Category
page 1Commanders of the Order of Distinction

Usain Bolt
Jamaican sprinter
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaican track and field sprinter

Asafa Powell
Jamaican sprinter
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Jamaican athletics competitor

Veronica Campbell-Brown
Jamaican track and field sprint athlete

Shaggy
Jamaican reggae musician

Shericka Jackson
Jamaican sprinter

Patrick Allen
Jamaican politician, current Governor-General of Jamaica
Don Quarrie
Jamaican athletics (sport) competitor, sprinter
Madge Sinclair
Jamaican actress (1938–1995)
Deon Hemmings
Jamaïcan 400 metres hurdler

Khadija Shaw
Jamaican association football player
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist (born 1944)
Dennis Brown
Jamaican reggae singer (1957–1999)
Millie Small
Jamaican singer (1947–2020)
Alia Atkinson
Jamaican swimmer
John Holt
Jamaican reggae singer (1947–2014)
Marcia Griffiths
Jamaican reggae singer
Coxsone Dodd
Jamaican record producer (1932–2004)
Aston Barrett
Jamaican musician (1946–2024)
Duke Reid
Jamaican record producer and DJ (1915–1975)
Florizel Glasspole
Jamaican politician (1909-2000)
Delroy Wilson
Jamaican singer (1948–1995)
Mutabaruka
Allan Hope CD (born 26 December 1952), better known as Mutabaruka, is a Jamaican Rastafari dub poet, musician, actor, educator, and talk-show host, who developed two of Jamaica's most popular radio programmes, The Cutting Edge and ''Steppin' Razor''. His name comes from the Rwandan language and translates as "one who is always victorious". His themes include politics, culture, Black liberation, social oppression, discrimination, poverty, racism, sexism, and religion.
Byron Lee
Jamaican musician (1935-2008)

Phyllis Dillon
Jamaican singer (1944-2004)
Bob Andy
Jamaican vocalist and songwriter
Rose Hudson-Wilkin
Bishop of Dover
Kenneth David Oswin Richards
Jamaican priest
Lorna Goodison
Jamaican poet and visual artist (born 1947)

Barrington Watson
Jamaican painter (1931-2016)

Basil Watson
sculptor
Barrington Irving
Jamaican-born American aviator
Fae Ellington
TV personality
Garth Fagan
Jamaican-American dancer, choreographer, artistic director (born 1940)
Olivia Grange
Jamaican politician
Charles Henry Dufour
Catholic archbishop of Kingston, Jamaica