Jamaican female celebrities: 60 Photos

Queen Nanny. Queen Nanny is said to have been a leader of the Maroons, a community which had escaped slavery in Jamaica in the 18th Century. Little about her life is historically confirmed, but she is thought to have led the Maroons to victory against British colonisers.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(IvnFZtzjDaS1wPAP45SxmA4__83,

Bob Marley. Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica, to Norval Marley and Cedella Booker. His father was a Jamaican of English descent.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. At the Paris Olympics, the decorated Jamaican sprinting trio of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah have not once hit the track. Between them, the three women have claimed an astounding 19 Olympic medals, including a clean sweep of the podium in the women's 100m at the Tokyo Games.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(IvnFZtzjDaS1wPAP45SxmA4__96,

Nanny of the Maroons is the only female National heroine in Jamaica. She is remembered for the inspiration she gave to her people in fighting the English Oppressors in the early 18th Century. The Maroon Story, Nanny died sometime between 1758 - 1762.