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Also Known As Portia Lucretia Simpson
Born December 12, 1945 (age 79) • Jamaica
Title / Office prime minister (2012-2016), Jamaica • prime minister (2006-2007), Jamaica
Political Affiliation People’s National Party

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Manley, Michael
Michael Manley
prime minister of Jamaica
Charles T. Metcalfe
Charles T. Metcalfe
British colonial official
Eyre, engraving by Charles Tomkins after a portrait by Charles Mercier
Edward John Eyre
British explorer and official
Sir Kenneth Blackburne
British colonial administrator
Edward Trelawny
British colonial governor
Louise Bennett-Coverley
Jamaican folklorist, poet, and radio and television personality
Desmond Dekker
Jamaican singer-songwriter
Ben Johnson
Canadian athlete
Trevor Berbick
Canadian boxer
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Jamaican musician
Usain Bolt at the 2016 Olympics
Usain Bolt
Jamaican athlete
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaican sprinter
Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine
Jamaican-born poet, playwright, educator, and multimedia artist
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
Jamaican Black nationalist leader
Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey
Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter
Claude McKay
Claude McKay
American writer
Walsh, Courtney
Courtney Walsh
Jamaican cricketer
Louis Simpson
American poet
Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole
Jamaican nurse
Michael Holding
West Indian cricketer