Famous or notable Venezuelans include:
Architecture
Isaac Abadí Abbo Jimmy Alcock Francisco Andrade Troconis Juan Astorga Junquera Esther Ayuso Celina Bentata Anita Berrizbeitia Guido Bermudez Bernardo Borges Dirk Bornhost Carlos Brillembourg Daniel Camejo Octavio Yoe Carrero Alejandro Chataing, known as "Cipriano Castro's architect" Edmundo Diquez Cipriano Dominguez Daniel Fernández-Shaw
Graziano Gasparini Jorge Romero Gutiérrez
Gustavo Guinand van der Walle Andres Haussman Tomas Lugo Marcano Paul Lustgarten Pedro Neuberger Mónica Ponce de León Jorge Rigamonti (1948–2008) Luis Roche José Tomás Sanabria Henrique Siso Maury
Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900–1975), builder of the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
Martin Vega José Vivas
Carlos Zapata
Artists
Harry Abend (1937–2021) Antonio Ladislao Alcantara (1898–1991) Gabriel Bracho (1915–1995) Manuel Cabré (1890–1984) Gregorio Camacho (1933–2002) Pedro Castillo (1790–1858) Asdrubal Colmenarez (1945- 2025) Elias Crespin (born 1965) Carlos Cruz-Díez (1923–2019) Mariano Díaz (born 1929) Marisol Escobar (1930–2016) Elsa Gramcko (1922–1995) Mateo Manaure (1926–2018) Arturo Michelena (1863–1898) Alirio Palacios (1938–2015) Darío Pérez-Flores (1936–2022) Gego (1912–1994) Armando Reverón (1889–1954) Tito Salas (1887–1974) Jesus Rafael Soto (1923–2005) Martín Tovar y Tovar (1827–1902)
Authors
A–C
Raquel Abend,poet and writer Cecilio Acosta, writer Higinia Bartolomé de Alamo, poet and writer , writer , poet Alfredo Armas Alfonzo, historian, author José Antonio de Armas Chitty, historian and poet Rafael Arráiz Lucca, historian and poet Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva, poet Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, poet Jose Balza, writer Rafael María Baralt, writer and historian, Rufino Blanco Fombona, poet and writer Alberto Barrera Tyszka, writer Natividad Barroso, writer and ethnologist Andrés Bello, educator and humanist Alegría Bendayán de Bendelac, writer and poet , writer Andrés Eloy Blanco, poet Eduardo Blanco, novelist and poet Mario Briceño Iragorry (1897–1958), writer and historian Manuel Caballero, historian and journalist Rafael Cadenas, poet María Calcaño, poet Juan Carlos Chirinos, writer Luis Castro Leiva, academic, historian and writer Arturo Croce, writer Sonia Chocrón, poet
D–M Polita de Lima, poet Victoria de Stefano, writer Manuel Díaz Rodríguez, novelist and journalist , poet Tulio Febres Cordero, writer Fabiola Ferrero, journalist and freelance photographer , poet Rómulo Gallegos, writer Julio Garmendia, writer and journalist Salvador Garmendia, novelist and story teller Vicente Gerbasi, poet , poet and writer Adriano González León, poet and writer Ida Gramcko, poet Elisa Lerner, writer Francisco Herrera Luque (1927–1991), writer Rowena Hill, poet Eduardo López Bustamante, journalist and poet Luz Machado, poet , writer Francisco Massiani, writer Milagros Mata Gil, writer Domingo Maza Zavala, journalist and economist Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez, writer , poet Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978), writer and journalist Eugenio Montejo (1938–2008), poet Guillermo Morón, historian and writer Stefania Mosca, writer Boris Muñoz, journalist and essayst Luis Manuel Marcano Salazar writer and historian
N–R
Moisés Naím, writer Fabricio Ojeda, journalist and writer Juan Oropeza, writer Hanni Ossott, poet Edgar C. Otálvora, journalist and writer Miguel Otero Silva, writer Antonia Palacios, writer Lucila Palacios, writer María Fernanda Palacios, writer Ramón Palomares, poet Yolanda Pantin, poet Teresa de la Parra, writer Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde, poet Mariano Picón Salas, writer José Rafael Pocaterra, writer Carlos Rangel, journalist and writer , poet Humberto Rivas Mijares, writer Aristides Rojas, writer Armando Rojas Guardia, writer Pablo Rojas Guardia, writer , poet
S–Z Karina Sainz Borgo (born 1982), journalist and writer Tomás Straka, historian José Antonio Ramos Sucre, poet Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, writer and literary critic Juan Sánchez Peláez, poet Elizabeth Schön, writer Pedro Sotillo, writer and journalist Tui T. Sutherland, writer , writer Pio Tamayo, writer Ana Enriqueta Terán, poet Alfredo Toro Hardy, writer and diplomat Fermin Toro, writer and statesman Ana Teresa Torres, writer Arturo Uslar Pietri, historian and writer , poet and journalist , poet , poet Marisa Vannini, writer Miyó Vestrini, journalist, poet and writer José Jesús Villa Pelayo, poet and essayist Slavko Zupcic, writer
Beauty queens The following Venezuelans won a beauty title in the Big Four international beauty pageants: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth; the four major international beauty pageants for women.
A–H Consuelo Adler, Miss International 1997 Jacqueline Aguilera, Miss World 1995, Top Model of the World 1995 Goizeder Azúa, Miss International and Miss Mesoamérica 2003 Alexandra Braun, Miss Earth 2005 Susana Duijm (1936–2016), Miss World 1955 Stefanía Fernández, Miss Universe 2009 Daniela di Giacomo, Miss International 2006 Alyz Henrich, Miss Earth 2013 Astrid Carolina Herrera, Miss World 1984
I–M
Gabriela Isler, Miss Universe 2013 Ninibeth Leal, Miss World 1991 Pilín León, Miss World 1981 Alicia Machado, Miss Universe 1996 Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008 Edymar Martínez, Miss International 2015
O–R Bárbara Palacios, Miss Universe 1986 and Miss South America 1986
S–Y Irene Sáez, Miss Universe 1981 and Miss South America 1981 Ivian Sarcos, Miss World 2011 Maritza Sayalero, Miss Universe 1979 Nina Sicilia, Miss International 1985 Mariem Velazco, Miss International 2018
Business and law Roy Altman (born 1982), judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, lawyer, and author Henry Lord Boulton, aviator, entrepreneur, owner, and former owner of many businesses such as Casas Boulton, Avensa/Servivensa Gustavo Cisneros, Venezuelan-born media mogul. He was among the world's richest men according to Forbes magazine, which estimated his fortune at one point was at $6 billion. Juan Carlos Escotet, 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. 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 Heriberto Lobo, entreprenour, sugar trader Julio Lobo Olavarria, entreprenour, sugar trader Jorge Alfredo Silva Cardona, entrepreneur Carlos Eduardo Stolk (1912–1995), founding member of the United Nations, Chairman of the Board and President of Empresas Polar Tomas Terry, entrepreneur, sugar trader Miguel Urdaneta Fernández, founder of SBA Airlines José Grasso Vecchio, banker 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 Jorge Blanco Pedro León Zapata
Diplomats Milos Alcalay Diego Arria Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas Regulo Burelli Rivas Aristides Calvani Roy Chaderton Pedro Gual Escandón Alejo Fortique Juan García Gruber, ambassador in Nicaragua Fernando Gerbasi Luis Lopez mendez Numa Quevedo Jose Rafael Revenga, ambassador Samuel Moncada, ambassador Efraín Schacht Aristeguieta, ambassador Carlos Alberto Taylhardat, ambassador to Iraq and Lebanon Alfredo Toro Hardy, ambassador Fermin Toro, ambassador Carlos Vecchio, ambassador
Engineering Cristina Amon, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto Francisco de Paula Andrade Troconis Jacqueline Faría Celso Fortoul Arnoldo Jose Gabaldon Berti Salomón Cohen Levy Carlos Genatios José González-Lander, engineer, head engineer for the Metro de Caracas (1993–2000) Alfredo Jahn, engineer and naturalist María Corina Machado Juan Francisco Otaola Pavan L. Rafael Reif, engineer, President of MIT Gustavo Rivas-Mijares 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 Marcy Avila, musician, actress, and producer 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 Carlos Cruz, actor 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 Sheyene Gerardi, actress and model 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 Laureano Márquez, humorist and political scientist Rosmeri Marval, actress, model and singer Lila Morillo, actress, singer Carlos Montilla, actor, musician Daniela Navarro, actress, model Aquiles Nazoa, writer, journalist, poet and humorist Carlos Olivier, actor Renny Ottolina, television host and producer Enrique Palacios, model Vanessa Pose, actress Marianne Puglia, model
R–S
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 Emma Rabbe, Canadian born Velenzuelan telenovela actress 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
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 1976)