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List Of Surinamese People
Surinamese people or people of Surinamese descent who are famous or notable include: Art Visual arts * Leo Glans (1911–1980) *Soeki Irodikromo (1945–2020) * Stuart Robles de Medina (1930–2006) * Gerrit Schouten (1779–1839) *Erwin de Vries (1929–2018) Film *Borger Breeveld (born 1944) *Kenneth Herdigein (born 1959) *Pim de la Parra (born 1940) * Jörgen Raymann (born 1966) *Katja Schuurman (born 1975) *Jimmy Smits (born 1955) Music *Afrojack (born 1987) * Kenny B (born 1961) *Humphrey Campbell (born 1958) * Ramdew Chaitoe (1942–1994) * Chuckie (born 1978) *Damaru (born 1986) *Sharon Doorson (born 1987) *Anita Doth (born 1971) * Benjamin Faya (born 1988/1989) *Lieve Hugo (1934–1975) *Ruth Jacott (born 1960) * Denise Jannah (born 1956) *Conchita Leeflang *Jeangu Macrooy (born 1993) *CB Milton (born 1968) *Murth The Man-O-Script (born 1970) * Max Nijman (1941–2016) * Papa Touwtjie (1968–2005) *Lodewijk Parisius (1911–1963) *Raffaëla Paton (born 1983) *Roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Glans
Leo Hendriques Hugo Glans (11 April 1911 in Paramaribo – 9 October 1980 in Wassenaar) was a Surinamese painter. He was the first Surinamese to study at the Rijksakademie. In 1927, Glans opened the ''Van Gogh'' studio. There was no proper education for art painting in Suriname and therefore he applied for a scholarship, and in 1929 leaves for Amsterdam. During 1929 and 1930, Glans spent his Saturdays in Natura Artis Magistra drawing animals. Between 1936 and 1938, Glans starts to explore many modernist movements like cubism and expressionism. Many still lifes are painted during that period as well. Around 1940, Glans becomes blind, because of leprosy Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria ''Mycobacterium leprae'' or ''Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This nerve damag .... In 1946, Glans married, moved to Wassenaar were they started an art collectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Doorson
Sharon Doorson (born 24 April 1987, Netherlands) is a Dutch singer-songwriter, of Surinamese descent. She released her debut album in 2013, which reached the top 20 with 4 Top 40 singles released so far in Netherlands. She competed in ''The Voice of Holland (season 2), The Voice of Holland'' having all four judges turn for her in the Blind-Audition. She was eliminated in Week 6 (the semi-finals). Early years When Doorson was six years old, she won a Playback singer, playback show. In 2004 she was in a girl band, called Raffish (with Eva Simons). Raffish had a No. 1 hit in the Netherlands. The girlband separated ways in 2006, because all the girls wanted to go solo. Career In 2011, Doorson participated in the Dutch TV program ''The Voice of Holland''. In 2012, she released her first single, "Fail in Love". In 2013 she released her second single, high on your love (she got a Number 1 hit in Poland with this song), her third single, "Killer", which is also the title of her deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaëla Paton
Raffaëla Paton (born 1 June 1983) is a Dutch singer of Surinamese descent and the winner of the 2006 Dutch talent show ''Idols''. Paton participated in the Netherlands national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with her entry ''Chocolatte'' but did not win. Biography Paton moved to Assen when she was a little girl. Her mother was a famous singer in Suriname. Paton's aunt is Ruth Jacott, also a famous Dutch singer who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1993. Before she participated in Idols, she worked as a hostess in a restaurant in Emmen. 11 March 2006 was a big day for Paton; The grand finale of ''"Idol 2006"'', the Dutch adaption of the hit reality TV show Pop Idol. Paton won Idols with 58% of the total votes, beating favourite Floortje Smit. After the show, RTL 4, the broadcaster of Idols, reported that Floortje was winning the contest, until Paton sang "''Right Here, Right Now (My Heart Belongs to You)''", whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodewijk Parisius
Lodewijk Rudolf Arthur Parisius (July 23, 1911 in Hannover, Para District, Suriname – December 14, 1963) was a Surinamese/Dutch tenor saxophonist commonly known as "Kid Dynamite." He was noted for mixing jazz with Surinamese kaseko. He also supported 's popularity in the . He died in a road accident in Germany
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Papa Touwtjie
John Eduard Touwslager (December 21, 1968 – June 9, 2005), better known as Papa Touwtjie, was a Surinamese reggae artist and rapper. He is considered one of the most influential reggae artists in Suriname. After his release from prison at the beginning of the 1990s, he began a music career and recorded his first album ''Gangster''. He was thus the first dancehall Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rou ... rapper in the Sranan language. His music was mainly listened by the youth from the poor neighborhoods.MuziekencyclopediePapa Touwtjie/ref> In 1992, Papa Touwtjie had six hits on the Surinamese radio, including the track ''Mi no wan go na Santo Boma''. In 1997, on the fortieth anniversary of the Surinamese newspaper '' De Ware Tijd'', he was awarded the ''trotyi grani'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Nijman
Max Reinier Nijman (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2016) was a Surinamese singer. Born in Suriname, he moved to the Netherlands in 1968. His song "Adjosi" ("Adieu"), which sings of the homesickness of Surinamese expatriates, became his signature song, and he one of Suriname's icons. Biography Nijman was born in Moengo, as the eighth of sixteen children. Gifted with a natural talent, he started singing in English, with cover versions of American soul and R&B artists, and had a breakthrough performance at age 16, singing a Brook Benton song at a football game. He then moved on to singing in Sranan. In 1968, Nijman gave a well-attended farewell performance in Paramaribo (transmitted live on television) and moved to the Netherlands, where he signed to Dureco and released his debut solo-album ''Katibo'' in 1975. Besides the title track and "Ai Sranang", the song "Adjosi" became his best known song. He then released the albums ''Wan Dei Lobi'' with The Stan Lokhin Band in 1977 and ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murth The Man-O-Script
Murth Mossel (Amsterdam, 6 February 1970), also known as Murth The Man O Script, is a Dutch rapper and stand-up comedian. Biography In the early 1990s Murth did his stand-up routines at Comedytrain and Freshwagon. Being involved in the hiphop-scene for years he collaborated on Extince's 1998 ''Zoete Inval''/''Zoute Uitval''-single among others; in 1999 he made a cameo-appearance in the video for Def Rhymz' "Doekoe". During this period Murth was a VJ at TMF hosting ''The Pitch''; his next job was presenting '' Paradisolife'' for NOS; a series of package-concerts made up of individual performances and special collaborations (for example, triphop-outfit Lamb Lamb or The Lamb may refer to: * A young sheep * Lamb and mutton, the meat of sheep Arts and media Film, television, and theatre * ''The Lamb'' (1915 film), a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in his screen debut * ''The Lamb'' (1918 ... teaming up with jazz-crossover group New Cool Collective). ''Paradisol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CB Milton
CB Milton, aka Clarence Bekker (born Clarence Becker Milton, 11 April 1968, in Suriname), is a Dutch electronic music vocalist, who became known in the early 1990s. He is best known for the singles " It's a Loving Thing", "Send Me an Angel" and "Open Your Heart". In the UK Singles Chart, " It's a Loving Thing" reached No. 34 in a remixed version in March 1995, and " Hold On (If You Believe in Love)" peaked at No. 62 in August that year. He also recorded three albums, ''It's My Loving Thing'' (1994), ''The Way to Wonderland'' (1996) and ''From Here to There'' (1998) for the Byte Records label in Antwerp, Belgium. CB Milton was identified as Clarence Bekker of the Netherlands on the disc and DVD created by Playing for Change released in April 2009. He participated with various other artists on the songs " Stand by Me" [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeangu Macrooy
Jeangu Macrooy (; born November 6, 1993) is a Surinamese singer-songwriter. He was born in Paramaribo and has been living in the Netherlands in the eastern city Enschede in the region Twente since 2014. Macrooy's music is described as modern soul. His audience is in the Netherlands, Suriname, and increasingly in Belgium, France and Germany. He was due to represent host nation the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam with the song " Grow", but the contest was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, he represented the country in the 2021 contest with " Birth of a New Age". Career Early career In 2011, together with his twin brother Xillan, Macrooy formed the band Between Towers. Their first and only album, ''Stars on My Radio'' came out in 2013. After having studied at the Conservatory of Suriname in Paramaribo for two years, he moved to the Netherlands in 2014 to study songwriting at the ArtEZ Conservatory in Enschede. 2015–2019: A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita Leeflang
Conchita Leeflang is a Surinamese-American actress, model and singer. Biography Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, Leeflang is the daughter of , who was also the Minister of Internal affairs and Justice, and the temporary Prime Minister to Suriname. Leeflang moved to Brussels, Belgium at a very young age, where Mr. Leeflang was the Ambassador. Leeflang is multilingual, speaking English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Surinamese and Italian. She has been a singer, model, and stage actress for many years until she moved to Los Angeles on a modeling contract where she decided to pursue Television and Film. Conchita Leeflang has won numerous awards for her outstanding body of work as a singer-songwriter. Leeflang has been professionally trained in drama and comedy by her acting coach Aaron Speiser. Some of her acting credits are Super Spy, Sliders, Baywatch, The X Show, The call of a Siren, The Women of the Tropics and De Vrouw van Jerry (Dutch). Leeflang has been a recording artist f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Jannah
Denise Johanna Zeefuik (born 7 November 1956) is a Dutch jazz singer. She was the first Dutch jazz soloist to be signed by Blue Note Records. Early life She spent her childhood in Suriname and the Netherlands. Education Denise studied law at the University of Utrecht. However, her interest in music tempted her to enroll herself into the Conservatorium van Amsterdam The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) is a Dutch conservatoire of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's vocational university of arts. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam .... She graduated the university as a vocal educator. Discography Source: ;Studio albums * ''Take It from the Top'' (Timeless, 1991) * ''A Heart Full of Music'' (Timeless, 1993) * ''I Was Born in Love with You'' (Blue Note, 1995) * ''Different Colours'' (EMI, 1996) * ''The Madness of Our Love'' (Blue Note, 1999) * ''Thirst!'' (BV Haast, 2000) * ''Gedicht Gezongen'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Jacott
Ruth Jacott (born 2 September 1960) is a Surinamese-Dutch singer. Jacott transitioned from musical theatre to popular music in 1993, when she represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. Her song, "Vrede" (Peace), was one of the favorites to win, and ended up ranking sixth out of 25 at Millstreet. She has since released nine Dutch-language albums, four of which made the Top Ten on the Dutch music charts. Biography Ruth Jacott was born in Suriname and at nine, moved with her family to The Netherlands, where at 17 she took part in a talent contest, after which she received many offers to perform. She dropped out of the Hilversum Conservatory and began her career with The Vips and bands like The Skymasters, the VARA-Dansorkest and the Metropole Orkest. Breakthrough In 1988, Jacott won the Knokke Festival in Belgium. After this success, she had many offers to work in the musical world. She landed key roles in Dutch and German-language productions of ''Cats'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
