| Notable Mangalorean Catholics | Achievements |
|---|---|
| Joachim Alva | Member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, from 1968 to 1974 |
| Margaret Alva | Member of Rajya Sabha from 1972 to 1998; appointed Governor of Uttaranchal in 2009 |
| Richard Crasta | American novelist |
| Blasius D'Souza | Politician in the Indian National Congress and first Roman Catholic minister in the Karnataka state government |
| Genelia D'Souza | Indian actress |
| Jerome D'Souza | Jesuit priest, educationist, writer, and member of the Indian Constituent assembly from 1946 to 1950 |
| Tony D'Souza | American novelist |
| George Fernandes | Defence minister of India from 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004 |
| Oscar Fernandes | Member of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, from 1980 to 1998 |
| Michael Lobo | Indian writer, scientist and genealogist |
| Maxwell Pereira | IPS officer who variously served as Assistant Commissioner of Police and Deputy Commissioner of Police in Delhi, Superintendent of Police for Sikkim, Assistant Inspector General of Police and Chief Vigilance Officer in Mizoram, and Inspector General of Police for Pondicherry. |
| Diana Pinto | Miss India America 2009 |
| Freida Pinto | Hollywood actress known for her role in Slumdog Millionaire |
| Pius Fidelis Pinto | Indian historian, researcher and scholar on Christianity |
| Viren Rasquinha | Captain of India's national field hockey team |
| Wilfy Rebimbus | Konkani singer and lyricist |
| Victor Rodrigues | Konkani novelist and short story writer |
| Lawrence Saldanha | Archbishop of Lahore Archdiocese from 2001 to 2011 |
| V.J.P. Saldanha | Konkani litterateur, dramatist, musician, and poet |
Read more about this topic: Mangalorean Catholics
Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or catholics:
“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it’s more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“Communism, my friend, is more than Marxism, just as Catholicism ... is more than the Roman Curia. There is a mystique as well as a politique.... Catholics and Communists have committed great crimes, but at least they have not stood aside, like an established society, and been indifferent. I would rather have blood on my hands than water like Pilate.”
—Graham Greene (1904–1991)