From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of
Panamanian people who are famous or notable and were either born in
Panama or have Panamanian ancestry.
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Chafil Cheucarama,
Wounaan carver, illustrator, and painter
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Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, folk artist
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Antonio Jose Guzman, artist
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José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, poet and artist
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Pablo Runyan, painter
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George Scribner, artist, director, animator
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Alfredo Sinclair, painter
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Olga Sinclair, painter
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Guillermo Trujillo, painter
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Alicia Viteri, painter
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Sharon Aguilar, musician/composer
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Akinyele, rapper (Panamanian mother)
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Tatyana Ali, actress,
calypso singer, and composer (Panamanian mother)
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Nancy Ames, singer
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Tanya Aparicio, pianist
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Tyson Beckford, model (maternal grandmother born in Panama)
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Aloe Blacc, singer
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Pop Smoke, rapper (Panamanian father)
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Rubén Blades, singer, actor, former Minister of Tourism
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Miguel Bosé, Spanish actor and singer (born in Panama)
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Jordana Brewster, actress
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Rod Carrillo,
house and
Latin music producer, label owner (born in Panama)
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Casanova, rapper
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Billy Cobham, drummer for
Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Melissa De Sousa, American actress (Panamanian heritage)
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Edgardo Diaz, music producer (
Menudo) (born in Panama)
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Erika Ender, musician/composer
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La Factoría,
Spanish reggae duo
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Flex, Spanish reggae artist
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Gaitanes, singers, musical producers, composers
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Carlos Garnett, jazz saxophonist
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El General,
Spanish reggae artist
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Hansen, Youtuber
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Margarita Henríquez, singer
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Lori Heuring, actress
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Clark Kent, rap music producer
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Vincent Laresca, actor
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Gladys de la Lastra, drummer, composer, and musician
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Eddy Lover, Spanish reggae artist
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Makano, Spanish reggae artist
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Tony Moro, bolero and chachacha singer
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Jaime Murrell, singer
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Uncle Murda, rapper
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Nando Boom, reggae artist
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Danilo Pérez, jazz pianist, producer, composer
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José Quintero, Broadway director
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Los Rabanes, reggae-rock band
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J. August Richards, actor
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Coco Rodriguez, singer, actress
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José Luis Rodríguez Vélez, orchestra director, clarinetist, composer
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Daphne Rubin-Vega, actress and singer
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Samy y Sandra Sandoval, singer, musician
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Sech, singer-songwriter, rapper, and producer
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DJ Spinna, record producer and DJ (Panamanian roots)
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Santiago Stevenson, singer, composer, ordained minister
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Alexis Texas, American adult film actress
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Tessa Thompson, actress and singer (Panamanian father)
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Ingrid de Ycaza, singer
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Aaron Zebede, actor, director and producer
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Bayano, rebel slave
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Floyd Britton, political dissident
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Edward Ashton Gaskin Stuart, educator and labor leader
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Victoriano Lorenzo, politician and national hero
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Marta Matamoros, trade unionist
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Juan Materno Vásquez de León, lawyer and professor
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Luis Anderson McNeil, former labor minister
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Jerónimo de la Ossa, poet, wrote
national anthem
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Belisario Porras, former president
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Urracá, chieftain
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Rosa María Britton, writer
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Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer (born in Panama)
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Gloria Guardia, novelist and essayist
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Demetrio Korsi, poet, journalist and diplomat
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Ricardo Miró, poet
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Rogelio Sinán, poet and writer
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José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, writer and photographer
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Consuelo Tomás, writer
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Neil Raymond Ricco, Spanish-Italian American poet and writer (born in Panama)
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Arnulfo Arias Madrid, former president
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Harmodio Arias Madrid, former president
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Nicolás Ardito Barletta, former president
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Antonio Dominguez Richa, diplomat and politician
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Guillermo Endara, former president
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Adrian Fenty, former mayor of Washington, D.C. (Panamanian father)
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Esteban Huertas, independence fighter
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Jorge Illueca, diplomat and politician
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Julio E. Linares, former Treasury Minister (1963–1964) and Foreign Minister (1989–1993)
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Ricardo Martinelli, former president
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John McCain, United States politician (born in Panama)
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Mireya Moscoso, former president
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Norberto Navarro, Minister of Public Works under three presidents, 1940s-50s. Founded the PRI party.
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Manuel Antonio Noriega, former dictator
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Carlos Ozores, former first vice president
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Ana Paredes Arosemena, former First Lady of Ecuador
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Rubén Darío Paredes del Río, former military ruler
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Ernesto Pérez Balladares, former president
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Belisario Porras, former president
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José Antonio Price, physician and politician
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Emilio Sempris, former Minister of Environment
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Dudley Thompson, Jamaican Pan-Africanist, politician and diplomat
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Martín Torrijos Espino, former president
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Omar Torrijos, former dictator
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Franklin U. Valderrama, United States district judge (born in Panama)
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Juan Carlos Varela, former president
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Juan Berenguer, professional baseball player
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Johan Camargo, professional baseball player
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Rod Carew, professional baseball player
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Bruce Chen, professional baseball player
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Manuel Corpas, professional baseball player
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Einar Díaz, professional baseball player
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Roberto Kelly, baseball player
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Carlos Lee, professional baseball player
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Héctor López, professional baseball player
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José Macías, professional baseball player
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Ramiro Mendoza, professional baseball player
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Orlando Miller, professional baseball player
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Ramiro Mendoza, professional baseball player
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Orlando Miller, professional baseball player
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Ben Oglivie, professional baseball player
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Mariano Rivera, professional baseball player
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Rubén Rivera, professional baseball player
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Humberto Robinson, major league baseball player
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Davis Romero, professional baseball player
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Carlos Ruiz, professional baseball player
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Olmedo Sáenz, professional baseball player
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Manny Sanguillén, professional baseball player
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Rennie Stennett, professional baseball player
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Ruben Tejada, professional baseball player
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Edwin Aguilar, soccer player
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Michael Amir Murillo, soccer player
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Andrés Andrade Cedeño, soccer player
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Felipe Baloy, soccer player
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Édgar Bárce
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Yoel Bárcenas, soccer player
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Adalberto Carrasquilla, soccer player
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Roberto Corbin, soccer player
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Harold Cummings, soccer player
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Jorge Dely Valdés, soccer player
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Gabriel Enrique Gómez, soccer player
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Luis Ernesto Tapia, soccer player
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Rommel Fernández, soccer player
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Aníbal Godoy, soccer player
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Carlos Harvey, soccer player
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Kevin Kurányi, German soccer player
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Roberto Nurse, soccer player
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Jaime Penedo, soccer player
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Blas Pérez, soccer player
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Luis Antonio Rivera, soccer player
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Arturo Tejada, soccer player
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Luis Tejada, soccer player
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Román Torres, soccer player
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Pedro Alcazar, world boxing champion
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Leonardo Barker, professional
American football player
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Reginald Beckford, sprinter
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William Bedford, former basketball player
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Rolando Blackman, former basketball player
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Panama Al Brown, world
boxing champion, first
Hispanic world champion in history
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Lorenzo Charles, professional basketball player (Panamanian parents)
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Eileen Coparropa, Olympic swimmer
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Ed Cota, basketball player
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Kevin Daley, basketball player and Harlem Globetrotter
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Frank Davis, professional football player
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Roberto Durán, world boxing champion
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Gary Forbes, professional basketball player
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Alfonso Frazer, world champion boxer
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Rubén Garcés, former basketball player
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Stuart Gray, professional basketball player
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Reggie Grenald, professional basketball player
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Darius Holland, professional American football player
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George Headley, cricket player
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Leroy Jackson, professional basketball player
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Guillermo Jones, professional boxer
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Bayano Kamani, track and field athlete
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Lloyd La Beach, first Olympic medal winner from Panama
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Bobby Lashley, professional wrestler and former mixed martial arts fighter
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Jorge Luján, boxer
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Ernesto Marcel, professional boxer
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Donovan Mitchell, professional basketball player
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Eusebio Pedroza, former world boxing champion
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Laffit Pincay, Jr., horse jockey
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Irving Saladino, former World and Olympic track and field champion
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Roberto Vásquez, professional boxer
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Veneno, professional wrestler
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Roberto Wallace, professional football player
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Oscar Willis Layne, cyclist
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Hilario Zapata, professional boxer