Sir John Carter: January 27, 1919 - February 23, 2005
John Carter was born on 27 January 1919 in Cane Grove Village on the East Coast of Demerara, Guyana (then British Guiana). He was a graduate of Queens College, Guyana and University of London where he achieved a BA and LLB. He was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1942.
Reverend Clarence Jean Knupp, 1918 - 2012: Led the Construction of Churches and Buildings in Guyana, Suriname and the Caribbean
On May 24, 1918, Monroe and Myrtle (Wood) Knupp gave birth to their eighth child. Clarence Jean Knupp (CJ) in Warren, Pennsylvania. CJ was the second youngest of six brothers and three sisters. CJ grew up in a house near Warren in the village of Starbrick. He then met the love of his life Mildred Marcella Beck (Milly).
Ken Corsbie - Legend of the theatre
Ken Corsbie - Legend of the theatre - “I'm a full-blooded West Indian Stereotype - half Chinese, half African, half Scottish, half South American Indian, half Welch - part Barbadian, Trinidadian, and born and bred Guyanese. I'm probably the only authentic true-true English-speaking Caribbean storyteller in North America - and I mean CARIBBEAN.
Maritza Correia - Olympic Athlete
Maritza Correia, born December 23, 1981 to Guyanese parents in Puerto Rico, became the first black woman to qualify for an Olympic swim team in 2004. Correia is only the second black swimmer to make a US Olympic team, following Anthony Ervin.
Dolly Baksh - Dancer and International Performing Artiste
Dolly Amana Baksh sister of another of Guyana musical artiste Sammy Baksh began showing her talent for dancing at the age of five.
Guyana Airways Douglas DC-6A Registration N3486F Crashes Killing All Crewmembers
On Monday November 30, 1981 Guyana Airways Douglas DC-6A registration N3486F departing out of Vigie Airport, Castries St. Lucia enroute to Jamaica crashed after declaring an emergency.
The crew of the four engine cargo aircraft declared an emergency shortly after take-off and attempted to return for a landing when they aircraft hit a row of trees to the left of the runway, about 200 yards from the tower.
Jean Bernadette Craigwell: May 15, 1950 - February 8, 2012
On Monday, May 15, 1950, a daughter was born to the late John and Eloise “Aunt Lorna” Craigwell in Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, in British Guiana, later Guyana. As the last girl, Jean Bernadette was preceded by Floreen, Louis Urbane, Claudette, and followed by Antoine.
Brenda Chester DoHarris, author of "The Coloured Girl In The Ring"
Brenda Chester DoHarris Brenda Chester DoHarris is a Guyanese-born writer now living and lecturing in the USA. She is a professor of English at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland, and a graduate of Columbia University and Howard University where she received a Ph.D. in English.
Ivan Van-Sertima - Anthropologist, linguist, educator and author
Ivan Gladstone Van-Sertima - (26 January 1935 - 25 May 2009) was an associate professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University in the United States.
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