List of Indo-Guyanese people

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The following is a list of prominent [[Indo-Guyanese]] people.

== Notable Indo-Guyanese ==

=== Politics ===
[[File:Cheddi_Jagan_Anefo.jpg|thumb|[[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]]
* [[Shaik Baksh]], Minister of Education
* [[Isahak Basir]], Member of [[National Assembly (Guyana)|Parliament]]
* [[Vickram Bharrat]], politician
* [[Ranji Chandisingh]], former [[Vice President of Guyana]]
* [[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]], [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] for [[London (European Parliament constituency)|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]], [[List of speakers of the National Assembly of Guyana|Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana]]
* [[Moses Nagamootoo]], former [[Prime Minister 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 of Nations|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 (Belize)|Director of Public Prosecutions of Belize]] and [[Honorary Consul]] of Guyana in Belize
* [[Tara Singh Varma]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] politician

=== 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.

=== Medicine ===

* [[Deborah Persaud]], virologist, named among the world's most influential people in the [[Time 100]] in 2013

=== Arts and entertainment ===

* [[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 music|chutney]] singer
* [[Emma Heming]], Maltese model
* [[Harischandra Khemraj]], writer
* [[Laxmi Kallicharan]], writer
* [[Raymond Ablack]], Canadian actor
* [[Gordon Warnecke]], British actor
* [[Melinda Shankar]], Canadian actress
* [[Sandhja]], Finnish singer
* [[Avi Nash]], American actor
* [[Hari Om Sharan|Nandini Sharan]], [[bhajan]] singer and wife of [[Hari Om Sharan]]
* [[Priyanka (drag queen)|Priyanka]] (stage name of Mark Suknanan), Canadian television presenter, drag artist, and winner of [[Canada's Drag Race]] Season 1
* [[Nadia Jagessar]], American event planner and social media influencer

=== Sports ===
[[File:Shivnarine_Chanderpaul.jpg|thumb|[[Shivnarine Chanderpaul]]]]

* [[Andreas Athanasiou]], Canadian NHL player for the Los Angeles Kings
* [[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 team|England]] cricket player
* [[Ramnaresh Sarwan]], former captain of the West Indies cricket team
* [[Dhanraj Singh (boxer)|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]]

=== Religion and philosophy ===

* [[Maya Tiwari]], [[Hindu]] spiritual teacher
* [[Shabir Ally]], [[Muslim]] [[imam]]

==References==
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[[Category:Indo-Guyanese people]]
[[Category:Indian diaspora]]
[[Category:Indo-Caribbean]]

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