Bahamians

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

Total population

56,498 (2015)^[2]

3,675 (2016)^[3]

1,797 (2001)^[4]

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.

Sidney Poitier

sprinter, 2016 Olympic 400m champion, and world record holder in 200m straight

Shaunae Miller-Uibo

basketball player

Buddy Hield

basketball player

Klay Thompson

three-time NBA champion, owner of Echo Fox

Rick Fox

first Prime Minister of the Bahamas.

Lynden Oscar Pindling

important pan-African leader of the 19th and 20th century who influenced Marcus Garvey

Joseph Robert Love

first black British mayor

Allan Glaisyer Minns

first black lead actor on Broadway

Bert Williams

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

Deandre Ayton

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

Mychal Thompson

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

Angela Palacious

mixed martial artist

Yves Edwards

streetfighter, boxer and mixed martial artist

Kimbo Slice

Some women featured in the Leading Women of the Bahamas exhibit, Nassau, 2012.