List of people from Dominica

===Presidents=== • Nicholas Liverpool • Charles Savarin • Clarence Seignoret • Vernon Shaw • Crispin Sorhaindo • Alwin Bully (created or artist of the national flag of Dominica) Prime Ministers • Patrick John 1st • Oliver Seraphin 2nd • Dame Eugenia Charles 3rd • Edison James 4th • Roosevelt Douglas 5th • Pierre Charles 6th • Roosevelt Skerrit (current) Leader(s) of the Opposition • Hector John • Lennox Linton Political personalities • Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal (born 1955), current Commonwealth of Nations Secretary General; former Attorney General for England and Wales • Denise Charles-Pemberton minister of tourism • H. D. Shillingford, politician • Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1907–1986), politician • Ronald Green, politician • Edward Oliver LeBlanc (1923–2004), government official • Emmanuel Christopher Loblack (1898–1995), union leader and politician • Cecil Rawle (1891–1938), attorney and politician • Alix Boyd Knights, politician and attorney • Michael Astaphan, politician • Arden Shillingford, diplomat ==Activists==

• Kellyn George • Whitney Mélinard, Kalinago Territory issues • Asquith Xavier, Dominican-born first non-white train guard at Euston railway station ==Actors==

• Danny John-Jules, of Red Dwarf and of Death in Paradise, filmed in Guadeloupe • Nathalie Emmanuel • Trish Cooke, of Playdays == Business ==

• A. C. Shillingford (1882–1938), businessman == Doctors ==

• Jasmine R. Marcelin, physician • Dorian Shillingford == Law ==

• Brian George Keith Alleyne, jurist • Cara Shillingford, lawyer ==Media==

• Trisha Goddard, host of Trisha • Moira Stuart, female newsreader on British television and radio, working for the BBC • Raashaun Casey (DJ Envy), television and radio personality. ==Musicians==

• Gabrielle • Bashy • Pearle Christian • Nasio Fontaine • Michele Henderson • Ophelia Marie • Shakka • Swinging Stars • Windward Caribbean Kulture ("WCK") • 21 Savage Signal Band Gordon Henderson Exile One Freddy Nicholas Fitzroy Williams Phillip " Chubby" Mark and Marcel "Co" Mark of Midnight Groovers ==Scientists==

• Chelsea Connor, herpetologist ==Spiritual personalities==

• Ogyen Trinley Dorje, (widely known as the 17th Karmapa), head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ==Sports==

• Frank Bruno, professional boxer • Thea Lafond, olympic gold athlete • Joe Cooke, footballer • Phillip DeFreitas, cricketer • Billy Doctrove, cricket umpire • Luan Gabriel, sprinter • Vince Hilaire, footballer • Manjrekar James, footballer • Garth Joseph, basketballer • Karina LeBlanc, footballer • Jermain Defoe, footballer • Jérôme Romain, athlete • Adam Sanford, cricketer • Grayson Shillingford, cricketer • Irvine Shillingford, cricketer • Shane Shillingford, cricketer ==Visual artists==

• Tam Joseph • Pauline Marcelle ==Writers==

• Phyllis Shand Allfrey, novelist (The Orchid House) • Lennox Honychurch, historian (The Dominica Story) • Marie-Elena John, novelist (Unburnable) • Elma Napier, novelist (Black and White Sands) • Jean Rhys, novelist (Wide Sargasso Sea) • Alec Waugh, novelist (Island in the Sun) • Trish Cooke, children and young adults books (So Much) ==References==