List of Colombian Americans
This is a list of notable Colombian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Colombian American or must have references showing they are Colombian American and are notable.
List
Artists and designers
- Esteban Cortázar - fashion designer
- Miguel Gómez - photographer
- Guilloume - Colombian minimalist artist, self-described master of "Bolismo"
- Greg Giraldo - comedian
- René Moncada - Colombian-born American artist
- Lari Pittman - painter
- Gala Porras-Kim - conceptual artist
- Diego Suarez garden designer known for his work at James Deering's Villa Vizcaya in Miami, Florida.
Anchors and TV personalities
- Julie Banderas - Fox News anchor
- Monica Fonseca - television presenter, journalist and blogger
- Ingrid Hoffmann - Colombian-American television personality and restaurateur
Actors
- Odette Annable - American actress of Colombian, French, and Cuban descent
- Moisés Arias - American actor
- Yancey Arias - American actor of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent
- Stephanie Beatriz - American actress of Colombian father
- Héctor Luis Bustamante - Colombian American actor
- Adriana Cataño - American actress and television host
- Alyssa Diaz - American actress of Colombian and Mexican-American descent
- Paula Garcés - actress
- Isabella Gomez - Colombian-born American actress
- Diane Guerrero - American actress of Colombian descent
- Zulay Henao - film and television actress
- Andrew Keegan - actor, mother is Colombian.
- John Leguizamo - actor and comedian
- Kika Perez - born Ilva Margarita Perez, Colombian-American actress and TV host
- Danny Ramirez - American actor of Colombian and Mexican descent
- Carolina Ravassa - Colombian born American actress
- Sonya Smith - American actress best known for her roles in telenovelas. Her mother is Venezuelan and her father is of Colombian partially descent.
- Paola Turbay - actress, TV host and beauty queen
- Brittany Underwood - American actress to Colombian mother
- Wilmer Valderrama - actor. He is of Colombian and Venezuelan descent.
- Carlos Valdes - Colombian-born American actor, Cisco Ramon on the TV series The Flash
- Alexa Vega - American actress from Colombian father
- Makenzie Vega - American actress, young sister of Alexa Vega
- Sofía Vergara - Colombian actress, known for the series Modern Family
- Sofia Carson - Colombian American Actress known for the movie Descendants
Musicians
- Shakira - Colombian-American singer and songwriter.
- Kali Uchis - Colombian-American singer and songwriter
- Lil Pump - Florida rapper born to Colombian parents
- Psycho Les - hip hop emcee of the group The Beatnuts
- Adassa - American reggaetón singer-songwriter also known as the "Reggaetón Princess". She was born to Afro-Colombians parents.
- Ryan Cabrera - American singer born to a Colombian father and an American mother
- Jason Castro - singer-songwriter
- Freddy Cricien - American emcee and vocalist for the hardcore band Madball
- Robo - drummer
- Kike Santander - Colombian songwriter and producer naturalized in the United States in 2004
- Yasmin Deliz - American singer-songwriter, model and actress of Dominican and Colombian and Venezuelan parentage.
- Carlos Dengler - former bassist of the band Interpol
- Santiago Durango - guitarist
- Alex González - American-born musician of Cuban and Colombian origin.
- Danny Mercer - Colombian American recording artist, songwriter, and producer
- Ericson Alexander Molano - Gospel Christian singer
- Erick Morillo - Colombian-American DJ, music producer and record label owner
- Billy Murcia - drummer.
- Marty Stuart - American country music singer-songwriter. He is of French, English, Choctaw, and Colombian descent.
- Tonedeff - American rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter. He was born to a Cuban mother and a Colombian father.
- Andrés Useche - Colombian American writer, film director, graphic artist, singer-songwriter and activist.
- DJ Yonny - American DJ, producer and remixer.
- Rob Swift - American hip hop DJ and turntablist group The X-Ecutioners as of late 2005 and as of 2006; with Mike Patton's project Peeping Tom. Rob Swift is on the faculty of Scratch DJ Academy in New York City.
Sports
- Roberto Guerrero - Formula One racecar driver
- Juan Pablo Montoya - Formula One, Indy and Cart racecar driver
- Juan Agudelo - soccer player
- Kiko Alonso - NFL player
- Alejandro Bedoya - American soccer player
- Daniel Barrera - American professional soccer player
- Lou Castro - first Latin American born player to play in Major League Baseball in the United States, and the first Latin American since player Esteban Bellán in 1873 as a professional baseball player.
- Scott Gomez, retired NHL player. Half Colombian and half Mexican.
- Diego Gutiérrez - retired Colombian American footballer
- Eliot Halverson - American figure skater
- George Hincapie - cyclist
- Carlos Llamosa - soccer player
- Oscar Mercado - MLB player
- Travis Pastrana - American motorsports competitor and stunt performer who has won championships and X Games gold medals in several events
- Fuad Reveiz - former NFL player
- Johnny Torres - Colombian-American soccer midfielder and coach
- Fernando Velasco - former NFL player
Models
- Manuela Arbeláez - model.
- Maria Checa - Colombian-American model and actress.
Journalists
- Nina García - fashion journalist and critic.
- Omar Jimenez, journalist and correspondent for CNN
- Adrian Lamo - hacker and journalist.
- Manuel Teodoro - journalist .
Politicians
- Diana Farrell - member and one of two Deputy Directors of the United States National Economic Council in the administration of President Barack Obama.
- Jeff Frederick - former member of the General Assembly of Virginia.
- José Sarria - first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States
Writers
- James Cañón - Colombian author
- Mo Rocca - American writer, journalist, comedian and political satirist to Colombian and Italian descent.
- Andrés Useche - Colombian American naturalized writer, film director, graphic artist and singer/songwriter
- Jaime Manrique - Colombian American novelist, poet, essayist, educator, and translator.
Scientists
- Jaime Imitola - neuroimmunologist
- Juan B. Gutierrez - mathematician and author
- Rodolfo Llinás - neuroscientist
- Guillermo Owen - mathematician
- Ana María Rey - physicist
Others
- José Luis Castillo - Colombian-American activist, politician, and non-profit community liaison in south Florida. He was born to a Dutch mother and a Colombian father in Netherlands. He lives in Florida.
- Arturo Escobar - Colombian-American anthropologist primarily known for his contribution to postdevelopment theory and political ecology
- Carlos Goez - founder of the original Pomander Book Shop in New York
- Will Jimeno - police officer, 9/11 survivor, portrayed in World Trade Center
- Andre Melendez - better known as Angel Melendez, was a Club Kid and drug dealer who lived and worked in New York City
- Beto Pérez - Colombian born American dancer and choreographer who created the fitness program Zumba in the 1990s
- Cristina Pérez - judge
- Julio Mario Santo Domingo - Colombian billionaire
- Alejandro Santo Domingo - Colombian American financier
- Al Williamson - American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western and science-fiction/fantasy.
- George Zamka - NASA astronaut