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
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Sidney Poitier, first black man to win an Oscar, first black American actor to win Best Actor, first black American actor to be nominated for best actor.
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Shaunae Miller-Uibo, sprinter, 2016 Olympic 400m champion, and world record holder in 200m straight
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Buddy Hield, basketball player
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Klay Thompson, basketball player
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Rick Fox, three-time NBA champion, owner of
Echo Fox
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Lynden Oscar Pindling, first Prime Minister of the Bahamas.
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Joseph Robert Love
Joseph Robert Love, known as Dr. Robert Love (2 October 1839 – 21 November 1914), was a 19th-century Bahamian-born medical doctor, clergyman, teacher, journalist, politician and pan-Africanist. He lived, studied, and worked successively in the B ...
, important pan-African leader of the 19th and 20th century who influenced
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Sr. (17 August 188710 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African ...
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Allan Glaisyer Minns
Allan Glaisyer Minns (1858 – 16 September 1930) was a medical doctor, and the first black man to become a mayor in Britain.
Life
Born in the Inagua district of the Bahamas, Minns was one of the nine children of John Minns (1811–1863) and ...
, first black British mayor
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Bert Williams, first black lead actor on Broadway
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Deandre Ayton, was ranked number-one high-school basketball player in the USA by scout in 2015
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Mychal Thompson, two-time NBA champion and first foreign-born player to be selected as 1st pick in the NBA draft history.
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Angela Palacious, first woman deacon and priest of the
Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
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Yves Edwards, mixed martial artist
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Kimbo Slice, 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.
See also
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Demographics of the Bahamas
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Bahamian Americans
References
External links
Society of the Bahamas
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