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·This is a list of Venezuelans that are famous or notable.
República Bolivariana de Venezuela
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[edit] Architecture
[edit] Artists
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[edit] Authors
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- José Antonio de Armas Chitty, historian, poet, chronicler, essayist, biographer and researcher.
- Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, poet
- Rafael Arráiz Lucca, poet
- Andrés Bello, humanist, poet, lawmaker, philosopher, educator and philologist.
- Andrés Eloy Blanco, poet
- Eduardo Blanco, novelist and epic poet.
- Manuel Caballero, Historian and journalist.
- Rómulo Gallegos, writer
- Guillermo Meneses, 1911-1978 Writer, journalist, historian, essayist. National Prize of Literature and National Prize of Jounalism
- Moises Naim, writer, current Editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine.
- Juan Oropeza, writer
- Miguel Otero Silva, writer
- Teresa de la Parra, writer
- Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde, poet
- Mariano Picón Salas, writer
- José Antonio Ramos Sucre, poet
- Pedro Sotillo, journalist, novelist, and poet
- Adriano González León, poet and writer
- Arturo Uslar Pietri, Historian and writer
- Guillermo Morón, Historian and writer
[edit] Beauty queens
- Susana Duijm, Miss World 1955
- Maritza Sayalero, Miss Universe 1979
- Irene Sáez, Miss Universe and Miss South America 1981
- Pilin Leon, Miss World 1981
- Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazábal, Miss World 1984
- Silvia Martínez Stapulionis, 3rd runner-up, Miss Universe 1985 and Miss South America 1985
- Ruddy Rosario Rodriguez de Lucia, 3rd runner-up, Miss World 1985
- Alejandrina "Nina" Sicilia Hernandez, Miss International 1985
- Bárbara Palacios Teyde, Miss Universe and Miss South America 1986
- Ines Maria Calero, Miss Nueva Esparta, 3rd runner-up, Miss Universe 1987
- Albani Lozada, Miss Portuguesa, 1st runner-up Miss World 1987
- Yajaira Vera, Miss Globe International 1988
- Emma Rabbe, Miss Hispanidad Internacional 1988
- Rita Verreos, Miss Municipio Vargas 1988
- Patricia Velasquez, Miss Peninsula Goajira 1989
- Yormery Ortega Sánchez, Miss Globe International 1990
- Chiquinquirá Delgado, Miss Zulia, Miss Flower Queen 1990
- Ninibeth Leal, Miss World 1991
- Carolina Izsak, among the 6 finalists for Miss Universe 1992
- Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, Miss World 1995, Top Model of the World 1995
- Alicia Machado, Miss Universe 1996
- Consuelo Adler Hernández, Miss International 1997
- Veruska Ramirez, Miss Venezuela for Miss Universe 1998
- Daniela Kosán Montcourt, Miss Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1997
- Joan Carolina Chópite Sute, Miss Globe International 2000
- Vivian Inés Urdaneta Rincón, Miss International 2000
- Goizeder Azua, Miss International and Miss Mesoamérica 2003
- Aida Yespica, Miss Amazonas state 2002
- Monica Spear Mootz, Miss Venezuela for Miss Universe 2004
- Alexandra Braun, Miss Earth 2005
- Dominika van Santen, Top Model of the World 2005
- Francys Barraza Sudnicka, Venezuelan-born Miss Poland Universe 2006
- Daniela di Giacomo, Miss International 2006
- Ly Jonaitis, 2nd runner up, Miss Universe 2007
- Vanessa Peretti, semifinalist, Miss International 2007
- Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela for Miss Universe 2008
[edit] Business & Law
- Gustavo Cisneros, Venezuelan-born media mogul. He is among the world's richest men according to Forbes magazine, which estimates his fortune at $6 billion.
- Lorenzo Mendoza, oversees one of Venezuela's largest private companies, $6 billion (sales) Empresas Polar.
- Eugenio Mendoza (1906-1979), was a Venezuelan business tycoon who made important contributions in the modernization of the country during the 20th Century.
- Henry Lord Boulton, is a Venezuelan aviator, entrepreneur, owner, and former owner of many businesses such as Casas Boulton, Avensa/Servivensa among others.
- Carolina Herrera (fashion designer) and entrepreneur who founded her eponymous company in 1980.
- Rotislav Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Blanco, is a Venezuelan-born entrepreneur. President of Rostik Group and many other companies in Russia.
[edit] Cartoonists
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[edit] Engineering
[edit] Entertainment
- Amador Bendayán, actor, entertainer, comedian, entrepreneur
- Nelson Bocaranda
- Santiago Cabrera - Heroes
- Wilmer Valderrama - Little Punk
- Daniela Kosán - E! News Latin America host
- Enrique Sapene - Viva Hollywood
- Los Amigos Invisibles group of funk music
- Caramelos de Cianuro Venezuelan rock band
- Adriana Fossa-Maldini model and wife of Paolo Maldini
- Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuban born Venezuelan citizen, actress
- Fernando Carrillo, actor
- Los Chamos teen music group, all members are Venezuelan
- Grecia Colmenares, Venezuelan born Argentinean citizen who is a widely famous actress in Argentina
- Mayré Martínez, Latin American Idol season 1 winner
- Rudy Cárdenas, American Idol (season 6) top 24 contestant
- Guillermo Dávila, actor and singer
- Oscar D'Leon, Salsa music singer
- Eva Ekvall-Johnson, Tv hostess
- Desorden Público referred to as the godfathers of Latin American SKA.
- Franco De Vita, singer and songwriter
- Lupita Ferrer, actress
- Viviana Gibelli, television host
- Miguel de León, actor
- Eduardo Serrano, actor
- Majandra Delfino Roswell
- Marieh Delfino
- Chiquinquirá Delgado, actress and fashion model
- Alicia Machado, former Miss Universe, actress
- Ricardo Montaner, Argentinean born Venezuela citizen, singer
- Lila Morillo, actress, former wife of Jose Luis Rodríguez
- Francys Sudnicka, model
- Carlos Olivier, actor.
- Cynthia Cristina Lander Zamora, TV hostess
- Alejandro Otero Larez, actor, model
- Benjamín Rausseo, a.k.a. Er Conde del Guácharo, television comedian
- Maricarmen Regueiro, actress
- José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", singer, actor, entrepreneur
- Juan Carlos Salazar, singer, Cuatro (instrument), and guitar player
- Mariangel Ruiz, actress, model, former Miss Venezuela, hostees
- Luis José Santander, actor
- Camila Canabal Sapelli, TV hostess
- Daniel Sarcos, show host
- Marger Sealey, singer, contestant at Protagonistas De La Musica
- Sonya Smith, half American, half Venezuelan actress
- Coraima Torres, actress
- Orlando Urdaneta, actor
- Patricia Velásquez, actress and fashion model
- Eglantina Zingg, actress and fashion model
- Sabrina Salvador, TV Host
- Daniela Kosán Montcourt, model and television host
- Enrique Palacios, world-famous model
- Jean Paul Leroux, actor
- Vanessa Neumann Donnelly, well-known socialite/model
- Gabriela Spanic, actress
- Veronica Schneider actress and model
- Sandro Finoglio former Mr World 1998, model/actor
- Rita Verreos, ex Miss Vargas (1988), model, contest TV Show Survivor: Fiji
- Veruska Ramirez model
- Aida Yespica model
- Maurcio Pita, stage actor and singer
- Maria Margarita de Vargas y Santaella, Venezuelan heiress
- Christina Dieckmann, Actress/model
- Natalia Streignard, Actress
- Gaby Espino, Actress
- Catherine Fulop, Television host, model, actress
- Alexandra Braun Waldeck, model
- Juan A. Baptista, Actor
- Anabelle Blum, radio host
- Majandra Delfino, actress and singer
- Dominika van Santen, model
- Ilan Chester, singer
- Keidy Moreno, international model
- Oscar Yanes, journalist and writer
- Edgar Ramirez, National and international actor
- Renny Ottolina, Television host, producer and entertainer
[edit] Filmmakers
[edit] Medicine
- Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan born American, Nobel Prize of Medicine in (1980).
- Luis Razetti, physician, modernized the Medicine studies in Venezuela in the first decades of the XX century.
- José Gregorio Hernández, and religious figure (Catholic religion).
- Marcel Roche, physician and educator.
- José María Vargas, modernized the Medicine studies in Venezuela, in the Second half of the XIX century.
- Tobías Lasser, botanist, founder of the Botanic Garden of Caracas
- Sady Sultan, physician, Caracas born Jewish psychiatrist.
[edit] Mountaineers
[edit] Musicians
- Aldo Abreu, Baroque Recorder virtuoso
- José Antonio Abreu, classical musician
- Humberto Bruni Lamanna, classical guitar executant
- Francisco de Paula Aguirre, composer
- Ricardo Aguirre, composer and singer
- Fulgencio Aquino, folk musician and composer
- Reynaldo Armas, Composer, singer
- Devendra Banhart, Singer-Songwriter
- Huáscar Barradas, Flute executant, composer
- Edgar Bastidas, Lirico-Spinto tenor
- Hugo Blanco, Composer, harpist
- Soledad Bravo, folk singer
- Vytas Brenner, keyboardist, composer
- José Catire Carpio, singer
- Inocente Carreño, classical musician
- Teresa Carreño, 19th century pianist, singer and composer
- Evencio Castellanos, pianist
- María Teresa Chacín, singer
- Vidal Colmenares, joropo singer
- Alirio Diaz, Guitarist
- Simón Díaz, Composer, popular singer
- Rubén Domínguez, Lirico-Spinto tenor
- Gustavo Dudamel, orchestra leader
- Antonio Estévez, composer
- Pedro Eustache, flautist
- Heraclio Fernández, composer, creator of El Diablo Suelto
- Ignacio Figueredo, folk musician
- Billo Frómeta, Orchestra conductor, arranger, composer
- Otilio Galíndez, composer
- Hernán Gamboa, cuatro executant
- Pedro Elías Gutiérrez, composer and conductor
- Reynaldo Hahn, French-Venezuelan composer
- Lorenzo Herrera, composer and singer
- Enrique Hidalgo, composer
- Juan Carlos Salazar, singer, cuatro executant and composer
- Cheo Hurtado, cuatro executant
- Gualberto Ibarreto, folk singer
- José Ángel Lamas, composer
- Luis Alfonzo Larrain, Orchestra conductor, arranger, composer
- Antonio Lauro, guitarist
- Anselmo López, bandola performer
- Floria Márquez, singer
- Eduardo Marturet, Orchestra Conductor
- Laudelino Mejías, composer
- Conny Méndez, singer, composer and writer
- Armando Molero, composer and singer
- Moisés Moleiro, composer
- Ricardo Montaner, Singer-Songwriter
- José Ángel Montero, composer
- Morella Muñoz, notable singer
- Alberto Naranjo, Orchestra conductor, arranger, composer
- Graciela Naranjo, Bolero singer and actress
- Francisco Pacheco, folk singer
- Eneas Perdomo, folk musician
- Juan Bautista Plaza, classical musician
- Edward Pulgar, violinist and conductor
- Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel, classical musician
- Fredy Reyna, cuatro executant
- Rodrigo Riera, guitarist
- Rafael Rincón González, composer and singer
- Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna, classical musician
- Luis Mariano Rivera, Composer
- José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", pop singer
- María Rodríguez, folk singer
- Aldemaro Romero, Orchestra conductor, arranger, composer
- Otmaro Ruiz, pianist and composer
- Alfredo Sadel, Singer-Songwriter
- Ángel Sauce, classical musician
- Eduardo Serrano, folk musician
- Vicente Emilio Sojo, classical musician
- Mario Suárez, folk singer
- Juan Vicente Torrealba, folk musician
- Gerry Weil, Piano executant, Composer
- Saúl Vera, bandola executant
- Natalia Luis-Bassa, Orchestral Conductor
- Chucho Sanoja, Orchestra conductor, pianist, arranger, composer
- Ángel Custodio Loyola, folk singer
- El Carrao de Palmarito, folk singer
- Aquiles Machado, opera singer
- Vinicio Adames, musician and director
[edit] Philosophers and intellectuals
[edit] Politicians
- See also: List of Presidents of Venezuela
- Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), Venezuelan military commander and Father of the Nation
- Francisco de Miranda, Generalísimo veteran of the US and French revolutions, and Venezuela's wars of independence.
- Antonio José de Sucre, Grand Marshal of Ayacucho and president of Bolivia (1826-1828)
- José Antonio Páez (1790-1873), Venezuelan general and President
- Agostino Codazzi, Military Officer, Cartographer, Governor of Barinas
- Juan Crisóstomo Falcón, Venezuelan President
- Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuelan General and Dictator (1908-1935)
- Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President
- Cipriano Castro, Venezuelan President (1899-1908)
- Eleazar López Contreras, Military General and President, renewed Venezuelan politics after the Juan Vicente Gómez rule.
- Isaías Medina Angarita Military officer and President of Venezuela. Last president of the short lived parliamentary democracy experiment (1941-1945)
- Rómulo Gallegos Writer, President, Minister of Education, Congressman, and Mayor of Caracas.
- Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914-2001), Military officer and President of Venezuela. Sometimes referred to as the last Caudillo. (1952-1958).
- Douglas Bravo former Venezuelan guerrilla leader, currently heads the political Third Road Movement group.
- Wolfgang Larrazábal, Military officer and Interim President (1958-1959)
- Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan president and a founder of AD, known as Father of Venezuelan Democracy (1945-1948 and 1959-1964)
- Rafael Caldera, President (1969-1974 and 1994-1999) and founder of COPEI
- Carlos Andrés Pérez, twice president, nationalized oil industry, resigned (1974-1979) and (1989-1993)
- Hugo Chavez, current President of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- Pedro Carmona Head of Fedecámaras, President for 2 days (2002)
- Juan José Flores Creator of the Republic of Ecuador.
- Teodoro Petkoff, ex-guerrilla fighter, Minister of Cordiplan, and journalist.
- José Vicente Rangel, Venezuelan journalist and politician
- Josué Ramírez, Bachelor of International Affairs, former Diplomat, former President of the Miranda State Agricultural Development Corporation (2000-2004) and politician
- Alí Rodríguez Araque, diplomat and Hugo Chávez cabinet member
- Irene Sáez (born 1961), mayor of Chacao and governor of Nueva Esparta. Miss-Universe (1981).
- Juan Manuel Sucre Figarella, Venezuelan General and commander
- Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso, Petroleum Minister, OPEC Founder
- Alfredo Witschi-Cestari, Swiss-Venezuelan diplomat working for the United Nations
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[edit] Sports
- See also: List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball
- Milka Duno, Race Car Driver
- Johnny Cecotto, Moto and Race Car Driver
- Ivan Palazzese, Moto Race Driver
- Bobby Abreu, Major League Baseball player
- Jimy Szymanski, tennis
- Luis Aparicio, retired Major League Baseball player, Hall of Fame member
- Juan Arango, soccer player
- Tony Armas, retired Major League Baseball player
- Tony Armas, Jr., Major League Baseball player
- Serge Blanco, Rugby Union player
- Miguel Cabrera, Major League Baseball player
- Alex Carrasquel, Major League Baseball player
- Chico Carrasquel, Major League Baseball player
- Dave Concepción, retired Major League Baseball player
- Vic Davalillo, Major League Baseball player
- Pompeyo Davalillo, Major League Baseball player
- Bo Diaz, retired Major League Baseball player
- Luis "Lumumba" Estaba, World champion boxer
- Andrés Galarraga, retired Major League Baseball player
- Betulio González, World champion boxing|boxer
- Carlos Guillén, Major League Baseball player
- Ozzie Guillén, Major League Baseball manager and former player
- Ramon Hernandez, Major League Baseball player
- Carl Herrera, NBA player
- Cesar Izturis, Major League Baseball player
- Wilfredo Ledezma, Major League Baseball player
- Melvin Mora, Major League Baseball player
- Alejandro Moreno Soccer player.
- Magglio Ordóñez, Major League Baseball player
- Yaxeni Oriquen, IFBB pro female bodybuilder & reigning Ms. Olympia
- Richard Paez Coach of the national soccer team.
- Lorenzo Parra, boxer
- Nicolas Pereira,Tennis Player,ESPN Comentator
- Chucho Ramos, Major League Baseball player
- Jose Rujano, cyclist
- Johan Santana, Major League Baseball player, two time Cy Young Award winner
- Manny Sarmiento, retired Major League Baseball player
- Giovanni Savarese soccer player.
- César Tovar, Major League Baseball player
- Manny Trillo, Major League Baseball player
- Ugueth Urbina, Major League Baseball player
- Edwin Valero, boxer, currentlly WBA world champion.
- Greivis Vasquez, NCAA basketball player
- Rafael Vidal, competitive swimmer
- Ernesto Jose Viso, F1 racing-car driver
- Omar Vizquel, Major League Baseball player
- Carlos Zambrano, Major League Baseball player
- Alexander Muñoz,boxer, currentlly WBA world champion.
- Jorge Linares, boxer, currentlly WBC world champion.
- Miguel Cairo, Major League Baseball Player
- Alvaro Espinoza Major League Baseball Player
- Luis Sojo Major League Baseball Player/Minor League Manager/Manager Team Venezuela - World Baseball Classic, 2000 World Series Hero
- Alejandro Carrasquel, was the first baseball player from Venezuela to play in Major League Baseball
- Asdrubal Cabrera,Major League Baseball Player
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