List of Seychellois people
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This is a list of notable Seychellois people:


Academics

* Guy Lionnet - Former Director of Agriculture and author of many works on the history and flora and fauna of Seychelles.


Arts

* Antoine Abel - writer, sometimes referred to as father of Seychelles literature. * Angie Arnephy - singer and ex-beauty pageant contestant. * Sandra Esparon - singer and performer * Sonia Grandcourt - writer * Regina Melanie - writer * Laurence Norah - award-winning travel photographer, writer, and blogger * Jean-Marc Volcy - musician


Business

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Kantilal Jivan Kantilal Jivan Shah (1922–2010), also known as Kanti, was a Seychellois conservationist. He has been described as a guru, historian, natural history expert, palmist, vegetarian cook and teacher, photographer, artist and sculptor, agronomis ...
- businessman


Political figures

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Joseph Belmont Joseph Belmont (1 June 1947 – 28 January 2022) was a Seychellois politician who was the Vice President of the Seychelles from 14 July 2004 until his retirement on 30 June 2010. He took office after President France-Albert René stepped do ...
- Vice President of Seychelles (2004-2010) *
Collin Dyer Collin Dyer is a member of the National Assembly of Seychelles. A businessman by profession, he is a member of the Seychelles National Party The Seychelles National Party (SNP) is a liberal political party in Seychelles. Its followers emph ...
- National Assembly member *
Danny Faure Danny Faure (born 8 May 1962) is a Seychellois politician who was President of Seychelles from 16 October 2016 until 26 October 2020. Previously, he served as Vice President of Seychelles from 2010 to 2016. Faure is a member of the United Seychel ...
- President of Seychelles (2016-2020) *
Gérard Hoarau Gérard Hoarau (7 December 1950 – 29 November 1985) was an exiled opposition leader from Seychelles and was head of the Mouvement Pour La Resistance (MPR) that sought the peaceful overthrow of the France-Albert René regime which had come to po ...
- murdered
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-based political dissident * Sir James Mancham - President of Seychelles (1976-1977) *
Vincent Meriton Vincent Emmanuel Angelin Meriton (born 28 December 1959) is a Seychellois politician who served as the Vice President of Seychelles from 2016 until 2020. He succeeded Danny Faure, and Party president of the People's Party.James Michel - President of Seychelles (2004-2016) *
David Pierre David Pierre is a Seychellois politician and teacher. He was a member of the Seychelles National Party until 2011. He then founded the Popular Democratic Movement. Pierre is a teacher by profession. He was a member of the National Assembly of ...
- member of the
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* Patrick Pillay - Foreign Minister of Seychelles (2005-) *
Wavel Ramkalawan Wavel Ramkalawan (born 15 March 1959) is a Seychellois politician and Anglican priest who has been serving as the president of Seychelles since 26 October 2020. Ramkalawan was an opposition MP from 1993 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. He also served a ...
- started as leader of the
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and is an Anglican priest as well as the President of Seychelles (2020-present) *
France-Albert René France-Albert René (; 16 November 1934 – 27 February 2019) was a Seychellois lawyer, politician and statesman who served as the second President of Seychelles from 1977 to 2004. He also served as the country's 2nd Prime Minister from its in ...
- Prime Minister (1976-1977) and President (1977-2004) of Seychelles *
Satya Naidu The Satya Naidu or Sathyanarayanan Sudarsan Naidu (born 9 November 1992) is the first Hindu member of Seychelles National Assembly. He is also the youngest Parliamentarian of the 7th National Assembly. He was elected from the St. Louis constitu ...
- first
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member of Seychelles National Assembly.


Legal

* Justice of Appeal
Jacques Hodoul Jacques Hodoul (1 September 1943 – 3 May 2021) was a Seychellois judge and former politician. After serving as Minister of Education and Culture, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1982, Minister of National Development from 1982 ...
- Justice of the Seychelles Court of Appeal * Francis Chang-Sam - former Attorney General, now private legal practitione

* Dar Lyon - Chief Justice of the Seychelles, and first class cricketer


Other

* Eddy Maillet - FIFA international football referee *
Claude Morel Claude Sylvestre Anthony Morel (born 25 September 1956 in Victoria) is a Seychellois diplomat. He was the Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director-General for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at the Ministry o ...
- Representative to the UN


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