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 resided in Colombia.

Beauty pageant contestants

Adriana Tarud - Miss Colombia 2004
Valerie Domínguez Tarud - Miss Colombia 2005
Paola Turbay - Miss Colombia 1991
Taliana Vargas - Miss Colombia 2008
Paulina Vega - Miss universe 2014

Entertainment

Mario Espitia - actor and presenter
Yuly Ferreira - actress
Carolina Guerra - actress, model, singer and presenteer
Majida Issa - actress
Javier Jattin - professional Colombian actor
John Leguizamo - American actor (maternal grandfather was Lebanese)
Laura de Leon Cespedes - actress and presenter
Zharick Leon - actress and model
Veronica Orozco - actress, singer and model

Journalism

Claudia Bahamon - RCN presenter and model
Paola Calle - presenter and model
Siad Char - Caracol TV presenter and model
Agmeth Escaf - Caracol TV presenter
Linda Palma - Caracol TV presenter
Andrea Serna - RCN presenter and model
Ana Karina Soto - RCN presenter
Diana Turbay - journalist (daughter of Julio César Turbay Ayala)

Medicine

Salomón Hakim - neurosurgeon
Carlos Eduardo Bohórquez Nassar - epidemiologist

Musicians

Naty Botero - singer
Adriana Lucía - singer
Shakira - singer^[1]
Soraya - singer^[2]

Politicians

Julio César Turbay Ayala - former president of Colombia^[3]
Jairo Clopatofsky - former senator
José David Name - senator
Claudia Turbay Quintero - diplomat and journalist
José Name Terán - former senator
Gabriel Turbay

Sports

Radamel Falcao García - professional football player
Mauricio Hadad - former tennis player
Robert Farah Maksoud - former tennis player
Faryd Mondragón - professional football player
Fuad Reveiz - former American football player
Alberto Rujana - professional football manager

References

↑ ^ "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. from www.alaq.org.au

Lebanese people and diaspora

Countries

Africa	Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa

Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Ecuador Guatemala Haiti Jamaica Mexico Paraguay United States Detroit Uruguay Venezuela

Asia	Iran Israel Kuwait Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Romania Serbia Spain Sweden United Kingdom

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Personalities

Africa	Egypt Ghana Liberia Nigeria Sierra Leone South Africa

Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Caribbean Curaçao Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica Puerto Rico Chile Colombia Cuba Ecuador Guatemala Mexico United States Uruguay Venezuela

Asia	Syria Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates

Europe	Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark France Germany Italy Monaco Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom

Oceania	Australia

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