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Also Known As Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
Born February 20, 1923 • Guyana
Died August 6, 1985 (aged 62) • Georgetown • Guyana
Title / Office president (1980-1985), Guyana • prime minister (1966-1980), Guyana
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Cheddi Jagan
prime minister of British Guiana
Janet Jagan
Janet Jagan
president of Guyana
Engraving by J. Pofselwhite of Walter Raleigh wearing an ornate, patterned doublet, ruffled collar, and feathered hat, with one hand on his hip.
Sir Walter Raleigh
English explorer
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Lance Gibbs
West Indian cricketer
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Clive Lloyd
Guyanan cricketer
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Wilson Harris
Guyanese writer
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Eric Walrond
Caribbean author