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

• Jesus Almenas guitarist, composer
• Pedro Altamiranda singer, composer
• Nancy Ames singer
• Tanya Aparicio pianist

B

• Ernesto Perez Balladares former president
• Felipe Baloy soccer player
• Nicolas Ardito Barletta former president
• Bayano rebel slave
• Jose Dominador Bazan politician
• Nadia Noemi Franco Bazan writer
• Reginald Beckford sprinter, first gold medalist of Panama
• William Bedford basketball player
• Ruben Blades singer, actor, minister of tourism
• Nando Boom reggae artist
• Miguel Bose actor, singer
• Jordana Brewster actress
• Floyd Britton political dissident
• Rosa Maria Britton writer
• Panama Al Brown first Hispanic world boxing champion

C - D

• Rod Carew baseball player
• Jorge Cham webcomics producer, author
• Kenneth Bancroft Clark psychologist, writer
• Billy Cobham drummer
• Irichelle Duran boxer
• Roberto Duran boxer

E - G

• El General reggae artist
• Guillermo Endara former president
• Martin Torrijos Espino former president
• Alfonso Frazier world champion boxer
• Carlos Fuentes writer
• Charles Patrick Garcia businessman, author
• Carlos Garnett jazz musician
• Gloria Guardia author

H - K

• Omar Torrijos Herrera national guard leader
• Esteban Huertas independence fighter
• Jorge Illueca diplomat, politician
• Leroy Jackson basketball player
• Roberto Kelly baseball player

L

• Lloyd LaBeach first Olympic medal holder of Panama
• Vincent Laresca actor
• Bobby Lashley professional wrestler
• Oscar Willis Layne cyclist
• Julio E. Linares treasury Minister, foreign minister
• Hector Lopez baseball player
• Victoriano Lorenzo patriot
• Los Rabanes music group

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