he GOACOM Biography Series celebrates the life and work of people who have brought honour to Goa and the Goan Community.

When preparing for this section there were formidable problems to overcome: Where and how to obtain a credible list of names, and biographies?

A quick survey of books, magazines, and newspapers, revealed the names of 150 famous persons ranging from freedom fighters, community leaders, nation builders, clerics, artists, writers, scientists, industrialists, and men and women in sports. There is little doubt that with further research the list could be more than doubled.

GOACOM acknowledges contrbutions from the following sources:

Mr. Alfredo Froilano De Mello of Montevideo, Uruguay, Prof. Ann Menezes of Aldona, Goa, Dr. Jose Colaco, Bahamas, Mrs. Elvira Uvenhoven, Toronto, Mr. John Lobo of Mississauga, Ontario, Mr. Joseph ( Boogie) Viegas, Goa, Moira Village Association, Toronto, Fred Noronha, Goa, Goa Now Webzine, Goa and Goa Today Magazine, Goa.

• Ramkant Dinanath Poulenkar....A passionate Konkani writer
• Reginald Fernandes, a prodigious Konkani writer
• Eupsiquio Eusebio Antonio Ligorio Fernandes, a Goan playwright
• Joe Rose....a HIGHLY talented tiatrist and singer (Interview)
• Maestro Antoninho De Souza....A Legendary Goan Musician
• Patricia Rosario, A profile of the top-notch soprano and recipient of the coveted Order of the British Empire
• Chris Perry....Memories of a Music Maestro
• Johnnie Baptist - Eminent Musician from the 1940's to the 1980's
• Michael Martins, Maestro Par Excellence
  
  

• Victor Menezes, CEO, Citibank
• Dr Acacio Viegas, Goan medical practitioner
• Charles Correa, Eminent Architect
• Gerald P. Nazareth, Chief Justice, Hong Kong
• Romulus Pereira, Silicon Valley entrepreneur
  
  

• Blessed Father Joseph Vaz , awaiting Sainthood
• St. Francis Xavier, Patron Saint of Goa
  • also see: Catholic Goan Network
  
  
  

• Dr. Froilano de Mello, MD, Eminent Doctor
• Dr. Teotonio R. de Souza, Historian
• Prof. PETER F. NAZARETH, Writer
  
  

• Aquino Braganza, A freedom fighting Goan in Africa...
• Pio Gama Pinto - Independent Kenya's first martyr
• The Life and Times of Eddie Sadashiva Pereira
• The Hunter ~ Manuel Anton (Sonny) da Silva
• Dr. Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, Pioneer Doctor in Kenya
• Dr. A.C.L. deSousa, Community Leader in Nairobi
• The Nairobi Heroes Sports Club
• Remembering the R.G.I: The Railway Goan Institute Nairobi
• Pascoal De Mello, O.B.E., Outstanding till the End
  
  

• Tristao de Braganza Cunha ~ Father of Goan Nationalism
• MANUEL FRANCISCO D'CRUZ, Doyen of Education in Moira
• Dilip N Sardesai ,Goa's most outstanding cricketer
• Selections of prominent people from the village of Moira
• Worldwide Goans - A pictorial compendium of well-known Goans who are on their way to becoming well-known.