List of Guatemalans

• A list of notable Guatemalans.

  A

• Abularach, Rodolfo, painter
• Álvarez, José Luis, painter
• Andrade, Sergio, musician
• Argueta, Luis, film director
• Arbenz Vilanova, Arabella, actress, model, socialite
• Arbenz, Jacobo, military officer, former president
• Manuel José Leonardo Arce Leal, poet and dramatist
• Arenales Catalán, Emilio, 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
• 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, schoolteacher
• Cordón, Kevin, national badminton player
• Cumez, Paula Nicho, artist
• del Águila, Cynthia, 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, writer
• Galeotti Torres, Rodolfo, sculptor
• García Granados y Saborío, María, socialite
• García Granandos y Zavala, María Josefa, 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, 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
• 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, indigenous woman, activist, author
• Mérida, Carlos, painter
• Mendez, Francisco, writer
• Milla y Vidaurre, José , writer
• Monteforte Toledo, Mario, writer
• Monterroso, Augusto, writer, winner of the Prince of Asturias Award of literature
• Montúfar y Rivera, Lorenzo, 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, aka Myztiko
• Palma, Gustavo Adolfo, singer, lyric tenor
• Pappa, Marco, Guatemalan National Team and Seattle Sounders 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
• Rodriguez Macal, Virgilio, writer
• Ríos Montt, Efraín, general, dictator, stands accused of genocide
• Rodríguez Beteta, Virgilio, lawyer, historian, diplomat and writer
• 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

  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
• von Ahn, Luis, computer scientist, creator of CAPTCHA technology, professor of Carnegie Mellon University

  W

• Whitbeck, Harris, CNN's International Correspondent based in Mexico City
• Worthman, Nathaniel, University Student, language enthusiast

  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