Guyanese people Guyanese people Arthur James Seymour (1914-1989), poet, essayist, memoirist, and editor of the literary journal Kyk-Over-Al, was born on 12 January, 1914, in Georgetown, British Guiana, to James Tudor Seymour, a land surveyor, and his wife Philippine, neé Dey. He attended the Collegiate School and the Guyanese Academy before entering Queen's College, British Guiana's most prestigious boys' school, on a Government Junior Scholarship in 1928. ...more on Wikipedia about "A.J. Seymour"
Afro-Guyanese are the inhabitants of Guyana of African origin. When planters made land available to East Indians in the late 1800s when they had denied land to the Africans several decades earlier, Afro-Guyanese resentment of other colonial ethnic groups was reinforced. The Afro-Guyanese people's perception of themselves as the true Guyanese derived not only from their long history of residence, but also from a sense of superiority based on their literacy, Christianity, and British colonial values. ...more on Wikipedia about "Afro-Guyanese"
Bharrat Jagdeo (born January 23, 1964) is the socialist president of Guyana (since August 11, 1999). He had previously been a member of Janet Jagan's cabinet, and became president after Jagan resigned for health reasons. He is the youngest head of state of the Caricom countries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bharrat Jagdeo"
Cheddi Jagan, also known as Cheddi Berret Jagan ( March 22, 1918 – March 6, 1997), was the chief minister ( 1957- 1964) and president ( 1992- 1997) of Guyana. The son of ethnic Indian sugar plantation workers, Jagan managed to attend Queen's College in Georgetown. He later studied at the Howard University Dental School in Washington, D.C., and Northwestern University in Chicago before returning home in the early 1940s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cheddi Jagan"
Cuffy, or Kofi, was an Akan slave in the Dutch colony of Berbice in present-day Guyana, who in 1763 led a revolt of more than 2,500 slaves. They held most of Berbice for ten months, but divisions among the rebels and attacks by the Dutch led to the collapse of the rebellion, and Cuffy committed suicide soon after. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cuffy (person)"
David Dabydeen (Born December 9, 1955) is a Guyanese critic, writer and novelist. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Dabydeen"
Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (born 1922) is a Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher and diplomat, best known for his stories of social conditions and racial discrimination against black people. ...more on Wikipedia about "E. R. Braithwaite"
Eddy Grant, born Edmond Montague Grant on 5 March 1948, is a Plaisance, Guyana-born musician. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eddy Grant"
Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham ( February 20 1923 – August 6 1985) was a Guyanese political leader and President of Guyana. ...more on Wikipedia about "Forbes Burnham"
Frederick Wills (died 1993) was the Foreign Minister of Guyana in the 1970s. He later was one of the founders of the Schiller Institute in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frederick Wills"
Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow (born Georgetown, 1884, died 1958) is known as the father of the Guyanese labour movement. After leaving school he worked as a dock labourer and helped to represent the interests of waterfront workers in wage negociations. He founded the British Guiana Labour Union (BGLU) in 1919. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow"
Ian McDonald (born 1933) is a poet, novelist, and sugar industry advocate. He was born in St. Augustine, Trinidad, in 1933, and educated at Queen's Royal College in Port of Spain and Cambridge University, where he was a tennis champion and captained the university team. In 1955 he moved to British Guiana (later Guyana) to work with the sugar firm Booker's. He describes himself as " Antiguan by ancestry, Trinidadian by birth, Guyanese by adoption and West Indian by conviction". ...more on Wikipedia about "Ian McDonald (writer)"
Joe Walcott, "The Barbados Demon" was born in Demerara, British Guiana on March 13, 1873, and died October 1, 1935. Walcott, who stood 5'1 1/2 tall, was a formidable fighter who fought all comers from lightweights to heavyweights from 1890 to 1911. Nat Fleischer rated him as the greatest welterweight of all time, and he is included in the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Joe Walcott"
Martin Wylde Carter ( June 7 1927- December 13 1997) was a Guyanese poet. Of mixed European, East Indian, and African descent, he began publishing in 1950 in Thunder (the organ of the People's Progressive Party and in A.J. Seymour's literary journal Kyk-over-Al. ...more on Wikipedia about "Martin Carter" My http://www.shortopedia.com is mine.
Pauline Melville (Born 1948) is a Guyanese-born writer and actress. She now lives in London. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pauline Melville"
Mr. Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA, a civil society activist in Guyana , South America. Ramsaroop has been involved in the politics in Guyana since the late 90's. He is currently serving as the Chariman and CEO of Roopgroup based in Guyana , South America. The Group includes RoopGroup's AgriBusiness Ventures, CariAirways, and ETEGRA Inc, a Washington DC based Performance Consulting Company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peter Ramsaroop"
Ronald Gajraj is a former minister of the interior of Guyana. A major scandal erupted in 2004 when farmer George Bacchus announced that he had evidence implicating the PPP Minister for Home Affairs, Ronald Gajraj, in the operation of ‘phantom death squads’ that killed up to four hundred people. He is a member of the PPP. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ronald Gajraj"
Roy Heath (born 1926) is a Guyanese writer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Roy Heath"
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (born August 18, 1974 in Unity Village, Mahaica, Guyana) is a West Indian cricketer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shivnarine Chanderpaul"
Sir Shridath 'Sonny' Ramphal AC, CMG, ONZ, QC (born 1928) was the second Commonwealth Secretary-General ( 1975– 1990). He was born in Guyana to an Indo-Guyanese family. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shridath Ramphal"
Simone Denny is a female House/ Techno vocalist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she was born and raised. She is of Guyanese heritage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Simone Denny"
Tessa McWatt is a Guyanese-born Canadian writer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tessa McWatt"
The Right Honourable Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, PC (born 13 March 1954), is a British Labour Party politician and life peer, currently serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council. When she was appointed Secretary of State for International Development on May 12, 2003, following the resignation of Clare Short, she became the first black woman to sit in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. ...more on Wikipedia about "Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos"
Wilson Harris (Born March 4, 1921) is a Guyanese writer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wilson Harris"
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