List of Famous people born in Panama

Rolando Manrique Blackburn Ortega is a Panamanian football player who plays for The Strongest.

Armando Enrique Cooper Whitaker is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Maccabi Petah Tikva and Panama national football team.

Victoriano Lorenzo is considered one of the great heroes of Panamanian history, although his story and motives are sometimes debated by different sectors in his homeland. Born when the isthmus was still a part of Colombia, which was a part of the former Gran Colombia, Lorenzo died during the Thousand Days War shortly after which Panama gained its separation after many different attempts dating back to 1830.

Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), The Old Gringo (1985) and Christopher Unborn (1987). In his obituary, The New York Times described Fuentes as "one of the most admired writers in the Spanish-speaking world" and an important influence on the Latin American Boom, the "explosion of Latin American literature in the 1960s and '70s", while The Guardian called him "Mexico's most celebrated novelist". His many literary honors include the Miguel de Cervantes Prize as well as Mexico's highest award, the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor (1999). He was often named as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he never won.

Eric Arturo Delvalle Cohen-Henríquez was a Panamanian politician. He served as Vice President under Nicolás Ardito Barletta. Following the disputed 1984 election, and after Barletta's forced resignation, Delvalle served as President of Panama from 28 September 1985 until 26 February 1988.

Luis Carlos "Matador" Tejada Hansell is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Molinos El Pirata and the Panama national team.

Rómulo Alberto Roux Moses is a Panamanian politician, chairman of the party Democratic Change since January 2018. He was the party's candidate for the 2019 general election.

Alonso Reno Edward Henry, commonly known as Alonso Edward, is a Panamanian sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.

Rosa María Britton was a Panamanian doctor and novelist.

Félix Danilo Gómez Bosquez, known by his stage names Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian reggaeton singer and songwriter. He adopted the name Nigga after being told by another Panamanian artist that he "sings like a black guy from Jamaica." Before releasing an album in the United States in 2008, Flex removed references to his nickname in songs, and his CD packages were reprinted with the name "Flex."