This is a list of Panamanians that are famous or notable.
Arts
Beauty
Business
Entertainment
Literature
Politics
- Arnulfo Arias Madrid, President (former: 3 times)
- Harmodio Arias Madrid, President
- Nicolás Ardito Barletta, President, 1984-1985
- Guillermo Endara, President (former)
- Esteban Huertas, independence fighter
- Jorge Illueca diplomat and politician
- Belisario Porras, President (former: 3 times)
- Gabriel Lewis Galindo, Ambassador to Washington, Foreign Minister, Canal Treaties negotiator
- Octavio Méndez Pereira, founder, University of Panama
- Mireya Moscoso, President (former)
- Manuel Antonio Noriega, Dictator / CIA operative / Prisoner of War held by US
- Ernesto Pérez Balladares, President (former)
- General Omar Torrijos Herrera, National Guard and nation's leader
- Martín Torrijos Espino, President (Current)
Religion
Sports
- Hector Lopez NY Yankees baseball champions
- Ismael "El Tigre" Laguna world boxin champion
- Rolando Blackman, Former NBA basketball player, Dallas Mavericks
- Panama Al Brown, world boxing champion, first Hispanic world champion in history
- Irichelle Duran, female boxer
- Roberto Duran, world champion boxer, father of Irichelle Duran
- Alfonso Frazer, world champion boxer
- Rolando Frazer, BSN basketball player
- Roberto Kelly, baseball player
- Jorge Lujan, world champion boxer
- Eusebio Pedroza, world champion boxer
- Laffit Pincay Jr., world class jockey
- Cornelio H. Velasquez, world class jockey
- Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees pitcher
- Ramiro Mendoza -NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox -Pitcher
- Ernesto "Nato" Marcel world champion boxer
- "Maravilla" Pinder world champion boxer
- Rigoberto Riasco world champion boxer
- Zapata -world champion boxer
- Carlos Lee Chicago White Sox -Outfielder
- Rommel Fernandez, Soccer player
- David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox player