This is a list of Guatemalans who are famous or notable. For a list of Guatemalan Presidents see President of Guatemala. The title of President of Guatemala has been the usual title of the leader of Guatemala since 1851, when that title was assumed by José Rafael Carrera, who had been acting as head of government as general and caudillo since 1840. ...

• Rodolfo Abularach, painter
• Raúl Aguilar Batres, engineer, creator of Guatemala's system of avenue/street notation
• Michael Alfaro Migoya, Circle Advertising Account Executive, Chapman University
• Luis Argueta, film director
• Jacobo Arbenz, former president, deposed by CIA & Guatemalan Military
• Ricardo Arjona, International Singer
• Juan José Arévalo, First democratically elected president ever
• Miguel Ángel Asturias, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature (1967).
• Rodrigo Asturias (aka Gaspar Ilom), lawyer, revolutionary leader
• Alicia Azurdia, singer
• Justo Rufino Barrios, general, dictator, attempted Central-American union by force
• Felipe A. Bosch Gutierrez, international businessman
• Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez, international businessman
• Rafael Landivar y Cabellero (1731-1793), writer
• Luis Cardoza y Aragón, writer
• Rafael Carrera, general, dictator
• Pablo G. Castañeda R., writer
• Alex Castillo, Actor
• Carlos Castillo Armas, coronel, CIA agent,Operation PBFORTUNE Operacion PBSUCCESS
• Ernest Brian Castillo, entrepreneur
• Jesus Castillo, musician
• Otto Rene Castillo, poet (assassinated)
• Ana Maria Cisneros Alvarez, Entrepreneur
• Fredy Corado, Professional tap dancer
• Billy Corado, Professional Dancer
• Rogelia Cruz Martínez, Miss Universe contestant, JPT Member, Assassinated
• Deborah David, fashion model
• Zipacná de León, painter
• Ricardo Del Carmen, musician and conductor.
• Manuel Estrada Cabrera, general, former dictator
• David Estrada, Guatemalan-Mexican boxer
• Donye Fernandez, Famous Bass and Guitar player
• Irma Flaquer, journalist (assassinated)
• Mateo Flores, marathoner
• Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, sculptor
• Manolo Gallardo, painter
• Maria Victoria García, Artist and painter
• Francisco Goldman, author,
• Enrique Gomez Carrillo (1873-1927), writer
• Luis González Palma, photographer
• Juan Jose Gutierrez, international businessman and restaurateur
• Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga, international businessman
• Ted Hendricks, Football linebacker
• Flavio Herrera, Poet, writer
• Jerry Hernandez, Actor(eaten)
• Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor
• Alfred Jensen, artist
• Elías Jimenéz Trachtenberg, film director
• Robert Karimi, Guatemalan/Iranian/American poet,
• Dieter Lehnhoff, composer, conductor, musicologist
• Carlos Leon Roldan, Ophthalmologist, Inventor
• Mario López Larrave, Lawyer, university professor (assassinated)
• Víctor Manuel López, Teacher, Accountant
• Alcina Lubitch Domecq, author
• Fernando Romeo Lucas García, general, dictator
• David Longo Drummer, singer, and actor
• Julio César Macías Mayora a.k.a César Montes, guerrilla leader (EGP)
• Myrna Mack, anthropologist (assassinated)
• Manny Marroquin, Grammy Award winning mixer/engineer
• Benito Martinez (actor), actor
• Susana Mercedes, fashion model, fashion designer
• Lorena Mena, actress
• Mario Mejia, Singer/composer
• Francisco Mendez, (1907-1962) author and member of Tepeus Group
• Jose Milla y Vidaurre (Salome Jil) (1822-1882), writer
• Miroslava, vocalist trainer
• Mario Monteforte Toledo, author
• Augusto Monterroso, author, winner of the Prince of Asturias Award of literature (2000).
• Carlos Mérida, painter
• Rigoberta Menchú Tum, human rights activist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1992).
• Edmond Mulet, UN, Diplomat
• Rodrigo Olivero Guatemalan golf player, youngest national champion
• Francisco Pérez Muñoz (Paco Pérez), musician (Luna de Xelajú)
• Victor Perera, author, co-founder of the Los Angeles Jewish organization Ivri-NASAWI
• Igal Permuth, photographer
• Jaime Permuth, photographer
• Mario Permuth, lawyer, diplomat, and photographer
• Carmen de Petterson, painter
• KC Porter, multiple Grammy winning producer
• Erica Porter, WWA wrestler
• Fernando Quevedo, Professor of theoretical physics, Cambridge, England.
• Ricardo Arnoldo Ramirez de León, guerrilla leader (Guerrilla Army of the Poor), a.k.a. Rolando Morán.
• Henry Raudales, violinist
• Rodolfo Robles, physician, discovered onchocercosis "Robles' Disease"
• Virgilio Rodriguez Macal, author
• Efraín Ríos Montt, general, dictator, stands accused of genocide
• Elmar René Rojas, artist and architect
• Carlos Ruiz, FC Dallas soccer player
• Héctor Sandarti, television personality
• Luis Adolfo Samayoa, Architect
• Kevin Sandoval, Soccer player, 1988 Summer Olympics
• Max Saravia Gual, painter
• Juan Manuel Sisay, painter
• Gary Stark Jr., featherweight boxer
• Pablo Sweezey, sculptor
• Hector Tobar, writer/journalist
• Luis Augusto Turcios Lima, Guatemalan army officer, guerrilla leader (FAR)
• Atanasio Tzul, mayan leader, revolt against the Spaniards in 1820
• Jorge Ubico, general, dictator
• David Unger, author
• Ilma Julieta Urrutia Chang, Miss International 1984
• Federico Urruela, Diplomat
• Victor Vaskestler, painter
• Anton Villatoro professional cyclist
• Jaime Viñals, mountaineer (scaled seven highest peaks in the world)
• Harris Whitbeck, CNN correspondent
• Rafael Yela Günther, sculptor
• Marco Antonio Yon Sosa, Guatemalan army officer, guerrilla leader MR-NOV13
• José Rubén Zamora, journalist
• Rafael Zea Ruano, poet
• Daphne Zuniga, Guatemalan-American actress
• Carlos Enrique Peña Aldana, winner of Latin American Idol 2nd season

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Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez (b. ... Luis Cardoza y Aragón Luis Cardoza y Aragón (June 21, 1901 - September 4, 1992) was a Guatemalan writer, essayist, poet, art critic, and diplomat born in La Antigua Guatemala but who spent a good part of his life living in exile in Mexico. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Castillo Armas wearing the presidential sash after his taking of power Carlos Castillo Armas (November 4, 1914 – July 26, 1957) was president of Guatemala from July 8, 1954 until his assassination in 1957. ... Operation PBFORTUNE was the name of a contingency plan drafted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1951 that outlined a method of ousting President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala if he was deemed a Communist threat in the hemisphere. ... Jesus Castillo, Jr. ... Otto René Castillo (1936 – 1967) was a Guatemalan poet and revolutionary. ... Rogelia Cruz Martínez (1940 - January 11, 1968) was a Guatemalan left-wing activist, the 1958 Miss Guatemala Universe, and a contestant in the 1959 Miss Universe pageant. ... Deborah David born January 7 into the Garifuna community of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. ... Manuel José Estrada Cabrera (21 November 1857 – 24 September 1923) was President of Guatemala from 8 February 1898 to 15 April 1920. ... David Estrada David Estrada before his fight vs. ... Irma Flaquer Azurdia (Born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1938), a psychologist and reporter known for her vicious critiques against the Guatemalan government. ... Mateo Flores (born Doroteo Guamuch Flores on February 11, 1922[1]), is a former Guatemalan long-distance runner who won the Boston Marathon in 1952. ... Francisco Goldman is a famous author born of a Guatemalan mother and a Jewish-American father. ... Luis González Palma is a modernist Latin American photographer. ... Juan Jose Gutierrez (b. ... Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga (b. ... Theodore (Ted) Paul Hendricks (born November 1, 1947 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) was an American football linebacker for the 1969 to 1973 Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts), 1974 Green Bay Packers and the 1975 to 1983 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. ... Oscar Isaac (born c. ... Peter Alfred Jensen (July 7, 1903 – January 13, 1988) was a Danish politician and government minister. ... Dieter Lehnhoff (b. ... Alcina Lubitch Domecq (b. ... Fernando Romeo Lucas García (born 1924) was the President of Guatemala from 1 July 1978 to 23 March 1982. ... For the comic book character, see Drummer (comics). ... Myrna Mack was assassinated on September 11, 1990 in Guatemala, allegedly by military forces educated by the School of the Americas. ... Manny Marroquin is a Grammy-nominated mix engineer. ... Benito Martinez as David Acevada in The Shield Benito Martinez is an actor from Guatemala, best known as police captain (later city councilman) David Aceveda in FX Networks acclaimed crime drama The Shield. ... José Milla y Vidaurre (August 4, 1822 in Guatemala — September 30, 1882) was one of the most outstanding Guatemalan writers in the 19th century. ... Miroslava Stern Miroslava Stern (born Miroslava Å ternová, on February 26, 1926 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic], and died March 10, 1955 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actress. ... Mario Monteforte Toledo (1911 - 2003) was a Guatemalan author, dramatist, and politician born in Guatemala City. ... Augusto Monterroso (December 21, 1921 - February 7, 2003) was a Guatemalan writer. ... The Prince of Asturias Awards (in Spanish: Premios Príncipe de Asturias) is a series of annual prizes given in Spain by the Fundación Príncipe de Asturias to individuals from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, or public affairs. ... Carlos Mérida (b. ... Rigoberta Menchú Tum (born in Chimel, Guatemala, January 9, 1959) was the recipient of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, given in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples. Her prize is based for the most part on... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... Edmond Mulet (b. ... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... KC Porter is a multi-grammy winning producer, famous for crossing over many artists, especially Ricky Martin. ... Fernando de la Trinidad Quevedo Rodriguez is a Guatemalan physicist. ... Comandante Rolando Morán (December 29, 1929, Quetzaltenango – September 11, 1998, Guatemala City) is the nom de guerre of Ricardo Arnoldo Ramírez de León, a former leader of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG), an armed Guatemalan resistance organization. ... Henry Raudales was born in Guatemala City and took his first violin lessons from his father Enrique Raudales at the age of four. ... José Efraín Ríos Montt (born June 16, 1926) is a former dictator of Guatemala, army general, and former president of Congress. ... Carlos Ruiz (born September 15, 1979 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a football player in both Major League Soccer and the Guatemala national team. ... Héctor Sandarti (born June 27, 1968 in Guatemala) is a Hispanic television host and actor who currently is the host of the Spanish version of Deal or No Deal called Vas o No Vas on the Telemundo Netowrk in the USA. He held simular duties in 2004 for a... Kevin Vandoval (born in Guatemala City) is a former Guatemalan footballer, member of the Guatemala national team. ... you are such a dumb noob and the red sox rule Size = 200 | Optional caption = | Host city = Seoul, South Korea | Nations participating = 159 | Athletes participating = 8,465 (6,279 men, 2,186 women) | Events = 263 in 27 sports | Opening ceremony = September 17, 1988 | Closing ceremony = October 2, 1988 | Officially opened... 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The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... José Rubén Zamora was born on August 19th 1956. ... Daphne Eurydice Zuniga (originally Zúñiga) (born October 28, 1962) is an American actress. ... Carlos Enrique Peña Aldana (born January 9, 1988 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a Guatemalan singer and songwriter who participated as a contestant in the 2nd season of Latin American Idol, which he won on September 27, 2007. ... The title of President of Guatemala has been the usual title of the leader of Guatemala since 1851, when that title was assumed by José Rafael Carrera, who had been acting as head of government as general and caudillo since 1840. ...