Jamaican Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Puerto Rican basketball player. Vicéns was famous for his performance with the Ponce Lions an

Was a Puerto Rican basketball player. Vicéns was famous for his performance with the Ponce Lions and with the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team.

Is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona,

Is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he finished ninth in the C-2 1000 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the C-2 500 m event.

Is the third ranking member of the Cuban Council of State and one of the original commanders of the

Is the third ranking member of the Cuban Council of State and one of the original commanders of the Cuban Revolution. He is one of only a few individuals who have received the honorary title of Hero of the Republic of Cuba.

Was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico and was a well known poet, journalist and pro-independence political

Was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico and was a well known poet, journalist and pro-independence political activist opposing United States rule in Puerto Rico.Corretjer joined the "Literary Society of Jose Gautier Benitez", which later would be renamed the "Nationalist Youth", while he was still in elementary school. When he was in 8th grade, he organized a student protest against the United States in his town. He was expelled from school and he was not permitted to attend any schools in the municipality of Ciales. Corretjer was forced to go to school in the town of Vega Baja.

Is a Cuban Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre and team épée events at the 1948 Su

Is a Cuban Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Is a Puerto Rican singer, musician and songwriter, better known for being the winner of the fourth s

Is a Puerto Rican singer, musician and songwriter, better known for being the winner of the fourth season of Objetivo Fama, a Puerto Rican television singing talent contest in the form of a reality show, broadcast by Telefutura in USA and by Univision in Puerto Rico.

Is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the golden medal in the Bantamweight division (-54 kg) at age

Is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the golden medal in the Bantamweight division (-54 kg) at age seventeen at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he defeated Venezuela's Bernardo Piñango on points (5-0).

Was a Dominican political figure. He served as the president of the Dominican Republic between 1922

Was a Dominican political figure. He served as the president of the Dominican Republic between 1922 and 1924 under the U.S. military occupation.

Is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic.Betances finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 200

Is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic.Betances finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Arismendy Peguero, Danis García and Carlos Santa.

Is a Cuban artist living in exile in New York.Boza was fired as a result of the Congress of Educatio

Is a Cuban artist living in exile in New York.Boza was fired as a result of the Congress of Education and Culture which convened in 1971 and led to the censorship of many artists in Cuba. In the years between 1971 and his exodus from Cuba in 1980 Boza restored religious statues to earn a living.

Was a gay[1] Afro-Cuban-American artist specializing at painting, drawing, engraving, installation a

Was a gay[1] Afro-Cuban-American artist specializing at painting, drawing, engraving, installation and graphic design.Boza studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” from 1960 to 1962 and then from 1962 to 1964 at the Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA) both located in Havana, Cuba. He was expelled from San Alejandro due to "political issues" and became a lithographer with the Experimental Graphic Workshop in 1965.

Is a well-known Cuban photographer.Alom is photographer and has worked extensively with Fototeca de

Is a well-known Cuban photographer.Alom is photographer and has worked extensively with Fototeca de Cuba. At this institution he taught several photography workshops. In 1990, he studied at the International Institute of Journalism in Havana, Cuba. Alom worked as a journalist from 1985-1989 at Editoral Abril in Havana, Cuba. He is now a freelance photographer.

He is the Titular Conductor of the Venezuelan vocal group Coral Antiphona.He took a degree in Choral

He is the Titular Conductor of the Venezuelan vocal group Coral Antiphona.He took a degree in Choral Conducting at the renomed Escuela Nacional de Instructores de Arte (National Academy of Arts Instructors) and at the Centro Nacional de la Enseñanza Artística (National Center for Artistic Teaching), both in La Habana, with the musician teachers Mayda Martínez and María Felicia Pérez.

Is a former basketball player from Cuba, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at th

Is a former basketball player from Cuba, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

A professional boxer. Gómez, a former Cuban amateur star, has boxed professionally out of both Germ

A professional boxer. Gómez, a former Cuban amateur star, has boxed professionally out of both Germany and Miami, Florida.

Is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 199

Is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 19

Is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is a shortstop with Isla de la Juventud and the Cuban national baseball team. Moreno is a mainstay o

Is a shortstop with Isla de la Juventud and the Cuban national baseball team. Moreno is a mainstay on the national team, having made his first appearance in an international tournament for the 1998 World Championships.[1]. He was also on the roster for the 2006 World Baseball Classic

Is a boxer from the Dominican Republic best known for winning a silver medal at flyweight at the Pan

Is a boxer from the Dominican Republic best known for winning a silver medal at flyweight at the Pan-Am Games twice.

Was a member of the Cuban politburo and First Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Cuban Com

Was a member of the Cuban politburo and First Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Cuban Communist Party in Santiago de Cuba. In April 2006 he was dismissed from the Politburo, and in June he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption.

Is a Cuban film director and screenwriter. His film Strawberry and Chocolate (1994), which he co-dir

Is a Cuban film director and screenwriter. His film Strawberry and Chocolate (1994), which he co-directed with Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, won a Silver Berlin Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has collaborated with director and close friend Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and actors Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz and Mirta Ibarra in several films.

City mayor of Havana, Cuba. He is the President of the People's Power Provincial Assembly of the Cit

City mayor of Havana, Cuba. He is the President of the People's Power Provincial Assembly of the City of Havana (mayor), a member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, diputado to the National Assembly, and a member of the Council of State[1], a potential candidate for the Politburo.

Is a Cuban-American heavy metal musician.Croucier attended Torrance High School in Torrance, Califor

Is a Cuban-American heavy metal musician.Croucier attended Torrance High School in Torrance, California. Formerly a bassist for the metal bands Dokken and Ratt, Croucier was also very briefly in Quiet Riot. Reportedly, Croucier played with Quiet Riot in 1981.Croucier played with Dokken for about four years and toured Germany with the band several times. He was in both Ratt and Dokken at the same time for about a year and a half. He also sang on Dokken's Breaking the Chains, and co-wrote two songs, but departed prior to the video shoot. Jeff Pilson, having just replaced him, had to mimic the bass playing in the video.

Was a black Cuban band leader, composer and clarinetist. He founded the small orchestra Flor de Cuba

Was a black Cuban band leader, composer and clarinetist. He founded the small orchestra Flor de Cuba, which played at dances and in theatres in the middle 19th century in Havana.In Havana, Alfonso played clarinet in Feliciano Ramos's band La Unión in 1856, and directed Las Almendares in 1859. It is not known precisely when he formed La Flor de Cuba, but it must have been in the 1860s. It became one of the most popular bands in the middle to late 19th century. They played contradanzas, and other dances of the time. The orchestra was a típica in format, based mainly on wind instruments.

Is the Titular Bishop of Cures Sabinorum and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Havana. In 1974

Is the Titular Bishop of Cures Sabinorum and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Havana. In 1974 entered the Society of Jesus. He was ordained a Jesuit priest on December 26, 1976. From 1980 to 1986 he was assigned as a priest to in Santiago de Cuba and Cienfuegos. He again went to Rome for more studies and returned to Cuba assigned to the Archdiocese of Havana. He was appointed Titular Bishop of Cures Sabinorum and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Havana on December 3, 2005 and was consecrated a bishop on January 14, 2006 at the Cathedral of Havana by Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cardinal Archbishop of Havana assisted by Mons. Emilio Aranguren-Echevarria, Bishop of Diocese of Holguín and Mons. Hector Luis Lucas Pena-Gomez Bishop Emeritus of Holguín.