Belizeans are people originating in the Central America

Central America

Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

n nation of Belize

Belize

Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...

 whether they live there or in the Belizean diaspora.

Diaspora

About one out of every three Belizeans now lives overseas and outside of Belize; the majority have migrated to Anglophone

Anglosphere

Anglosphere is a neologism which refers to those nations with English as the most common language. The term can be used more specifically to refer to those nations which share certain characteristics within their cultures based on a linguistic heritage, through being former British colonies...

 countries, especially the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, where there are some 160,000 Belizeans, and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, with around 3,000 Belizeans. Smaller numbers now live in Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica.

Notable Belizeans

• Dean Barrow
  Dean Barrow
  Dean Oliver Barrow is Prime Minister of Belize and leader of the United Democratic Party. An attorney by trade, he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1998 and was then Leader of the Opposition until the UDP won the February 2008 election...
  
  
• Zee Edgell
  Zee Edgell
  Zelma I. Edgell, better known as Zee Edgell, MBE, is a writer. She has had four of her novels published. She is an associate professor of English at Kent State University.-Biography:...
  
  
• Denvor Fairweather
  Denvor Fairweather
  Denvor Fairweather is a Belizean television producer and executive.- Education and early television work :Fairweather attended Saint John's College Junior College from 1991 to 1993, working in his final year with the Channel 3 television wing of the Broadcasting Corporation of Belize...
  
  
• Phillip Goldson
  Phillip Goldson
  Philip Stanley Wilberforce Goldson was a Belizean newspaper editor, activist and politician. He served in the House of Representatives of Belize as member for the Albert Division from 1961 to 1998 and twice as a Minister...
  
  
• Houston (singer)
  Houston (singer)
  Houston is an American R&B singer, best known for the hit single "I Like That."-Background:...
  
  
• Marion Jones
  Marion Jones
  Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA...
  
  
• Emory King
  Emory King
  Emory King was a Belizean historian, author and journalist. He served the nation of Belize in a number of capacities, including as National Film Commissioner.- Travel to Belize :...
  
  
• Andy Palacio
  Andy Palacio
  Andy Vivian Palacio was a Belizean Punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garínagu and their culture.-Biography:...
  
  
• Milt Palacio
  Milt Palacio
  Milton Sigmund Palacio , referred to as Milt Palacio, is a Belizean American professional basketball player. He currently plays with the pro club Obradoiro CAB in Spain. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, to Belizean parents and is a Belizean citizen.-College career:Palacio attended...
  
  
• Wilfred Peters
  Wilfred Peters
  Wilfred Peters, MBE was a Belizean accordionist and band leader, known as the "King of Brukdown". He toured Europe and North America with his band, the Boom & Chime Band, and was awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth in 1997 for his cultural contributions.A Belizean national icon Mr. Peters was one of...
  
  
• Verno Phillips
  Verno Phillips
  Verno Jeremias Phillips , is a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.- Career :Phillips turned pro in 1988 and captured the Vacant WBO Light Middleweight Title in 1993 with a win over Lupe Aquino...
  
  
• George Cadle Price
  George Cadle Price
  George Cadle Price PC was the first Prime Minister of Belize and is considered to have been one of the principal architects of the country's independence, and is today referred to by many as "the Father of the Nation"....
  
  
• Francis Reneau
  Francis Reneau
  Francis Reneau is a pianist and composer from Belize. In 1994 he was commissioned by the government to produce a representative compilation of Belizean music, and in 2001 he was awarded an MBE for services to music....
  
  
• Shyne
  Shyne
  Moshe Levi Ben-David , better known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean rapper.-Background:...
  
  
• Lisa Tucker (singer)
  Lisa Tucker (singer)
  Lisa Gabrielle Tucker is an American singer, musical theater and television actress who was the tenth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol.-Early life and career beginnings:...
  
  
• Colville Young
  Colville Young
  Sir Colville Norbert Young, GCMG, MBE is the Governor General of Belize, and also patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed Governor-General in 1993, taking office on 17 November of that year, and was knighted in 1994....
  
  
• Robert Reneau