List of Famous people born in Paramaribo, Suriname

The December murders were the murders on 7, 8, and 9 December 1982, of fifteen prominent young Surinamese men who had criticized the military dictatorship then ruling Suriname. Thirteen of these men were arrested on December 7 between 2 am and 5 am while sleeping in their homes. The other two were Surendre Rambocus and Jiwansingh Sheombar who were already imprisoned for attempting a counter-coup in March 1982. Soldiers of Dési Bouterse, the then dictator of Suriname, took them to Fort Zeelandia, where they were heard as 'suspects in a trial' by Bouterse and other sergeants in a self-appointed court. After these 'hearings' they were tortured and shot dead. The circumstances have not yet become completely clear; on December 10, 1982, Bouterse claimed on national television that all of the detainees had been shot dead 'in an attempt to flee'.

Trefossa, pen name of Henri Frans de Ziel, was a neoromantic writer in Dutch and Sranan Tongo from Suriname. He is best known for the Sranan Tongo stanzas of Suriname's National Anthem.

Felipe Enrique Neri was a Dutch businessman and land owner known for his money in Anglo-American settlement of Texas.

Rudi André Kamperveen was a Surinamese football player, sports administrator, politician and businessman.

Edmund Alexander "Eddy" Hoost was a Surinamese politician and lawyer. He was one of the victims of the December murders.

Liakat Ali Errol Alibux is a Surinamese politician historically associated to the PALU. From 1967 to 1973 he studied sociology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Joan Mary Ferrier was a Dutch ortho pedagogue of Surinamese descent. From 1998 until 2012 she was director of E-Quality.

Gerard Leckie was a Surinamese scientist, teacher and dean at the University of Suriname. He was one of the victims of the December murders.

Ruth Jacott is a Surinamese-Dutch singer.

Hendrikus "Henk" Fraser is a Dutch football manager and former player who manages Eredivisie side Sparta Rotterdam. He played as a defender and earned seven caps for the Netherlands national football team in which he scored one goal. He was a member of the Dutch team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy under manager Leo Beenhakker. He made his debut for the Netherlands on 6 September 1989, in a friendly against Denmark (2-2).