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Fernando Botero
Colombian painter and sculptor (1932–2023)
Karol G
Colombian singer and songwriter
Maluma
Juan Luis Londoño Arias (born 28 January 1994), known professionally as Maluma, is a Colombian rapper, singer, songwriter and actor. Born and raised in Medellín, he developed an interest in music at a young age, recording songs since age sixteen. Arias released his debut album, Magia, a year later in 2012. But, his breakthrough album was 2015's Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy, which led to successful collaborations with many artists. He released F.A.M.E. in 2018, another commercial success. He followed it with 11:11 in 2019, and Papi Juancho, surprise-released in 2020. His single "Hawái" (remixed by The
J Balvin
Colombian singer
Darío Castrillón Hoyos
Catholic cardinal (1929–2018)
Mariano Ospina Pérez
President of Colombia (1891-1976)
Fernando Vallejo
Colombian writer
Catalina Duque
Colombian beauty pageant titleholder
Piedad Córdoba
Colombian lawyer and politician (1955-2024)
Carlos Eugenio Restrepo
President of Colombia
Sergio Cabrera
film director from Colombia
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Colombian musician
Débora Arango
Colombian artist (1907-2005)
Francisco Antonio Zea
Colombian ambassador (1766-1822)
León de Greiff
Colombian poet (1895-1976)
Juan Pablo Escobar Henao
Peace Ambassador, Colombian architect, author, and the son of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar
Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera
Drug lord
Héctor Abad Faciolince
Colombian novelist, essayist, journalist and editor (born 1958)
Noemí Sanín
Colombian diplomat
Fabio Ochoa Vásquez
Colombian drug trafficker
María de los Ángeles Cano Márquez
Colombian politician and activist (1887–1969)
Federico Gutiérrez
Colombian politician
Naty Botero
Colombian singer, actress and businesswoman
María Cecilia Botero
Colombian journalist and actor
Bertha Hernández de Ospina
First Lady of Colombia (1907-1993)
Héctor Rueda Hernández
Catholic archbishop (1920-2011)
Laura Mora Ortega
director and filmmaker
Iván Velásquez Gómez
Colombian lawyer and diplomat
Nohra Puyana Bickenbach
First Lady of Colombia
Gilberto Vieira
Colombian politician (1911-2000)
Elkin Ramírez
Colombian musician
Simón Mesa Soto
Colombian film director and screenwrit
Alfonso Uribe Misas
Colombian lawyer, politician and writer
Víctor Gaviria
Colombian film director
Johan Rojas
Colombian footballer
Jesús Abad Colorado
Colombian photojournalist (born 1967)
Jaime Enrique Duque Correa
Colombian Roman Catholic bishop (1943–2013)
Arturo Duque Villegas
Roman Catholic Archbishop
Rodrigo Bernal
Colombian botanist (b. 1959)
Sergio Vélez
Colombian writer and journalist
John Jairo Arias Campana
former member the Medellín Cartel (1961–1990)
Alejandro Jadad
Colombian-Canadian physician, philosopher, innovator, writer and humanist
Gabriel Betancourt Mejía
Colombian politician (1918-2002)
Vanessa Pulgarin Monsalve
Colombian model
Tomás González
Colombian author and philosopher
Andrés Felipe Solano
Colombian novelist (born 1977)
Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar
Colombian politician
Beatriz Londoño Soto
Colombian physician and administrative politician
Mauricio Cárdenas Santa María
Colombian economist
Estanislao Zuleta
Colombian academic
Angela Restrepo Moreno
Colombian scientist
César Mauricio Velásquez Ossa
Journalist, ambassador
Jorge Ochoa
former Colombian drug trafficker (1950)