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This is a list of Panamanian people who are famous or notable and were either born in Panama or have Panamanian ancestry.
Artist
- Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, folk artist
- Chafil Cheucarama, Wounaan carver, illustrator, and painter
- Antonio Jose Guzman, artist
- José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, poet, artist
- Alfredo Sinclair, painter
- Olga Sinclair, painter
- Brooke Alfaro, painter
- Juan Carlos Marcos
- Alicia Viteri
- Rogelio Pretto Villalaz (Painter, Actor)
Beauty queens and fashion models
Business
Entertainment
- Sharon Aguilar, musician/composer
- Tatyana Ali, actress (Panamanian mother)
- Pedro Altamiranda, singer/composer
- Nancy Ames, singer
- Tanya Aparicio, pianist
- Osvaldo Ayala, singer, musician, composer
- Lucho Azcarraga, musician, producer
- Ivan Barrios, singer, composer, producer
- Tyson Beckford, model (maternal grandmother born in Panama)
- Aloe Blacc, singer
- Eddy Lover, Reggaetón artist
- Rubén Blades, singer, actor, former Minister of Tourism
- Miguel Bosé, Spanish actor and singer (born in Panama)
- Jordana Brewster, actress
- Rod Carrillo, House and Latin music producer, Label Owner (born in Panama)
- Billy Cobham, drummer, for Mahavishnu Orchestra
- Comando Tiburon, Reggaeton group
- Roberto Delgado, musician, producer, singer
- Melissa De Sousa, actress (film The Best Man)
- Lori Heuring, actress
- Anna de la Cruz, opera singer, musician
- Carlos El Grande, Salsa singer
- Erika Ender, singer, composer
- Gaitanes, singers, musical producers, composers
- Dicky Gaitan, musician, sound engineer
- El General, Reggaetón artist
- La Factoría, Reggaeton duo
- Flex, Reggaetón artist
- Carlos Garnett, jazz saxophonist
- Margarita Henríquez, singer
- La KShamba, Salsa Orchestra
- Clark Kent, rap music producer
- Vincent Laresca, actor
- Makano, Reggaetón artist
- Cristobal Muñoz, musician, producer
- Toby Muñoz, musician, producer
- Carlos El Grande, singer
- Jaime Murrell, singer
- Nando Boom, Reggae artist
- Casey Parker, adult film actress
- Alexis Texas, American adult film actress
- Nichole Galicia, actress and model
- Danilo Pérez, jazz pianist, producer, composer
- José Quintero, Broadway director
- Los Rabanes, reggae-rock band
- Renato, Reggaeton singer
- Coco Rodriguez, singer, actress
- J. August Richards, actor
- Samy y Sandra Sandoval, singer, musician
- Nenito Vargas, singer, musician
- Daphne Rubin-Vega, actress and singer
- Ulpiano Vergara, musician
- Victorio Vergara, musician
- Patricia Elena Vlieg, singer, composer and arranger, guitar and keyboard player.
- Aaron Zebede, actor, director and producer.
Journalism
Literature
- Consuelo Tomás, writer
- Rosa María Britton, writer
- Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer (born in Panama)
- Gloria Guardia, novelist and essayist
- Demetrio Korsi, poet, diplomatic, journalist
- Ricardo Miró, poet
- José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, writer
- Lorenzo Thomas, poet
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
- Dudley Thompson, Jamaican Pan-Africanist, politician and diplomat
- 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 dictator
- Ricardo Martinelli, former president
Science
Sports
- Pedro Alcazar, world boxing champion
- 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
- Lorenzo Charles, professional basketball player (Panamanian parents)
- Bruce Chen, professional baseball player
- Roberto Corbin, soccer player
- Eileen Coparropa, Olympic swimmer
- Manuel Corpas, professional baseball player
- Ed Cota, basketball player
- Kevin Daley, basketball player and Harlem Globetrotter
- 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
- Darius Holland, professional football player
- George Headley, cricket player
- Leroy Jackson, professional basketball player
- Guillermo Jones, professional boxer
- Bayano Kamani, track and field athlete
- 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
- Luis Antonio Rivera, soccer player
- Humberto Valentino Robinson, major league baseball player
- Davis Romero, professional baseball player
- Carlos Ruiz, professional baseball player
- Olmedo Sáenz, professional baseball player
- Irving Saladino, former World and Olympic track and field champion
- Manny Sanguillén, professional baseball player
- Rennie Stennett, professional baseball player
- Luis Tejada, soccer player
- Ruben Tejada, professional baseball player
- Roberto Wallace, professional football player
- Oscar Willis Layne, cyclist
- Roberto Vásquez, professional boxer
- Hilario Zapata, professional boxer
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