List of Famous people born in Venezuela
Jorge Rodríguez
Jorge Jesús Rodríguez Gómez is a Venezuelan politician and psychiatrist serving as President of the National Assembly of Venezuela since 2021. He previously served as the vice president of Venezuela from 2007 to 2008 and as Mayor of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality from 2009 to 2017. He is the brother of Delcy Rodríguez, the current vice president.
Aníbal Chávez
Aníbal José Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician. He was the mayor of Sabaneta, Barinas, and the younger brother of former President Hugo Chávez and governor Adán Chávez. Chávez was born in 1957, the youngest son of Hugo de los Reyes Chávez and Elena Frías de Chávez.
Héctor Rodríguez Castro
Héctor Rodríguez Castro is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. He is currently the governor of Miranda.
Miguel Rodríguez Torres
Miguel Eduardo Rodríguez Torres was the Minister of the Popular Power for Interior, Justice and Peace of Venezuela from 2013, until he was replaced by Carmen Meléndez on 24 October 2014.
Eleazar López Contreras
José Eleazar López Contreras was President of Venezuela between 1935 and 1941. He was an army general and one of Juan Vicente Gómez's collaborators, serving as his War Minister from 1931. In 1939, López Contreras accepted on behalf of Venezuela the ships Koenigstein and Caribia which had fled with Jews from Germany.
Jefferson Savarino
Jefferson David Savarino Quintero is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a forward for Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro.
Ivan Simonovis
Iván Antonio Simonovis Aranguren is a Venezuelan criminal science expert and security consultant, who served as security chief during the Llaguno Overpass events of April 2002 in Caracas.
Juliette Pardau
Juliette Marian Del Valle Pardau López is a Venezuelan actress and singer.
Pedro Zerolo
Pedro González Zerolo was a Spanish-Venezuelan lawyer, politician and a town councillor of the city of Madrid, and a member of the Federal Executive Committee of the PSOE where he held the position of Secretary for Social Movements and Relations with NGOs. He was also a trustee of the Fundacion IDEAS, Spain's Socialist Party's think tank.
Francisco Fajardo
Francisco Fajardo was a Spanish conquistador active in Venezuela. He was an example of a mestizo conquistador.