title: List of people from Tegucigalpa
text: # List of people from Tegucigalpa
  
  This is a list of notable people from Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras.
  
  ## Sport
  
  ### Football
  
  * Jorge Álvarez, footballer
  * Luis Argeñal, footballer
  * Melissa Borjas, football referee
  * Miguel Castillo, footballer
  * Mauricio Castro, footballer
  * Michaell Chirinos, footballer
  * Juan Manuel Coello, footballer
  * Mario Chirinos, footballer
  * Emilson Cruz, footballer
  * Carlos Discua, footballer
  * José Escalante, footballer
  * Darwin Espinal, footballer
  * Harold Fonseca, footballer
  * Erick Fú, footballer
  * Óscar García, footballer
  * Boniek García, footballer
  * Axel Gómez, footballer
  * Rigoberto Gómez, footballer
  * Amado Guevara, football manager
  * Luis Guifarro, footballer
  * Alex Güity, footballer
  * Astor Henríquez, footballer
  * Óscar Isaula, footballer
  * Emilio Izaguirre, footballer
  * Júnior Izaguirre, footballer
  * Allan Lalín, footballer
  * Alexander López, footballer
  * Denil Maldonado, footballer
  * Walter Martínez, footballer, born 1982
  * Walter Martínez, footballer, born 1991
  * Rubén Matamoros, footballer
  * Nerlin Membreño, footballer
  * Juan Ramón Mejía, footballer
  * David Molina, footballer
  * Ramón Núñez, footballer
  * César Obando, footballer
  * Rigoberto Padilla, footballer
  * Carlos Paes, footballer
  * Milton Palacios, footballer
  * Marcelo Pereira, footballer
  * Carlos Pineda, footballer
  * José Pinto, footballer
  * Brayan Ramírez, footballer
  * Cristian Raudales, footballer
  * Juan Raudales, footballer
  * José Reyes, footballer
  * Bryan Róchez, footballer
  * Luis Rodas, footballer
  * Diego Rodríguez, footballer
  * Roger Rojas, footballer
  * César Romero, footballer
  * Henry Romero, footballer
  * Joseph Rosales, footballer
  * Reynaldo Tilguath, footballer
  * Melvin Valladares, footballer
  * Edy Vásquez, footballer
  
  ### Other sports
  
  * Arturo Córdoba, runner
  * Ana Galindo, swimmer
  * Iizzwa Medina, table tennis player
  * Bayron Molina, boxer
  * Luis Alonso Morán, judoka
  * Indira Murillo, journalist and basketballer
  * Karen Vilorio, swimmer
  
  ## Politics
  
  * Óscar Acosta, writer and politician
  * Marlene Alvarenga, politician and pastor
  * Nasry Asfura, politician
  * Yadira Bendaña, journalist and politician
  * Rosa Elena Bonilla, politician
  * Armando Calidonio, politician
  * Rigoberto Chang Castillo, politician
  * María Martha Díaz Velásquez, politician
  * Mary Elizabeth Flores, journalist and politician
  * Matías Funes, academic and politician
  * Justo Herrera, politician
  * María Josefa Lastiri, former first lady of the Federal Republic of Central America, Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica
  * Juan Fernando Lobo, television host and politician
  * Francisco Morazán, Central American head of state and unionist; namesake of the city's department
  * Salvador Nasralla, journalist and politician
  * Mauricio Oliva, surgeon and politician
  * Waldina Paz, politician
  * Luis Redondo, politician
  * Jorge Arturo Reina Idiáquez, politician
  * Antonio Rivera Callejas, politician
  * Joaquín Rivera, politician and military leader
  * Erick Mauricio Rodríguez, politician
  * Ramón Rosa, journalist and politician
  * Elvin Santos, former vice president of Honduras
  * Beatriz Valle, dentist, diplomat, politician, and television presenter
  * Diego Vigil y Cocaña, last president of the Federal Republic of Central America
  * Mauricio Villeda, politician
  * José Rodolfo Zelaya, politician
  
  ### Presidents of Honduras
  
  * Marco Aurelio Soto, former president of Honduras
  * Policarpo Bonilla, former president of Honduras
  * José Trinidad Cabañas, former president of Honduras
  * Tiburcio Carias Andino, former President of Honduras
  * Xiomara Castro, current president of Honduras
  * Miguel R. Dávila, former president of Honduras
  * Juan Francisco de Molina, first president of Honduras
  * Carlos Roberto Flores, former president of Honduras
  * Juan Manuel Gálvez, former president of Honduras
  * José Santos Guardiola, former president of Honduras
  * Rafael Leonardo Callejas, former president of Honduras
  * Juan Lindo, former president of Honduras
  * Porfirio Lobo Sosa, former president of Honduras
  * Rafael López Gutiérrez, former president of Honduras
  * Julio Lozano Díaz, former president of Honduras
  
  ### Diplomats
  
  * Rosalinda Bueso, diplomat
  * Fernando Palma, diplomat and actor
  * Ricardo Zúñiga, American diplomat
  
  ## Media, music and the arts
  
  * Oscar Acosta, writer
  * Eduardo Bähr, writer and actor
  * Rafael Casco, surrealist style artist
  * Horacio Castellanos Moya, author
  * Amanda Castro, poet
  * Augusto Coello, writer
  * Pompeyo del Valle, poet and journalist
  * Rocsi Diaz, television and radio personality
  * Édgar Flores, actor
  * Carlos Gutiérrez, writer and diplomat
  * Guadalupe Haertling, composer
  * Low Jack, DJ
  * Ana Jurka, journalist
  * Isabella Lovestory, singer
  * Augusto Monterroso, writer
  * Leticia de Oyuela, historian
  * Satcha Pretto, journalist
  * Roberto Sosa, poet
  * Lorena Vindel, actress
  * Daniel Zacapa, actor
  * José Zúñiga, actor
  
  ## Science and academia
  
  * Alba Alonso de Quesada, lawyer and academic
  * Pablo José Cámbar, academic and physician
  * Marco Tulio Medina, neurologist and scientist
  * José Antonio Molina Rosito, botanist
  * Salvador Moncada, pharmacologist
  * Paul Carpenter Standley, American botanist
  * Julissa Villanueva, forensic pathologist
  
  ## Business and law
  
  * Miguel Facussé Barjum, businessman
  * Miguel Estrada, attorney
  * Ana García Carías, lawyer and former first lady
  * Schucry Kafie, businessman
  * Dante Mossi, economist
  * Maya Selva, cigar maker and tobacco grower
  
  ## Religion
  
  * Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, cardinal
  * José Trinidad Reyes, priest
  * Juan de Ugarte, missionary
  
  ## Other
  
  * Joselina García, Miss Honduras 1997
  * Robert Seldon Lady, CIA agent
  * Gladys Lanza, human rights activist
  * Juan Matta-Ballesteros, drug trafficker
  