| Group | Bahamians |
|---|---|
| Total | c. 460,000 |
| Popplace | Bahamas 400,516 (2022)[1] |
| Region 1 | United States |
| Pop 1 | 56,498 (2015)[2] |
| Region 2 | Canada |
| Pop 2 | 3,675 (2016)[3] |
| Region 3 | United Kingdom |
| Pop 3 | 1,797 (2001)[4] |
| Region 4 | Jamaica |
| Pop 4 | 1,000 |
| Ref 4 | [5] |
| Langs | English, Bahamian Creole, Haitian Creole, Spanish[6] Historically Lucayan |
| Rels | Christianity ∙ Irreligion ∙ Judaism ∙ Baháʼí Faith ∙ Rastafari ∙ Obeah ∙ Islam ∙ Black Hebrew Israelites ∙ Hinduism[7] |
| Related | Caribbean people |
Bahamians /bəˈheɪmiənz/ are people originating or having roots from The Bahamas. One can also become a Bahamian by acquiring citizenship.
History
The Lucayan people, the original inhabitants, migrated from Hispaniola and Cuba to settle in the southern islands of the Bahamas around the 11th century CE.[8]
Culture
Olympic Games
World Championships in Athletics
List
- Sidney Poitier, first black man to win an Oscar, first black Bahamian actor to win Best Actor, first black Bahamian actor to be nominated for best actor.
- Shaunae Miller-Uibo, sprinter, 2016 Olympic 400m champion, and world record holder in 200m straight
- Buddy Hield, basketball player
- Klay Thompson, basketball player
- Rick Fox, three-time NBA champion, owner of Echo Fox
- Lynden Oscar Pindling, first Prime Minister of the Bahamas.
- Joseph Robert Love, important pan-African leader of the 19th and 20th century who influenced Marcus Garvey
- Allan Glaisyer Minns, first black British mayor
- Bert Williams, first black lead actor on Broadway
- Deandre Ayton, was ranked number-one high-school basketball player in the USA by scout in 2015
- Mychal Thompson, two-time NBA champion and first foreign-born player to be selected as 1st pick in the NBA draft history.
- Angela Palacious, first woman deacon and priest of the Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Yves Edwards, mixed martial artist
- Kimbo Slice, streetfighter, boxer and mixed martial artist
See also
References
- ^ Bahamas 2017. Population Pyramid.
- ^ Access, Data & (DADS), Dissemination Systems (5 October 2010). "Results". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Population by selected ethnic origins, by province and territory (2006 Census)". statcan.gc.ca. 28 July 2009. Archived from the original on January 15, 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 11 May 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". February 10, 2014.
- ^ The World in Your Hands. Vol 01.
- ^ "2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Bahamas, The"
- ^ Ethnic Groups of the Americas