List of people from Goa
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This is a list of famous and notable people from Goa
, India
. This list aims to include persons who are known to a large number of people, and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. This list aims to include persons who are known to a large number of people, and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
Sports personalities
- Brahmanand SankhwalkarBrahmanand SankhwalkarBrahmanand S. K. Sankhwalkar is a prominent Indian soccer player and former captain of Goan football team. He played the position of goalkeeper, and represented India at international tournaments. In 1997, Brahmanand received Arjuna Award for his achievements in sports.-References:...
, prominent soccer player and former Goa captain. One of Goa's best goalkeepers. An Arjuna awardee for his achievements in sports. - Bruno CoutinhoBruno CoutinhoBruno Coutinho is a football player from Goa, and winner of the Arjuna Award in 2001, a national Indian award for excellence in sport.-Former Indian captain:...
, prominent Indian footballer and Arjuna awardee. - Dilip SardesaiDilip SardesaiDilip Narayan Sardesai was a former Indian Test cricketer. He was the only Goan-born cricketer to play for India, and was often regarded as India's best batsman against spin bowling.-Early career:...
, former cricketer. - Antao D'SouzaAntao D'SouzaAntao D'Souza is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in six Tests from 1959 to 1962. He was the fourth Christian to play Test cricket for Pakistan. He was a medium pace bowler and tail-end obdurate batsman. D'Souza toured England in 1962, heading the batting averages as he remained not out...
– represented Pakistan cricket team in Tests in the 1950s and early 60s. - Swapnil AsnodkarSwapnil AsnodkarSwapnil Asnodkar is an Indian first-class cricketer. He is a hard hitting right-handed opening batsman with a relatively short stature of around 5'5...
, opening batsman for Goa and Rajasthan RoyalsRajasthan RoyalsRajasthan Royals is an Indian Premier League franchise based on the city of the Jaipur captained and coached by former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne.They were the champions of the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League...
. Played a key role in helping his team win the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League. - Seraphino AntaoSeraphino AntaoSeraphino Antao was retired runner from Kenya. He won two events at the 1962 Commonwealth Games, making him the first Kenyan athlete to win a gold medal at an international level...
– represented Kenya in sprinting in the Commonwealth Games during the 1950s and early 60s. Won two gold medals.
Olympians
- Leo PintoLeo PintoLeo Pinto was a field hockey goalkeeper from India , who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He started his hockey career in Mumbai at the age of thirteen, when he played for the Byculla Rovers in the 1927 Aga Khan Hockey Tournament...
: Field Hockey, 1948, representing India - J.M. CarvalhoJ.M. CarvalhoJ.M. Carvalho is a former Indian field hockey player and coach. He was awarded the Arjuna Award for his performance. He quit the position of coach of Indian team when the team failed to qualify for 2008 Olympics- first time since 1928....
Joaquim Carvalho: Field Hockey, 1976, representing India - Jack BrittoJack BrittoJack Britto is a Pakistani Olympic hockey player. He attended Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi where he was one of the star hockey players. He went on to play on the Pakistan National Hockey Team, where he played right half....
: Field Hockey, 1952, representing Pakistan
Musicians
- António Fortunato de FigueiredoAntónio Fortunato de FigueiredoMaestro António Fortunato de Figueiredo was a famous Goan conductor and violinist. He was India’s first maestro in Western classical music.-Early life:...
, conductor, violinist (1903–1981). Founder-director of Academia de Música (now Dept of Western Classical Music, Kala Academy), founder-director Orquestra Sinfónica de Goa (Goa Symphony Orchestra)
- Asha BhosleAsha BhosleAsha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...
Bollywood playback singer - Chris PerryChris Perry (musician)Chris Perry , born Pereira was a Goan musician, composer, songwriter and film producer.Chris Perry was an exceptionally gifted trumpeter, but he was also at ease with blowing instruments as saxophone, trumpet and flute as well as finger instruments like keyboard, piano and guitar. He learnt to...
- the king of Goan Music - Hema SardesaiHema SardesaiHema Sardesai also known as simply Hema, is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi songs.During her career, Sardesai has sung playback songs for over 60 Bollywood films, has released several successful Indipop albums, and has performed numerous live stage shows in almost all the states...
, playback singer - Ian D'SaIan D'SaIan Michael D'Sa is the guitarist for the Canadian band Billy Talent.-Early life and career:Ian's family moved from the UK to Canada when he was 3 years old. He is of Indian Goan descent and grew up in Mississauga, Ontario learning guitar at the age of 13...
, UK born of Goan descent and guitarist of Canadian band Billy TalentBilly TalentBilly Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk .... - Jitendra AbhishekiJitendra AbhishekiPandit Jitendra Abhisheki was an Indian vocalist, composer and scholar of classical, semi-classical, and devotional music...
, noted Indian musician - Kesarbai Kerkar (1892–1977)
- Manoel Saldanha (1863-1907) , Composer and first Indian origin director of music, Royal Indian Navy.
- Khaprumama ParvatkarKhaprumama ParvatkarKhaprumama Parvatkar was a musician from Goa, India who played the ghumat.He was a gifted taal and laya maestro, with the honorary title of Layabhaskar...
(1879-1953), noted ghumat and tabla player. - Kishori AmonkarKishori AmonkarKishori AmonkarN- is an Indian singer who performs in the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan. Amonkar trained under her mother, classical singer Mogubai Kurdikar of the Jaipur gharana , but experimented with a variety of vocal styles in her career...
, noted Indian classical singer - Lata MangeshkarLata MangeshkarLata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
nightingale of India - Lorna CordeiroLorna CordeiroLorna Cordeiro popularly known as Lorna, is a popular Konkani language singer and tiatrist from the state of Goa, India.-Early life:Lorna was born in Mumbai on 9 August 1946 to Cecelia Cordeiro and Theophilus Cordeiro and was brought up there. She belongs to the Goan Catholic community, a prominent...
, Goa's nightingale - Lucio Miranda, Guitarist and singer
- Pandit Prabhakar Karekar-Indian classical singer
- Pio Peter D'Souza Bassist, Guitarist, Drummer http://www.skinznstringz.webs.com/
- Remo FernandesRemo FernandesLuís Remo de Maria Bernardo Fernandes, more popularly known as Remo Fernandes is a pop/rock/Indian fusion artist and playback singer from the state of Goa, India. His musical work is a fusion of many different cultures and styles he's been exposed to as a child in Goa and in his later travels...
prominent Goan pop star and BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
playback singer
Indologists
- Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi (1907–1966) renowned Indologist.
- Dharmanand Kosambi (1876–1947) studied Pali and was a renowned Buddhist scholar.
- José Gerson da CunhaJosé Gerson da CunhaJosé Gerson da Cunha was an Indo-Portuguese physician who achieved international renown as an orientalist, historian, linguist and numismatist.- Early life and medical career:...
(1844–1900) ,one of India's prominent historian and Orientalist. Besides Konkani and Portuguese, French, English and Sanskrit, he could handle Pehlevi, Italian, Persian and German, Marathi. He wrote the first book on history of Bombay, The Origin of Bombay (1900), published by the Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. - Mahadevshastri JoshiMahadevshastri JoshiMahadevshastri Joshi was a Marathi writer.Joshi was born on January 12, 1906 in the town of Ambede in Goa...
Senior police
- Julio Francis RibeiroJulio Francis RibeiroJulio Francis Ribeiro is a retired Indian police officer and civil servant.He held increasingly responsible positions during his career, and led the Punjab Police during part of the Punjab insurgency periods....
, "super-cop". Served as chief of police in Mumbai, and of Punjab, during its troubled period of history, later ambassador to Romania
Political campaigners
- Dr. Jack de SequeiraDr. Jack de SequeiraJoao Hugo Eduardo de Sequeira , popularly known as Dr. Jack de Sequeira; also known as Jak Siker according to local naming conventions, was a prominent Goan politician and is popularly known in Goa as the Father of the Opinion Poll.Dr. Jack de Sequeira was the founder president of the United Goans...
, prominent campaigner for the opinion poll that retained Goa as an independent state - Abbé FariaAbbé FariaAbbé Faria , or Abbé José Custódio de Faria, , was a colourful Goan Catholic monk who was one of the pioneers of the scientific study of hypnotism, following on from the work of Franz Anton Mesmer...
, a priest, a key participant in the Conspiracy Of The PintosConspiracy Of The PintosConspiracy of the Pintos, also known as Conspiracy of Goa, the Pinto Revolt or the Pinto Conspiracy, and in Portuguese as A Conjuração dos Pintos, was a rebellion against Portuguese rule in Goa in 1787...
; later became a famous hypnotist and revolutionary in France - Pio Gama PintoPio Gama PintoPio Gama Pinto was a Kenyan journalist and politician.-Early years:At age eight, he was sent to India for his education and spent the next nine years there. He studied the arts for two years before joining the Indian Air Force in 1944 for a short time...
, Kenyan Freedom Fighters and Polictian, and director of the Pan African Press - Keith VazKeith VazNigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz, known as Keith Vaz, was born 26 November 1956 in Aden, Yemen.Keith Vaz is a British Labour Party politician and a Member of Parliament for Leicester East, He is the longest serving Asian MP and has been the Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee since July...
, AdenAdenAden is a seaport city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea , some 170 kilometres east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a...
-born politician of Goan origin in the House of Commons. Member in the first Cabinet of Tony BlairTony BlairAnthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007... - Telo MascarenhasTelo MascarenhasTelo de Mascarenhas was an author, a poet, a journalist and eminent freedom-fighter from Goa. He was born on 23 March 1899 at Mormugao Harbour, Goa....
, freedom-fighter and also did a Portuguese translation of the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi - Eduardo FaleiroEduardo FaleiroEduardo Faleiro is an Indian politician, and former federal minister from Goa. He is currently , the Commissioner for non-resident Indian affairs for the Government of Goa....
: prominent politician and former central minister - Narana CoissoróNarana CoissoróNarana Sinai Coissoró , is a Portuguese lawyer and politician of the right-wing Democratic and Social Center / People's Party ....
, member of the Portuguese Parliament - António CostaAntónio CostaAntónio Luís dos Santos da Costa, GCIH is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, former Minister and current Mayor of Lisbon.-Political career:...
is Socialist Mayor of Lisbon and is of partial Goan descent, his father was the writer Orlando da CostaOrlando da CostaOrlando António Fernandes da Costa was a Portuguese writer of Goan descent on his father Luís Afonso Maria da Costa's side and of Portuguese and French on his mother Amélia Maria Fréchaut Fernandes' side. Born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, a Portuguese colony at the time, he spent his youth in...
and his mother the writer Maria Antónia Palla. - Dayanand BandodkarDayanand BandodkarDayanand Bandodkar was the first Chief Minister of Goa after the territory was returned to India by Portugal. A wealthy mine owner, he sought to merge the territory with the state of Maharashtra...
, First Chief Minister of Goa - Otelo Saraiva de CarvalhoOtelo Saraiva de CarvalhoOtelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho, GCL , formerly a Portuguese military officer, was the chief strategist of the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon.-Biography:...
, formerly a Portuguese military officer, was the chief strategist of the 1974 Carnation RevolutionCarnation RevolutionThe Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...
in Lisbon was born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique of some Goan ancestry - Pandurang Purushottam ShirodkarPandurang Purushottam ShirodkarPandurang Purushottam Shirodkar born in Indian state of Goa on 12 December 1916.*He studied Law in Portuguese India.Worked as an editor with Navashakti daily in Mumbai...
,First speaker of Goa Assembly. - Luís de Menezes BragançaLuís de Menezes BragançaLuís de Menezes Bragança , alternatively spelled as Luís de Menezes Braganza, was a prominent Indo-Portuguese journalist, writer, politician and anti-colonial activist from Goa. He was one of the few Goan aristocrats who actively opposed the Portuguese occupation of Goa...
, Prominent journalist, writer and anti-colonial activist - Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Eminent Goan freedom fighter
- Mark Fernandes, from Calangute. Freedom Fighter
- Froliano Machado, former Speaker of Goa Assembly
- Alfredo Bruto da Costa, Politician and Ex- Minister in Portugal
- Erasmo de SequeiraErasmo de SequeiraErasmo Jesus de Sequeira was a politician, social worker and parliamentarian from Goa, India. He represented the Marmagoa parliamentary constituency twice from 1967-1977. He has been described as a "man of letters"; and was known for his fluency in many languages.-Family:Erasmo de Sequeria was the...
Head of United Goans Party and Member of the Indian Parliament in Delhi
Judges and lawyers
- Fitz R S de Souza, barristerBarristerA barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...
-at-law and PhD from London, was an important figure in African politics. Participated in Kenya's struggle for freedom. - Luís da Cunha Gonçalves, (1875–1956) wrote as many as 14 volumes on his studies of Civil Law.
- Wolfgang DouradoWolfgang DouradoWolfgang Dourado is a former attorney general, and later Chief Justice, of Zanzibar.After the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution, Dourado chose to remain behind and support the Revolutionary Government as other Goans fled.-References:...
Attorney General, Zanzibar.
Professors and educationists
- Dr. Rui J. P. de FigueiredoRui de FigueiredoRui Jose Pacheco de Figueiredo is an electrical engineer, mathematician, computer scientist, and a professor of electrical engineering, computer engineering, and applied mathematics at the University of California, Irvine.- Life and career :...
, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mathematics, University of California at irvine
Artists
- Francis Newton SouzaFrancis Newton SouzaFrancis Newton Souza , commonly referred to as F. N. Souza, was an Indian artist. He was a founding member of the Progressive Artists' Group of Bombay, and was the first post-independence Indian artist to achieve high recognition in the West...
, (1924–2003), world-renowned artist. - Vasudeo S. GaitondeVasudeo S. GaitondeVasudeo S. Gaitonde was regarded as India's foremost abstract artist. He received Padma Shri Award in 1971.-Personal life and education:...
, (1924–2001) was regarded as India's foremost abstract artist. He received Padma Shri Award in 1971. He was born in Nagpur of Goan Parents. - Angelo da FonsecaAngelo da FonsecaAngelo da Fonseca was a Goan painter, and a pioneer of the Christian Cultural Renaissance in India.- Early life :Angelo da Fonseca was born in St Estevam, Goa in 1902...
, noted for presenting ChristianChristianA Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
themes in Indian style. - Mario de Miranda, famous for his cartoons in The Illustrated Weekly of India, and a Padma Vibushan Awardee
- Subodh KerkarSubodh KerkarSubodh Kerkar is an Indian installation artist. He is the son of the Goan artist Chandrakant Kerkar. Kerkar gave up his medical profession to pursue visual art...
, artist - Varsha UsgaonkarVarsha UsgaonkarVarsha Usgaonkar , is an Indian film actress from Goa, who has worked in various Bollywood and Marathi movies as the leading lady...
, film Actress - Victor Hugo Gomes Founder of Goa Chitra http://www.goachitra.com/
Scientists
- Garcia de OrtaGarcia de OrtaGarcia de Orta was a Portuguese Renaissance Sephardi Jewish physician and naturalist. He was a pioneer of tropical medicine.- Life :...
, physician, druggist, and botanist (1523–1580). Wrote and published first major book on Indian drugs and remedies. He was a Portuguese/Spanish Jew who lived some time in Goa. - Froilano de MelloFroilano de MelloFroilano de Mello was an Indo-Portuguese microbiologist, medical scientist, professor, author and an independent MP in the Portuguese parliament....
, Indo-Portuguese microbiologist, medical scientist, professor, author and independent MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
in the Portuguese parliamentAssembly of the RepublicThe Assembly of the Republic is the Portuguese parliament. It is located in a historical building in Lisbon, referred to as Palácio de São Bento, the site of an old Benedictine monastery...
. - Anil KakodkarAnil KakodkarAnil Kakodkar is an eminent Indian nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer. He was the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy. Before leading India's Nuclear Programme, he was the Director of the Bhabha Atomic...
, eminent nuclear scientist and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission - Raghunath Mashelkar, eminent scientist and head of the prestigious Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Dr.Skoda Afonso—Scientist.
- Dr. Agostinho Vicente Lourenco, Goan Scientist
- Mr. Avir Goes, Philosophist at Facebook
Religious leaders
- Valerian GraciasValerian GraciasValerian Gracias was an Indian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bombay from 1950 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.-Biography:Valerian Gracias was born in Karachi to José and Carlota Gracias...
, Cardinal in Bombay (Mumbai/Goa) - Joseph CordeiroJoseph CordeiroJoseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro was the first Pakistani cardinal.-Education:He was educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi, the University of Bombay and Oxford University...
, Cardinal in Pakistan (Karachi/Goa) - Anthony Theodore LoboAnthony Theodore LoboAnthony Theodore Lobo is a Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Karachi, Pakistan on July 4, 1937 to parents of Goan origin. He received his early education at Saint Patrick's High School and religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi, and was ordained a priest in...
, Bishop of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Pakistan (Karachi/Goa) - Ivan Dias, Cardinal Prefect, Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Rome (Mumbai/Goa)
- CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
Oswald GraciasOswald GraciasOswald Gracias is a Goan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He serves as Archbishop of Bombay, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 14 October 2006, and was raised to the cardinalate in 2007...
, from Carmona, Archbishop of Mumbai - Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, from Aldona, current Archbishop of Goa and Damao
- Anthony de MelloAnthony de MelloAnthony de Mello was a Jesuit priest and psychotherapist who became widely known for his books on spirituality. An internationally acclaimed spiritual guide, writer and public speaker, de Mello hosted many spiritual conferences...
, Jesuit priest and author - Venerable Fr. Agnelo de Souza—from Anjuna,
- Padre José Antonio da Conceiçao e Sousa—from Calangute, Professor of Lyceum, Panjim.
- Evarist PintoEvarist PintoEvarist Pinto is the current Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan.-Education:He received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi, where he was ordained a priest on 6 January 1968. He also had a doctorate in theology...
, from Aldona, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan - Joseph VazJoseph VazBlessed Joseph Vaz was a Catholic Oratorian priest from Goa. He is known as theApostle of Ceylon....
, Missionary in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Patron of Goan Archdiocese - Sr. Lucy Britto, From Veroda, Cuncolim, First Indian Woman to work for the Secretariat of State, The Vatican.
- Moreno de SouzaMoreno de SouzaFather Moreno de Souza was a Goan Jesuit priest. He was also a famous Konkani Marian poet, Konkani writer, translator and a historian...
– Translated the BibleBibleThe Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
into Konkani languageKonkani languageKonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...
Writers, editors, journalists
- Armand de SouzaArmand de SouzaArmand de Souza was a Ceylonese newspaper editor and democratic activist. He was father of Senator Doric de Souza of the LSSP and Torismund de Souza, Editor of the Times, as well as Aleric and Lena who both died early.- Early life :De Souza was born in Assagaum, Goa, to an ancient Roman Catholic...
born in 1877 in Assagao to the Camotim family, was the Founding Editor of the Morning Leader in Ceylon. An early freedom fighter, he was gaoled by the British colonial government for advocating democracy, but released following public protests at his incarceration. He was the author of Hundred days in Ceylon under martial law in 1915http://openlibrary.org/b/OL16666915M/Hundred_days_in_Ceylon_under_martial_law_in_1915 and father of Senator Doric de Souza (Professor of English) and the late Editor of the Times of Ceylon, Tory de Souza. He died in 1922. - Chandrakant KeniChandrakant KeniChandrakant Keni was a Konkani language writer and journalist from Goa. He was the editor of Marathi Daily Rashtramath and Konkani Daily Sunaparanth. Keni won Sahitya Academy Award for his Konkani Book "Ashad Pawali"-References:...
retired as the editor of Marathi daily Rashtramat and Konkani daily Sunaparant, worked as a freelance journalist. He was associated with development of Konkani language. With a few books to his credit, Mr. Keni bagged the Sahitya Academy Award for his book "Ashadh Pawali". - Dinesh D'SouzaDinesh D'SouzaDinesh D'Souza is an author and public speaker and a former Robert and Karen Rishwain Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is currently the President of The King's College in New York City. D'Souza is a noted Christian apologist and conservative writer and speaker....
is the author of numerous New York Times best selling books and a conservative writer and speaker. - Maria Aurora CoutoMaria Aurora CoutoMaria Aurora Couto is an Indian writer, historian and educationalist from Goa. Her family hails from the Goan Catholic community, a Christian community in Goa. She taught English literature in colleges in India and has contributed to periodicals in India and the United Kingdom.She lives in the...
is a well known writer, academic and literary critic with books including Graham Greene: On the Frontier, Politics and Religion in the Novels, and Goa: A Daughter's Story. - Ravindra KelekarRavindra KelekarRavindra Kelekar was a noted Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language, though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi. A Gandhian activist, freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement, he is a well known Konkani scholar, linguist, and creative thinker...
(born 1925), freedom fighter, writer and revivalist of Konkani language. - Orlando da CostaOrlando da CostaOrlando António Fernandes da Costa was a Portuguese writer of Goan descent on his father Luís Afonso Maria da Costa's side and of Portuguese and French on his mother Amélia Maria Fréchaut Fernandes' side. Born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, a Portuguese colony at the time, he spent his youth in...
(1929–2006) was a Communist Portuguese poet and writer of Goan descent, born in the capital of the former Portuguese colony of Mozambique, Maputo. - Frank MoraesFrank MoraesFrancis Robert "Frank" Moraes was editor of many prominent newspapers in post-Independence India, including The Indian Express.-Biodata:...
, editor of many prominent newspapers in post-Independence India, including The Indian Express. - Dom MoraesDom MoraesDominic Francis Moraes , popularly known as Dom Moraes, was a Goan writer, poet and columnist. He published nearly 30 books.-Early life:...
(born 1938) has won the American Press Club Citation for Excellence in Reporting, for some 20 articles he wrote for the "New York Times Sunday Magazine". Also a poet. Died earlier this decade. - Frank SimoesFrank SimoesFrank Simoes was an Indian writer born in Mumbai. He studied at St. Mary's School in Mumbai and began his career as a writer with the Times of India...
, a passionate Goan Advertising person, Author of "Glad season in Goa" - Lambert MascarenhasLambert MascarenhasLambert Mascarenhas is a nonagenarian journalist and writer from Goa. His family hails from the Goan Catholic community, a Christian community in Goa.-Career:...
, author of the classic Novel "Sorrowing Lies My Land" (1955) which was reprinted thrice, the novel has been translated into Marathi, Telugu and Konkani. Lambert was the editor of Goan Tribune, the fortnightly dedicated to the cause of Goa's freedom from the Portuguese rule. He is also the founder editor of "Goa Today" and former editor of "The Navhind Times" and was awarded the State Cultural award - Jose PereiraJosé PereiraJosé Costa Pereira was a Portuguese goalkeeper. He is mostly remembered for being the World Cup 1966 goalkeeper in all but one games....
(born 1931), artist, writer, orator, historian, musicologist, theologian, indologist - Sebastião Rodolfo DalgadoSebastião Rodolfo DalgadoMsgr Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado was an Indo-Portuguese priest, theologian, orientalist and linguist. He became widely renowned during his lifetime as a Konkani language scholar for his significant contributions towards its study.-Early life:Fr...
(1855–1922) of Assagao , linguist. Knew Malayalam, Sinhala, Bengali, Kannada,Marathi, Sanskrit. In 1892, he produced a Konkani-Portuguese dictionary and later a grammar - Prakashchandra Pandurang ShirodkarPrakashchandra Pandurang ShirodkarDr Prakāścandra Pāṇḍuraṅga Śiroḍakara,eldest son of late Pāṇḍuraṅga Puruṣottama Śiroḍakara,one of the most prominent freedom fighters of Goa and the first Speaker of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative.He worked as the director of Directorate of Archives,Archaeology and Museum,Goa for over two...
;Archiologist - Teotonio R. de Souza, b. 1947, Historian, Founder-Director of Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Goa (1979–1994), Fellow of the Portuguese Academy of History, author of Medieval Goa (1979), Goa to Me (1994), and several other publications on Goan History and Culture listed at http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=6016226459122589 Co-founder of Goa Research Net with Frederick Noronha in 1997, and its Moderator till date
- Eunice de SouzaEunice De SouzaEunice de Souza is a contemporary Indian English language poet, literary critic and novelist. Among her notable books of poetry is Women in Dutch painting .-Early life and education:...
,retired as Head of the English Dept, St Xavier's College, Bombay in 2007. She is a poet, novella-ist, and editor of several anthologies - Francisco Luís GomesFrancisco Luís GomesFrancisco Luís Gomes was an Indo-Portuguese physician, writer, historian, economist, political scientist and MP in the Portuguese parliament. A liberal by political orientation, Gomes represented Portuguese India in the Cortes Gerais from 1861 to 1869...
(1829-1869), Indo-Portuguese physician, politician, writer, historian, and economist - Bakibab Borkar - Konkani Writer and Poet
Governors
- Bernardo Peres da SilvaBernardo Peres da SilvaBernardo Peres da Silva was a governor of Portuguese India. He was the first and only native Goan to be appointed to this post in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule...
of Neurá. Appointed Prefect of Estado da Índia Portuguesa in 1835, the only Goan to hold a post equivalent to a Governor-General