List of Panamanians

This is a list of Panamanian people who are famous or notable and were either born in Panama or have Panamanian ancestry.

República de Panamá

Artist

Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, folk artist
Chafil Cheucarama, Wounaan carver, illustrator, and painter
Antonio Jose Guzman, artist
José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, poet, artist
Pablo Runyan, painter
Alfredo Sinclair, painter
Olga Sinclair, painter
Alicia Viteri

Beauty queens and fashion models

Ester Cordet, former Playboy Playmate of the Month
Justine Pasek, former Miss Universe
Rachel Smith, former Miss USA

Business

Ursula M. Burns, CEO of Xerox
Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines
Karl Kani, urban fashion designer (Panamanian father)

Entertainment

Erika Ender, musician/composer
Sharon Aguilar, musician/composer
Akinyele, rapper (Panamanian mother)
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
Rod Carrillo, house and Latin music producer, label owner (born in Panama)
Casanova, rapper
Billy Cobham, drummer, for Mahavishnu Orchestra
Melissa De Sousa, actress (film The Best Man)
La Factoría, Spanish reggae duo
Flex, Spanish reggae artist
Gaitanes, singers, musical producers, composers
Carlos Garnett, jazz saxophonist
El General, Spanish reggae artist
Margarita Henríquez, singer
Lori Heuring, actress
Clark Kent, rap music producer
Vincent Laresca, actor
Eddy Lover, Spanish reggae artist
Makano, Spanish reggae artist
Jaime Murrell, singer
Uncle Murda, rapper
Nando Boom, reggae artist
Danilo Pérez, jazz pianist, producer, composer
José Quintero, Broadway director
Los Rabanes, reggae-rock band
J. August Richards, actor
Coco Rodriguez, singer, actress
Daphne Rubin-Vega, actress and singer
Samy y Sandra Sandoval, singer, musician
Alexis Texas, American adult film actress
Aaron Zebede, actor, director and producer.

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
Sacha Pretto, Univision news anchor
Juan Williams, television correspondent

Literature

Rosa María Britton, writer
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer (born in Panama)
Gloria Guardia, novelist and essayist
Ricardo Miró, poet
Rogelio Sinán, poet and writer
José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, writer
Consuelo Tomás, 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)
Ricardo Martinelli, former president
John McCain, American politician, member of the United States Senate, and 2008 presidential nominee
Mireya Moscoso, former president
Manuel Antonio Noriega, former dictator
Ernesto Pérez Balladares, former president
Belisario Porras, former president
Dudley Thompson, Jamaican Pan-Africanist, politician and diplomat
Martín Torrijos Espino, former president
Omar Torrijos, former dictator

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
Panama Al Brown, world boxing champion, first Hispanic world champion in history
Rod Carew, professional baseball player
Lorenzo Charles, professional basketball player (Panamanian parents)
Bruce Chen, professional baseball player
Eileen Coparropa, Olympic swimmer
Roberto Corbin, soccer player
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
Reggie Grenald, 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 and former mixed martial arts fighter
Carlos Lee, professional baseball player
Héctor López, professional baseball player
Jorge Luján, boxer
José Macías, professional baseball player
Ernesto Marcel, professional boxer
Ramiro Mendoza, professional baseball player
Orlando Miller, professional baseball player
Omar Moreno, professional baseball player
Ben Oglivie, professional baseball player
Eusebio Pedroza, former world boxing champion
Jaime Penedo, soccer player
Laffit Pincay, Jr., horse jockey
Luis Antonio Rivera, soccer player
Mariano Rivera, professional baseball player
Rubén Rivera, professional baseball 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 Vásquez, professional boxer
Roberto Wallace, professional football player
Oscar Willis Layne, cyclist
Hilario Zapata, professional boxer

Other

Princess Angela of Liechtenstein, member of the Royal House of Liechtenstein
Jorge Cham, webcomics producer, author of PhD Comics

Michael Morales: First Panamanian to summited the Everest.