List of Famous people born in Tolima Department, Colombia

Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela

First Name Gilberto
Last Name Orejuela
Born on January 30, 1939
Died on May 31, 2022 (aged 83)

Gilberto José Rodríguez Orejuela is a Colombian former drug lord, who once was one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, based in the city of Cali.

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Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela

First Name Miguel
Last Name Orejuela
Born on August 15, 1943 (age 80)

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Orejuela is a Colombian drug lord, formerly one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, based in the city of Cali. He is the younger brother of Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. He married Miss Colombia 1974, Marta Lucía Echeverry.

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Pedro López

First Name Pedro
Last Name López
Born on October 14, 1948 (age 75)

Pedro Alonso López is a Colombian serial killer and child killer, who was sentenced for killing 110 girls, but who claimed to have raped and killed more than 300 girls across Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. Aside from uncited local accounts, López's crimes first received international attention from an interview conducted by Ron Laytner, a longtime freelance photojournalist who reported interviewing López in his Ambato prison cell in 1980.

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Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Murillo

First Name Manuel
Last Name Murillo
Born on November 3, 1946 (age 77)

Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Murillo is a Colombian Professor of Pathology and Immunology who made the world's first attempt to create a synthetic vaccine against a parasite called the protozoa Plasmodium falciparum that causes severe malaria, a disease that causes death in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa.

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Alberto Santofimio Botero

First Name Alberto
Last Name Botero
Born on June 17, 1942 (age 81)

Alberto Santofimio Botero is a Colombian politician, a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He has been Minister of Justice, a two-time presidential candidate and a Senator. He was considered to be a sure bet for president in 1982, but he decided to let his boss, Alfonso López Michelsen who had been President from 1974 to 1978, run for reelection. In the 1990s, Santofimio was involved in the campaign Process 8000 as head of the Liberal Party in Tolima Department as that party's office was accused of receiving money from companies part of an investigation in order to support the campaign for the presidency of Colombia for Ernesto Samper.

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Jorge Barón

First Name Jorge
Last Name Barón
Born on June 29, 1948 (age 75)

Jorge Barón is a Colombian television presenter, media personality and businessman.

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Juan Carlos Echeverry

First Name Juan
Last Name Echeverry
Born on September 12, 1962 (age 61)

Juan Carlos Echeverry Garzón is a Colombian economist and former president of Ecopetrol, an oil and gas company. He served as the 68th Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia from 2010 to 2012. He is the president of Econcept, a financial consulting firm in Bogotá and is an Associate Professor of Economics at University of the Andes. He was also a visiting professor at IE Business School, Madrid in 2013.

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Hernán Torres Oliveros

First Name Hernán
Last Name Oliveros
Born on May 31, 1961 (age 62)

Hernán Torres Oliveros is a Colombian football manager and retired goalkeeper who is the current manager of Deportes Tolima.

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Henry Rojas

First Name Henry
Last Name Rojas
Born on July 27, 1987 (age 36)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Henry Andres Rojas Delgado is a Colombian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Atlético Bucaramanga in the Categoria Primera A.

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Santiago Cruz

First Name Santiago
Last Name Cruz
Born on February 1, 1976 (age 48)

Santiago Cruz Vélez is a Colombian singer and songwriter.

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