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Revision as of 23:39, 5 December 2012
This is a list of Panamanians who are famous or notable and were either born in Panama or have Panamanian ancestry.
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Arts
- Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, folk artist
- Manuel Chong Neto, painter
- Antonio Jose Guzman, artist
- José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, photographer
- Alfredo Sinclair, painter
- Olga Sinclair, painter
Beauty queens and fashion models
- Ester Cordet, former PornStarPlayboy Playmate of the Month
- Justine Pasek, former Miss Universe
Business
- Ursula M. Burns, CEO of Xerox
- Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines
- Karl Kani, urban fashion designer
- Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Colombian businessman (born in Panama)
Entertainment
- Sharon Aguilar, musician/composer
- Tatyana Ali, actress (Panamanian mother)
- Pedro Altamiranda, singer/composer
- Nancy Ames, singer
- Tanya Aparicio, pianist
- Tyson Beckford, Model, (maternal grandmother born in Panama)
- Aloe Blacc, singer
- Rubén Blades, singer,actor, former Minister of Tourism
- Miguel Bosé, Spanish 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)
- 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
- Bayano, rebel slave
- Floyd Britton, political dissident
- Edward Ashton Gaskin Stuart, educator and labor leader
- Victoriano Lorenzo, patriot
- Luis Anderson McNeil, former labor minister
- Belisario Porras, former president
- Urracá, chieftain
Journalism
- Escolastico Calvo, journalist
- Gwen Ifill, television correspondent and host
- Juan Williams, television correspondent
Literature
- Consuelo Tomás, writer
- Rosa María Britton, writer
- Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer (born in Panama)
- Gloria Guardia novelist and essayist
- Ricardo Miró, poet
- José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, writer
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 president
Science
- Kenneth Bancroft Clark, psychologist
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 Valdés, soccer player
- Einar Díaz, professional baseball player
- Roberto Durán, world boxing champion
- Rommel Fernández, soccer player
- Gary Forbes, professional basketball player
- Alfonso Frazer, world champion boxer
- Rubén Garcés, former basketball player
- Stuart Gray, professional basketball player
- George Headley, cricket player
- Leroy Jackson, professional basketball player
- Roberto Kelly, baseball player
- Kevin Kurányi,German soccer player
- Lloyd La Beach, first Olympic medal winner from Panama
- Bobby Lashley, professional wrestler
- Carlos Lee, professional baseball player
- Héctor López, professional baseball player
- Jorge Luján, boxer
- Ernesto Marcel, professional 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 Sanguillén, professional baseball player
- Rennie Stennett, professional baseball player
- Luis Tejada, soccer player
- Oscar Willis Layne, cyclist
- Roberto Vásquez, professional boxer
- Hilario Zapata, professional boxer
Other
- Jorge Cham, webcomics producer, author of PhD Comics
- David Iglesias, American lawyer
- Katie Sierra, activist
- Princess Angela of Liechtenstein, member of the Royal House of Liechtenstein