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List of Indo-Guyanese people
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The following is a list of prominent
Indo-Guyanese
people.
Contents
Notable Indo-Guyanese
Politics
Academics
Business
Medicine
Arts and entertainment
Sports
Religion and philosophy
Criminality
References
Notable Indo-Guyanese
Politics
Cheddi Jagan
,
President of Guyana
from 1992 to 1997
Irfaan Ali
,
President of Guyana
Waheed Alli, Baron Alli
,
life peer
in the British
House of Lords
Mohabir Anil Nandlall
, Attorney, politician.
Shaik Baksh
, Minister of Education
Isahak Basir
, Member of
Parliament
Vickram Bharrat
, politician
Ranji Chandisingh
, former
Vice President of Guyana
Vincent Teekah, former PYO Chairman, Minister of Education and Culture.
Ronald Gajraj
, politician
Cheddi Jagan
, former
President of Guyana
, dentist, and the
Father of the Nation
Bharrat Jagdeo
,
Vice President of Guyana
, former
President of Guyana
, and former
Prime Minister of Guyana
Syed Kamall
,
British
MEP
for
London
2005 - 2019
Edward Luckhoo
, politician and Governor-General of British Guiana and Acting President of Guyana
Lionel Luckhoo
, politician and lawyer
Gina Miller
, British lawyer who took the UK Government to court over its handling of Brexit negotiations
Manzoor Nadir
,
Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana
Moses Nagamootoo
, former
Prime Minister of Guyana
Sase Narain
, former
Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana
Shiw Sahai Naraine
, former
Vice President of Guyana
and engineer
Reepu Daman Persaud
, former
Vice President of Guyana
and
Hindu
pandit
Balram Singh Rai
, politician
Khemraj Ramjattan
, former
Vice President of Guyana
and former Minister of Public Security
Shridath Ramphal
, former
Commonwealth
Secretary General
Deolatchmee Ramotar
, former
First Lady of Guyana
Donald Ramotar
, former
President of Guyana
Bishwaishwar Ramsaroop
, former
Vice President of Guyana
Peter Ramsaroop
, politician
Kayman Sankar
, politician and rice farmer
Mohamed Shahabuddeen
, former
Vice President of Guyana
and judge
Doodnauth Singh
, former
Attorney General of Guyana
Lutchman Sooknandan
, former
Director of Public Prosecutions of Belize
and
Honorary Consul
of Guyana in Belize
Tara Singh Varma
,
Dutch
politician
Mark Persaud
,
Lawyer
Twice elected to the National Executive of Liberal Party of Canada
Academics
David Dabydeen
, professor at the
University of Warwick
and historian
Clem Seecharan
, professor and Caribbean historian
Bertrand Ramcharan
, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Bishnodat Persaud
, professor at the
University of the West Indies
and former Director of the
Commonwealth Secretariat
Jamal Deen
, Distinguished University Professor,
McMaster University
, Canada.
Adam Rutherford
, Geneticist and science populariser,
University College London
.
Katharine Birbalsingh
, teacher and education reform advocate.
Business
Stanley Praimnath
, bank executive and survivor of the
September 11 attacks
Medicine
Deborah Persaud
, virologist, named among the world's most influential people in the
Time 100
in 2013
Arts and entertainment
Raymond Ablack
, Canadian actor
Anjulie
, Canadian singer-songwriter
Gaiutra Bahadur
, writer
Dave Baksh
, lead guitarist of the Canadian band
Sum 41
(also plays with
Brown Brigade
)
Shakira Caine
, actress, fashion model, and former
Miss Guyana
Mahadai Das
, poet
Melanie Fiona
, Canadian singer
Rhona Fox
, actress
Terry Gajraj
,
chutney
singer
Emma Heming
, Maltese model
Harischandra Khemraj
, writer
Laxmi Kallicharan
, writer
Isabella Laughland
, British actress
Suchitra Mattai
, Guyanese-born American contemporary artist
Avi Nash
, American actor
Priyanka
(stage name of Mark Suknanan), Canadian television presenter, drag artist, and winner of
Canada's Drag Race
Season 1
Sandhja
, Finnish singer
Melinda Shankar
, Canadian actress
Nandini Sharan
,
bhajan
singer and wife of
Hari Om Sharan
"Princess Anisa" Singh
, chutney-soca singer
Shana Yardan
, poet
Gordon Warnecke
, British actor
Jacob Scipio
, British actor
Sports
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Andreas Athanasiou
, Canadian NHL player for the Chicago Blackhawks
Faoud Bacchus
, West Indian cricketer
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
, former captain of the
West Indies cricket team
Narsingh Deonarine
, West Indian cricketer
Rohan Kanhai
, former captain of the West Indies cricket team
Alvin Kallicharran
, former captain of the West Indies cricket team
Mahendra Nagamootoo
, West Indian cricketer
Kriskal Persaud
, chess player
Harry Prowell
, Marathon Olympian and British West Indies Champion in long-distance running
Mark Ramprakash
, former
England
cricket player
Ramnaresh Sarwan
, former captain of the West Indies cricket team
Dhanraj Singh
, boxer
Devendra Bishoo
, West Indian cricketer
Beni Sankar
, businessman and former cricket player
Nezam Hafiz
, cricketer and victim of the
September 11 attacks
Paul Stalteri
, former soccer player
Religion and philosophy
Maya Tiwari
,
Hindu
spiritual teacher
Shabir Ally
,
Muslim
imam
Criminality
Shaheed "Roger" Khan
,
druglord
and head of Phantom Squad
References
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