List of Famous people born in Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia

Angelino Garzón Quintero is a Colombian politician who served as Vice President of Colombia, under President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. He was the 69th Governor of Valle del Cauca from 2004 to 2008, and served as the second Minister of Labour and Social Protection under the administration of President Andrés Pastrana Arango. He was Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 29 January 2009 until his resignation in March 2010, in preparation for his election to the Vice Presidency.

Giovanni Andrés Hernández Soto, is a Colombian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Atlético F.C. in the Colombian Categoría Primera B, and formerly managed Uniautónoma, Real Cartagena and Junior.

Jhon Edison Mosquera Rebolledo is a professional Colombian football player who plays as a midfielder for Slovan Liberec.

Carlos Alberto Ibargüen Hinojosa is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Técnico Universitario. He was part of the Colombian squad at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Avimiled Rivas Quintero is a Colombian football player who has played for Millonarios, Deportes Quindío, Atlético Nacional, CP Ejido, SD Eibar and Once Caldas, as well as the Colombian national team. Rivas currently plays for Cortuluá as an attacking midfielder.

Jown Anderson Cardona Agudelo is a Colombian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League team Guangzhou City.

Andrés Felipe González Ramírez is a Colombian footballer.

Jackeline Rentería Castillo is a female wrestler from Colombia. She won a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and repeated the feat in the women's freestyle 55 kg category at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. She reached the semifinals in both tournaments, losing to the eventual silver medalists and winning the repechage bout. With her second medal she tied Helmut Bellingrodt, an Olympic Sports Shooter as the most decorated Colombian Olympian. In the Rio 2016 Olympics, they were joined by Óscar Figueroa in Weightlifting, Caterine Ibargüen in Triple Jump and Mariana Pajón in BMX. She is studying at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and also at the Universidad de Thomas Gomez.

Camila Gómez is a Colombian female volleyball player. She is part of the Colombia women's national volleyball team.

Brayan Andrés Perea Vargas, nicknamed El Coco, is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward for Club Atlético Temperley.