1. References

2. See also

This is a list of notable and well-known Belizean people, ordered alphabetically.

• Michael Anthony Ashcroft, international businessman, philanthropist and politician.
• Barry Bowen, bottling magnate, politician and entrepreneur.
• Lova Boy, recording artist and entrepreneur.
• Nadia Cattouse, actress, singer and songwriter.
• Pen Cayetano, artist and musician.
• Sue Courtenay, architect
• Ivan Duran, musician, and the founder and director of Stonetree Records.^[1]
• Zee Edgell, novelist and educator, considered Belize's principal contemporary writer.
• Maxime Faget, designer of the Mercury capsule, and contributed to the later Gemini and Apollo spacecraft as well as the Space Shuttle.
• Arlen Escarpeta, actor.
• Philip Goldson, newspaper editor, activist and politician.
• Antonio Soberanis Gómez, an activist in the Belizean labour movement, he founded the Labourers and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage. He was jailed for sedition in 1935.
• Samuel Alfred Haynes, soldier, activist and poet.
• Houston (of Belizean descent), R&B singer, best known for the hit single "I Like That."
• Marion Jones (holds dual-citizenship), former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.
• Emory King, historian, author, journalist and National Film Commissioner.
• Chito Martínez, the first Belizean player in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB).
• John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and founder of McAfee, Inc.
• Deon McCaulay, international footballer who last played for R.G. City Boys United in the Premier League of Belize.
• Monrad Metzgen, national hero of Belize.
• Andy Palacio, punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garínagu and their culture.
• Milton Palacio (holds dual-citizenship), Belizean American professional basketball player, currently with the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas.
• Elijio Panti, traditional healer who used Mayan herbal medical techniques.
• Wilfred Peters, accordionist and band leader, known as the "King of Brukdown".
• Arlie Petters, mathematical physicist, who is the Benjamin Powell Professor and Professor of Mathematics, Physics, and Business Administration at Duke University.^[2]
• George Cadle Price, the first prime minister of Belize, considered to have been one of the principal architects of the country's independence.
• Francis Reneau, pianist and composer. In 1994 he was commissioned by the government to produce a representative compilation of Belizean music,^[3]
• Gerald Rhaburn, calypso, soca, reggae and brukdown musician.
• Marie Sharp, entrepreneur
• Shyne, rapper and convert to Judaism.
• Lisa Tucker (of Belizean descent), singer, musical theater and television actress.
• Deborah L. Turbiville, Houston madam
• Ann-Marie Williams, public policy advisor
• Selwyn Walford Young, musician and composer.

References

See also

• List of people by nationality

• Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin
• Co-ordinating conjunction
• Coordinating Minister for National Security
• Coordinating Minister for National Security (Singapore)
• Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence
• Co-ordinating Minister for Security and Defence (Singapore)
• Co-ordination
• Coordination bond
• Coordination (bond)
• Coordination (chemistry)
• Coordination complexes
• Coordination (conjunction)
• Coordination dilemma
• Coordination disorder, developmental
• Coordination environment
• Co-ordination failure
• Coordination (grammar)
• Coordination Group Publications
• Coordination (human motion)
• Coordination isomerism
• Coordination (linguistics)
• Coordination number
• Coordination of European Green and Radical Parties
• Coordination of New Forces
• Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations