List of Famous people born in Colombia
Carmen Villalobos
Carmen Villalobos is a Colombian actress and model.
Rafael Santos Borré
Rafael Santos Borré Maury is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Argentinean club River Plate.
Teófilo Gutiérrez
Teófilo Antonio Gutiérrez Roncancio, known commonly as Teo, is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as second striker for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Junior.
Marbelle
Maureen Belky Ramírez Cardona, better known by her stage name Marbelle is a Colombian singer, actress and TV host. She has released six albums with three being certified platinum and two gold. Her last album gave her greater fame in almost all Latin American countries. She is also known as judge and mentor in El factor X and the children spin-off El factor Xs.
Carlos Vives
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor.
Mariana Pajón
Mariana Pajón Londoño ODB is a Colombian cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist and BMX World Champion.
Juana Acosta
Juana Acosta Restrepo is a Colombian-Spanish actress. She has appeared in more than forty films.
Óscar Rivas
Óscar Andres Rivas Torres is a Colombian professional boxer who challenged for the vacant WBC interim heavyweight title in 2019. He has previously held the IBF International, WBC-NABF and WBO-NABO heavyweight titles. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, and holds notable wins over Kubrat Pulev and Andy Ruiz Jr. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's tenth best active heavyweight by The Ring magazine.
Sergio Fajardo
Sergio Fajardo Valderrama is a Colombian politician and mathematician. Fajardo served as the Governor of Antioquia from 2012–2016. He first entered politics in 2003 when he was elected Mayor of Medellin, the second-largest city in Colombia and the capital of Antioquia. Fajardo was the Vice Presidential nominee of Antanas Mockus in 2010, finishing in second place after losing the runoff against Juan Manuel Santos and Angelino Garzon. Fajardo brands himself as a pragmatic politician with no particular ideology, with political analysts and media outlets in Colombia labelling him as a centrist politician not tied to the traditional parties in Colombia.
Jeison Murillo
Jeison Fabián Murillo Cerón is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Spanish club RC Celta de Vigo, on loan from U.C. Sampdoria, and the Colombia national team.