This is a list of Panamanians that are famous or notable.

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Arts

• Coqui Calderon , Painter
• Manuel Chong Nieto , Painter
• Alfredo Sinclair, Painter
• Olga Sinclair, Painter
• Carlos Montufar , Photographer[1]

Beauty

• Justine Pasek, Miss Universe 2003

Business

• Benito A. Sinclair ,Calif. Award Winning Structural Engineer
• Cirilo McSween , Ill. businessman, civil rights activist

Entertainment

• Camilo Azuquita , singer
• Basilio , singer
• Rubén Blades Salsa music singer, Hollywood actor, former Presidential candidate, Minister of Tourism
• Jaime Murrell, singer
• Billy Cobham, drummer, Mahavishnu Orchestra
• El General rapper
• Danilo Pérez jazz pianist

Politics

• Arnulfo Arias, President (former: 3 times)
• Guillermo Endara, President (former)
• Esteban Huertas, independence fighter
• Jorge Illueca diplomat and politician
• Belisario Porras , President (former: 3 times)
• Mireya Moscoso, President (former)
• Manuel Noriega, Dictator / CIA operative / Prisoner of War held by US
• General Omar Torrijos Herrera, National Guard and nation's leader
• Martin Torrijos Espino, President (Current)
• Alex Vassar

Religion

Sports

• Hector Lopez NY Yankees baseball champions
• Ismael "El Tigre" Laguna world boxin champion
• Rolando Blackman, Former NBA basketball player, Dallas Mavericks
• Panama Al Brown, world boxing champion, first Hispanic world champion in history
• Mario Butler, BSN basketball player, Puerto Rican resident
• Rod Carew, Baseball Hall of Famer
• Irichelle Duran, female boxer
• Roberto Duran, world champion boxer, father of Irichelle Duran
• Alfonso Frazer , world champion boxer
• Rolando Frazer , BSN basketball player
• Roberto Kelly , baseball player
• Jorge Lujan , world champion boxer
• Eusebio Pedroza, world champion boxer
• Laffit Pincay Jr., world class jockey
• Cornelio H. Velasquez , world class jockey
• Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees pitcher
• Ramiro Mendoza -NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox -Pitcher
• Ernesto "Nato" Marcel world champion boxer
• "Maravilla" Pinder world champion boxer
• Rigoberto Riasco world champion boxer
• Zapata -world champion boxer
• Carlos Lee Chicago White Sox -Outfielder
• Rommel Fernandez , [[Soccer player]