List of Colombians
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This is a list of Colombians who are famous or notable.
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Entertainment
- Flavio Caballero, actor
- Juan Cuéllar
- Margarita Rosa de Francisco, actress
- Martín de Francisco, comedian (brother of Margarita Rosa)
- Jaime Garzón, comedian and journalist
- John Leguizamo, half Colombian, half Puerto Rican actor
- Alejandro Martínez, actor and singer
- Santiago Moure, comedian
- José Ordóñez, comedian
- Cristina Pérez, television judge
- Catalina Sandino Moreno, actress
- Sofía Vergara, actress
- Carlos Vives, actor and singer
Music
- Joe Arroyo, musician
- Andrés Cabas, singer
- Ryan Cabrera, singer, half-Colombian
- Andrés Cepeda, singer
- Eduardo Collazos, musician
- Diomedes Díaz, singer
- Enrique Díaz, musician
- Andrea Echeverri, singer, former leader of Aterciopelados
- Rafael Escalona, musician
- Alex "El Sueco" Frejrud, lead singer of Sexy Death
- Mario Gareña, musician
- Darío Garzón, musician
- Rafael Godoy, composer
- Juanes, singer
- Lisandro Meza, musician
- Mayté Montero, musician
- Nelson Pinedo, musician of the Sonora Matancera
- Elkin Ramírez, lead singer of Kraken
- Rocca, Colombian-French rapper
- Shakira, singer
- Soraya, Colombian-American musician
- Carlos Vives, actor and singer
- Jorge Villamizar, singer, guitarist, and composer, of the band Bacilos
- Charlie Zaa, singer
- Emiliano Zuleta, musician
Sports
See also: List of colombian football players
See also: List of colombian boxers
- Santiago Botero, professional cyclist
- Jolbert Cabrera, baseball player
- Orlando Cabrera, baseball player
- Luis Castro, baseball player, Mexican by mother's side
- Alejandro Falla, professional tennis player
- Jackie Gutiérrez, baseball player
- Yamid Haad, baseball player
- Mauricio Hadad, professional tennis player
- Luis "Lucho" Herrera, "El jardinerito", cyclist
- Robinson Martínez, cyclist
- Bernardo Mercado, heavyweight boxer
- Juan Pablo Montoya, racing driver
- Fabio Enrique Parra, professional cyclist
- Orlando Ramírez, baseball player
- Edgar Rentería, baseball player, hero of the 1997 World Series
- Martín Emilio "Cochise" Rodríguez, cyclist
- Miguel Tobón, professional tennis player
- Javier Zapata, cyclist, record holder
- Fabiola Zuluaga, professional tennis player
Politics
See also: List of presidents of Colombia
- Manuel Ancízar
- Ingrid Betancourt
- Juan Martín Caicedo
- Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
- Alfonso López Pumarejo
- Alfonso López Michelsen, son of Alfonso López Pumarejo
- Laureano Gómez
- Luis Eduardo Garzón
- Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
- César Gaviria Trujillo
- Alberto Lleras Camargo
- Carlos Lleras Restrepo
- Antanas Mockus
- Rafael Núñez
- Andrés Pastrana Arango
- Misael Pastrana Borrero, father of Andrés Pastrana
- Francisco de Paula Santander
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
- Ernesto Samper Pizano
- Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Education
- Mario Laserna Pinzón, founder, Universidad de los Andes; writer; former Senator
[1] (http://www.uniandes.edu.co/home-visitantes/html/nuestrau_historia.htm)
Religion
- Camilo Torres, Catholic priest
- Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Cardinal Priest, archbishop of Bogotá
- Rafael García Herreros, priest
- Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Cardinal Deacon
- Alfonso López Trujillo, Cardinal Bishop
Authors
- Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal
- Manuel Ancízar
- Gonzalo Arango
- Germán Arciniegas
- Porfirio Barba-Jacob
- Eduardo Caballero Calderón
- Andrés Caicedo
- Tomás Carrasquilla
- Germán Castro Caycedo
- Álvaro Cepeda Samudio
- Germán Espinosa
- Gabriel García Márquez
- León de Greiff
- Jorge Isaacs
- Manuel Mejía Vallejo
- Rafael Moreno Durán
- Álvaro Mutis
- Jairo Aníbal Niño
- Rafael Pombo
- Laura Restrepo
- Luis Carlos Restrepo
- José Eustasio Rivera
- José Asunción Silva
- Nicolás Suescún
- Guillermo Valencia
- Fernando Vallejo
- Umberto Valverde
- Manuel Zapata Olivella
Arts
- Adriana Arenas
- Rolf Abdelharden
- Fernando Botero
- Antonio Caro
- María Fernanda Cardozo
- Juan Manuel Echavarría
- Enrique Grau
- Juan Fernando Herran
- Oscar Muñoz
- Edgar Negret
- Alejandro Obregón
- Omar Rayo
- José Alejandro Restrepo
- Doris Salcedo
- Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar
Journalists
- Yamid Amat
- Manuel Ancízar
- Silvia Corzo
- María Lucía Fernández
- Jaime Garzón
- Claudia Palacios
- Juan Gossaín
Controversial persons
See also: FARC Fuerzas Armadas revolucionarias de Colombia
See also: A.U.C. Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia
- Carlos Castaño Gil
- Pablo Escobar
- Luis Garavito
- Angel Melendez
- Rosemberg Pabón
- Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
- Fabio Ochoa Restrepo
Saints
- Mariano de Jesús Eusse Hoyos, Padre Marianito, Catholic priest, Blessed.
- San Pedro Claver, Spaniard, Colombian by adoption.
- The Seven Young Martirs during the Spanish Civil War, 1936, from Comunidad de San Juan de Dios: Juan Bautista Velásquez, Esteban Maya, Melquiades Ramírez de Sonsón, Antioquia (Department), Eugenio Ramírez, Rubén de Jesús López, Arturo Ayala y Gaspar Páez Perdomo de Tello, Huila (Departmnt), asesinados en Madrid. Blessed (the first Latin American to be beatificated).
- Ismael Perdomo Borrero, Archbishop of Bogotá. Beatification in process.
- Padre Almanza, religiuos of Franciscans. Beatification in process.
- Luís Variara (Luigi Variara), Salesians of Don Bosco, Blessed, Italian missioner, Apostle of the leppers in Agua de Dios, Cundinamarca (Department). Colombian by adoption.
- Madre Laura Montoya Upegui.
Science
- Rubén Ardila
- Xavier Caicedo
- Alfonso Caycedo
- Francisco José de Caldas
- Álvaro Fernández Pérez
- Julio Garavito Armero
- Salomón Hakim
- Rodolfo Llinás
- Ernesto Guhl Nannetti
- Álvaro José Negrett
- Manuel Elkin Patarroyo
- Jorge Reynolds Pombo
- Cristián Samper
Colombian indians
Missioners
- Mother Laura Montoya Upegui, founder of "Misioneras de María Inmaculada y Santa Catalina de Sena", now in different Latino American, African y Asian countries.
- Miguel Angel Builes, bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia (Departament), founder of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal, now in different Latino American, African y Asian countries.
Philosophers
Ver Categoría:Filósofos de Colombia
See also: List of people by nationalityes:Lista de colombianos famosos
de:Liste berühmter Kolumbianer