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Errol Barrow
Father of Barbadian independence & founding prime minister
The RAF navigator who came home to build a nation — free education, free health, and full sovereignty — and told the world Barbados would be 'friends of all, satellites of none.'
The rise
After serving as a navigator in the Royal Air Force during World War II, Barrow studied law and economics in London. He returned to Barbados, entered politics, founded the Democratic Labour Party, and led it to victory in 1961. He negotiated independence from Britain, achieved on 30 November 1966, and served as the nation's first prime minister.