10.9639° N, 74.7964° W
BARRANQUILLA
Most Famous People Born in Barranquilla, Colombia
- Notable people
- 344
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1975
- Most distinctive
- Model 13.5×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Barranquilla during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Barranquilla Is Known For
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Football is Barranquilla's biggest profession — 34% of all notables (116).
Barranquilla over-indexes on model — 13.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Barranquilla's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Natalia Abello Vives
Born 1967
Armando Benedetti
Born 1962
Cecilia López Montaño
Born 1943
Eduardo Verano de la Rosa
Born 1950
Yaneth Giha Tovar
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Roberto Gerlein Echeverría
Born 1938
Elsa Noguera
Born 1973
Carlos Moreno de Caro
Born 1946
José David Name
Born 1968
Arturo Char Chaljub
Born 1967
Iván Leonidas Name Vásquez
Born 1957
David Char Navas
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Pedro Lemus
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José Antequera
1954 - 1989
Carlos Amastha
Born 1960
Álvaro Ashton
Born 1956
Efraín Cepeda
Born 1950
Humberto Salcedo Collante
1925 - 2015
Dieb Maloof
Born 1964
Pedro Muvdi
Born 1963
Jaime Pumarejo
Born 1980
Carlos Costa Posada
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Miguel Amín
Born 1948
Eduardo Crissien Borrero
Born 1966
Laureano Acuña
Born 1971
Mario Náder Muskus
Born 1958
Jorge Gerlein
1941 - 2016
José Herrera Acosta
Born 1970
César Lorduy
Born 1956
Luis Eduardo Díaz Granados
Born 1970
Luis Eduardo Díazgranados
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Jaime Vargas Suárez
1938 - 2017
Miguel Amín Escaf
Born 1948