Notable Alumni of University of San Carlos of Guatemala [Sorted List]

1. Nazario Toledo

1807-1887 (aged 80)

politician

Nazario Toledo was a Costa Rican politician.

2. Alejandra Flores

1986-. (aged 40)

opera singer

Emilda María Alejandra Flores García is a Guatemalan soprano.

3. Sonia Gutiérrez Raguay

1981-. (aged 45)

lawyer politician

Sonia Gutiérrez Raguay is a Guatemalan attorney, indigenous human rights activist and politician, who is serving as a member of Congress since January 2020. She has been the Secretary General of the political party Winaq since 2017.

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4. Justo Vicente José de Herrera y Díaz del Valle

1786-. (aged 240)

lawyer politician

Justo José Herrera was a Honduran politician who served as president from May 28, 1837, to September 3, 1838. He played a part in separating Honduras from the Federal Republic of Central America by approving a Declaration of independence passed by the Assembly of Honduras.

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5. Virgilio Rodríguez Beteta

1885-1967 (aged 82)

lawyer historian

Virgilio Rodríguez Beteta was a Guatemalan lawyer, historian, diplomat and writer.

6. Rafael Spínola

1866-1901 (aged 35)

politician writer journalist orator physician

Rafael Spínola was a writer, journalist, politician and public speaker from Guatemala. Director of the well known cultura magazine La Ilustración Guatemalteca in 1896 and 1897, was Secretary of Infrastructure in Manuel Estrada Cabrera first presidential term. He also created the "Fiestas Minervalias", which were a celebration to the studious youth and the president Estrada Cabrera rule. He was also...

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7. Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria

1947-. (aged 79)

diplomat judge politician

Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria is a politician who was Vice President of Guatemala following the appointment of Alejandro Maldonado as president by the Congress of Guatemala. He is also a dentist who was rector of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.

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8. Haroldo Rodas

1946-2020 (aged 74)

diplomat economist politician

Roger Haroldo Rodas Melgar was a Guatemalan economist, politician and diplomat who served as Guatemala's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 14 January 2008 to 12 January 2012 under the government of Álvaro Colom.

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9. José María Silva

1804-1876 (aged 72)

politician

Licenciado José María Silva was a Liberal Salvadoran politician. He was twice briefly chief of state of the State of El Salvador, within the Federal Republic of Central America (1834–35 and 1840).

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10. Wendy de Berger

1946-. (aged 80)

politician

Margarita Wendy Widmann Lagarde de Berger is a Guatemalan psychologist who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 2004 to 2008 as the wife of President Óscar Berger. She studied sociology at Trinity Washington University in Washington, D.C.

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11. José Damián Villacorta

1796-1860 (aged 64)

lawyer politician

José Damián Villacorta Cañas was a Salvadoran politician and lawyer who served as the head of state of El Salvador in 1830, then a part of the Federal Republic of Central America. He also served as the vice head of state of El Salvador from 1829 to 1832, the president of the National Assembly in 1835, and the president of...

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12. Miguel Eusebio Bustamante

1780-1869 (aged 89)

lawyer politician

Miguel Eusebio Bustamante was a politician from Honduras who served as Acting President of Honduras within Federal Republic of Central America from 30 September 1827 to 30 October 1827. He also served as Vice and Deputy Chief of State in 1827.

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13. Emilio Arenales Catalán

1922-1969 (aged 47)

diplomat jurist lawyer

Emilio Arenales Catalán was the foreign minister of Guatemala from 1966 to 1969 and the president of the United Nations Twenty-Third General Assembly from 1968 to 1969. He was born and died in Guatemala City.

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14. Raquel Blandón

1943-2024 (aged 81)

lawyer activist

Haydee Raquel Blandón Sandoval was a Guatemalan lawyer, activist, and political leader who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 1986 to 1991, as the wife of President Vinicio Cerezo. She was the nominee for the Renewed Democratic Liberty party for vice president of Guatemala in the 2011 election as Manuel Baldizón's running mate.

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15. Gert Rosenthal

1935-. (aged 91)

diplomat politician

Gert Rosenthal Königsberger is a Guatemalan diplomat who served as Guatemala's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 25 July 2006 to 14 January 2008 under the government of Óscar Berger.

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16. Francisco Bográn

1852-1926 (aged 74)

politician

Francisco Bográn Barahona was acting President of Honduras from 5 October 1919 to 1 February 1920. He was the brother of previous president Luis Bográn. He was the President of National Congress of Honduras from 1919 to 1920.

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17. Frank William La Rue

1952-. (aged 74)

diplomat human rights defender lawyer

Frank La Rue is a Guatemalan labor and human rights law expert and served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, from August 2008 to August 2014.

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18. Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz

1824-1898 (aged 74)

lawyer politician

Aniceto del Carmen Esquivel Sáenz was a Costa Rican lawyer and politician who served as the 9th President of Costa Rica from May to July 1876, before being deposed in a coup d'état.

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19. Jordán Rodas

1968-. (aged 58)

civil servant lawyer

Augusto Jordán Rodas Andrade is a Guatemalan attorney and civil servant who from 2017 until 2022 served as Ombudsman of Guatemala, a controversial office in Guatemala's highly polarized political landscape. His 2022 candidacy for the presidency of the San Carlos University was sabotaged, just like his attempt to run, together with Thelma Cabrera, for the 'Movement for the Liberation of...

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20. Rosa Leal de Pérez

1953-2025 (aged 72)

politician

Rosa María Leal Flores de Pérez was a Guatemalan psychologist who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 2012 to 2015, as the wife of President Otto Pérez Molina.

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21. Sandra Morán

1960-. (aged 66)

women's rights activist children's rights percussionist human rights defender activist

Sandra Morán Reyes is a Guatemalan politician who served as deputy of the Congress of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020, following her electoral win in the 2015 general election. A member of the now-defunct Convergence party, she is noted as the first out LGBT person ever elected to the national legislature in Guatemala.

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22. Antonio José Cañas

1785-1844 (aged 59)

politician

Antonio José Cañas Quintanilla was a Salvadoran military officer, diplomat, and politician. For two brief periods he was head of state of the State of El Salvador, within the Federal Republic of Central America (1839 and 1840).

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23. Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera

1823-1898 (aged 75)

diplomat politician

Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera was a Guatemalan politician and lawyer. Superb leader and speaker, helped the liberal regime of Justo Rufino Barrios, served in the Guatemalan legislature, taught in the College of Law of the Universidad Nacional de Guatemala and, towards the end of his life, was a presidential candidate himself losing to general José María Reyna Barrios. He was...

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24. Francisco Villagrán Kramer

1927-2011 (aged 84)

politician

Francisco Villagrán Kramer was a Guatemalan attorney and social democrat who served as vice president in the government of General Romeo Lucas García, beginning in 1978. He resigned from office on 1 September 1980, before his term ended, citing differences with the Lucas administration and disapproval of Guatemala's worsening human rights situation. He then went into voluntary exile in the...

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25. Julia Hassler

1993-. (aged 33)

swimmer

Julia Hassler is a national-record holding swimmer from Liechtenstein and three-time Olympian. She was the Liechtenstein flag-bearer in the closing-ceremony of the 2012 Olympics, as well as the opening ceremonies in 2016 and 2021. She won the bronze medal at the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships.

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26. Andrés del Valle

1833-1888 (aged 55)

politician

Andrés del Valle Rodríguez was President of El Salvador from February 1 until May 1, 1876.

27. Santiago José Celis

1782-1814 (aged 32)

physician

Santiago José Celis was a Salvadoran physician who participated in the 1811 Independence Movement.

28. Nineth Montenegro

1958-. (aged 68)

politician human rights defender

Nineth Varenca Montenegro Cottom is a Guatemalan human rights activist and a victim of state terrorism. She was the first person to face civil resistance on a national level as a result of protesting in the streets about the whereabouts of her husband, Edgar Fernando García, who had been captured illegally by the government and has been a missing person...

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29. Carlos Salazar Castro

1800-1867 (aged 67)

statesperson

Carlos Salazar Castro was a Central American military officer and Liberal politician. Briefly in 1834 he was provisional president of El Salvador, and in 1839 he was provisional president of Guatemala.

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30. Oscar Julio Vian Morales

1947-2018 (aged 71)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Óscar Julio Vian Morales S.D.B. was archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala from his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 October 2010 until his death from cancer. He had previously served as archbishop of Los Altos in Guatemala. He was born in Guatemala City, ordained a priest in 1976, and appointed Vicar Apostolic of El Petén in...

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31. Clemente Marroquín

1897-1978 (aged 81)

diplomat politician journalist

Clemente Marroquín Rojas was a Guatemalan journalist and politician.

32. Carlos Raúl Morales Moscoso

1970-. (aged 56)

diplomat politician

Carlos Raúl Morales Moscoso is a Guatemalan diplomat and former government official who served as Guatemala's Minister of Foreign Affairs from September 2014 to August 2017 under the governments of Jimmy Morales, Alejandro Maldonado and Otto Pérez Molina.

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33. Patricia Marroquín

1970-. (aged 56)

politician

Hilda Patricia Marroquín Argueta de Morales is a Guatemalan public figure who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020, as the wife of president Jimmy Morales.

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34. Eugenio Aguilar

1804-1879 (aged 75)

medic politician

Eugenio Aguilar González was a Salvadoran politician who served as president of El Salvador from 1846 to 1848. He also served as the mayor of San Salvador in 1839 and 1864, and the president of the Legislative Assembly in 1849.

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35. José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón

1837-1917 (aged 80)

lawyer judge politician

José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón was a Costa Rican lawyer, judge and politician who served as the 15th President of Costa Rica from 1890 to 1894.

36. Adela de Torrebiarte

1949-2020 (aged 71)

politician

Adela Ana María del Rosario Camacho Sinibaldi de Torrebiarte was a Guatemalan politician.

37. Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol

1792-1865 (aged 73)

Catholic bishop Catholic priest politician

Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol was an ecclesiastical and intellectual conservative in Central America. He was President of the Pontifical University of San Carlos Borromeo from 1825 to 1829 and then of the Universidad Nacional from 1840 to 1865. He was a thinker criticized by liberal historians for his strong relationship with the conservative government of General Rafael Carrera...

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38. José Víctor Zavala

1815-1886 (aged 71)

military personnel

José Víctor Ramón Valentín de las Ánimas Zavala y Córdova was a Guatemalan Field Marshal who participated in the wars of Rafael Carrera and the National War of Nicaragua against the invasion of William Walker. After the death of President Carrera in April 1865, Zavala – who was a close friend of the late President – was proposed as the...

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39. Ismael Cerna

1890-1901 (aged 11)

poet

Ismael Cerna was a Guatemalan poet.

40. Jesús Jiménez Zamora

1823-1897 (aged 74)

politician

Jesús María Ciriaco Jiménez Zamora was a Costa Rican physician and politician who served as the 4th and 6th President of Costa Rica from 1863 to 1866, and from 1868 to 1870

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41. Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol

1802-1897 (aged 95)

diplomat politician

Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol was a Guatemalan conservative politician and member of the Aycinena clan that worked closely with the conservative regime of Rafael Carrera. He was interim president of Guatemala in 1865 after Carrera's death.

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42. Miguel Paz Barahona

1863-1937 (aged 74)

politician

Miguel Paz Barahona was President of Honduras from 1 February 1925 to 1 February 1929. Barahona was a member of the National Party of Honduras (PNH).

43. Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol

1789-1855 (aged 66)

statesperson

Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol was wealthy and influential Guatemalan merchant family and an important conservative politician. A younger son of the first marquis of Aycinena, peninsular-born Juan Fermín de Aycinena (1729–1796), Mariano was a leader of Guatemalan independence from Spain. He served governor of the State of Guatemala in the Central American Federation from 1 March 1827 to 12...

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44. José Felipe Flores

1751-1824 (aged 73)

anatomist physician university teacher

José Felipe Flores was a medical doctor and Medicine teaching pioneer in Central America. He graduated from the Royal and Pontifical University of San Carlos Borromeo, and in 1781 became a faculty member of both the University and San Juan de Dios Hospital.

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45. Lucrecia Peinado

1961-. (aged 65)

physician consultant health administrator surgeon

Lucrecia Eugenia Peinado Villanueva is a Guatemalan physician, surgeon, and health care administrator who has been the first lady of Guatemala since 2024 as the wife of President Bernardo Arévalo.

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46. Vicente Mejía Colindres

1878-1966 (aged 88)

politician

Vicente Mejía Colindres was President of Honduras between 16 September and 5 October 1919; and again between 1 February 1929 and 1 February 1933.

47. José Gustavo Guerrero

1876-1958 (aged 82)

lawyer diplomat judge politician

José Gustavo Guerrero was a Salvadoran diplomat and jurist who served as the last president of the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1937 to 1946 and the first president of the International Court of Justice from 1946 to 1949. He also served as President of the Assembly of the League of Nations from 1929 to 1930.

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48. Luis Bográn

1849-1895 (aged 46)

lawyer politician

Luis Bográn Barahona was a president of Honduras, who served two consecutive terms from 30 November 1883 to 30 November 1891. He was born in the northern Honduran department of Santa Bárbara on 3 June 1849 to Saturnino Bográn Bonilla and Gertrudis Barahona Leiva. He was a member of a prominent and wealthy political family. The last name "Bográn" derives...

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49. Baudilio Palma

1880-1930 (aged 50)

politician

Baudilio Palma was acting President of Guatemala, in place of general Lázaro Chacón González, from 13 to 17 December 1930, when he was deposed and probably assassinated after coup d'état led by general Manuel María Orellana Contreras, who appointed himself as president. Several authors argue that he might not have been killed, but went into exile to El Salvador, where...

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50. José María Reyna Andrade

1860-1947 (aged 87)

notary lawyer politician

José María Reina Andrade was the acting President of Guatemala from 2 January 1931 to 14 February 1931.

51. Raúl Aguilar Batres

1910-1964 (aged 54)

civil engineer

Raúl Aguilar Batres was a Guatemalan civil engineer. He is the inventor of the street naming and house numbering conventions that are used in Guatemala City and other cities in Guatemala.

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52. David Joaquín Guzmán

1843-1927 (aged 84)

geologist writer anthropologist physician politician

David Joaquín Guzmán was a Salvadoran polymath, making contributions in science, and archeology, and as a museum curator and educator. He essentially founded and was first director of what is now known as the Museo Nacional de Antropología David J Guzmán, named in his honor. He also founded an anthropology museum in Nicaragua. He served in several positions in the...

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53. Francisco Dueñas Díaz

1810-1884 (aged 74)

politician

Francisco Dueñas Díaz was a Salvadoran politician and lawyer who served as President of El Salvador on six different occasions between 1851 and 1871. He also served as Vice President of El Salvador from 1856 to 1858 and as President of the Senate in 1855.

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54. Próspero Fernández Oreamuno

1834-1885 (aged 51)

politician

Juan Primitivo Próspero Fernández Oreamuno was a Costa Rican millitary officer and politician who served as the 13th President of Costa Rica from 1882 to 1885.

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55. Pedro Molina Mazariegos

1777-1854 (aged 77)

diplomat statesperson politician

Pedro José Antonio Molina Mazariegos was a Central American politician, considered one of the founders of liberalism in Guatemala.

56. Jayro Bustamante

1977-. (aged 49)

screenwriter film director film screenwriter film producer

Jayro Bustamante is a Guatemalan film director and screenwriter. He directed the 2015 film Ixcanul, which was selected as the Guatemalan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. He was named on the jury for the Best First Feature Award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.

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57. Mariano Rivera Paz

1804-1849 (aged 45)

politician

Mariano Rivera Paz was Head of State of Guatemala and its first president.

58. Ana Sofía Gómez Porras

1995-. (aged 31)

artistic gymnast

Ana Sofía Gómez Porras is a Guatemalan former artistic gymnast. She now works as a coach.

59. Jafeth Cabrera Franco

1948-. (aged 78)

diplomat physician politician

Ernesto Jafeth Cabrera Franco is a Guatemalan politician who served as Vice President of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020 under the government of Jimmy Morales.

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60. Rafael Espada

1944-. (aged 82)

surgeon politician

Dr. José Rafael Espada is a retired cardiothoracic surgeon and politician who served as Vice President of Guatemala from 2008 to 2012 under President Alvaro Colom. Espada unsuccessfully ran for president during the 2023 general election.

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61. Argentina Díaz Lozano

1909-1999 (aged 90)

suffragette writer diplomat journalist human rights defender

Argentina Díaz Lozano was the pseudonym for the Honduran writer Argentina Bueso Mejía. She was a journalist and novelist, who wrote in the romantic style with feminist themes. She won numerous awards for her books, including the Golden Quetzel from Guatemala, the Honduran National Literature Prize Ramón Rosa" and the "Order Cruzeiro do Sud" from Brazil. She was admitted to...

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62. Oliverio Castañeda

1955-1978 (aged 23)

student

Oliverio Castañeda de León was a Guatemalan left-wing oriented student leader, who fought for civil rights and was assassinated in Guatemala City during the regime of General Romeo Lucas García.

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63. Adrián Recinos

1886-1962 (aged 76)

historian diplomat linguist politician

Adrián Recinos was a Guatemalan historian, essayist, Mayanist scholar and translator, and diplomat. Recinos was a student of national history, especially the Maya civilization and the ancient history of the K'iche' and Kaqchikel people.

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64. Antonio José de Irisarri

1786-1868 (aged 82)

diplomat writer journalist

Antonio José de Irisarri Alonso was a Guatemalan statesman, journalist, and politician who served as Interim Supreme Director of Chile in 1814. He is considered one of the fathers of Chilean journalism together with Fr. Camilo Henríquez.

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65. Thelma Aldana

1955-. (aged 71)

lawyer

Thelma Esperanza Aldana Hernández is a Guatemalan jurist and politician who served as president of the Supreme Court from 2011 to 2012 and as attorney general from 2014 to 2018.

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66. Roxana Baldetti

1962-. (aged 64)

convict politician journalist

Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elías is a Guatemalan politician who served as the first female Vice President of Guatemala from 2012 until her resignation amid a corruption scandal in 2015. In 2018, she was sentenced to 15½ years in prison for illicit association, fraud, and influence peddling, and to 16 years in 2022 for illicit association and customs fraud for her...

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67. Mario López Estrada

1938-2023 (aged 85)

businessperson civil engineer

Mario López Estrada was a Guatemalan telecommunications businessman and billionaire. He was the president and main shareholder of Tigo Guatemala.

68. Juan Lindo y Zelaya

1790-1857 (aged 67)

lawyer politician

Juan Nepomuceno Fernández Lindo y Zelaya, generally known as Juan Lindo, was a conservative Central American politician, provisional president of the Republic of El Salvador from 1841 to 1842, and President of the Republic of Honduras from 1847 to 1852.

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69. Manuel Galich

1913-1984 (aged 71)

playwright politician dramaturge

Manuel Francisco Galich López was a Guatemalan playwright.

70. María Consuelo Porras

1953-. (aged 73)

lawyer

María Consuelo Porras Argueta is a Guatemalan attorney who has been serving as the attorney general of Guatemala since 2018. She previously served as Deputy Magistrate of the Constitutional Court from 2016 to 2018. President Jimmy Morales nominated Porras as the new Attorney General and Chief of the Public Prosecutor's Office in May 2018, succeeding Thelma Aldana.

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71. Marco Aurelio Soto

1846-1908 (aged 62)

diplomat lawyer politician

Marco Aurelio Soto Martínez was President of Honduras from 1876 to 1883. He was known as a liberal. He was a reforming president and had a great impact on the Honduras of his time, including the establishment of the Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras in 1880.

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72. Roberto Suazo Córdova

1927-2018 (aged 91)

surgeon politician

Roberto Suazo Córdova was the 29th President of Honduras from 27 January 1982 until 27 January 1986. Suazo Córdova died on 22 December 2018 following an ulcer surgical operation at the age of 91.

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73. Julio César Méndez Montenegro

1915-1996 (aged 81)

lawyer politician

Julio César Méndez Montenegro was a Guatemalan academic who served as the 34th president of Guatemala from July 1966 to July 1970. Mendez was elected on a platform promising democratic reforms and the curtailment of military power, and he was the only civilian to occupy Guatemala's presidency during the long period of military rule between 1954 and 1986. His election...

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74. José María Orellana

1872-1926 (aged 54)

military personnel politician

José María Orellana Pinto was a Guatemalan political and military leader. He was chief of staff of President Manuel Estrada Cabrera and President of Guatemala between 1921 and 1926, after overthrowing Conservative Unionist President Carlos Herrera. During his rule the Quetzal was established as the currency of Guatemala. Orellana Pinto died under suspicious circumstances in 1926 at the age of...

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75. Ramiro de León Carpio

1942-2002 (aged 60)

lawyer politician

Ramiro de León Carpio was a Guatemalan politician who served as the 43rd president of Guatemala from June 1993 until January 1996. He served as Guatemala's Attorney for Human Rights from August 1987 to June 1993.

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76. Rafael Landívar

1731-1793 (aged 62)

poet

Rafael Landívar, S.J. was a Guatemalan poet and Jesuit priest. He is considered among the important authors of the Spanish Universalist School of the 18th century.

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77. Manuel Estrada Cabrera

1859-1924 (aged 65)

jurist lawyer politician

Manuel José Estrada Cabrera was the President of Guatemala from 1898 to 1920. A lawyer with no military background, he modernised the country's industry and transportation infrastructure, via granting concessions to the American-owned United Fruit Company, whose influence on the government was deeply unpopular among the population. Estrada Cabrera ruled as a dictator who used increasingly brutal methods to assert...

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78. Dionisio de Herrera

1781-1850 (aged 69)

lawyer politician

José Dionisio de la Trinidad de Herrera y Díaz del Valle was a Liberal Honduran politician, head of state of Honduras from 1824 to 1827 and head of state of Nicaragua from 1830 to 1833. During his terms, Honduras and Nicaragua were states within the Federal Republic of Central America. Herrera was an uncle of the Liberal Central American general...

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79. José Milla y Vidaurre

1822-1882 (aged 60)

writer novelist diplomat politician

José Milla y Vidaurre was a notable Guatemalan writer of the 19th century. He was also known by the name Pepe Milla and the pseudonym Salomé Jil. Son of a governor of the state of Honduras in the Federal Republic of Central America, José Justo de la Milla y Pineda and Mrs. Mercedes Vidaurre Molina, the daughter of a wealthy...

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80. Manuel José Arce

1787-1847 (aged 60)

politician

Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga was a Salvadoran statesman and military officer who served as the first president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1825 to 1829.

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81. Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre

1936-. (aged 90)

lawyer diplomat judge politician

Alejandro Baltazar Maldonado Aguirre is a Guatemalan statesman who served as the president of Guatemala following the Congress' acceptance of the resignation of President Otto Pérez Molina on September 3, 2015.

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82. Vinicio Cerezo

1942-. (aged 84)

lawyer politician

Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo is a Guatemalan politician who served as the 40th President of Guatemala from 1986 to 1991. He also served as the Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA) from 2017 to 2021.

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83. José Matías Delgado

1767-1832 (aged 65)

Catholic priest politician

José Matías Delgado y de León was a Salvadoran politician, priest, and independence leader who was the second political chief of El Salvador. He also served as the president of the National Constituent Assembly of the United Provinces of Central America in 1823 and the president of the National Assembly of El Salvador in 1832.

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84. Jorge Serrano Elías

1945-. (aged 81)

politician

Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías is a Guatemalan industrial engineer and politician who served as the 41st president of Guatemala from January 14, 1991 to June 1, 1993. He attempted a self-coup in May 1993 to stay longer in power.

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85. Mariano Gálvez

politician lawyer statesperson journalist philosopher

José Felipe Mariano Gálvez was a jurist and Liberal politician in Guatemala. For two consecutive terms from August 28, 1831, to March 3, 1838, he was chief of state of the State of Guatemala, within the Federal Republic of Central America. In 1836, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.

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86. Ramón Rosa

1848-1893 (aged 45)

politician lawyer diplomat journalist poet

Ramón Rosa Soto was a lawyer, journalist, politician and liberal writer of the second half of the nineteenth century. He was the ideologue of educational changes of Liberal Reform in Guatemala and then in Honduras. He served as Principal Minister during the rule of his cousin, Dr. Marco Aurelio Soto and was associated with Soto's mining investments.

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87. Álvaro Colom

1951-2023 (aged 72)

entrepreneur politician

Álvaro Colom Caballeros was a Guatemalan engineer, businessman, and politician who served as the 47th president of Guatemala from 2008 to 2012, as well as the General-Secretary of the political party, National Unity of Hope (UNE).

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88. Miguel Ángel Asturias

1899-1974 (aged 75)

poet lawyer poet writer politician journalist

Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales was a Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, his work helped bring attention to the importance of indigenous cultures, especially those of his native Guatemala.

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89. Alejandro Giammattei

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla is a Guatemalan politician who was the 51st president of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024.

90. Jimmy Morales

1969-. (aged 57)

politician film director television actor comedian film producer

James Ernesto Morales Cabrera is a Guatemalan politician, actor, and comedian who served as the 50th president of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020.

91. José Cecilio del Valle

1777-1834 (aged 57)

jurist lawyer writer philosopher politician

José Cecilio Díaz del Valle was a philosopher, politician, lawyer, and journalist and one of the most important figures in Central America during the transition from colonial government to independence, displaying a wide-ranging expertise in public administration management.

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92. Justo Rufino Barrios

1835-1885 (aged 50)

lawyer politician

Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón was a Guatemalan politician and military general who served as President of Guatemala from 1873 to his death in 1885. He was known for his liberal reforms and his attempts to reunite Central America. During his rule, Guatemala had a close relationship with the United States.

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93. César Guillermo Castillo Reyes

1966-. (aged 60)

lawyer

César Guillermo Castillo Reyes is a Guatemalan attorney and politician who served as the 17th vice president of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024.

94. Lucrecia Hernández Mack

1973-2023 (aged 50)

politician physician

Lucrecia María Hernández Mack was a Guatemalan physician and politician who served a deputy of the Congress from 2020 until her death in 2023. In July 2016, President Jimmy Morales nominated Hernández Mack as the minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, becoming the first woman to serve in that position. In 2017, she resigned from her position in protest...

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95. Margarita Carrera

1929-2018 (aged 89)

poet writer journalist

Margarita Carrera Molina was a Guatemalan philosopher, professor and writer. She was a member of the Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua and the 1996 laureate of the Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature.

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96. Sandra Jovel

1978-. (aged 48)

diplomat

Sandra Erica Jovel Polanco is a Guatemalan politician and former diplomat who has been serving as a member of Congress since January 2024. She was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs serving from 27 August 2017 to 14 January 2020 under the government of Jimmy Morales.

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97. Mario Búcaro

1977-. (aged 49)

diplomat civil servant

Mario Adolfo Búcaro Flores is a Guatemalan diplomat who previously served as CEO of the Miss Universe Organization from October to December 2025. A former civil servant, Bucaro served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from February 2022 to January 2024, under the government of Alejandro Giammattei. Previously, he was the Guatemalan Ambassador to Mexico, Israel, Bulgaria and Cyprus.

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98. Matilde Elena López

1919-2010 (aged 91)

essayist poet writer

Matilde Elena López was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, playwright and literary critic. Her most important works include “Masferrer, alto pensador de Centro América”, “Cartas a Grosa” and “La balada de Anastasio Aquino”.

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99. Jonathan Menkos

1975-. (aged 51)

writer academic economist politician

Jonathan Kiril Thomas Menkos Zeissig is a Guatemalan economist, politician, writer, academic and analyst serving as Guatemala's Minister of Public Finance since January 19, 2024. He previously served as president of the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies (ICEFI) starting September 2012.

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100. Manuel Baldizón

1970-. (aged 56)

lawyer businessperson politician

Manuel Antonio Baldizón Méndez is a Guatemalan politician, lawyer, and hotel entrepreneur. He was the leader of the "Libertad Democrática Renovada" (LIDER) Renewed Democratic Liberty party and was a candidate in the 2015 presidential election placing third and losing to Jimmy Morales. He was also a candidate in the 2011 presidential election, placing second and losing to Otto Pérez Molina...

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