Top 10 most important and famous people from Central America

President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010. Winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1987

Costarican footballer, goalkeeper who played in Real Madrid and PSG

Guatemalan poet, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967

Guatemalan actor famous for the roles of Poe Dameron in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Operation Finale and Dune

Guatemalan singer, one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 20 million records sold. He is often called The Nocturnal Animal

Dictator, politician and military officer who was the ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989

Panamanian baseball player who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees

Nicaraguan revolutionary and leader of a rebellion between 1927 and 1933 against the United States occupation of Nicaragua

Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007

Salvadoran bishop killed in 1980 while celebrating Mass, saint of Catholic Church