# List of people from Tegucigalpa

This is a list of notable people from Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras.

## Sport
### Football

* Jorge Álvarez, footballer
* Luis Argeñal, footballer
* Melissa Borjas, football referee
* Miguel Castillo, footballer
* Mauricio Castro, footballer
* Michaell Chirinos, footballer
* Juan Manuel Coello, footballer
* Mario Chirinos, footballer
* Emilson Cruz, footballer
* Carlos Discua, footballer
* José Escalante, footballer
* Darwin Espinal, footballer
* Harold Fonseca, footballer
* Erick Fú, footballer
* Óscar García, footballer
* Boniek García, footballer
* Axel Gómez, footballer
* Rigoberto Gómez, footballer
* Amado Guevara, football manager
* Luis Guifarro, footballer
* Alex Güity, footballer
* Astor Henríquez, footballer
* Óscar Isaula, footballer
* Emilio Izaguirre, footballer
* Júnior Izaguirre, footballer
* Allan Lalín, footballer
* Alexander López, footballer
* Denil Maldonado, footballer
* Walter Martínez, footballer, born 1982
* Walter Martínez, footballer, born 1991
* Rubén Matamoros, footballer
* Nerlin Membreño, footballer
* Juan Ramón Mejía, footballer
* David Molina, footballer
* Ramón Núñez, footballer
* César Obando, footballer
* Rigoberto Padilla, footballer
* Carlos Paes, footballer
* Milton Palacios, footballer
* Marcelo Pereira, footballer
* Carlos Pineda, footballer
* José Pinto, footballer
* Brayan Ramírez, footballer
* Cristian Raudales, footballer
* Juan Raudales, footballer
* José Reyes, footballer
* Bryan Róchez, footballer
* Luis Rodas, footballer
* Diego Rodríguez, footballer
* Roger Rojas, footballer
* César Romero, footballer
* Henry Romero, footballer
* Joseph Rosales, footballer
* Reynaldo Tilguath, footballer
* Melvin Valladares, footballer
* Edy Vásquez, footballer

### Other sports

* Arturo Córdoba, runner
* Ana Galindo, swimmer
* Iizzwa Medina, table tennis player
* Bayron Molina, boxer
* Luis Alonso Morán, judoka
* Indira Murillo, journalist and basketballer
* Karen Vilorio, swimmer

## Politics

* Óscar Acosta, writer and politician
* Marlene Alvarenga, politician and pastor
* Nasry Asfura, politician
* Yadira Bendaña, journalist and politician
* Rosa Elena Bonilla, politician
* Armando Calidonio, politician
* Rigoberto Chang Castillo, politician
* María Martha Díaz Velásquez, politician
* Mary Elizabeth Flores, journalist and politician
* Matías Funes, academic and politician
* Justo Herrera, politician
* María Josefa Lastiri, former first lady of the Federal Republic of Central America, Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica
* Juan Fernando Lobo, television host and politician
* Francisco Morazán, Central American head of state and unionist; namesake of the city's department
* Salvador Nasralla, journalist and politician
* Mauricio Oliva, surgeon and politician
* Waldina Paz, politician
* Luis Redondo, politician
* Jorge Arturo Reina Idiáquez, politician
* Antonio Rivera Callejas, politician
* Joaquín Rivera, politician and military leader
* Erick Mauricio Rodríguez, politician
* Ramón Rosa, journalist and politician
* Elvin Santos, former vice president of Honduras
* Beatriz Valle, dentist, diplomat, politician, and television presenter
* Diego Vigil y Cocaña, last president of the Federal Republic of Central America
* Mauricio Villeda, politician
* José Rodolfo Zelaya, politician

### Presidents of Honduras

* Marco Aurelio Soto, former president of Honduras
* Policarpo Bonilla, former president of Honduras
* José Trinidad Cabañas, former president of Honduras
* Tiburcio Carias Andino, former President of Honduras
* Xiomara Castro, current president of Honduras
* Miguel R. Dávila, former president of Honduras
* Juan Francisco de Molina, first president of Honduras
* Carlos Roberto Flores, former president of Honduras
* Juan Manuel Gálvez, former president of Honduras
* José Santos Guardiola, former president of Honduras
* Rafael Leonardo Callejas, former president of Honduras
* Juan Lindo, former president of Honduras
* Porfirio Lobo Sosa, former president of Honduras
* Rafael López Gutiérrez, former president of Honduras
* Julio Lozano Díaz, former president of Honduras

### Diplomats

* Rosalinda Bueso, diplomat
* Fernando Palma, diplomat and actor
* Ricardo Zúñiga, American diplomat

## Media, music and the arts

* Oscar Acosta, writer
* Eduardo Bähr, writer and actor
* Rafael Casco, surrealist style artist
* Horacio Castellanos Moya, author
* Amanda Castro, poet
* Augusto Coello, writer
* Pompeyo del Valle, poet and journalist
* Rocsi Diaz, television and radio personality
* Édgar Flores, actor
* Carlos Gutiérrez, writer and diplomat
* Guadalupe Haertling, composer
* Low Jack, DJ
* Ana Jurka, journalist
* Isabella Lovestory, singer
* Augusto Monterroso, writer
* Leticia de Oyuela, historian
* Satcha Pretto, journalist
* Roberto Sosa, poet
* Lorena Vindel, actress
* Daniel Zacapa, actor
* José Zúñiga, actor

## Science and academia

* Alba Alonso de Quesada, lawyer and academic
* Pablo José Cámbar, academic and physician
* Marco Tulio Medina, neurologist and scientist
* José Antonio Molina Rosito, botanist
* Salvador Moncada, pharmacologist
* Paul Carpenter Standley, American botanist
* Julissa Villanueva, forensic pathologist

## Business and law

* Miguel Facussé Barjum, businessman
* Miguel Estrada, attorney
* Ana García Carías, lawyer and former first lady
* Schucry Kafie, businessman
* Dante Mossi, economist
* Maya Selva, cigar maker and tobacco grower

## Religion

* Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, cardinal
* José Trinidad Reyes, priest
* Juan de Ugarte, missionary

## Other

* Joselina García, Miss Honduras 1997
* Carmen Juares, co-ordinator of migrant workers in Barcelona.
* Robert Seldon Lady, CIA agent
* Gladys Lanza, human rights activist
* Juan Matta-Ballesteros, drug trafficker