Bahamians are people originating or having roots from The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. One can also become a Bahamian by acquiring citizenship.

History

Culture

Olympic Games

World Championships in Athletics

List

Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his ot ...

, first black man to win an Oscar, first black Bahamian actor to win Best Actor, first black Bahamian actor to be nominated for best actor. *

Shaunae Miller-Uibo Shaunae Miller-Uibo (born 15 April 1994) is a Bahamian track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. She is a two-time Olympic champion after winning the women's 400 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics and again at the 2020 ...

, sprinter, 2016 Olympic 400m champion, and world record holder in 200m straight * Buddy Hield, basketball player *

Klay Thompson Klay Alexander Thompson (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played his first 13 seasons with the Golden State Warriors, where Thompson ...

, basketball player *

Rick Fox Ulrich Alexander Fox (born July 24, 1969) is a Bahamian-Canadian actor and former basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, and played college basketball for the North Caro ...

, three-time NBA champion, owner of

Echo Fox Echo Fox was an American esports organization. It was founded on December 18, 2015, by retired basketball player Rick Fox, who created Echo Fox after he purchased the NA LCS spot of Gravity Gaming. The organization had expanded into various ...

* Lynden Oscar Pindling, first Prime Minister of the Bahamas. * Joseph Robert Love, important pan-African leader of the 19th and 20th century who influenced

Marcus Garvey Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (17 August 188710 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) (commonly known a ...

* Allan Glaisyer Minns, first black British mayor * Bert Williams, first black lead actor on Broadway *

Deandre Ayton Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. ( ; born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A consensus five-star prospect in the Class of 2017 and a McDonald's All ...

, was ranked number-one high-school basketball player in the USA by scout in 2015 *

Mychal Thompson Mychal George Thompson (born January 30, 1955) is a Bahamian sports commentator and former professional basketball player. The top overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, Thompson played the center position for the University of Minnesota and cen ...

, two-time NBA champion and first foreign-born player to be selected as 1st pick in the NBA draft history. *

Angela Palacious Angela Palacious (born 1953 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a Bahamian minister of religion and author. She was the first woman deacon and the first woman priest of the Anglican Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Early life and ...

, first woman deacon and priest of the Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands *

Yves Edwards Yves Edwards (born September 30, 1976) is a Bahamian retired mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, who is best known for competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC's Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight division, fighting 21 times in the p ...

, mixed martial artist *

Kimbo Slice Kevin Ferguson (February 8, 1974 – June 6, 2016), better known as Kimbo Slice, was a Bahamian-American mixed martial artist, professional boxer, and actor. Originally a bare-knuckle boxer, he became noted for his role in mutual combat stre ...

, streetfighter, boxer and mixed martial artist

Gallery

File:Bahamas Women Large 2012.jpg, Some women featured in the Leading Women of the Bahamas exhibit, Nassau, 2012. File:Bahamas Women Small 2012.jpg, Some women featured in the Leading Women of the Bahamas exhibit, Nassau, 2012.

References

External links

Society of the Bahamas {{Bahamas-stub