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A list of notable
Guatemalans .
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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
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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
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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
Curruchich, Sara , singer-songwriter
del Águila, Cynthia (born 1959), Minister of Education 2012–2015
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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