List of Famous people born in Colombia
Andrés Cadavid
Andrés Felipe Cadavid Cardona, known as Andrés Cadavid, is a Colombian footballer who plays for Independiente Medellín.
Diego Osorio
Diego Osorio is a former Colombian footballer.
Fabián Castillo
Fabián Andrés Castillo Sánchez is a Colombian footballer who currently plays as a winger for Liga MX club Tijuana.
Nydia Quintero Turbay
Nydia Quintero Turbay is the ex-wife of the 25th President of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 when they were still married.
Mauricio Serna
Mauricio Alberto Serna Valencia is a retired Colombian football player who played 51 games for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2001
Elsa Noguera
Elsa Margarita Noguera de la Espriella is a Colombian politician. She was the Vice Presidential nominee for the Radical Change in 2010, and in 2012 she was elected mayor of Barranquilla, the capital of Atlantico. She later served as the Minister of Housing, City and Territory. In 2020 she was elected the governor of the Atlantico Department, where Barranquilla is located.
Adolfo Valencia
Adolfo José Valencia Mosquera is a Colombian retired footballer who played as a striker.
Hector Jimenez-Bravo
Héctor Ismael Jiménez-Bravo is a Canadian-Ukrainian chef of Colombian origin, business man, TV presenter, judge at the TV project "Master Chef Ukraine", "Ukraine's Got Talent", and culinary arts lecturer, currently based in Ukraine. He is founder of Bravo Restaurant Group Company. He also received the prestigious "The World Master Chef" award.
José Fernando Cuadrado
José Fernando Cuadrado Romero is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Atlético Nacional.
Carlos Estrada
Carlos Enrique Estrada Mosquera is a Colombian football forward who played for Colombia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Millonarios Fútbol Club.