List of Guatemalans
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This is a list of Guatemalans who are famous or notable. For a list of Guatemalan Presidents see President of Guatemala.
- Rodolfo Abularach, painter
- Luis Argueta, film director
- Jacobo Arbenz, former president
- Ricardo Arjona, internationally acclaimed singer incorporating political and social satire
- Juan José Arévalo, former president
- Miguel Paredes
- Miguel Ángel Asturias, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature (1967).
- Justo Rufino Barrios, former President
- Óscar Berger Perdomo, current President
- Rafael Carrera
- Carlos Castillo Armas, former president
- Jesus Castillo, musician
- Álvaro Colom Caballeros, politician
- Deborah David, fashion model
- Manuel Estrada Cabrera
- Irma Flaquer, journalist
- Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, sculptor
- Manuel Gallardo, painter
- Francisco Goldman, author, Half Guatemalan Half Jewish American
- Luis González Palma, photographer
- Dionisio Gutierrez Guatemalan entrepreneur
- Alfred Jensen, artist
- Robert Karimi, American poet, half Guatemalan half Iranian
- Anitza Kozina, Show host Viva la Mañana
- Alcina Lubitch Domecq, author
- Fernando Romeo Lucas García, former president
- Myrna Mack, political activist
- Virgilio Rodriguez Macal famous writer.
- Susana Mercedes, fashion model turned fashion designer
- Mario Monteforte Toledo, author
- Augusto Monterroso, winner of the Prince of Asturias Award of literature (2000).
- Rigoberta Menchú, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1992).
- Carlos Mérida, painter
- Juan Pablo Olyslager, actor
- Victor Perera Guatemalan author, co-founder of the Los Angeles Jewish organization Ivri-NASAWI
- Igal Permuth, photographer
- Jaime Permuth, photographer
- Mario Permuth, lawyer, diplomat, and photographer
- Carmen de Petterson, painter
- KC Porter, multiple Grammy winning producer
- Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, former president
- Manuel Quizqueya, actor
- Héctor Sandarti, television personality
- Efraín Ríos Montt, retired general, politician
- Zury Ríos Sosa
- Eduardo Stein, Guatemalan vice-president under Oscar Berger
- Héctor Fernando Ramírez
- Elmar René Rojas, artist and architect
- Carlos Ruiz, FC Dallas soccer player
- Max Saravia Gual, painter
- Juan Manuel Sisay, painter
- Pablo Sweezey, sculptor
- Elías Jimenéz Trachtenberg, film director
- Jorge Ubico, former president
- David Unger, Guatemalan author
- Victor Vaskestler, painter
- Harris Whitbeck, CNN correspondant
- Rafael Yela Günther, sculptor
- José Rubén Zamora, journalist
- Daphne Zuniga, Guatemalan-American actress
See also: President of Guatemala