List of Guatemalans

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This is a list of Guatemalans who are famous or notable. For a list of Guatemalan Presidents see President of Guatemala.

Contents
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Abularach, Rodolfo, painter
• Andrade, Sergio, musician (bassist founder of Lifehouse)
• Argueta, Luis, film director
• Arbenz, Jacobo, military officer, former president, deposed by CIA and Guatemalan military
• Arévalo, Juan José, first democratically elected president, Jacobo Arbenz was the second
• Arjona, Ricardo, international singer
• Asturias, Miguel Ángel, writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature (1967)
• Asturias, Rodrigo, guerrilla leader of ORPA, a.k.a Comandante Gaspar Ilom, son of writer Miguel Ángel Asturias
• Ayala Acevedo, Allan, track athlete, national record holder in 400, 400 hurdles, and 1600 relay

B

• Barrios, Justo Rufino, General, leader of the Liberal movement, dictator, attempted Central-American union by force
• Batres Montúfar, José, writer
• Berganza, Eddie, writer, Executive Editor of DC Comics
• Bosch Gutierrez, Felipe A., international businessman
• Bosch Gutierrez, Juan Luis, international businessman

C

• Cardoza y Aragón, Luis, writer, essayist, poet, art critic, and diplomat
• Carrera, Rafael, general, conservative politician
• Castillo Armas, Carlos, colonel, politician
• Castillo, Otto René, poet, guerrilla member of FAR

E

• Estrada Cabrera, Manuel, general, former dictator
• Espada, Rafael, Vice President of Guatemala and former cardiothoracic surgeon

F

• Flaquer Azurdia, Irma, journalist
• Flores, Mateo, athlete

G

• Galeotti Torres, Rodolfo, sculptor
• García Laguardia, Jorge Mario, jurist, magistrate of the Constitutional Court, and Ombudsman for Human Rights
• Gerardi Conedera, Juan José, Roman Catholic bishop and human rights defender
• Goldman, Francisco, writer
• Gomez Carrillo, Enrique (1873-1927), writer
• González Palma, Luis, photographer
• Gutierrez, Juan José, international businessman
• Gutierrez Mayorga, Dionisio, international businessman

I

• Isaac, Oscar, Guatemalan-American actor

J

• Jensen, Alfred Julio, artist

K

• Kayb'il B'alam, 16th-century leader of the Mam people Maya kingdom

L

• La Rue, Frank William, human rights activist, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
• Lehnhoff, Dieter, composer, conductor, musicologist
• Lubitch Domecq, Alcina, writer
• Lucas García, Fernando Romeo, general, former President

M

• Mack, Myrna, anthropologist
• Marroquin, Manny, Grammy Award winning mixer/engineer
• Martinez, Benito, actor
• Menchú Tum, Rigoberta, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1992), indigenous woman, activist, author
• Mérida, Carlos, painter
• Mendez, Francisco, (1907-1962) writer and member of Tepeus Group
• Milla y Vidaurre, José (Salome Jil) (1822-1882), writer
• Monteforte Toledo, Mario, writer
• Monterroso, Augusto, writer, winner of the Prince of Asturias Award of literature (2000)
• Moreno, Gaby, singer and songwriter
• Mulet, Edmond, diplomat, head of mission of MINUSTAH

P

• Palencia, Karl M., Record Producer (Pina Records), aka Myztiko
• Palma, Gustavo Adolfo (1920-2010), Singer - Lyric Tenor
• Peña Aldana, Carlos Enrique, winner of Latin American Idol 2nd season

Q

• Quevedo, Fernando, Professor of theoretical physics, Cambridge, England
• Quezada Toruño, Rodolfo, Cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala City

R

• Ramirez de León, Arnoldo, guerrilla leader of EGP a.k.a. Comandante Rolando Morán
• Raudales, Henry, violinist
• Recinos, Adrián, Lawyer, historian, Mayanist scholar, essayist, and diplomat
• Robles, Rodolfo, physician, discovered onchocercosis (Robles Disease)
• Rodriguez Macal, Virgilio, writer
• Ríos Montt, Efraín, general, dictator, stands accused of genocide
• Rodríguez Beteta, Virgilio (1885-1967), lawyer, historian, diplomat and writer
• Ruiz, Carlos, Tiburones de Veracruz soccer player

S

• Sandarti, Héctor, television personality
• Sandoval, Kevin, Soccer player, 1988 Summer Olympics
• Tobar, Hector, writer/journalist

T

• Tecún Umán, sixteenth century leader of the K'iche' Maya people
• Turcios Lima, Luis Augusto, Guatemalan army officer, guerrilla leader (FAR)

U

• Ubico, Jorge, military dictator
• Unger, David, author
• Urruela Federico, diplomat

V

• Villatoro, Anton, professional cyclist
• Viñals, Jaime, mountaineer (scaled seven highest peaks in the world)
• von Ahn, Luis, computer scientist, creator of CAPTCHA technlogy, professor of Carnegie Mellon University

W

• Whitbeck, Harris, CNN's International Correspondent based in Mexico City.

Y

• Yela Günther, Rafael, sculptor
• Yon Sosa, Marco Antonio, Guatemalan army officer, guerrilla leader MR-NOV13

Z

• Zamora, José Rubén, journalist
• Zuniga, Daphne, Guatemalan-American actress

References