This is a list of Panamanian people who are famous or notable and were either born in Panama or have Panamanian ancestry.
Pérez or Perez, as most commonly written in English, is a Castilian Spanish surname. Peretz or Perets is also common among people of Sephardi Jewish descent, and is the 4th most common surname in Israel, most common surname not of Hebrew language origin, and most common surname exclusive to a single Jewish ethnoreligious subgroup.
Morales is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Rodríguez is a Spanish patronymic and a common surname in Spain, Latin America. Its Portuguese equivalent is Rodrigues.
Torres is a surname in the Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish languages, meaning "towers".
Castillo is a Spanish surname meaning "castle". The Portuguese version of this surname is Castilho.
Tejada is a surname of Spanish origin. It is locational from the town of Tejada.
Aguilar is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Blanco is a surname of Spanish origin, meaning "white". Notable people with the surname include:
López or Lopez is a surname of Spanish origin. It was originally a patronymic, meaning "Son of Lope", Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf". Its Portuguese and Galician equivalent is Lopes, its Italian equivalent is Lupo, its French equivalent is Loup, its Romanian equivalent is Lupu or Lupescu and its Catalan and Valencian equivalent is Llopis.