# List of Guatemalans

A list of notable Guatemalans.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Abularach, Rodolfo, painter
* Álvarez, José Luis (1917–2012), painter
* Jackie Amezquita (born 1985), performance artist
* Andrade, Sergio, musician (bassist founder of Lifehouse)
* Acuña, Angelina writer of prose and poetry
* Argueta, Luis, film director
* Arbenz Vilanova, Arabella, actress, model, socialite
* Arbenz, Jacobo (1913–1971), military officer, former president
* Manuel José Leonardo Arce Leal (1935-1985), poet and dramatist
* Arenales Catalán, Emilio (1922–1969), diplomat. Foreign minister of Guatemala from 1966 to 1969 and the president of the United Nations Twenty-Third General Assembly from 1968 to 1969.
* Arévalo, Juan José, first democratically elected president
* Arjona, Ricardo, international singer
* Asturias, Miguel Ángel, writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1967)
* Asturias, Rodrigo, guerrilla leader of ORPA, a.k.a. Comandante Gaspar Ilom, son of writer Miguel Ángel Asturias
* Ayala Acevedo, Allan, track athlete, national record holder in 400, 400 hurdles, and 1600 relay
* Aycinena y Piñol, Juan José, ecclesiastical and intellectual conservative in Central America

## B

* Barrios, Justo Rufino, General, leader of the Liberal movement, dictator
* Barrondo, Erick, Olympic Silver medalist racewalker
* Batres Montúfar, José, writer
* Berganza, Eddie, writer, Executive Editor of DC Comics
* Bressani Castignoli, Ricardo, nutrition expert and biochemist
* Bosch Gutierrez, Felipe A., businessman
* Bosch Gutierrez, Juan Luis, businessman

## C

* Cardoza y Aragón, Luis, writer, essayist, poet, art critic, and diplomat
* Carnage, DJ and music producer
* Carrera, Rafael, general, conservative politician, and President of Guatemala
* Castillo Armas, Carlos, colonel, politician
* Rafael Castillo Valdez, politician and diplomat
* Castillo, Otto René, poet, guerrilla member of FAR
* Chacón González, Lázaro Army General, former President
* Chinchilla Recinos, María (1909–1944), schoolteacher
* Cordón, Kevin, national badminton player
* Coroy, María Mercedes, Mayan actress
* Cumez, Paula Nicho, artist
* Rosa Elena Curruchich (1958-2005), painter
* Curruchich, Sara, singer-songwriter
* del Águila, Cynthia (born 1959), Minister of Education 2012–2015

## E

* Estrada Cabrera, Manuel, lawyer. Secretary of Foreign during Jose Maria Reina Barrios government. President of Guatemala from 1898 to 1920.
* Espada, Rafael, Vice President of Guatemala and former cardio-thoracic surgeon

## F

* Flaquer Azurdia, Irma, journalist
* Flores, Alejandra, soprano
* Flores, Mateo, athlete

## G

* Franz Galich (1951–2007), writer
* Galeotti Torres, Rodolfo, sculptor
* García Granados y Saborío, María (1860–1878), socialite
* García Granandos y Zavala, María Josefa (1796–1848), intellectual, writer, journalist and poet
* García Laguardia, Jorge Mario, jurist, magistrate of the Constitutional Court, and Ombudsman for Human Rights
* Gerardi Conedera, Juan José, Roman Catholic bishop
* Goldman, Francisco, writer
* Gomez Carrillo, Enrique (1873–1927), writer
* González Palma, Luis, photographer
* Gutierrez, Juan José, businessman
* Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga, businessman

## H

* Hendricks, Ted, retired American Football linebacker
* Baudilio Hichos, politician

## I

* Isaac, Oscar, Guatemalan-American actor

## J

* Jensen, Alfred Julio, artist

## L

* La Rue, Frank William, human rights activist
* Lehnhoff, Dieter, composer, conductor, musicologist
* Lopez, Ed, Guatemalan-American politician
* Lopez, Antonio, Guatemalan-Mexican soccer player
* Lubitch Domecq, Alcina, writer
* Lucas García, Fernando Romeo, general, former President

## M

* Mack, Myrna, anthropologist
* Marroquin, Manny, Grammy Award-winning mixer/engineer
* Martinez, Benito, American actor of Guatemalan descent
* Menchú, Rigoberta, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1992), indigenous woman, activist, author
* Menkos, Jonathan, politician, economist and writer
* Mérida, Carlos, painter
* Mendez, Francisco, (1907–1962) writer
* Milla y Vidaurre, José (Salome Jil) (1822–1882), writer
* Monteforte Toledo, Mario, writer
* Monterroso, Augusto, writer, winner of the Prince of Asturias Award of literature (2000)
* Monterroso, Sandra, visual artist and designer
* Montúfar y Rivera, Lorenzo (1823–1898), politician and lawyer.
* Morales, Jimmy, President of Guatemala
* Moreno, Gaby, singer and songwriter
* Mulet, Edmond, diplomat
* Óscar Murúa, artist

## P

* Palencia, Karl M., Record Producer (Pina Records), aka Myztiko
* Palma, Gustavo Adolfo (1920–2010), singer, lyric tenor
* Paniagua España, Carlos Eduardo (1915-1988), diplomat
* Pappa, Marco, Guatemalan national team and Seattle Sounders FC footballer
* Peña Aldana, Carlos Enrique, winner of Latin American Idol 2nd season
* Pezzarossi, Dwight, retired Guatemalan National Team and CSD Comunicaciones footballer
* Plata, Juan Carlos, retired Guatemalan National Team and CSD Municipal footballer

## Q

* Quevedo, Fernando, Professor of theoretical physics, Cambridge, England
* Quezada Toruño, Rodolfo, Cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala City

## R

* Ramírez, Guillermo, retired Guatemalan national team footballer
* Ramirez de León, Arnoldo, guerrilla leader of EGP a.k.a. Comandante Rolando Morán
* Raudales, Henry, violinist
* Recinos, Adrián, lawyer, historian, Mayanist scholar, essayist, and diplomat
* Recinos, Efraín, engineer, architect, painter, sculptor, muralist, scenographer, inventor
* Robles, Rodolfo, physician, discovered onchocercosis (Robles disease)
* Rodriguez Macal, Virgilio, writer
* Ríos Montt, Efraín, general, dictator, stands accused of genocide
* Rodríguez Beteta, Virgilio (1885–1967), lawyer, historian, diplomat and writer
* Rosenthal, Gert, economist and diplomat
* Ruiz, Carlos, Guatemalan national team and CSD Municipal footballer

## S

* Sandarti, Héctor, television personality
* Sandoval, Kevin, soccer player, 1988 Summer Olympics
* Saravia, Rodrigo, Guatemala national team footballer
* Shery, singer, songwriter and producer
* Soluna Samay, singer, songwriter

## T

* Tecún Umán, sixteenth century leader of the K'iche' Maya people
* Tobar, Hector, writer/journalist
* Turcios Lima, Luis Augusto, Guatemalan army officer, guerrilla leader (FAR)

## U

* Ubico, Jorge, military dictator
* Unger, David, author
* Urruela Federico, diplomat

## V

* Villatoro, Anton, professional cyclist
* Villatoro, Alan, International Christian singer, music producer
* Viñals, Jaime, mountaineer (scaled seven highest peaks in the world)
* von Ahn, Luis, computer scientist, creator of CAPTCHA technology, professor of Carnegie Mellon University
* Luis H. Velasquez, (30 December 1919 – 9 February 1997) was a Guatemalan long-distance runner who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was third in the 1951 Pan American Games marathon and third in the 1955 Pan American Games marathon.

## W

* Wurmser, Juan Mauricio, advertising firm founder, president and CEO
* Whitbeck, Harris, CNN's International Correspondent based in Mexico City

## Y

* Yela Günther, Rafael, sculptor
* Yon Sosa, Marco Antonio, Guatemalan army officer, guerrilla leader MR-NOV13

## Z

* Zamora, José Rubén, journalist
* Zuniga, Daphne, Guatemalan-American actress