List of Guyanese Britons
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This is a list of notable Guyanese British people.
- John Agard, playwright, poet and children's writer[1]
- Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos, Director of SOAS, University of London, UN representative, and Labour Peer in the House of Lords. Born British Guiana, 1954.
- Tina Barrett, singer from S Club, Guyanese mother[2]
- Meiling Jin (born 1956), Guyanese-born writer[3]
- Hew Locke, contemporary sculptor, son of Guyanese sculptor Donald Locke[4]
- Phil Lynott, frontman of the rock band Thin Lizzy, with an Afro-Guyanese father[5]
- Jan Lowe Shinebourne (born 1947), Guyanese-born novelist[6]
- Laurie Taitt (1934–2006), Olympic sprint hurdler[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "John Agard – was born on 21 June 1949 in British Guiana (now Guyana)". Contemporarywriters.com. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- ↑ "S Club 7's Tina Barrett Talks To Holy Moly about her return to pop | Music Interviews". Holy Moly!. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- ↑ Brown, Susan, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy. "Meiling Jin." Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginning to the Present. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Web.
- ↑ "Hew Locke | Artist and Sculptor | Guyana UK". Itzcaribbean.com. 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- ↑ "Thin Lizzy Frontman Phil Lynott Leaves the 'Whiskey in the Jar' Empty – Twisted Tales". Spinner.com. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- ↑ Anne-Marie Lee-Loy, "Janice Lowe Shinebourne’s The Godmother and Other Stories (Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 2004)", Kaieteur News, 16 November 2008.
- ↑ "Profile of Laurie Taitt". Sports Reference. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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