Notable People
- DuĊĦan Velkaverh, born in Georgetown, Guyana is a famous Slovenian lyricist, considered as the greatest lyricist in Slovenian history of popular music. He wrote about 600 Slovenian lyrics in total for different artists. More than 25 of them are mega hits in Slovenia. One of this songs is "Dan ljubezni", a Slovenian (Yugoslavian) song, performed at Eurovision Song Contest 1975.
- Dr.Walter Rodney, world-renowned historian of Africa, was born in Georgetown, Guyana.
Read more about this topic: Georgetown, Guyana
Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or people:
“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)
“One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite—that that particular peach is but a detail.”
—Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)