List of sons and daughters of the city of Paramaribo
The following list contains personalities born in the city of Paramaribo , listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
To 1900
- 1753: François Levaillant († 1824), French natural scientist and ornithologist
- 1837: Maria Heyde († 1917), missionary of the Moravian Brethren
- 1850: Herman Benjamin († 1933), founder of the public school system in Suriname
- 1872: Bernard Samuels († 1944), musician and inventor
- 1878: Thomas Edward Penard († 1936), Surinamese-American electrical engineer and ornithologist
- 1884: Paul Christiaan Flu († 1945), tropical medicine
- 1889: William Charles Aalsmeer († 1957), Dutch cardiologist
- 1898: Anton de Kom († 1945), nationalist, resistance fighter and anti-colonial author
1901 to 1950
- 1903: Albert Helman († 1996), Dutch-Surinamese writer
- 1906: Julius Caesar de Miranda († 1956), politician and Prime Minister of Suriname
- 1910: Johan Ferrier († 2010), Governor and 1st President of Suriname
- 1913: Bruce Low († 1990), Dutch hit and gospel singer
- 1915: Johan Victor Dahlberg († 1946), Dutch composer
- 1916: Johan Adolf Pengel († 1970), politician and Prime Minister of Suriname
- 1916: Henri Frans de Ziel († 1975), pseudonym Trefossa, poet
- 1922: Jules Sedney , politician
- 1923: Eddy Snijders († 1990), musician and composer
- 1924: André Kamperveen († 1982), politician and soccer player
- 1926: Fred Ramdat Misier († 2004), lawyer, politician and President of Suriname
- 1928: Theodor Gill († 2019), Bishop of the Evangelical Brothers Unity
- 1933: Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem († 2016), Roman Catholic Bishop of Paramaribo
- 1934: Hendrick Chin A Sen († 1999), internist and politician
- 1935: Stanley Brouwn († 2017), Dutch conceptual artist
- 1936: Henck AE Arron († 2000), first Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname
- 1936: Cynthia McLeod , writer
- 1936: Ronald Venetiaan , President of Suriname
- 1941: Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk , politician and foreign minister
- 1941: Jules Albert Wijdenbosch , Prime Minister and President of Suriname
- 1946: Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You , Surinamese-Dutch lawyer and human rights activist
1951 to 1975
- 1951: Ronald Snijders , Dutch jazz musician and author
- 1951: Eddy Veldman , Dutch jazz musician
- 1953: Jennifer Simons , politician; since 2010 chairwoman of the National Assembly
- 1956: Denise Jannah , Dutch jazz singer
- 1957: Kathleen Gertrud Ferrier , Dutch politician
- 1960: Ruth Jacott , Dutch singer
- 1961: Robert Ameerali , politician; Vice-President of Suriname from 2010 to 2015
- 1961: Kenneth Bron , singer ('Kenny B.')
- 1962: Henny Meijer , Surinamese-Dutch football player
- 1963: Stanley Menzo , Dutch national football goalkeeper and coach
- 1964: Nelli Cooman , Dutch sprinter
- 1964: Jerry de Jong , Surinamese-Dutch football player
- 1964: Letitia Vriesde , middle distance runner
- 1965: Fred Patrick († 1989), Dutch-Surinamese football player
- 1966: Henk Fraser , Dutch national soccer player
- 1966: Ernst-Paul Hasselbach († 2008), Dutch television presenter and TV producer
- 1967: Regilio Tuur , Dutch boxer
- 1967: Aron Winter , Dutch national soccer player
- 1968: Urmila Joella-Sewnundun , diplomat and former minister
- 1968: John Veldman , Dutch national soccer player
- 1969: Regi Blinker , Dutch national soccer player and publisher
- 1971: Maarten Atmodikoro , Surinamese-Dutch football player
- 1971: Ulrich van Gobbel , Dutch national soccer player
- 1972: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink , Dutch national soccer player
- 1973: Edgar Davids , Dutch national soccer player
- 1974: Samuel Koejoe , Dutch soccer player
- 1975: Mark de Vries , Dutch football player
From 1976
- 1976: Remy Bonjasky , Dutch martial artist
- 1976: Purrel Fränkel , Dutch football player
- 1976: Melvin Manhoef , Dutch martial artist
- 1976: Maikel Renfurm , Dutch soccer player and coach
- 1976: Clarence Seedorf , Dutch national soccer player
- 1977: Clifton Sandvliet , soccer player
- 1978: Chuckie , Dutch DJ
- 1979: Sabrina Starke , Dutch singer and songwriter
- 1980: Ashwin Adhin , politician; Vice-President of Suriname since 2015
- 1982: Andwelé Slory , Dutch national soccer player
- 1983: Romeo Castelen , Dutch national soccer player
- 1983: Edson Braafheid , Dutch national soccer player
- 1983: Guillano Grot , Dutch football player
- 1984: Sigourney Bandjar , Dutch soccer player
- 1984: Wensley Christoph , football player
- 1984: Marvin Wijks , Dutch football player
- 1985: Anduele Pryor , Dutch football player
- 1985: Virgil Soeroredjo , badminton player
- 1985: Tyrone Spong , martial artist
- 1985: Dwight Tiendalli , Dutch football player
- 1986: Nicandro Breeveld , Dutch football player
- 1986: Damaru , reggae singer and rapper
- 1986: Lorenzo Davids , Dutch football player
- 1987: Leroy George , Dutch football player
- 1988: Giovanni Codrington , Dutch sprinter
- 1989: Dion Malone , Dutch football player
- 1989: Furhgill Zeldenrust , Dutch soccer player
- 1993: Jaïr Tjon En Fa , cyclist