List of Famous people born in Lara, Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist. He is the music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Tibisay Lucena
Tibisay Lucena was the president of the National Electoral Council or CNE until 2020, one of the five branches of government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. She was first elected to this post in 2006, and was reelected in 2009 for the 2009-2013 period. The Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) appointed Indira Alfonzo on June 12, 2020 as the new president of this entity.
Carlos Carrasco
Carlos Luis Carrasco, nicknamed "Cookie", is a Venezuelan-born American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the Cleveland Indians in 2009. Listed at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 224 pounds (102 kg), he throws and bats right-handed.
Aída Yéspica
Aída María Yéspica Jaime is a Venezuelan television personality, model, actress and former beauty pageant contestant. Considered a sex symbol of the 2000s and 2010s, she has participated in variety and reality shows, acted in films and TV programs, posed for several nude calendars, and appeared in television commercials.
Carlos Rivero
Carlos Luis Rivero Milán is a Venezuelan professional baseball third baseman for the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox.
Mariam Habach
Mariam Habach Santucci is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 2015. She also won Señorita Centro Occidental 2016, she also represented Venezuela at Miss Universe 2016.
Jorge Rodríguez
Jorge Jesús Rodríguez Gómez is a Venezuelan politician and psychiatrist serving as President of the National Assembly of Venezuela since 2021. He previously served as the vice president of Venezuela from 2007 to 2008 and as Mayor of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality from 2009 to 2017. He is the brother of Delcy Rodríguez, the current vice president.
Gabriel Coronel
Gabriel Eduardo Coronel Petrilli is a Venezuelan theater and TV actor, singer and model.
Marisabel Rodríguez de Chávez
Marisabel Rodríguez Oropeza is a Venezuelan journalist, publicist and radio announcer. She is best known for having been the second wife of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez.
Omar Catarí
Omar Catarí Peraza is a former Venezuelan boxer. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division, along with Türgüt Aykaç of Turkey.