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This is a list of notable and well-known Belizean people, ordered alphabetically.

Michael Anthony Ashcroft, international businessman, philanthropist and politician
Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, rapper and politician
Simone Biles, American gymnast and Olympian
Pi'erre Bourne, rapper and record producer
Barry Bowen, bottling magnate, politician and entrepreneur
Sharon Carr, murderer who killed a woman in Britain aged only 12
Nadia Cattouse, actress, singer-songwriter
Pen Cayetano, artist and musician
Sue Courtenay, architect
Ivan Duran, musician, and the founder and director of Stonetree Records
Zee Edgell, novelist and educator, considered Belize's principal contemporary writer
Maxime Faget, designer of the Mercury capsule
Antonio Soberanis Gómez, activist in the Belizean labour movement, he founded the Labourers and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage. He was jailed for sedition in 1935
Samuel Alfred Haynes, soldier, activist and poet
Houston (of Belizean descent), R&B singer, best known for the hit single "I Like That"
Marion Jones (holds dual-citizenship), former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA
Emory King, historian, author, journalist and National Film Commissioner
Chito Martínez, first Belizean player in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB)
John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and founder of McAfee, Inc.
Deon McCaulay, international footballer who last played for R.G. City Boys United in the Premier League of Belize
Monrad Metzgen, national hero of Belize
Andy Palacio, punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garínagu and their culture
Milton Palacio (holds dual-citizenship), Belizean American professional basketball player, currently with the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas
Elijio Panti, traditional healer who used Mayan herbal medical techniques
Wilfred Peters, accordionist and band leader, known as the "King of Brukdown"
Arlie Petters, mathematical physicist, who is the currently the Provost of New York University Abu Dhabi. He was previously the Benjamin Powell Professor and Professor of Mathematics, Physics, and Business Administration at Duke University
George Cadle Price, the first prime minister of Belize, considered to have been one of the principal architects of the country's independence
Francis Reneau, pianist and composer. In 1994 he was commissioned by the government to produce a representative compilation of Belizean music
Gerald Rhaburn, calypso, soca, reggae and brukdown musician
Marie Sharp, entrepreneur
Trevon Salazar, competitive cyclist
Lisa Tucker (of Belizean descent), singer, musical theater and television actress
Ann-Marie Williams, public policy advisor
Selwyn Walford Young, musician and composer
Destiny Wagner, Miss Earth 2021

References

Lopez, Jill Martin,Elwyn (2016-08-16). "Simone Biles has support in another country: Belize". CNN. Retrieved 2022-12-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Stonetree Records site
"Office of the Provost".
Duke University
"Celebration by Frances Reneau Released". The San Pedro Sun. 1996. Retrieved 9 May 2010.

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