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 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, 1876-1883 Policarpo Bonilla, 1895-1899 José Trinidad Cabañas, 1852-1855 Tiburcio Carias Andino, 27 Apr.-30 Apr. 1924, 1933-1949 Xiomara Castro, 2022-2026 Miguel R. Dávila, 1907-1911 Juan Francisco de Molina, 10 Jan.-13 Apr. 1839 Carlos Roberto Flores, 1998-2002 Juan Manuel Gálvez, 1949-1954 José Santos Guardiola, 1856-1862 Rafael Leonardo Callejas, 1990-1994 Juan Lindo, 1847-1852 Porfirio Lobo Sosa, 2010-2014 Rafael López Gutiérrez, 1920-1924 Julio Lozano Díaz, 1954-1956 Nasry Asfura, 2026-
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 Carmen Juares, co-ordinator of migrant workers in Barcelona. Robert Seldon Lady, CIA agent Gladys Lanza, human rights activist Juan Matta-Ballesteros, drug trafficker Thalía Rodríguez, human rights activist.
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