List of sons and daughters of the city of Caracas
This is a list of famous people who were born in the Venezuelan city of Caracas ( Miranda ). It is irrelevant whether they subsequently worked in Caracas. The list does not claim to be complete.
18th century
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1701-1800
- Felix Joseph de Abreu y Bertodano (1721–1766), ambassador of Charles III. of Spain with George II of Great Britain
- Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816), officer and revolutionary; Freedom fighters against the Spaniards
- Juan Manuel Olivares (around 1760–1797), composer
- Simón Rodríguez (1769–1854), pedagogue, philosopher, utopian socialist and tutor, friend and colleague of Simón Bolívar
- Cayetano Carreño (1774–1836), composer
- José Ángel Lamas (1775–1814), composer
- Vicente Salias (1776–1814), revolutionary, journalist and writer
- Juan José Landaeta (1780–1814), composer
- Andrés Bello (1781–1865), humanist, poet, lawmaker, philosopher, teacher and philologist
- José Francisco Velásquez the Younger (1781–1822), composer
- Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), neo-Granada independence fighter and national hero of many South American countries
- Pedro Gual (1783–1862), President of Venezuela
- Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi (1799–1866), national heroine during the war of independence against Spain
19th century
1801-1900
- Manuel Felipe de Tovar (1803–1866), President of Venezuela
- Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl (1826–1905), President of Venezuela
- Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1829–1899), general and politician; President of Venezuela (1870–1877, 1879–1884, and 1886–1887)
- Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde (1846–1892), translator and poet
- Teresa Carreño (1853–1917), pianist and composer
- Andrés Delgado Pardo (1870–1940), pianist, composer and music teacher
- Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947), French composer
- Raúl Borges (1882–1967), composer, guitarist and music teacher
- Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969), writer and politician
- Armando Reverón (1889–1954), painter and sculptor
- Jesús Maria Pellin (1892–1969), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Caracas
- Conny Méndez (1898–1979), actress, painter and caricaturist, writer and composer and founder of the Movimiento de Metafísica Cristiana
- Juan Bautista Plaza (1898–1965), composer
- José Antonio Calcaño (1900–1978), composer, music critic and diplomat
20th century
1901-1910
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- Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001), writer, diplomat and politician
- Víctor Saume (1907–1964), radio and television presenter
- Germán Suárez Flamerich (1907–1990), lawyer, university professor, diplomat and President of Venezuela from 1950 to 1952
- Carlos Delgado Chalbaud (1909–1950), politician and officer and from 1948 to 1950 President of Venezuela
1911-1920
- Manuel Pérez-Guerrero (1911–1985), diplomat and politician
- Edgar Sanabria (1911–1989), lawyer, diplomat and politician and President of Venezuela from 1958 to 1959
- Eduardo Serrano (1911–2008), musician, conductor and composer
- Fedora Alemán (1912-2018), singer
- Leonardo Pedroza (1912–1976), musician and orchestra leader
- Jacinto Convit (1913-2014), medic
- Cecilia Martínez (1913–2015), actress, broadcaster and television presenter
- Fredy Reyna (1917–2001), cuatro player and music teacher
- Baruj Benacerraf (1920–2011), Venezuelan-American physician, Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine
- Aquiles Nazoa (1920–1976), writer, poet and journalist
1921-1930
- Flor Roffé de Estévez (1921–2004), music teacher and composer
- Nelly Mele Lara (1922–1993), composer
- Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923–2019), artist
- Víctor Piñero (1923–1975), singer
- Carlos Teppa (* 1923), composer and cellist
- Ofelia Ramón (1924-2014), singer
- Andrés Sandoval (1924–2004), composer
- Margot Benacerraf (* 1926), French-Venezuelan film director
- Carlos Almenar Otero (1926–2018), tenor
- Chucho Sanoja (1926–1998), composer, arranger, orchestra conductor and pianist
- Aníbal Abreu (* 1928), pianist, arranger and composer
- José Luis Muñoz (1928–1982), composer
- José Vicente Rangel (* 1929), politician, lawyer and journalist
- Alfredo Sadel (1930–1989), singer and actor
1931-1940
- Nazyl Báez Finol (* 1932), composer, conductor and music teacher
- Alejandro Enrique Planchart (1935–2019), American musicologist, conductor and composer
- Moisés Moleiro (1937–2002), historian, philosopher and politician
- Guiomar Narváez (* 1937), pianist and music teacher
- Manuel Blum (* 1938), American computer scientist and Turing Prize winner
- Alfredo del Mónaco (1938-2015), composer
- Eugenio Montejo (1938–2008), poet and essayist
- Carlos Hernández (1939-2016), boxer
- Carolina Herrera (* 1939), Venezuelan-American fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Federico Moleiro (* 1939), poet
- Carlota Pérez (* 1939), scientist
- Luis Britto García (* 1940), writer, historian, essayist and playwright
- Carmencita Moleiro (* around 1940), pianist
1941-1950
- Alberto Naranjo (1941–2020), composer and musician
- Edgardo Lander (* 1942), sociologist and university professor
- Eduardo Serrano (* 1942), actor
- Jorge Urosa (* 1942), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Caracas and Primate of Venezuela
- Oscar D'León (* 1943), salsa musician
- José Luis Rodríguez González (* 1943), singer and actor
- Gustavo García Naranjo (* 1944), Roman Catholic Bishop of Guarenas
- Baltazar Porras (* 1944), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Merida, cardinal
- Gustavo Cisneros (* 1945), entrepreneur in the media and beverage industry
- Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat (* 1946), Austrian art historian
- Hanni Ossott (1946–2002), author, journalist and translator
- Juan Carlos Núñez (* 1947), composer
- Federico Ruiz (* 1948), composer
- Arturo Sosa (* 1948), Superior General of the Society of Jesus
- Francisco Zapata Bello (* 1948), composer, conductor and guitarist
1951-1960
- Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera (* 1952), Roman Catholic clergyman, Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho
- Emilio Mendoza (* 1953), composer
- Susana Amundaraín (* 1954), painter, installation and performance artist
- Johnny Cecotto (* 1956), motor sportsman
- Carlos Lavado (* 1956), motorcycle racer
- Ricardo Teruel (* 1956), composer
- Carlos Duarte (1957–2003), composer and pianist
- Gustavo Matamoros (* 1957), composer
- Rubén Riera (* 1957), guitarist
- Serge Blanco (born 1958), French rugby union player
- Efraín Amaya (* 1959), composer and conductor
- Adina Izarra (* 1959), composer
- Saúl Vera (* 1959), mandolin and bandola player
- Elizabeth Avellan (* 1960), film producer
- Bernardo Piñango (born 1960), boxer
- Alberto Barrera Tyszka (* 1960), writer and screenwriter
- Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla (* 1960), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Caracas
- María Rivas (1960–2019), singer and composer
- Jesús González de Zárate Salas (* 1960), Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Cumaná
1961-1970
- Andrés Galarraga (born 1961), baseball player
- Irene Sáez (* 1961), politician and Miss Universe 1981
- Jacky Schreiber (* 1961), composer
- Diana Arismendi (* 1962), composer
- Raúl Biord Castillo (* 1962), Roman Catholic Bishop of La Guaira
- Nicolás Maduro (* 1962), politician and President of Venezuela since 2013
- Orlando Poleo (* 1962), percussionist and band leader
- Moisés Kaufman (* 1963), playwright, film director and author
- Rafael Vidal (1964-2005), swimmer
- Catherine Fulop (born 1965), actress
- Boris Izaguirre (* 1965), Spanish author and show host of Venezuelan origin
- Lorenzo Mendoza (* 1965), entrepreneur in the food industry
- Alfonso Tenreiro (* 1965), composer
- Natalia Luis-Bassa (* 1966), conductor of the Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra and the Haffner Orchestra in Lancaster
- María Corina Machado (* 1967), politician
- Luisito Quintero (* 1967), percussionist
- Vicente Potolicchio (* 1968), racing car driver
- Rodrigo Segnini Sequera (* 1968), composer
- Julio Borges (* 1969), politician
- Andrés Izarra (* 1969), Minister of Information
- Gabriela Montero (* 1970), concert pianist
- Gilberto Serrano (born 1970), boxer
1971-1980
- Leopoldo López (* 1971), politician and economist
- Luis Perdomo (* 1971), jazz pianist and arranger
- Maurice Ruah (* 1971), tennis player
- Henrique Capriles (* 1972), politician and governor of the state of Miranda
- Milka Duno (* 1972), racing car driver
- Unai Etxebarria (* 1972), Venezuelan racing cyclist of Basque descent
- Juan Röhl (* 1973), chess player
- Carlos Baute (* 1974), singer
- María Vento-Kabchi (* 1974), tennis player
- José Manuel Rey (* 1975), football player
- Miguel Ubeto (* 1976), racing cyclist
- Marlene De Andrade (born 1977), actress
- Tomás Gil (* 1977), racing cyclist
- Santiago Cabrera (* 1978), Chilean film actor
- Jacqueline Saburido (1978-2019), activist
- Tui Sutherland (* 1978), writer
- Kerstin Radt (* 1979), German stage, film and television actress
- Chantal Baudaux (* 1980), actress
- Alejandra Benítez (* 1980), fencer and politician
- Prakriti Maduro (* 1980), actress and director
- Carlos Ochoa (* 1980), racing cyclist
1981-1990
- Natascha Börger (* 1981), German photo model and multiple beauty queen
- Majandra Delfino (* 1981), actress and singer
- Doris Morgado (* 1981), actress
- Giancarlo Serenelli (* 1981), racing car driver
- George Forsyth (* 1982), Peruvian goalkeeper
- Giancarlo Maldonado (* 1982), football player
- Patricia Schwarzgruber (* 1982), actress
- Danny (* 1983), Portuguese football player
- Oswaldo Vizcarrondo (* 1984), football player
- Nicolás Fedor (* 1985), football player
- Edicson Ruiz (* 1985), double bass player
- EJ Viso (* 1985), racing car driver
- César Baena (* 1986), cross-country skier and biathlete
- Rodolfo González (* 1986), racing car driver
- Dayana Mendoza (* 1986), model, Miss Universe 2008
- Andrés Túñez (* 1987), football player
- Mario Valery-Trabucco (* 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
- Greivis Vásquez (* 1987), basketball player
- Hersony Canelón (* 1988), track cyclist
- Roberto Rosales (* 1988), football player
- Rafael Eduardo Acosta Cammarota (* 1989), football player
- Salomón Rondón (* 1989), football player
- Arca (* 1989), electronic music producer and DJ
- Bernardo Baena (* 1990), cross-country skier
1991-2000
- Laura Chimaras (* 1991), actress
- Roberto La Rocca (* 1991), racing car driver
- Carlos Ascues (* 1992), Venezuelan-Peruvian football player
- María Gabriela de Faría (born 1992), actress
- Humberto De Lucía (* 1992), guitarist
- Garbiñe Muguruza (* 1993), Spanish tennis player
- Lele Pons (* 1996), web video producer
- Julia Schaefer (* 1996), German volleyball player
- Robeilys Peinado (* 1997), pole vaulter
- Wuilker Faríñez (* 1998), football goalkeeper
See also
Web links
Commons : People of Caracas - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pedro Gual at venezuelatuya.com
- ↑ Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl at venezuelatuya.com
- ↑ Catherine Fulop at imdb.com
- ↑ Marlene De Andrade at imdb.com
- ↑ Chantal Baudaux at imdb.com
- ↑ Alejandra Benítez at sports-reference.com
- ↑ Oswaldo Vizcarrondo at transfermarkt.com