







The Most Famous
Politicians from Guatemala
This page contains a list of the greatest Guatemalans Politicians. The pantheon dataset contains 19,576 Politicians, 32 of which were born in Guatemala. This makes Guatemala the birth place of the 85th most number of Politicians behind Ethiopia and Somalia.
Top 10 Guatemalan Politicians
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Guatemalans Politicians of all time. This list of famous Guatemalans Politicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Guatemalans Politicians.
- #1

Jacobo Árbenz
1913 - 1971
HPI 70.7850 langsJacobo Árbenz was the president of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954. He was most famous for being overthrown by a CIA-backed coup.
- #2

Álvaro Colom
1951 - 2023
HPI 66.7841 langsPresident of Guatemala (2008-2012)
- #3

Efraín Ríos Montt
1926 - 2018
HPI 64.8738 langsformer de facto President of Guatemala, army general, genocida and former president of Congress (1926-2018)
- #4

Carlos Castillo Armas
1914 - 1957
HPI 62.9629 langsGuatemalan President
- #5

Jorge Ubico
1878 - 1946
HPI 62.2627 langsPresident of Guatemala (1878-1946)
- #6

Rafael Carrera
1814 - 1865
HPI 62.1529 langsPresident of Guatemala
- #7

Juan José Arévalo
1904 - 1990
HPI 61.4625 langsGuatemalan politician (1904–1990)
- #8

Otto Pérez Molina
b. 1950
HPI 61.4544 langsPresident of Guatemala (2012-2015)
- #9

Alejandro Giammattei
b. 1956
HPI 60.8938 langsPresident of Guatemala (2020-present)
- #10

Óscar Berger
b. 1946
HPI 60.2035 langsPresident of Guatemala (2004–2008)
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Guatemalans Politicians grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Politicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 20 most globally memorable Politicians since 1700.























