List of recipients of the Order of Jamaica

In this list carrier of the Order of Jamaica are listed with brief personal details. Unless specified is specified in brackets the year of award.

A

• Peter Henry Abrahams, Author
• Howard R. Aris (2012, posthumous)
• Vernin Arnett, politicians
• Patricio Aylwin Azócar, President of Chile

B

• Amy Beckford Bailey, suffragette (1990 )
• Barbara Evelyn Bailey, high school teacher (2008)
• Lloyd George Barnett
• Cecil Baugh, artists (2003)
• Harry Belafonte, American entertainer
• Enid Maude Bennett ( 2012)
• Louise Bennett - Coverley, writer (1974 )
• Wycliffe Bennett ( 2009)
• Richard Leighton Bernal, diplomat
• Christopher Blackwell, music producer, founder of Iceland Records ( 2004)
• Desmond Aylmer Blades
• Herro Blair Verne (2007)
• Usain Bolt, Athlete, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world record holder (2009)
• Donald Courtney Brice
• Steve Anthony Bucknor (2007)
• Lawrence Aloysius Burke, Archbishop of Kingston ( 2009)
• Gladys Bustamante, trade unionist and First Lady

C

• Rafael Leonardo Callejas, President of Honduras
• Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary General of CARICOM
• Karl Carstens, German Federal President
• Fidel Castro Ruz, President of Cuba
• Hopeton St Joseph Caven, trade unionists
• Gladstone Raymond Chang ( 2011)
• Barry Chevannes, professor, sociologist (2010, posthumous)
• Lascelles Chin Agusta (2001)
• Horace Antonio Clarke, politicians
• Oliver Frederick Clarke
• William Eleaza Clarke ( 2007)
• Sue M. Cobb, U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica (2010)
• Daisy May Coke
• David Hilton Coore, politicians
• Headley Washington Cunningham, Politicians (2007)

D

• Carlton Earl Davis
• Rae Anthony Davis, chancellor of the University of Technology (2006)
• Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, President of Mexico
• Ludlow Lawson Douglas
• Carlyle Anthony Dunkley, diplomat
• Mignonette Patricia Durrant, diplomat

E

• Luis Echeverría Álvarez, President of Mexico

F

• Maurice William Facey
• Michael Sanford Fennell, sports official (2005)
• John Peter Figueroa, university teachers, epidemiologist (2008)
• Valmore Douglas Fletcher, diplomat and politician
• Arnold Foote (2010)
• Ian Xavier Forte, Judge
• Eric Frank Francis

G

• Emil Calvin George
• Gwendolyn Mavis Gilmour -Petersen (2009)
• Barbara Joy Gloudon, playwright and journalist
• Carolyn Gomes ( 2009)
• Weeville Gordon (2007)

B

• Ray Hadeed (2006)
• John Ambrose Samuel Hall, university teachers
• Kenneth Octavious Hall, professor, rector of the University of the West Indies and Governor-General of Jamaica (2004)
• Oswald Gaskell Harding, Politicians (2003)
• Paul Theodore Harrison, Judge (2006)
• Hugh Cecil Edmund Hart, Politicians (2011)
• Charles Reginald Maurice Hendrickson, entrepreneurs (2003)
• Roald Nigel Adrian Henriques
• Luis Herrera Campins, President of Venezuela
• Frederick " Toots " Hibbert, musician (2012 )
• Richard Ryan Ho Lung, founder of Brothers for the Poor, playwright, actor, songwriter (2008)
• Michael Hylton (2006)
• Noel Arthur Anthony Hylton, Chairman of the Jamaican Port Authority

I

• Anthony George Russell Irons
• John Joseph Issa, hotelier

J

• Owen Collin Jefferson
• Keith Meredith Johnson, Diplomat
• Edwin Samuel Jones, high school teachers (2007)

L

• Dennis Lalor
• Gerald Cecil Lalor, university teachers
• Derick Milton Latibeaudiere, director of the Bank of Jamaica
• Vincent Milton Lawrence
• Byron Lee, musicians (2008)
• Michael Anthony Lee Chin ( 2008)
• Charles Reginald Maurice Lewin
• Olive Wilhelmina Mahoney Lewin, Musician
• Vernon Lindo Oswald, physicians
• Orland Ugham Lindsay, Bishop
• Neville "Bunny Wailer " Livingstone O'Riley, musician (2012 )
• Clive Hubert Lloyd, cricketer
• Beverley Eleanor Lopez (2006)

M

• Roger corn, writer (posthumous, 1978)
• George Ferdinand Mahfood (2012 )
• Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, President of South Africa
• Michael Mayer Matalon, entrepreneurs
• Moses M. Matalon, mayor of Kingston
• Zaila Rowena Mc Calla
• William Anthony McConnell (2006)
• Maurice Neville McCook, sports official (2006)
• Ian McDonald Ramsay
• Marshall McGowan Hall ( 2010)
• John Kenneth McKenzie Pringle, Director of the Jamaica Tourist Board
• Velma Corrine McLarty
• Kenneth McNeill, physicians and politicians (1977 )
• Carlos Saul Menem, President of Argentina
• Errol Lawrence Miller, Chairman of the Electoral Commission ( 2003)
• Shirley Isabelle Miller ( 2004)
• Donald Owen Mills, Diplomat
• Owen St. Clair Morgan ( 2006)
• William Manuel Morris
• York St Aubyn Errol Morrison, trade unionists and Chancellor of the University of Technology
• Peter Hollingsworth Moses (2011)
• Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe (1996 )
• David Muirhead Manual
• Seymour St Edward Mullings, politicians
• Keble Munn, politician ( 2007)

N

• Julius Nyerere Kambarage, President of Tanzania

P

• Seymour Panton Radcliffe
• Uriah Nathaniel Parnell, Judge
• Valentine Winston Parnell
• Carlos Andrés Pérez, President of Venezuela
• Frank Milton Granville Phipps (2011)
• Dorothy Yvonne Pine - McClarty (2007)
• Aston Wesley Powell
• Colin Luther Powell, American general and politician
• Aston Zachariah Preston, Vice- Chancellor of the University of the West Indies

R

• Allan Fitzroy Rae
• Roderick George Rainsford, Director of the Bank of Jamaica, Secretary General of CARICOM
• Gregory Ramkissoon (2010)
• Charles Bernard Rangel, U.S. Representative (2009)
• Alfred Adolphus Rattray, diplomat and politician
• Raphael Carl Rattray, Richter ( 1994)
• Kenneth Rattray Osbourne
• Jerry Rawlings, President of Ghana
• Donald James Reece, Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston ( 2012)
• Alfred Charles Reid, Bishop (2005)
• Molly May Rhone, Sportfunktionärin (2011)
• Egerton ( Rudolph) Richardson, politician and diplomat
• Basil Linton Robinson
• Joyce Robinson Lelieth
• Leacroft Hercot Ulyssess Robinson, Judge
• Leslie Roy Bruce Robinson, high school teachers, mathematicians
• Patrick Lipton Robinson, Judge (2009)
• Derrick Austin Rochester (2012 )

S

• Carlos Salinas de Gortari, president of Mexico
• Alfred Watts Maxwell Sangster
• Douglas Anthony Clive Saunders, Diplomat (2011)
• Theodore Eustace Sealy
• Mary Jane Seivwright
• Hugh Lawson Shearer, politicians
• Hugh Braham Sherlock
• Gordon Shirley Valentine (2009)
• Ronald Hugh Small, Judge
• Kenneth George Smith, Judge
• Queen Sophia of Spain ( 2009)
• Victor Stafford Reid, journalist and writer
• Carmen Lois Stewart ( 2007)
• Gordon Arthur ( Butch ) Stewart, hotelier
• Adrian Patrick Strachan

T

• Garth Alfred Taylor ( 2005)
• Kingsley Charles St. George Thomas
• Dudley Joseph Thompson, politician and diplomat (1989 )
• Desmond Tutu Mpilo, South African Bishop
• Shirley Tyndall

W

• Danville Anthony Ludlow Walker ( 2008)
• Herbert Samuel Walker, Diplomat
• Courtney Walsh, cricket player
• Basil Barrington Watson, Artist (2005)
• Anthony Burchell Whiteman, diplomat and politician (2006)
• Raby Danvers Williams
• Arthur Stanley Wint, athlete, first Olympic medalist for Jamaica
• Neville Wordsworth de Souza
• Hector Lincoln Wynter, politician, journalist and diplomat
• Hugh Hastings Wynter, university teachers
• Sylvia Wynter, high school teacher (2010)

Z

• Edward Zacca, judges and interim Governor General