List of Famous people born in Magdalena Department, Colombia

Taliana María Vargas Carrillo is a Colombian actress, model, and television personality who was crowned Miss Colombia 2007 and placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 2008. Vargas is a student of Journalism at the Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia.

Jarlan Junior Barrera Escalona is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Atlético Nacional.

Andrés Felipe Solano Dávila is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Spanish team Barcelona B, on loan from Atlético Madrid.

Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen is an Industrial Engineer and Colombian politician who served as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia under President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. Álvarez-Correa is credited as the second woman to hold this post in Colombian history. Previously, Álvarez-Correa served as the 12th Minister of Transport of Colombia.

Luis Alfredo Yanes Padilla is a retired Colombian football forward.

David Arturo Ferreira Rico is a former Colombian footballer.

Oswaldo José Henríquez Bocanegra born in March 10, 1989 in Santa Marta, Magdalena,is also known as Oswaldo Henríquez, is a Colombian football defender. Henríquez is a product of the Millonarios youth system and had played with Millonarios first team since November 2007.

Alejandro Palacio is a Colombian musician and singer of vallenato music, actor and TV host. Palacio was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined in 2004 after many singers passed through the musical group.

Enrique Parejo González is a former justice minister in Colombia. A presidential candidate, González was a prominent political figure starting in the 1970s.

Eduardo Mario Ebratt Troncoso, better known by his stage name Lalo Ebratt, is a Colombian reggaeton singer who first came to public attention as a member of Trapical Minds, a latin hip-hop project put together by Colombian label RedSnapperMusic that also features singers Yera and Skinny Happy, before launching a solo career.