List of Famous people born in Venezuela
Josef Martínez
Josef Alexander Martínez Mencia is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a striker for American club Atlanta United FC, and the Venezuela national team.
Fernando Amorebieta
Fernando Gabriel Amorebieta Mardaras is a professional footballer who last played as a central defender for Paraguayan club Cerro Porteño.
Luciano D'Alessandro
Luciano D'Alessandro González is a Venezuelan-Colombian actor and model known for his work in various Venezuelan and Colombian telenovelas.
Alejandro Betancourt López
Leopoldo Alejandro Betancourt López is a Venezuelan businessman who is Chairman and CEO of Derwick Associates, an engineering, procurement and construction company. He is the leader of the international investment group O'Hara Administration, and a director of Pacific Exploration & Production Corporation, a publicly held Canadian company and a leading explorer and producer of natural gas and crude oil which operates in various Latin American countries. Betancourt controls 19.95% of Pacific Exploration & Production. He is also president of Hawkers, a Spanish sunglasses company.
Albert Suárez
Albert Joe Suárez Subero is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.
John Cox
John Arthur Cox IV is a Venezuelan-American professional basketball player. He is 1.96 m (6'5") tall, and he weighs 89 kg (195 lbs.).
Wuilker Faríñez
Wuilker Faríñez Aray is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Venezuela national team.
Fernando Aristeguieta
Fernando Luis Aristeguieta de Luca is a Venezuelan international footballer who plays for Liga MX club Mazatlán and the Venezuela national team as a striker.
Felix Hernandez
Félix Abraham Hernández García, nicknamed "King Félix", is a Venezuelan-American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners from 2005 through 2019.
Hugo Carvajal
Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, nicknamed El Pollo, is a Venezuelan diplomat and retired general. He was the head of the military intelligence in Venezuela during Hugo Chávez's government, from July 2004 to December 2011. Carvajal was arrested in Spain on 12 April 2019 based on an arrest warrant from the United States for 2011 drug trafficking charges; the U.S. asked Spain to extradite Carvajal. On 26 March 2020, the U.S. Department of State offered $10 million for information to bring him to justice in relation to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.