List of Seychellois people

This is a partial list of noteworthy Seychellois:

Arts

  • Antoine Abel - writer, sometimes referred to as father of Seychelles literature.
  • Michael Adams - artist, well known for his paintings. [1]
  • Angie Arnephy - singer and an ex-beauty pageant contestant.
  • Michel Denousse - local photographer. [2]
  • Sandra Esparon - singer and performer
  • Laurence Norah - award-winning travel photographer, writer, and blogger.
  • Jean-Marc Volcy - musician

Civil society

  • Kantilal Jivan - well-known businessman, historian, naturalist, guru, folkorist, photographer and vegetarian cook.
  • Guy Morel - accountant, first Governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles. Former chairman of Air Seychelles. Founder of the Seychelles Institute of Management. Passionate advocate of education for the less fortunate and for school dropouts.

Environmentalist

  • Nirmal Shah - Leading environmental expert, writer, fund raiser and civic leader.
  • Guy Lionnet - Former Director of Agriculture and author of many works on the history and flora and fauna of Seychelles.

Political figures

  • Justice of Appeal Jacques Hodoul - Justice of the Seychelles Court of Appeal
  • Francis Chang-Sam - former Attorney General, now private legal practitioner
  • Dar Lyon - Chief Justice of the Seychelles, and first class cricketer

Other

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Seychelles Tourism. "Michael Adams Studio". Seychelles Travel. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Seychelles Tourism. "Interview: Photographer Michel Denousse". Seychelles Diary. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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