white planter. [2] Prescod was excluded from politics in Barbados.