TV host Xabier Elorriaga- actor Heraclio Fernández - pianist and composer Lupita Ferrer - actress Juan Fuenmayor - soccer player Manuel Gogorza- militar Betulio González - boxer Carlos González - Major League Baseball outfielder for the Colorado Rockies Geremi González - Major League Baseball player for several teams Inés González Árraga - chemist and former political prisoner Mariana González Parra - fencer Ulises Hadjis- singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist Alejandro Hernández - Internet comedian Jonathan Herrera - second baseman for the Colorado Rockies Wilmer Herrison - painter Ender Inciarte - baseball player Ninibeth Leal - Miss Venezuela World 1991, Miss World 1991 Sandy León - baseball player Carlos López Bustamante - journalist, known for his opposition to Juan Vicente Gómez Eduardo López Bustamante - journalist, lawyer, and poet Teresa López Bustamante - journalist, founder of the Catholic Venezuelan newspaper Eduardo López Rivas - editor and journalist Tulio Enrique León - blind organist, composer, and arranger Sandy Leon- Major League Baseball catcher for the Boston Red Sox Betty Cecilia Lugo - Philanthropist Michael McKinley - ambassador of USA Julio Machado - Major League Baseball pitcher Carlos Ramírez MacGregor - journalist, politician and writer Domingo Marcucci - shipbuilder and shipowner in San Francisco, California Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla - philosopher, rector of Simón Bolívar University (Venezuela) Armando Molero - songwriter Carlos Molina Tamayo - navy militar Ricardo Montaner - Venezuelan Musician Carmen Maria Montiel - Miss Venezuela 1984, Miss Universe 1984 2nd runner up Carlos Caridad-Montero - film producer Humberto Fernández Morán - research scientist, founded the Venezuelan scientific research institute Lila Morillo - actress and singer Francisco Ochoa - first President of the Universidad del Zulia Rougned Odor - second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles Gastón Parra Luzardo- Economist president of PDVSA in 2002 Gerardo Parra- Baseball outfielder player of MLB Nestor Perez Luzardo- lawyer and singer Felipe Pirela- singer Nick Pocock - former cricketer, ex-captain of Hampshire County Cricket Club Oswaldo Álvarez Paz - First elected Governor L. Rafael Reif - electrical engineer and the 17th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graciela Rincón Calcaño - poet Rafael Romero Sandrea - track and field athlete Daniel Sarcos - Telemundo TV host Jefferson Savarino - footballer Monica Spear - Miss Venezuela 2004, Miss Universe 2005 4th runner up, actress Orlando Urdaneta - actor Rafael Urdaneta - hero of the Latin American war for independence Vivian Urdaneta - Miss Venezuela International 2000, Miss