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List of Bahamians

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This is a list of Bahamians, who are identified with The Bahamas through residential, legal, historical, or cultural means, grouped by their area of notability.

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Artists

{{Main|List of Bahamian artists|List of Bahamian women artists}}

Business people

  • Pauline Allen-Dean{{spaced ndash}} first woman to become manager of a commercial bank and the first woman to serve as managing director of a commercial bank
  • Johnovan Carlos Smith {{spaced ndash}} owner of Limitless Car Rental (luxury & low class vehicle rental)
  • Garet 'Tiger' Finlayson OBE {{spaced ndash}} owner of Solomon Mines (luxury retail goods), Burns House and Butler & Sands
  • Sherrexcia (Rexy) Rolle{{spaced ndash}} Vice-president of Operations & General Counsel of Western Air{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-03-08|title=‘Rexy’ Rolle|url=https://thenassauguardian.com/rexy-rolle/|access-date=2021-07-31|website=The Nassau Guardian|language=en}}

==Entertainers==

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{{see also|List of Bahamian musicians}}

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Politicians

{{see also|Governor-General of the Bahamas|List of Presidents of the Senate of the Bahamas|List of Speakers of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas|Prime Minister of the Bahamas}}

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==Sportspeople==

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  • Deandre Ayton – No.1 overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft, NBA player for Phoenix Suns{{Cite news|url=https://andscape.com/features/deandre-ayton-son-of-the-soil-bahamas/|title=DeAndre Ayton, 'son of the soil'|work=Andscape|access-date=17 October 2018}}
  • Shaunae Miller{{spaced ndash}} professional sprinter
  • Edner Cherry{{spaced ndash}} professional boxer
  • André Deveaux{{spaced ndash}} retired professional NHL ice hockey player
  • Yves Edwards{{spaced ndash}} mixed martial artist
  • Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie{{spaced ndash}} Olympian/Golden Girl and sprint athlete
  • Rick Fox{{spaced ndash}} actor and retired professional basketball player; former National Basketball Association player for the Los Angeles Lakers
  • Eric Gordon – NBA player{{Cite news|url=https://thenassauguardian.com/2015/12/30/eric-gordon-brings-back-memories/|title=Eric Gordon brings back memories – The Nassau Guardian|work=www.thenassauguardian.com|access-date=30 December 2015}}
  • Steven Gardiner{{spaced ndash}} professional sprinter
  • Buddy Hield{{spaced ndash}} NBA player; consensus NCAA Division I player of the year in 2015–16{{Cite news|url=https://www.closeup360.com/global/buddy-hield-sacramento-kings-bahamas-nba-march-madness/|title=Buddy Hield's March from Bahamas to NBA motivated by family|work=www.closeup360.com|access-date=22 June 2019}}
  • Tureano Johnson – boxer
  • Mark Knowles{{spaced ndash}} professional tennis player
  • Antoan Richardson{{spaced ndash}} Major League baseball player and coach
  • Myron Rolle{{spaced ndash}} professional football player; former National Football League player for the Tennessee Titans; Rhodes scholar
  • Kimbo Slice{{spaced ndash}} streetfighter turned mixed martial artist
  • Ryan Sweeting{{spaced ndash}} professional tennis player
  • Klay Thompson – NBA player for the Golden State Warriors{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/warriors/article/Why-Klay-Thompson-holds-firmly-to-his-Bahamian-13502120.php|title=Why Klay Thompson holds firmly to his Bahamian roots|work=www.sfchronicle.com|access-date=1 January 2019}}
  • Mychal Thompson{{spaced ndash}} professional basketball player; former National Basketball Association player for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Lakers; nicknamed "Sweet Bells"{{Cite news|url=https://thenassauguardian.com/2015/07/24/mychal-thompson-honored-with-street-in-his-name/|title=Mychal Thompson honored with street in his name – The Nassau Guardian|work=www.thenassauguardian.com|access-date=24 July 2015}}
  • Tonique Williams-Darling{{spaced ndash}} 2004 Olympic gold medalist (400m), 2005 IAAF World Champion, she split the Golden League – Million Dollar Jackpot ($500,000) by winning eight consecutive 400m events in the championship series; Bahamian government named a major highway the "Tonique Williams-Darling Highway"

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Celebrities and billionaires

The Bahamas has one of the largest registers of celebrities who reside permanently or have legal resident status in a country, not of their native birth, hometown, or place of origin. This is primarily due to the favourable financial sector that is tax free (from income, capital gains, inheritance, among others{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/01/AR2007020100920.html|title=Bahamas a Magnet for Celebs Seeking Sun|author=Jessica Robertson|date=2007-02-01|publisher=Washington Post|work=The Associated Press|access-date=2011-10-20}}) and is one of the top three worldwide centres in offshore banking. Also, there is a high-quality tourism product, ranking first in the Caribbean and Atlantic region among island destinations. Another is a favorable immigration policy toward wealthy nationals. Those who invest $500,000 in property can be eligible for permanent residential status.

  • Nicolas Cage - owns estate residence on Paradise Island and a private island in the Exuma chains.{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Dec09/0,4670,PeopleCage,00.html|title=Cage Helps Develop Bahamas Indie Cinema|work=The Associated Press|publisher=Fox News|date=2006-12-09}}
  • Mariah Carey - owns a house on Windermere, a private island connected to Eleuthera, where she married Nick Cannon in 2008.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810220344/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24413267/ns/today-entertainment/t/mariah-carey-reportedly-marries-bahamas/#.TyXH-Vw9UdQ] | archive-date=10 August 2011 | title=Mariah Carey reportedly marries in Bahamas - Tourism official says singer tied the knot on Windermere Island | author=Access Hollywood | date=2 May 2008 | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24413267 | publisher=MSNBC | url-status=live | access-date=29 December 2020 }}
  • Sean "Diddy" Combs
  • Sean Connery - owned a property in Lyford Cay; had lived in the Bahamas since the 1990s{{cite news|last1=Boffey|first1=D.|title=Sean Connery joins Bahamas campaign to stop billionaire developing mansion|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/12/sean-connery-save-the-bays-bahamas-mansion-peter-nygard|access-date=6 June 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|date=12 July 2014}}
  • David Copperfield
  • Johnny Depp - owns private island
  • Rick Fox - Bahamian/Canadian
  • Bill Gates[http://theme-park-review.com/Celebrities_in_the_Bahamas.html] Theme Park Review, "Celebrities in the Bahamas".
  • Michael Jordan
  • Helen Singer Kaplan[https://www.nydailynews.com/1997/02/24/picasso-lloyd-webber-the-art-of-the-deal/]
  • Lenny Kravitz
  • Joe Lewis (British businessman) - British billionaire (347th richest person on Forbes list of billionaires{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/joe-lewis/|title=Joe Lewis profile|magazine=Forbes|access-date=2011-10-19}}), owns a property in Lyford Cay{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
  • Terry Manning - American record producer, operator of Compass Point Studios
  • Tim McGraw and Faith Hill - own private island
  • Shakira Mebarak
  • Eddie Murphy[http://www.privateislandsmag.com/2008/09/eddie-murphy-rooster-cay-bahamas/] Private Islands Magazine, "Eddie Murphy - Rooster Cay, Bahamas"
  • Daniel Nestor
  • Peter Nygard - Canadian billionaire
  • Stephen O'Brien - politician
  • Mike Oldfield - guitarist/composer (Tubular Bells etc.)
  • Sidney Poitier - Bahamian
  • Anna Nicole Smith (28 November 1967 – 8 February 2007)
  • John Travolta
  • Tiger Woods - owns the Albany Estate
  • Louis Bacon - billionaire American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. Owns property in Lyford Cay.

See also

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.bahamiansonline.com/ People of the Bahamas]

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