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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
Lance Gibbs
West Indian cricketer
Cheddi Jagan
prime minister of British Guiana
Janet Jagan
Janet Jagan
president of Guyana
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
English explorer
Clive Lloyd
Guyanan cricketer
Wilson Harris
Guyanese writer
Eric Walrond
Caribbean author