Famous people who grew up or lived in Colombia
3 notable people grew up or lived in Colombia. Each listing explores the home and neighbourhood, and how the place shaped the person they became.
Gabriel García Márquez1927–1936
📍 Casa Museo Gabriel García Márquez, Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia
My parents left me as a baby with my mother's parents in their big rambling house in Aracataca, a banana town baking in the Caribbean heat, and I lived there until I was eight. My…
Karol G1991–2010
📍 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Carolina Giraldo Navarro was born in Medellín in 1991 and grew up in a home where music was a way of life. Her father, Guillermo Giraldo, was a musician who encouraged her singing from the…
Shakira1977–1991
📍 Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll grew up in Barranquilla, the bright, music-filled port city on Colombia's Caribbean coast. Her father, William, was born in New York to a Lebanese family and…