List of Famous people born in Pereira, Colombia

Gustavo de Jesús Gaviria Rivero was a Colombian drug trafficker. As Pablo Escobar's cousin and right-hand man, Gaviria controlled the Medellín cartel's finances and trade routes. He and Escobar had collaborated in their criminal careers since the early 1970s.

César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo is a Colombian economist and politician who served as the President of Colombia from 1990 to 1994, Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1994 to 2004 and National Director of the Colombian Liberal Party from 2005 to 2009. During his tenure as president, he summoned the Constituent Assembly of Colombia that enacted the Constitution of 1991.

Karly-Marina Loaiza, known professionally as Kali Uchis, is a Colombian-American singer and songwriter. She initially garnered music industry attention with her 2012 mixtape, Drunken Babble, which was described as "genre-defying". She released her first EP, Por Vida, in 2015 to further recognition. Her debut studio album, Isolation, was released in 2018 to widespread acclaim. Uchis' second studio album and her first Spanish language project, Sin Miedo ∞, was released in 2020.

María Teresa Uribe de Hincapié was a Colombian sociologist, specialising in research into conflict and violence.

José Heriberto Izquierdo Mena is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Colombia national team.

Juan Camilo "Cucho" Hernández Suárez is a Colombian footballer who plays for Spanish club Getafe on loan from Watford. Mainly a striker, he can also play as a winger.

Julián Andrés Rodas Ramírez is a Colombian former professional cyclist.

César Augusto Salazar Herrera is a male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who also holds Venezuelan nationality.