List of Lebanese people in Colombia
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
[edit]- Elías Bechara Zainúm - Cordoban philanthropist and chemist
Beauty pageant contestants
[edit]- 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
- Juliana Habib - Miss Córdoba 2021
Entertainment
[edit]- 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[1]
Journalism
[edit]- Leila Cobo - Music journalist for Billboard magazine[2]
- Andrea Serna - RCN presenter and model
- Diana Turbay - journalist (daughter of Julio César Turbay Ayala)
Medicine
[edit]- Salomón Hakim - neurosurgeon
Musicians
[edit]- Silvestre Dangond singer
- Naty Botero - singer
- Shakira - singer[3]
- Soraya - singer[4]
Politicians
[edit]- Julio César Turbay Ayala - former president of Colombia[5]
- Jairo Clopatofsky - former senator
- José David Name - senator
- Claudia Turbay Quintero - diplomat and journalist
- José Name Terán - former senator
- Gabriel Turbay
- Zulema Jattin
- Erasmo Zuleta - Córdobes politician and governor of Córdoba
- Edwin Besaile - former governor of Córdoba
Sports
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Meira Delmar - poet
- Soad Louis Lakah
References
[edit]- ^ Mango, Agustin (10 July 2018). "Colombia's Cartagena Film Festival Appoints New Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ Cobo, Leila (May 12, 2021). "Why the Term 'Latinx' Hasn't Taken Off Among Latins -- And Likely Never Will". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ ^ "Shakira proud of Arab background". BBC News. November 4, 2005.
- ^ Billboard Spirit of Hope Award from www.bellaonline.com 2005
- ^ The Australian Lebanese Association of Queenslands, Inc. Archived 2009-10-14 at the Wayback Machine from www.alaq.org.au
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