FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the country. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within the country for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the country in their personal endeavors.

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A

• Rodolfo Abularach artist
• Allan Ayala Acevedo athlete
• Luis Argueta director, producer
• Jacobo Arbenz military officer, former president
• Juan Jose Arevalo first reformist president
• Ricardo Arjona singer
• Miguel Angel Asturias poet, author, playwright, nobel laureate
• Rodrigo Asturias guerrilla leader, politician
• Allan Ayala Acevedo athlete

B

• Kayb'il B'alam 16th-century leader mam people
• Justo Rufino Barrios former president
• Jose Batres author, politician
• Oscar Berger former president
• Virgilio Rodriguez Beteta historian, author, diplomat
• Cesar Branas author, literary critic, poet

C

• Manuel Estrada Cabrera former president
• Luis Cardoza author, essayist, diplomat
• Rafael Carrera first president of Guatemala
• Enrique Gomez Carrillo literary critic, author
• Carlos Castillo former president
• Otto Rene Castillo poet, revolutionary
• Emilio Arenales Catalan former president united nations
• Juan Jose Gerardi Conedera catholic bishop, human rights defender

D - G

• Alcina Lubitch Domecq author
• Rafael Espada physician, politician
• Irma Flaquer journalist
• Mateo Flores athlete
• Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes former president
• Fernando Romeo Lucas Garcia former president
• Jacobo Arbenz Guzman author, diplomat

H - L

• Theodore "Ted" Hendricks football player
• Flavio Herrera military officer, former president
• Oscar Isaac actor
• Antonio Jose de Irisarri statesman, journalist
• Alfred Julio Jensen artist
• Jorge Mario Garcia Laguardia jurist
• Rafael Landivar educator, poet, "national poet of Guatemala"
• Dieter Lehnhoff composer, conductor, musicologist

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