List of Colombians

Colombian people of note include:

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Actors

Architects

Artists
Main article: List of Colombian artists
  • Ricardo Acevedo Bernal (1867–1930), painter.
  • Rodrigo Arenas Betancur (1919–1995), sculptor.
  • Fernando Botero Angulo (born 1932), painter and sculptor.
  • Miguel Gómez (born 1974), photographer.
  • Pedro Nel Gómez Agudelo (1889–1989), muralist.
  • Enrique Grau Araújo (1920–2004), painter.
  • Santiago Martínez Delgado (1906–1954), muralist.
  • Leo Matiz (1917–1998), photographer.
  • Édgar Negret Dueñas (1920–2012), sculptor.
  • Alejandro Obregón Roses (1920–1992), painter.
  • Mario Opazo (born 1969), video and production artist
  • Andrés de Santa María Hurtado (1860–1945), painter.
  • Silvia Tcherassi Solano (born 1965), fashion designer.

Broadcasters

Businesspeople

Community organizers

Criminals

Economists

Filmmakers

Guerillas
See also: List of guerrillas of Colombia

Historians
  • Tomás Joaquín de Acosta y Pérez de Guzmán (1800–1852)
  • Germán Arciniegas Angueyra (1900–1999)
  • Eduardo Lemaitre Román (1914–1994)
  • Manuel Uribe Ángel (1822–1904)

Humorists

Journalists

Military personnel

Models

Musicians
See also: List of Colombian musicians

Politicians
See also: List of Presidents of Colombia, List of Vice Presidents of Colombia, List of Colombian Department Governors, and List of current members of the Senate of Colombia
  • Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio (born 1961)
  • Piedad Córdoba Ruiz (born 1955)
  • Iván Duque Márquez (born 1976)[12]
  • Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala (1903–1948)
  • Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento (1943–1989)
  • César Gaviria Trujillo (born 1947)
  • Antanas Mockus Šivickas (born 1952)
  • Mario Laserna Pinzon (1923–2013)
  • Rafael Núñez Moledo (1825–1894)
  • Mariano Ospina Rodríguez (1851–1885)
  • Ernesto Samper Pizano (born 1950)
  • Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (born 1951)
  • Horacio Serpa Uribe (born 1943)
  • Camilo Torres Tenorio (1766–1816)
  • Álvaro Uribe Vélez (born 1952)

Sportspersons

Baseball

Basketball

Other

  • Yuri Alvear Orejuela (born 1986), Olympic judoka
  • Egan Bernal (born 1997), Cyclist, winner of the 2019 Tour de France[15]
  • Daniel Bluman (born 1990), Colombian-born Israeli Olympic show jumping rider
  • Diego Chará - football player
  • Yimmi Chará - football player
  • Orlando Duque (born 1974), high diver
  • Víctor Aristizábal Posada (born 1971), footballer
  • Faustino Asprilla Hinestroza (born 1969), footballer
  • Helmut Bellingrodt Wolff (born 1949), Olympic shooter
  • Antonio Cervantes Reyes (born 1945), boxer
  • Alejandro Falla Ramírez (born 1983), tennis player
  • Radamel Falcao García Zárate (born 1986), footballer
  • David González (born 1990), skateboarder
  • Boris de Greiff Bernal (1930–2011), chess player
  • Luis Herrera Herrera (born 1961), cyclist
  • René Higuita Zapata (born 1966), footballer
  • Caterine Ibargüen Mena (born 1984), Olympic jumper
  • Iván Molina (born 1946), tennis player
  • Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (born 1975), race car driver, Former Formula One driver for Williams-BMW and McLaren-Mercedes[16]
  • Óscar Muñoz Oviedo (born 1993), Olympic taekwondo practitioner
  • Mariana Pajón Londoño (born 1991), Olympic cyclist
  • Faryd Mondragón Alí footballer
  • Nairo Quintana Rojas (born 1990), cyclist
  • Jonathan Romero Preciado (born 1986), boxer
  • Jackeline Rentería Castillo (born 1986), Olympic wrestler
  • Edgar Rentería Herazo (born 1975), baseballer
  • Ximena Restrepo Gaviria (born 1969), Olympic sprinter
  • Diego Salazar Quintero (born 1980), Olympic weightlifter
  • Rigoberto Urán Urán (born 1987), Olympic cyclist
  • María José Uribe Durán (born 1990), golfer
  • María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró (born 1965), Olympic weightlifter
  • Carlos Valderrama Palacio (born 1961), footballer
  • James Rodríguez (born 1991), footballer
  • Camilo Villegas Restrepo (born 1982), golfer
  • Alonso Zapata Ramírez (born 1958), chess player
  • Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría (born 1869), Olympic tug of war competitor for France, first Colombian to be awarded a medal in the Olympic Games

Writers
Main article: List of Colombian writers
  • Juan Álvarez (born 1978]
  • Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942)
  • Rufino José Cuervo Urisarri (1844–1911)
  • Germán Espinosa Villareal (1938–2007)
  • Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)
  • Marvel Moreno (1939–1995)
  • León de Greiff Haeusler (1895–1976)
  • Jorge Isaacs Ferrer (1837–1895)
  • Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo (born 1923)
  • Mario Laserna Pinzón (1923–2013)
  • Rafael Pombo y Rebolledo (1833–1912)
  • José Eustasio Rivera Salas (1888–1928)
  • José Asunción Silva Gómez (1865–1896)

Scientists

Other notables

See also

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