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This is a '''list of notable Guyanese'''. This list includes people born in [[Guyana]], notably of Guyanese descent, or otherwise strongly associated to Guyana. |
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== Actors and entertainers == |
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* [[Robert Adams (actor)|Robert Adams]] (1902–1965), British Guyanese actor, of stage and screen |
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* [[Harry Baird (actor)|Harry Baird]] (1931–2005), Guyanese-born British actor |
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* [[Marc Matthews]] (born c. 1940), actor, broadcaster, writer, and producer |
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* [[T-Bone Wilson]], Guyanese-born British actor, dramatist, and poet |
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* [[Ian Valz]] (1957–2010), actor, playwright, and filmmaker |
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==Artists== |
==Artists== |
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* [[Lenny Prince]] (born 1965), Guyanese-born American sculptor and large scale installation artist |
* [[Lenny Prince]] (born 1965), Guyanese-born American sculptor and large scale installation artist |
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* [[Doris Rogers]] (1929–2016), Guyanese academic who specialized in fine arts |
* [[Doris Rogers]] (1929–2016), Guyanese academic who specialized in fine arts |
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== Businesspeople == |
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* [[Arif Ali (publisher)|Arif Ali]] (born 1935), Guyana-born British publisher, and newspaper proprietor |
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* [[Elizabeth Swain Bannister]] (1785–1828), Barbadian-born businessperson and freewoman, who lived in [[Berbice]], a Dutch Colony (what is now Guyana) |
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* [[John Meredith Ford]] (1923–1995), businessman and politician |
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== Musicians == |
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{{See also|Category:Guyanese musicians}} |
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* [[Aubrey Cummings]] (1947–2010), Guyana-born Barbadian musician |
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* [[Lynette Dolphin]] (1916–2000), musician, educator, chair of the Guyana Department of Culture |
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* [[Rudolph Dunbar]] (1907–1988), conductor, composer, musician |
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* [[Keko (Guyanese rapper)]] (born 1974), rapper, radio personality |
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* [[Sol Raye]] (1936–2006), cabaret musician |
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== Politicians and activists == |
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* [[Margaret Ackman]] (?–2013), politician and a founding member of the [[People's National Congress (Guyana)|People’s National Congress Reform]] |
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* [[Andaiye]] (1942–2019), social, political, and gender rights activist |
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* [[Antony Beaujon]] (<abbr>c.</abbr> 1763–1805), civil servant and politician |
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* [[Juan Edghill]] (born 1964), pastor and politician; founder and bishop of Zadok Ministers Fellowship |
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* [[John Meredith Ford]] (1923–1995), businessman and politician |
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* [[Valerie Hart]] (1933–2021), indigenous political leader from the [[Wapishana]] ethnic group and a member of Guyana's Amerindian Party |
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* [[Edwina Melville]] (1926–1993), writer, teacher, politician, and advocate of the [[Wapishana]] peoples |
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== Writers == |
== Writers == |
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* [[John Agard]] (born 1949), Guyana-born British playwright, poet and children's writer |
* [[John Agard]] (born 1949), Guyana-born British playwright, poet and children's writer |
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* [[Arif Ali (publisher)|Arif Ali]] (born 1935), Guyana-born British publisher, and newspaper proprietor |
* [[Arif Ali (publisher)|Arif Ali]] (born 1935), Guyana-born British publisher, and newspaper proprietor |
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* [[Shana Yardan]] (1943–1989), poet |
* [[Shana Yardan]] (1943–1989), poet and broadcaster |
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== References == |
== References == |
Revision as of 04:02, 22 June 2024
This is a list of notable Guyanese. This list includes people born in Guyana, notably of Guyanese descent, or otherwise strongly associated to Guyana.
Actors and entertainers
- Robert Adams (1902–1965), British Guyanese actor, of stage and screen
- Harry Baird (1931–2005), Guyanese-born British actor
- Marc Matthews (born c. 1940), actor, broadcaster, writer, and producer
- T-Bone Wilson, Guyanese-born British actor, dramatist, and poet
- Ian Valz (1957–2010), actor, playwright, and filmmaker
Artists
- Kwesi Abbensetts, Guyanese-born American photographer
- Damali Abrams, American-born video artist and performance artist, of Guyanese descent
- George Barber (born 1958), British Guyanese video artist
- Frank Bowling (born 1939), British Guyanese painter, based in the United Kingdom
- Theresa Chromati (born 1992) American-born painter, of Guyanese descent
- Victor Davson (born 1948), Guyanese-born American collagist, curator, and gallerist
- Ann Gollifer (born 1960) British Guyanese painter, printmaker, writer and photographer, based in Gaborone, Botswana
- Maggie Harris, poet, writer, and visual artist, based in the United Kingdom
- Oswald Hussein (born 1946), Guyanese sculptor of wood, of Lokono descent
- Donald Locke (1930–2010), drafter, painter, sculptor
- Hew Locke (born 1959), Scottish-born sculptor, raised in Guyana and based in London
- Leila Locke (1936–1992), English-born Guyanese painter
- Suchitra Mattai (born 1973), Guyanese-born American multidisciplinary contemporary artist
- Philip Moore (1921–2012), sculptor and painter
- Bernadette Persaud (born 1946), painter
- Ingrid Pollard (born 1953) British Guyanese photographer
- Lenny Prince (born 1965), Guyanese-born American sculptor and large scale installation artist
- Doris Rogers (1929–2016), Guyanese academic who specialized in fine arts
Businesspeople
- Arif Ali (born 1935), Guyana-born British publisher, and newspaper proprietor
- Elizabeth Swain Bannister (1785–1828), Barbadian-born businessperson and freewoman, who lived in Berbice, a Dutch Colony (what is now Guyana)
- John Meredith Ford (1923–1995), businessman and politician
Musicians
- Aubrey Cummings (1947–2010), Guyana-born Barbadian musician
- Lynette Dolphin (1916–2000), musician, educator, chair of the Guyana Department of Culture
- Rudolph Dunbar (1907–1988), conductor, composer, musician
- Keko (Guyanese rapper) (born 1974), rapper, radio personality
- Sol Raye (1936–2006), cabaret musician
Politicians and activists
- Margaret Ackman (?–2013), politician and a founding member of the People’s National Congress Reform
- Andaiye (1942–2019), social, political, and gender rights activist
- Antony Beaujon (c. 1763–1805), civil servant and politician
- Juan Edghill (born 1964), pastor and politician; founder and bishop of Zadok Ministers Fellowship
- John Meredith Ford (1923–1995), businessman and politician
- Valerie Hart (1933–2021), indigenous political leader from the Wapishana ethnic group and a member of Guyana's Amerindian Party
- Edwina Melville (1926–1993), writer, teacher, politician, and advocate of the Wapishana peoples
Writers
- Michael Abbensetts (1938–2016), Guyana-born British playwright and screenwriter
- John Agard (born 1949), Guyana-born British playwright, poet and children's writer
- Arif Ali (born 1935), Guyana-born British publisher, and newspaper proprietor
- Shana Yardan (1943–1989), poet and broadcaster