Who are 3 important people to Colombia?

Gabriel García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist. He is considered one of the most important figures in 20th-century literature, and his works have been translated into more than 30 languages. García Márquez was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 for "his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a rich world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts."

2. Pablo Escobar

Pablo Escobar was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Escobar is the wealthiest criminal in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death in 1993. He was also one of the most powerful criminals in history, and his cartel controlled a large portion of the cocaine trade in the United States and Europe.

3. Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos is a Colombian politician who served as the 32nd President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He is the recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end Colombia's more than 50-year-old civil war. Santos was awarded the prize "for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has claimed the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced more than 5 million."