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Walter Rodney
Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow
Cuffy (technically not Guyanese)
Forbes Burnham
Cheddi Jagan
Eddy Grant
Sridath Ramphal
Clive Lloyd
Enmore Martyrs (5 people)
Martin Carter
E.R. Burrowes
Stanley Greaves
David Rose
Fenton Ramsahoye
Lionel Luckoo
Rex McKay

Keep it going...

In reply to Admin

I imagine a few more crickets should be on there.

chanderpaul, kanhai, gibbs, kalicharan and butcher

In reply to cricketmygame

I'm open to Kanhai. Waiting to see how the full list evolves.

_ryan

In reply to Admin

Lallabagee Kissoon
Pooran
Rambarran
Dookhie
Harry
THE ENMORE MARTYRS

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (somewhere in the top 50, I'm sure).
Arthur Chung
Sam Hinds

In reply to RemainsUnknown

Enmore Martyrs, a good one!

Added.

_ryan

PS: No Shiv, yet. I'd put HD Hoyte ahead of both Chung and Hinds.

In reply to Admin

What about people from the arts:

- Martin Carter - Poetry
- E.R. Burrowes - Art
- Stanley Greaves - Art/Poetry

In reply to Ninetenjack

Very good ones. Added.

Good ones. I'd also add Miles Fitzpatrick and Rex McKay.

_r

Noticeably, not a single woman yet.

_r

In reply to Admin

What happened there...you replaced my post with your yours?



I believe I had
David Rose
Fenton Ramsahooye
Lionel Luckoo

Add Doodnath Hetram

Chrissy

In reply to Admin
Woman?

Shakira Baksh - the beauty queen who married Micheal Caine

Reds Perreira

Joshua Ramsammy
Clive Thomas
Janet Jagan

In reply to Narper

Umm, strong no.

_r

Janet Jagan?

_r

David Dabydeen
Pat Cameron (Auntie Pat)
Lynette Dolphin
Sister Noel Menezes
Dave Martins
Claude Denbow

In reply to Kay

Very, very good additions. I forgot about Dave Martins.

_ryan

In reply to Admin

Eileen Cox

Eddie Grant
Lennox Beckles

E.R. Brathwaite

BL Crombie

Edgar Mittelholzer

Jan Carew

you can try and claim Peter Minshall from the Trinis.

Lawyer - Doodnauth Singh

In reply to deanjones
Cuffy (Kofi) is exactly who came to my mind first.

In reply to Idi Admin
Must be one or two to be pulled from this list. Look to the right and scroll down past the entertainment topics to "Writers" and "Scientists/Educators". (Good to see Pork Pie and Desmond in there, still.)

--Æ.

In reply to Admin

Some good suggestions so far.

Haven't seen Yesu Persaud.

The Commander that led the platoon that ousted the Surinamese from the New River Triangle (Don't want to put down a wrong name).

Radio was important in shaping those of us who grew up before the age of television and we had quite a few great broadcasters some mentioned so far.

Peter D'Aguiar.

was Jim Jones naturalized?

In reply to Admin

Edgar Mittelholzer

In reply to Admin
Sir Ronald Michael Sanders

Sister Noel Menezes

Dr Balwant Singh

Dolly Baksh

David de Caires.

_ryan

In reply to Admin

Ian Mcdonald
JOF Haynes
RBK
Dr. C. Cummings
Stanley Moore
Sixhead Lewis
Peter D'aguiar
Lance Gibbs
Shiv

Shirley Field-Ridley

In reply to Bigzinc

Terrence Ali before Sixhead.

Patrick Ford
Lennox Blackmoore

_r

Fr Andrew Morrison

Janet Jagan

Comedian - Habeeb Khan

Broadcaster - Hugh Cholmondeley

Ishri Singh - Indo programs on radio

Broadcasters:

Bertie Chancellor
Ron Robinson (also theatre)
Pat Cameron
James Sydney
Pancho Carew
Celeste Dolphin
Clairmont Tait
Ken Corsbie
Wordsworth MacAndrew (who I got to know later in life and was a fine man)
Margaret Lawrence

Lots of decent names.

Pat Cameron better known as 'Aunty Pat'

Bruiser Facting Thomas.

_r

In reply to Admin

Henry Muttoo ( Theatre)

In reply to Admin
Fred Wills

In reply to Narper

I once won a gift certificate from Aunty Pat. For writing an essay as an 8yr old. I bought pencils and erasers with it. True story.

Nathaniel Critchlow

Sir Lionel Luckhoo...
"Guinness Book of World Records(1990) where he is dubbed the "World's Most Successful Lawyer""

In reply to camos

In reply to AdminT

What made any of these people great?

Is that the same Blackmoore that got knocked out in the first round by Pryor?

In reply to black
Most champs suffer knockouts somewhere in their careers.

Even Aaron Pryor got his ass knocked out.

So, yeah..duh

In reply to DukeStreet

Look dude, Blackmoore was a Caribbean bully, he was knocked out in his first shot at the title.

Pryor in his prime was unbeatable, he started slipping after he got involved with drugs.

Weh dumbass SpudsMackenzie deh..I want him to see...I am selecting...

Stephen Camacho

Rabindranauth Buggahbatty.

Lokeshwar "Aunty Man" Singh.

In reply to Admin
It seems to me like them boys just putting out names like crazy and I have no idea who some a them r... Anyway, leh me join in...
n.

New York-based Guyanese independent journalist Ryan Naraine...

Janet Jagan should not be on this list. She came to Guyana well late

In reply to doosra

So did Cuffy (Kofi)

_r

I don't know that they'll be in the great category but

Wilson Harris and his son Nigel Harris have done reasonably well

Late Law Professor Aubrey Bishop might be somewhere thereabouts too

In reply to doosra

Wilson Harris, yes. Good one! I tried to study Palace of the Peacock in my teenage years. Impossible book.

_ryan

John Moosaie

In reply to tops

Of ban hammer fame?

In reply to Admin

Dr. Phil Edwards

In reply to doosra

Explain that

In reply to Chrissy

Who's he?

_r

In reply to Admin

Dr. Phil.

In reply to Admin

Well he was my great uncle but that's not why - he's the original Bronze King. There is film on him from the Hitler Olympics. He ran in three Olympics and was a distinguished tropical medicine man.
He's in the Canadian Hall of Fame.

First West Indian to win an Olympic Medal

In reply to doosra

Nigel - reasonably? Seriously did you know the US Congress held Nigel Harris day last year.

In reply to Admin

By the way a Guyanese Minister of Sports had never heard about him. I did buss a laugh.

In reply to Devin

He's quite distinguished

In reply to Narper

man i look hardcore Guyanese...me bias

is she as hardcore as they come. i suppose yes

In reply to Chrissy

i suppose i was being a bit modest...

you know how i think is a great guyanese family? the Fernandes...

who's the founder?

Ryan - add Uncle Phil's sister, Aunt Lou

In reply to doosra

Yes start with John Fernandes - distinguished family.

Idris Dookie

In reply to Admin

Brendan ahead of David...

Chrissy Cummings

Ian McDonald(Trini-Muddie). .Hummingbird Tree..

I am surprise no one mentioned Toolsie Persaud

In reply to WestDem

I used to run in and out of that house. Went to weddings there as well.

How about Eddie Neblett? Spuds was his promoter and manager

Family businesses in de days...

Gafoor
Kawal
AH&L Kissoon
Kirpalani

In reply to doosra

Maan...ent Janet lived in Guyana for more than 50 years...and was wife of the first Premier of Guyana...was wife of the Prez ...and was Prez to boot...her name will be called in history....

Fot all de years ...she played a great part in the Mirror newspapers...how I know?...I grew up close to the New Guyana Company Limited ( Mirror) at the Industrial site in Ruimveldt...she was there everyday in the 60s and 70s

She used to be called 'blue eye bhougie' by the older peeps

No Denbow or Van Sertima

Arthur Chung our first President

Marjorie Broodhagen
Richard Ishmael
Ken Corsbie
Matthew Allen
James Sydney
Pat Cameron

Maan...plenty alyuh not checking who was named already...and alyuh renaming them in alyuh list

Alyuh go get Idi blasted vex

Who seh....Rabbi Washington ????

In reply to Narper

fak rabbi Washington ...he lead mongoose gang for burnham
murdered father darke Jesuit priest photographer for catholic standard

Karl Broodhagen- artist and sculptor- teacher at Cawmere

Carl Austin

Valerie Amos
Enid Denbow

Ivan Van Sertima...

In reply to FanAttick

Yep

In reply to StumpCam

Charlie and Enid

Vic Insanally

Tennis gyal, Doreen Chow-A-Wah N comedian aunty Cumsee!

Berkley Gaskin, Guyana cricket captain


Bobby Moore - history teacher who taught Rodney. Later became Guyana High Commissioner to Canada.


Nobody mention WI greatest Test captain??? Clive Lloyd????


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In reply to Ewart

Check admin list in his opening post

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Debbie Phillips
J C Chadisingh Educator in Berbice founder of JC Chandisingh Secondary High school

In reply to Narper

OK... missed it.


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Nobody like the political stalwarts Burnham and Jagan?

In reply to Kay

the legacy of racial divide lives on ... maybe growing

In reply to Kay

Their names are in the lead post. Pay attention, kids.

'Cricket withdrawal' is taking a serious toll on posters here.
Could make for good business for shrinks.

In reply to Norm
shrinks lost their jobs when Shiv retired .... no more prozak is being prescribed either to the old witch and the other haters

CCH Pounder

Dr.Vincent Adams

In reply to Admin

Saw Vic's sister yesterday

Ivan Van Sertima should be on that list

Didn't see fanatick's post

In reply to stennydon

Long time no see

In reply to Admin

Patricia Bernard

In reply to Ninetenjack

Good one "To Sir With Love"

In reply to Admin... I can't believe no one has mentioned the truly great late Norman Beaton. Empire Road and Desmond's are two UK television shows that were very memorable. However this being a cricket site check out Playing Away. I saw this when it was first aired and it has stuck in my memory to this day for many reasons.

There were some fabulous theatre personalities back in the 80s who used to play to packed houses at the Cultural Centre and Theatre Guild and drew huge audiences to various radio dramas.

Andre Sobryan, Ian Valz, Jasper Adams, Margaret Lawrence, Ron Robinson (already mentioned), Richard Naraine off the top of my head.

In reply to JohnDoe

One of the greats.

_r

Andre was one of the few openly proud gay men in Guyana at the time. An amazing talent.

Valz penned House of Pressure and some other classic works. Great playwright.

Jasper had great comedic timing. A master during the Link Show.

Maggie was an over-actor but still had her moments.

Ron was mostly a director. He was the master at bringing the best out of this group.

Richard was a comedic genius. He is my uncle (father's younger brother) and I saw him rehearse all night up close. I view him as a legend.

Good memories of my childhood.

_r

In reply to Admin

Godfrey Naughton, Mahadeo Shivraj <-- two more actors from that era.

In reply to Admin

Ah your uncle eh? For me his most memorable performance was as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music. Everybody wondered how they were going pull that off when it was announced they were going to stage The Sound of Music at the Cultural Centre but maan that was a boss production with top notch performances.

I thought I would mention those guys since I saw people listing actors who made it big overseas. We had some serious home grown talent.

ANyone mention Wordsworth McAndrew

I loved his stories

In reply to ray

He is already mentioned.

_r

How is Dr. Paloma Mohamed compared to the Sobryan's et al.

In reply to doosra

Paloma was a neophyte during that golden era of theatre in Guyana. She came late to the game. She was more of a 'beauty queen' before turning to drama.

_r

In reply to Admin

Habib Khan?

In reply to cricketmygame

Top 10 comedian for sure

In reply to doosra

Top 10 of what? That's a super low bar

_r

In reply to Admin

GT comedian man...not world

In reply to CricketFirst Vgood.

In reply to doosra

I can go to the cricket ground any Sunday afternoon and easily find 10 guys just as funny. I've never laughed out loud at a Habib Khan act.

_r

In reply to Admin

we can help you name the guys

we cant help it if you dont have a sense of humor

In reply to cricketmygame

How many 'antiman' jokes can one man make? Seems to me that Guyana comedy these days have whittled down to lame antiman jokes.

I suggest y'all up your sense of humor game.

_ryan

In reply to Admin

this is a good man. are u a fan?

In reply to doosra

Carlin is the greatest of all time. Of all time.

Search for his piece on god. Brilliance.

In reply to Admin

yep...i discovered him late but...the man is a genius

In reply to Admin

andre subryan was actually "antiman" in comedy

Eddy Grant can count as a great of Guyana

In reply to nickoutr

Eddy is in the lead post.

_r

In reply to Admin
I skimmed thru the posts ... I am pretty sure A J Seymour was not mentioned ....
Poet

In reply to Admin

E.R Braithwaite ("To Sir With Love" "Honorary White" "A Kind Of Home Coming" "Reluctant Neighbour"

Dr. Deborah Persaud World Renowned Medical doctor & HIV expert

In reply to Admin
R.C.G. (Cyril) Potter- distinguished educator and musician. Composed music of National Anthem.

Major Gen. (Ret'd ) Joe Singh distinguished military and public service, conservationist, patriot....

Philip Moore - sculptor

Ewart Thomas, Ph.D, outstanding professor of math and stats at Stanford

Richard Allsopp -'Caribbean lexicographer, main person in the creation,of the Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage.

In reply to nickoutr
And Martin Carter ... Guyana's greatest ever poet.