List of Panamanians
This is a list of Panamanians who are famous or notable and were either born in Panama or have Panamanian ancestry.
Arts
Beauty queens and fashion models
Business
Entertainment
- Sharon Aguilar, musician/composer
- Tatyana Ali, actress (Panamanian mother)
- Jesus Almenas, guitarist and composer
- Pedro Altamiranda, singer/composer
- Nancy Ames, singer
- Tanya Aparicio, pianist
- Tyson Beckford, Model, (maternal grandmother born in Panama)
- Rubén Blades, singer,actor, former Minister of Tourism
- Miguel Bosé, actor and singer (born in Panama)
- Jordana Brewster, actress
- Jeff Buckley, singer-songwriter
- Billy Cobham, drummer, for Mahavishnu Orchestra
- Melissa De Sousa, actress (film The Best Man)
- Ingrid De Ycaza, singer
- El General, Reggaetón artist
- La Factoría, Reggaeton duo
- Flex, Reggaetón artist
- Carlos Garnett, jazz saxofonist
- Margarita Henríquez, singer
- Clark Kent, rap music producer
- Vincent Laresca, Actor
- Makano, Reggaetón artist
- Jaime Murrell, singer
- Nando Boom, Reggae artist
- Casey Parker, adult film actress
- Danilo Pérez, jazz pianist
- José Quintero, Broadway director
- Los Rabanes, reggae-rock band
- J. August Richards, actor
- Daphne Rubin-Vega, actress and singer
Historical figures
Journalism
Literature
Politics
- Arnulfo Arias Madrid, former president
- Harmodio Arias Madrid, former president
- Nicolás Ardito Barletta, former president
- Guillermo Endara, former president
- Adrian Fenty, former mayor of Washington, D.C. (Panamanian father)
- Esteban Huertas, independence fighter
- Jorge Illueca diplomat and politician
- Julio E. Linares, former Treasury Minister (1963–1964) and Foreign Minister (1989–1993)
- John McCain, United States politician
- Mireya Moscoso, former president
- Manuel Antonio Noriega, former dictator
- Ernesto Pérez Balladares, former president
- Belisario Porras, former president
- Martín Torrijos Espino, former president
- Omar Torrijos, former dictator
Science
Sports
- Felipe Baloy, soccer player
- Leonardo Barker, professional football player
- Reginald Beckford, sprinter
- William Bedford, former basketball player
- Juan Berenguer, professional baseball player
- Rolando Blackman, former basketball player
- Rod Carew, professional baseball player
- Bruce Chen, professional baseball player
- Roberto Corbin, soccer player
- Eileen Coparropa, Olympic swimmer
- Manuel Corpas, professional baseball player
- Ed Cota, basketball player
- Frank Davis, professional football player
- Jorge Dely Valdes, soccer player
- Julio César Dely Valdes, soccer player
- Einar Díaz, professional baseball player
- Roberto Durán, world boxing champion
- Rommel Fernandez, soccer player
- Gary Forbes, professional basketball player
- Alfonso Frazier, world champion boxer
- Ruben Garces, former basketball player
- Stuart Gray, professional basketball player
- George Headley, cricket player
- Leroy Jackson, professional basketball player
- Roberto Kelly, baseball player
- Kevin Kuranyi,German soccer player
- Lloyd LaBeach, first Olympic medal winner from Panama.
- Bobby Lashley, professional wrestler
- Carlos Lee, professional baseball player
- Héctor López, professional baseball player
- Jorge Luján, boxer
- José Macías, professional baseball player
- Ramiro Mendoza, professional baseball player
- Orlando Miller, professional baseball player
- Omar Moreno, professional baseball player
- Ben Oglivie, professional baseball player
- Panama Al Brown, world boxing champion, first Hispanic world champion in history
- Eusebio Pedroza, boxer
- Jaime Penedo, soccer player
- Laffit Pincay Jr., horse jockey
- Mariano Rivera, professional baseball player
- Rubén Rivera, professional baseball player
- Davis Romero, professional baseball player
- Carlos Ruiz, professional baseball player
- Olmedo Sáenz, professional baseball player
- Irving Saladino, current World and Olympic champion
- Manny Sanguillen, professional baseball player
- Rennie Stennett, professional baseball player
- Luis Tejada, soccer player
- Oscar Willis Layne, cyclist
- Roberto Vásquez, world champion boxer
- Hilario Zapata, world champion boxer
Other