List of Guatemalans

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A list of notable Guatemalans.

A

• Abularach, Rodolfo, painter
• Álvarez, José Luis (1917–2012), painter
• Jackie Amezquita (born 1985), performance artist
• Andrade, Sergio, musician (bassist founder of Lifehouse)
• Acuña, Angelina writer of prose and poetry
• Argueta, Luis, film director
• Arbenz Vilanova, Arabella, actress, model, socialite
• Arbenz, Jacobo (1913–1971), military officer, former president
• Manuel José Leonardo Arce Leal (1935-1985), poet and dramatist
• Arenales Catalán, Emilio (1922–1969), diplomat. Foreign minister of Guatemala from 1966 to 1969 and the president of the United Nations Twenty-Third General Assembly from 1968 to 1969.
• Arévalo, Juan José, first democratically elected president
• 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
• Aycinena y Piñol, Juan José, ecclesiastical and intellectual conservative in Central America

B

• Barrios, Justo Rufino, General, leader of the Liberal movement, dictator
• Barrondo, Erick, Olympic Silver medalist racewalker
• Batres Montúfar, José, writer
• Berganza, Eddie, writer, Executive Editor of DC Comics
• Bressani Castignoli, Ricardo, nutrition expert and biochemist
• Bosch Gutierrez, Felipe A., businessman
• Bosch Gutierrez, Juan Luis, businessman

C

• Cardoza y Aragón, Luis, writer, essayist, poet, art critic, and diplomat
• Carnage, DJ and music producer
• Carrera, Rafael, general, conservative politician, and President of Guatemala
• Castillo Armas, Carlos, colonel, politician
• Rafael Castillo Valdez, politician and diplomat
• Castillo, Otto René, poet, guerrilla member of FAR
• Chacón González, Lázaro Army General, former President
• Chinchilla Recinos, María (1909–1944), schoolteacher
• Cordón, Kevin, national badminton player
• Coroy, María Mercedes, Mayan actress
• Cumez, Paula Nicho, artist
• Rosa Elena Curruchich (1958-2005), painter
• Curruchich, Sara, singer-songwriter
• del Águila, Cynthia (born 1959), Minister of Education 2012–2015

E

• Estrada Cabrera, Manuel, lawyer. Secretary of Foreign during Jose Maria Reina Barrios government. President of Guatemala from 1898 to 1920.
• Espada, Rafael, Vice President of Guatemala and former cardio-thoracic surgeon

F

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

G

• Franz Galich (1951–2007), writer
• Galeotti Torres, Rodolfo, sculptor
• García Granados y Saborío, María (1860–1878), socialite
• García Granandos y Zavala, María Josefa (1796–1848), intellectual, writer, journalist and poet
• García Laguardia, Jorge Mario, jurist, magistrate of the Constitutional Court, and Ombudsman for Human Rights
• Gerardi Conedera, Juan José, Roman Catholic bishop
• Goldman, Francisco, writer
• Gomez Carrillo, Enrique (1873–1927), writer
• González Palma, Luis, photographer
• Gutierrez, Juan José, businessman
• Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga, businessman

H

• Hendricks, Ted, retired American Football linebacker
• Baudilio Hichos, politician

I

• Isaac, Oscar, Guatemalan-American actor

J

• Jensen, Alfred Julio, artist

L

• La Rue, Frank William, human rights activist
• Lehnhoff, Dieter, composer, conductor, musicologist
• Lopez, Ed, Guatemalan-American politician
• Lopez, Antonio, Guatemalan-Mexican soccer player
• Lubitch Domecq, Alcina, writer
• Lucas García, Fernando Romeo, general, former President

M

• Mack, Myrna, anthropologist
• Marroquin, Manny, Grammy Award-winning mixer/engineer
• Martinez, Benito, American actor of Guatemalan descent
• Menchú, Rigoberta, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1992), indigenous woman, activist, author
• Menkos, Jonathan, politician, economist and writer
• Mérida, Carlos, painter
• Mendez, Francisco, (1907–1962) writer
• 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)
• Monterroso, Sandra, visual artist and designer
• Montúfar y Rivera, Lorenzo (1823–1898), politician and lawyer.
• Morales, Jimmy, President of Guatemala
• Moreno, Gaby, singer and songwriter
• Mulet, Edmond, diplomat
• Óscar Murúa, artist

P

• Palencia, Karl M., Record Producer (Pina Records), aka Myztiko
• Palma, Gustavo Adolfo (1920–2010), singer, lyric tenor
• Paniagua España, Carlos Eduardo (1915-1988), diplomat
• Pappa, Marco, Guatemalan national team and Seattle Sounders FC footballer
• Peña Aldana, Carlos Enrique, winner of Latin American Idol 2nd season
• Pezzarossi, Dwight, retired Guatemalan National Team and CSD Comunicaciones footballer
• Plata, Juan Carlos, retired Guatemalan National Team and CSD Municipal footballer

Q

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

R

• Ramírez, Guillermo, retired Guatemalan national team footballer
• 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
• Recinos, Efraín, engineer, architect, painter, sculptor, muralist, scenographer, inventor
• 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
• Rosenthal, Gert, economist and diplomat
• Ruiz, Carlos, Guatemalan national team and CSD Municipal footballer

S

• Sandarti, Héctor, television personality
• Sandoval, Kevin, soccer player, 1988 Summer Olympics
• Saravia, Rodrigo, Guatemala national team footballer
• Shery, singer, songwriter and producer
• Soluna Samay, singer, songwriter

T

• Tecún Umán, sixteenth century leader of the K'iche' Maya people
• Tobar, Hector, writer/journalist
• 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
• Villatoro, Alan, International Christian singer, music producer
• Viñals, Jaime, mountaineer (scaled seven highest peaks in the world)
• von Ahn, Luis, computer scientist, creator of CAPTCHA technology, professor of Carnegie Mellon University
• Luis H. Velasquez, (30 December 1919 – 9 February 1997) was a Guatemalan long-distance runner who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was third in the 1951 Pan American Games marathon and third in the 1955 Pan American Games marathon.

W

• Wurmser, Juan Mauricio, advertising firm founder, president and CEO
• 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