List of Colombians explained
Colombian people of note include:
Actors
Architects
Artists
See main article: List of Colombian artists.
- Ricardo Acevedo Bernal (1867–1930), painter
- Débora Arango (1907–2005) painter
- Rodrigo Arenas Betancur (1919–1995), sculptor
- Fernando Botero Angulo (1932–2023), 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
- Fernando Montaño (born 1985), ballet dancer and choreographer
- Édgar Negret Dueñas (1920–2012), sculptor
- Alejandro Obregón Roses (1920–1992), painter
- Mario Opazo (born 1969), video and production artist
- Leobardo Pérez Jiménez (born 1945), painter and sculptor
- Andrés de Santa María Hurtado (1860–1945), painter
- Silvia Tcherassi Solano (born 1965), fashion designer
Broadcasters
Businesspeople
Community organizers
Criminals
Economists
Filmmakers
Left-wing terrorists
See also: List of guerrillas of Colombia.
Historians
Humorists
Journalists
Lawyers
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.
Sportspersons
Baseball
Basketball
Cycling
Equestrian
Football
- Víctor Aristizábal (born 1971), footballer
- Faustino Asprilla (born 1969), footballer
- Diego Chará, football player
- Yimmi Chará, football player
- Radamel Falcao (born 1986), footballer
- Denis Gomez (born 1991), footballer
- Marlon González (born 1989), footballer
- René Higuita (born 1966), footballer
- Faryd Mondragón, footballer
- Carlos Alberto Palacio (born 1998), footballer
- James Rodríguez (born 1991), footballer
- Carlos Valderrama (born 1961), footballer
Other
- Yuri Alvear (born 1986), Olympic judoka
- Orlando Duque (born 1974), high diver
- Helmut Bellingrodt (born 1949), Olympic shooter
- Antonio Cervantes (born 1945), boxer
- Alejandro Falla (born 1983), tennis player
- David González (born 1990), skateboarder
- Boris de Greiff (1930–2011), chess player
- Iván Molina (born 1946), tennis player
- Juan Pablo Montoya (born 1975), race car driver, former Formula One driver for Williams-BMW and McLaren-Mercedes[17]
- Óscar Muñoz (born 1993), Olympic taekwondo practitioner
- Jonatan Romero (born 1986), boxer
- Jackeline Rentería (born 1986), Olympic wrestler
- Ximena Restrepo (born 1969), Olympic sprinter
- Diego Salazar (born 1980), Olympic weightlifter
- Mariajo Uribe (born 1990), golfer
- María Isabel Urrutia (born 1965), Olympic weightlifter
- Camilo Villegas (born 1982), LPGA golfer
- Alonso Zapata (born 1958), chess player
- Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría (1869–1933), Olympic tug of war competitor for France, first Colombian to be awarded a medal in the Olympic Games
Writers
See main article: List of Colombian writers.
Scientists
- Silvia Blair, parasitologist, biologist
- Pelayo Correa (born 1927), pathologist
- Raúl Cuero Rengifo (born 1948), microbiologist
- Arturo Escobar (born 1952), anthropologist
- Julio Garavito Armero (1865–1920), astronomer
- Salomón Hakim Dow (1922–2011), neurosurgeon
- Rodolfo Llinás Riascos (born 1934), neuroscientist
- Adriana Ocampo Uria (born 1955), planetary geologist
- Guillermo Owen Salazar (born 1938), mathematician
- Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Murillo (born 1946), immunologist
- Eduardo Posada Flórez (born 1942), physicist
- José Manuel Restrepo Vélez (1781–1863), botanist
- Ana María Rey Ayala (born 1977), theoretical physicist
- Jorge Reynolds Pombo (born 1936), electrical engineer
- José Jerónimo Triana Silva (1826–1890), botanist
See also
Notes and References
- News: One Day at a Time: What Playing Elena Taught Isabella Gomez. Vanity Fair. 8 February 2018.
- News: Zulay Henao: la colombiana a la que casaron con una estrella de Hollywood. m.eltiempo.com. 4 July 2019.
- News: Drugs, murder, mafia: Inside Sofia Vergara's rise to Fame. New York Post. 24 January 2015.
- Web site: Pedro Alonso López 'El Monstruo de los Andes' . dead . http://web.archive.org/web/20200128101607/https://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otras-ciudades/pedro-alonso-lopez-el-monstruo-de-los-andes-asesinos-en-serie-en-colombia-291768 . 2020-01-28 . El Tiempo (Colombia).
- News: Manuela Arbelaez – New York Daily News. Daily News. New York. 10 August 2019.
- News: Andrea Escobar la única colombiana en modelar Victoria Secret. eltiempo.com. 4 January 2024.
- News: Cartagena's Laura Gonzalez wins Miss Colombia 2017. colombiareports.com. 29 July 2019.
- News: Gabriela Tafur y su vida después de Señorita Colombia. El Universal. Caracas. 29 July 2019.
- News: Choco wins Miss Colombia beauty pageant. colombiareports.com. 29 July 2019.
- News: Miss Colombia Paulina Vega named Miss Universe. Time. 26 January 2015.
- News: A Couple of Facts You didn't know about Shakira. colombia.co. 4 July 2019.
- News: Pop loner Kali Uchis on growing up punk in Colombia and the struggle to stay bilingual. Rolling Stone. 24 July 2018.
- News: Colombia Elects Ivàn Duque, a Young Populist, as President. The New York Times. 10 August 2019.
- News: José Quintana. baseball-reference.com. 7 March 2019.
- News: Julio Teherán. baseball-reference.com. 7 March 2019.
- News: Egan Bernal rides into history and puts Colombian cycling on the Map. The Guardian. 29 July 2019.
- News: McLaren Racing – Heritage – Juan Pablo Montoya. mclaren.com. 3 July 2019.
- News: The Top 100 Books of All Time . 31 March 2021 . The Guardian . 8 May 2002.
- Book: Bloom . Harold . The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages . 1994 . Harcourt Brace & Company . NY/San Diego/London . 978-1-57322-514-4 . 560.