List of people from Goa

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.

Sports personalities

Main article: Goans in sports

Olympians

Freedom fighters

Musicians

Indologists and archeologists

Political campaigners

Judges and lawyers

Professors and educationists

Artists

Scientists

Religious leaders

Writers, editors, journalists

Governors

References

  1. Chatterjee, Sudeshna (Aug 31, 2003). "Family Matters". The Times of India.
  2. Vaz, J. Clement (1997). Profiles of eminent Goans, past and present. Concept Publishing Company. p. 118. ISBN 81-7022-619-8.
  3. Past speakers of Goa
  4. Martin, John Duncan (1978). Essays in Classical and Modern Hindu Law: Consequences of the intellectual exchange with the foreign powers. BRILL. p. 472. ISBN 90-04-04808-1.
  5. J. Clement Vaz, "Profiles of Eminent Goans Past and Present", Concept Publishing Company, 1997, ISBN 9788170226192

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