List of Famous people born in Colombia
Faustino Asprilla
Faustino Hernán Asprilla Hinestroza is a Colombian former professional footballer who most notably played for Parma, Newcastle United and the Colombia national team as a forward.
Pablo Armero
Pablo Estífer Armero is a Colombian footballer who plays as a left back. He is known in Colombia by the nickname "Miñía", reportedly after a phrase commonly used to call infants in his hometown.
Jhon Córdoba
Jhon Andrés Córdoba Copete is a Colombian footballer who plays for German club Hertha BSC as a striker.
Stella Arroyave
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor, composer, director and film producer. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTAs, two Emmys and the Cecil B. DeMille Award. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts. Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003, and in 2008 he received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Juan Carlos Echeverry
Juan Carlos Echeverry Garzón is a Colombian economist and former president of Ecopetrol, an oil and gas company. He served as the 68th Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia from 2010 to 2012. He is the president of Econcept, a financial consulting firm in Bogotá and is an Associate Professor of Economics at University of the Andes. He was also a visiting professor at IE Business School, Madrid in 2013.
Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya
Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya is an Argentinian-Colombian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent, the film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
Vladimir Hernández
Vladimir Javier Hernández Rivera is a Colombian footballer who plays for Atlético Nacional. Mainly a left winger, he can also play as a forward or an attacking midfielder.
Aníbal Gaviria
Aníbal Gaviria Correa is a Colombian politician who has served as the mayor of Medellín, the second-largest city in Colombia and the capital of the department of Antioquia. Beforehand, Gaviria was the Governor of Antioquia and served as a visiting scholar at University of California, Berkeley. In 2019, he was elected again for Governor of Antioquia, for the 2020-2023 term.
Óscar Muñoz
Óscar Luis Muñoz Oviedo is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -58 kg weight class. This was the fifth Olympic medal for Colombia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the first medal in this sport. At the 2016 Olympics he was eliminated in the first bout.