List of people from Goa

• Bruno Dias Souza (1925–2025), Indian architect who was part of a group of architects who aimed to redefine the essence of modern architecture within the context of India.{{Cite web |title=Digital Archives of Goan Architect, Bruno Souza - Archives - News - CEPT |url=https://cept.ac.in/archives/news/digital-archives-of-goan-architect-bruno-souza |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=cept.ac.in}}
• Charles Correa (1930–2015), Indian architect and urban planner, recognized for his contributions to modern architecture in post-Independent India.[http://www.upenn.edu/ARG/archive/architecture/architecture.html An Architecture of Independence: The Making of Modern South Asia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603215030/http://www.upenn.edu/ARG/archive/architecture/architecture.html |date=3 June 2009 }} University of Pennsylvania.
• Gerard da Cunha, Goan origin, founder and principal architect of the architecture firm Architecture Autonomous. An alumnus of the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, he is known for utilizing locally available materials and traditional construction techniques in harmony with its ecosystem{{Cite web |title=Gerard Da Cunha's Architectural gems |url=https://taoarchitecture.com/news/gerard-da-cunhas-architectural-gems.php |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=taoarchitecture.com}}
• Sarto Almeida

• Angelo da Fonseca, noted for presenting Christian themes in an Indian style{{Cite web |last=Menezes |first=Vivek |title=The enduring significance of Goan artist Angelo da Fonseca, whose work was erased from art history |url=https://scroll.in/article/1028278/the-enduring-significance-of-goan-artist-angelo-da-fonseca-whose-work-was-erased-from-art-history |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Scroll.in |date=31 July 2022 |language=en-US}}
• Antonio Piedade da Cruz, twentieth-century painter and sculptor
• António Xavier Trindade, important painter of the Bombay School in the early 20th century{{Cite web |date=2021-02-13 |title=Rembrandt of the East : António Xavier Trindade [includes activity sheet ] |url=https://www.theheritagelab.in/antonio-trindade-goa-painter/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Heritage Lab |language=en-GB}}
• Carl d'Silva, Indian wildlife artist and naturalist well known for his paintings of birds in many ornithological handbooks and field guides.{{Cite web |agency=TNN|date=Jul 20, 2015 |title=Wildlife artist Carl D'Silva passes away |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/wildlife-artist-carl-dsilva-passes-away/articleshow/48137625.cms |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}
• Dinanath Dalal{{cite web|url=https://jyotsnaprakashan.com/authors/english-authors/deenanath-dalal-2}}
• Francis Newton Souza (1924–2002), artist{{Cite web |title=F.N. Souza {{!}} Indian artist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/F-N-Souza |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}
• Frederika Menezes, Goan author, poet and artist. She is best known for her book, Unforgotten (which was a love story for young adults, published in 2014). A poem of hers, The Different Normals, is yet to feature in English textbook of the Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE){{Cite web |date=2021-11-24 |title=Humans of Goa - Frederika Menezes And How To Smile in Adversity |url=https://itsgoa.com/frederika-menezes-humans-of-goa/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=ItsGoa |language=en-US}}
• Lancelot Ribeiro, Goan origin Modern artist{{Cite web |date=2011-04-03 |title=Lancelot Ribeiro: Artist in the vanguard of the influx of Indian |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lancelot-ribeiro-artist-in-the-vanguard-of-the-influx-of-indian-artists-to-britain-2261209.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
• Laxman Pai, Indian artist and painter. He was a principal of the Goa College of Art, a post he held from 1977 to 1987. Pai was a recipient of several awards, including India's third highest civilian honour of Padma Bhushan, awarded by the Government of India.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-15 |title=Goan artist Laxman Pai passes away at 95 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/musically-equipped-painter-goan-painter-laxman-pai-passed-away-7228321/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
• Mario Miranda (1926–2011), famous for his cartoons in The Illustrated Weekly of India; Padma Vibushan awardee{{Cite news |date=2016-05-09 |title=The genius of Indian cartoonist Mario Miranda |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36220327 |access-date=2022-11-26}}
• Prafulla Dahanukar, Indian painter, a leader in modern Indian art who also helped and influenced many young artists in India.{{Cite web |last=Pillai |first=Akshaya G. |date=2023-01-11 |title=Prafulla Dahanukar: An Iconic Feminist In The History of Women In Art |url=https://feminisminindia.com/2023/01/12/prafulla-dahanukar-an-iconic-feminist-in-the-history-of-women-in-art-indianwomeninhistory/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Feminism in India |language=en-GB}}
• Subodh Kerkar, Indian painter, sculptor and installation artist, and founder of the private art gallery Museum of Goa. He is known for his artworks and installations.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Watch: Ocean artist makes a case for sustainable living by making art from discarded fishing boats |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/ocean-artist-subodh-kerkar-sustainable-art-discarded-fishing-boats-8698250/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
• Vamona Navelcar, painter{{Cite news |date=2023-05-04 |title=Rediscovering Vamona's versatility |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/rediscovering-vamonas-versatility/articleshow/99969778.cms |access-date=2023-11-02 |issn=0971-8257}}
• Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924–2001), regarded as India's foremost abstract artist; received Padma Shri Award in 1971; born in Nagpur of Goan parents{{Cite web |date=2022-02-26 |title=Explained: What makes VS Gaitonde India's highest-selling modern artist |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-v-s-gaitonde-india-highest-selling-modern-artist-7791946/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

• Aisha de Sequeira, Indian banker and co-head of Morgan Stanley{{Cite web |last=Krishnan |first=Revathi |date=2020-12-11 |title=Aisha de Sequeira — 'daughter of Goa' & Morgan Stanley India co-head who idolised Steve Jobs |url=https://theprint.in/india/aisha-de-sequeira-daughter-of-goa-morgan-stanley-india-co-head-who-idolised-steve-jobs/565173/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}
• Victor Menezes, Goan origin Senior Operating Advisor for New Silk Route

• Francisco D'Souza, American businessman of Goan origin{{Cite web |date=2023-10-20 |title=Exclusive: Francisco D'Souza, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Recognize, Former CEO Of Cognizant |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/bt-tv/video/exclusive-francisco-dsouza-co-founder-managing-partner-recognize-former-ceo-of-cognizant-402782-2023-10-20 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Business Today |language=en}}
• Gracias Saldanha, Goan origin founder of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals{{Cite web |title=Board of Director - Glenmark Pharmaceuticals |url=https://glenmarkpharma.com/about-us/board-of-directors/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Glenmark Pharma |language=en-US}}
• Ivan Menezes, Goan origin, CEO of Diageo{{Cite news |date=2023-06-07 |title=Ivan Menezes, India-born CEO of Diageo, passes away |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/ivan-menezes-india-born-ceo-of-diageo-passes-away/article66940977.ece |access-date=2023-11-02 |issn=0971-751X}}
• Manuel Menezes, business executive and former Chairman of the Indian Railway Board
• Roger Faria, merchant{{Cite book |last=Pinto |first=Jerry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2fUS0OHs9R0C&pg=PA136 |title=Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa |date=2006 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-310081-2 |language=en}}
• Tony Fernandes, Malaysian founder of Tune Air, owner of budget airline Air Asia. Father originally from Goa.{{Cite web |last=Toh |first=Michelle |date=2023-10-19 |title=AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes criticized after posting shirtless massage photo on LinkedIn |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/business/airasia-tony-fernandes-shirtless-photo-backlash-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=CNN |language=en}}
• Vasudev Salgaocar, Indian businessman, and the founder and chairman of the V. M. Salgaocar Group of Companies, active mainly in iron ore mining, but also in coal mining and wind energy{{Cite web |first1=P. |last1=Manoj |first2=Thomas K. |last2=Thomas |date=2018-05-04 |title=Salgaocar family settles six-year feud |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/salgaocar-family-settles-six-year-feud/article23776860.ece |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=BusinessLine |language=en}}

• Dr. JC Almeida, IAS officer, former Chief Secretary of Goa, and the first Chairman of the Goa Public Service Commission{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Herald |date=2017-11-30 |title=Goa's only native Chief Secretary, Dr J C Almeida, passes away |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Goa%E2%80%99s-only-native-Chief-Secretary-Dr-J-C-Almeida-passes-away/123345 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Herald Goa |language=en}}

• Ramnath Kare, industrialist{{Cite web |date=2020-10-19 |title=Ramnath Kare, a visionary – The Navhind Times |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2020/10/19/magazines/bnc/ramnath-kare-a-visionary/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |language=en-US}}
• Vasantrao S. Dempo, industrialist{{Cite web |title=Tributes paid to the great visionary Vasantrao Dempo: Navhindtimes.com, Goa |url=http://www.navhindtimes.com/story.php?story=200903053 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=www.navhindtimes.com}}

• Peter de Noronha, Goan origin, businessman and civil servant of Kanpur, India. He was knighted by Pope Paul VI in 1965 for his work for the Christian community in India.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S14aAQAAMAAJ&q=Peter+de+Noronha+Kanpur |title=Capital: A Weekly Journal of Commerce, Industry, and Finance |date=July 1970 |language=en}}

• Jonathan Gaming, Indian professional esports player{{Cite web |date=2024-09-25 |title=How Jonathan Gaming became the master of his universe |url=https://www.redbull.com/in-en/jonathan-gaming-life-and-career |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Red Bull |language=en-in}}

• Varsha Usgaonkar, Indian film and television actress{{Cite news |date=2023-09-26 |title=Senior actress Varsha Usgaonkar invites her Sukh Mhanje Nakki Kay Asta co-actor Girija Prabhu to her native Usgaon for Ganpati festival, watch video |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/marathi/senior-actress-varsha-usgaonkar-invites-her-sukh-mhanje-nakki-kay-asta-co-actor-girija-prabhu-to-her-native-usgaon-for-ganpati-festival-watch-video/articleshow/103961893.cms |access-date=2023-11-02 |issn=0971-8257}}
• Waluscha De Sousa, Indian actress and model. She made her debut in the 2016 Hindi film Fan.{{Cite web |title=Waluscha De Sousa recalls working with SRK in Fan: He is so charismatic {{!}} Exclusive |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/waluscha-de-sousa-recalls-working-with-srk-in-fan-he-is-so-charismatic-exclusive-2399619-2023-06-29 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=India Today |date=29 June 2023 |language=en}}
• Keith Sequeira, Indian actor and former model.{{Cite news |date=2023-08-12 |title=These stars trace their roots to Goa |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/goa/these-stars-trace-their-roots-to-goa/articleshow/102675466.cms |access-date=2024-07-25 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}
• Ileana D'Cruz, Portuguese actress

• Anthony Lancelot Dias, Goan origin, 8th Governor of West Bengal{{Cite book |last=Vaz |first=J. Clement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7DJLxYBYA-YC&dq=anthony+lancelot+dias&pg=PA158 |title=Profiles of Eminent Goans, Past and Present |date=1997 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7022-619-2 |language=en}}
• Bernardo Peres da Silva, of Neurá; appointed Prefect of Estado da Índia Portuguesa in 1835, the only Goan to hold a post equivalent to a Governor-General{{Cite web |title=Recounting the legacy of Dr Bernardo Peres Da Silva (BPS) |url=https://www.gomantaktimes.com/news/goa/recounting-the-legacy-of-dr-bernardo-peres-da-silva-bps |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Gomantak Times |date=17 August 2022 |language=en}}
• Rajendra Arlekar, 30th Governor of Bihar and 21st Governor of Himachal Pradesh{{Cite web |title=Shri Rajendra Arlekar, Hon'ble Governor of Himachal Pradesh paid courtesy visit to Hon'ble Governor at Raj Bhavan |url=https://rajbhavan.goa.gov.in/node/146 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=rajbhavan.goa.gov.in}}
• Sunith Francis Rodrigues, 26th Governor of Punjab{{Cite web |agency=TNN|date=Mar 5, 2022 |title='Military thinker' and former Army chief SF Rodrigues no more |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-army-chief-gen-sunith-francis-rodrigues-passes-away-gen-naravane-expresses-condolences/articleshow/89991887.cms |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

• José Pereira, Sanskrit scholar, historian, writer, artist, and linguist from Goa, India{{Cite news |date=2015-02-01 |title=Farewell, the last great Goan polymath |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/farewell-the-last-great-goan-polymath/articleshow/46081674.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-11-02 |issn=0971-8257}}
• Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907–1966), historian and mathematician {{Cite web |title=Remembering the man who enlightened Indians about genetics and fought caste system, Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/damodar-dharmanand-kosambi-genetics-caste-system-1301133-2018-07-31 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=India Today |date=31 July 2018 |language=en}}
• José Gerson da Cunha (1844–1900), historian and Orientalist; wrote the first book on history of Bombay, The Origin of Bombay (1900), published by the Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/Family-Matters/articleshow/154584.cms|title=Family Matters|date=31 August 2003|work=The Times of India|first1=Sudeshna|last1=Chatterjee}}
• Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi (1876–1947), scholar of Buddhist religion and Pali language{{Cite web |date=2016-03-03 |title=MANAS | UCLA Social Sciences Computing |url=http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Religions/paths/BuddhismRevival.doc |access-date=2023-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215557/http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Religions/paths/BuddhismRev |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=unfit}}
• Percival Noronha, Indian historian and bureaucrat{{Cite web |last=Desouza |first=Fay |date=2019-08-20 |title=Remembering the legend that was Percival Noronha |url=https://itsgoa.com/percival-noronha |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=ItsGoa |language=en-US}}
• Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar, Indian archaeologist and writer{{Cite news |date=2021-05-07 |title=Archivist Prakashchandra Shirodkar dies in Bengaluru |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/archivist-prakashchandra-shirodkar-dies-in-bengaluru/articleshow/82445683.cms |access-date=2023-11-02 |issn=0971-8257}}

• Anuja Prabhudessai, Judge at Bombay High Court{{Cite web |title=Justice Anuja Prabhudessai |url=https://www.barandbench.com/topic/justice-anuja-prabhudessai |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news |language=en}}
• Ferdino Rebello, former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court{{Cite web |title=Dr Justice Ferdino Rebello |website=MCIA |date=6 June 2016 |url=https://mcia.org.in/2016/06/06/justice-ferdino-rebello/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |language=en-US}}
• Fitz de Souza, Goan origin, barrister-at-law and PhD from London; important figure in African politics; participated in Kenya's struggle for freedom{{Cite web |title=Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza |url=https://nri.goa.gov.in/fitz-remedios-santana-de-souza/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |language=en-US}}
• Kashinath Trimbak Telang, former Judge at Bombay High Court.{{cn|date=September 2024}}
• Libia Lobo Sardesai, lawyer and freedom fighter, winner of the Padma Shri in 2025{{Cite web |first=Vivek |last=Menezes |date=28 Apr 2024 |title=LIBBY DE LIBERDADE |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/By-invitation/LIBBY-DE-LIBERDADE-/220727 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=oHeraldo}}
• Eurico da Silva

• General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, former Chief of the Army Staff and former Governor of Punjab
• Air Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar, Goan-origin Chief of the Air Staff from 1 February 1976 to 31 August 1978{{Cite news |date=2015-04-10 |title=Former IAF Chief Moolgavkar dead |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-iaf-chief-moolgavkar-dead/article7090057.ece |access-date=2023-11-02 |issn=0971-751X}}
• Lieutenant General WAG Pinto, Senior General officer in the Indian Army and the Victor of Basantar{{Cite web |date=2021-03-28 |title=Lieutenant General Walter Anthony Gustavo 'Wag' Pinto dies at 97 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/lieutenant-general-walter-anthony-gustavo-wag-pinto-dies-at-97-7248518/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
• Lieutenant General Francis Dias, Senior General officer in the Indian Army who was awarded a Vir Chakra
• Vice Admiral John Colin De Silva, former Vice Chief of the Naval Staff and Director General of the Indian Coast Guard{{Cite web |title=Vice Admiral Silva laid to rest |url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/m/details.php?n_id=154137 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=oHeraldo}}
• Air Vice Marshal Erlic Pinto, Goan origin Air officer in the Indian Air Force{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Dr Hemant Kumar Pandey & Manish Raj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eqgsEAAAQBAJ&dq=Erlic+Pinto&pg=PA30 |title=INDIA'S MAJOR MILITARY & RESCUE OPERATIONS |date=2021-05-06 |publisher=Horizon Books ( A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd) |isbn=978-93-86369-24-6 |language=en}}
• Filipe Nery Xavier, Portuguese military commander{{Cite book |last=D’Souza |first=Carmo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ztz0DwAAQBAJ&dq=Filipe+Nery+Xavier&pg=PA271 |title=Civil Law Studies: An Indian Perspective |date=2020-07-24 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-5725-3 |language=en}}
• Manuel António de Sousa, military captain{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xd9nNQEACAAJ |title=Manuel Antonio de Sousa: heroi de Massangano |date=1936 |language=en}}
• Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Goan origin Portuguese military officer{{Cite news |last=Wise |first=Peter |date=2021-07-25 |title=Saraiva de Carvalho, hero of Portugal's return to democracy, 1936-2021 |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/abb4ab84-eb31-4c11-84ea-e749ab10c88a |access-date=2023-11-02}}
• Kuxttoba, rebel leader from the Rane clan of Sattari{{Cite book |last=Das |first=Sisir Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6N8XZckIR9cC&q=Kuxttoba |title=A History of Indian Literature: Western impact: Indian response, 1800-1910 |date=1991 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-7201-006-5 |language=en}}
• André Pereira dos Reis, commander who lost Muscat in 1680{{cite book|title=Portugaliae monumenta cartographica|last1=Cortesão|first1=Armando|last2=Teixeira da Mota|first2=Avelino|date=1987|publisher=INCM|location=Lisbon|page=Vol 5}}

• Anjali Mendes, Goan origin model{{Cite web |date=2023-03-27 |title=Supermodel archives: Vogue India looks back at the Indian women who claimed international runways |url=https://www.vogue.in/fashion/content/supermodel-archives-vogue-india-looks-back-at-the-indian-women-who-claimed-international-runways |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Vogue India |language=en-IN}}
• Candice Pinto, Goan origin model and pageant{{Cite web |date=2021-10-24 |title=In Bed With Candice Pinto: "I once wore Rocky S to bed" |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/brunch/in-bed-with-candice-pinto-i-once-wore-rocky-s-to-bed-101635016735638.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}
• Gail Nicole Da Silva, Indian model and beauty pageant title holder of Femina Miss India United Continent 2014{{Cite web |date=2014-09-15 |title=India's Gail Nicole Da Silva bags second spot at international beauty pageant |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/indias-gail-nicole-da-silva-bags-second-spot-at-international-beauty-pageant/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
• Joanne Da Cunha, Indian actress, singer and model{{Cite web |title='Celebrities Goa' launched for lifestyle community |url=https://www.thegoan.net/global-goenkar/%E2%80%98celebrities-goa%E2%80%99-launched-for-lifestyle-community/89610.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}
• Radha Bartake, Indian actress and model {{Cite web |date=2014-02-20 |title=A Goan Beauty |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/ilive/goan-beauty |access-date=2023-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220104902/http://www.navhindtimes.in/ilive/goan-beauty |archive-date=20 February 2014 }}
• Reita Faria, Goan origin former Miss World{{Cite web |date=2023-06-09 |title=Miss World competition returns to India after 27 years |url=https://indianexpress.com/photos/lifestyle-gallery/after-27-years-the-miss-world-competition-returns-to-india-8654287/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
• Waluscha De Sousa, Indian actress and model. She made her debut in the 2016 Hindi film Fan.

{{See also|Goans in Hindi film music composition|List of bands from Goa}}

• Anjanibai Malpekar (1883–1974), Hindustani classical singer of Bhendibazaar gharana, Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (1958).{{Cite web |title=Anjanibai Malpekar |url=https://www.parrikar.org/vpl/catalogue/hindustani/anjanibai-malpekar/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Rajan Parrikar Music Archive |language=en-US}}
• António Fortunato de Figueiredo (1903–1981), conductor, violinist; founder-director of the Academia de Música (now Dept of Western Classical Music, Kala Academy); founder-director of the Orquestra Sinfónica de Goa (Goa Symphony Orchestra).{{Cite web |date=2007-02-05 |title=Francisco Monteiro: Antonio Figueiredo Biography |url=http://www.colaco.net/1/FMantonioFigueiredoBio.htm |access-date=2023-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205152553/http://www.colaco.net/1/FMantonioFigueiredoBio.htm |archive-date=5 February 2007 }}
• Anthony Gonsalves (1927–2012), violinist; taught R.D. Burman and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (a member of the Laxmikant Pyarelal team) and worked with most of the legendary composers of the 1950s and 1960s{{Cite web |date=2012-11-02 |title=Music legend Anthony Gonsalves no more - Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Music/Music-legend-Anthony-Gonsalves-no-more/Article1-799209.aspx |access-date=2023-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102173524/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Music/Music-legend-Anthony-Gonsalves-no-more/Article1-799209.aspx |archive-date=2 November 2012 }}
• Chic Chocolate, trumpeter and music composer.{{Cite web |title=Bollywood Retrospect: Chic Chocolate and a trip down Bombay's jazz age |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bollywood-retrospect-chic-chocolate-and-a-trip-down-bombay-s-jazz-age-2089479 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=DNA India |language=en}}
• Chris Perry, the king of Goan music.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-01 |title=Goa: Chris Perry's son files Rs 100 crore defamation suit against Lorna Cordeiro |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/chris-perrys-son-files-rs-100cr-defamation-suit-against-lorna/articleshow/91221364.cms |access-date=2023-11-03 |issn=0971-8257}}
• Colin D'Cruz, jazz producer and bassplayer; runs Jazz Goa{{Cite news |date=2016-10-16 |title=Colin all musicians: It's all about the bass for D'Cruz |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/colin-all-musicians-its-all-about-the-bass-for-dcruz/articleshow/54875296.cms |access-date=2023-11-03 |issn=0971-8257}}
• Datta Naik, Hindi film music director{{Cite web |date=2020-12-31 |title=Biopic on music composer Datta Naik in the works |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/biopic-on-music-composer-datta-naik-in-the-works-7127250/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
• Dinanath Mangeshkar, dramatist and classical vocalist{{Cite book |last=Ghangurde |first=Vandana Ravindra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkNqCwAAQBAJ&q=Deenanath+Mangeshkar |title=Swarsamrat Deenanath Mangeshkar: Swarsamrat Deenanath Mangeshkar: The Musical Genius of Maharashtra |date=2021-01-19 |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |isbn=978-93-5048-552-1 |language=hi}}
• Esther Eden, pop singer{{Cite web |date=2015-12-18 |title=This girl is on fire – The Navhind Times |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2015/12/18/magazines/kuriocity/this-girl-is-on-fire/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |language=en-US}}
• Frank Fernand, violinist, trumpeter and music conductor{{Cite book |last=Fernandes |first=André Rafael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKAbygAACAAJ |title=When the Curtains Rise--: Understanding Goa's Vibrant Konkani Theatre |date= |publisher=Tiatr Academy of Goa |isbn=978-93-80739-01-4 |language=en}}
• Hema Sardesai, playback singer{{Cite news |date=2017-06-19 |title=Singer Hema Sardesai condemns Sadhavi Saraswati's beef remarks |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/singer-hema-sardesai-condemns-sadhavi-saraswatis-beef-remarks/article19105490.ece |access-date=2023-11-03 |issn=0971-751X}}
• Ian D'Sa, UK-born, of Goan descent; guitarist of Canadian rock band Billy Talent.{{Cite web |first=Rich |last=Chamberlain |date=2016-07-19 |title=Billy Talent's Ian D'Sa: the 10 records that changed my life |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/billy-talents-ian-dsa-the-10-records-that-changed-my-life-640197 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=MusicRadar |language=en}}
• Jitendra Abhisheki, Indian musician{{Cite web |title=Check Out Latest Marathi Audio Song 'Lagi Kalejva Katar' Sung By Jitendra Abhisheki {{!}} Marathi Video Songs |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/music/marathi/check-out-latest-marathi-audio-song-lagi-kalejva-katar-sung-by-jitendra-abhisheki/videoshow/99115554.cms |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}
• Kesarbai Kerkar (1892–1977){{Cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Banani |date=2023-09-12 |title=Kesarbai Kerkar: Legendary Classical Singer Whose Voice Went Interstellar |url=https://feminisminindia.com/?p=160825 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Feminism in India |language=en-GB}}
• Khaprumama Parvatkar (1879–1953), ghumot and tabla player{{Cite web |last=Pradhan |first=Aneesh |date=2017-06-03 |title=Listen: Rare recordings of the remarkable Khaprumama Parvatkar, who mastered the maths of rhythm |url=https://scroll.in/article/839436/listen-rare-recordings-of-the-remarkable-khaprumama-parvatkar-who-mastered-the-maths-of-rhythm |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}
• Kishori Amonkar, classical vocalist{{Cite news |last=Denselow |first=Robin |date=2017-04-12 |title=Kishori Amonkar obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/12/kishori-amonkar-obituary |access-date=2023-11-03 |issn=0261-3077}}
• Leoncie, singer{{Cite web |date=2015-05-13 |title=From Iceland — Leoncie Claims Gay Rights Association Is Behind Death Threats |url=https://grapevine.is/news/2015/05/13/leoncie-claims-gay-rights-association-is-behind-death-threats/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The Reykjavik Grapevine |language=en-US}}
• Lorna Cordeiro, Konkani language singer{{Cite web |date=2015-05-24 |title=The love song of Lorna Cordeiro, the inspiration behind Bombay Velvet |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/the-love-song-of-lorna-cordeiro-the-inspiration-behind-bombay-velvet/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
• Lourdino Barreto, music conductor and composer{{Cite news |date=2022-03-16 |title=Remembering Fr Lourdino: A great Goan composer is resurrected 25 years after death |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/remembering-fr-lourdino-a-great-goan-composer-is-resurrected-25-years-after-death/articleshow/90246905.cms |access-date=2023-11-03 |issn=0971-8257}}
• Mogubai Kurdikar, classical vocalist{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2019 |first=Sumana |last=Ramanan |title=High Notes: Carrying Mogubai's vision forward |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/columnists/sumana-ramanan/high-notes-carrying-mogubais-vision-forward/articleshow/65301081.cms |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Mumbai Mirror |language=en}}
• Mark Revlon, singer, drummer, and bandleader of The Mark Revlon Band.{{Cite web |title=Goan sensation Mark Revlon to perform in London at Easter |url=https://www.thegoan.net/global-goenkar/goan-sensation-mark-revlon-to-perform-in-london-at-easter/96924.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}
• Oliver Sean, singer-songwriter{{Cite web |title=Portuguese artist Oliver Sean hits the Billboard Top 10 Charts. |url=https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/portuguese-artist-oliver-sean-hits-the-billboard-top-10-charts/49929 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=www.theportugalnews.com |language=en}}
• Prabhakar Karekar, Hindustani classical singer{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-07-13 |title=गुरूंना अभिमान वाटावा असा गायक - पं. प्रभाकर कारेकर |url=https://www.lokmat.com/editorial/singer-pt-be-proud-gurus-prabhakar-karekar/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Lokmat |language=mr}}
• Prasad Sawkar, singer{{Cite news |date=2015-03-07 |title=Whether singing or acting, he's star of the stage |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/whether-singing-or-acting-hes-star-of-the-stage/articleshow/46477591.cms |access-date=2023-11-03 |issn=0971-8257}}
• Ramdas Kamat, Sangeet Natak musician{{Cite web |date=2022-01-09 |trans-title=veteran singer actor pandit ramdas kamat passed away at his residence zws 70 |title= ज्येष्ठ गायक-अभिनेते पंडित रामदास कामत यांचे निधन |url=https://www.loksatta.com/mumbai/veteran-singer-actor-pandit-ramdas-kamat-passed-away-at-his-residence-zws-70-2753573/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Loksatta |language=mr}}
• Remo Fernandes, musician and Bollywood playback singer{{Cite web |date=2023-01-22 |title=Remo Fernandes brings down curtains on GALF 2023 |url=https://goanews.com/remo-fernandes-brings-down-curtains-on-galf-2023/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=goanews.com |language=en-US}}
• Sebastian D'Souza, music arranger and conductor{{Cite web |last=Desai |first=Kunal |date=2021-01-29 |title=Sebastian D'Souza : The Man Behind Immortal Harmonies |url=https://themusicroom.in/sebastian-dsouza-the-man-behind-immortal-harmonies/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The Music Room |language=en-US}}
• Sonia Sirsat, Fado singer{{Cite news |last=Ribeiro |first=Mini |date=2022-09-30 |title=How Sonia Shirsat is reviving Fado in India |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/sonia-shirsat-indias-fado-artsite/article65930567.ece |access-date=2023-11-03 |issn=0971-751X}}
• Suresh Haldonkar, classical vocalist, actor{{Cite web |title=Suresh Haldankar |url=https://www.parrikar.org/vpl/catalogue/hindustani/suresh-haldankar/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Rajan Parrikar Music Archive |language=en-US}}
• Tsumyoki, Indian rapper, singer, record producer and musician{{Cite web |title=Goan Hip-Hop Artist Tsumyoki Nominated for MTV EMAs in Paris, November Awards Show Features Top Indian Acts |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/News-Today/Goan-HipHop-Artist-Tsumyoki-Nominated-for-MTV-EMAs-in-Paris-November-Awards-Show-Features-Top-Indian-Acts/211606 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=oHeraldo|date=5 October 2023 }}
• Tulsidas Borkar, harmonium player and music composer{{Cite news |last=Sinha |first=Manjari |date=2018-11-02 |title=Pt. Tulsidas Borkar: Not just a master accompanist |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/pt-tulsidas-borkar-not-just-a-master-accompanist/article25389964.ece |access-date=2023-11-03 |issn=0971-751X}}
• Ajit Kadkade, Devotional singer{{Cite web |title=Watch Popular Marathi Devotional Video Song 'Janmojanmi Aamhi' Sung By Ajit Kadkade. Best Marathi Devotional Songs, Devotional Songs, Bhajans, and Pooja Aarti Songs |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/lifestyle/devotional/marathi/watch-popular-marathi-devotional-video-song-janmojanmi-aamhi-sung-by-ajit-kadkade-best-marathi-devotional-songs-devotional-songs-bhajans-and-pooja-aarti-songs/videoshow/78579667.cms |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

• Peter Paul Fernandes was part of India's Gold Medal-winning Men's Field Hockey Team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
• Walter D'Souza, Lawrie Fernandes, Maxie Vaz, Leo Pinto and Reginald Rodrigues were part of the Gold Medal-winning Men's Field Hockey Team at the 1948 London Olympics.
• Mary D'Souza Sequeira became the First Indian Woman to Qualify for an Olympics at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics competing in the women's 100 and 200 metres race.
• Lavy Pinto reached the semi-final of the men's 100 meters Race at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, the best ever performance by an Indian till date.
• Neville D'Souza from Assagao scored a Hattrick in the quarter-finals against Australia as the Men's Football Team stood Fourth in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
• Fortunato Franco From Colvale was part of the Indian Men's Football team at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
• Anthony Francis Coutinho competes in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay, reaching the semi-final at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
• Stephie D'Souza competes in the Women's 400 meters Race of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
• Edward Sequeira from Arpora competes the Men's 5000 meters Race in the 1972 Munich Olympics
• Dr Vece Paes was Part of the Men's Hockey Bronze Medal-winning team though He did not play a Match at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
• Mervyn Fernandes was part of the Men's Hockey Team which won the gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He also was part of the Team at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Seoul Olympics.
• Margaret Toscano, Selma D'Silva, Lorraine Fernandes and Eliza Nelson were Part of the Women's's Field Hockey Team which stood Fourth at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
• Joaquim Carvalho from Assolna was part of the Men's Field Hockey team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
• Darryl D'Souza was Part of the Men's Field Hockey team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
• Leander Paes won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles Tennis at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

• Jack Britto, field hockey, 1952, representing Pakistan{{Cite web |title=Goans in Karachi: Conclusion: Magnanimity of a Goan tribe afar! |url=https://www.thegoan.net/global-goenkar/goans-in-karachi-%EF%BB%BF%EF%BB%BFconclusion-magnanimity-of-a-goan-tribe-afar/90705.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}
• Seraphino Antao, Athletics, 1960, 1964, representing Kenya{{Cite web |title=GOAN SPORTS ICONS FROM E. AFRICA: Yesterday, when Goans were kings, queens of sport! |url=https://www.thegoan.net/global-goenkar/goan-sports-icons-from-e-africa-yesterday-when-goans-were-kings-queens-of-sport/101119.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}
• Dominic John Rebelo, 1996, 2000 Olympian in archery for Kenya.{{Cite web |title=Dominic John Rebelo - Olympic Facts and Results |url=https://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=258343&L=1 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=www.olympiandatabase.com}}

• José Camillo Lisboa, Goan physician and botanist{{Cite web |title=Bloom where you are planted |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/Goa-Social/Bloom-where-you-are-planted/102034 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=oHeraldo|date=15 May 2016 }}
• José Gerson da Cunha, Goan physician who achieved international renown as an orientalist, historian, linguist and numismatist{{Cite web |title=Collections Online {{!}} British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG134556 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.britishmuseum.org}}
• Acacio Gabriel Viegas, medical practitioner who was credited with the discovery of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Bombay, India, in 1896.{{Cite web |last=Dias |first=Luis |date=2021-04-28 |title=Tracing the overlapping lives of my great-grandfather and one of the heroes of the Bombay Plague |url=https://scroll.in/magazine/993365/tracing-the-overlapping-lives-of-my-great-grandfather-and-one-of-the-heroes-of-the-bombay-plague |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}
• Jaime Valfredo Rangel, Goan doctor, Director of Tipografia Rangel (Rangel Printing Press), President of the Municipal Council of Bardez (Mayor of Bardez) and a delegate to the International Labour Organization for Portugal.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2cuyG9pEygC&q=Jaime+Valfredo+Rangel |title=Boletim eclesiástico da Arquidiocese de Goa |date=1946 |publisher=Paço Patriarcal. |language=pt-BR}}
• P. D. Gaitonde, surgeon from Goa and an active participant in the Goa liberation movement. Along with Antonio Colaco, Gaitonde was nominated by the President of India to the 3rd Lok Sabha in 1962, following the incorporation of Goa, Daman and Diu into India on 19 December 1961.{{Cite web |title=The liberation of Goa : a participant's view of history / P.D. Gaitonde - Catalogue {{!}} National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/295920 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=catalogue.nla.gov.au |language=en}}
• Alvaro de Loyola Furtado, social worker, historian, journalist, medical practitioner and humanitarian. He was described as a leader among men, a man of great integrity and honour.{{Cite news |date=2014-05-23 |title=Alvaro de Loyola Furtado: Remembering a Goan patriot |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/alvaro-de-loyola-furtado-remembering-a-goan-patriot/articleshow/35489597.cms |access-date=2023-11-04 |issn=0971-8257}}
• Bhau Daji, Indian physician, Sanskrit scholar, and an antiquarian.{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2023-06-07 |title=History Today in Medicine - Dr. Bhau Daji Lad |url=https://cmeindia.in/history-today-in-medicine-dr-bhau-daji-lad/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=CME INDIA |language=en-US}}
• Francisco Luís Gomes, Goan physician, writer, historian, economist, political scientist and MP in the Portuguese parliament. A classical liberal by political orientation, Gomes represented Portuguese India in the Cortes Gerais (parliament) from 1861 to 1869.{{Cite web |title=Welcome to National Book Trust India |url=https://www.nbtindia.gov.in/books_detail__9__national-biography__130__francisco-luis-gomes.nbt |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.nbtindia.gov.in}}
• Rosendo Ribeiro, Goan physician and diplomat.{{Cite web |title=Dr Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro: The Story of the Doctor on a Zebra |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/dr-rosendo-ayres-ribeiro-the-story-of-the-doctor-on-a-zebra/JwWxTnU4fFehKQ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}
• António Maria de Bettencourt Rodrigues, doctor, Portuguese diplomat and politician.{{Cite web |title=António Maria de Bettencourt Rodrigues (1854–1933), Portuguese Ambassador {{!}} Art UK |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/antonio-maria-de-bettencourt-rodrigues-18541933-portugese-ambassador-230654 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=artuk.org |language=en}}
• Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar, Indian obstetrician and gynaecologist, hailing from the State of Goa.{{Citation |title=Shirodkar, Vithal Nagesh (1899–1971): Shirodkar Cervical Suture |date=2019 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/eponyms-and-names-in-obstetrics-and-gynaecology/shirodkar-vithal-nagesh-18991971/5F2C2E48FE9CBE4935FB981D9D2BC583 |work=Eponyms and Names in Obstetrics and Gynaecology |pages=385 |editor-last=Baskett |editor-first=Thomas F. |access-date=2023-11-04 |edition=3 |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/9781108421706.308 |isbn=978-1-108-42170-6|url-access=subscription }}
• Miguel Caetano Dias, medical doctor best known for his roles as chief of health services in Goa (Estado da Índia Portuguesa) and director of the Medical School of Goa (Escola Médico-Cirúrgica de Goa).{{Cite web |last=Sethu |first=Divya |date=2021-07-09 |title=Son Of An Okra Farmer Transformed Goa's Healthcare & Eradicated Its Plague |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/258319/luis-miguel-caetano-dias-bubonic-plague-goa-bombay-okra-farmer-doctor-inspiring-history/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=The Better India |language=en-US}}
• P S Ramani, Indian neurosurgeon and writer from the state of Goa. He is known for his work in Newcastle and his neuro spinal surgery technique of "PLIF". He is currently the senior neuro spinal surgeon at Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai.{{Cite web |title=Proud moment for Goa as auditorium in Mumbai named after Dr Ramani |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Proud-moment-for-Goa-as-auditorium-in-Mumbai-named-after-Dr-Ramani/194198 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=oHeraldo|date=20 September 2022 }}
• Vincent Alvares, medical practitioner and chemist of his Majesty John V of Portugal. In 1713, he accompanied the General of the Arraial of Ponda, Antonio do Amaral Sarmento, to Sunda in Kanara.
• M. C. Albuquerque, Indian physician. She was medical superintendent of the Vanivilas Women and Children Hospital in Bangalore, from 1937 to 1948.{{Cite book |last=SL Bhatia History of Medicine Museum |url=http://archive.org/details/TheFirsts |title=The Firsts: Life Sketches of Medical Women in India |publisher=SL Bhatia History of Medicine Museum |others=SL Bhatia History of Medicine Museum}}
• Wilfred de Souza, surgeon and politician from Goa, India. He served as Goa's chief minister on three occasions when he was a member of the Indian National Congress and the Goa Rajiv Congress Party, during his third tenure{{Cite news |date=2015-09-04 |title=Former Goa Chief Minister Wilfred De Souza passes away at 88 |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-goa-chief-minister-wilfred-de-souza-passes-away-at-88/articleshow/48799916.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-11-04 |issn=0013-0389}}
• Mortó Dessai, medical analyst of Goan origin who worked in Goa and Portugal{{Cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=Warwick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-V1DwAAQBAJ&dq=Mort%C3%B3+Dessai&pg=PA34 |title=Luso-Tropicalism and Its Discontents: The Making and Unmaking of Racial Exceptionalism |last2=Roque |first2=Ricardo |last3=Santos |first3=Ricardo Ventura |date=2019-04-22 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=978-1-78920-114-7 |language=en}}
• Tomaz Aquino Messias de Bragança, physicist and Mozambican social scientist

{{See also|List of chief ministers of Goa|List of deputy chief ministers of Goa|List of Rajya Sabha members from Goa}}

• Abbé Faria, priest, member of the Pinto clan key participant in the Conspiracy Of The Pintos; became a famous hypnotist and revolutionary in France
• Alfredo Bruto da Costa, former Minister for Health and Social Welfare of Portugal
• Alfredo Nobre da Costa, former Prime Minister of Portugal
• António Maria de Bettencourt Rodrigues (1854-1933) - Judge and diplomat
• António Costa, former Portuguese Prime Minister
• Cincinnatus Fabian D'Abreo, Saligao origin, former Councillor of Karachi Municipality and founder of Karachi Goan Association
• Churchill Alemao, first Catholic Chief Minister and the shortest serving Chief Minister of Goa
• Claire Coutinho, Goan origin, Member of Parliament for East Surrey
• Dayanand Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa
• Dayanand Narvekar, youngest speaker in Goan assembly history at (34 years) in 1984
• Digambar Kamat, former Chief Minister
• Eduardo Faleiro, former Minister of State for External Affairs
• Erasmo de Sequeira, head of United Goans Party; former member of the Indian Parliament at New Delhi
• Ernest Soares, Bardez origin, former Junior Lord of the Treasury and former Member of Parliament for Barnstaple
• Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza, Kenyan lawyer and politician
• Francisco Luís Gomes (1829-1869), Member of Português Cortes Gerais for Goa
• Francisco Sardinha, former Chief Minister and current MP of South Goa
• Jack de Sequeira, prominent campaigner for the opinion poll that retained Goa as an separate 'Union territory'
• Jaime Valfredo Rangel, physician and president of the Municipal Council of Bardez, also delegate to the International Labour Organization
• João Leão, former Finance Minister of Portugal
• John F Fernandez, first Rajya Sabha MP
• Jorge Barreto Xavier, Margao born, former Secretary of State of Culture of Portugal
• José Inácio Candido de Loyola (1891-1973), Goan independence activist
• Joseph Murumbi, Guirim born, 2nd Vice President of Kenya and 2nd Minister for Foreign Affairs (Kenya)
• Kalidás Barreto (1932-2020) - Son of Goan intellectual Adeodato Barreto; MP for Castanheira de Pera
• Keith Vaz, Bastora origin, former Member of Parliament for Leicester East
• Laxmikant Parsekar, first incumbent Chief Minister to lose its assembly constituency
• Luís de Menezes Bragança, journalist, writer and anti-colonial activist, member of the Bragança family erstwhile rulers of Chandor
• Luis Proto Barbosa, former Chief Minister
• Luizinho Faleiro, former Chief Minister and the first unopposed MLA
• Manohar Parrikar, former Chief Minister of Goa; former Defense Minister of India{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/manohar-parrikar-appointed-as-new-goa-chief-minister/articleshow/57610213.cms|title=Manohar Parrikar appointed as new Goa Chief Minister|date=2017-03-13|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-07-16}}
• Narana Coissoró, left his motherland of Goa to serve the Portuguese people and became a member of the Portuguese Parliament
• Nelson de Souza, former Minister of Planning for Portugal
• Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, formerly a Portuguese military officer, was the chief strategist of the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon; was born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo); Mozambique of some Goan ancestry
• Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar, first speaker of the Goa Assembly{{Cite web|title=Past speakers of Goa |url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/pastspk.php|url-status=dead|archivedate=24 September 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924020431/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/pastspk.php}}
• Pio Gama Pinto, Kenyan freedom fighters and politician; director of the Pan African Press
• Pramod Sawant, current Chief Minister
• Pratapsingh Raoji Rane, longest serving Chief Minister (15 years and 250 days), longest serving MLA (1972–2022) and oldest speaker in Goan assembly history at (73 years) in 2012
• Ravi Naik, former Chief Minister
• Rosendo Ribeiro (1871-1951) - former Vice-Consul of Portugal in Nairobi
• Sanyogita Rane, only woman MP
• Shamrao Madkaikar, was a freedom fighter and a leader of Communist Party of India from the Indian state of Goa. Madkaikar established the Gomantakiya Tarun Sangh in 1937 at Margao.
• Shashikala Kakodkar, only woman Chief Minister and the youngest (38) serving Chief Minister
• Shripad Naik, longest serving MP from Goa and the current MP of North Goa
• Suella Braverman, Assagao origin, Member of Parliament for Fareham
• Valerie Vaz, Bastora origin, Member of Parliament for Walsall South
• Sadanand Tanavade, current Rajya Sabha MP
• Wilfred de Souza, oldest (71) serving Chief Minister
• Wolfgang Dourado, former Attorney General and Chief Justice of Zanzibar
• Zaneta Mascarenhas, Goan origin, Member of Parliament for Swan

• Armando Menezes, Head of the Department of English St Xavier's College Bombay; Principal of Karnataka College Dharwad; Under-Secretary Education, Government of Maharashtra{{Cite journal |last=Bhasker |first=W. W. S. |title=Armando Menezes the Writer |date=1983 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40872512 |journal=Journal of South Asian Literature |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=71–81 |jstor=40872512 |issn=0091-5637}}
• Rui de Figueiredo, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mathematics, University of California, Irvine{{Cite web |title=Rui de Figueiredo, Investment Management |url=https://www.morganstanley.com/profiles/rui-de-figueiredo-investment-management |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Morgan Stanley |language=en}}

• Ven. Agnelo de Souza, S.F.X - Roman Catholic priest
• Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X - Bishop of Port Blair
• Angelo Innocent Fernandes - Archbishop of New Delhi
• Aniceto Nazareth - Roman Catholic priest in Bombay
• Anil Joseph Thomas Couto - current Archbishop of Delhi
• Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto - current Bishop of Sindhudurg
• Anthony de Mello - Jesuit priest, psychotherapist and author
• Anthony Theodore Lobo - Bishop of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Pakistan (Karachi/Goa)
• Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares - first Metropolitan of Goa and Ceylon of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
• Armando Trindade - Archbishop of Lahore
• Benny Mario Travas - current Archbishop of Karachi
• Blasco Francisco Collaço - first Indian Nuncio
• Bridget Sequeira, F.M.C.K. - founded the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King, a missionary religious congregation for women in Karachi, Pakistan.
• Msgr. Chico Monteiro - Goan priest
• Earl K. Fernandes - current Bishop of Columbus
• Evarist Pinto - from Aldona, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
• Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca - Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay
• Filipe Neri Ferrão - from Aldona, current Archbishop of Goa and Daman
• Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebelo - Auxiliary Bishop of Goa
• Hubert Olympus Mascarenhas - Catholic priest in Bombay
• Ignatius P. Lobo - Bishop of Belgaum
• Ivan Dias, Cardinal Prefect, Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Rome (Mumbai/Goa).
• Jacome Gonsalves, C.O. - Oratorian priest, also known as the "Father of Catholic Literature of Sri Lanka"
• Joseph Cordeiro - first Pakistani Cardinal (Karachi/Goa)
• Joseph Coutts - current Cardinal-priest of Pakistan
• St. Joseph Vaz - C.O. missionary in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); patron of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
• Karuna Mary Braganza - Catholic nun and Principal of Sophia College, Bombay
• Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C - current Bishop of Agartala
• Matheus de Castro (c. 1594–1677) - first Indian Bishop of the Catholic Church
• Mathias Fernandes - first native Indian Bishop of Mysore
• Max Rodrigues - Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan)
• Moreno de Souza - translated the Bible into Konkani language
• Oswald Gracias - from Carmona, current Cardinal Archbishop of Mumbai
• Raul Nicolau Gonçalves - Archbishop of Goa and Damao
• Robert D'Silva - Pakistani priest for over 50 years
• Romuald D'Souza - Jesuit priest, founder of Xavier Centre of Historical Research and Goa Institute of Management
• Msgr. Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado- Catholic priest, professor and linguist
• Thomas de Castro - Vicar Apostolic of Canara
• Valerian D'Souza - Bishop of Poona
• Valerian Gracias - first Indian Cardinal and Archbishop (Mumbai/Goa)
• Vasco do Rego, SJ - Jesuit priest, editor of the oldest Konkani periodical
• Zinia Pinto - Catholic nun and principal of St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi

• Froilano de Mello, Portuguese microbiologist, medical scientist, professor, author and independent MP in the Portuguese parliament{{Cite web |title=Froilano De Melo: Pioneer of Indian medical mycology |website=The Navhind Times |date=27 September 2015 |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2015/09/27/magazines/panorama/froilano-de-melo-pioneer-of-indian-medical-mycology/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |language=en-US}}
• Raghunath Mashelkar, scientist and head of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research{{Cite web |title=Life |url=https://mashelkar.com/life/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=R A Mashelkar |language=en-US}}
• Nishtha Desai, scholar{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=History Hour 13 – "Tourism related Paedophilia: Some Insight" by Dr. Nishtha Desai. Wednesday, 16th March 2005 – XCHR |url=https://xchr.in/2005/03/16/tourism-related-paedophilia-some-insight-by-dr-nishtha-desai-wednesday-16th-march-2005/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |language=en-US}}

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{{See also|Goa cricket team}}

{{Main article|Goans in football}}

{{See also|Goa football team}}

• Antao D'Souza, represented Pakistan cricket team in Tests in the 1950s and early 60s{{Cite web |title=Antao D'Souza profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/antao-d-souza-40041 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}

[Vibhor Batheja] Vibhor Batheja National Skating, participant.

• Anthony de Mello, first secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India{{Cite web |title=Anthony De Mello profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/anthony-de-mello-28449 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}
• Bhakti Kulkarni, International Master and Woman Grandmaster in Chess
• Brahmanand Sankhwalkar, former Indian football team captain; one of Goa's best goalkeepers; Arjuna awardee
• Brandon Fernandes, all-time top Indian assister in ISL{{Cite web |title=Brandon Fernandes Profile |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/21102?type=club |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}
• Bruno Coutinho, former Indian football team captain, Arjuna awardee and AIFF Player of the Year, 1996
• Carlos Cordeiro, former President of the United States Soccer Federation
• Climax Lawrence, most capped Goan International footballer and AIFF Player of the Year, 2005
• Dilip Sardesai, former Indian international cricketer. He played Tests for the Indian national team as a batsman, the first Goa-born cricketer to play for India, and was often regarded as one of India's best batsmen against spin, although Indian batsmen have been known to play better against spin
• Eliza Nelson, 1982 Asian Games hockey team
• Fortunato Franco, 1962 Asian Games football team
• Ivana Maria Furtado, Woman International Master in Chess
• Joshuah Vaz, current head coach of Indian national futsal team
• Lavy Pinto, 1951 Asian Games gold medallist in 100m and 200m sprint
• Lawrie Fernandes, 1948 London Olympics hockey team
• Leander Paes, 1996 Atlanta Olympics Tennis singles bronze medallist, 5 gold medals at the Asian Games (1994-2006) and 18 Grand Slam titles.{{Cite web |title=Leander Paes {{!}} Biography, Titles, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leander-Paes |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}
• Leo Pinto, 1948 London Olympics hockey team{{Cite web |author=Pradeep Vijayakar|date=Aug 10, 2010 |title=Leo Pinto, India's oldest Olympian, passes away |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/leo-pinto-indias-oldest-olympian-passes-away/articleshow/6288763.cms |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}
• Leon Luke Mendonca, Grandmaster in Chess
• Liston Colaco, highest scoring Goan in ISL
• Maria Rebello, former Indian women footballer and currently a referee
• Mandar Rao Dessai, record Appearance maker in ISL
• Margaret Toscano, 1982 Asian Games hockey team
• Mary D'Souza Sequeira, 1954 Asian Games {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay team
• Mauricio Afonso, former Indian football team captain
• Maxie Vaz, 1948 London Olympics hockey team
• Mervyn Fernandis, 1980 Moscow Olympics hockey team
• Peter Paul Fernandes, 1936 Berlin Olympics hockey team
• Pratesh Shirodkar, record Goan Appearance maker in I-league
• Reginald Rodrigues, 1948 London Olympics hockey team
• Rowllin Borges, AIFF Emerging Player of the Year, 2016
• Selma D'Silva, 1982 Asian Games hockey team
• Seraphino Antao, represented Kenya in sprinting in the Common wealth Games during the 1950s and early 60s; won two gold medals
• Shadab Jakati, spin bowler for Goa and Chennai Super Kings; played a key role to help his team win the IPL
• Swapnil Asnodkar, opening batsman for Goa and Rajasthan Royals; played a key role help his team win the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League
• Stephie D'Souza, 1954 Asian Games {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay team
• Victorino Fernandes, leading Goan goalscorer in I-league
• Visitacao Lobo, regarded as being the first Goan to play for the Indian national football team.
• Wallis Mathias, represented Pakistan cricket team in 1955
• Walter de Sousa, 1948 London Olympics hockey team
• Yeshwant Barde, cricket umpire at the Ranji Trophy and IPL

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• Alfred Rose (singer), one of the most popular singers and composers of Konkani songs (of the cantaram category), and is routinely broadcast on the Panaji or Panjim station of All India Radio (Akashvani).{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=45_WlAEACAAJ |title=Directory of Tiatr Artistes, 2012 |date=2012 |publisher=Tiatr Academy of Goa |language=en}}
• C. Alvares, Indian actor, playwright, singer, producer and director from Saligao, Goa.
• Comedian Selvy, (1974–2022) playwright, singer, director and producer from Goa. Regarded as one of the greatest Konkani comedians of his generation.
• Edmer Barreto, Indian writer, director, and actor who primarily works on the Konkani stage.{{Cite web |title=When law makers turn law breakers… |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/When-law-makers-turn-law-breakers%E2%80%A6/120051 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=oHeraldo|date=14 September 2017 }}
• Hortencio Pereira, is a Konkani stage actor from Goa, India. He is a lyricist, writer, actor, comedian, and singer.
• John D'Silva, is an Indian Konkani actor, playwright and director. D'Silva is the first tiatrist to enter the Limca Book of Records in 2010 for acting, writing, directing and producing 25 tiatrs having a double alphabet in their titles.
• M. Boyer, is a writer, director and producer from Goa. He has produced over 35 plays, participated in more than 5000 performances, composing and singing over 1000 songs.
• Kamlakant Chari, Indian scenic designer known for his work on the Konkani stage.{{Cite web |last=Times |first=Navhind |date=2011-10-27 |title=Meet Kamlakant Chari, at 'Kolakorak Bhett', – The Navhind Times |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2011/10/27/magazines/buzz/ilive-meet-kamlakant-chari-kolakorak-bhett/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |language=en-US}}
• Maestro Josinho (1941–2017), Indian saxophonist and playwright{{Cite web |title=Maestro Josinho no more |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Maestro-Josinho-no-more/114949 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=oHeraldo|date=9 May 2017 }}
• Manuel D'Lima (1934–2016), Indian playwright and theatre director known for his religious plays staged during Lent.{{Cite book |last=Mazarello |first=Wilson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-1PAQAAIAAJ |author-link=Wilson Mazarello |title=100 Years of Konkani Tiatro |date=2000 |publisher=Government of Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture |pages=173 |language=en}}
• Mario Menezes (1960–2022), Indian actor, director, writer and prominent tiatrist. He primarily worked on the Konkani stage and was the vice president of Tiatr Academy Goa.
• Nevel Gracias (1964–2022), Indian actor, singer, composer, director, playwright, editor and diocesan priest from Goa. He predominantly worked on the Konkani stage and is best known for his lenten tiatrs.
• Pascoal de Chicalim, playwright and theatre director known for his tiatr productions like Devchaar (Devil).{{Cite web |title=Son of Colvale & Chicalim's pride |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Son-of-Colvale-Chicalim%E2%80%99s-pride/164248 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=oHeraldo|date=15 August 2020 }}
• Prince Jacob, popular tiatrist and singer from Goa, India. He is "the most Famous man in Konkani Comedy".
• Roseferns, Indian actor and director who is a Konkani tiatrist. He popularly goes under the sobriquet King of centuries.
• Roy de Chinchinim, Indian playwright, theatre director, and actor.{{Cite web |title=Police secure venue of Roseferns' tiatr show |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Police-secure-venue-of-Roseferns%E2%80%99-tiatr-show/95793 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=oHeraldo|date=18 November 2015 }}
• Sharon Mazarello, tiatrist, singer, scriptwriter, director and actor, hailing from the coastal state of Goa, India.
• Sylvester Vaz, contemporary worship music singer, and former tiatrist.{{Cite book |last=Mazarello |first=Wilson |title=Konkani Khell Tiatr |publisher=Dalgado Konknni Akademi |date=10 March 2018 |location=Panaji, Goa |pages=126–127}}
• Tomazinho Cardozo, dramatist, playwright, writer (in Konkani and English), educationist and politician from Goa.

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{{See also|Poets in (and from) Goa}}

{{See also|List of fiction writers from Goa, India}}

• Armand de Souza (1877–1922), founding editor of the Morning Leader in Ceylon; early freedom fighter; jailed by the British colonial government for advocating democracy, but was released following public protests; author of Hundred days in Ceylon under martial law in 1915;{{Cite book | url=https://openlibrary.org/b/OL16666915M/Hundred_days_in_Ceylon_under_martial_law_in_1915 |title = Hundred days in Ceylon under martial law in 1915|publisher = Printed by Woolridge & Co.|year = 1916| ol=16666915M }} father of Senator Doric de Souza (Professor of English) and the late editor of the Times of Ceylon, Tory de Souza
• Damodar Mauzo, Jnanpith Award-winning Konkani writer, Novelist, Critic and script writer{{Cite web |title=Goan writer Damodar Mauzo gets Jnanpith Award |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/goan-writer-damodar-mauzo-gets-jnanpith-award-1222699.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}
• B. D. Satoskar, author, ex-editor of Gomantak daily.
• Chandrakant Keni, retired editor of Marathi daily Rashtramat and Konkani daily Sunaparant; former freelance journalist; was associated with the development of Konkani language; won Sahitya Academy Award for his book Ashadh Pawali{{Cite book |last=Keni |first=Chandrakant |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ypnnPgAACAAJ |title=Eklo eksuro (novolika) ani don kotha |date=2006 |publisher=Goa Konkani Akademi |language=en}}
• Dom Moraes (1938–2004), won the American Press Club Citation for Excellence in Reporting, for some 20 articles he wrote for the New York Times Sunday Magazine; poet.
• Francisco Luís Gomes (1829–1869), Portuguese physician, politician, writer, historian, and economist.
• Frank Simoes, Goan advertising executive; author of Glad Season in Goa.{{Cite book |last=Simoes |first=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ub9lAAAAMAAJ&q=Frank+Simoes |title=Frank Unedited: The Best of Frank Simoes |date=2003 |publisher=Lotus Collection |isbn=978-81-7436-303-9 |language=en}}
• Frank Moraes, editor of prominent newspapers in post-independence India, including The Indian Express{{Cite web |title=In the time of Frank Moraes, too |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/t-j-s-george/2020/mar/22/in-the-time-of-frank-moraes-too-2119962.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The New Indian Express|date=24 March 2020 }}
• Frederick Noronha, active in cyberspace and involved with e-ventures involving Goa, developmental concerns and free software.{{Cite web |title=The Rise (and Fall?) of Goa's Book Ecosystem |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-Goa%E2%80%99s-Book-Ecosystem/194886 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=oHeraldo|date=7 October 2022 }}
• Frederika Menezes, Goan author, poet and artist. She is best known for her book, Unforgotten (which was a love story for young adults, published in 2014). A poem of hers, The Different Normals, is yet to feature in English textbook of the Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE)
• Ian Fyfe (d. 2005), cricketer, coach and a sports journalist from Karachi, Pakistan.{{Cite web |title=Shameel CC clinch Ian Fyfe memorial cricket title |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/73656-shameel-cc-clinch-ian-fyfe-memorial-cricket-title |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}
• Ivo de Figueiredo (born 1966), Norwegian historian, biographer and critic of Goan origin{{Cite web |title=Getting to know home and family |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Getting-to-know-home-and-family/154534 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=oHeraldo|date=9 December 2019 }}
• J. Clement Vaz (1915–unknown) author of Profiles of Eminent Goans, Past and Present
• JoeGoaUk, pseudonymous Goa-based correspondent, photographer, photojournalist, and online activist{{Cite web |title=The Marvellous, Mysterious JoeGoaUk |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/The-Marvellous-Mysterious-JoeGoaUk/195539 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=oHeraldo|date=21 October 2022 }}
• Lambert Mascarenhas, author of the novel Sorrowing Lies My Land (1955); editor of the Goan Tribune; founder editor of Goa Today, former editor of The Navhind Times; won the State Cultural award.
• Leopoldo da Gama, Goan journalist and founder of the weekly Portuguese newspaper "A Convicção".
• Manohar Rai Sardesai, Konkani and French novelist and poet.
• Maria Aurora Couto, writer, academic and literary critic with books including Graham Greene: On the Frontier, Politics and Religion in the Novels, and Goa: A Daughter's Story.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-21 |title=Obituary: Maria Couto (1937-2022) combined scholarship with sagacity, compassion, humanism, and humility |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/obituary-maria-couto-1937-2022-combined-scholarship-with-sagacity-compassion-humanism-and-humility-101642789421668.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}
• Olivinho Gomes (St Estevam, Goa, 1943—30 July 2009), eminent Konkani scholar and former acting vice chancellor of the Goa.{{Cite book |last=Gomes |first=Olivinho |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rl9uAAAAMAAJ&q=olivinho+gomes |title=Goa |date=2004 |publisher=National Book Trust, India |isbn=978-81-237-4139-0 |language=en}}
• Orlando da Costa (1929–2006), Communist Portuguese poet and writer of Goan descent, born in the capital of the former Portuguese colony of Mozambique, Maputo.{{Cite book |last=Costa |first=Orlando da |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOHBAQAACAAJ |title=No Flowers, No Wreaths: A Play in Three Acts |date=2017 |publisher=Goa 1556 |language=en}}
• Orlando Gomes (1925–2003), theatre critic and writer known for his previews, reviews and free advertisements for Konkani tiatrs.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-1PAQAAIAAJ |title=100 Years of Konkani Tiatro |date=2000 |publisher=Government of Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture |pages=349–351 |language=en}}
• Ravindra Kelekar (born 1925), freedom fighter, writer and revivalist of the Konkani language.{{Cite web |title=Konkani writer Ravindra Kelekar receives Jnanpith |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/konkani-writer-ravindra-kelekar-receives-2503867 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}
• Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (1855–1922), from Assagão, linguist; knew Malayalam, Sinhala, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, and Sanskrit; in 1892, he produced a Konkani-Portuguese dictionary and later a grammar{{Cite book |last=Dalgado |first=Sebastião Rodolfo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BrIbmAEACAAJ |title=Glossário luso-asiático, por... Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado,... |date=1919 |publisher=Impr. da Universidade |language=pt}}
• Teotonio R. de Souza, historian, founder-director of Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Goa (1979–1994); Fellow of the Portuguese Academy of History; author of publications on Goan history and culture.{{Cite news |date=2016-04-24 |title=Digging deep into surname stories |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/digging-deep-into-surname-stories/articleshow/51963333.cms |access-date=2023-11-02 |issn=0971-8257}}
• Prashanti Talpankar
• Sandesh Prabhudesai
• Hema Naik
• Pundalik Naik
• Isabel de Santa Rita Vás

• Neola Pereira, Indian environmentalist who is known for her participation in the #SaveMollem campaign{{Cite web |title=Meet Neola Pereira, the 20-year old fighting for Goa's forests |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/meet-neola-pereira-the-20-year-old-fighting-for-goas-forests-974907.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}
• Nilesh Naik (1970–1995), Goan environmental activist and farmworker; Goa's first environmental martyr{{Cite book |last1=Edelman |first1=Marc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s_0wDwAAQBAJ&dq=nilesh+naik+nylon&pg=PT519 |title=Global Land Grabbing and Political Reactions 'from Below' |last2=Hall |first2=Ruth |last3=Borras Jr |first3=Saturnino M. |last4=Scoones |first4=Ian |last5=White |first5=Ben |last6=Wolford |first6=Wendy |date=2017-08-15 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-62240-0 |language=en}}
• Floriano Vaz (1963–1986), Indian writer and activist from Goa. First martyr of the scheduled tribe community who fought for the official status of the Konkani language during the Konkani language agitation.{{Cite web |title=Konkani martyr remembered on death anniversary |url=https://www.thegoan.net//konkani-martyr-remembered-on-death-anniversary/8078.html |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}
• Sonal Giani, Indian LGBTQ right activist{{Cite web |title=Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment of Lesbians, Bisexuals Women and Transmasculine Community in India – IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute |url=https://impriinsights.in/situational-analysis-and-needs-assessment-of-lesbians-bisexuals-women-and-transmasculine-community-in-india-impri-impact-and-policy-research-institute/ |last=Khandelwal |first=Krishti |website=ImpriInsights.in |date=June 26, 2023 |access-date=June 8, 2025 |language=en}}

• RJ Joed Almeida, Indian radio personality known for hosting The Drive with Joed on Indigo 91.9 FM.{{Cite web |last=Karun |first=Nina |date=2022-05-13 |title=The Drive With Joed |url=https://indigomusic.com/on-air/on-air-rjs/the-drive-with-joed-almeida |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=indigomusic.com |language=en-US}}

• Zenito Cardozo, Indian gangster and leader of Bang Bang gang.{{Cite news |date=2020-07-09 |title=Santa Cruz shootout was fallout of gang war: Goa cops |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/st-cruz-shootout-was-fallout-of-gang-war-cops/articleshow/76863537.cms |access-date=2024-04-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

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• [http://goanet.org/post.php?name=News&list=goanet&info=2006-November/thread&post_id=050978 Great Men of Goa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328061106/http://goanet.org/post.php?name=News&list=goanet&info=2006-November%2Fthread&post_id=050978 |date=28 March 2009 }}

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