La Guaira, Vargas

La Guaira is about 20 miles southeast of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. It is the capital of the state of Vargas. The Tiburones de La Guaira nominally represent the city, but in fact play their home games in Caracas.

People born here

• Ronald Acuna, outfielder
• Cibney Bello, minor league pitcher
• Vicente Campos, pitcher
• Jhonny Caraballo, minor league pitcher
• Cris Colón, infielder
• Juan De La Cruz, minor league catcher, coach
• León Díaz, Venezuelan national team outfielder
• Edgmer Escalona, pitcher
• Elvis Escobar, minor league outfielder-pitcher
• Kelvim Escobar, pitcher
• Wilmer Font, pitcher
• Oscar Henriquez, pitcher
• Leo Hernández, minor league catcher
• Jairo Iriarte, pitcher
• Santos Jiménez, minor league pitcher
• Carlos Martinez, infielder
• José Martínez, outfielder
• Teodoro Martinez, minor league outfielder
• Daniel Mayora, minor league infielder
• Gustavo Molina, catcher
• Jose Navas, umpire
• Williams Oropeza, minor league catcher
• Jairo Ramos Gizzi, minor league outfielder
• Luis Raven, minor league infielder
• Luis Rivas, infielder
• Frances Rojas, minor league pitcher
• Mayker Sandoval, minor league infielder
• Rodolfo Veitia, minor league infielder
• Brayan Villarreal, pitcher

People who died here

• Carlos Martinez, infielder
• Ruben Quevedo, pitcher
• Luis Sánchez, pitcher