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The Caribbean (/ˌkærɪˈbiːən, kəˈrɪbiən/ KARR-ih-BEE-ən, kə-RIB-ee-ən, locally /ˈkærɪbiːæn/ KARR-ih-bee-an; Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Caraïbes; Dutch: de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region. The region is south-east of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and north of South America. (Full article...)
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Education
Sir W. Arthur Lewis (Saint Lucia) - Ana G. Méndez (Puerto Rico) - Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (Puerto Rico)
Entertainment
Desi Arnaz (Cuba) - Geoffrey Holder (Trinidad and Tobago)- Andy García (Cuba)
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Journalism
José Julián Acosta (Puerto Rico) - María Celeste Arrarás (Puerto Rico) - Marcus Garvey (Jamaica)- Nicolás Guillén (Cuba) - CLR. James (Trinidad and Tobago) - Trevor McDonald (Trinidad and Tobago) - Cristina Saralegui (Cuba)
Literature
Aimé Césaire (Martinique) - Enrique Laguerre (Puerto Rico) - José Martí (Cuba) - V. S. Naipaul (Trinidad and Tobago) - Jean Rhys (Commonwealth of Dominica)- Derek Walcott (St. Lucia) - Julia Álvarez (Dominican Republic)- Alejo Carpentier (Cuba)
Military
Johnson Beharry (Grenada) - Antonio Valero de Bernabé (Puerto Rico) - Horacio Rivero, Jr. (Puerto Rico) - Toussaint Louverture (Haiti) - Francisco Caamaño (Dominican Republic)
Music
Celia Cruz (Cuba) - Los Chicos (Puerto Rico) - El Gran Combo (Puerto Rico) - Lord Kitchener (Trinidad) - Bob Marley (Jamaica) - Prince Buster (Jamaica) - Ricky Martin (Puerto Rico) - Menudo (Puerto Rico) - Benny Moré (Cuba) - Lee "Scratch" Perry (Jamaica)- Juan Luis Guerra (Dominican Republic)- Gloria Estefan (Cuba)
Politics
Sir Grantley Adams (Barbados) - Joaquín Balaguer (Dominican Republic) - Maurice Bishop (Grenada) - Alexander Bustamante (Jamaica) - Fidel Castro (Cuba) - Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haiti) - François Duvalier (Haiti) - Norman Manley (Jamaica) - Luis Muñoz Marín (Puerto Rico) - Toussaint Louverture (Haiti) - Rafael Trujillo (Dominican Republic) - Eric Williams-Trinidad and Tobago
Religion
Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez (Puerto Rico) - St. Charlie (Puerto Rico) - Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (Cuba)- beatified priest, candidate for sainthood Félix Varela (Cuba)
Science
Agustín Stahl (Puerto Rico)- Carlos Finlay (Cuba)- Celia Hart (Cuba)- Luis Alvarez[disambiguation needed] (Cuba)- Juan Gundlach (Cuba)- Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (Cuba)
Sports
Wilfred Benítez (Puerto Rico) - Félix Savón (Cuba)- Ato Boldon (Trinidad and Tobago) - Roberto Clemente (Puerto Rico) - Minnie Miñoso (Cuba)- Wilfredo Gómez (Puerto Rico) - Brian Lara (Trinidad and Tobago) - Asafa Powell (Jamaica) - Sir Viv Richards (Antigua and Barbuda) - Sir Garfield Sobers (Barbados) - Sammy Sosa (Dominican Republic) - Teófilo Stevenson (Cuba) - Félix Trinidad (Puerto Rico) - Sir Frank Worrell (Jamaica) - Marie-José Pérec (Guadeloupe) - Dwight Yorke (Trinidad and Tobago)- Javier Sotomayor (Cuba)-
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Religion in the Caribbean
| Country[1] | Population | Christian | Muslim | Irreligion | Hindu | Buddhist | Folk religion | Other religion | Jewish | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | ||
 Anguilla | 20,000 | 18,120 | 90.60% | 60 | 0.30% | 800 | 4.00% | 80 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 580 | 2.90% | 320 | 1.60% | 20 | 0.10% |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 90,000 | 83,700 | 93.00% | 540 | 0.60% | 1,530 | 1.70% | 180 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,240 | 3.60% | 900 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Aruba | 110,000 | 101,090 | 91.90% | 220 | 0.20% | 6,600 | 6.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 110 | 0.10% | 1,430 | 1.30% | 110 | 0.10% | 440 | 0.40% |
 Bahamas | 340,000 | 326,400 | 96.00% | 340 | 0.10% | 10,540 | 3.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,020 | 0.30% | 1,020 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Barbados | 270,000 | 257,040 | 95.20% | 2,700 | 1.00% | 5,130 | 1.90% | 1,080 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,780 | 1.40% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Cayman Islands | 60,000 | 50,100 | 83.50% | 240 | 0.40% | 5,640 | 9.40% | 540 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,700 | 4.50% | 360 | 0.60% | 480 | 0.80% |
 Cuba | 11,260,000 | 6,665,920 | 59.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,589,800 | 23.00% | 22,520 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,959,240 | 17.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Dominica | 70,000 | 66,080 | 94.40% | 70 | 0.10% | 350 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 70 | 0.10% | 2,100 | 3.00% | 1,190 | 1.70% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Dominican Republic | 9,930,000 | 8,738,400 | 88.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,082,370 | 10.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 89,370 | 0.90% | 9,930 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Grenada | 100,000 | 96,600 | 96.60% | 300 | 0.30% | 1,000 | 1.00% | 700 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,300 | 1.30% | 200 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Guadeloupe | 460,000 | 441,140 | 95.90% | 1,840 | 0.40% | 11,500 | 2.50% | 2,300 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,840 | 0.40% | 1,840 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Haiti | 9,990,000 | 8,681,310 | 86.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,058,940 | 10.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 219,780 | 2.20% | 29,970 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Jamaica | 2,740,000 | 2,115,280 | 77.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 471,280 | 17.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 123,300 | 4.50% | 27,400 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Martinique | 410,000 | 395,650 | 96.50% | 820 | 0.20% | 9,430 | 2.30% | 820 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 820 | 0.20% | 2,460 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Montserrat | 5,000 | 4,675 | 93.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 240 | 4.80% | 5 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.20% | 75 | 1.50% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Netherlands Antilles | 200,000 | 187,800 | 93.90% | 400 | 0.20% | 6,600 | 3.30% | 400 | 0.20% | 1,000 | 0.50% | 2,400 | 1.20% | 600 | 0.30% | 600 | 0.30% |
 Puerto Rico | 3,750,000 | 3,626,250 | 96.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 71,250 | 1.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,250 | 0.30% | 30,000 | 0.80% | 3,750 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50,000 | 47,300 | 94.60% | 150 | 0.30% | 800 | 1.60% | 750 | 1.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 650 | 1.30% | 400 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Saint Lucia | 170,000 | 154,870 | 91.10% | 170 | 0.10% | 10,200 | 6.00% | 510 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 850 | 0.50% | 3,400 | 2.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110,000 | 97,570 | 88.70% | 1,650 | 1.50% | 2,750 | 2.50% | 3,740 | 3.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,200 | 2.00% | 2,200 | 2.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 1,340,000 | 883,060 | 65.90% | 79,060 | 5.90% | 25,460 | 1.90% | 304,180 | 22.70% | 4,020 | 0.30% | 25,460 | 1.90% | 18,760 | 1.40% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | 40,000 | 36,840 | 92.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,840 | 4.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,080 | 2.70% | 240 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% |
 British Virgin Islands | 20,000 | 16,900 | 84.50% | 240 | 1.20% | 780 | 3.90% | 240 | 1.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,680 | 8.40% | 160 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% |
 U.S. Virgin Islands | 110,000 | 104,280 | 94.80% | 110 | 0.10% | 4,070 | 3.70% | 440 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 660 | 0.60% | 330 | 0.30% |
| Total | 41,645,000 | 33,196,375 | 79.71% | 88,910 | 0.21% | 5,378,900 | 12.92% | 338,485 | 0.81% | 16,450 | 0.04% | 2,471,050 | 5.93% | 109,725 | 0.26% | 1,870 | 0.00% |