14.6100° N, 90.5252° W
GUATEMALA CITY
Most Famous People Born in Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Notable people
- 421
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1955
- Most distinctive
- Model 4.6×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Guatemala City during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Guatemala City Is Known For
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Football is Guatemala City's biggest profession — 23% of all notables (95).
Guatemala City over-indexes on model — 4.6× the global rate.
Guatemala City under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Guatemala City's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Music
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Other
Miguel Ángel Asturias
1899 - 1974
Oscar Isaac
Born 1979
Rafael Carrera
1814 - 1865
Jorge Ubico
1878 - 1946
Jimmy Morales
Born 1969
Álvaro Arzú
1946 - 2018
Luis von Ahn
Born 1978
Carlos Ruiz (Guatemalan footballer)
Born 1979
Marco Pappa
Born 1987
Juan José Gerardi Conedera
1922 - 1998
Enrique Gómez Carrillo
1873 - 1927
Álvaro Colom
Born 1951
Carlos Mérida
1891 - 1984
Rafael Arévalo Martínez
1884 - 1975
Óscar Berger
Born 1946
Rodrigo Rey Rosa
Born 1958
Julio César Méndez Montenegro
1915 - 1996
Ramiro de León Carpio
1942 - 2002
José Milla y Vidaurre
1822 - 1882
Alejandro Maldonado
Born 1936
Vinicio Cerezo
Born 1942
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
1930 - 2009
Otto Pérez Molina
Born 1950
Gaby Moreno
Born 1981
Jorge Serrano Elías
Born 1945
Ted Hendricks
Born 1947
Rodolfo Quezada Toruño
1932 - 2012
Carnage (DJ)
Born 1991
Luis Recasens
1903 - 1977
Soluna Samay
Born 1990
Antonio José de Irisarri
1786 - 1868
Pedro Molina Mazariegos
1777 - 1854
Regina José Galindo
Born 1974
Eduardo Halfon
Born 1971
Mario Monteforte Toledo
1911 - 2003
Stefano Cincotta
Born 1991
Manuel José Leonardo Arce Leal
1935 - 1985
Mariano Gálvez
1790 - 1862
Virgilio Rodríguez Macal
1916 - 1964
Rodrigo Saravia
Born 1993
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores
1930 - 2016
Ana Sofía Gómez
Born 1995
Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano
1960 - 2009
Dieter Lehnhoff
Born 1955
Juan Federico Ponce Vaides
1889 - 1956
Carlos Herrera
1856 - 1930
Ricardo Bressani
1926 - 2015
Juan Carlos Plata
Born 1971
Luis Augusto Turcios Lima
1941 - 1966
Ricardo Jerez Jr.
Born 1986
Luis González Palma
Born 1957
Margarita Carrera
1929 - 2018
Roxana Baldetti
Born 1962
Lennart Poettering
Born 1980
Elías Vásquez
Born 1992
Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol
1792 - 1865
Mario Rafael Rodríguez
Born 1981
Dwight Pezzarossi
Born 1979
Ana María Rodas
Born 1937
Enrique Peralta Azurdia
1908 - 1997
Henry David López
Born 1992
Rina Lazo
1923 - 2019
Marvin Ceballos
Born 1992
Javier Payeras
Born 1974
Manuel Ayau
1925 - 2010
Gonzalo Romero
Born 1975
Jayro Bustamante
Born 1977
Manuel Colom Argueta
1932 - 1979
Carlos Martínez Rivas
1924 - 1998
Fruto Chamorro
1804 - 1855
Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera
Born 1979
Carlos Figueroa (footballer)
Born 1980
Paulo César Motta
Born 1982
Danny Ortiz
1976 - 2004
José Eulalio Samayoa
1780 - 1866
Carlos Eduardo Gallardo
Born 1984
Gloria Álvarez
Born 1985
Jairo Arreola
Born 1985
Alfred Jensen
1903 - 1981
Rafael Rodríguez Padilla
1890 - 1929
Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisanove
1817 - 1884
Zury Ríos
Born 1968
Alfonso Bauer Paiz
1918 - 2011
Jorge Aparicio
Born 1992
Yony Flores
Born 1983
Mariano Rivera Paz
1804 - 1849
Edgar Estrada
Born 1967
Alejandro Galindo (footballer)
Born 1992
Flavio Herrera
1895 - 1969
Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera
1823 - 1898
Bea Ranero
Born 1985
José Escolástico Andrino
1817 - 1862
Irma Flaquer
1938 - 1980
Alejandro M. Sinibaldi
1825 - 1896
Martín Machón
Born 1973
Rodolfo Abularach
1933 - 2020
Shery
Born 1985
Óscar Julio Vian Morales
1947 - 2018
Rafael Espada
Born 1944
Óscar Enrique Sánchez
1955 - 2019
Carlos Castrillo
Born 1985
José Javier del Águila
Born 1991
Edmond Mulet
Born 1951
Jafeth Cabrera
Born 1950
Juan Ignacio Maegli
Born 1988
Juan Manuel Funes
Born 1966
Joaquín Orellana
Born 1930
Jean Bernard-Luc
1909 - 1985
Cristian Noriega
Born 1987
Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri
Born 1947
Claudio Albizuris
Born 1981
Harold Caballeros
Born 1956
Zipacná de León
1948 - 2002
Haroldo Rodas
1946 - 2020
Carlos Villa Perdomo
Born 1986
Luis Swisher
Born 1978
Willie Sims (footballer)
Born 1984
Hernán Sandoval
Born 1983
Roberto Carpio
Born 1930
Antonio Rivera Cabezas
1785 - 1851
Edwin Villatoro
Born 1980
Julio Girón
Born 1970
Rafael Yela Günther
1888 - 1942
Virgilio Rodríguez Beteta
1885 - 1967
Ángelo Padilla
Born 1990
Édgar Chinchilla
Born 1987
Kendel Herrarte
Born 1992
Jorge Carpio Nicolle
1932 - 1993
Antonio Pineda
1751 - 1792
Giancarlo Ibarguen
1963 - 2016
Lucrecia Méndez
Born 1943
Benjamín Monterroso
Born 1952
Carlos Batres
Born 1968
José Venancio López
1791 - 1863
Luisa Moreno
1907 - 1992
Pablo Melgar
Born 1980
Marco Ciani
Born 1987
Claudio Rojas
Born 1973
José Francisco Barrundia
1787 - 1854
Christopher Díaz Figueroa
Born 1990
Manuel León
Born 1987
Pedro Yang
Born 1976
Jorge Roldán
Born 1940
Teddy Cruz
Born 1962
Carmen Maria Vega
Born 1984
Carmen Lind Pettersen
1900 - 1991
Juan Antonio Martínez
Died 1854
Norma Cruz
Born 1962
José Bernardo Escobar
1797 - 1849
Alberto G. Valdeavellano
1861 - 1928
Mariano Paredes (President of Guatemala)
1800 - 1856
Jean Márquez
Born 1985
Marie-Andrée Lessard
Born 1977
José Carlos Castillo
Born 1992
Ernesto Cofiño
1899 - 1991
Jaime Viñals
Born 1960
Jorge Toriello Garrido
1908 - 1998
Mirna Ortiz
Born 1987
Jaime Quiyuch
Born 1988
Heidy Juárez
Born 1977
Carol Zardetto
Born 1959
Stephen Haggard
1911 - 1943
Juan José Gutiérrez
Born 1958
Eduardo Stein
Born 1945
Fabricio Benítez
Born 1975
Emilio Arenales Catalán
1922 - 1969
German Ruano
Born 1971
David Vela
1901 - 1992
Antonio Batres Jáuregui
1847 - 1929
Adolfo Molina Orantes
1915 - 1980
Elisa Hall de Asturias
1900 - 1982
Iván León
Born 1967
Mario Sandoval Alarcón
1923 - 2003
Carlos Castillo (Guatemalan footballer)
Born 1977
Gisela Morales
Born 1987
Edwin González (Guatemalan footballer)
Born 1982
Héctor Sandarti
Born 1968
Luis Felipe Arias
1876 - 1908
Lucrecia Hernández Mack
Born 1973
Luis Manresa Formosa
1915 - 2010
Álvaro Morales
Born 1980
Pedro José Valenzuela Jáuregui
1797 - 1865
Teodoro Palacios
1939 - 2019
Víctor Hugo Monzón
Born 1957
Walter López Castellanos
Born 1980
Mayra Herrera
Born 1988
Arturo Herbruger
1912 - 1999
Francisco Alejandro Méndez
Born 1964
Byron Pérez
Born 1959
Engelver Herrera
Born 1973
José Zacarías Antonio
Born 1982
Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria
Born 1947
Rodolfo Ramírez
Born 1988
Dionisio Gutiérrez
Born 1959
Élmer Ponciano
Born 1978
Daniela Schippers
Born 1995
Darío Escobar
Born 1971
Rafael Vásquez
1885 - 1941
Marcelo Claure
Born 1970
Cash Luna
Born 1962
Carlos Peña (singer)
Born 1988
Celso Lara
1958 - 2019
Germán Alcántara
1863 - 1910
Antonio Muñoz (actor)
Born 1966
David Unger (author)
Born 1950
Elizabeth Zamora
Born 1993
Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol
1789 - 1855
Julio Ligorría
Born 1956
Arturo Arias
Born 1950
Ramón A. Salazar
1852 - 1914
María García Granados y Saborío
1860 - 1878
Abner Trigueros
Born 1987
Sergio Guevara
Born 1973
Laura Godoy
Born 1988
Roberto González Díaz-Durán
Born 1970
Andrea Cardona
Born 1982
Isabella Springmuhl Tejada
Born 1997
Rebeca Lane
Born 1984
Alejandro Giammattei
Born 1956
Allan Ayala
Born 1986
Ana Luisa Montufar
Born 1993
Nicolas Samayoa
Born 1995
Maynor Dávila
Born 1982
Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez
1955 - 2018
Sandra Jovel
Born 1978
Jeimmy Aburto
Born 1994
Manolo Gallardo
Born 1936
Herbert Meneses
Born 1939
Alberto López Oliva
Born 1944
Gabriel Sagastume
Born 1982
Willie Maldonado
Born 1943
Rodrigo Asturias
1939 - 2005
Kevin Sandoval
Born 1962
José Víctor Zavala
1815 - 1886
Adela de Torrebiarte
Born 1949
Francisco Cabrera (retratista)
1780 - 1845
Fernando Carrera
Born 1966
Raúl Aguilar Batres
1910 - 1964
Mario López Estrada
Born 1938
Uwaldo Pérez
Born 1979
Sandra Morán
Born 1960
Mauricio López Bonilla
Born 1959
Martha Bolaños de Prado
1897 - 1963
Luis E. Arreaga
Born 1952
Rosa Leal de Pérez
Born 1953
Pablo Vizcaíno Prado
Born 1951
Alder Torres
Born 1990
Agustín O'Horán
1828 - 1884
Manuel Francisco Pavón Aycinena
1798 - 1855
Juan de Urruela
1881 - 1947
Alejandra Flores
Born 1986
Jorge Briz Abularach
Born 1955
Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández
Born 1934
Adolfo Venancio Hall Ramírez
1866 - 1885
Álvaro Arzú Escobar
Born 1985
Arabella Árbenz
1940 - 1965
Eddie Valenzuela
Born 1982
Lourdes Figueroa
Born 1988
Victor Perera (writer)
1934 - 2003
Óscar Murúa
1898 - 1980
Daniela Carpio
Born 1983
Luis Batres Juarros
1802 - 1862
Cynthia del Águila
Born 1959
Fritz García Gallont
Born 1955
Héctor Gaitán (escritor)
1939 - 2012
Juan Francisco Reyes
Died 2019
Juan Martín Barrundia
1845 - 1890
Luis Alberto Flores Asturias
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Enrique Anleu Díaz
Born 1940
Wendy de Berger
Born 1946
Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus
Born 1965
Williams Mansilla
Born 1962
Marta Yolanda Díaz-Durán
Born 1968
Manuel Valladares Rubio
1869 - 1927
Samara de Córdova
1923 - 2015
Vinicio Gómez
1961 - 2008
Pavel Centeno
1959 - 2016
Mayra Conde
Born 1969
Andrés Archila
1913 - 2002
José Azmitia
1860 - 1946
Marlon Sequen
Born 1993
Pablo Bromo
Born 1980
Luis María Estrada Paetau
1935 - 2011
Miguel Ángel García y Aráuz
1911 - 2003
Paulette Samayoa
Born 1990
Claudio Valerio Gaetani
Born 1967
Melanie Slowing
Born 1973
Kevin Luarca
Born 1993
Gabriel Edgardo Aguilera Peralta
Born 1940
Erwin Guillermo
Born 1951
Julio Zadik
1916 - 2002
Olinda Salguero
Born 1984
Julen Urigüen
Born 1991
Luis Díaz (Maler)
Born 1939
Irene de Peyré
1873 - 1968
Carlos Humberto Toledo
1919 - 1980
Marco Antonio Cuevas
1933 - 2009
Andrea Aldana
Born 1989
Jorge Skinner-Klée Arenales
Born 1957
Víctor Castellanos
Born 1934