List of Panamanians

This is a list of

or have Panamanian ancestry.

República de Panamá

Artists

• Alfredo Sinclair, painter
• Alicia Viteri, painter
• Antonio Jose Guzman, artist
• Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, folk artist
• Wounaan
  carver, illustrator, and painter
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, poet, artist
• Olga Sinclair, painter
• Pablo Runyan, painter
• Guillermo Trujillo, painter

Beauty queens

and fashion models

• Ester Cordet, former Playboy Playmate of the Month
• Justine Pasek, former Miss Universe
• Rachel Smith, former Miss USA

Business

• Ursula M. Burns, CEO of Xerox
• Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines
• Karl Kani, urban fashion designer (Panamanian father)

Entertainment

• Erika Ender, musician/composer
• Sharon Aguilar, musician/composer
• Akinyele, rapper (Panamanian mother)
• Tatyana Ali, actress (Panamanian mother)alypso singer and composer
• Tony Moro, bolero and chachacha singer
• Nancy Ames, singer
• Tanya Aparicio, pianist
• Tyson Beckford, model (maternal grandmother born in Panama)
• Aloe Blacc, singer
• Pop Smoke, rapper (Panamanian father)
• Rubén Blades, singer, actor, former Minister of Tourism
• Miguel Bosé, Spanish actor and singer (born in Panama)
• Jordana Brewster, actress
• Rod Carrillo, house and Latin music producer, label owner (born in Panama)
• Casanova, rapper
• Billy Cobham, drummer for Mahavishnu Orchestra
• Melissa De Sousa, actress (film The Best Man)
• Edgardo Diaz, music producer (Menudo
  ) (born in Panama)
• La Factoría, Spanish reggae duo
• Flex, Spanish reggae artist
• Gaitanes, singers, musical producers, composers
• Carlos Garnett, jazz saxophonist
• Spanish reggae
  artist
• Margarita Henríquez, singer
• Lori Heuring, actress
• Clark Kent, rap music producer
• Vincent Laresca, actor
• Eddy Lover, Spanish reggae artist
• Makano
  , Spanish reggae artist
• Jaime Murrell, singer
• Uncle Murda, rapper
• Nando Boom, reggae artist
• Danilo Pérez, jazz pianist, producer, composer
• José Quintero, Broadway director
• Los Rabanes, reggae-rock band
• J. August Richards, actor
• Coco Rodriguez
  , singer, actress
• José Luis Rodríguez Vélez, orchestra director, clarinetist, composer
• Daphne Rubin-Vega, actress and singer
• Samy y Sandra Sandoval
  , singer, musician
• DJ Spinna, record producer and DJ (Panamanian roots)
• Alexis Texas, American adult film actress
• Tessa Thompson, actress and singer (Panamanian father)
• Aaron Zebede, actor, director and producer.
• Sech, singer-songwriter, rapper, and producer
• Hansen, Youtuber

Historical figures

• Bayano, rebel slave
• Floyd Britton, political dissident
• Edward Ashton Gaskin Stuart
  , educator and labor leader
• Victoriano Lorenzo, patriot
• Juan Materno Vásquez de León, lawyer and professor
• Luis Anderson McNeil, former labor minister
• Belisario Porras
  , former president
• Urracá, chieftain
• Jason Pace, 2019 World Champion donut eater

Journalism

• Escolastico Calvo, journalist
• Gwen Ifill, television correspondent and host
• Gustavo Adolfo Mellander
  , academic journalist, 13 books and 400 articles
• Juan Williams, television correspondent

Literature

• Rosa María Britton, writer
• Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer (born in Panama)
• Gloria Guardia, novelist and essayist
• Demetrio Korsi, poet, journalist and diplomat
• Ricardo Miró, poet
• Rogelio Sinán, poet and writer
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, writer
• Consuelo Tomás, writer

Politics

• Arnulfo Arias Madrid
  , former president
• Harmodio Arias Madrid, former president
• Nicolás Ardito Barletta
  , former president
• Antonio Dominguez Richa, diplomat and politician
• Guillermo Endara, former president
• Adrian Fenty, former mayor of Washington, D.C. (Panamanian father)
• Esteban Huertas, independence fighter
• Jorge Illueca, diplomat and politician
• Julio E. Linares
  , former Treasury Minister (1963–1964) and Foreign Minister (1989–1993)
• Ricardo Martinelli, former president
• John McCain, American politician, member of the United States Senate, and 2008 presidential nominee
• Mireya Moscoso, former president
• Norberto Navarro, Minister of Public Works under three presidents, 1940s-50s. Founded the PRI party.
• Manuel Antonio Noriega
  , former dictator
• Ernesto Pérez Balladares, former president
• Belisario Porras
  , former president
• Dudley Thompson, Jamaican Pan-Africanist, politician and diplomat
• Martín Torrijos Espino, former president
• Omar Torrijos, former dictator

Sports

• Edwin Aguilar, soccer player
• Pedro Alcazar
  , world boxing champion
• Michael Amir Murillo, soccer player
• Andrés Andrade Cedeño
  , soccer player
• Felipe Baloy, soccer player
• Édgar Bárcenas
  , soccer player
• Leonardo Barker
  , professional football player
• Reginald Beckford, sprinter
• William Bedford, former basketball player
• Juan Berenguer, professional baseball player
• Rolando Blackman, former basketball player
• Panama Al Brown, world boxing champion, first Hispanic world champion in history
• Johan Camargo, professional baseball player
• Rod Carew, professional baseball player
• Lorenzo Charles, professional basketball player (Panamanian parents)
• Bruce Chen, professional baseball player
• Eileen Coparropa, Olympic swimmer
• Roberto Corbin, soccer player
• Manuel Corpas
  , professional baseball player
• Ed Cota, basketball player
• Harold Cummings, soccer player
• Kevin Daley, basketball player and Harlem Globetrotter
• Frank Davis, professional football player
• Jorge Dely Valdés, soccer player
• Einar Díaz, professional baseball player
• Roberto Durán, world boxing champion
• Gabriel Enrique Gómez
  , soccer player
• Luis Ernesto Tapia
• Rommel Fernández, soccer player
• Gary Forbes, professional basketball player
• Alfonso Frazer, world champion boxer
• Rubén Garcés, former basketball player
• Aníbal Godoy, soccer player
• Stuart Gray, professional basketball player
• Reggie Grenald, professional basketball player
• Carlos Harvey, soccer player
• Darius Holland, professional football player
• George Headley, cricket player
• Leroy Jackson, professional basketball player
• Guillermo Jones, professional boxer
• Bayano Kamani, track and field athlete
• Roberto Kelly, baseball player
• Kevin Kurányi, German soccer player
• Lloyd La Beach
  , first Olympic medal winner from Panama
• Bobby Lashley, professional wrestler and former mixed martial arts fighter
• Carlos Lee, professional baseball player
• Héctor López, professional baseball player
• Jorge Luján
  , boxer
• José Macías, professional baseball player
• Ernesto Marcel, professional boxer
• Ramiro Mendoza, professional baseball player
• Orlando Miller, professional baseball player
• Donovan Mitchell, professional basketball player
• Roberto Nurse, soccer player
• Ben Oglivie, professional baseball player
• Eusebio Pedroza, former world boxing champion
• Jaime Penedo, soccer player
• Blas Pérez, soccer player
• Laffit Pincay, Jr.
  , horse jockey
• Luis Antonio Rivera, soccer player
• Mariano Rivera, professional baseball player
• Rubén Rivera, professional baseball player
• Humberto Robinson, major league baseball player
• Davis Romero, professional baseball player
• Carlos Ruiz, professional baseball player
• Olmedo Sáenz, professional baseball player
• Irving Saladino, former World and Olympic track and field champion
• Manny Sanguillén, professional baseball player
• Rennie Stennett, professional baseball player
• Arturo Tejada
  , soccer player
• Luis Tejada, soccer player
• Ruben Tejada
  , professional baseball player
• Román Torres, soccer player
• Roberto Vásquez, professional boxer
• Roberto Wallace, professional football player
• Oscar Willis Layne, cyclist
• Hilario Zapata, professional boxer

Other

• Royal House of Liechtenstein
• PhD Comics