List of Famous people born in Colombia
Andrea Nocetti
Andrea María Nocetti Gómez is a Colombian model, actress, and former Miss Colombia. She was born on 18 March 1978 in Cartagena de Indias.
Víctor Ibarbo
Segundo Víctor Ibarbo Guerrero is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Japanese side V-Varen Nagasaki.
Alberto Santofimio Botero
Alberto Santofimio Botero is a Colombian politician, a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He has been Minister of Justice, a two-time presidential candidate and a Senator. He was considered to be a sure bet for president in 1982, but he decided to let his boss, Alfonso López Michelsen who had been President from 1974 to 1978, run for reelection. In the 1990s, Santofimio was involved in the campaign Process 8000 as head of the Liberal Party in Tolima Department as that party's office was accused of receiving money from companies part of an investigation in order to support the campaign for the presidency of Colombia for Ernesto Samper.
Daniel Elahi Galán
Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros is a Colombian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 115 as of 7 December 2020. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 305 achieved on 26 February 2018.
Daniel Quintero
Daniel Quintero Calle was born on July 26, 1980, in Medellín (Colombia). He went onto become the youngest elected Mayor of Medellín in October 2019, having previously been a Vice Minister for the national Telecommunications and Information Ministry in Colombia.
Michael Rangel
Michael Rangel is a Colombian professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Independiente Santa Fe.
Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía
Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía is a drug trafficker who, until his capture, was one of the leaders of the North Valley Cartel, who was wanted on drug smuggling, murder and RICO charges in the United States of America. In addition to the trafficking of cocaine, it is believed Ramírez also participated in money laundering and trafficking of heroin. Through Ramírez’ illegal enterprise, he has amassed a fortune estimated at $1.8 billion by the US Department of State. He has been cited as "... one of the most powerful and most elusive drug traffickers in Colombia" by Adam J. Szubin, Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Daniel Martínez
Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.
Juan Camilo Zúñiga
Juan Camilo Zúñiga Mosquera is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a wing-back. Zúñiga has previously played for Italian clubs Siena and Napoli, having won two Coppa Italia titles with the latter; he was also sent on loan by Napoli to Bologna and Watford in 2016. At international level, Zúñiga was part of the Colombia national football team that played in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and has also represented his nation in three Copa América tournaments.
Luis Herrera
Luis Alberto "Lucho" Herrera Herrera, known as "El jardinerito", is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Herrera was a professional from 1985 to 1992 but had a successful amateur career before that in Colombia.