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

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
Juliana Habib - Miss Córdoba 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^[1]

Journalism

Leila Cobo - Music journalist for Billboard magazine^[2]
Andrea Serna - RCN presenter and model
Diana Turbay - journalist (daughter of Julio César Turbay Ayala)

Medicine

Salomón Hakim - neurosurgeon

Musicians

Silvestre Dangond singer
Naty Botero - singer
Shakira - singer^[3]
Soraya - singer^[4]

Politicians

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

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
Jhonson Garzon - professional Boxer

Writers, literature, playwrights, artists

Meira Delmar - poet
Soad Louis Lakah

References

^ 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

[1] Mango, Agustin (10 July 2018). "Colombia's Cartagena Film Festival Appoints New Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

[2] Cobo, Leila (May 12, 2021). "Why the Term 'Latinx' Hasn't Taken Off Among Latins -- And Likely Never Will". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

[3] "Shakira proud of Arab background". BBC News. November 4, 2005.

[4] Billboard Spirit of Hope Award from www.bellaonline.com 2005

[5] The Australian Lebanese Association of Queenslands, Inc. Archived 2009-10-14 at the Wayback Machine from www.alaq.org.au

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