Williams, identified the protein deficiency disease kwashiorkor Henry Vernon Wong, Jamaican-American physicist known for his work in plasma physics. Sports Alia Atkinson, OD, multiple time Olympic swimmer Donovan Bailey, Jamaican-born Canadian, world champion sprinter Leon Bailey, Jamaican footballer playing for Aston Villa FC John Barnes, Jamaican-born English football player; played for the England national football team and Liverpool F.C. Trevor Berbick, champion boxer Atari Bigby, former football player Andre Blake, professional MLS goalkeeper Yohan Blake, sprinter Usain Bolt, world and Olympic record holder, 100m and 200m Walter Boyd, former professional footballer Steve Bucknor, international cricket umpire Veronica Campbell-Brown, sprinter Alicia Ashley, former women's boxing champion Omar Cummings, Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player Chili Davis, Jamaican-born American, former star Major League Baseball player Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-born American, former NBA star Junior Flemmings, professional footballer Heather Foster, Jamaican-born American professional bodybuilder Shaun Francis, former professional footballer Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, sprinter, 100m and 200m World and Olympic record holder (Beijing 2008 and London 2012), fondly known as "The Pocket Rocket" Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican-born Premier League and Jamaica national football team football player Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican-born Premier League and Jamaica national football team football player Chris Gayle, Captain of West Indian International Cricket Team Ian Goodison, former professional footballer Owayne Gordon, professional footballer George Headley, cricketer Sek Henry, basketball player Wavell Hinds, cricketer Michael Holding, cricketer Shericka Jackson, Olympic medalist Kamara James, Jamaican-born American, Olympic fencer Ben Johnson, Jamaican-born Canadian, disgraced champion sprinter Glen Johnson, champion boxer Ryan Johnson, former professional footballer Jerome Jordan, NBA player, New York Knicks center #44 Andrew Kennedy, professional basketball player Rajiv Maragh, jockey Tyrone Marshall, Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player Darren Mattocks, Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player Mike McCallum, champion boxer Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-born Slovenian sprinter, the world's most winning female athlete Asafa Powell, sprinter, former 100m world record holder Donald Quarrie, sprinter Shawn Rhoden, bodybuilder Sanya Richards-Ross, Jamaican-born American sprinter, 400m Donovan Ricketts, Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player Tessa Sanderson, Jamaican-born former British Javelin gold medalist and Heptathlon Trecia-Kaye Smith, former Triple Jump World Champion Raheem Sterling, Jamaican-born English football player; currently plays for Manchester City Shavar Thomas, Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player Elaine Thompson-Herah, OD, multiple Olympic champion Stephen Tulloch, National Football League middle linebacker for Detroit Lions and N.C. State Wolfpac; born in Miami of Jamaican