Shimron Hetmyer is a Guyanese cricketer who was born on 26 December 1996 in Guyana. His full name is Shimron Odilon Hetmyer and he received a nickname by his parents which are Hettie. His father Gladston Hetmyer was a worker at sugar estates and mother Ingrid Hetmyer was a homemaker, both of his parents fully supported him in his cricket career. He has an elder brother Seon Hetmyer and he also has two elder sisters Shonette Hetmyer and Shonelle Hetmyer.
Taking inspiration from his elder brother Seon Hetmyer and his cricket ideal Brian Lara, he moved on taking cricket to be his career. He made his cricket debut playing in domestic cricket for West Indies, Cricket West Indies (CWI) in October 2018 awarded him a red-ball contract for the 2018-19 season. Hetmyer also played in Under-19 crickets for West Indies and also in several matches for West Indies.