List of Famous people born in Nariño Department, Colombia

Deinner Alexander Quiñones Quiñones, is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a Midfielder for Atlético Nacional.

Iván Angulo is a Colombian football player who plays as attacking midfielder for Botafogo, on loan from Palmeiras.

Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gómez is a Colombian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Medellín. He competed in the 2014 Giro d'Italia and won the 2015 Colombian National Road Race Championship.

Víctor Manuel Bonilla Hinestroza is a retired Colombian striker, more commonly known as 'Big Vic'.

Stella Márquez-Araneta, often styled as Madame Stella Márquez de Araneta, is a Colombian pageant director and beauty queen. She grew up in New York City then later migrated to Colombia, where she became a pageant titleholder. As Miss Colombia, she was crowned the first Miss International in 1960. She obtained her Filipino citizenship via naturalization in 1970.

Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto is a Colombian-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as Bishop of Raleigh. He is the first Hispanic and Latino bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh, the first Bishop of Raleigh to have been born outside the United States, and the first Colombian to lead a Catholic diocese in the United States.

Camilo Ernesto Romero Galeano is a Colombian journalist and politician who served as Governor of Nariño from 2016 to 2019. A member of the Green Alliance, Romero was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2022 Colombian presidential election, losing the Historic Pact for Colombia primary to Gustavo Petro.