Famous People in or from Guatemala?

Question

much thanx.

Answer 1

This is a list of Guatemalans who are famous or notable.

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

Javier O.Gonzalez, Anaheim YMCA Program Director, Poet, Friend

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

Juan Carlos Plata , Guatemalan professional soccer league all-time career scoring leader

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

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

Sergio Andrade, musician. (bassist founder of LIFEHOUSE)

Answer 2

Don't forget Che Guevara and Aldous Huxley, both of whom lived in Guatemala for a while.