This is a list of notable individuals born in Colombia of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Colombian dual nationality who live or lived in Colombia.

Academia

Elías Bechara Zainúm - Cordoban philanthropist and chemist

Beauty pageant contestants

Laura González - Miss Colombia 2017

Gabriela Tafur - Miss Colombia 2019

Valerie Domínguez Tarud - Miss Colombia 2005

Paola Turbay - Miss Colombia 1991

Taliana Vargas - Miss Colombia 2008

Yamile Dajud - Miss Sucre 2021

Entertainment

Carolina Guerra - actress, model, singer and presenter

Majida Issa - actress

Javier Jattin - professional Colombian actor

John Leguizamo - American actor (maternal grandfather was Lebanese) Veronica Orozco - actress, singer and model Felipe Aljure - film festival program

List of Lebanese people in Colombia

Journalism

Leila Cobo - Music journalist for Billboard magazine

Andrea Serna - RCN presenter and model

Diana Turbay - journalist (daughter of Julio César Turbay Ayala)

List of Lebanese people in Colombia

Medicine

Salomón Hakim - neurosurgeon

Musicians

Silvestre Dangond singer

Naty Botero - singer

Shakira - singer

Soraya - singer

Politicians

Julio César Turbay Ayala - former president of Colombia

Alejandro Char - twice mayor of Barranquilla

Arturo Char

Jairo Clopatofsky - former senator

José David Name - senator

Claudia Turbay Quintero - diplomat and journalist

José Name Terán - former senator

Gabriel Turbay

Zulema Jattin

Edwin Besaile - former governor of Córdoba

Sports

Mauricio Hadad - former tennis player

Robert Farah Maksoud - tennis player

Faryd Mondragón - professional football player

Fuad Reveiz - former American football player

Alberto Rujana - professional football manager

Writers, literature, playwrights, artists

Soad Louis Lakah

References

Colombia

Lebanese people

Lebanese

List of Lebanese people in Colombia