List of Colombians

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Colombian people of note include:

Actors

Architects

Artists

  • Ricardo Acevedo Bernal (1867—1930), painter.
  • Rodrigo Arenas Betancur (1919—1995), sculptor.
  • Fernando Botero Angulo (born 1932), 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.
  • Édgar Negret Dueñas (1920—2012), sculptor.
  • Alejandro Obregón Roses (1920—1992), painter.
  • Andrés de Santa María Hurtado (1860—1945), painter.
  • Silvia Tcherassi Solano (born 1965), fashion designer.

Broadcasters

Business people

Criminals

Economists

Filmmakers

Guerillas

Historians

  • Tomás Joaquín de Acosta y Pérez de Guzmán (1800—1852)
  • Germán Arciniegas Angueyra (1900—1999)
  • Eduardo Lemaitre Román (1914—1994)
  • Manuel Uribe Ángel (1822—1904)

Humorists

Journalists

Military personnel

Models

Musicians

Politicians

  • Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio (born 1961)
  • Piedad Córdoba Ruiz (born 1955)
  • Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala (1903—1948)
  • Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento (1943—1989)
  • César Gaviria Trujillo (born 1947)
  • Antanas Mockus Šivickas (born 1952)
  • Rafael Núñez Moledo (1825—1894)
  • Mariano Ospina Rodríguez (1851—1885)
  • Ernesto Samper Pizano (born 1950)
  • Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (born 1951)
  • Horacio Serpa Uribe (born 1943)
  • Camilo Torres Tenorio (1766—1816)
  • Álvaro Uribe Vélez (born 1952)

Sportspersons

  • Yuri Alvear Orejuela (born 1986), Olympic judoka.
  • Víctor Aristizábal Posada (born 1971), footballer.
  • Faustino Asprilla Hinestroza (born 1969), footballer.
  • Helmut Bellingrodt Wolff (born 1949), Olympic shooter.
  • Antonio Cervantes Reyes (born 1945), boxer.
  • Alejandro Falla Ramírez (born 1983), tennis player.
  • Radamel Falcao García Zárate (born 1986), footballer.
  • David González (born 1990), skateboarder.
  • Boris de Greiff Bernal (1930—2011), chess player.
  • Luis Herrera Herrera (born 1961), cyclist.
  • René Higuita Zapata (born 1966), footballer
  • Caterine Ibargüen Mena (born 1984), Olympic jumper.
  • Iván Molina (born 1946), tennis player.
  • Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (born 1975), race car driver.
  • Óscar Muñoz Oviedo (born 1993), Olympic taekwondo practitioner.
  • Mariana Pajón Londoño (born 1991), Olympic cyclist.
  • Faryd Mondragón Alí footballer.
  • Nairo Quintana Rojas (born 1990), cyclist.
  • Jonathan Romero Preciado (born 1986), boxer.
  • Jackeline Rentería Castillo (born 1986), Olympic wrestler.
  • Edgar Rentería Herazo (born 1975), baseballer.
  • Ximena Restrepo Gaviria (born 1969), Olympic sprinter.
  • Diego Salazar Quintero (born 1980), Olympic weightlifter
  • Rigoberto Urán Urán (born 1987), Olympic cyclist.
  • María José Uribe Durán (born 1990), golfer.
  • María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró (born 1965), Olympic weightlifter.
  • Carlos Valderrama Palacio (born 1961), footballer.
  • James Rodríguez (born 1991), footballer.
  • Camilo Villegas Restrepo (born 1982), golfer.
  • Alonso Zapata Ramírez (born 1958), chess player.

Writers

  • Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883—1942)
  • Rufino José Cuervo Urisarri (1844—1911)
  • Germán Espinosa Villareal (1938—2007)
  • Gabriel García Márquez (1927—2014)
  • León de Greiff Haeusler (1895—1976)
  • Jorge Isaacs Ferrer (1837—1895)
  • Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo (born 1923)
  • Rafael Pombo y Rebolledo (1833—1912)
  • José Eustasio Rivera Salas (1888—1928)
  • José Asunción Silva Gómez (1865—1896)

Scientists

Other notables