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This is a list of Guatemalans who are famous or notable. For a list of Guatemalan Presidents see President of Guatemala.
- Alvaro Colom, president
- Rodolfo Abularach, painter
- Chris Michelson, Famous Brewmeister
- Luis Argueta, film director
- Jacobo Arbenz, former president, deposed by CIA & Guatemalan Military
- Ricardo Arjona, International Singer
- César Brañas, writer, poet, journalist and literary critic (1899-1976)
- Juan José Arévalo, First democratically elected president ever
- Miguel Ángel Asturias, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature (1967).
- Rodrigo Asturias (aka Gaspar Ilom), lawyer, revolutionary leader, communist
- Allan Ayala Acevedo, Track Athlete, National Record Holder in 400, 400 Hurdles, and 1600 Relay.
- Justo Rufino Barrios, general, dictator, attempted Central-American union by force
- Felipe A. Bosch Gutierrez, international businessman
- Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez, international businessman
- Rafael Landivar y Cabellero (1731-1793), writer
- Luis Cardoza y Aragón, writer
- Rafael Carrera, general, dictator
- Pablo G. Castañeda R., writer
- Alex Castillo, Actor
- Carlos Castillo Armas, coronel, CIA agent, Operation PBFORTUNE, Operacion PBSUCCESS
- Ernest Brian Castillo, actor, entrepreneur
- Jesus Castillo, musician
- Otto Rene Castillo, poet (assassinated)
- Antonio Chocano Batres, retired protocol minister, Embajador de Guatemala
- Ana Maria Cisneros Alvarez, Entrepreneur
- Rogelia Cruz Martínez, Miss Universe contestant, JPT Member, Assassinated
- Deborah David, fashion model
- Zipacná de León, painter
- Ricardo Del Carmen, musician and conductor.
- Manuel Estrada Cabrera, general, former dictator
- David Estrada, Guatemalan-Mexican boxer
- Donye Fernandez, Famous Bass and Guitar player
- Irma Flaquer, journalist (assassinated)
- Mateo Flores, marathoner
- Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, sculptor
- Luis Galich, singer and composer
- Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, sculptor
- Manolo Gallardo, painter
- Maria Victoria García, Artist and painter
- Francisco Goldman, author,
- Enrique Gomez Carrillo (1873-1927), writer
- Luis González Palma, photographer
- Juan Jose Gutierrez, international businessman and restaurateur
- Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga, international businessman, journalist
- Ted Hendricks, Football linebacker
- Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor
- Alfred Jensen, artist
- Elías Jimenéz Trachtenberg, film director
- Robert Karimi, Guatemalan/Iranian/American poet,
- Dieter Lehnhoff, composer, conductor, musicologist
- Alcina Lubitch Domecq, author
- Fernando Romeo Lucas García, general, dictator, stands accused of genocide
- Myrna Mack, anthropologist (assassinated)
- Manny Marroquin, Grammy Award winning mixer/engineer
- Benito Martinez (actor), actor
- Shery, singer and songwriter
- Susana Mercedes, fashion model, fashion designer
- Lorena Mena, actress
- Francisco Mendez, (1907-1962) author and member of Tepeus Group
- Jose Milla y Vidaurre (Salome Jil) (1822-1882), writer
- Miroslava Mendoza, vocalist trainer
- Mario Monteforte Toledo, author
- Augusto Monterroso, author, winner of the Prince of Asturias Award of literature (2000).
- Carlos Mérida, painter
- Rigoberta Menchú Tum, human rights activist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1992).
- Edmond Mulet, UN, Diplomat
- Rodrigo Olivero Guatemalan golf player, youngest national champion
- Juan Carlos Plata , Guatemalan professional soccer league all-time career scoring leader
- Fernando Quevedo, Professor of theoretical physics, Cambridge, England.
- Ricardo Arnoldo Ramirez de León, guerrilla leader (Guerrilla Army of the Poor), a.k.a. Rolando Morán.
- Henry Raudales, violinist
- Rodolfo Robles, physician, discovered onchocercosis "Robles' Disease"
- Virgilio Rodriguez Macal, author
- Efraín Ríos Montt, general, dictator, stands accused of genocide
- Elmar René Rojas, artist and architect
- Carlos Ruiz, LA Galaxy soccer player
- Héctor Sandarti, television personality
- Kevin Sandoval, Soccer player, 1988 Summer Olympics
- Gary Stark Jr., featherweight boxer
- Pablo Sweezey, sculptor
- Ricardo Rosales Román, guerrilla leader (Guatemalan Workers Party), a.k.a. Carlos Gonzalez.
- Hector Tobar, writer/journalist
- Luis Augusto Turcios Lima, Guatemalan army officer, guerrilla leader (FAR)
- Atanasio Tzul, mayan leader, revolt against the Spaniards in 1820
- Jorge Ubico, militar, dictator
- David Unger, author
- Ilma Julieta Urrutia Chang, Miss International 1984
- Federico Urruela, Diplomat
- Victor Vaskestler, painter
- Hugo Arce writer, journalist
- Anton Villatoro professional cyclist
- Jaime Viñals, mountaineer (scaled seven highest peaks in the world)
- Harris Whitbeck, CNN correspondent
- Rafael Yela Günther, sculptor
- Marco Antonio Yon Sosa, Guatemalan army officer, guerrilla leader MR-NOV13
- José Rubén Zamora, journalist
- Daphne Zuniga, Guatemalan-American actress
- Carlos Enrique Peña Aldana, winner of Latin American Idol 2nd season
- Sergio Andrade, musician. (bassist founder of LIFEHOUSE)
- Jorge Sarmientos, musician, composer, conductor
- Juan Sisay, painter and photographer
- Henry Raudales, violinist
- Gaby Moreno, singer and songwriter
- Brianna Maczko, singer and actress
- Gia Darling, transsexual adult film actress
- Rafael Espada, Vice President of Guatemala and a former a Cardiothoracic Surgeon
See also: President of Guatemala
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