This is a list of Colombians who are famous or notable.

República de Colombia

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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
• Charlie Zaa, singer
• Emiliano Zuleta , musician

Sports

See also: List of colombian football players See also: List of colombian boxers

• Juan Pablo Montoya, racing driver
• Martín Emilio "Cochise" Rodríguez , cyclist
• Luis "Lucho" Herrera, "El jardinerito", cyclist
• Fabio Enrique Parra , professional cyclist
• Santiago Botero, professional cyclist
• Robinson Martínez, cyclist
• Javier Zapata, cyclist, record holder
• Edgar Rentería, baseball player, hero of the 1997 World Series
• Jolbert Cabrera, baseball player
• Orlando Cabrera, baseball player
• Jackie Gutiérrez, baseball player
• Luis Castro, baseball player Mexican by mother's side
• Yamid Haad, baseball player
• Orlando Ramírez, baseball player
• Fabiola Zuluaga, professional tennis player
• Mauricio Hadad , professional tennis player
• Miguel Tobón , professional tennis player
• Alejandro Falla , 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

Religion

• Camilo Torres, Catholic priest
• Pedro Rubiano , Catholic archbishop
• 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
• Adrian Lamo

Science

• 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

See also: List of people by nationality