List of Famous people born in Colombia

Freddy Eusebio Rincón Valencia is a retired Colombian footballer who played 84 games for the Colombia national team between 1990 and 2001. A versatile midfielder he was capable of playing on the left, in the centre or as an attacking midfielder.

Julio Alberto Ríos Gallego is a Colombian engineer, lecturer, mentor, professor of Mathematics and Physics.

Santiago Giraldo Salazar is a retired Colombian professional tennis player. He played on the ATP tour and represented Colombia in the Davis Cup competition. His best tournament result is reaching the final in the 2014 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. He is the highest-ranked tennis singles player in Colombia's history, with a career-high singles ranking of 28th in the world, and 77th in doubles.

John Jairo Mosquera is a Colombian footballer who plays for Bolivian club Always Ready as a forward.

José Vicente Castaño Gil aka El Profe is a Colombian paramilitary former leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a right-wing Colombian paramilitary organization. After demobilizing, he was accused of murdering his brother and former AUC leader Carlos Castaño and of narcotics trafficking by both the Colombian government and the government of the United States. In August 2004, the United States formally requested his extradition. Castaño remains, however, a fugitive and is the presumed chief of the criminal organization Águilas Negras made up of former AUC paramilitary members.

Leonardo Fabio Castro Méndez is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as forward for Independiente Medellín.

Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician and singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre. In 1998, he decided to create his own vallenato group and teamed with accordionist Jimmy Zambrano.

Sergio Andrés Higuita García is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo.

Amanda Daniela Coneo Cardona is a Colombian volleyball player. She is part of the Colombia national team.

Henry Andres Rojas Delgado is a Colombian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Atlético Bucaramanga in the Categoria Primera A.