List of Colombian Americans
This is a list of notable Colombian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Colombian American or must have references showing they are Colombian American and are notable.
List
Artists and designers
- Esteban Cortázar (1984-) - fashion designer
- Miguel Gómez (1974-) - photographer
- Guilloume - Colombian minimalist artist, self-described master of "Bolismo"
- Greg Giraldo - comedian[1]
- René Moncada - Colombian-born American artist
- Lari Pittman - painter
- Gala Porras-Kim - conceptual artist
- Diego Suarez (1888-1974) garden designer known for his work at James Deering's Villa Vizcaya in Miami, Florida.[2]
Anchors and TV personalities
- Julie Banderas - Fox News anchor[3]
- Monica Fonseca (1982-) - television presenter, journalist and blogger
- Ingrid Hoffmann - Colombian-American television personality and restaurateur
Actors
- Odette Annable - American actress of Colombian, French, and Cuban descent[4][5]
- Moisés Arias - American actor[6]
- Yancey Arias - American actor of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent
- Stephanie Beatriz - American actress of Colombian father
- Héctor Luis Bustamante - Colombian American actor
- Adriana Cataño - American actress and television host
- Alyssa Diaz - American actress of Colombian and Mexican-American descent
- Paula Garcés - actress
- Isabella Gomez - Colombian-born American actress
- Diane Guerrero - American actress of Colombian descent
- Zulay Henao - film and television actress
- Andrew Keegan - actor, mother is Colombian.[7]
- John Leguizamo (1964-) - actor and comedian
- Kika Perez - born Ilva Margarita Perez, Colombian-American actress and TV host
- Danny Ramirez (1992-) - American actor of Colombian and Mexican descent
- Carolina Ravassa - Colombian born American actress
- Sonya Smith - American actress best known for her roles in telenovelas. Her mother is Venezuelan and her father is of Colombian partially descent.[8]
- Paola Turbay (1970-) - actress, TV host and beauty queen
- Brittany Underwood - American actress to Colombian mother[9]
- Wilmer Valderrama - actor. He is of Colombian and Venezuelan descent.[10]
- Carlos Valdes - Colombian-born American actor, Cisco Ramon on the TV series The Flash
- Alexa Vega - American actress from Colombian father[11]
- Makenzie Vega - American actress, young sister of Alexa Vega[12]
- Sofía Vergara (1972-) - Colombian actress, known for the series Modern Family
- Sofia Carson - Colombian American Actress known for the movie Descendants
Musicians
- Shakira (1977-) - Colombian singer and songwriter.
- Kali Uchis (1994-) - Colombian-American singer and songwriter
- Lil Pump - Florida rapper born to Colombian parents (as stated in an interview with J. Cole)
- Psycho Les - hip hop emcee of the group The Beatnuts
- Adassa - American reggaetón singer-songwriter also known as the "Reggaetón Princess". She was born to Afro-Colombians parents.
- Ryan Cabrera - American singer born to a Colombian father and an American mother
- Jason Castro - singer-songwriter
- Freddy Cricien - American emcee and vocalist for the hardcore band Madball[13]
- Robo (1955-) - drummer (Black Flag, Misfits)
- Kike Santander - Colombian songwriter and producer naturalized in the United States in 2004[14]
- Yasmin Deliz - American singer-songwriter, model and actress of Dominican and Colombian and Venezuelan parentage.
- Carlos Dengler (1974-) - former bassist of the band Interpol
- Santiago Durango - guitarist (Big Black, Naked Raygun)[15]
- Alex González (musician) (1969-) - American-born musician of Cuban and Colombian origin.
- Danny Mercer - Colombian American recording artist, songwriter, and producer
- Ericson Alexander Molano - Gospel Christian singer
- Erick Morillo - Colombian-American DJ, music producer and record label owner
- Billy Murcia - drummer (New York Dolls).[16]
- Marty Stuart - American country music singer-songwriter. He is of French, English, Choctaw, and Colombian descent.
- Tonedeff - American rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter. He was born to a Cuban mother and a Colombian father.
- Andrés Useche - Colombian American writer, film director, graphic artist, singer-songwriter and activist.
- DJ Yonny - American DJ, producer and remixer.
- Rob Swift - (born Robert Aguilar) American hip hop DJ and turntablist group The X-Ecutioners as of late 2005 and as of 2006; with Mike Patton's project Peeping Tom. Rob Swift is on the faculty of Scratch DJ Academy in New York City.
Sports
- Roberto Guerrero (1958-) - Formula One racecar driver
- Juan Pablo Montoya (1975-) - Formula One, Indy and Cart racecar driver
- Juan Agudelo - soccer player[17]
- Kiko Alonso - NFL player
- Alejandro Bedoya - American soccer player[18]
- Daniel Barrera - American professional soccer player[19]
- Lou Castro - first Latin American born player to play in Major League Baseball in the United States, and the first Latin American since player Esteban Bellán in 1873 as a professional baseball player.[2]
- Scott Gomez, retired NHL player. Half Colombian and half Mexican.
- Diego Gutiérrez (soccer) - retired Colombian American footballer
- Eliot Halverson - American figure skater
- George Hincapie - cyclist[20]
- Carlos Llamosa - soccer player[21]
- Oscar Mercado - MLB player
- Travis Pastrana - American motorsports competitor and stunt performer who has won championships and X Games gold medals in several events
- Fuad Reveiz (1963-) - former NFL player
- Johnny Torres - Colombian-American soccer midfielder and coach
- Fernando Velasco - former NFL player
Models
- Manuela Arbeláez - model (The Price Is Right).[22]
- Maria Checa - Colombian-American model and actress.
Journalists
- Nina García (1965-) - fashion journalist and critic (Project Runway, Elle, Marie Claire).[23]
- Omar Jimenez, journalist and correspondent for CNN
- Adrian Lamo - hacker and journalist.
- Manuel Teodoro (1960-) - journalist (CBS News, Univision) (also has Filipino descent).
Politicians
- Diana Farrell - member and one of two Deputy Directors of the United States National Economic Council (NEC) in the administration of President Barack Obama.
- Jeff Frederick - former member of the General Assembly of Virginia.[24]
- Ruben Gallego - US Representative for Arizona’s 7th congressional district
- José Sarria - first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States
- Lina Hidalgo - county judge for Harris County, Texas
Writers
- James Cañón - Colombian author
- Mo Rocca - American writer, journalist, comedian and political satirist to Colombian (mother) and Italian (father) descent.
- Andrés Useche - Colombian American naturalized writer, film director, graphic artist and singer/songwriter
- Jaime Manrique - Colombian American novelist, poet, essayist, educator, and translator.
Scientists
- Jaime Imitola - neuroimmunologist
- Juan B. Gutierrez - mathematician and author
- Rodolfo Llinás (1934-) - neuroscientist
- Guillermo Owen - mathematician
- Ana María Rey - physicist
Others
- José Luis Castillo (activist) - Colombian-American activist,[25] politician, and non-profit community liaison in south Florida. He was born to a Dutch mother and a Colombian father in Netherlands. He lives in Florida.
- Arturo Escobar - Colombian-American anthropologist primarily known for his contribution to postdevelopment theory and political ecology
- Carlos Goez (1939-1990) - founder of the original Pomander Book Shop in New York
- Will Jimeno - police officer, 9/11 survivor, portrayed in World Trade Center
- Andre Melendez (1971-1996) - better known as Angel Melendez, was a Club Kid and drug dealer who lived and worked in New York City
- Beto Pérez - Colombian born American dancer and choreographer who created the fitness program Zumba in the 1990s
- Cristina Pérez - judge[26]
- Julio Mario Santo Domingo (1923-2011) - Colombian billionaire
- Alejandro Santo Domingo (1977-) - Colombian American financier
- Al Williamson (1931-2010) - American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western and science-fiction/fantasy.[27]
- George Zamka - NASA astronaut[28]
References
- ^ Stand up Latino & political comedian Greg Giraldo Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b He was a grandson of the Colombian revolutionist and caudillo Francisco de Miranda. Biographical details are taken from an interview with Suarez reported in James T. Maher, Twilight of Splendor: Chronicles of the Age of American Palaces (Boston: Little, Brown) 1975:190-91.
- ^ "Julie Banderas: 5 Fast facts you need to know". www.heavy.com. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ^ Ángela González (January 6, 2008). "Odette Yustman, in the company of monsters in 'Cloverfield'". New York: NY Daily News.
- ^ Moreno Valley|PE.com|Southern California News|News for Inland Southern California Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Colombia Passport: Economics, Culture and Society: "[1] 27 May 2009 archived version of Moisés Arias of Colombia", 23 March 2009. Link retrieved 25 March 2009. Cite: "If some Colombians dream with an American passport, there are cases of Americans who are proud of say they are Colombians. It is the case of New York-born actor Moises Arias, a teen heart throb and an American US television actor who is proud of the origin of his parents: Colombia."
- ^ "Andrew Keegan - Yahoo! TV". yahoo.com.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
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My father's side is Colombian (bogota)... and I don't know why they said my mom was Italian. She's not. My family and I were trying to figure out what my mom was, but we can only go back to 5 generations and they were all from Florida. haha. so .. Floridian? ahhah... my moms last name is French though
- ^ "FREDDY MADBALL: I give respect to religion". t-musicvault-en.blogspot.com. 12 November 2009.
- ^ Lena Hansen (27 February 2008). "Las lecciones de vida de Kike Santander" [The life lessons of Kike Santander] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991. Little, Brown and Company, 2001. ISBN 0-316-78753-1
- ^ Jacobson, Mark. "The Icon: Doll Face", New York (magazine), September 23, 2002. Accessed May 28, 2009. "Then came the sad pictures: Johnny and Jerry, RIP, and Billy Murcia too, their first drummer, a Colombian from Jackson Heights, dead in a London bathtub."
- ^ "Gold Cup 2011" [Gold Cup 2011: Juan Agudelo]. NJ.com. June 5, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
- ^ Bondy, Stefan. "Englewood native Alejandro Bedoya vies for U.S. spot", The Record (Bergen County), May 25, 2010. Accessed February 16, 2011.
- ^ Barrera aiming high at Spartak at yanks-abroad.com, 16-12-2011
- ^ "Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News". Dailypeloton.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ "Profile: Carlos Llamosa". Soccer Times. Archived from the original on 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "Price is Right model Manuela Arbelaez dishes on blunder, says it's the biggest mistake in game show history". www.nydailynews.com. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Tkacik, Maureen (2008-08-17), "America's Next Top Fashion Editor", New York Magazine, retrieved 2010-07-14
- ^ Jost, Lauren (2011-07-20). "Muñoz, Frederick Speak of Platforms in Forum". Woodbridge Patch. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ “County Commission Candidates Line Up Endorsements” Miami Herald, August 24, 2000
- ^ New York Daily News Archived 2009-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Interview with Al Williamson," The Jack Kirby Collector #15 (April 1997), p. 16. Reprinted in The Collected Jack Kirby Collector Volume Three (TwoMorrows Publishing, 1999), p. 142. ISBN 978-1-893905-02-3
- ^ "Astronaut Bio: George D. Zamka (03/2013)". Jsc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2008-07-23.