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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.〔(Stonetree Records site )〕 * 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." * Karl Heusner, doctor/physician, one of the country's most famous and best loved physicians, known throughout the Caribbean and Latin America for his expertise in tropical diseases. * 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.〔(Duke University )〕 * 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, * Gerald Rhaburn, calypso, soca, reggae and brukdown musician. * Shyne, rapper and convert to Judaism. * Lisa Tucker (of Belizean descent), singer, musical theater and television actress. * Selwyn Walford Young, musician and composer. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Belizean people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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