This is a list of Panamanian people who are famous or notable and were either born in Panama or have Panamanian ancestry.
Beauty queens and fashion models
Ester Cordet, former Playboy Playmate of the Month
Justine Pasek, former Miss Universe
Rachel Smith, former Miss USA
Ursula M. Burns, CEO of Xerox
Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines
Karl Kani, urban fashion designer
Raúl Alemán Z., Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Banco General (Panamá)
Sharon Aguilar, musician/composer
Tatyana Ali, actress (Panamanian mother)
Pedro Altamiranda, singer/composer
Nancy Ames, singer
Tanya Aparicio, pianist
Osvaldo Ayala, singer, musician, composer
Lucho Azcarraga, musician, producer
Ivan Barrios, singer, composer, producer
Tyson Beckford, model (maternal grandmother born in Panama)
Aloe Blacc, singer
Eddy Lover, Reggaetón artist
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)
Billy Cobham, drummer, for Mahavishnu Orchestra
Comando Tiburon, Reggaeton group
Roberto Delgado, musician, producer, singer
Melissa De Sousa, actress (film The Best Man)
Lori Heuring, actress
Anna de la Cruz, opera singer, musician
Carlos El Grande, Salsa singer
Erika Ender, singer, composer
Gaitanes, singers, musical producers, composers
Dicky Gaitan, musician, sound engineer
El General, Reggaetón artist
La Factoría, Reggaeton duo
Flex, Reggaetón artist
Carlos Garnett, jazz saxophonist
Margarita Henríquez, singer
La KShamba, Salsa Orchestra
Clark Kent, rap music producer
Vincent Laresca, actor
Makano, Reggaetón artist
Cristobal Muñoz, musician, producer
Toby Muñoz, musician, producer
Carlos El Grande, singer
Jaime Murrell, singer
Nando Boom, Reggae artist
Casey Parker, adult film actress
Alexis Texas, American adult film actress
Nichole Galicia, actress and model
Danilo Pérez, jazz pianist, producer, composer
José Quintero, Broadway director
Los Rabanes, reggae-rock band
Renato, Reggaeton singer
Coco Rodriguez, singer, actress
J. August Richards, actor
Samy y Sandra Sandoval, singer, musician
Nenito Vargas, singer, musician
Daphne Rubin-Vega, actress and singer
Ulpiano Vergara, musician
Victorio Vergara, musician
Patricia Elena Vlieg, singer, composer and arranger, guitar and keyboard player.
Aaron Zebede, actor, director and producer.
Bayano, rebel slave
Floyd Britton, political dissident
Edward Ashton Gaskin Stuart, educator and labor leader
Victoriano Lorenzo, patriot
Luis Anderson McNeil, former labor minister
Belisario Porras, former president
Urracá, chieftain
Escolastico Calvo, journalist
Gwen Ifill, television correspondent and host
Juan Williams, television correspondent
Sacha Pretto (Univision news anchor)
Consuelo Tomás, writer
Rosa María Britton, writer
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer (born in Panama)
Gloria Guardia, novelist and essayist
Demetrio Korsi, poet, diplomatic, journalist
Ricardo Miró, poet
José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, writer
Lorenzo Thomas, poet
Arnulfo Arias Madrid, former president
Harmodio Arias Madrid, former president
Nicolás Ardito Barletta, former president
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)
John McCain, American politician, member of the United States Senate, and 2008 presidential nominee
Dudley Thompson, Jamaican Pan-Africanist, politician and diplomat
Mireya Moscoso, former president
Manuel Antonio Noriega, former dictator
Ernesto Pérez Balladares, former president
Belisario Porras, former president
Martín Torrijos Espino, former president
Omar Torrijos, former dictator
Ricardo Martinelli, former president
Kenneth Bancroft Clark, psychologist
Ernesto A Pretto, Jr. MD, MPH (physician/inventor)
Pedro Alcazar, world boxing champion
Felipe Baloy, 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
Rod Carew, professional baseball player
Lorenzo Charles, professional basketball player (Panamanian parents)
Bruce Chen, professional baseball player
Roberto Corbin, soccer player
Eileen Coparropa, Olympic swimmer
Manuel Corpas, professional baseball player
Ed Cota, basketball 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
Rommel Fernández, soccer player
Gary Forbes, professional basketball player
Alfonso Frazer, world champion boxer
Rubén Garcés, former basketball player
Stuart Gray, professional basketball 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
Carlos Lee, professional baseball player
Héctor López, professional baseball player
Jorge Luján, boxer
Ernesto Marcel, professional boxer
José Macías, professional baseball player
Ramiro Mendoza, professional baseball player
Orlando Miller, professional baseball player
Omar Moreno, professional baseball player
Ben Oglivie, professional baseball player
Panama Al Brown, world boxing champion, first Hispanic world champion in history
Eusebio Pedroza, boxer
Jaime Penedo, soccer player
Laffit Pincay, Jr., horse jockey
Mariano Rivera, professional baseball player
Rubén Rivera, professional baseball player
Luis Antonio Rivera, soccer player
Humberto Valentino 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
Luis Tejada, soccer player
Ruben Tejada, professional baseball player
Roberto Wallace, professional football player
Oscar Willis Layne, cyclist
Roberto Vásquez, professional boxer
Hilario Zapata, professional boxer
Jorge Cham, webcomics producer, author of PhD Comics
Princess Angela of Liechtenstein, member of the Royal House of Liechtenstein
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