List of Colombians
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Actors
- Margarita Rosa de FranciscoMargarita Rosa de FranciscoMargarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero also known as La Mencha is a Colombian telenovela, movie actress, singer and TV presenter.-Personal life:...
- Sandra VergaraSandra VergaraSandra Vergara is a Colombian actress and model. She is the younger sister of actress Sofia Vergara.-Career:She appeared in a 2009 episode of CSI: Miami entitled "Head Case". She appeared in the film Fright Night as Ginger, her first feature film...
- Sofía VergaraSofía VergaraSofía Margarita Vergara Vergara is a Colombian actress, comedian, television hostess and model.Vergara had been widely known for co-hosting two TV shows for Univisión in the late 1990s. Her TV career opened up for her a window of exposure to North American audiences prior to her first notable...
- John LeguizamoJohn LeguizamoJonathan Alberto "John" Leguizamo is an Colombian-American actor, producer, voice artist, and comedian.-Early life:...
- Manolo CardonaManolo CardonaManolo Cardona is a Colombian actor.-Personal life:Cardona was born in Popayán, Cauca, Colombia. At the age of seven Cardona's family baptized him "Manolo".This would later be used as his name as an actor.When he was eighteen he moved to Cali, Colombia, to finish his studies. Manolo studied...
- Carmen VillalobosCarmen VillalobosCarmen Villalobos is a Colombian actress, most recognized for her supporting roles in several telenovelas including La Tormenta and Amores de Mercado...
- Adam GarciaAdam GarciaAdam Garcia is an Australian actor and tap dancer of partial Colombian descent .-Career:...
- Danna GarciaDanna GarcíaDanna Maria García Osuna is a Colombian actress best known for her roles in telenovelas.The daughter of Colombian singer Claudia Osuna, Danna began her career at the age of four...
- Paula GarcésPaula GarcésPaula Garcés is a Colombian American film and television actress, known for her appearance in films such as Clockstoppers and The Harold and Kumar Series, and on TV shows such as CSI: Miami, The Shield, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Oz and Warehouse 13.-Early life:Garcés was...
- Paola TurbayPaola TurbayPaola Turbay Gómez is a Colombian-American actress of Lebanese descent, model, and television presenter.Turbay represented Bogotá in the Miss Colombia beauty pageant, which she won in 1991...
- Stella ArroyaveStella ArroyaveStella Arroyave, Lady Hopkins is an actress and producer. She married Sir Anthony Hopkins at a private ceremony in Malibu, California on 1 March 2003. Before her recent move into film Lady Hopkins was an antiques dealer...
wife of Sir. Anthony Hopkins - Jorge Enrique AbelloJorge Enrique AbelloJorge Enrique Abello, born February 28, 1968 Bogotá, Colombia, is an international television telenovela actor.Abello has performed various roles in telenovelas, such as: the original version of La Viuda de Blanco 1996, as Dr...
- Moisés Arias
- Yasmin DelizYasmin DelizYasmin Deliz is an American singer-songwriter, model and actress of Dominican and Colombian and Venezuelan parentage. She is best known for her starring role in Next Day Air and her work as co-host on mun2's music video countdown show Vivo and reality television show The Chicas Project.-Early...
- Martin de Francisco
- Santiago Moure
- Catalina Sandino MorenoCatalina Sandino MorenoCatalina Sandino Moreno is a Colombian actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Maria Full of Grace .-Life and career:...
- Greg GiraldoGreg GiraldoGreg Giraldo was an American stand-up comedian, television personality, and retired lawyer. Giraldo was best known for his appearances on Comedy Central's televised roast specials, and for his work on that network's television shows Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, and...
- Ana Maria OrozcoAna María OrozcoAna María Orozco Aristizábal is a Colombian television actress.-Private life:Orozco is the daughter of actor Luis Fernando Orozco. She is also the older sister of actress Verónica Orozco ....
Artists
- Fernando BoteroFernando BoteroFernando Botero Angulo is a Colombian figurative artist. His works feature a figurative style, called by some "Boterismo", which gives them an unmistakable identity...
- Miguel de la EspriellaMiguel de la EspriellaMiguel de la Espriella , more commonly known by his artistic name, Noble, is a self-taught painter and sculptor from Sucre, Colombia, whose art has been presented widely within his country and throughout the world....
- Omar RayoOmar RayoOmar Rayo was a Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist. He won the 1970 Salón de Artistas Colombianos. Rayo worked with abstract geometry primarily employing black, white and red. He was part of the Op Art movement. Rayo's work shows that geometric art is as much a part of...
- Alex CamposAlex CamposÉdgar Alexánder Campos Mora Better known as Alex Campos is a Christian singer that is popular in Latin America and in Spanish speaking countries. In 2001 he founded his musical company, Misión Vida, to promote his ministry...
- Edgar NegretEdgar NegretEdgar Negret is a modern Latin American abstract sculptor. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia...
- Julio Abril
Journalists
- Yamid AmatYamid AmatJosé Yamid Amat Ruiz is a Colombian journalist, born 2 December 1941 in Bogotá. Mr Amat is considered one of the cornerstones of Colombian journalism....
- Julio Sánchez CristoJulio Sanchez CristoJulio Sánchez Cristo is a Colombian radio personality, born 9 January 1959 in Bogotá. He is best known for his morning news, radioshow and variety show La W, in the Spanish-owned broadcasting station W Radio...
- Ilia CalderonIlia CalderónIlia Calderón Chamat is a Colombian journalist and newscaster, born 1972 in Istmina, Chocó.She majored in Social Work at Universidad de Antioquia. She presented several news shows, first on regional channel Teleantioquia. In 1998 she went to national television for Noticiero CM&...
- Patricia JaniotPatricia JaniotÁngela Patricia Janiot Martirena is a Colombian journalist, news presenter on CNN en Español, beauty queen and former model.-Miss World:...
- Claudia PalaciosClaudia PalaciosClaudia Isabel Palacios Giraldo is a Colombian journalist and newscaster. She is best known as the weekend news anchor on CNN en Español, a position she has held since 2004....
Musicians (popular music)
- ShakiraShakiraShakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
- Dora Bermúdez
- Dora Bermúdez y Los Chicos
- Carlos Vélez
- Juan AcevedoJuan AcevedoJuan Carlos Acevedo is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He attended Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, Illinois....
- Colombian Party Cartel
- Joe ArroyoJoe ArroyoÁlvaro José Arroyo González was a Colombian salsa and tropical music singer, composer and songwriter. Considered one of the greatest performers of Caribbean music in his country....
- AterciopeladosAterciopeladosAterciopelados , also referred to as los Aterciopelados on some albums and other promotional materials, are a rock band from Colombia. Led by Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago, they have been one of the first rock bands from Colombia to gain international notice and is among the country's top...
- Carlos VivesCarlos VivesCarlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
- JuanesJuanesJuan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...
- FonsecaFonsecaFonseca is a common Portuguese, Galician and Italian surname, whilst the variation Fonseka is common in Sri Lanka. A habitational name from any of several places named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, from fonte seca ‘dry well.’...
- Cabas
- Diomedes DíazDiomedes DíazDiomedes de Jesús Díaz Maestre is a Colombian vallenato singer and composer. He is the most widely recognized performer of this musical genre...
- Grupo NicheGrupo NicheGrupo Niche is a salsa group founded in 1978 in Bogotá, Colombia. Currently based in Cali, Colombia, it enjoys great popularity throughout Latin America. It was founded by Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano. Jairo Varela has stayed with the group becoming producer, director, songwriter, vocalist and...
- Carolina la O
- Charlie ZaaCharlie ZaaCarlos Alberto Sánchez , better known in the entertainment world as Charlie Zaa, is a Colombian singer who has gained fame across Latin America and among Hispanics in the United States. Zaa is the son of singer Luis Humberto Sánchez.Zaa was a singer with two famous Colombian salsa orchestras:...
- Jorge CeledónJorge CeledónJorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre...
- Fanny LúFanny LuFanny Lucía Martínez Buenaventura , known professionally as Fanny Lú, is a Colombian singer-songwriter and actress from Santiago de Cali, Colombia.-Early life:...
- SantySantySanty is a computer worm created in Perl to exploit a vulnerability in phpBB software which used Google to spread across the internet.Within 24 hours of its release by X_Spec on 20 December 2004, a large number of websites were attacked by Santy. The worm holds a record of spreading worldwide...
- Sonora Dinamita
- SorayaSorayaSoraya is a female name of Persian origin meaning "rich" and/or "princess" . It is also a reference to the Pleiades. It may refer to:...
- J BalvinJ BalvinJose Alvaro Osorio Balvin known artistically as J Balvin, is a Colombianreggaeton recording artist. Balvin was born in Medellín, the largest district of Antioquia, where he became interested in music at a young age.-Nuestra Tierra winnners:...
- Andres CepedaAndrés CepedaAndrés Cepeda Andrés Cepeda Andrés Cepeda (born July 7, 1973, is a popular Colombian singer and songwriter. He was born in Bogotá, the youngest of five children. He displayed an inclination towards music from an early age, studying piano since the age of 5. He composed his first piece at the age of...
- Veronica OrozcoVerónica OrozcoVerónica Orozco is a Colombian actress and singer.-Private life:Her older sister is actress Ana María Orozco.Her mother is Carmenza Aristizábal Hoyos and her father is actor Luís Fernando Orozco...
Scientists
- César BarbosaCésar BarbosaCésar Barbosa is a Colombian biologist, ornithologist and botanist, specialising in the study of Fabaceae.In 1976 received his BA in Biology from the National University of Colombia....
Botanist - Rodolfo LlinásRodolfo LlinásRodolfo R. Llinás PhD is a neuroscientist. He is presently the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine...
Neoroscientist - Manuel Elkin PatarroyoManuel Elkin PatarroyoManuel Elkin Patarroyo is a Colombian pathologist who made the world's first attempt of synthetic vaccine for malaria, a disease transmitted by mosquitoes that affects millions of people in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa...
Immunologist - Raul CueroRaul CueroRaul G Cuero is a professor of microbiology and an inventor, with particular expertise in biogenesis.Dr. Cuero led a team from around the world in synthetic biology in the 2006 IGEM competition, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA.-Education:* Biology, University of Valle*...
Biologist - Nathaly Castro Diaz Biologist
Sports
- Carlos Darwin Quintero Footballer Santos LagunaSantos LagunaClub Santos Laguna is a Mexican football club. They represent the urban area of Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreón, Gomez Palacio, and Lerdo. Santos Laguna currently plays in the Primera División. The club was founded in 1982, and reached Mexico's top division after buying the franchise...
- Carlos Valderrama Retired footballer
- Scott GomezScott GomezScott Carlos Gomez is an American ice hockey center of both Mexican and Colombian descent, currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
(NHL Player) - Juan Pablo ÁngelJuan Pablo ÁngelJuan Pablo Ángel Arango is a Colombian footballer. He currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Atlético Nacional and River Plate:...
(Los Angeles Galaxy) - Faustino AsprillaFaustino AsprillaFaustino Hernán "Tino" Asprilla Hinestroza is a former Colombian football player. He was known by his supporters in his home country as The Octopus for his voracious appetite...
Retired footballer - Víctor Aristizábal
- Luis HerreraLuis HerreraLuis Alberto "Lucho" Herrera Herrera known as "el jardinerito" is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist...
Road cyclist - Fabio ParraFabio ParraFabio Enrique Parra Pinto is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Parra was successful as an amateur in Colombia, winning the Novatos classification for new riders or riders riding their first edition of the race, and finishing 14th in the 1979 Vuelta a Colombia and then the General...
Road cyclist - Iván ParraIván ParraIván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family...
Road cyclist - Santiago BoteroSantiago BoteroSantiago Botero Echeverry is a Colombian former professional road bicycle racer. He was a pro from 1996 to 2010, during which time he raced in three editions of the Tour de France and four editions of the Vuelta a España...
Road cyclist - Mauricio SolerMauricio SolerJuan Mauricio Soler Hernández is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He competed in the Tour de France for the first time in 2007, winning stage 9 having broken away on the Col du Galibier. He won that year's King of the Mountains title. Soler stated the stage win...
Road cyclist - René HiguitaRené HiguitaJosé René Higuita Zapata is a former Colombian football goalkeeper nicknamed El Loco...
Footballer - Faryd Aly Mondragón
- Óscar CórdobaÓscar CórdobaÓscar Eduardo Córdoba Arce is a retired Colombian football goalkeeper who has played more than 70 games for the Colombia national team...
- Miguel CaleroMiguel CaleroMiguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez is a retired Colombian football goalkeeper he has played 50 times for the Colombia national team between 1995 and 2007. He also is a Mexican citizen....
- Juan Pablo MontoyaJuan Pablo MontoyaJuan Pablo Montoya Roldán is a Colombian race car driver known internationally for participating and winning in Formula One and CART race competitions. He has enjoyed great success. Currently, he competes in NASCAR, driving the #42 Target Chevrolet Impala for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing in the Sprint...
Formula 3000 Champion, CART Champion, Indy 500 Winner, Monaco Grand Prix Winner, NASCAR pilot/driver - Edgar RenteriaEdgar RenteríaEdgar Enrique Rentería Herazo , nicknamed "The Barranquilla Baby," is a Colombian professional baseball shortstop. He throws and bats right-handed. Previously, he has played for the Florida Marlins, the St...
1st Colombian to play in the World Series - Camilo VillegasCamilo VillegasCamilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child...
professional golfer from Medellín - Orlando CabreraOrlando CabreraOrlando Luis Cabrera, nicknamed "O-Cab" and "The OC", is a Colombian-American baseball infielder.He won a World Series championship in 2004 with the Boston Red Sox. He has played for the Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Minnesota Twins,...
Major League Shortstop with the Cincinnati Reds - Mauricio SernaMauricio SernaMauricio Alberto Serna Valencia is a retired Colombian football player who played 51 games for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2001...
Footballer (Boca Juniors) - Fabián Andrés Vargas Footballer (Almería)
- Radamel Falcao García Footballer (F.C.Oporto)
- Iván Córdoba Footballer Inter MilanF.C. Internazionale MilanoFootball Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
- Hugo RodallegaHugo RodallegaHugo Rodallega Martínez is a Colombian footballer who plays for English Premier League club Wigan Athletic. He primarily plays as a striker, but can also play on the wing....
(Footballer Wigan Athletic) - Andrés EscobarAndrés EscobarAndrés Escobar Saldarriaga , nicknamed "The Gentleman of Football", was a Colombian footballer who was shot and killed in Medellín. It is widely believed that he was murdered due to his own goal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, which supposedly would have caused gambling losses to several powerful drug...
former footballer killed after the 1994 World Cup - Wilmer CabreraWilmer CabreraWílmer Cabrera Linares is a retired football defender, he works currently as the head coach of the United States Under-17 national team.-Career:...
Head coach of the United States Under-17 national team. - Fabiola ZuluagaFabiola ZuluagaFabiola Zuluaga was a professional tennis player from Colombia. She retired on 9 September 2005. She reached the Australian Open Semifinals in 2004 and became the first Colombian tennis player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. She is one of the best tennis player that Colombia has had .- External...
Former tennis player - Mauricio HadadMauricio HadadMauricio Hadad is a former tennis player from Colombia.Hadad is of Lebanese background. The right-hander turned pro in 1988 and reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on September 11, 1995, when he became World number 78. His best performance at a Grand Slam came at the 1996...
Former tennis player - Santiago GiraldoSantiago GiraldoSantiago Giraldo Salazar is a Colombian male tennis player from Pereira in Colombia. He plays on the ATP tour and represents Colombia in the Davis Cup competition.-ATP Tour:...
Former tennis player - Alejandro FallaAlejandro FallaAlejandro Falla Ramirez is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. He turned pro in 2000, plays left-handed, weighs 169 lb and measures 6'1" . At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in...
Former tennis player - Mario Alberto Yepes Footballer National team captain
Politicians
- Andrés Pastrana
- Álvaro UribeÁlvaro UribeAlvaro Uribe Vélez was the 58th President of Colombia, from 2002 to 2010. In August 2010 he was appointed Vice-chairman of the UN panel investigating the Gaza flotilla raid....
, - Luis Eduardo Garzón
- Cesar GaviriaCésar GaviriaCésar Gaviria Trujillo is a Colombian politician and a Latin American statesman. He served as President of Colombia from 1990 to 1994, and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1994 until 2004.-Early life:...
- Jaime Castro CastroJaime Castro CastroJaime Castro Castro is a Colombian lawyer and politician, who served as Mayor of Bogotá from 1992 to 1994. A Liberal, he has also served as Delegate to the Constituent Assembly of 1991, Senator of Colombia, Minister of Government under President Belisario Betancur, Colombian Minister of Justice...
- Juan Manuel SantosJuan Manuel SantosJuan Manuel Santos Calderón is a Colombian politician who has been the President of Colombia since 7 August 2010. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Trade, Minister of Finance, and Minister of National Defense.-Career:...
President - Gustavo PetroGustavo PetroGustavo Francisco Petro Urrego is a Colombian politician of the Political Independent movement Progresistas . As a young man he fought with the 19th of April Movement, which later evolved into the Alianza Democrática M-19. He then became active in newly-established Alianza Democrática M-19...
- Enrique PeñalosaEnrique PeñalosaEnrique Peñalosa Londoño is a Colombian politician and New Urbanist. He was mayor of Bogotá, from 1998 until 2001, and was runner-up in 2007. He is running in 2011 for mayor as the Green Party candidate. He has also worked as a journalist and consultant on urban and transportation policy...
Writers
- Eduardo EscobarEduardo EscobarEduardo José Escobar is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Chicago White Sox.-External links:...
- Santiago GamboaSantiago Gamboa-Biography:Born at Bogotá, he studied literature at the Javerian University of Bogotá. He travelled to Spain where he remained until 1990 and graduated in Hispanic Philology at the University of Alcalá de Henares...
- José Asunción SilvaJosé Asunción SilvaJosé Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...
- Porfirio Barba Jacob
- José Eustasio RiveraJosé Eustasio RiveraJosé Eustasio Rivera Salas was a Colombian lawyer and poet primarily known for his national epic The Vortex.-Early life:...
- Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García MárquezGabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in...
, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1982. - Jorge IsaacsJorge IsaacsJorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....
- Álvaro MutisÁlvaro MutisÁlvaro Mutis Jaramillo is a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist and author of the compendium The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll.-Early life:...
- Germán EspinosaGermán EspinosaGermán Espinosa was a Colombian novelist, poet and author born and based in Cartagena, Colombia. He wrote over forty works over the course of his career. He often used his native Cartagena for the backdrop or inspiration for his writings...
- Nicolás Gómez Dávila
- Julio JimenezJulio Jimenez (writer)Julio Jiménez is a Colombian writer of telenovelas for RTI Colombia.-His telenovelas:Julio Jiménez has written numerous telenovelas including:...
- Luis Castellanos TapiasLuis Castellanos TapiasLuis Castellanos Tapias was a Colombian attorney , historian, politician, publisher and writer.Castellanos Tapias , published in 1962 a novel that has as its main historical reference the...
, novelist
Business people
- Julio Mario Santo DomingoJulio Mario Santo DomingoJulio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo was a Colombian businessman and patriarch of the wealthy Santo Domingo family. He was the son of Mario Santo Domingo and Beatriz Pumarejo...
- Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Jr.Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Jr.Julio Mario Santo Domingo Braga was the eldest son of Julio Mario Santo Domingo and Edyala Braga, of the same family as Eduardo Braga, current governor of Amazonas...
- Alejandro Santo DomingoAlejandro Santo DomingoAlejandro Santo Domingo is a Colombian-American financier. He is the son of Julio Mario Santo Domingo and Beatriz Dávila, and the half-brother of Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Jr.- Education :...
- Luis Carlos SarmientoLuis Carlos SarmientoLuis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo is a Colombian billionaire and the wealthiest man in Colombia with a net worth of USD$10.5 billions as of 2011, fortune that derives from the massive banking conglomerate Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, SA, of which he is the majority shareholder and president.-Career...