List of Famous people born in Cartagena, Colombia

Virginia Vallejo García is a Colombian author, journalist, television director, anchorwoman, media personality, socialite, and political asylee in the United States of America.

Roger Beyker Martínez Tobinson is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club América and the Colombia national team.

Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus is a Norwegian professional boxer and former kickboxer. In boxing she reigned as the undisputed female welterweight champion from 2014 to August 2020, and is the first woman in any weight class to hold the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles simultaneously. She is also one of only eight boxers in history, female or male, to hold all four major world titles simultaneously, along with Bernard Hopkins (2004–2005), Jermain Taylor (2005), Terence Crawford (2017), Oleksandr Usyk (2018–2019), Claressa Shields (2019–2020), Katie Taylor (2019–), and Jessica McCaskill (2020–). In 2016, she captured the IBO title, becoming the first ever boxer to hold five world titles from sanctioning bodies simultaneously.

Wilmar Enrique Barrios Terán is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Colombia national team.

Giovanny Urshela Salcedo is a Colombian professional baseball third baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians.

Lorna María Cepeda Jiménez, also known as Lorna Paz, is a Colombian actress. Best known for her role in the famous Colombian Soap Opera Yo soy Betty, la fea, also known as simply Betty la fea from which more than a dozen versions have been made in other countries, including the American series Ugly Betty.

Karen Cecilia Martínez Insignares better known as Karen Martínez, is a Colombian actress and model. She is married to the Colombian singer Juanes.

Fernando Araújo Perdomo is a Colombian politician. He was the Minister of Development during the administration of Andrés Pastrana. He resigned from this post after the Chambacú land deal scandal. He was later kidnapped by the FARC-EP guerrillas and held for six years until he eventually escaped. Two months later after his liberation, President Álvaro Uribe appointed him as Minister of Foreign Affairs.