List of Colombian Americans

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This is a list of notable Colombian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Colombian American or must have references showing they are Colombian American and are notable.

List[]

Artists and designers[]

  • Esteban Cortázar (1984-) - fashion designer
  • Miguel Gómez (1974-) - photographer
  • Guilloume - Colombian minimalist artist, self-described master of "Bolismo"
  • Greg Giraldo - comedian[1]
  • René Moncada - Colombian-born American artist
  • Lari Pittman - painter
  • Gala Porras-Kim - conceptual artist
  • R. J. Palacio - author and graphic designer
  • Diego Suarez (1888-1974) - garden designer known for his work at James Deering's Villa Vizcaya in Miami, Florida.[2]

Anchors and TV personalities[]

  • Julie Banderas - Fox News anchor[3]
  • Monica Fonseca (1982-) - television presenter, journalist and blogger
  • Ingrid Hoffmann - Colombian-American television personality and restaurateur

Actors[]

  • Odette Annable - American actress of Colombian, French, and Cuban descent[4][5]
  • Moisés Arias - American actor[6]
  • Yancey Arias - American actor of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent
  • Stephanie Beatriz - American actress of Colombian father
  • Lillo Brancato - Colombian-born American actor (A Bronx Tale, The Sopranos).
  • Héctor Luis Bustamante - Colombian American actor
  • Sasha Calle - Colombian American Actress
  • Adriana Cataño - American actress and television host
  • Alyssa Diaz - American actress of Colombian and Mexican-American descent
  • Paula Garcés - actress
  • Isabella Gomez - Colombian-born American actress
  • Diane Guerrero - American actress of Colombian descent
  • Zulay Henao - film and television actress
  • Thom Adcox-Hernandez - American voice and television actor of Colombian descent (Falcon Crest, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, Gargoyles)
  • Andrew Keegan - actor, mother is Colombian.[7]
  • John Leguizamo (1964-) - actor and comedian
  • Kika Perez - born Ilva Margarita Perez, Colombian-American actress and TV host
  • Danny Ramirez (1992-) - American actor of Colombian and Mexican descent
  • Carolina Ravassa - Colombian born American actress
  • Sonya Smith - American actress best known for her roles in telenovelas. Her mother is Venezuelan and her father is of Colombian partially descent.[8]
  • Paola Turbay (1970-) - actress, TV host and beauty queen
  • Brittany Underwood - American actress to Colombian mother[9]
  • Wilmer Valderrama - actor. He is of Colombian and Venezuelan descent.[10]
  • Carlos Valdes - Colombian-born American actor, Cisco Ramon on the TV series The Flash
  • Alexa Vega - American actress from Colombian father[11]
  • Makenzie Vega - American actress, young sister of Alexa Vega[12]
  • Sofía Vergara (1972-) - Colombian actress, known for the series Modern Family
  • Sofia Carson - Colombian American Actress known for the movie Descendants

Musicians[]

  • Shakira (1977-) - Colombian singer and songwriter.
  • Kali Uchis (1994-) - Colombian-American singer and songwriter
  • Lil Pump - Florida rapper born to Colombian parents (as stated in an interview with J. Cole)
  • Psycho Les - hip hop emcee of the group The Beatnuts
  • Adassa - American reggaetón singer-songwriter also known as the "Reggaetón Princess". She was born to Afro-Colombians parents.
  • Ryan Cabrera - American singer born to a Colombian father and an American mother
  • Jason Castro - singer-songwriter
  • Freddy Cricien - American emcee and vocalist for the hardcore band Madball[13]
  • Robo (1955-) - drummer (Black Flag, Misfits)
  • Kike Santander - Colombian songwriter and producer naturalized in the United States in 2004[14]
  • Yasmin Deliz - American singer-songwriter, model and actress of Dominican and Colombian and Venezuelan parentage.
  • Carlos Dengler (1974-) - former bassist of the band Interpol
  • Santiago Durango - guitarist (Big Black, Naked Raygun)[15]
  • Alex González (musician) (1969-) - American-born musician of Cuban and Colombian origin.
  • Danny Mercer - Colombian American recording artist, songwriter, and producer
  • Ericson Alexander Molano - Gospel Christian singer
  • Erick Morillo - Colombian-American DJ, music producer and record label owner
  • Billy Murcia - drummer (New York Dolls).[16]
  • Marty Stuart - American country music singer-songwriter. He is of French, English, Choctaw, and Colombian descent.
  • Tonedeff - American rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter. He was born to a Cuban mother and a Colombian father.
  • Andrés Useche - Colombian American writer, film director, graphic artist, singer-songwriter and activist.
  • DJ Yonny - American DJ, producer and remixer.
  • Rob Swift - (born Robert Aguilar) American hip hop DJ and turntablist group The X-Ecutioners as of late 2005 and as of 2006; with Mike Patton's project Peeping Tom. Rob Swift is on the faculty of in New York City.

Sports[]

  • Roberto Guerrero (1958-) - Formula One racecar driver
  • Juan Pablo Montoya (1975-) - Formula One, Indy and Cart racecar driver
  • Juan Agudelo - soccer player[17]
  • Kiko Alonso - NFL player
  • Alejandro Bedoya - American soccer player[18]
  • Daniel Barrera - American professional soccer player[19]
  • Lou Castro - first Latin American born player to play in Major League Baseball in the United States, and the first Latin American since player Esteban Bellán in 1873 as a professional baseball player.[2]
  • Diego Corrales (1977-2007) - world champion boxer, father is Colombian and mother is Mexican
  • Scott Gomez - retired NHL player. Half Colombian and half Mexican.
  • Diego Gutiérrez (soccer) - retired Colombian American footballer
  • Eliot Halverson - American figure skater
  • George Hincapie - cyclist[20]
  • Carlos Llamosa - soccer player[21]
  • Oscar Mercado - MLB player
  • Travis Pastrana - American motorsports competitor and stunt performer who has won championships and X Games gold medals in several events
  • Fuad Reveiz (1963-) - former NFL player
  • Johnny Torres - Colombian-American soccer midfielder and coach
  • Fernando Velasco - former NFL player

Models[]

Journalists[]

Politicians[]

  • Diana Farrell - member and one of two Deputy Directors of the United States National Economic Council (NEC) in the administration of President Barack Obama.
  • Jeff Frederick - former member of the General Assembly of Virginia.[24]
  • Ruben Gallego - U.S. Representative for Arizona’s 7th congressional district
  • José Sarria - first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States
  • Lina Hidalgo - county judge for Harris County, Texas

Writers[]

  • James Cañón - Colombian author
  • Mo Rocca - American writer, journalist, comedian and political satirist to Colombian (mother) and Italian (father) descent.
  • Andrés Useche - Colombian American naturalized writer, film director, graphic artist and singer/songwriter
  • Jaime Manrique - Colombian American novelist, poet, essayist, educator, and translator.

Scientists[]

  • Jaime Imitola - neuroimmunologist
  • Juan B. Gutierrez - mathematician and author
  • Rodolfo Llinás (1934-) - neuroscientist
  • Guillermo Owen - mathematician
  • Ana María Rey - physicist

Others[]

  • Medaria Arradondo, Minneapolis police chief
  • José Luis Castillo (activist) - Colombian-American activist,[25] politician, and non-profit community liaison in south Florida. He was born to a Dutch mother and a Colombian father in Netherlands. He lives in Florida.
  • Arturo Escobar - Colombian-American anthropologist primarily known for his contribution to postdevelopment theory and political ecology
  • Carlos Goez (1939-1990) - founder of the original Pomander Book Shop in New York
  • Will Jimeno - police officer, 9/11 survivor, portrayed in World Trade Center
  • Andre Melendez (1971-1996) - better known as Angel Melendez, was a Club Kid and drug dealer who lived and worked in New York City
  • Beto Pérez - Colombian born American dancer and choreographer who created the fitness program Zumba in the 1990s
  • Cristina Pérez - judge[26]
  • Julio Mario Santo Domingo (1923-2011) - Colombian billionaire
  • Alejandro Santo Domingo (1977-) - Colombian American financier
  • Al Williamson (1931-2010) - American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western and science-fiction/fantasy.[27]
  • George Zamka - NASA astronaut[28]
  • Laura DePuy (1971-) - Colombian-American colorist who has produced work for several of the major comics companies, including DC Comics, Marvel Comics and CrossGen.[29]
  • Carlos Garzón (1945-) - Colombian cartoonist, who has lived in the United States since the mid-70s, where he has worked for publishers such as Marvel or DC.
  • Antonio Negret - Colombian director on Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina , The CW's Riverdale and others.

References[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b He was a grandson of the Colombian revolutionist and caudillo Francisco de Miranda. Biographical details are taken from an interview with Suarez reported in James T. Maher, Twilight of Splendor: Chronicles of the Age of American Palaces (Boston: Little, Brown) 1975:190-91.
  3. ^ "Julie Banderas: 5 Fast facts you need to know". www.heavy.com. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Ángela González (January 6, 2008). "Odette Yustman, in the company of monsters in 'Cloverfield'". New York: NY Daily News.
  5. ^ Moreno Valley|PE.com|Southern California News|News for Inland Southern California Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Colombia Passport: Economics, Culture and Society: "[1] 27 May 2009 archived version of Moisés Arias of Colombia", 23 March 2009. Link retrieved 25 March 2009. Cite: "If some Colombians dream with an American passport, there are cases of Americans who are proud of say they are Colombians. It is the case of New York-born actor Moises Arias, a teen heart throb and an American US television actor who is proud of the origin of his parents: Colombia."
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  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2015-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2008-07-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ Alexa Vega (2005-05-11). "Alexa Forever Forums". RE: Questions for Miss Alexa Vega. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2006-08-20. My father's side is Colombian (bogota)... and I don't know why they said my mom was Italian. She's not. My family and I were trying to figure out what my mom was, but we can only go back to 5 generations and they were all from Florida. haha. so .. Floridian? ahhah... my moms last name is French though
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  14. ^ Lena Hansen (27 February 2008). "Las lecciones de vida de Kike Santander" [The life lessons of Kike Santander] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
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  16. ^ Jacobson, Mark. "The Icon: Doll Face", New York (magazine), September 23, 2002. Accessed May 28, 2009. "Then came the sad pictures: Johnny and Jerry, RIP, and Billy Murcia too, their first drummer, a Colombian from Jackson Heights, dead in a London bathtub."
  17. ^ "Gold Cup 2011" [Gold Cup 2011: Juan Agudelo]. NJ.com. June 5, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  18. ^ Bondy, Stefan. "Englewood native Alejandro Bedoya vies for U.S. spot", The Record (Bergen County), May 25, 2010. Accessed February 16, 2011.
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  22. ^ "Price is Right model Manuela Arbelaez dishes on blunder, says it's the biggest mistake in game show history". www.nydailynews.com. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
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  27. ^ "Interview with Al Williamson," The Jack Kirby Collector #15 (April 1997), p. 16. Reprinted in The Collected Jack Kirby Collector Volume Three (TwoMorrows Publishing, 1999), p. 142. ISBN 978-1-893905-02-3
  28. ^ "Astronaut Bio: George D. Zamka (03/2013)". Jsc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
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