List of Guatemalans
This is a list of Guatemalans who are famous or notable. For a list of Guatemalan Presidents see President of Guatemala.
- Roberto Milian jr, Software Architect
- Rodolfo Abularach, painter
- Chris Michelson, Famous Brewmeister
- Luis Argueta, film director
- Jacobo Arbenz, former president, communist, deposed by CIA & Guatemalan Military
- Ricardo Arjona, International Singer
- Gustavo Adolfo Palma (1920-2010), Singer - Liryc Tenor
- César Brañas, writer, poet, journalist and literary critic (1899-1976)
- Juan José Arévalo, First communist elected president, Arbenz was the second.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature (1967).
- Myztiko, Record Producer (Pina Records)
- Rodrigo Asturias (aka Gaspar Ilom), pseude revolutionary leader, never worked a single day in his life, communist
- Allan Ayala Acevedo, Track Athlete, National Record Holder in 400, 400 Hurdles, and 1600 Relay.
- Justo Rufino Barrios, general, dictator, attempted Central-American union by force
- Alida Boer, Fashion Model/ Entrepreneur / Miss Guatemala 2007
- Felipe A. Bosch Gutierrez, international businessman, tax evasion professional.
- Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez, international businessman, another tax evasion professional.
- Ricardo H Bueso Deras, international businessman and national corrupt politician, 1st Guatemalan to serve in the Vietnam War, Navy Seals Special Forces
- Rafael Landivar y Cabellero (1731-1793), Jesuit priest, poet and writer
- Luis Cardoza y Aragón, communist writer
- Rafael Carrera, general, conservative politician.
- Pablo G. Castañeda R., writer
- Alex Castillo, Actor
- Carlos Castillo Armas, coronel, politician.
- Ernest Brian Castillo, actor, entrepreneur
- Jesus Castillo, musician
- Otto Rene Castillo, communist
- Rosina Cazali, contemporary art critic and curator, feminist and essay writer
- Antonio Chocano Batres, retired protocol minister.
- Ana Maria Cisneros Alvarez, Entrepreneur
- Rogelia Cruz Martínez, Miss Universe contestant, guerrilla member
- Deborah David, fashion model
- Zipacná de León, gay painter
- Ricardo Del Carmen, snob musician and conductor.
- Manuel Estrada Cabrera, general, former dictator
- Donye Fernandez, Famous Bass and Guitar player
- Lourdes Figueroa, Model, Actress, and Miss Guatemala 2009.
- Irma Flaquer, communist journalist
- Mateo Flores, athlete
- Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, sculptor
- Luis Galich, stoner, singer and composer
- Manolo Gallardo, painter
- Maria Victoria García, Artist and painter
- Francisco Goldman, author,
- Enrique Gomez Carrillo (1873-1927), writer
- Luis González Palma, photographer
- Juan Jose Gutierrez, international businessman and tax evasion professional.
- Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga, international businessman, tax evasion professional
- Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor
- Alfred Julio Jensen, artist
- Elías Jimenéz Trachtenberg, film director
- Robert Karimi, Guatemalan/Iranian/American poet,
- Gabriel Kimble, Famous Guatememalan Musician
- Rina Lazo, Painter, muralist
- Dieter Lehnhoff, composer, conductor, musicologist
- Alcina Lubitch Domecq, author
- Fernando Romeo Lucas García, general, former President
- Myrna Mack, Communist guerrilla member
- Manny Marroquin, Grammy Award winning mixer/engineer
- Benito Martinez (actor), actor
- Susana Mercedes, fashion model, fashion designer
- Lorena Mena, actress
- Luz Mendez de la Vega, Communist, Poet, novelist
- Francisco Mendez, (1907-1962) author and member of Tepeus Group
- Jose Milla y Vidaurre (Salome Jil) (1822-1882), writer
- Mario Monteforte Toledo, Communist author
- Augusto Monterroso, Communist author, winner of the Prince of Asturias Award of literature (2000).
- Carlos Mérida, Communist painter
- Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Communist guerrilla member, corrupt politician, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1992).
- Edmond Mulet, Corrupt politician.
- Rodrigo Olivero Guatemalan golf player, youngest national champion
- Adolfo Putzeys Pacheco, Guatemalan vice-presidential candidate and participant in the movement Los Cadetes del 2 de agosto.
- Fernando Quevedo, Professor of theoretical physics, Cambridge, England.
- Ricardo Arnoldo Ramirez de León, guerrilla leader (Guerrilla Army of the Poor), a.k.a. Rolando Morán.
- Henry Raudales, violinist
- Rodolfo Robles, physician, discovered onchocercosis (Robles Disease)
- Virgilio Rodriguez Macal, author
- José Ramiro Montealegre, Harvard PHD Graduate (Currently Professor at University of Colorado)
- Efraín Ríos Montt, general, dictator, stands accused of genocide
- Elmar René Rojas, artist and architect
- Carlos Ruiz, Toronto FC soccer player
- Igor Sarmientos, Symphonic and Opera Conductor
- Monica Sarmientos, actress and musician
- Héctor Sandarti, television personality
- Kevin Sandoval, Soccer player, 1988 Summer Olympics
- Felipe Siliezar Ramos, Opera Composer, La Sin Ventura
- Gary Stark Jr., featherweight boxer
- Pablo Sweezey, sculptor
- Ricardo Rosales Román, guerrilla leader (Guatemalan Workers Party), a.k.a. Carlos Gonzalez.
- Hamy Tejeda, Model, Actress, and Miss Earth Guatemala 2009, Miss World Guatemala 2007.
- Hector Tobar, writer/journalist
- Luis Augusto Turcios Lima, Guatemalan army officer, guerrilla leader (FAR)
- Atanasio Tzul, indian leader, revolt against the Spaniards in 1820
- Jorge Ubico, militar, dictator
- David Unger, author
- Ilma Julieta Urrutia Chang, Miss Guatemala 1984
- Federico Urruela, Diplomat
- Victor Vaskestler, painter
- Hugo Arce writer, journalist, was murdered by Gloria Torres.
- Anton Villatoro professional cyclist
- Jaime Viñals, mountaineer (scaled seven highest peaks in the world)
- Harris Whitbeck Jr., CNN correspondent
- Rafael Yela Günther, sculptor
- Marco Antonio Yon Sosa, Guatemalan army officer, guerrilla leader MR-NOV13
- José Rubén Zamora, journalist
- Daphne Zuniga, Guatemalan-American actress
- Carlos Enrique Peña Aldana, winner of Latin American Idol 2nd season
- Sergio Andrade, musician. (bassist founder of LIFEHOUSE)
- Jorge Sarmientos, musician, composer, conductor
- Juan Sisay, painter and photographer
- Gaby Moreno, singer and songwriter
- Brianna Maczko, singer and actress
- Rafael Espada, Corrupt Vice President of Guatemala and a former a Cardiothoracic Surgeon
- Luis von Ahn, computer scientist, creator of CAPTCHA technlogy, professor of Carnegie Mellon University.
- Michael Lovato,
- Carlos "Cash" Luna, Corrupt international Pseude Christian minister
- Mirta Renee, actress
- Gabriela Salvado, International model
- Juan Carlos Monterroso, Systems Engineer, Entrepreneur, University professor