The following is a list of prominent Indo-Guyanese people.
Notable Indo-Guyanese
Politics
Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana
Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, life peer in the British House of Lords
Shaik Baksh, Minister of Education
Vincent Teekah, Progressive Youth Organization Chairman and Minister of Education. Isahak Basir, Member of 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, British MEP for 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, Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana Moses Nagamootoo, former Prime Minister of Guyana Sase Narain, former Speaker of the National Assembly 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 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 of Belize and Honorary Consul of Guyana in Belize Tara Singh Varma, 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. Adam Rutherford, Geneticist and science populariser, University College London.
Business
Stanley Praimnath, bank executive and survivor of the September 11 attacks
Medicine
Deborah Persaud, virologist, named among the world's most influential people in the Time 100 in 2013
Arts and entertainment
Raymond Ablack, Canadian actor
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 R&B singer-songwriter, who is also of Afro-Guyanese descent Rhona Fox, actress Terry Gajraj, chutney singer Emma Heming, Maltese model Harischandra Khemraj, writer Laxmi Kallicharan, writer Isabella Laughland, British actress Avi Nash, American actor Priyanka (stage name of Mark Suknanan), Canadian television presenter, drag artist, and winner of Canada's Drag Race Season 1 Sandhja, Finnish singer Melinda Shankar, Canadian actress Nandini Sharan, bhajan singer and wife of Hari Om Sharan "Princess Anisa" Singh, chutney-soca singer Shana Yardan, poet Gordon Warnecke, British actor
Sports
Andreas Athanasiou, Canadian NHL player for the Chicago Blackhawks
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 player Ramnaresh Sarwan, former captain of the West Indies cricket team 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 Paul Stalteri, former soccer player