List of Panamanians

This is a list of Panamanian people who are famous or notable and were either born in Panama or have Panamanian ancestry.

República de Panamá

Artist

• Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, folk artist
• Chafil Cheucarama, Wounaan carver, illustrator, and painter
• Antonio Jose Guzman, artist
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, poet, artist
• Alfredo Sinclair, painter
• Olga Sinclair, painter
• Brooke Alfaro, painter
• Juan Carlos Marcos
• Alicia Viteri
• Rogelio Pretto Villalaz (Painter, Actor)

Beauty queens and fashion models

• Ester Cordet, former Playboy Playmate of the Month
• Justine Pasek, former Miss Universe
• Rachel Smith, former Miss USA

Business

• Ursula M. Burns, CEO of Xerox
• Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines
• Karl Kani, urban fashion designer
• Raúl Alemán Z., Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Banco General (Panamá)

Entertainment

• Sharon Aguilar, musician/composer
• Tatyana Ali, actress (Panamanian mother)
• Pedro Altamiranda, singer/composer
• Nancy Ames, singer
• Tanya Aparicio, pianist
• Osvaldo Ayala, singer, musician, composer
• Lucho Azcarraga, musician, producer
• Ivan Barrios, singer, composer, producer
• Tyson Beckford, model (maternal grandmother born in Panama)
• Aloe Blacc, singer
• Eddy Lover, Reggaetón artist
• Rubén Blades, singer, actor, former Minister of Tourism
• Miguel Bosé, Spanish actor and singer (born in Panama)
• Jordana Brewster, actress
• Rod Carrillo, House and Latin music producer, Label Owner (born in Panama)
• Billy Cobham, drummer, for Mahavishnu Orchestra
• Comando Tiburon, Reggaeton group
• Roberto Delgado, musician, producer, singer
• Melissa De Sousa, actress (film The Best Man)
• Lori Heuring, actress
• Anna de la Cruz, opera singer, musician
• Carlos El Grande, Salsa singer
• Erika Ender, singer, composer
• Gaitanes, singers, musical producers, composers
• Dicky Gaitan, musician, sound engineer
• El General, Reggaetón artist
• La Factoría, Reggaeton duo
• Flex, Reggaetón artist
• Carlos Garnett, jazz saxophonist
• Margarita Henríquez, singer
• La KShamba, Salsa Orchestra
• Clark Kent, rap music producer
• Vincent Laresca, actor
• Makano, Reggaetón artist
• Cristobal Muñoz, musician, producer
• Toby Muñoz, musician, producer
• Carlos El Grande, singer
• Jaime Murrell, singer
• Nando Boom, Reggae artist
• Casey Parker, adult film actress
• Alexis Texas, American adult film actress
• Nichole Galicia, actress and model
• Danilo Pérez, jazz pianist, producer, composer
• José Quintero, Broadway director
• Los Rabanes, reggae-rock band
• Renato, Reggaeton singer
• Coco Rodriguez, singer, actress
• J. August Richards, actor
• Samy y Sandra Sandoval, singer, musician
• Nenito Vargas, singer, musician
• Daphne Rubin-Vega, actress and singer
• Ulpiano Vergara, musician
• Victorio Vergara, musician
• Patricia Elena Vlieg, singer, composer and arranger, guitar and keyboard player.
• Aaron Zebede, actor, director and producer.

Historical figures

• Bayano, rebel slave
• Floyd Britton, political dissident
• Edward Ashton Gaskin Stuart, educator and labor leader
• Victoriano Lorenzo, patriot
• Luis Anderson McNeil, former labor minister
• Belisario Porras, former president
• Urracá, chieftain

Journalism

• Escolastico Calvo, journalist
• Gwen Ifill, television correspondent and host
• Juan Williams, television correspondent
• Sacha Pretto (Univision news anchor)

Literature

• Consuelo Tomás, writer
• Rosa María Britton, writer
• Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer (born in Panama)
• Gloria Guardia, novelist and essayist
• Demetrio Korsi, poet, diplomatic, journalist
• Ricardo Miró, poet
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, writer
• Lorenzo Thomas, poet

Politics

• Arnulfo Arias Madrid, former president
• Harmodio Arias Madrid, former president
• Nicolás Ardito Barletta, former president
• Guillermo Endara, former president
• Adrian Fenty, former mayor of Washington, D.C. (Panamanian father)
• Esteban Huertas, independence fighter
• Jorge Illueca diplomat and politician
• Julio E. Linares, former Treasury Minister (1963–1964) and Foreign Minister (1989–1993)
• John McCain, American politician, member of the United States Senate, and 2008 presidential nominee
• Dudley Thompson, Jamaican Pan-Africanist, politician and diplomat
• Mireya Moscoso, former president
• Manuel Antonio Noriega, former dictator
• Ernesto Pérez Balladares, former president
• Belisario Porras, former president
• Martín Torrijos Espino, former president
• Omar Torrijos, former dictator
• Ricardo Martinelli, former president

Science

• Kenneth Bancroft Clark, psychologist
• Ernesto A Pretto, Jr. MD, MPH (physician/inventor)

Sports

• Pedro Alcazar, world boxing champion
• Felipe Baloy, soccer player
• Leonardo Barker, professional football player
• Reginald Beckford, sprinter
• William Bedford, former basketball player
• Juan Berenguer, professional baseball player
• Rolando Blackman, former basketball player
• Rod Carew, professional baseball player
• Lorenzo Charles, professional basketball player (Panamanian parents)
• Bruce Chen, professional baseball player
• Roberto Corbin, soccer player
• Eileen Coparropa, Olympic swimmer
• Manuel Corpas, professional baseball player
• Ed Cota, basketball player
• Kevin Daley, basketball player and Harlem Globetrotter
• Frank Davis, professional football player
• Jorge Dely Valdés, soccer player
• Einar Díaz, professional baseball player
• Roberto Durán, world boxing champion
• Rommel Fernández, soccer player
• Gary Forbes, professional basketball player
• Alfonso Frazer, world champion boxer
• Rubén Garcés, former basketball player
• Stuart Gray, professional basketball player
• Darius Holland, professional football player
• George Headley, cricket player
• Leroy Jackson, professional basketball player
• Guillermo Jones, professional boxer
• Bayano Kamani, track and field athlete
• Roberto Kelly, baseball player
• Kevin Kurányi,German soccer player
• Lloyd La Beach, first Olympic medal winner from Panama
• Bobby Lashley, professional wrestler
• Carlos Lee, professional baseball player
• Héctor López, professional baseball player
• Jorge Luján, boxer
• Ernesto Marcel, professional boxer
• José Macías, professional baseball player
• Ramiro Mendoza, professional baseball player
• Orlando Miller, professional baseball player
• Omar Moreno, professional baseball player
• Ben Oglivie, professional baseball player
• Panama Al Brown, world boxing champion, first Hispanic world champion in history
• Eusebio Pedroza, boxer
• Jaime Penedo, soccer player
• Laffit Pincay, Jr., horse jockey
• Mariano Rivera, professional baseball player
• Rubén Rivera, professional baseball player
• Luis Antonio Rivera, soccer player
• Humberto Valentino Robinson, major league baseball player
• Davis Romero, professional baseball player
• Carlos Ruiz, professional baseball player
• Olmedo Sáenz, professional baseball player
• Irving Saladino, former World and Olympic track and field champion
• Manny Sanguillén, professional baseball player
• Rennie Stennett, professional baseball player
• Luis Tejada, soccer player
• Ruben Tejada, professional baseball player
• Roberto Wallace, professional football player
• Oscar Willis Layne, cyclist
• Roberto Vásquez, professional boxer
• Hilario Zapata, professional boxer

Other

• Jorge Cham, webcomics producer, author of PhD Comics
• Princess Angela of Liechtenstein, member of the Royal House of Liechtenstein