Top 10 most important and famous people from Venezuela

Legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture

The most relevant Venezuelan novelist of XX century and a prominent figure in Latin American literature

Military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador

The Father of Venezuelan Democracy, he was the president of Venezuela, serving from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964

President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013

President of Venezuela since 2013

Immunologist winner of 1980 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self

Baseball player, who has been 12 times MLB All-Star

Athlete who holds the world record for women's triple jump, at 15.74 m. She is the current Olympic champion and three times World Champion

Fashion designer known for her personal style and for dressing various US First Ladies