List of Colombian Americans
This is a list of notable Colombian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Colombian American or must have references showing they are Colombian American and are notable.
List
Artists and designers
- Miguel Gómez (1974–) - photographer
- Guilloume - Colombian minimalist artist, self-described master of "Bolismo".
- Greg Giraldo - comedian.[1]
- René Moncada - Colombian-born American artist
- Diego Suarez - (1888-1974) was a garden designer known for his work at James Deering's Villa Vizcaya in Miami, Florida.[2]
Anchors and TV personalities
- Julie Banderas - Fox News anchor.
- Monica Fonseca - television presenter, journalist and blogger.
- Ingrid Hoffmann - Colombian-American television personality and restaurateur..
Actors
- Nikki Delano - pornographic actress
- Odette Annable - American actress of Colombian, French, and Cuban descent.[3][4]
- Moisés Arias - American actor.[5]
- Yancey Arias - American actor of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent.
- Stephanie Beatriz - American actress of Colombian father.
- Héctor Luis Bustamante - Colombian American actor.
- Adriana Cataño - American actress and television host.
- Alyssa Diaz - American actress of Colombian and Mexican-American descent.
- Paula Garcés - Actress.
- Isabella Gomez - Colombian-born American actress.
- Miguel Gomez (actor) - Colombian born American actor.
- Diane Guerrero - American actress of Colombian descent.
- Andrew Keegan - actor, mother is Colombian.[6]
- John Leguizamo - actor and comedian.
- Kika Perez - born Ilva Margarita Perez, Colombian-American actress and TV host.
- Carolina Ravassa - Colombian born American actress.
- Sonya Smith - American actress best known for her roles in telenovelas. Her mother is Venezuelan and her father is of Colombian partially descent.[7]
- Brittany Underwood - American actress to Colombian mother.[8]
- Wilmer Valderrama - actor. He is of Colombian and Venezuelan descent.[9]
- Carlos Valdes - Colombian-born American actor, Cisco Ramon on the TV series The Flash.
- Alexa Vega, American actress from Colombian father.[10]
- Makenzie Vega - American actress, young sister of Alexa Vega.[11]
- Sofía Vergara - Colombian actress, known for the series Modern Family.
- Sofia Carson - Colombian American Actress known for the movie Descendants
Musicians
- Manuela Arbeláez - model (The Price Is Right).
- Maria Checa - Colombian-American model and actress.
- Valeria Orsini - fitness model and entrepreneur, founder of BodybyOrsini.[12]
Journalist
- Nina García - fashion journalist and critic (Project Runway, Elle, Marie Claire).[13]
- Adrian Lamo - hacker and journalist.
- Manuel Teodoro - journalist (CBS News, Univision) (also has Filipino descent).
Politicians
- Diana Farrell - member and one of two Deputy Directors of the United States National Economic Council (NEC) in the administration of President Barack Obama.
- Jeff Frederick - former member of the General Assembly of Virginia.[14]
- José Sarria - the first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States.
Writers
- James Cañón - Colombian author.
- Mo Rocca - American writer, journalist, comedian and political satirist to Colombian (mother) and Italian (father) descent.
- Andrés Useche - Colombian American naturalized writer, film director, graphic artist and singer/songwriter.
- Jaime Manrique - Colombian American novelist, poet, essayist, educator, and translator.
Scientists
- Jaime Imitola - Neuroimmunologist.
- Juan B. Gutierrez - Mathematician and author.
- Rodolfo Llinás - Neuroscientist.
- Guillermo Owen - Mathematician
- Ana María Rey - Physicist.
Others
- José Luis Castillo (activist) - Colombian-American activist,[15] politician, and non-profit community liaison in south Florida. He was born to a Dutch mother and a Colombian father in Netherlands. He lives in Florida.
- Arturo Escobar - Colombian-American anthropologist primarily known for his contribution to postdevelopment theory and political ecology.
- Carlos Goez (1939 - 1990), founder of the original Pomander Book Shop in New York.
- Will Jimeno - police officer, 9/11 survivor, portrayed in World Trade Center
- Andre Melendez - (1971-1996), better known as Angel Melendez, was a Club Kid and drug dealer who lived and worked in New York City.
- Beto Pérez - Colombian born American dancer and choreographer who created the fitness program Zumba in the 1990s
- Cristina Pérez - judge[16]
- Alejandro Santo Domingo - Colombian American financier.
- Al Williamson - (1931-2010) American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western and science-fiction/fantasy.[17]
- George Zamka - NASA astronaut[18]
References
- ↑ Stand up Latino & political comedian Greg Giraldo Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ He was a grandson of the Colombian revolutionist and caudillo Francisco de Miranda. Biographical details are taken from an interview with Suarez reported in James T. Maher , Twilight of Splendor: Chronicles of the Age of American Palaces (Boston: Little, Brown) 1975:190-91.
- ↑ Ángela González (January 6, 2008). "Odette Yustman, in the company of monsters in 'Cloverfield'". New York: NY Daily News.
- ↑ Moreno Valley|PE.com|Southern California News|News for Inland Southern California Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Colombia Passport: Economics, Culture and Society: " 27 May 2009 archived version of Moisés Arias of Colombia", 23 March 2009. Link retrieved 25 March 2009. Cite: "If some Colombians dream with an American passport, there are cases of Americans who are proud of say they are Colombians. It is the case of New York-born actor Moises Arias, a teen heart throb and an American US television actor who is proud of the origin of his parents: Colombia."
- ↑ "Andrew Keegan - Yahoo! TV". yahoo.com.
- ↑
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
- ↑ "Wilmer more than Lindsay's ex". heraldsun.com.au. 13 December 2006.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ↑ Alexa Vega (2005-05-11). "Alexa Forever Forums". RE: Questions for Miss Alexa Vega. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2006-08-20.
My father's side is Colombian (bogota)... and I don't know why they said my mom was Italian. She's not. My family and I were trying to figure out what my mom was, but we can only go back to 5 generations and they were all from Florida. haha. so .. Floridian? ahhah... my moms last name is French though
- ↑ "Valeria Orsini: Lovely Lady of the Day". Sports Illustrated. 11 June 2016.
- ↑ Tkacik, Maureen (2008-08-17), "America's Next Top Fashion Editor", New York Magazine, retrieved 2010-07-14
- ↑ Jost, Lauren (2011-07-20). "Muñoz, Frederick Speak of Platforms in Forum". Woodbridge Patch. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ↑ “County Commission Candidates Line Up Endorsements” Miami Herald, August 24, 2000
- ↑ New York Daily News Archived 2009-11-15 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Interview with Al Williamson," The Jack Kirby Collector #15 (April 1997), p. 16. Reprinted in The Collected Jack Kirby Collector Volume Three (TwoMorrows Publishing, 1999), p. 142. ISBN 978-1-893905-02-3
- ↑ "Astronaut Bio: George D. Zamka (03/2013)". Jsc.nasa.gov.
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