Famous People

Architecture

Alejandro Chataing, known as "Cipriano Castro's architect"
Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900 - 1975), builder of the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas

Artists

Alejandro Otero (1921 - 1990)
Armando Reverón (1889 - 1954)
Arturo Michelena (1863 - 1898)
Carlos Cruz-Diez (b. 1923)
Cristóbal Rojas (1857 - 1890)
Gertrude Goldschmidt - a.k.a. GeGo (1912 - 1994)
Jesús Soto (1923 - 2005)
Marisol Escobar (b. 1930)
Martín Tovar y Tovar (1827 - 1902)
Yucef Merhi (b. 1977)

Authors

Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, poet
Andrés Bello, humanist, poet, lawmaker, philosopher, educator and philologist
Andrés Eloy Blanco, poet
Arturo Uslar Pietri, writer
Eduardo Blanco, novelist and epic poet
Guillermo Meneses, 1911-1978 Writer, journalist, historian, essayist
José Antonio de Armas Chitty, historian, poet, chronicler, essayist, biographer and researcher
José Antonio Ramos Sucre, poet
Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde, poet
Juan Oropeza, writer
Manuel Caballero, Historian and journalist
Mariano Picón Salas, writer
Miguel Otero Silva, writer
Moises Naim, writer, current Editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine
Pedro Sotillo, journalist, novelist, and poet
Rafael Arráiz Lucca, poet
Rómulo Gallegos, writer
Teresa de la Parra, writer

Beauty Queens

Aida Yespica, Miss Amazonas state 2002
Alejandrina "Nina" Sicilia Hernandez, Miss International 1985
Alexandra Braun, Miss Earth 2005
Alicia Machado, Miss Universe 1996
Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazábal, Miss World 1984
Bárbara Palacios Teyde, Miss Universe and Miss South America 1986
Claudia Suárez, Miss Venezuela for Miss World 2007
Consuelo Adler Hernández, Miss International 1997
Daniela di Giacomo, Miss International 2006
Daniela Kosán Montcourt, Miss Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1997
Dominika van Santen, Top Model of the World 2005
Emma Rabbe, Miss Hispanidad Internacional 1988
Francys Barraza Sudnicka, Venezuelan-born Miss Poland Universe 2006
Goizeder Azua, Miss International and Miss Mesoamérica 2003
Irene Sáez, Miss Universe and Miss South America 1981
Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, Miss World 1995
Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, Top Model of the World 1995
Joan Carolina Chópite Sute, Miss Globe International 2000
Ly Jonaitis, Miss Venezuela for Miss Universe 2007
Maritza Sayalero, Miss Universe 1979
Monica Spear Mootz, Miss Venezuela for Miss Universe 2004
Ninibeth Leal, Miss World 1991
Pilin Leon, Miss World 1981
Susana Duijm, Miss World 1955
Vanessa Peretti, Miss Venezuela for Miss International 2007
Veruska Ramirez, Miss Venezuela for Miss Universe 1998
Vivian Inés Urdaneta Rincón, Miss International 2000
Yajaira Vera, Miss Globe International 1988
Yormery Ortega Sánchez, Miss Globe International 1990

Business and Law

Antonio López Fajardo (1916-1998), Former CEO and Chairman of the Board for Pepsi-Cola y Hit de Venezuela
Armando J. Tirado
Arturo J. Marcano Guevara
Carolina Herrera, fashion designer
Eugenio Mendoza
Gustavo Cisneros
Henry Lord Boulton
Lorenzo Mendoza

Engineering

José González-Lander, (Venezuela, b. 1933- d. 2000) Metro de Caracas

Entertainment

Aida Yespica, model
Alejandro Otero Larez, actor, model
Alexandra Braun Waldeck, model
Alicia Machado, former Miss Universe, actress
Anabelle Blum, radio host
Benjamín Rausseo, a.k.a. Er Conde del Guácharo, television comedian
Camila Canabal Sapelli, TV hostess
Caramelos de Cianuro ,Venezuelan rock band
Carlos Olivier, actor
Catherine Fulop, Television host, model, actress
Chiquinquirá Delgado, actress and fashion model
Christina Dieckmann, actress/model
Coraima Torres, actress
Cynthia Cristina Lander Zamora, TV hostess
Daniel Sarcos, show host
Daniela Kosán Montcourt, model and television host
Desorden Público, referred to as the godfathers of Latin American SKA
Dominika van Santen, model
Eglantina Zingg, actress and fashion model
Enrique Palacios, model
Eva Ekvall-Johnson, TV hostess
Fernando Carrillo, actor
Franco De Vita, singer and songwriter
Francys Sudnicka, model
Gabriela Spanic, actress
Gaby Espino, actress
Grecia Colmenares, Venezuelan born Argentinean citizen who is a widely famous actress in Argentina
Guillermo Dávila, actor and singer
Ilan Chester, singer
Jean Paul Leroux, actor
José Luis Rodríguez, also known as El Puma, singer, actor, entrepreneur
Juan A. Baptista, actor
Juan Carlos Salazar, singer, Cuatro (instrument), and guitar player
Keidy Moreno, international model
Lila Morillo, actress, former wife of Jose Luis Rodríguez
Los Amigos Invisibles, group of funk music
Los Chamos, teen music group
Luis José Santander, actor
Lupita Ferrer, actress
Majandra Delfino, actress and singer
Marger Sealey, singer, contestant at Protagonistas De La Musica
Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuban born Venezuelan citizen, actress
Maria Margarita de Vargas y Santaella, Venezuelan heiress
Mariangel Ruiz, actress, model, former Miss Venezuela, hostees
Maricarmen Regueiro, actress
Mayré Martínez, Latin American Idol season 1 winner
Miguel de León, actor
Natalia Streignard, Actress
Orlando Urdaneta, actor
Oscar D'Leon, Salsa music singer
Patricia Velásquez, actress and fashion model
Ricardo Montaner, Argentinian born Venezuela citizen, singer
Rita Verreos, former Miss Vargas (1988), model and competitor in reality tv show Survivor
Rudy Cárdenas, American Idol (season 6), top 24 contestant
Sabrina Salvador, TV Host
Sandro Finoglio, model/actor
Sonya Smith, half American, half Venezuelan actress
Uff!, teen music group
Vanessa Neumann Donnelly, well-known socialite/model
Veronica Schneider, actress and model
Veruska Ramirez, model
Viviana Gibelli, television host
Wilmer Valderrama, actor (That '70s Show)

Filmmakers

Fina Torres, Oriana (1985), Mécaniques célestes (1995), Woman on Top (2000)
Solveig Hoogesteijn, Santera (1994), Maroa (2005)

Medicine

Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan born American, Nobel Prize of Medicine in (1980)
José Gregorio Hernández, physician and religious figure
José María Vargas, modernized the Medicine studies in Venezuela
Marcel Roche, physician and educator
Tobías Lasser, botanist, founder of the Botanic Garden of Caracas

Mountaineers

José Antonio Delgado, first Venezuelan climber to summit five eight-thousanders

Musicians

Alberto Naranjo, Orchestra conductor, arranger, composer
Aldemaro Romero, Orchestra conductor, arranger, composer
Aldo Abreu, Baroque Recorder virtuoso
Alfredo Sadel, Singer-Songwriter
Alirio Diaz, Guitarist
Ángel Sauce, classical musician
Anselmo López, bandola player
Antonio Estévez, composer
Antonio Lauro, guitarist
Armando Molero, composer and singer
Billo Frómeta, Orchestra conductor, arranger, composer
Cheo Hurtado, cuatro Player
Conny Méndez, singer, composer and writer
Devendra Banhart, Singer-Songwriter
Edgar Bastidas, Lirico-Spinto tenor
Eduardo Marturet, Orchestra Conductor
Eduardo Serrano, folk musician
Edward Pulgar, violinist and conductor
Eneas Perdomo, folk musician
Enrique Hidalgo, composer
Evencio Castellanos, pianist
Floria Márquez, singer
Francisco de Paula Aguirre, composer
Francisco Pacheco, folk singer
Franco de Vita, Singer-Songwriter
Fredy Reyna, cuatro player
Fulgencio Aquino, folk musician and composer
Gerry Weil, Piano Player, Composer
Graciela Naranjo, Bolero singer and actress
Gualberto Ibarreto, folk singer
Gustavo Dudamel, orchestra leader
Heraclio Fernández, composer, creator of El Diablo Suelto
Hernán Gamboa, cuatro player
Huáscar Barradas, Flute player, composer
Hugo Blanco, Composer, harpist
Humberto Bruni Lamanna, classical guitar player
Ignacio Figueredo, folk musician
Inocente Carreño, classical musician
José Ángel Lamas, composer
José Ángel Montero, composer
José Antonio Abreu, classical musician
José Catire Carpio, singer
José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", pop singer
Juan Bautista Plaza, classical musician
Juan Carlos Salazar, singer, cuatro player and composer
Juan Vicente Torrealba folk musician
Laudelino Mejías, composer
Lorenzo Herrera, composer and singer
Luis Alfonzo Larrain, Orchaestra conductor, arranger, composer
Luis Mariano Rivera, Composer
María Rodríguez, folk singer
María Teresa Chacín, singer
Mario Suárez, folk singer
Moisés Moleiro, composer
Morella Muñoz, notable singer
Oscar D'León, Singer-Songwriter
Otilio Galíndez, composer
Otmaro Ruiz, pianist and composer
Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna, classical musician
Pedro Elías Gutiérrez, composer and conductor
Pedro Eustache, flautist
Rafael Rincón González, composer and singer
Reynaldo Armas, Composer, singer
Reynaldo Hahn, French-Venezuelan composer
Ricardo Aguirre, composer and singer
Ricardo Montaner, Singer-Songwriter
Rodrigo Riera, guitarist
Rubén Domínguez, Lirico-Spinto tenor
Simón Díaz, Composer, popular singer
Soledad Bravo, folk singer
Teresa Carreño, 19th century pianist, singer and composer
Vicente Emilio Sojo, classical musician
Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel, classical musician
Vidal Colmenares, joropo singer
Vytas Brenner, keyboardist, composer

Politicians

Alí Rodríguez Araque, diplomat and Hugo Chávez cabinet member
Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President
Antonio José de Sucre, Grand Marshal of Ayacucho and president of Bolivia (1826-1828)
Carlos Andrés Pérez, president/Deposed for been caught stealing (1974-1979) and (1989-1993)
Cipriano Castro, Venezuelan President (1899-1908)
Douglas Bravo, former Venezuelan guerrilla leader, currently heads the political Third Road Movement group
Eleazar López Contreras, Military General and President, renewed Venezuelan politics after the Juan Vicente Gómez rule
Francisco de Miranda, Generalísimo veteran of the US and French revolutions, and Venezuela's wars of independence
Irene Sáez (born 1961), mayor of Chacao and governor of Nueva Esparta Miss-Universe (1981)
Isaías Medina Angarita, Military officer and President of Venezuela; last president of the short lived parliamentary democracy experiment (1941-1945)
José Antonio Páez (1790-1873), Venezuelan general and President
José Vicente Rangel, Venezuelan journalist and politician
Juan Crisóstomo Falcón, Venezuelan President
Juan José Flores, Creator of the Republic of Ecuador
Juan Manuel Sucre Figarella, Venezuelan General and commander
Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuelan General and Dictator (1908-1935)
Manuel Rosales, Governor of Zulia, former presidential candidate and currently a leader in the opposition
Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914-2001), Military officer and President of Venezuela; sometimes referred to as the last Caudillo (1952-1958)
Rafael Caldera, President (1969-1974 and 1994-1999)and founder of COPEI
Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan president and a founder of AD
Rómulo Gallegos, Writer, President, Minister of Education, Congressman, and Mayor of Caracas
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), Venezuelan military commander and Father of the Nation
Teodoro Petkoff, ex-guerrilla fighter, Minister of Cordiplan, and journalist
Wolfgang Larrazábal, Military officer and Interim President (1958-1959)