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List of Venezuelans
This is a list of Venezuelans that are famous or notable.
Architecture
Alejandro Chataing, known as "''Cipriano Castro's architect''".
Carlos Raul Villanueva (1900 - 1975), builder of the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas.
Artists
Martin Tovar y Tovar (1827 - 1902)
Emilio Boggio (1857 - 1920)
Cristobal Rojas (1857 - 1890)
Arturo Michelena (1863 - 1898)
Armando Reveron (1889 - 1954)
Gertrude Goldschmidt - a.k.a. GeGo (1912 - 1994)
Alejandro Otero (1921 - 1990)
Jesus Soto (1923 - 2005)
Carlos Cruz-Diez (b. 1923)
Marisol Escobar (b. 1930)
Yucef Merhi (b. 1977)
Authors
Jose Antonio de Armas Chitty, historian, poet, chronicler, essayist, biographer and researcher.
Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, poet
Rafael Arraiz Lucca, poet
Andres Bello, humanist, poet, lawmaker, philosopher, educator and philologist.
Andres Eloy Blanco, poet
Eduardo Blanco, novelist and epic poet.
Manuel Caballero, Historian and journalist.
Romulo Gallegos, writer
Guillermo Meneses, 1911-1978 Writer, journalist, historian, essayist. National Prize of Literature and National Prize of Jounalism
Moises Naim, writer, current Editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine.
Juan Oropeza, writer
Miguel Otero Silva, writer
Teresa de la Parra, writer
Juan Antonio Perez Bonalde, poet
Mariano Picon Salas, writer
Jose Antonio Ramos Sucre, poet
Pedro Sotillo, journalist, novelist, and poet
Adriano Gonzalez Leon, poet and writer
Arturo Uslar Pietri, Historian and writer
Guillermo Moron, Historian and writer
Beauty queens
Susana Duijm, Miss World 1955
Maritza Sayalero, Miss Universe 1979
Irene Saez, Miss Universe and Miss South America 1981
Pilin Leon, Miss World 1981
Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazabal, Miss World 1984
Silvia Martinez Stapulionis, 3rd runner-up, Miss Universe 1985 and Miss South America 1985
Ruddy Rosario Rodriguez de Lucia, 3rd runner-up, Miss World 1985
Alejandrina "Nina" Sicilia Hernandez, Miss International 1985
Barbara Palacios Teyde, Miss Universe and Miss South America 1986
Ines Maria Calero, Miss Nueva Esparta, 3rd runner-up, Miss Universe 1987
Albani Lozada, Miss Portuguesa, 1st runner-up Miss World 1987
Yajaira Vera, Miss Globe International 1988
Emma Rabbe, Miss Hispanidad Internacional 1988
Rita Verreos, Miss Municipio Vargas 1988
Patricia Velasquez, Miss Peninsula Goajira 1989
Yormery Ortega Sanchez, Miss Globe International 1990
Chiquinquira Delgado, Miss Zulia, Miss Flower Queen 1990
Ninibeth Leal, Miss World 1991
Carolina Izsak, among the 6 finalists for Miss Universe 1992
Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, Miss World 1995, Top Model of the World 1995
Alicia Machado, Miss Universe 1996
Consuelo Adler Hernandez, Miss International 1997
Veruska Ramirez, Miss Venezuela for Miss Universe 1998
Daniela Kosan Montcourt, Miss Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1997
Joan Carolina Chopite Sute, Miss Globe International 2000
Vivian Ines Urdaneta Rincon, Miss International 2000
Goizeder Azua, Miss International and Miss Mesoamerica 2003
Aida Yespica, Miss Amazonas state 2002
Monica Spear Mootz, Miss Venezuela for Miss Universe 2004
Alexandra Braun, Miss Earth 2005
Dominika van Santen, Top Model of the World 2005
Francys Barraza Sudnicka, Venezuelan-born Miss Poland Universe 2006
Daniela di Giacomo, Miss International 2006
Ly Jonaitis, 2nd runner up, Miss Universe 2007
Vanessa Peretti, semifinalist, Miss International 2007
Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela for Miss Universe 2008
Business & Law
Gustavo Cisneros, Venezuelan-born media mogul. He is among the world's richest men according to Forbes magazine, which estimates his fortune at $6 billion.
Lorenzo Mendoza, oversees one of Venezuela's largest private companies, $6 billion (sales) Empresas Polar.
Eugenio Mendoza (1906-1979), was a Venezuelan business tycoon who made important contributions in the modernization of the country during the 20th Century.
Henry Lord Boulton, is a venezuelan aviator, entrepreneur, owner, and former owner of many businesses such as Casas Boulton, Avensa/Servivensa among others.
Carolina Herrera (fashion designer) and entrepreneur who founded her eponymous company in 1980.
Rotislav Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Blanco, is a Venezuelan-born entrepreneur. President of Rostik Group and many other companies in Russia.
Cartoonists
Pedro Leon Zapata
Engineering
Jose Gonzalez-Lander, Metro de Caracas
Entertainment
Santiago Cabrera - Heroes
Los Amigos Invisibles group of funk music
Caramelos de Cianuro Venezuelan rock band
Adriana Fossa-Maldini model and wife of Paolo Maldini
Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuban born Venezuelan citizen, actress
Fernando Carrillo, actor
Los Chamos teen music group, all members are Venezuelan
Grecia Colmenares, Venezuelan born Argentinian citizen who is a widely famous actress in Argentina
Mayre Martinez, Latin American Idol season 1 winner
Rudy Cardenas, American Idol (season 6) top 24 contestant
Guillermo Davila, actor and singer
Oscar D'Leon, Salsa music singer
Eva Ekvall-Johnson, Tv hostess
Desorden Publico referred to as the godfathers of Latin American SKA.
Franco De Vita, singer and songwriter
Lupita Ferrer, actress
Viviana Gibelli, television host
Miguel de Leon, actor
Majandra Delfino Roswell
Marieh Delfino
Chiquinquira Delgado, actress and fashion model
Alicia Machado, former Miss Universe, actress
Ricardo Montaner, Argentinian born Venezuela citizen, singer
Lila Morillo, actress, former wife of Jose Luis Rodriguez
Francys Sudnicka, model
Carlos Olivier, actor.
Cynthia Cristina Lander Zamora, TV hostess
Alejandro Otero Larez, actor, model
Benjamin Rausseo, a.k.a. Er Conde del Guacharo, television comedian
Maricarmen Regueiro, actress
Jose Luis Rodriguez "El Puma", singer, actor, entrepreneur
Juan Carlos Salazar, singer, Cuatro (instrument), and guitar player
Mariangel Ruiz, actress, model, former Miss Venezuela, hostees
Luis Jose Santander, actor
Camila Canabal Sapelli, TV hostess
Daniel Sarcos, show host
Marger Sealey, singer, contestant at Protagonistas De La Musica
Sonya Smith, half American, half Venezuelan actress
Coraima Torres, actress
Uff!, teen music group, all members are Venezuelan.
Orlando Urdaneta, actor
Patricia Velasquez, actress and fashion model
Eglantina Zingg, actress and fashion model
Sabrina Salvador, TV Host
Daniela Kosan Montcourt, model and television host
Enrique Palacios, world-famous model
Jean Paul Leroux, actor
Vanessa Neumann Donnelly, well-known socialite/model
Gabriela Spanic, actress
Veronica Schneider actress and model
Sandro Finoglio former Mr World 1998, model/actor
Rita Verreos, former Miss Vargas (1988), model and contest on reality tv show ''
Veruska Ramirez model
Aida Yespica model
Mauricio Pita, Stage Actor and Singer
Maria Margarita de Vargas y Santaella, Venezuelan heiress
Christina Dieckmann, Actress/model
Natalia Streignard, Actress
Gaby Espino, Actress
Catherine Fulop, Television host, model, actress
Alexandra Braun Waldeck, model
Juan A. Baptista, Actor
Anabelle Blum, radio host
Majandra Delfino, actress and singer
Dominika van Santen, model
Ilan Chester, singer
Keidy Moreno, international model
Oscar Yanes, journalist and writer
Edgar Ramirez, National and international actor
Renny Ottolina, Television host, producer and entertainer
Josiah DonMartin, Fashion Icon (myspace.com/863jones),
Filmmakers
Solveig Hoogesteijn - Santera(1994), Maroa(2005) Died 7/30/07
Fina Torres - Oriana(1985), Mecaniques celestes(1995), Woman on Top'' (2000)
Elizabeth Avellan, co-producer of "El Mariachi" (1992), Texas Film Hall of Fame, former wife of Robert Rodriguez
Medicine
Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan born American, Nobel Prize of Medicine in (1980).
Luis Razetti, physician, modernized the Medicine studies in Venezuela in the first decades of the XX century.
Jose Gregorio Hernandez, and religious figure.
Marcel Roche, physician and educator.
Jose Maria Vargas, modernized the Medicine studies in Venezuela, in the Second half of the XIX century.
Tobias Lasser, botanist, founder of the Botanic Garden of Caracas
Mountaineers
Jose Antonio Delgado, first Venezuelan climber to summit five eight-thousanders.
Musicians
Aldo Abreu, Baroque Recorder virtuoso
Jose Antonio Abreu, classical musician
Humberto Bruni Lamanna, classical guitar executant
Francisco de Paula Aguirre, composer
Ricardo Aguirre, composer and singer
Fulgencio Aquino, folk musician and composer
Reynaldo Armas, Composer, singer
Devendra Banhart, Singer-Songwriter
Huascar Barradas, Flute executant, composer
Edgar Bastidas, Lirico-Spinto tenor
Hugo Blanco, Composer, harpist
Soledad Bravo, folk singer
Vytas Brenner, keyboardist, composer
Jose Catire Carpio, singer
Mariah Carey
Inocente Carreno, classical musician
Teresa Carreno, 19th century pianist, singer and composer
Evencio Castellanos, pianist
Maria Teresa Chacin, singer
Vidal Colmenares, joropo singer
Alirio Diaz, Guitarist
Simon Diaz, Composer, popular singer
Ruben Dominguez, Lirico-Spinto tenor
Gustavo Dudamel, orchestra leader
Antonio Estevez, composer
Pedro Eustache, flautist
Heraclio Fernandez, composer, creator of El Diablo Suelto
Ignacio Figueredo, folk musician
Billo Frometa, Orchestra conductor, arranger, composer
Otilio Galindez, composer
Hernan Gamboa, cuatro executant
Pedro Elias Gutierrez, composer and conductor
Reynaldo Hahn, French-Venezuelan composer
Lorenzo Herrera, composer and singer
Enrique Hidalgo, composer
Juan Carlos Salazar, singer, cuatro executant and composer
Cheo Hurtado, cuatro executant
Gualberto Ibarreto, folk singer
Jose Angel Lamas, composer
Luis Alfonzo Larrain, Orchestra conductor, arranger, composer
Antonio Lauro, guitarist
Anselmo Lopez, bandola performer
Floria Marquez, singer
Eduardo Marturet, Orchestra Conductor
Laudelino Mejias, composer
Conny Mendez, singer, composer and writer
Armando Molero, composer and singer
Moises Moleiro, composer
Ricardo Montaner, Singer-Songwriter
Jose Angel Montero, composer
Morella Munoz, notable singer
Alberto Naranjo, Orchestra conductor, arranger, composer
Graciela Naranjo, Bolero singer and actress
Francisco Pacheco, folk singer
Eneas Perdomo, folk musician
Juan Bautista Plaza, classical musician
Edward Pulgar, violinist and conductor
Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel, classical musician
Fredy Reyna, cuatro executant
Rodrigo Riera, guitarist
Rafael Rincon Gonzalez, composer and singer
Pedro Antonio Rios Reyna, classical musician
Luis Mariano Rivera, Composer
Jose Luis Rodriguez "El Puma", pop singer
Maria Rodriguez, folk singer
Aldemaro Romero, Orchestra conductor, arranger, composer
Otmaro Ruiz, pianist and composer
Alfredo Sadel, Singer-Songwriter
Angel Sauce, classical musician
Eduardo Serrano, folk musician
Vicente Emilio Sojo, classical musician
Mario Suarez, folk singer
Juan Vicente Torrealba, folk musician
Gerry Weil, Piano executant, Composer
Saul Vera, bandola executant
Natalia Luis-Bassa, Orchestral Conductor
Chucho Sanoja, Orchestra conductor, pianist, arranger, composer
Angel Custodio Loyola, folk singer
El Carrao de Palmarito, folk singer
Aquiles Machado, opera singer
Philosophers and intellectuals
Mario Briceno Iragorry (1897 - 1958), argued for a national cultural renovation in the 20th century.
Arturo Uslar Pietri Notable intellectual and writer.
Politicians
Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), Venezuelan military commander and Father of the Nation
Francisco de Miranda, Generalisimo veteran of the US and French revolutions, and Venezuela's wars of independence.
Antonio Jose de Sucre, Grand Marshal of Ayacucho and president of Bolivia (1826-1828)
Jose Antonio Paez (1790-1873), Venezuelan general and President
Juan Crisostomo Falcon, Venezuelan President
Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuelan General and Dictator (1908-1935)
Antonio Guzman Blanco, President
Cipriano Castro, Venezuelan President (1899-1908)
Eleazar Lopez Contreras, Military General and President, renewed Venezuelan politics after the Juan Vicente Gomez rule.
Isaias Medina Angarita Military officer and President of Venezuela. Last president of the short lived parliamentary democracy experiment (1941-1945)
Romulo Gallegos Writer, President, Minister of Education, Congressman, and Mayor of Caracas.
Marcos Perez Jimenez (1914-2001), Military officer and President of Venezuela. Sometimes referred to as the last Caudillo. (1952-1958).
Douglas Bravo former Venezuelan guerrilla leader, currently heads the political Third Road Movement group.
Wolfgang Larrazabal, Military officer and Interim President (1958-1959)
Romulo Betancourt, Venezuelan president and a founder of AD, known as Father of Venezuelan Democracy (1945-1948 and 1959-1964)
Rafael Caldera, President (1969-1974 and 1994-1999) and founder of COPEI
Carlos Andres Perez, twice president, nationalized oil industry, resigned (1974-1979) and (1989-1993)
Hugo Chavez, current President of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Pedro Carmona Head of Fedecamaras, President for 2 days (2002)
Juan Jose Flores Creator of the Republic of Ecuador.
Teodoro Petkoff, ex-guerrilla fighter, Minister of Cordiplan, and journalist.
Jose Vicente Rangel, Venezuelan journalist and politician
Josue Ramirez, Bachelor of International Affairs, former Diplomat, former President of the Miranda State Agricultural Development Corporation (2000-2004) and politician
Ali Rodriguez Araque, diplomat and Hugo Chavez cabinet member
Irene Saez (born 1961), mayor of Chacao and governor of Nueva Esparta. Miss-Universe (1981).
Juan Manuel Sucre Figarella, Venezuelan General and commander
Juan Pablo Perez Alfonso, Petroleum Minister, OPEC Founder
Alfredo Witschi-Cestari, Swiss-Venezuelan diplomat working for the United Nations
Science
Humberto Fernandez Moran, inventor of the diamond scalpel.
Carlota Perez, technology scholar and economist
William H. Phelps, Jr., ornithologist and founder of Radio Caracas Television.
Manuel Blum, winner of the Turing Award
Sports
Milka Duno, Female Race Car Driver
Bobby Abreu, Major League Baseball player
Jimy Szymanski, tennis
Luis Aparicio, retired Major League Baseball player, Hall of Fame member
Juan Arango, soccer player
Tony Armas, retired Major League Baseball player
Tony Armas, Jr., Major League Baseball player
Serge Blanco, Rugby Union player
Miguel Cabrera, Major League Baseball player
Alex Carrasquel, Major League Baseball player
Chico Carrasquel, Major League Baseball player
Dave Concepcion, retired Major League Baseball player
Vic Davalillo, Major League Baseball player
Pompeyo Davalillo, Major League Baseball player
Bo Diaz, retired Major League Baseball player
Luis "Lumumba" Estaba, World champion boxer
Andres Galarraga, retired Major League Baseball player
Betulio Gonzalez, World champion boxing|boxer
Carlos Guillen, Major League Baseball player
Ozzie Guillen, Major League Baseball manager and former player
Ramon Hernandez, Major League Baseball player
Carl Herrera, NBA player
Cesar Izturis, Major League Baseball player
Wilfredo Ledezma, Major League Baseball player
Melvin Mora, Major League Baseball player
Alejandro Moreno Soccer player.
Magglio Ordonez, Major League Baseball player
Yaxeni Oriquen, IFBB pro female bodybuilder & reigning Ms. Olympia
Richard Paez Coach of the national soccer team.
Lorenzo Parra, boxer
Chucho Ramos, Major League Baseball player
Jose Rujano, cyclist
Johan Santana, Major League Baseball player, two time Cy Young Award winner
Manny Sarmiento, retired Major League Baseball player
Giovanni Savarese soccer player.
Cesar Tovar, Major League Baseball player
Manny Trillo, Major League Baseball player
Ugueth Urbina, Major League Baseball player
Edwin Valero, boxer, currentlly WBA world champion.
Greivis Vasquez, NCAA basketball player
Rafael Vidal, competitive swimmer
Ernesto Jose Viso, F1 racing-car driver
Omar Vizquel, Major League Baseball player
Carlos Zambrano, Major League Baseball player
Alexander Munoz,boxer, currentlly WBA world champion.
Jorge Linares, boxer, currentlly WBC world champion.
Miguel Cairo, Major League Baseball Player
Alvaro Espinoza Major League Baseball Player
Luis Sojo Major League Baseball Player/Minor League Manager/Manager Team Venezuela - World Baseball Classsic, 2000 World Series Hero
Alejandro Carrasquel, was the first baseball player from Venezuela to play in Major League Baseball
Asdrubal Cabrera,Major League Baseball Player
See also
List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball
List of Presidents of Venezuela
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