List of Panamanians

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

Arts

• Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, folk artist
• Manuel Chong Neto, painter
• Antonio Jose Guzman, artist
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, photographer
• Alfredo Sinclair, painter
• Olga Sinclair, painter

Beauty queens and fashion models

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

Business

• Ursula M. Burns, CEO of Xerox
• Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines
• Karl Kani, urban fashion designer
• Julio Mario Santo Domingo. Colombian businessman (born in Panama)

Entertainment

• Sharon Aguilar, musician/composer
• Tatyana Ali, actress (Panamanian mother)
• Jesus Almenas, guitarist and composer
• Pedro Altamiranda, singer/composer
• Nancy Ames, singer
• Tanya Aparicio, pianist
• Tyson Beckford, Model, (maternal grandmother born in Panama)
• Rubén Blades, singer,actor, former Minister of Tourism
• Miguel Bosé, actor and singer (born in Panama)
• Jordana Brewster, actress
• Jeff Buckley, singer-songwriter
• Billy Cobham, drummer, for Mahavishnu Orchestra
• Melissa De Sousa, actress (film The Best Man)
• Ingrid De Ycaza, singer
• El General, Reggaetón artist
• La Factoría, Reggaeton duo
• Flex, Reggaetón artist
• Carlos Garnett, jazz saxofonist
• Margarita Henríquez, singer
• Clark Kent, rap music producer
• Vincent Laresca, Actor
• Makano, Reggaetón artist
• Jaime Murrell, singer
• Nando Boom, Reggae artist
• Casey Parker, adult film actress
• Danilo Pérez, jazz pianist
• José Quintero, Broadway director
• Los Rabanes, reggae-rock band
• J. August Richards, actor
• Daphne Rubin-Vega, actress and singer

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

Literature

• Consuelo Tomás, writer
• Rosa María Britton, writer
• Carlos Fuentes, writer
• Gloria Guardia novelist and essayist
• Ricardo Miro, poet
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, writer

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, United States politician
• 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

Science

• Kenneth Bancroft Clark, psychologist

Sports

• 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
• Bruce Chen, professional baseball player
• Roberto Corbin, soccer player
• Eileen Coparropa, Olympic swimmer
• Manuel Corpas, professional baseball player
• Ed Cota, basketball player
• Frank Davis, professional football player
• Jorge Dely Valdes, soccer player
• Julio César Dely Valdes, soccer player
• Einar Díaz, professional baseball player
• Roberto Durán, world boxing champion
• Rommel Fernandez, soccer player
• Gary Forbes, professional basketball player
• Alfonso Frazier, world champion boxer
• Ruben Garces, former basketball player
• Stuart Gray, professional basketball player
• George Headley, cricket player
• Leroy Jackson, professional basketball player
• Roberto Kelly, baseball player
• Kevin Kuranyi,German soccer player
• Lloyd LaBeach, first Olympic medal winner from Panama.
• Bobby Lashley, professional wrestler
• Carlos Lee, professional baseball player
• Héctor López, professional baseball player
• Jorge Luján, 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
• Davis Romero, professional baseball player
• Carlos Ruiz, professional baseball player
• Olmedo Sáenz, professional baseball player
• Irving Saladino, current World and Olympic champion
• Manny Sanguillen, professional baseball player
• Rennie Stennett, professional baseball player
• Luis Tejada, soccer player
• Oscar Willis Layne, cyclist
• Roberto Vásquez, world champion boxer
• Hilario Zapata, world champion boxer

Other

• Jorge Cham, webcomics producer, author of PhD Comics
• David Iglesias, American lawyer
• Katie Sierra, activist
• Princess Angela of Liechtenstein, member of the Royal House of Liechtenstein