Portal:Suriname/Selected biography

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Edgar Steven Davids (born 13 March 1973 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Surinamese-born Dutch professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. After beginning his professional career with Ajax, he played for Milan, Juventus, Barcelona, Internazionale, and Tottenham Hotspur, before returning to Ajax. He returned to competitive football during a brief spell with Crystal Palace. One of the greatest and most recognisable players of his generation, Davids often stood out on the football field due to his dreadlocked hair and the protective goggles he wore due to glaucoma. In 2004, he was one of the players chosen by Pelé to feature in the FIFA 100, his list of the world's greatest living footballers.

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Clarence Clyde Seedorf (born 1 April 1976 in Paramaribo) is a Surinamese-born Dutch professional football coach and former player.

Regarded by many as one of the best midfielders of his generation, in 2004, he was chosen by Pelé as part of the FIFA 100. Seedorf has won domestic and continental titles while playing for clubs in the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Brazil. He is considered one of the most successful players in UEFA Champions League history, as he is the first player to have won the Champions League with three clubs – once with Ajax, in 1995, once with Real Madrid, in 1998 and twice with Milan, in 2003 and 2007.

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Cynthia McLeod (b. 4 October 1936 in Paramaribo) is a Surinamese novelist.

McLeod was born in Paramaribo as Cynthia Ferrier; she is the daughter of Johan Ferrier, the first President of Suriname.

She completed her secondary school education in Suriname and continued her education in the Netherlands, where she studied to become a teacher in Child Care and Education. She married Drs. Donald McLeod whom she met in the Netherlands. In 1962 they went to Suriname, where McLeod studied for a teaching degree in Dutch Language and Dutch Literature. From 1969 to 1978 she taught Dutch Language and Literature in pre-university education in Paramaribo. Her husband, Donald McLeod, was appointed in 1978 as Suriname’s Ambassador to Venezuela. Then he became Suriname’s Ambassador to Belgium and the United States of America. Abroad McLeod started writing and especially during her stay in Belgium she had the opportunity to do research in the archives of The Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Emmerich, and Köln.

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Desiré Delano Bouterse (born October 13, 1945) has been a military sports instructor, coup leader, army leader and President of Suriname.

Bouterse's name is closely bound with the military regime that controlled Suriname from 1980 until the beginning of the 1990s. On February 25, 1980, the government of newly-independent Suriname underwent a military coup and Bouterse became Chairman of the National Military Council. Though the Suriname Presidency was retained, Bouterse was the nation's de facto ruler until his resignation in 1988. Bouterse founded the National Democratic Party (NDP). On July 19, 2010, he was elected as President of Suriname with 36 of 50 parliament votes.

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Anthony Conrad Nesty (born November 25, 1967) is a Surinamese competition swimmer who was an Olympic gold medalist in the 100-metre butterfly event in 1988.

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, Nesty edged American favorite Matt Biondi by one one-hundredth of a second to win the 100-metre butterfly; he finished the event in 53.00 seconds and Biondi in 53.01.

Nesty won gold medals in the 100-metre butterfly at the Goodwill Games in 1990 and the FINA World Aquatics Championships in 1991. At the 1991 Pan-American Games in Havana, Cuba, he again won a gold medal in 100-metre butterfly and a silver in the 200-metre butterfly. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he finished with a third-place bronze.