Famous people of Goa

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
Seraphino Antao, represented Kenya in sprinting in the Commonwealth Games during the 1950s and early 60s; won two gold medals Swapnil Asnodkar, opening batsman for Goa and Rajasthan Royals; played a key role in helping his team win the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League Bruno Coutinho, Indian footballer and Arjuna awardee Antao D'Souza, represented Pakistan cricket team in Tests in the 1950s and early 60s Mary Dsouza (Sequeira), winner of the Dhyan Chand Award as First Double International; Asian Games winner first and second Asian Games for track and field; World Cup Field Hockey in England and Australia Brahmanand Sankhwalkar, soccer player and former Goa captain; one of Goa's best goalkeepers; Arjuna awardee for his achievements in sports Dilip Sardesai, former cricketer
Olympians

Jack Britto, field hockey, 1952, representing Pakistan J.M. Carvalho, field hockey, 1976, representing India Mary Dsouza (Sequeira), 1952, Helsinki, track and field Leo Pinto, field hockey, 1948, representing India
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Musicians

See also: Goans in Hindi film music composition
Jitendra Abhisheki, Indian musician Kishori Amonkar, classical vocalist Lorna Cordeiro, Konkani language singer Ian D'Sa, UK-born, of Goan descent; former guitarist of Canadian band Billy Talent António Fortunato de Figueiredo (1903–1981), conductor, violinist; founder-director of the Academia de Música (now Dept of Western Classical Music, Kala Academy); founder-director of the Orquestra Sinfónica de Goa (Goa Symphony Orchestra) Remo Fernandes, musician and Bollywood playback singer Anthony Gonsalves (1927–2012), violinist; taught R.D. Burman and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (a member of the Laxmikant Pyarelal team) and worked with most of the legendary composers of the 1950s and 1960s Suresh Haldonkar, classical vocalist, actor Kesarbai Kerkar (1892–1977) Mogubai Kurdikar, classical vocalist Anjanibai Malpekar (1883–1974), Hindustani classical singer of Bhendibazaar gharana, Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (1958) Dinanath Mangeshkar, dramatist and classical vocalist Datta Naik, Hindi film music director Khaprumama Parvatkar (1879–1953), ghumot and tabla player Chris Perry, the king of Goan music Hema Sardesai, playback singer Oliver Sean, singer/songwriter
Indologists and archeologists

José Gerson da Cunha (1844–1900), historian and Orientalist; wrote the first book on history of Bombay, The Origin of Bombay (1900), published by the Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society[1][2] Mahadevshastri Joshi Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907–1966), Indologist Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi (1876–1947), studied Pali; Buddhist scholar Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar
Political campaigners

Dayanand Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa Narana Coissoró, left his motherland of Goa to serve the Portuguese people and became a member of the Portuguese Parliament António Costa, Portuguese Prime Minister (since 26 November 2015) and former Mayor of Lisbon (2007–2015) Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, formerly a Portuguese military officer, was the chief strategist of the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon; was born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo); Mozambique of some Goan ancestry Luís de Menezes Bragança, journalist, writer and anti-colonial activist Erasmo de Sequeira, head of United Goans Party; former member of the Indian Parliament at New Delhi Dr. Jack de Sequeira, prominent campaigner for the opinion poll that retained Goa as an independent state Eduardo Faleiro, politician and former central minister Abbé Faria, priest, key participant in the Conspir