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Making a list of Trinidad and Tobago “geniuses”.

Jul 27th, 2011by 11 Comments

Genius (plural geniuses[1][2]) is something or someone embodying exceptional intellectual ability, creativity or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of unprecedented insight. (source: Wikipedia)

I’m going to take a stab at starting a list of geniuses that we have produced in Trinidad and Tobago, as we approach our 50th Anniversary as an independent country.   I call a genius someone who has left an indelible mark in their field, a one of a kind talent who will always be the gold standard.

I would love to hear some of yours, including  areas like medicine, education, social work, entrepreneurship and any other areas that have produced a genius.  Any candidates from Tobago?  Dwight Yorke?  ANR Robinson?

Here goes with my possibles:

  1. Lloyd Best
  2. Kitchener
  3. Sparrow
  4. Dr Eric Williams
  5. Brian Lara
  6. Clive Bradley
  7. Dr Anthony N. Sabga
  8. Hasely Crawford
  9. Beryl Mcburnie
  10. V S Naipaul
  11. C L R James
  12. Peter Minshall
  13. Samuel Selvon
  14. Sir Learie Constantine
  15. Jean Michel Cazabon
How many have we produced so far?

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  • Dennis Ramdeen

    So far I have Boogsie and Machel to add to the list, dr

  • leviathan

    Andre Tanker,
    mungal patasar,
    Nigel Rojas,

  • http://twitter.com/imarketsb imarketSB

    Fyad Ali, Maths teacher at Naps (boys). He is a genius at TEACHING Maths. 

  • http://twitter.com/sasha_r84 sash anarch amra

    Shani Mootoo
    Earl Lovelace
    Merle Hodge
    Nourbese Phillips

  • Dennis Ramdeen

    What about Sir Ellis Clarke?  Jack Warner? Russel Latapy?  Dwight Yorke?  Tubal Uriah Buzz Butler? Archbishop Anthony Pantin?  David Rudder?

  • Dennis Ramdeen

    Makandal Daaga, Sat Maharaj, Ravi Ji, Kamla Persad Bissessar, Edwin Roberts, Gally Cummings, Russel Latapy, Basdeo Panday, Patrick Manning, Calypso Rose????

  • KAramel

    David Rudder;
    Machel Montano; 
    Sir Naipaul; 
    Sir Lara; 
    Len “Boogsie” Sharpe; 
    Christophe Grant (composer); 
    Eric Williams; 
    Lawrence Duprey (misused genius or not);
    Sheldon “Shel Shok” Benjamin;
    Beryl McBurnie;
    Dr.Anil Kokaram (google him);
    Gabrielle Hosein; 
    Robert Young; 
    Captain Kenneth Barrington Thomas; 
    Nicola Woodruffe;
    Naette Lee;
    Mungal Patasar;
    Rubadiri Victor;
    3 Canal then and now, as a collective;Aldwyn? Roberts – Lord Kitchener;
    Slinger Francisco – Mighty Sparrow;
    Calypso Rose!!;
    Pelham Goddard;
    Peter Minshall;
    Wayne Berkley;
    Neil Iwer George – the man made an artform out of inane!;
    Roaring Lion;
    Trinidad Rio;
    Lingo – Extempo champ n runner up MANY times over!;
    Extempo finalists deserve special mention here;
    Jack Warner – epic wheeler, dealer n visionary!;
    Courtney Bartholomew;
    Heather Jones – self taught n lauded the world over for her craft;
    Mr.Charles founder of Solo;
    Team behind S.M. Jaleel – exported the world over;
    Sean Thomas;
    Ras Shorty I;

  • Janine Charles Farray

    Dr. Patricia Allison Bishop

    • Dennis Ramdeen

      for sure.

  • http://www.carolinetaylor.info Caroline Taylor

    Kind of amazed that only one female made it on to the original list! *smh*

    • Dennis Ramdeen

      whose your 10 Caroline?  And yes I do deserve to be scolded for not naming Pat Bishop…who else?