List of people from Tegucigalpa

This is a list of notable people from Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras.

Football

 * Jorge Álvarez, footballer
 * Luis Argeñal, footballer
 * Melissa Borjas, football referee
 * Miguel Castillo, footballer
 * Mauricio Castro, footballer
 * Michaell Chirinos, footballer
 * Juan Manuel Coello, footballer
 * Mario Chirinos, footballer
 * Emilson Cruz, footballer
 * Carlos Discua, footballer
 * José Escalante, footballer
 * Darwin Espinal, footballer
 * Harold Fonseca, footballer
 * Erick Fú, footballer
 * Óscar García, footballer
 * Boniek García, footballer
 * Axel Gómez, footballer
 * Rigoberto Gómez, footballer
 * Amado Guevara, football manager
 * Luis Guifarro, footballer
 * Alex Güity, footballer
 * Astor Henríquez, footballer
 * Óscar Isaula, footballer
 * Emilio Izaguirre, footballer
 * Júnior Izaguirre, footballer
 * Allan Lalín, footballer
 * Alexander López, footballer
 * Denil Maldonado, footballer
 * Walter Martínez, footballer, born 1982
 * Walter Martínez, footballer, born 1991
 * Rubén Matamoros, footballer
 * Nerlin Membreño, footballer
 * Juan Ramón Mejía, footballer
 * David Molina, footballer
 * Ramón Núñez, footballer
 * César Obando, footballer
 * Rigoberto Padilla, footballer
 * Carlos Paes, footballer
 * Milton Palacios, footballer
 * Marcelo Pereira, footballer
 * Carlos Pineda, footballer
 * José Pinto, footballer
 * Brayan Ramírez, footballer
 * Cristian Raudales, footballer
 * Juan Raudales, footballer
 * José Reyes, footballer
 * Bryan Róchez, footballer
 * Luis Rodas, footballer
 * Diego Rodríguez, footballer
 * Roger Rojas, footballer
 * César Romero, footballer
 * Henry Romero, footballer
 * Joseph Rosales, footballer
 * Reynaldo Tilguath, footballer
 * Melvin Valladares, footballer
 * Edy Vásquez, footballer

Other sports

 * Arturo Córdoba, runner
 * Ana Galindo, swimmer
 * Iizzwa Medina, table tennis player
 * Bayron Molina, boxer
 * Luis Alonso Morán, judoka
 * Indira Murillo, journalist and basketballer
 * Karen Vilorio, swimmer

Politics

 * Óscar Acosta, writer and politician
 * Marlene Alvarenga, politician and pastor
 * Nasry Asfura, politician
 * Yadira Bendaña, journalist and politician
 * Rosa Elena Bonilla, politician
 * Armando Calidonio, politician
 * Rigoberto Chang Castillo, politician
 * María Martha Díaz Velásquez, politician
 * Mary Elizabeth Flores, journalist and politician
 * Matías Funes, academic and politician
 * Justo Herrera, politician
 * María Josefa Lastiri, former first lady of the Federal Republic of Central America, Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica
 * Juan Fernando Lobo, television host and politician
 * Francisco Morazán, Central American head of state and unionist; namesake of the city's department
 * Salvador Nasralla, journalist and politician
 * Mauricio Oliva, surgeon and politician
 * Waldina Paz, politician
 * Luis Redondo, politician
 * Jorge Arturo Reina Idiáquez, politician
 * Antonio Rivera Callejas, politician
 * Joaquín Rivera, politician and military leader
 * Erick Mauricio Rodríguez, politician
 * Ramón Rosa, journalist and politician
 * Elvin Santos, former vice president of Honduras
 * Beatriz Valle, dentist, diplomat, politician, and television presenter
 * Diego Vigil y Cocaña, last president of the Federal Republic of Central America
 * Mauricio Villeda, politician
 * José Rodolfo Zelaya, politician

Presidents of Honduras

 * Marco Aurelio Soto, former president of Honduras
 * Policarpo Bonilla, former president of Honduras
 * José Trinidad Cabañas, former president of Honduras
 * Tiburcio Carias Andino, former President of Honduras
 * Xiomara Castro, current president of Honduras
 * Miguel R. Dávila, former president of Honduras
 * Juan Francisco de Molina, first president of Honduras
 * Carlos Roberto Flores, former president of Honduras
 * Juan Manuel Gálvez, former president of Honduras
 * José Santos Guardiola, former president of Honduras
 * Rafael Leonardo Callejas, former president of Honduras
 * Juan Lindo, former president of Honduras
 * Porfirio Lobo Sosa, former president of Honduras
 * Rafael López Gutiérrez, former president of Honduras
 * Julio Lozano Díaz, former president of Honduras

Diplomats

 * Rosalinda Bueso, diplomat
 * Fernando Palma, diplomat and actor
 * Ricardo Zúñiga, American diplomat

Media, music and the arts

 * Oscar Acosta, writer
 * Eduardo Bähr, writer and actor
 * Rafael Casco, surrealist style artist
 * Horacio Castellanos Moya, author
 * Amanda Castro, poet
 * Augusto Coello, writer
 * Pompeyo del Valle, poet and journalist
 * Rocsi Diaz, television and radio personality
 * Édgar Flores, actor
 * Carlos Gutiérrez, writer and diplomat
 * Guadalupe Haertling, composer
 * Low Jack, DJ
 * Ana Jurka, journalist
 * Isabella Lovestory, singer
 * Augusto Monterroso, writer
 * Leticia de Oyuela, historian
 * Satcha Pretto, journalist
 * Roberto Sosa, poet
 * Lorena Vindel, actress
 * Daniel Zacapa, actor
 * José Zúñiga, actor

Science and academia

 * Alba Alonso de Quesada, lawyer and academic
 * Pablo José Cámbar, academic and physician
 * Marco Tulio Medina, neurologist and scientist
 * José Antonio Molina Rosito, botanist
 * Salvador Moncada, pharmacologist
 * Paul Carpenter Standley, American botanist
 * Julissa Villanueva, forensic pathologist

Business and law

 * Miguel Facussé Barjum, businessman
 * Miguel Estrada, attorney
 * Ana García Carías, lawyer and former first lady
 * Schucry Kafie, businessman
 * Dante Mossi, economist
 * Maya Selva, cigar maker and tobacco grower

Religion

 * Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, cardinal
 * José Trinidad Reyes, priest
 * Juan de Ugarte, missionary

Other

 * Joselina García, Miss Honduras 1997
 * Carmen Juares, co-ordinator of migrant workers in Barcelona.
 * Robert Seldon Lady, CIA agent
 * Gladys Lanza, human rights activist
 * Juan Matta-Ballesteros, drug trafficker