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| Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Marley, reggae singer | 25999 |
| 2 | Usain Bolt, Sprinter, World Record and Olympic Record Holder 100m & 200m (Beijing 2008) | 12894 |
| 3 | Busta Rhymes, rapper (parents are Jamaican) | 8246 |
| 4 | Grace Jones, Singer/Supermodel | 6142 |
| 5 | Damian Marley, reggae musician | 4629 |
| 6 | Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) | 4353 |
| 7 | Sean Paul Henriques, dancehall musician | 4237 |
| 8 | Canibus, rapper | 3282 |
| 9 | Ziggy Marley, reggae musician | 2883 |
| 10 | Vybz Kartel, dancehall musician, rapper deejay | 2546 |
| 11 | Peter Tosh, reggae musician | 2181 |
| 12 | Patrick Ewing, Jamaica-born American, former NBA star | 1895 |
| 13 | Buju Banton, reggae singer | 1772 |
| 14 | Jimmy Cliff, singer, reggae musician | 1479 |
| 15 | Asafa Powell, sprinter, former 100m world record holder | 1455 |
| 16 | Beenie Man, deejay | 1369 |
| 17 | Ky-Mani Marley, reggae musician | 1208 |
| 18 | Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976 | 1114 |
| 19 | Lee "Scratch" Perry, reggae musician | 998 |
| 20 | Mavado, dancehall & reggae musician | 887 |
| 21 | Shabba Ranks, reggae musician | 800 |
| 22 | Desmond Dekker, Ska and Reggae Singer | 722 |
| 23 | Elephant Man, reggae singer | 719 |
| 24 | Claude McKay, Writer | 671 |
| 25 | Sizzla, reggae & dancehall deejay | 662 |
| 26 | Christopher Coke - also known as Dudus, is an alleged Jamaican drug lord and the leader of the Shower Posse gang | 615 |
| 27 | Michael Lee-Chin, Chairman/CEO of AIC Limited., Chairman of NCB Jamaica | 550 |
| 28 | Courtney Walsh, cricketer | 550 |
| 29 | Donovan Ricketts, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy. | 548 |
| 30 | Bounty Killer, reggae musician | 527 |
| 31 | Donovan Bailey, Jamaica-born Canadian, world champion sprinter | 521 |
| 32 | Bruce Golding, Prime Minister | 450 |
| 33 | Barrington Levy, reggae singer | 446 |
| 34 | T.O.K., a crew of deejays | 443 |
| 35 | Norman Manley, Jamaican national hero | 442 |
| 36 | Alexander Bustamante, trade unionist | 438 |
| 37 | Ini Kamoze, reggae musician | 429 |
| 38 | Michael Manley, Prime Minister | 428 |
| 39 | Lady Saw, reggae musician | 423 |
| 40 | Chris Blackwell, President & CEO of Island Records and Palm Pictures, NYC. | 401 |
| 41 | Yendi Phillipps, 1st runner-up, Miss Universe 2010 | 400 |
| 42 | Chili Davis, Jamaica-born American, former star Major League Baseball player | 378 |
| 43 | King Tubby, dub musician | 373 |
| 44 | Eek-a-Mouse, reggae singer | 354 |
| 45 | Diana King, reggae musician | 352 |
| 46 | Prince Buster, ska singer & producer | 341 |
| 47 | Busy Signal, dancehall & reggae musician deejay | 336 |
| 48 | Ricardo Fuller, Jamaica-born Premier League and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for Stoke City. | 327 |
| 49 | Voletta Wallace, mother of late rapper The Notorious B.I.G. | 323 |
| 50 | Tami Chynn, singer/songwriter | 322 |
| 51 | Serani, reggae/singer | 307 |
| 52 | Chris Gayle, Captain of West Indian International Cricket Team | 300 |
| 53 | Veronica Campbell-Brown, sprinter | 296 |
| 54 | Augustus Pablo, reggae singer | 279 |
| 55 | Atari Bigby, American Football player. He is currently playing for the Green Bay Packers. | 257 |
| 56 | Mr. Vegas, deejay | 247 |
| 57 | Sanya Richards, Jamaican-born American Sprinter 400m | 237 |
| 58 | Michael Holding, cricketer | 231 |
| 59 | Patra, Dancehall musician | 223 |
| 60 | Ricardo Gardner, Jamaica-born Premier League and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. | 200 |
| 61 | Sister Nancy, dancehall deejay | 194 |
| 62 | Wynton Kelly, jazz pianist | 193 |
| 63 | Edward Seaga, Prime Minister | 193 |
| 64 | Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister | 181 |
| 65 | Peter Williams, actor | 178 |
| 66 | Dane Richards, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for Red Bull New York. | 169 |
| 67 | Edna Manley, painter/sculptor; wife of the late Norman Manley and mother of late Michael Manley | 167 |
| 68 | Cecil Cooper | 166 |
| 69 | Stacey McKenzie Supermodel, actress, and model coach | 162 |
| 70 | Dawn Penn, reggae singer | 157 |
| 71 | Pamela Colman Smith, artist and writer | 156 |
| 72 | Byron Lee and the Dragonaires | 155 |
| 73 | Clive Chin, record producer | 154 |
| 74 | Lisa Hanna, Miss World 1993 | 154 |
| 75 | Tyrone Marshall, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for Toronto F.C.. | 151 |
| 76 | Steve Bucknor, international cricket umpire | 151 |
| 77 | Mutabaruka, poet | 150 |
| 78 | Devon White, baseball player | 149 |
| 79 | Duke Reid, record producer | 147 |
| 80 | Gail Vaz-Oxlade, Financial Advisor/ TV Personality | 143 |
| 81 | List of Jamaican Americans | 143 |
| 82 | P. J. Patterson, Prime Minister | 141 |
| 83 | Mad Cobra, dancehall deejay | 138 |
| 84 | Coxsone Dodd, record producer | 136 |
| 85 | Huey Dunbar, Spanish-language singer with group DLG (Jamaican father) | 124 |
| 86 | Aidonia, dancehall, rap deejay | 121 |
| 87 | List of Jamaican British people | 121 |
| 88 | Ernest Ranglin, jazz, ska, rocksteady and reggae guitarist | 115 |
| 89 | Mike McCallum, champion boxer | 114 |
| 90 | Omar Cummings, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for the Colorado Rapids. | 114 |
| 91 | Carla Campbell model | 109 |
| 92 | Barrington Watson, | 96 |
| 93 | George Headley, cricketer | 91 |
| 94 | Victor Stafford Reid, writer | 89 |
| 95 | Demarco, reggae & dancehall musician | 88 |
| 96 | Sasha, deejay | 82 |
| 97 | Michelle Cliff, writer | 79 |
| 98 | Joe Gibbs, record producer | 79 |
| 99 | Willard White, operatic bass-baritone | 67 |
| 100 | Shavar Thomas, Jamaica-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player. He currently plays for Chivas USA. | 64 |
| 101 | Joseph Hoo Kim, record producer | 60 |
| 102 | Gordon "Butch" Stewart | 60 |
| 103 | Ian Martin, Texas real estate entrepreneur, also involved in real estate in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. | 60 |
| 104 | Jody-Anne Maxwell - Winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee | 58 |
| 105 | Kwame Dawes, Ghana-born Jamaican writer, co-founder of Calabash | 57 |
| 106 | Vincent "Randy" Chin, record producer and co-founder of VP Records | 55 |
| 107 | Venice Kong Playboy Playmate | 53 |
| 108 | Clancy Eccles, Social Activist & Reggae Musician | 51 |
| 109 | Kei Miller, writer | 49 |
| 110 | Edward Baugh, poet | 47 |
| 111 | Roger Mais, novelist | 47 |
| 112 | Mervyn Morris, poet | 45 |
| 113 | Charlie Chaplin, reggae singer | 43 |
| 114 | Dennis Scott, poet and playwright | 43 |
| 115 | Samuel Fraunces | 42 |
| 116 | Claudia Rankine, poet | 42 |
| 117 | Lorna Goodison, writer | 38 |
| 118 | Carolyn Cooper, writer and cultural theorist | 37 |
| 119 | Colin Channer, novelist, co-founder of Calabash | 32 |
| 120 | Sylvia Wynter, writer | 32 |
| 121 | Erna Brodber, novelist | 31 |
| 122 | Brigadier Jerry, reggae musician, dancehall deejay | 31 |
| 123 | Carl Abrahams, painter | 31 |
| 124 | Kiprich, deejay | 30 |
| 125 | Dean Fraser, reggae musician | 30 |
| 126 | Brian Williamson, Gay & Lesbian activist | 29 |
| 127 | Perry Henzell, writer, director | 29 |
| 128 | Opal Palmer Adisa, writer | 28 |
| 129 | Thomas Glave, Bronx-born writer | 26 |
| 130 | Mikey Smith, Dub poet | 25 |
| 131 | Andrew Salkey, writer | 24 |
| 132 | George Campbell, poet | 23 |
| 133 | Jean "Binta" Breeze, poet | 22 |
| 134 | St. William Grant, trade unionist and activist | 21 |
| 135 | Patricia Powell, novelist | 19 |
| 136 | S U Hastings, first Jamaican bishop of the Moravian Church. | 18 |
| 137 | Geoffrey Philp, writer | 17 |
| 138 | List of non-Jamaicans who have served Jamaica | 17 |
| 139 | Henry Moore, colonial governor | 17 |
| 140 | Lenford "Steve" Harvey, AIDS activist | 16 |
| 141 | Alecia McKenzie, writer | 15 |
| 142 | Brian Meeks, novelist | 15 |
| 143 | Karl Dalhouse former General Secretary of the Kingston YMCA | 14 |
| 144 | Pamela Mordecai, poet | 14 |
| 145 | John Figueroa, poet | 12 |
| 146 | Philip Henry, artist | 12 |
| 147 | Anthony McNeill, poet | 11 |
| 148 | Thomas Duffus Hardy, historian | 11 |
| 149 | Walford Campbell, artist | 11 |
| 150 | Honor Ford-Smith, artist, writer, performer, educator | 11 |
| 151 | Colin Luther Powell, 65th United States Secretary of State (parents are Jamaican) | 10 |
| 152 | Michael Mordecai, past president of the Atlanta Jamaican Association (AJA). Civil engineer, real estate entrepreneur, sportsman and longtime community leader. | 10 |
| 153 | Roxroy Salmon, Jamaican-American immigration activist | 9 |
| 154 | Aston Cooke, Playwright, Artistic Director | 9 |
| 155 | John Hearne, novelist | 9 |
| 156 | Norman Girvan, Economist | 8 |
| 157 | Dr. Evil aka Leftside, dancehall deejay | 8 |
| 158 | Mallica 'Kapo' Reynolds | 8 |
| 159 | Trevor Munroe trade unionist and politician | 8 |
| 160 | Nadine Willis Supermodel | 8 |
| 161 | Neville Neil, bishop of the Moravian Church in Jamaica. | 7 |
| 162 | Austin Tasker, Jamaica-born American, NBA player.In NBA Hall of Fame | 7 |
| 163 | Oku Onuora, writer | 7 |
| 164 | Anthony C. Winkler, writer | 7 |
| 165 | Vere Johns, writer, broadcaster, actor | 7 |
| 166 | Ashley Lorentz, swing dancer | 6 |
| 167 | Hope Wheeler artist | 6 |
| 168 | Malachi Smith, poet | 6 |
| 169 | Assassin, deejay | 6 |
| 170 | Blak Ryno, dancehall deejay | 6 |
| 171 | Michael Livingston,artist and writer | 5 |
| 172 | Ryan Fraser Writer | 5 |
| 173 | Thomas Lecky, Portland, Jamaica. Father of the Jamaican Dairy Industry. Scientific development of Jamaican livestock. | 5 |
| 174 | Fab 5 | 5 |
| 175 | Louis Marriott, playwright, actor, director, journalist | 5 |
| 176 | Kiady Kay Brown amateur teen model and Teen Herald Writer | 5 |
| 177 | Ieshia Powell (Anderson) Luton Supermodel | 5 |
| 178 | Corinne Bowes "Coco", Associate director Florida NORML, Marijuana law reform activist | < 5 |
| 179 | Carole Joan Crawford, Miss World 1963 | < 5 |
| 180 | Glen Carty, technology writer | < 5 |
| 181 | Cicely D Williams paediatrician noted for her early description of and work with Kwashiorkor (a virulent form of childhood malnutrition)<!-- It would be nice to have an a biography of Williams given her eminence! --> | < 5 |
| 182 | Jean Goulbourne, writer | < 5 |
| 183 | Kingston Chapel Choir | < 5 |
| 184 | Gareth Henry, Gay Activist | < 5 |
| 185 | Nikeisha A. Ricketts, writer | < 5 |
| 186 | L'Acadco Dance Company | < 5 |
| 187 | Anthony M Henry, journalist | < 5 |
| 188 | Little People Theatre Group | < 5 |
| 189 | Unique Vision | < 5 |
| 190 | Praise Academy of Dance | < 5 |
| 191 | Bob Marley and the Wailers | < 5 |
| 192 | Christine Craig, writer | < 5 |
| 193 | Kiffra Solomon, writer and producer | < 5 |
| 194 | Shaggy, singer/songwriter | < 5 |
| 195 | Lady Iec, dancehall, rap [link] | < 5 |
| 196 | The Company, Dance Theatre Group | < 5 |
| 197 | Louise Bennett-Coverly, poet | < 5 |
| 198 | Margaret Cezair-Thompson, novelist | < 5 |
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