Famous Personalities : Goa Directory

Goa is not only about sand, sun and sea. The tiny state has also produced many famous personalities. Find here the list of a few famous and notable people from Goa, who have contributed their bit to the various fields like music or science and so on.

Musicians :

1. The nightingale of India - Lata Mangeshkar and her sister Asha Bhosale.
2. Goan pop star and Bollywood playback singer - Remo Fernandes.
3. Popular Indian classical singer - Kishori Amonkar

Sports :

1. International tennis player - Leander Paes
2. Indian footballer and Arjuna awardee - Bruno Coutinho.
3. Cricketer - Dilip Sardesai.

Politics :

1. Prominent politician and former central minister - Eduardo Faleiro.
2. Freedom-fighter as well as former mayor of Bombay - Dr. Simon C. Fernandes.
3. Member in the first Cabinet of Tony Blair - Keith Vaz.

Science :

1. Writer of the first major book on Indian drugs and remedies - Garcia de Orta.
2. Nuclear scientist and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission - Anil Kakodkar.
3. Head of the prestigious Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Raghunath Mashelkar.

Business :

1. One of the Vice Presidents of Citicorp, USA - Victor J Menezes .
2. Alternate executive director for India on the boards of the IMF and World Bank. - Peter Joseph Joaquim Pinto.

Police :

1. Chief of police in Mumbai, and of Punjab, Ambassador to Romania - Julio Francis Ribeiro.
2. Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, India - Caejetan Joseph Vincent Miranda.
3. Former Director CBI - John Lobo.

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