1. CCH Pounder (1952)

Actress

British Guiana-born actress known for her roles on the television series The Shield and in the hit film Avatar. 

2. Charmaine Hooper (1968)

Association Football Player

Striker who played for Canada's national team from 1986-2006 during a professional career that spanned from 1993-2008.

3. Forbes Burnham (1923)

Guyanese Politician

Served as the President of Guyana from 1980 until his passing and previously as Prime Minister of Guyana for the 14 years prior to taking over as President.

4. Martin Carter (1927)

Poet

Guyanese poet who is widely considered one of the most significant Caribbean writers. His best-known works include Poems of Affinity and Poems of Resistance from British Guiana.

5. Chris Brasher (1928)

London Marathon Co-founder

British athlete and sports journalist who co-founded the London Marathon in 1981.

6. Norman Beaton (1934)

British Actor

One of Britain's greatest black actors who performed to great acclaim on the West End and had a title role in Channel Four's Desmond's.

7. Clive Lloyd (1944)

Cricketer

Former powerful middle-order batsman and right-handed medium pace bowler who played internationally for the West Indies.

8. Letitia Wright (1993)

Actress

Guyanese-British actress who stars as Shuri in the 2018 Marvel films Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War. 

9. Grace Nichols (1950)

Guyanese Poet In The Uk

Poet best known for her first collection, I is a Long-Memoried Woman, which took the 1983 Commonwealth Poetry Prize. She has since published more than a dozen of award winning...

10. Valerie Amos (1954)

Politician

Politician who was appointed the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator in 2010. She previously worked as the British High Commissioner to Australia.

11. Vivian Harris (1978)

Guyanese Boxer

Guyanese boxer known for his kinetic, aggressive style, who won the IBA and WBA Light Welterweight championships.

12. Lyndon Hooper (1966)

Canadian Soccer Player

Midfielder who played professionally from 1987-2005 for several teams, debuting for the Ottawa Pioneers in 1987, and playing for Canada from 1986-1997.

13. Aubrey Williams (1926)

Guyanese Painter

Aubrey Williams was a Guyanese artist. He was best known for his large oil-on-canvas paintings which combine elements of abstract expressionism with forms images and symbols inspired by the pre-Columbian...

14. Subrina Munroe (1985)

Cricketer

Subrina Munroe is a West Indian cricketer.

15. Wayne Braithwaite (1975)

Guyanese Boxer

Braithwaite is a professional boxer. Nicknamed Big Truck Braithwaite looked like an invincible force that would rebuild credibility in the cruiserweight ranks but the invincibility was short lived. BiographyBraithwaite was...

16. Hilton Cheong-Leen (1922)

Hong Kong Politician

Hilton Cheong-Leen is the chairman and the founder of the Hong Kong Civic Association which he founded in 1954. He was first elected as a member of the Civic Association...

17. Aubrey David (1990)

Trinidadian Footballer

Aubrey Robert David is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club FF Jaro on loan from Trinidadian club Caledonia AIA. He also represents the Trinidad...

18. Percival Davson (1877)

Fencer

Percival May Davson was a British fencer and tennis player. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the...

19. Christopher Nicole (1930)

British Novelist

Christopher Robin Nicole 7 December 1930 in Georgetown British Guiana) is a prolific British writer of over 200 novels and non-fiction books since 1957. He wrote as Christopher Nicole under...

20. Bernie Grant (1944)

British Politician Member Of Par

Bernard Alexander Montgomery Grant known simply as Bernie Grant was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Tottenham from 1987 to his death in 2000.

21. Hamilton Green (1934)

Prime Minister Of Guyana; Mayor

Hamilton Green was the prime minister of Guyana from 6 August 1985 to 9 October 1992. He was removed from office in 1992 when the first free and fair elections...

22. Winston George (1987)

Guyanese Sprinter

ston George is a Guyanese runner. He competed in the 400 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the flag bearer of Guyana during the 2012 Summer Olympics...

23. Niall Roberts (1991)

Guyanese Swimmer

Niall Roberts is a Guyanese swimmer. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Roberts came 7th in his heat. He also qualified to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in...

24. Brenda Archer (1942)

Guyanese High Jumper

Brenda Archer is a retired female track and field athlete from Guyana. She competed in the high jump and represented her native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome...

25. Sam Hinds (1943)

President Of Guyana Prime Minist

Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds is a Guyanese politician who has been Prime Minister of Guyana almost continuously since 1992. He also briefly served as President of Guyana in 1997. He...

26. Shawn Beveney (1982)

Guyanese Footballer

Shawn Beveney is a Guyanan footballer who plays for Cray Wanderers.

27. Rupert Roopnaraine (1943)

West Indian Cricketer

Rupert Roopnaraine is a Guyanese writer and politician.

28. R. B. Greaves (1943)

American Singer

Ronald Bertram Aloysius R. B. Greaves III was an American singer who had chart success in 1969 with the pop single Take a Letter Maria. A number two hit on...

29. Trevor Von Eeden (1959)

Comic Book Writer/artist

Trevor Von Eeden is a comic book writer/artist who known for his work on such DC Comics books as Black Lightning Batman and Green Arrow as well as Marvel Comics...

30. Faoud Bacchus (1954)

West Indian Cricketer

Sheik Faoud Ahamul Fasiel Bacchus is a cricket player for the West Indies and the United States. A right-handed batsman he made his Test match debut for the West Indies...

31. Victor Quelch (1891)

Canadian Politician

Victor Quelch was a farmer a soldier in the Canadian Army and was also a long serving Canadian federal politician.

32. Walter Rodney (1942)

Guyanese Politician Activist And

Rodney was a prominent Guyanese historian political activist and preeminent scholar who was assassinated in Guyana in 1980.

33. David A. Granger (1945)

Guyanese Politician

David Arthur GrangerLeader of the OppositionLeader of the People's National Congress ReformChairman: Basil WilliamsFounded: 1957 - Linden Forbes Sampson BurnhamSeats in the National Assembly: Ideology: SocialismHeadquarters: Congress Place Sophia Georgetown...

34. Brindley Benn (1923)

Guyanese Politician

Brindley Horatio Benn CCH was a teacher choirmaster politician and one of the key leaders of the Guyanese independence movement. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of the first elected...

35. Dennis Andries (1953)

Guyanese Boxer

Dennis Andries was a British professional boxer in the light heavyweight division. Andries turned pro in 1978 and won the WBC Light Heavyweight Title in 1986 in a decision over...

36. Douglas Wright (dancer) (Unknow)

New Zealand Dancer

Douglas James Wright MNZM is a dancer and choreographer in the New Zealand arts establishment from 1980 until his retirement from dance in 2008 on the occasion of the publication...

37. Clyde Watson (1956)

American Soccer Player-coach

Clyde Watson is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the American Soccer League. He is currently assistant coach at the Washington Freedom. Watson attended Clemson University where...

38. Desmond Hoyte (1929)

President Of Guyana Politician L

Hugh Desmond Hoyte was a Guyanese politician. He served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1984 to 1985 and President of Guyana from 1985 until 1992.

39. Victor Ramdin (1968)

American Poker Player

Annand Mahendra Victor Ramdin is a professional poker player based in The Bronx New York who has won a World Poker Tour Championship and is a member of Team PokerStars.

40. Mark McKoy (1961)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Mark Anthony McKoy is a retired Canadian athlete winner of 110 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

41. Mark Harper (American football) (1961)

Player Of American Football

Mark Harper is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 1986. He played college...

42. Timur Mohamed (1957)

Cricketer

Timur Mohamed is a former Guyanese cricketer. Mohamed was a left-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Georgetown Guyana. Mohamed initially played Youth Test matches and One...

43. Rudy Insanally (1936)

Guyana Diplomat

Samuel Rudolph Rudy Insanally is a Guyanese diplomat. He has been Guyana's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since 1987 and was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana from 2001...

44. Linden Joseph (1969)

West Indian Cricketer

Linden Anthony Joseph is a retired West Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and was a right-arm fast bowler. Joseph made his first-class and one-day debuts for Guyana in...

45. Brian Gilgeous (1970)

Former American Expatriate Profe

R. Brian Gilgeous is an American former professional basketball player for Angers BC 49 in France's Ligue Nationale de Basketball. A native of Brooklyn New York Gilgeous is best known...

46. Tagenarine Chanderpaul (1996)

Cricketer

Tagenarine Brandon Chanderpaul is a cricketer who plays for Guyana in first-class cricket. He is a left-hand opening batsman. He made his first-class debut on 9 February 2013. He is...

47. Adrian Dodson (1970)

British Boxer

Adrian Dodson is a British former Olympic boxer. He competed for Guyana at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul under the name Adrian Carew before representing Great Britain at the...

48. Leslie Holligan (1978)

Footballer

Leslie Holligan was a Guyanese footballer who last played for Caledonia AIA.

49. Aliann Pompey (1978)

Guyanese Track And Field Sprinte

Aliann Tabitha Omalara Pompey is a Guyanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She has represented Guyana at the Summer Olympics on four separate occasions. She has competed at...

50. Randolph Jerome (1978)

Guyanese Footballer

Randolph Jerome is a Guyanese soccer player who currently plays for North East Stars in the TT Pro League.