List of Guatemalans

A list of notable Guatemalans.

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, Mateo, athlete
 * Alejandra Flores, soprano

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

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