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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
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Guyanese ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Wikimedia Commons has media related to American people of Guyanese descent .
As of 1990, 80 percent of Guyanese Americans lived in the northeastern United States, especially around New York City, which is home to over 140,000 people of Guyanese descent. Many Indo-Guyanese immigrants emigrated to New York City during the upheavals of the 1970s and 1980s and settled in South Richmond Hill.
The rotis that Indo-Guyanese typically eat are paratha, dhalpuri, sada roti, dosti roti, aloo roti, and puri. Murgatani (Mulligatawny) and rasam are popular soups in Guyana of South Indian origin. Dosa (dosay or chota) is a filled crepe that is eaten by Indo-Guyanese and is of South Indian origin as well. [18]
Although citizens make up the majority of Guyanese, there is a substantial number of Guyanese expatriates, dual citizens and descendants living worldwide, chiefly elsewhere in the Anglosphere. Located on the northern coast of South America, Guyana is part of the main land Caribbean which is part of the historical British West Indies.
Anjulie (born 1983), Canadian singer of Indo-Guyanese descent; Aubrey Cummings (1947-2010), Guyana-born Barbadian musician; Central Cee (born 1998), English rapper of Guyanese and Chinese ancestry; Leona Lewis (born 1985), English singer of Guyanese descent; Lynette Dolphin (1916–2000), musician, educator, chair of the Guyana Department of ...
Pages in category "American people of Indo-Guyanese descent" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Political map of The Guianas. The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, is a geographical region in north-eastern South America. Strictly, the term refers to the three Guianas: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, formerly British, Dutch, and French Guiana respectively. Broadly, it refers to the South American coast from the mouth of the ...