Guatemalan people

Maria Vicenta Rosal (María de la Encarnación del Corazón de Jesús; 1820–1886) was a Roman Catholic religious reformer from Guatemala who was a member of the Sisters of Bethlehem. Rosal was an advocate of women's education and protection, a cause that was particularly significant in view of the machismo culture pervasive in the region at the time. She is buried in Pasto, Colombia. Rosal was the first Guatemalan woman to be beatified.

Miguel Rosales (born 1961 in Guatemala) is president and principal designer of Rosales + Partners, an architecture firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. He specializes in bridge aesthetics and design. Some examples of these bridges include; Phyllis J. Tilley Memorial Bridge, Christina and John Markey Memorial Pedestrian Bridge, and Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy River.

Jose Joaquin Palma (September 11, 1844 – August 2, 1911) was the author of the Guatemalan national anthem's lyrics.

Dr Jorge Mario García Laguardia is a Guatemalan jurist. He has been a tenured lecturer at several Guatemalan and foreign universities, including the Universidad de San Carlos in Guatemala City, where he founded the School of Political Science, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and he has served the Guatemalan state in several juridical capacities.

Tecun Uman (1500? – February 20, 1524) was one of the last rulers of the K'iche' Maya people, in the Highlands of what is now Guatemala. According to the Kaqchikel annals, he was slain by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado while waging battle against the Spanish and their allies on the approach to Quetzaltenango on 12 February 1524. Tecun Uman was declared Guatemala's official national hero on March 22, 1960 and is commemorated on February 20, the popular anniversary of his death. Tecun Uman has inspired a wide variety of activities ranging from the production of statues and poetry to the retelling of the legend in the form of folkloric dances to prayers. Despite this, Tecun Uman's existence is not well documented, and it has proven to be difficult to separate the man from the legend.

Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M. (born March 17, 1932 in Huehuetenango, Guatemala) is an emeritus auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala, public figure and human rights activist. He is the brother of the late former general Efraín Ríos Montt, a dictator accused of genocide in Guatemala during the period when he was in power from March 1982 to August 1983.

Marcello Maruzzo (23 July 1929 – 1 July 1981), known in his religious order as Tullio, and his friend, Luis Navarro (21 June 1950 – 1 July 1981), were Italian and Guatemalan missionaries, respectively, dedicated to catechesis and evangelization among the local people in Guatemala. Maruzzo was a professed priest from the Order of Friars Minor and Navarro was part of the Secular Franciscan Order.

Manuel Francisco Galich López (Ciudad de Guatemala, 30 November 1913 - La Habana, 31 August 1984) was a Guatemalan playwright.