Notable People From Tortola
- The X Factor season 1 winner, Melanie Amaro, lived in Tortola with her grandmother as a child.
- International singing star Iyaz, is from Carrot Bay, Tortola.
- Olympic sprinter J'maal Alexander was born in Tortola.
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