List of Venezuelans
Famous or notable Venezuelans include: == Architecture == Jimmy Alcock Francisco Andrade Troconis Juan Astorga Junquera Esther Ayuso Celina Bentata Anita Berrizbeitia Guido Bermudez Bernardo Borges Dirk Bornhost Carlos Brillembourg Daniel Camejo Octavio Yoe Carrero Alejandro Chataing, known as "Cipriano Castro's architect" Edmundo Diquez Cipriano Dominguez Daniel Fernández-Shaw José Miguel Galia Graziano Gasparini Carlos Gomez de Llarena Carlos Guinand Sandoz Gustavo Guinand van der Walle Andres Haussman Tomas Lugo Marcano Paul Lustgarten Pedro Neuberger Mónica Ponce de León Jorge Rigamonti (1948–2008) Luis Roche José Tomás Sanabria Henrique Siso Maury Luis Muñoz Tébar Jesus Tenreiro Degwitz Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900–1975), builder of the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas Luciano Urdaneta Martin Vega José Vivas Gustavo Wallis Legórburu Carlos Zapata Nicolás Maduro == Artists == Harry Abend (1937–2021) Antonio Ladislao Alcantara (1898–1991) Gabriel Bracho (1915–1995) Manuel Cabré (1890–1984) Gregorio Camacho (1933–2002) Pedro Castillo (1790–1858) Asdrubal Colmenarez (born 1945) Elias Crespin (born 1965) Carlos Cruz-Díez (1923–2019) Mariano Díaz (born 1929) Marisol Escobar (1930–2016) Elsa Gramcko (1922–1995) Mateo Manaure (1926–2018) Arturo Michelena (1863–1898) Alirio Palacios (1938–2015) Darío Pérez-Flores (1936–2022) Gego (1912–1994) Armando Reverón (1889–1954) Tito Salas (1887–1974) Jesus Rafael Soto (1923–2005) Martín Tovar y Tovar (1827–1902) == Authors == === A–C === Cecilio Acosta, writer Alfredo Armas Alfonzo, historian, author José Antonio de Armas Chitty, historian Higinia Bartolomé de Alamo, poet and writer Laura Antillano, writer Jean Aristeguieta, poet José Antonio de Armas Chitty, historian and poet Rafael Arráiz Lucca, historian and poet Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva, poet Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, poet Jose Balza, writer Rufino Blanco Fombona, poet and writer Alberto Barrera Tyszka, writer Natividad Barroso, writer and ethnologist Andrés Bello, educator and humanist Krina Ber, writer Andrés Eloy Blanco, poet Eduardo Blanco, novelist and poet Mario Briceño Iragorry (1897–1958), writer and historian Manuel Caballero, historian and journalist Rafael Cadenas, poet María Calcaño, poet Juan Carlos Chirinos, writer Luis Castro Leiva, academic, historian and writer Arturo Croce, writer Sonia Chocrón, poet === D–M === Polita de Lima, poet Victoria de Stefano, writer Manuel Díaz Rodríguez, novelist and journalist Lydda Franco Farías, poet Tulio Febres Cordero, writer Fabiola Ferrero, journalist and freelance photographer María Antonieta Flores, poet Rómulo Gallegos, writer Julio Garmendia, writer and journalist Salvador Garmendia, novelist and story teller Vicente Gerbasi, poet Jacqueline Goldberg, poet and writer Adriano González León, poet and writer Ida Gramcko, poet Elisa Lerner, writer Francisco Herrera Luque (1927–1991), writer Rowena Hill, poet Eduardo López Bustamante, journalist and poet Luz Machado, poet Antonieta Madrid, writer Francisco Massiani, writer Milagros Mata Gil, writer Domingo Maza Zavala, journalist and economist Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez, writer Beatriz Mendoza_Sagarzazu, poet Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978), writer and journalist Eugenio Montejo (1938–2008), poet Guillermo Morón, historian and writer Stefania Mosca, writer === N–R === Moisés Naím, writer Fabricio Ojeda, journalist and writer Juan Oropeza, writer Hanni Ossott, poet Edgar C. Otálvora, journalist and writer Miguel Otero Silva, writer Antonia Palacios, writer Lucila Palacios, writer María Fernanda Palacios, writer Ramón Palomares, poet Yolanda Pantin, poet Teresa de la Parra, writer Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde, poet Mariano Picón Salas, writer José Rafael Pocaterra, writer Carlos Rangel, journalist and writer Ana María del Re, poet Humberto Rivas Mijares, writer Violeta Rojo, poet === S–Z === Karina Sainz Borgo (born 1982), journalist and writer Tomás Straka, historian José Antonio Ramos Sucre, poet Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, writer and literary critic Juan Sánchez Peláez, poet Elizabeth Schön, writer Pedro Sotillo, writer and journalist Tui T. Sutherland, writer Mireya Tabuas, writer Pio Tamayo, writer Ana Enriqueta Terán, poet Alfredo Toro Hardy, writer and diplomat Fermin Toro, writer and statesman Ana Teresa Torres, writer Arturo Uslar Pietri, historian and writer Lucila Velásquez, poet and journalist Elena Vera, poet Carmen Verde Arocha, poet Miyó Vestrini, journalist, poet and writer José Jesús Villa Pelayo, poet and essayist Slavko Zupcic, writer == Beauty queens == The following Venezuelans won a beauty title in the Big Four international beauty pageants: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth; the four major international beauty pageants for women. === A–H === Consuelo Adler, Miss International 1997 Jacqueline Aguilera, Miss World 1995, Top Model of the World 1995 Goizeder Azúa, Miss International and Miss Mesoamérica 2003 Alexandra Braun, Miss Earth 2005 Susana Duijm (1936–2016), Miss World 1955 Stefanía Fernández, Miss Universe 2009 Daniela di Giacomo, Miss International 2006 Alyz Henrich, Miss Earth 2013 Astrid Carolina Herrera, Miss World 1984 === I–M === Gabriela Isler, Miss Universe 2013 Ninibeth Leal, Miss World 1991 Pilín León, Miss World 1981 Alicia Machado, Miss Universe 1996 Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008 Edymar Martínez, Miss International 2015 === O–R === Bárbara Palacios, Miss Universe 1986 and Miss South America 1986 === S–Y === Irene Sáez, Miss Universe 1981 and Miss South America 1981 Ivian Sarcos, Miss World 2011 Maritza Sayalero, Miss Universe 1979 Nina Sicilia, Miss International 1985 Mariem Velazco, Miss International 2018 == Business and law == Gustavo Cisneros, Venezuelan-born media mogul.