Science, Medicine & Engineering
Distinguished
Charles Duncan O'Neal
1879 – 1936
Doctor and founder of the Democratic League
Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Barbados Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A physician who founded the Democratic League in 1924, the first political organisation to campaign for working-class Barbadians.
O'Neal pressed for compulsory education, better wages and votes for all, and his movement prepared the ground for the labour parties that followed. He is a National Hero.
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