List of Nicaraguans

This is a list of Nicaraguans and people of Nicaraguan ethnicity:

Entertainment

* Pedro Miguel Arce (1976), actor, notable roles include Land of the Dead and Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
* David Vida (1982), Singer and song writer.
* Maurice Benard (1963), actor on American soap operas All My Children and General Hospital.
* Barbara Carrera (1951), film, TV actress, former model.
* Oswaldo Castillo, actor, most notable role includes the one in The Hammer.
* Edward'O, notable astroanalyst and co-host of Telemundo's dating show, 12 Corazones.
* Jade Jagger (1971), model
* Lillian Molieri, actress
* Gabriel Traversari, actor, director, writer, singer, songwriter and painter.

Beauty queens

* Xiomara Blandino (1984), Miss Nicaragua 2007, model
* Cristiana Frixione (1984), Miss Nicaragua 2006, model
* Thelma Rodríguez, Miss Nicaragua 2008

Businesspeople

*José Cardenal (1940), businessman
*Michael Cordúa (1961), restaurateur, entrepreneur, businessman, award winning self-taught chef.
*Alfonso Robelo (1939), businessman, politician, diplomat who served as ambassador to Costa Rica.

Music

* Lya Barrioz, singer and actress
* Katia Cardenal, singer/song writer from Duo Guardabarranco.
* Dimension Costeña, musicians
* Carlos Mejia Godoy (1943), musician, composer, singer.
* Tony Melendez (1962), guitar player, singer and Christian rock songwriter who was born without arms.
* Torombolo (1985), reggaeton and hip hop singer.
* J Smooth, bilingual Hip Hop and Reggaeton singer.
* José Areas, percussionist, former drummer for Santana.
* Erwin Krüger (1915-1973), singer and Nicaraguan folklore poet.
* David Vida (1982), singer/song writer
* Hernaldo Zúñiga (1955), singer and music composer.;DJs
* DJ Craze, only DJ in history to win 3 consecutive World DMC Champion titles.

Government, military and politics

* Reinaldo Aguado Montealegre, President of the International Society for Human Rights in Nicaragua.
* Arnoldo Alemán (1946), former President of Nicaragua from 1997-2002.
* Leonardo Arguello Barreto (1895-1947), former President of Nicaragua (1947)
* Fernando Agüero (1920), politician
* Enrique Bolaños (1928), former President of Nicaragua from 2002 to 2007
* Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874-1946) , former President of Nicaragua from 1933-1936
* Claudia Bermúdez, Nicaragua-American politician and entrepreneur; first Nicaraguan American to be the nominee of a major party for a seat in the United States Congress.
* Róger Calero (1969), Nicaraguan American who ran for U.S. President in the 2004 elections.
* Emiliano Chamorro (1871-1966), former President of Nicaragua from 1917-1920 and part of 1926
* Fernando Chamorro Alfaro (1824-1863), General and member of the governing junta of Nicaragua (1860 – 1863).
* Fruto Chamorro (1804-1855), first President of Nicaragua 1854-1855
* Arturo Cruz (1923), politician and diplomat
* Pedro Chamorro (1875-1879), former President of Nicaragua from 1875-1879.
* Violeta Chamorro (1929), first female president in Latin America, second in North America and 48th President of Nicaragua
* Adolfo Díaz (1875-1964), President of Nicaragua in 1911-1917 and 1926-1929
* Aminta Granera, Sandinista and Police chief of Nicaragua
* George William Albert Hendy (1879-1888), Hereditary Chief of Miskito Nation.
* Edmundo Jarquín (1946), politician, candidate for president of Nicaragua in 2006
* Herty Lewites (1939-2006), politician
* Eduardo Montealegre (1955), politician, businessman
* Oldman (?-1687), King of the Miskito Nation from 1625 - 1687
* Daniel Ortega (1945), current President of Nicaragua, leader of the FSLN
* Edén Pastora (1937), politician
* Sergio Ramírez (1943), Vice President of Nicaragua during the Junta, writer, intellectual
* José Santos Zelaya (1853-1919), former President of Nicaragua from 1893-1909
* Anastasio Somoza García (1896-1956), dictator, 34th and 39th President of Nicaragua
* Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925-1980), 44th and 45th President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and from 1974 to 1979.
* Luis Somoza Debayle (1922-1967), 40th President of Nicaragua from 1956–1963, but was effectively dictator from 1956 until his death.
* Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero (1951), former commander of the National Guard.

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Revolutionaries, Heroes and Martyrs

* Idania Fernandez (1952-1979). Martyr of the Sandinista Revolution.One of the Martires of Veracruz, Leon. Member of the Sandinista's Western Regional Command "Rigoberto López Pérez",captured in full in a safe house. Cited by many authors (Sergio Ramirez, Ernesto Cardenal, Margaret Randall) as an exemplary life, marked by a profound sensitivity to injustice, which led to the ultimate sacrifice.
* Aracelly Perez Darias (1945-1979) Born in Spain, raised in Mexico, died in captivity in Leon, Nicaragua as Martyr of the Sandinista Revolution, with Idania Fernandez. Member of the fallen Western Regional Command, April 1979.
* Patrick Argüello (1943-1970), considered a martyr of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine PFLP
* Nora Astorga (1948-1988), Sandinista revolutionary, lawyer, politician, judge and Nicaraguan ambassador to the UN
* Tomás Borge (1930), co-founder of the FSLN
* Antonio Cardenal Caldera (1951-1991), also known by the nom de guerre Jesus Rojas, major leader of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front.
* Arturo Cruz, Jr. (1954), revolutionary, writer, professor and diplomat
* Rigoberto Cruz, one of the founder of the FSLN
* Ayax Delgado, martyr of the Sandinista revolution
* José Dolores Estrada (1792-1869), national hero, famed for his part in the battle Hacienda San Jacinto in 1856
* Carlos Fonseca (1936-1976), teacher, founder of FSLN
* Israel Lewites, a Sandinista leader
* Augusto César Sandino (1895-1934), revolutionary, symbol of the FSLN
* Arlen Siu (1952-1972), martyr of the Sandinista revolution
* Dora María Téllez (1947), Comandante during the Sandinista revolution, founded the MRS, historian

Political activists

* Bianca Jagger (1945), social and political activist, former wife of Mick Jagger

Sports

;Boxing
* José Alfaro, boxer, world champion.
* Rosendo Alvarez (1970), boxer, former world champion, only person to hold the undefeated flyweight champion to a draw.
* Alexis Argüello (1952), boxer, former world champion
* Ricardo Mayorga (1973), boxer, former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and WBC Junior Middleweight world champion
* David Obregon (1978), professional boxer
* Luis Alberto Pérez (1978), boxer, current IBF world junior-bantamweight champion
* Adonis Rivas (1972), boxer, former world champion.

;Baseball
* Porfi Altamirano (1952), former Major League Baseball player
* Marvin Benard (1970), former Major League Baseball player
* Tony Chévez, Major League Baseball player
* David Green (1960), former Major League Baseball player
* Devern Hansack (1978), current Major League Baseball player
* Oswaldo Mairena, Major League Baseball player
* Dennis Martínez (1955), first Nicaraguan to play in Major League Baseball, pitched the 13th perfect game in major league history.
* Vicente Padilla (1977), current Major League Baseball player
* Albert Williams (1954), Major League Baseball player

;Football (Soccer)
* Denis Espinoza (1983), professional soccer player
* Shawn Hasani Martin (1987), professional soccer player
* Emilio Palacios, professional soccer player, Nicaraguan to score a hat-trick in an international competition
* Wilber Sanchez, professional soccer player

;Other
* Steven Lopez (1978), first official Olympic gold medalist in the sport of taekwondo.
* Claudia Poll (1972), swimmer, won the Gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
* Silvia Poll (1970), swimmer, won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Literature

* Rosario Aguilar (1938), novelist
* Claribel Alegría (1924), poet, she received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2006.
* Emilio Alvarez Lejarza (1884-1969), writer
* Emilio Alvarez Montalván (1919), political writer
* Héctor Avellán (1973), poet
* Eugenio Batres Garcia (1941) noted newscaster and journalist, writer, author and poet.
* Gioconda Belli (1948), poet
* Beltrán Morales (1945-1986) poet, essayist, critic and narrator.
* Erick Blandón Guevara (1951), poet
* Yolanda Blanco (1954), poet and translator.
* Tomás Borge (1930), writer, poet, and essayist.
* Carola Brantome (1961), poet and journalist.
* Omar Cabezas (1950), writer
* Blanca Castellón (1961), poet
* Ernesto Cardenal (1925), poet
* Blanca Castellón (1958), poet
* Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, co-founder, director and editor of El Nuevo Diario.
* Lizandro Chávez Alfaro (1929), poet, essayist and narrator.
* Juan Chow (1956), poet
* José Coronel Urtecho (1906-1994), poet, translator, essayist, critic, narrator, playwright, and historian.
* Alfonso Cortés (1893-1969), poet
* Arturo Cruz (1954), writer
* Manolo Cuadra (1907-1957), writer
* Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1912-2002), poet
* Rubén Darío (1867-1916), poet, referred to as "The Father of Modernism".
* Gloria Gabuardi (1945), poet and writer.
* Mercedes Gordillo (1938), poet, writer and critic.
* Salomón Ibarra Mayorga (1887-1985), poet and lyricist of "Salve a ti, Nicaragua", the Nicaraguan national anthem.
* Erwin Krüger (1915-1973), poet and composer.
* Marta Leonor González (1973), poet, narrator and journalist.
* Danilo López (1954), poet
* Tino López Guerra (1906-2001), poet
* Rigoberto López Pérez (1929-1936), poet and writer.
* María Lourdes Pallais (1954), narrator and journalist.
* Carlos Martínez Rivas (1924-1998), poet
* Francisco Mayorga (1949), writer
* Ernesto Mejía Sánchez (1923-1985), poet
* Christianne Meneses Jacobs (1971), writer, editor, and publisher.
* Vidaluz Meneses (1944) poet
* Tania Montenegro (1969), poet and journalist.
* Rosario Murillo (1951), poet
* Michèle Najlis (1948), poet
* Daniel Ortega (1945), poet
* Azarias H. Pallais (1884–1954), poet
* Raphael Pallais (1952), writer
* Joaquin Pasos (1914-1947), poet
* Horacio Peña (1946), writer and poet.
* Rodrigo Peñalba Franco (1981), narrator and author.
* Sergio Ramírez (1942), writer
* Guillermo Rothschuh Tablada (1926), poet
* María Teresa Sánchez (1918-1994), poet
* Mariana Sansón Argüello (1918), poet
* Eunice Shade (1980), writer
* Arlen Siu (?-1972), essayist
* Juan Sobalvarro (1966), poet
* Milagros Terán (1963), writer, poet, and essayist.
* Julio Valle Castillo (1952), poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic and art critic
* Daisy Zamora (1950), poet

Arts

*Omar D'Leon, a painter and poet.
*Franck de Las Mercedes, painter
*Armando Morales, painter
*Hugo Palma-Ibarra, artist
*Julio Valle Castillo, poet, novelist, painter, essayist, and a critic of literature and art.

Religion

* Fernando Cardenal, Jesuit
* Miguel D'Escoto, Roman Catholic priest, former foreign minister of Nicaragua, received the Lenin Peace Prize, in 1985.
* Miguel Obando y Bravo, former Archbishop of Managua.
* Uriel Molina, ordained as a Franciscan.
* Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla (1919-2007), Roman Catholic Bishop and Bishop Emeritus.

Other categories

* Marifely Arguello
* Eugenio Batres Nicaraguan socio-economics historian and radio talk show host.
* Carlos Berríos
* Erick Blandon
* Aubry Campbell Ingram, former Baseball player who helped found the Asociación de Scouts de Nicaragua.
* Michael Cordua
* Neville Cross
* Ajax Delgado
* Joseph A. Harrison (1883-1964), Moravian Pastor who helped him start the first scout troop in Nicaragua.
* Aristides Sánchez, key figure among the Contras.
* Ronaldo Sanchez
* Sergio Munguía
* Michele Najlis
* Clodomiro Picado Twight (1887-1944), scientist
* Orlando Tardencillas
* Yaoska Tijerino
* Benjamín Zeledón