List of Famous people born in Colombia

Carlos Darwin Quintero Villalba is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for MLS club Houston Dynamo. Quintero is also known by his nickname of El Científico del Gol. He has played various roles throughout his career, spending time leading the line as a striker, playing out wide as a winger, and playing underneath another striker as a second striker and central attacking midfielder throughout his career. His main attributes throughout his career have been his pace, creativity, and technical and dribbling ability.

Yorleys Mena Palacios is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for César Vallejo in Peru.

Juan Pablo Llano, is a Colombian actor and model.

Diana Goldenberg Jiménez, better known as Diana Golden, is a Mexican actress and playwright of Colombian origin.

Luis Iván Marulanda Gómez is Colombian politician and economist. He was elected senator for the Colombian Green Party for the 2018-2022 term. Some decades ago he used to be a member of Colombian Liberal Party, where he was elected senator for four years (1986-1990). Liberals nominated him for Vice President of Colombia in the 2006 Presidential election.

Sherman Andrés Cárdenas Estupiñán is a Colombian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Independiente Santa Fe.

Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos, better known simply as Vanessa Mendoza, is a Colombian politician, actress and fashion model who held the Miss Colombia title in 2001, being the first Afro-Colombian to win that contest.

Aída Yolanda Avella Esquivel, or Aída Yolanda Abella Esquivel, is a Colombian pedagogue, psychologist, and politician belonging to the Patriotic Union party. She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Colombia and a councilor of the city of Bogotá between 1992 and 1996. Avella was a candidate for Vice President in the 2014 presidential election for the Alternative Democratic Pole and Patriotic Union alliance. In the 2018 parliamentarian election, Avella was elected to the Colombian Senate.

María Consuelo Araújo Castro is a Colombian politician. In 2006 she was appointed Minister of Foreign Relations of the government of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez. She had previously served as Minister of Culture from 2002 to 2006.

Jonathan Yulián Mejía Chaverra is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Unión Española.