List of Venezuelans

Gustavo Cisneros, Venezuelan-born media mogul. He was among the world's richest men according to Forbes magazine, which estimates his fortune at one point was at $6 billion.
José Grasso Vecchio, banker
Manuel Antonio Matos, banker and caudillo
Lorenzo Mendoza Fleury, co-founder of oversees one of Venezuela's largest private companies, $6 billion (sales) Empresas Polar.
Eugenio Mendoza (1906–1979), business tycoon who made important contributions in the modernization of the country during the 20th Century.
Henry Lord Boulton, aviator, entrepreneur, owner, and former owner of many businesses such as Casas Boulton, Avensa/Servivensa among others.
Ali Lenin Aguilera, lawyer, entrepreneur
Carolina Herrera, fashion designer and entrepreneur who founded her eponymous company in 1980.
Lorenzo Mendoza (born 1965), actual owner of Empresas Polar
William H. Phelps, Jr., ornithologist and founder of Radio Caracas Televisión
William H. Phelps, ornithologist and founder of Radio Caracas Radio
Carlos Eduardo Stolk (1912–1995), founding member of the United Nations, Chairman of the Board and President of Empresas Polar.
Miguel Urdaneta Fernández, founder of SBA Airlines
Luis Emilio Velutini (born 1953), businessman and investor of the Latin American financial and real estate market
Juan Antonio Yanes, executive in Venezuelan Professional Baseball League who owned the Patriotas de Venezuela franchise

Cartoonists

Diplomats

Diego Arria
Aristides Calvani
Roy Chaderton
Pedro Gual Escandón
Juan García Gruber, ambassador in Nicaragua
Jose Rafael Revenga, ambassador
Efraín Schacht Aristeguieta
Carlos Alberto Taylhardat, ambassador to Iraq and Lebanon
Carlos Vecchio

Engineering

Cristina Amon, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
Francisco de Paula Andrade Troconis
Jacqueline Faría
Salomón Cohen Levy
José González-Lander, engineer, head engineer for the Metro de Caracas (1993–2000)
Alfredo Jahn, engineer and naturalist
María Corina Machado
L. Rafael Reif, engineer, President of MIT
Keysi Sayago
Leopoldo Sucre Figarella

Entertainment

A–D

Mayra Alejandra, television and film actress
Fedora Alemán, lyric soprano and actress
María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-born Venezuelan raised actress and singer
Daniela Alvarado, actress
Ivonne Attas, actress and politician
Henry Ayala, clown
Juan A. Baptista, actor
José Bardina, Spanish-born Venezuelan actor
Marina Baura, Spanish-born Venezuelan actress
Amador Bendayán, actor and entertainer
Marisela Berti, actress, beauty queen and show host
Alexandra Braun, model
Jacques Braunstein, Romanian-born Venezuelan radio host
Maritza Bustamante, actress and model
Santiago Cabrera, actor
Fernando Carrillo, actor
Grecia Colmenares, Venezuelan-born Argentine actress
Francisco José Cróquer, sportscaster and poetic declaimer
Eliana Cuevas, singer-songwriter
Guillermo Dávila, actor and singer
Miguel de León, actor
Oscar D'León, singer and bandleader
Majandra Delfino, actress
Chiquinquirá Delgado, actress and model
Christina Dieckmann, actress and model
Kimberly Dos Ramos actress

E–P

Eva Ekvall, television hostess
Gaby Espino, actress
Maria Gabriela de Faría, actress
Lele Pons, internet personality and actress
Lupita Ferrer, actress
Sandro Finoglio, actor, model
Catherine Fulop, actress, television host
Viviana Gibelli, Polish-born Venezuelan television host
Guillermo Fantástico González, Spanish-born Venezuelan television host
Scarlet Gruber, actress
Joselo, actor and comedian
Cynthia Lander, beauty pageant contestant
Jean Paul Leroux, actor
Diony López, clown
Carlos Mata, actor, singer, TV presenter
Esperanza Magaz, Cuban-born Venezuelan actress
Rosmeri Marval, actress, model and singer
Lila Morillo, actress, singer
Carlos Montilla, actor, musician
Daniela Navarro, actress, model
Carlos Olivier, actor
Renny Ottolina, television host and producer
Enrique Palacios, model
Vanessa Pose, actress
Marianne Puglia, model

R–S

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Édgar Ramírez

Édgar Ramírez, film actor and television producer
Veruska Ramírez, model
Benjamín Rausseo (a.k.a. Er Conde del Guácharo), comedian
Maricarmen Regueiro, actress
Gustavo Rodríguez, film, stage and television actor
José Luis Rodríguez (a.k.a. El Puma), singer and actor
Mariangel Ruiz, actress and model
Juan Carlos Salazar, singer, musician, composer
Sabrina Salvador, television host
Luis José Santander, actor
Enrique Sapene, actor and television producer
Daniel Sarcos, television host
Marger Sealey, singer
Sabrina Seara, actress
Eduardo Serrano, actor
Sonya Smith, American-born Venezuelan actress
Verónica Schneider, actress and model
Gabriela Spanic, actress
Mónica Spear, actress, model
Natalia Streignard, Spanish-born Venezuelan actress
Francys Sudnicka, model
Juana Sujo, Argentinian-born actress and theatrical educator

T–Z

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Oscar Yanes

Carolina Tejera, actress, model
Coraima Torres, actress
Orlando Urdaneta, actor
Wilmer Valderrama, actor, television host
Angélica Vale, actress
Dominika van Santen, model
Patricia Velásquez, actress, model
Rita Verreos, beauty pageant contestant
Doris Wells, actress
Oscar Yanes, journalist, writer

Filmmakers

Elizabeth Avellán (born 1960)
Román Chalbaud (born 1931)
Clemente de la Cerda (1935–1984)
Solveig Hoogesteijn (born 1946)
Jonathan Jakubowicz (born 1978)
Marcel Rasquin (born 1975)
Luis Armando Roche (born 1938)
Mariana Rondon, (born 1966)
Fina Torres (born 1951)
Lorenzo Vigas (born 1967)
Diego Vicentini (born 1994)

Historical

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Simón Bolívar

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Francisco de Miranda

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Leonor de La Guerra

Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), Wars of Independence leader, military commander, Father of the Nation
José Tomás Boves (1782–1814), Wars of Independence leader, military caudillo
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi (1799–1866), heroine from the Venezuelan War of Independence
Pedro Camejo (better known as Negro Primero, or The First Black) (1790–1821), lieutenant at the Venezuelan war of independence
Agostino Codazzi (1793–1859), Italian born, military officer, cartographer, former governor of Barinas
Francisco de Miranda (1750–1816), Wars of Independence leader, veteran of the U.S. and French revolutions
Antonio José de Sucre (1795–1830), Wars of Independence leader, Grand Marshal of Ayacucho, president of Bolivia (1826–1828), president of Peru
Juan José Flores (1800–1864), founder of the Repubilic of Ecuador and its first President
Pedro Gual Escandón (1783–1862), President of Venezuela in 1858, 1859, and 1861
Santiago Mariño (1788–1854), hero in the Venezuelan War of Independence, and important leader of Venezuela's eastern
Cristóbal Mendoza (1772–1829), considered to be the first President of Venezuela
José Gregorio Monagas (1795–1858), hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence, and former president
José Tadeo Monagas (1784–1868), hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence, and former president
Mariano Montilla (1782–1851), Major General of the Army of Venezuela in the Venezuelan War of Independence
José Antonio Páez (1790–1873), Wars of Independence leader, former president
José Félix Ribas (1775–1815), leader and hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence
Juan Germán Roscio (1763–1821), lawyer and politician, main editor of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence and chief architect of the Venezuelan Constitution of 1811
Josefa Joaquina Sánchez (1765–1813), embroiderer of the first Venezuelan flag
Leonor de La Guerra y Vega Ramírez (died 1816), Venezuelan protester
Rafael Urdaneta (1788–1845), hero of the Latin American wars of independence
Fernando Adames Torres (1837–1910), General of the Army during the Revolution of Coro, Senator representing Lara State and Chief of Staff
Fermin Toro (1807–1865), politician, diplomat, writer, minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs, president of the 1858 National Convention
Buenaventura Macabeo Maldonado (1854–1901), military man and politician, a key figure in the political and military conflicts of the Venezuelan and Latin American Andes and Member of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies for the state of Táchira in 1878 and 1893
Samuel Darío Maldonado (1870–1925), Venezuelan surgeon, anthropologist, writer, journalist and politician, Minister of Public Instruction of Venezuela in 1908

Mass media

Carla Angola. journalist
Mariana Atencio, journalist, anchor, correspondent
Arístides Bastidas, science journalism
Nelson Bocaranda, political journalist and broadcaster
Carlos Capriles Ayala, journalist and historian
Miguel Ángel Capriles Ayala, journalist and editor
María Teresa Castillo, journalist and cultural entrepreneur
José Agustín Catalá, journalist and author
Luis Chataing, radio host and humorist
Simón Alberto Consalvi, journalist, author and politician
Milena Gimón, sports journalist
Roberto Giusti, political journalist and broadcaster
Laureano Márquez, Spanish-born Venezuelan journalist and humorist
Aníbal Nazoa, journalist and writer
Aquiles Nazoa, journalist, writer and humorist
Jorge Olavarría, political journalist and historian
Rafael Poleo, political journalist and editor
Abelardo Raidi, sports journalist and broadcaster
Lil Rodríguez, cultural journalist
Oscar Yanes, journalist and writer

Mountaineers

José Antonio Delgado, first person to summit five eight-thousanders.

Musicians

A–B

Adrenalina Caribe, Caribbean music group
Abraham Abreu, harpsichordist and pianist
Aldo Abreu, Medieval-Baroque recorder executant
José Antonio Abreu, classical musician and founder of El Sistema
Vinicio Adames, choral group conductor
Francisco de Paula Aguirre, composer
Ricardo Aguirre, singer-songwriter
Gustavo Aguado, bandleader, double bassist, co-founder of Guaco
Fedora Alemán, lyric soprano and actress
Luis Alfonzo Larrain, bandleader, arranger, composer
Los Amigos Invisibles, funk music band
Arca (musician), musician and record producer
Diana Arismendi, composer

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Reynaldo Armas

Fulgencio Aquino, Venezuelan harp player, composer
Reynaldo Armas, singer-songwriter
The Asbestos, rock music band
Devendra Banhart, American-Venezuelan singer-songwriter
Huáscar Barradas, flautist, composer
Édgar Bastidas, lyric tenor
Carlos Baute, pop singer
Beatriz Bilbao, composer
Hugo Blanco, Venezuelan harp player, songwriter
Modesta Bor, composer, choir conductor
Soledad Bravo, singer
Benjamín Brea, Spanish-born Venezuelan musician
Vytas Brenner, keyboardist, songwriter
Andréa Burns, American-born Venezuelan singer

C–D

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Teresa Carreño

Calle Ciega, reggaeton band
Andres Carciente, concert pianist
Candy 66, rock band
Benito Canónico, composer
Los Cañoneros, Caraquenian traditional genres group
Los Cuñaos, traditional eight-part vocal group
Renato Capriles, bandleader and composer
Caramelos de Cianuro, rock band
Ramon Carranza, saxophonist, instructor
El Carrao de Palmarito (Juan de los Santos Contreras), folk singer
Teresa Carreño, 19th century pianist
Evencio Castellanos, classical pianist
Mirla Castellanos, pop singer
José Catire Carpio, folk singer
Inocente Carreño, classical composer, conductor
Rubén Cedeño, lyric singer
María Teresa Chacín, folk singer
Los Chamos, pop group
Ilan Chester, pop singer-songwriter
Chino & Nacho, reggaeton duet
Claudia Prieto, singer-songwriter
Collegium Musicum de Caracas, classical music group
Sylvia Constantinidis, Venezuelan-born American classical pianist, composer, conductor, also a multimedia artist, writer, music educator
Guillermo Dávila, pop singer
Desorden Público, ska band
Franco De Vita, pop singer-songwriter
Alirio Díaz, classical guitarist
Simón Díaz, folk singer-songwriter
Dimensión Latina, salsa band
Oscar D'León, salsa singer
Rubén Domínguez, lyric tenor
Gustavo Dudamel, classical conductor

E–J

Eliana Cuevas, singer-songwriter
Ensamble Gurrufío, folk instrumental group
Antonio Estévez, classical composer
Flor Roffé de Estévez, was a composer, writer, and professor of Venezuelan music
Pedro Eustache, classical flute player
Heraclio Fernández, pianist, composer
Ignacio Figueredo, Venezuelan harp player
Billo Frómeta, Dominican-born Venezuelan bandleader, songwriter, arranger
Otilio Galíndez, folk and pop composer
Hernán Gamboa, Venezuelan cuatro player
Gran Coquivacoa, Venezuelan gaita group
Guaco, pop and salsa band
Pedro Elías Gutiérrez, composer, conductor
Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-born French classical composer
Lorenzo Herrera, folk and pop singer-songwriter
Enrique Hidalgo, folk and pop songwriter
Cheo Hurtado, Venezuelan cuatro player
Gualberto Ibarreto, folk and pop singer
Jorge Isaac, Medieval-Baroque recorder executant
Adina Izarra, composer
Jeremías, British-born Venezuelan pop singer-songwriter
Guillermo Jiménez Leal, Venezuelan cuatro player, singer-songwriter
Porfirio Jiménez, Dominican-born Venezuelan bandleader, arranger, songwriter

K–N

Luis Laguna, musician, songwriter
José Ángel Lamas, classical composer
Lasso, pop-rock singer
Antonio Lauro, composer, guitarist
Anselmo López, Venezuelan bandola performer
Ángel Custodio Loyola, folk singer
Natalia Luis-Bassa, classical conductor
Aquiles Machado, operatic tenor
Pablo Manavello, Italian-born Venezuelan rock guitarist
Mango, salsa music group
Maracaibo 15, Venezuelan gaita group
Floria Márquez, bolero singer
Henry Martínez, songwriter
Mayré Martínez, pop singer-songwriter
Eduardo Marturet, classical conductor
Francisco Mata, folk singer-songwriter
Laudelino Mejías, composer
Los Melódicos, dance band
Conny Méndez, composer, singer, writer
Armando Molero, singer-songwriter
Moisés Moleiro, classical composer
Silvano Monasterios, jazz pianist, composer
Ricardo Montaner, singer-songwriter
Gabriela Montero, pianist
José Ángel Montero, opera composer
Morella Muñoz, lyric mezzo-soprano
Alberto Naranjo, arranger, conductor
Graciela Naranjo, bolero singer, film actress

O–R

Orquesta Sinfónica Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, symphony orchestra
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, symphony orchestra
Orquesta Sinfónica Venezuela, symphony orchestra
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Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel
Francisco Pacheco, folk singer
Eneas Perdomo, joropo singer-songwriter
Iván Pérez Rossi, Venezuelan cuatro player, singer, composer
Allan Phillips, pop songwriter, producer
Juan Bautista Plaza, classical composer
Alí Primera, singer-songwriter
Pancho Prin, folk singer-songwriter
Edward Pulgar, classical violinist, conductor
Ana María Raga, choral group conductor, composer, pianist
Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera, composer, performer, investigator, writer
Victor Ramos Rangel, classical composer, bassoon player
Rudy Regalado, Latin-jazz and pop bandleader, percussionist
Fredy Reyna, Venezuelan cuatro player
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Aldemaro Romero
Rodrigo Riera, classical guitarist
Rafael Rincón González, singer-songwriter
Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna, classical violinist
María Rivas, jazz-pop singer-songwriter
Luis Mariano Rivera, Venezuelan cuatro player, songwriter
Aldemaro Romero, classical and pop composer, conductor, bandleader
Omar Rudberg, singer and actor
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Otmaro Ruíz, jazz and pop pianist, arranger, composer

S–Z

Alfredo Sadel, lyric tenor, pop singer, songwriter
Rodolfo Saglimbeni, classical conductor
Juan Carlos Salazar, Venezuelan cuatro player, singer-songwriter
Magdalena Sánchez, joropo singer
Chucho Sanoja, bandleader, arranger, pianist, songwriter
José Enrique Sarabia, songwriter
Ángel Sauce, classical composer, violinist, conductor
Serenata Guayanesa, folk vocal and instrumental quartet
Eduardo Serrano, songwriter, arranger, conductor, performer
Vicente Emilio Sojo, classical composer, conductor, musicologist, educator
Henry Stephen, pop singer
Mario Suárez, pop-folk singer
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Juan Vicente Torrealba
Los Terrícolas, pop-rock vocal and instrumental group
Ricardo Teruel, composer
Ender Thomas, pop singer-songwriter
Todosantos, indie Latin-rock band
Juan Vicente Torrealba, Venezuelan harp player, composer
El Trabuco Venezolano, Latin-jazz salsa big band
Lilia Vera, folk singer
Verona, rock vocal and instrumental group
Voz Veis, pop vocal sextet
Franco de Vita, pop singer and composer
Anaís Vivas (born 1989), pop singer
Gerry Weil, Austrian-born Venezuelan jazz pianist
Yordano, singer, composer
ZAPATO 3, rock music vocal and instrumental group

Politicians

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Pablo Acosta Ortiz (1864–1914), Doctor, Surgeon, Politician.
Rómulo Betancourt (1908–1981), former president (1945–1948; 1959–1964) and founder of the Democratic Action party (AD, by its initials in Spanish)
Juan Guaidó (born 1983), politician & political activist.
Douglas Bravo (born 1923), former guerrilla leader and founder of the Venezuelan Revolution party (PRV, for its initials in Spanish)
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Rafael Caldera
Rafael Caldera (1916–2009), former president (1969–1974; 1994–1999) and founder of the Social Christian party (Copei, by its initials in Spanish)
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Hugo Chávez
Rubén González Cárdenas (1875 –1939), lawyer He became Secretary General for the Government; Minister of Public Instruction and Minister of Interior Relations
Pedro Carmona (born 1941), former president (2002)
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Juan Vicente Gómez
Cipriano Castro (1858–1924), former president (1899–1908)
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José Antonio Páez
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013), former president (1999–2013) and founder of the Fifth Republic Movement party (MVR, by its initials in Spanish)
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Marcos Pérez Jiménez
Joaquín Crespo (1841–1898), former president (1884–1886; 1892–1898)
Juan Crisóstomo Falcón (1820–1870), former president (1863–1868)
Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969), former president (1948)
Juan Vicente Gómez (1857–1935), former president (1908–1935)
Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1829–1899), former president (1870–1877)
Wolfgang Larrazábal (1911–2003), former president (1958–1959)
Eleazar López Contreras (1883–1973), former president (1935–1941)
Leopoldo López (born 1971), former mayor of the Chacao municipality (2000–2008)
Nicolás Maduro (born 1962), president of Venezuela (2013–)
Pompeyo Márquez (born 1922), former minister of borders (1994–1999)
Isaías Medina Angarita (1897–1953), former president (1941–1945)
Fabricio Ojeda (1929–1966), former guerrilla fighter
José Antonio Páez (1790–1873) former president (1830–1835; 1839–1843; 1861–1863)
Dori Parra de Orellana (1923–2007), former governor and senator of Lara state
Jacinta Parejo de Crespo (1845–1914), former First Lady of Venezuela (1884–1886; 1892–1898)
Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922–2010), former president (1974–1979; 1989–1993)
Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914–2001), former president (1952–1958)
Teodoro Petkoff (1932–2018), former guerrilla fighter and minister of the central office of coordination and planning (1996–1999)
José Vicente Rangel (born 1929), former vice president (2002–2007) and minister of foreign affairs (1991–2001)
Alí Rodríguez Araque (1937–2018), former ambassador to Cuba (2014–2018), minister of foreign affairs (2004–2006), minister of finance (2008–2010), and general secretary of OPEC (2000–2002)
Irene Sáez (born 1961), former mayor of the Chacao municipality (1993–1998) and governor of Nueva Esparta (1999–2000)
Juan Manuel Sucre Figarella (1925–1996), former minister of defense (1974–1975)
Leopoldo Sucre Figarella (1926–1996), former governor of Bolívar (1958–1959) and minister of public works (1960–1969)
Alirio Ugarte Pelayo (1923–1967), former governor of Monagas (1948–1951) and ambassador to Mexico (1959–1962)
Guillermo Tell Villegas (1823–1907), former president (1868; 1870; 1892)
Ramón José Velásquez (born 1916), former president (1993–1994)
Jóvito Villalba (1908–1981), founder of the Democratic Republican Union party (URD, by its initials in Spanish)
Ezequiel Zamora (1817–1860), soldier, and leader of the Federalists in the Federal War

Science

Manuel Blum, winner of the Turing Award
Freddy Cachazo, winner of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Humberto Fernández-Morán, researcher and founder of the Venezuelan Institute for Neurological and Brain Studies (now Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research), who developed the diamond knife, winner of the John Scott Medal.
Carlota Perez, technology scholar and economist
William H. Phelps, ornithologist and founder of Radio Caracas Radio
Aldemaro Romero Jr. (born 1951), scientist, communicator, advocate of liberal arts education

Medicine

Pablo Acosta Ortiz, Doctor, Surgeon, Academic and Politician.
Carlos Arvelo, military surgeon in the 19th century, and rector of the Central University of Venezuela from 1846 until 1849.
Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born American, Nobel Prize of Medicine in 1980.
Sara Bendahan, the first Venezuelan woman to complete her medical degree in that country.
Maruja Clavier, was one of the first Venezuelan nuclear oncologists.
Jacinto Convit, medic and scientist, known for developing a vaccine to fight leprosy and his studies to cure different types of cancer.
Francisco De Venanzi, Venezuelan doctor, scientist, scholar, and rector of the Central University of Venezuela.
José Del Vecchio, pioneered both sports medicine and youth baseball development.
Arnoldo Gabaldón, pioneered in anti-malaria campaign.
José Gregorio Hernández, physician and Catholic religious figure.
Tobías Lasser, botanist, founder of the Botanic Garden of Caracas.
Marcel Roche, physician and educator.
José María Vargas, modernized the Medicine studies in Venezuela in the second half of the 19th century.