List of Argentines
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This is a list of Argentines who are famous or notable.
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[edit] Writers
[edit] A-F
- José Sixto Álvarez ("Fray mocho")
- Olegario Víctor Andrade
- Julio Ardiles Gray
- Juan Argerich
- Roberto Arlt
- Hilario Ascasubi
- Leónidas Barletta
- Eduardo Belgrano Rawson
- Héctor Bianciotti
- Adolfo Bioy Casares
- Poldy Bird
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Alfredo Bufano
- Susana Calandrelli
- Martín Caparrós
- Arturo Capdevila
- Evaristo Carriego
- Leonardo Castellani
- Manuel Castilla
- Abelardo Castillo
- Cristina Civale
- Haroldo Conti
- Copi (Raúl Damonte)
- Mario Diament
- Julio Cortázar
- Roberto "Tito" Cossa
- Fogwill
- Roberto Fontanarrosa, also cartoonist
- Rodrigo Fresán
- Lucas Frías
[edit] G-P
- Manuel Gálvez
- Griselda Gambaro
- Carlos Gardini
- Juan Gelman
- Mempo Giardinelli
- Oliverio Girondo
- Alberto Girri
- Raúl González Tuñón
- Angélica Gorodischer
- Juana Manuela Gorriti
- Carlos Guido y Spano
- Ricardo Güiraldes
- José Hernández
- Eduardo Holmberg
- Guillermo Enrique Hudson
- Néstor Ibarra
- Roberto Juarroz
- Paola Kaufmann
- José Kessel (or Joseph Kessel)
- Leónidas Lamborghini
- Osvaldo Lamborghini
- Martiniano Leguizamón
- Leopoldo Lugones
- Eduardo Mallea
- Eduarda Mansilla
- Leopoldo Marechal
- Guillermo Martínez
- Tomás Eloy Martínez
- Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
- Carlos Mastronardi
- Bartolomé Mitre, historian, and former president.
- Manuel Mujica Láinez
- Gustavo Nielsen
- Silvina Ocampo
- Victoria Ocampo
- Héctor Germán Oesterheld
- Olga Orozco
- Juan L. Ortiz
- Calixto Oyuela
- Alicia Partnoy
- Roberto Payro
- Ricardo Piglia
- Felipe Pigna, historian
- Alejandra Pizarnik
- Antonio Porchia
- Juan Carlos Portantiero
- Manuel Puig
- Andrés Rivera
- Mario Rodríguez Cobos
- Reina Roffé
- Arturo Andrés Roig
- Ricardo Rojas
[edit] S-W
- Ernesto Sabato
- Guillermo Saccomanno
- Juan José Saer
- Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, writer, educator and president (1868-1874)
- Silo (pen name of Mario Rodríguez Cobos), writer and spiritual leader
- Osvaldo Soriano
- Alicia Steimberg
- Héctor Tizón
- María Elena Walsh
- Rodolfo Walsh, journalist, writer, translator and revolutionary combatant.
- Juan Rodolfo Wilcock
[edit] Composers (classical)
- Juan Manuel Abras
- Julián Aguirre
- Eduardo Alonso-Crespo
- Enrique Belloc
- Esteban Benzecry
- Carlos López Buchardo
- Mario Davidovsky
- Juan Pedro Esnaola
- Luis Gianneo
- Alberto Ginastera
- Carlos Giraudo
- Alfredo Gobbi
- Osvaldo Golijov
- Dante Grela (b. 1941)
- Carlos Guastavino
- Mauricio Kagel
- Francisco Kropfl
- Juan Bautista Massa
- Héctor Panizza
- Juan Carlos Paz
- Ástor Piazzolla
- Ariel Ramírez
- Salvador Ranieri
- Daniel Schachter
- Lalo Schifrin
- Daniel Teruggi
- Julio Martín Viera
- Alejandro Viñao
- Ezequiel Viñao
- Alberto Williams
[edit] Arts
- Carlos Alonso, painter
- Claudio Aprile, choreographer
- Martha Argerich, pianist
- Daniel Barenboim (1942-), pianist
- Antonio Berni, painter
- Remo Bianchedi, sculptor
- Erminio Blotta, sculptor
- Julio Bocca, dancer
- Fabiana Bravo, soprano
- Alberto Breccia, cartoonist
- César Brie, actor and regisseur
- Max Cachimba, cartoonist
- Jorge Calandrelli, composer
- Eleonora Cassano, dancer
- Juan Carlos Castagnino, painter
- Ciruelo, cartoonist
- Tito Cittadini, painter
- Oscar Conti (Osky), cartoonist
- Copi (Raúl Damonte Botana), cartoonist
- Crist (Cristobal Reinoso), cartoonist
- José Cura, tenor
- Pablo Curatella Manes, sculptor
- Ernesto Deira, painter
- Ernesto de la Cárcova, painter
- Jorge de la Vega, painter
- Raúl Di Blasio, pianist
- Helmut Ditsch, painter
- Sesostrís Di Tullio, sculptor
- Jorge Donn (1947-1992), dancer
- Miguel Ángel Estrella, pianist
- Fernando Fader, painter
- Leonor Fini, painter
- Lucio Fontana, sculptor
- Norma Fontella, dancer
- Raquel Forner, painter
- Osvaldo Franzetti, pianist
- Sol Gabetta, violoncelist
- Nicolás García Uriburu, painter
- Julio Eduardo Goya, sculptor
- Max Cachimba (Juan Pablo González), cartoonist
- Bruno Guelber, pianist
- Maximiliano Guerra, dancer
- Graciela Gyndelfeld, soprano
- Paloma Herrera, dancer
- Oscar Ituarte, famous saxophonist and composer, some examples of songs: "Bruno", "El Alto"
- Adrián Iturralde, tenor
- Gabriel Kondratiuk, painter
- Julio Lazarte, pianist and conductor
- Julio Le Parc, sculptor
- Juan Carlos Liberti, painter
- Thibon de Libian, painter
- Cándido López, painter
- Alberto Lysy, violinist
- Rómulo Macció, painter
- Tomás Maldonado, painter
- Raúl Mazza, painter
- Lola Mora (Dolores Mora de la Vega), sculptor
- María Moretto, dancer
- Guillermo Mordillo, cartoonist
- José Neglia, dancer
- Luis Felipe Noé, painter
- Marianela Núñez, dancer
- Lucía Pacenza, sculptor
- Héctor Panizza (Ettore Panizza) composer and conductor
- Raquel Partnoy, painter
- Alicia Penalba, sculptor
- Gabriela Pochinki, lyrical singer
- Emilio Pettoruti, painter
- Emilio Pomarico, conductor
- Benito Quinquela Martín (1890-1977), painter
- Lea Radutzky, sculptor
- Pablo Reinoso (1955-...], designer, artistic director, sculptor
- Iris Scaccheri (aka Iris Schaccheri), dancer
- Antonio Seguí, painter
- Xul Solar, watercolorist, sculptor, inventor of languages
- Raúl Soldi, painter
- Lino Enea Spilimbergo, painter
- Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado), cartoonist
- Leopoldo Torres Agüero, painter
- Iñaki Urlezaga, dancer
- Demetrio Urruchúa, painter
- Darío Volonté (aka Dario Bolonte), lyrical singer
- Rogelio Yrurtia, sculptor
- Lucien-Achille Mauzan (1883-1952), illustrator, painter, sculptor, French by birth, resided in Argentina
- Gino Boccasile (1901-1952), illustrator, Italian by birth, resided in Argentina
[edit] Fashion
- Marisol Deluna, fashion designer, American by birth, resides in Buenos Aires and New York
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] A-K
- Miguel Abuelo, musician (Los Abuelos de la Nada)
- Ernesto Acher, musician, jazz composer and former Les Luthiers member
- Alejandro Agresti, film director
- Pablo Alarcón, actor
- Alfredo Alcón, actor
- Norma Aleandro, (born 1936) actress
- Pola Alonso, actress
- Héctor Alterio (born 1929), actor
- Marthe Alycia, actress
- Luis César Amadori, film director
- Blanquita Amaro, actress
- Elvia Andreoli, actress
- Ana Arneodo, actress
- Pampita (Carolina Ardohain) (born 1978), model and actress
- Norma Argentina, actress
- Mariana Arias or Mariana Árias, model and actress
- Ana Arneodo, actress
- María Arrieta, actress
- Brenda Asnicar, actress
- Emilia Attias, dancer and model
- Gato Barbieri, saxophonist
- Dora Baret, actress
- Sara Barrié, actress
- Berenice Bejo, actress
- Miguel Bejo, actor
- Lorena Bernal, model and actress
- Amelia Bence, actress
- Leonor Benedetto, actress
- Lola Berthet, actress
- Gilda (Miriam Alejandra Bianchi), pop singer
- Alexis Bledel, actress (half Argentine)
- Julio Bocca, ballet dancer
- Andrea Bolatti, model
- Camila Bordonaba, actress
- Graciela Borges, actress
- Olinda Bozán, actress
- Sofía Bozán, actress
- Fabiana Bravo, soprano
- Ethel Brero, actress
- Alicia Bruzzo, actress
- Cecilia de Bucourt, ex-model
- Rodrigo Bueno (El Potro Rodrigo), cuarteto singer
- Chris de Burgh, singer
- Daniel Burman, film director
- De La Guarda, teatral group
- Facundo Cabral, singer
- Susana Campos, actress
- Marciano Cantero, singer
- Andrés Calamaro (1961), songwriter and rock keyboard player
- Francisco Canaro, tango composer
- Itatí Cantoral (1975), Mexican actress, half Argentine by mother's side
- Norma Gladys Cappagli, Miss World 1960
- Ana Casares, actress
- Sofía Gala Castiglione (Sofía Gala), actress
- Alfredo Casero, TV entertainer
- Catrino Catrani, film director
- Gustavo Cerati, guitarist of Soda Stereo
- Segundo Cernadas, (1972), actor
- María Concepción César, vedette
- Chenoa, singer
- Graciana Chironi, actress
- Agustina Cherri, model
- Jesica Cirio, dancer and model
- Grecia Colmenares (1962), Venezuelan born actress, Argentine citizen
- Elina Colomer, actress
- María Teresa Constantini, actress
- Irma Córdoba, actress
- Ada Cornaro, actress
- Alberto Cortés, singer
- Antonella Costa, actress
- Linda Cristal, actress
- Quirino Cristiani, cartoonist and film director
- José Cura, singer tenor
- Patricia Dal, actress
- Elsa Daniel, actress
- Ricardo Darín, (1957) actor
- Pamela David, actress
- Andrea Del Boca (1965), actress
- Florencia De La V (1976), transsexual actress
- Sergio Denis (1949), singer
- Julieta Díaz, actress
- Yamila Díaz Rahí, model
- Juanjo Domínguez, folk guitarist
- Alejandro Drago, violinist, teacher, music arranger and orchestral conductor [2]
- Dorismar, model, show host
- Paulette Duval, actress
- Emanuel, magician
- Inés Estévez, actress
- Miguel Ángel Estrella, pianist
- Leonardo Fabio, film director
- Sulma Faiad, vedette & actress
- Ada Falcón, actress
- Soledad Fandiño, actress
- Luján Fernández, supermodel
- Luis Farinello, TV social priest.
- Gachi Ferrari, actress and model
- Golde Flami, actress
- Gabriela Flores, actress
- Vera Fogwill, actress
- Hugo Fregonese, film director
- Catherine Fulop (1965), actress, Venezuelan by birth, Argentine citizen
- Analía Gadé, actress
- Verónica Gamba, model
- Delia Garcés, actress
- Charly García (1951), musician
- Adrián García Bogliano, film director
- Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), singer
- Ante Garmaz, model, fashion designer, TV host and actor
- Lorena Giaquinto, model
- León Gieco, singer and musician
- Gabriela Gilli, actress
- Susana Giménez (1945-), actress, show host
- Divina Gloria, actress and singer
- Monica Gonzaga or Mónica Gonzaga, actress
- Araceli González (1967-), model and actress
- Julie Gonzalo, actress
- Daniel Guerrero (19??-), actor
- Eliana Guercio, model
- Rocío Guirao Díaz, model
- Antonia Herrero, actress
- Laura Hidalgo, actress
- Olivia Hussey (Olivia Osuna), actress
- Imperio Argentina, actress and singer
- Jairo (Mario González), singer
- Karina Jelinek, model
- Kevin Johansen, singer and musician
- Martín Karadagian, professional wrestler, very famous in Latin America for his TV catch-show Titanes en el Ring
- Mariana Karr, actress
- Leevon Kennedy, television personality.
[edit] L-Z
- La Argentina (1890~1936), flamenco dancer
- La Argentinita (1898~1945), flamenco dancer
- José Labelli, regisseur
- Lidia Lamaison, actress
- Fernando Lamas, actor
- Justo Lamas, singer, tours American high schools
- Carlos La Mona Jiménez pop singer
- Romina Lanaro, supermodel
- Nélida Lobato, vedette
- Lang, cartoonist
- Sergio Langer, cartoonist (La Nelly)
- María Cristina Laurenz, actress
- René Lavand, magician
- Mirtha Legrand (María Rosa Martínez) (b. 1926), actress and showoman
- Silvia Legrand (b.1926), actress
- Libertad Lamarque, singer
- Libertad Leblanc, actress
- Paz Lenchantin, former A Perfect Circle member, bassist-violinist
- Alejandro Lerner, songwriter and pianist
- Saúl Lisazo, actor
- Marcela López Rey, actress
- Marga López, actress
- Carlos López Puccio musician, from Les Luthiers
- Darío Lopilato, actor
- Luisana Lopilato, actress
- Silvina Luna, model and actress
- Virginia Luque, actress
- Federico Luppi, actor
- Mía Maestro, actress
- Maitena (Maitena Burundarena), cartoonist
- Natalio Mangalavite, pianist
- Mona Maris, actress
- Marilú Marini, actress
- Jorge Maronna, musician, from Les Luthiers
- Niní Marshall, comic actress
- Lucrecia Martel, theater and film director
- Alycia Marthe, actress
- Egle Martin, vedette and jazz musician
- Cristian Martínez (b. 1989) actor, comedian
- Roxana Martínez, model
- María de los Ángeles Medrano, actress
- Gerardo Masana, musician, from Les Luthiers
- Mirta Teresita Massa, Miss International 1967
- Emilia Mazer, actress
- Valeria Mazza, supermodel
- Marianela Mirra, model and actress
- Claribel Medina, actress, Puerto Rican by birth, Argentine citizen
- Tita Merello, singer and actress
- Cecilia Méndez, model
- Lorena Meritano, actress
- Nito Mestre, singer and rock musician
- Osvaldo Miranda, actor
- Juana Molina, musician
- Horacio Molina, tango singer
- Inés Molina, actress
- Silvia Montanari, actress
- Alejandro Montaner, singer, son of Ricardo Montaner
- Ricardo Montaner, singer, Argentine-born, Venezuelan citizen
- Nuri Montsé, actress
- Mercedes Morán, actress
- Marcela Morelo, singer
- Zully Moreno, actress (Zulema Esther González Borbón)
- Bertha Moss, actress
- Bárbara Mujica or Bárbara Mugica, actress
- Marcos Mundstock, musician, from Les Luthiers
- Berta Muñiz, actress
- Napo, cartoonist
- Norma Beatriz Nolan,Miss Universe1962
- Carlos Núñez Cortés, musician, from Les Luthiers
- Alberto Olmedo, comedian
- Juan Ordeix, magician
- Natalia Oreiro, actress and singer, Uruguayan by birth, Argentine citizen
- Palito Ortega, singer
- Mecha Ortiz, actress
- Oski (Oscar Conti), cartoonist
- Fito Páez, songwriter and rock keyboard player
- Inés Palombo, model and actress
- Pappo, (Norberto Napolitano), rock musician
- Malvina Pastorino, actress
- Natalia Pastorutti, pop singer
- Soledad Pastorutti, folk & pop singer
- Gastón Pauls, actor
- Luciana Pedraza, actress and directress
- Carolina Peleritti, actress
- Diego Peretti, actor
- Carla Peterson, actress
- Melina Petriella, actress
- Roberto Pettinato, TV entertainer
- Ástor Piazzolla, tango composer
- Ana María Picchio, actress
- Estefanía Pigazzi, model
- Melina Pitra, model
- Blanca Podestá or Blanca Podesta, actress
- Lola Ponce, actress and singer
- Jorge Porcel, comedian
- Luca Prodan, Italian born rock composser and singer, leader of Argentine band Sumo
- Luis Puenzo (1946-), Academy Award-winning film director
- Osvaldo Pugliese, tango composer
- Daniel Rabinovich, musician, from Les Luthiers
- Carola Reina, actress
- Alejandro Rey, actor
- Edmundo Rivero, tango singer
- Inés Rivero, supermodel
- Alita Román, actress
- Nélida Roca, vedette
- Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, actor, Los Roldán
- Elena Roger, actress
- Magalí Romitelli, supermodel
- Ingrid Rubio, actress
- Sebastián Rulli, Argentine-born, Mexican citizen, actor
- Hermenegildo Sábat, caricaturist and cartoonist, Uruguayan by birth, Argentine resident
- Sandro, singer
- Osvaldo Sabatini, actor
- Sabrina Sabrok, model and TV-entertainer
- Ivana Saccani, model
- Candelaria Sáenz Valiente, film director and singer
- Miguel Sánchez (born 1989), comedian, actor, show host
- Gustavo Santaolalla, composer and musician, Academy Award winner in 2006 and 2007
- Isabel Sarli, actress
- María Martha Serra Lima, singer
- Milagros Schmoll, supermodel
- Juan María Solare, musician
- Mercedes Sosa, folk singer
- Chango Spasiuk, folk musician and singer
- Luis Alberto Spinetta, rock musician and guitarist
- Liz Solari, model
- Juan Soler, actor
- Julia Solomonoff, actress
- Coti Sorokin, songwriter, musician, compositor
- Daniela Alejandra Stucan Figliomeni, model, singer
- Betina Suárez Lynch, top model
- Silvana Suárez,Miss World 1978
- Marcelo Tinelli, TV-entertainer
- Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, film director
- Diego Torres, singer
- Lolita Torres, singer and actress
- Yésica Toscanini, model
- Carlos Olguin-Trelawny, film director, screenwriter
- Aníbal Troilo, tango bandoneonist and songwriter
- Paulina Trotz Fernández, model
- Daniela Urzi, supermodel
- Iñaki Urlezaga, dancer
- Natalia Verbeke, actress
- Juana Viale or Juanita Viale or Juana Viale del Carril, actress
- Sebastián Vilas, singer
- Soledad Villamil, actress
- Lito Vitale, musician
- Atahualpa Yupanqui, ( Héctor Roberto Chavero) folk songwriter and musician
- Sofía Zámolo, model
- Eugenio Zanetti, designer, theater, cine and opera director
- China Zorrila, actress
- Olga Zubarry, actress
[edit] Journalism
- José Sixto Álvarez, journalist and writer
- Roberto Arlt, writer and journalist
- Natalio Botana, journalist
- Andrés Bellatti, journalist
- Nelson Castro, journalist and writer
- Ricardo-ernesto Montes i Bradley, art critic, journalist
- Mario Diament, journalist and playwright
- Damián Fernández Beanato, journalist and writer
- Enrique Gratas, television news reporter
- Mariano Grondona, television journalist
- Jorge Lanata, journalist and writer
- Tomás Eloy Martínez, journalist, writer, and founder of several newspapers
- Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, journalist, writer, docent, politic.
- Pedro Sevcec, television reporter
- Eduardo Montes-Bradley, journalist, writer, filmmaker
- Jacobo Timmerman, journalist
- Rodolfo Walsh, journalist and writer
[edit] Other categories
- Ladislao Biró, inventor of the biro
- Fanne Foxe, scandalous stripper.
- Eduardo Newbery, aerostat pilot.
- Eduardo Bradley, aerostat pilot.
- Jorge Newbery, Argentine aviation pioneer.
- Horacio Pagani, cars designer.
- César Pelli, architect.
- Carlos Thays, famous landscape architect influential especially in the design of Buenos Aires' open public spaces.
- Martín Varsavsky, bussines-man
- Juan Vucetich, inventor of the dactilar prints.
[edit] Sports teams
- Las Leonas, hockey team
- Los Pumas, rugby team
- Los Murciélagos, football (soccer) blind team
- Argentina national basketball team
- Argentina national football team
- Argentina national polo team
- La Dolfina, Adolfo Cambiaso's polo team, Argentinean champion in the last two years and in England as well
See too: Category:National sports teams of Argentina
[edit] Sports
(See Category:Argentine sportspeople for a complete list)
- Magdalena Aicega, field hockey player
- Agustín Pichot, captain of Los Pumas the national rugby team who won the third place in France RWC 2007
- José Acasuso one of the best tennis players, won recently the Davis Cup quarter final against England
- Pablo Aimar, football player
- Claudia Amura, chess player
- Serena Amato, sailor
- Osvaldo Ardiles, football (soccer) player
- Luciana Aymar, grass hockey player
- Carlos Baldomir, world champion boxer
- Georgina Bardach, swimmer bronze medal in 2004 Summer Olympics
- Gabriel Batistuta (born 1969), football player
- Ringo Bonavena, boxer
- Delfo Cabrera, sprinter
- Ángel Cabrera ("El Pato Criollo"), golf player
- Adolfo Cambiaso, the best and most outstanding polo player in the world
- Mauro Camoranessi, football player
- Chico Castro, rugbier
- Jorge Castro (1967), world champion boxer
- Ignacio Corleto rugby player, one of the best wings, member of Los Pumas the national team, playing in France now.
- Juan Martín Hernández rugby player, considered the best fly half in the world, member of Los Pumas.
- Fernando Cavenaghi, football (soccer) player
- German Chiaraviglio,
- José Luis Clerc, tennis player
- Juan Martín Coggi, world champion boxer
- Felipe Contepomi, rugby player
- Manuel Contemponi, rugby player
- Guillermo Coria (born 1982), tennis player
- Hernán Crespo, football player
- Roberto DeVicenzo (born 1923), golfer
- Agustín Calleri, tennis player
- Alfredo Di Stéfano, football player
- Gisela Dulko, tennis player
- Vito Dumas, yachting
- Carlos "Camau" Espínola, sailor
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911-1995), Formula 1 driver, world champion five times
- Andrea Noemí Fernández, skatter
- Clarisa Fernández, tennis player
- Juan Fernández Lobbe, rugbyer
- Ruben Felgner, chess player
- Germán Frers, yachting
- Luis Firpo (1894-1960), boxer
- Juan Antonio Flecha, cyclist
- Andres Franzoia, football player
- Oscar "Pillín" Furlong, former basketball player
- Víctor Galíndez (1948-1980), world champion boxer
- Alejandra García, high jumper
- Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), tennis player. Won Roland Garros
- Manu Ginóbili (born 1977), basketball player
- Griselda María González, sprinter
- Inés Gorrochategui, tennis player
- Martín Gramática, American football player
- Andrea Haritchelhar, skater
- Gabriel Heinze, football player
- Alberto Pedro Heguy, Sr., polo player
- Bautista Heguy, polo player
- Horacio A. Heguy (born. c. 1941), polo player
- Ignacio "Nachi" Heguy, polo player
- Marcos Heguy, polo player
- Juan Martín Hernández, rugbyer
- María de la Paz Hernández, known as "Maripí", hockey player
- Daniela Krukower, judoka
- Santos Laciar (born 1959), world champion boxer
- Mario Ledesma, rugbyer
- German Lux, football player
- Juan Malvares, boxer
- Diego Armando Maradona (born 1960), football player
- Cesar Luis Menotti, former football player and active coach
- José Meolans, swimmer
- Lionel Messi (born 1987), football player
- Marcos Milinkovic (born 1971), volleyball player
- Carlos Monzón (1942-1995), world champion boxer
- Claudio Morresi,
- Miguel Najdorf, chess player
- David Nalbandián (born 1982), tennis player
- Andrés Nocioni, basketball player
- José María Núñez Piossek, rugby player
- Fabricio Oberto
- Oscar Panno, chess player
- Mercedes María Paz, tennis player
- Fernando Peralta, chess player
- Pascual Pérez (1926-1977), first Argentine world boxing champion
- Ramiro Pez, rugbier
- Agustín Pichot (born 1974), rugby player
- Gonzalo Pieres, polo player
- Hugo Porta, rugbyer ( = rugby player)
- Carlos Reutemann, Formula 1 race car driver
- Juan Román Riquelme, football player
- Cecilia Rognoni, grass hockey player
- Juan Martillo Roldán boxer
- Andrés Romero, golf player
- Gabriela Sabatini (born 1970), tennis player
- Pitu Salerni (María Emilia Salerni), tennis player
- Italo Sartori, rugby player
- Jaime Sartori, rower
- Christian Davalos, holds record for world's most unemployed person.
- Javier Saviola (born 1981), football player
- Lionel Scaloni, football (soccer) player
- Hugo Sconochini basketball player
- Noemí Simonetto de Portela (born 1926), athlete, silver medal at 1948 Summer Olympics
- Alejandro Spajic (born 1976), volleyball player
- Paola Suárez (born 1976), tennis player
- Osvaldo Suárez, olympic marathonist
- Patricia Tarabini, tennis player
- Diana Taurasi (born 1982), WNBA basketball player; parents are Argentine
- Carlos Tévez (born 1984), football player
- Marcelo Tempone, chess player
- Fabiana Vallejo, women's soccer player
- Julio Velasco, former volleyball coach
- Juan Sebastián Verón (born 1975), football player
- Guillermo Vilas, tennis player
- Carlos Wielicky, chess player
- Solange Witteveen, high jumper
- Juan Carlos Zabala, sprinter
- Tomas Iriarte polo player, high handicap, plays in Argentina, USA, Mexico and the UK every year
[edit] Religion
- Ángel Abrea, General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Mario L. Rodríguez Cobos (Silo)
[edit] Royalty
- Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
- Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
- Princess Demi of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
- Princess Máxima of the Netherlands (Máxima Zorreguieta), Argentine, Catharina-Amalia's, Alexia's and Ariane's mother
- Diane de France, marquise de Noailles, married to Alexis de Noailles, whose mother and grandmother are Argentines.
- Georg Duke von Hohenberg, grandson of the assassinated heir to the Austrian-Hungarian thrones, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and her wife Sophia Countess Chotek, Duchess von Hohenberg, lives part of the year in Buenos Aires.
- Princesse Ekaterina Ioanovna Romanov of Russia, married to the Marquis Farace della Foresta, lived in Montevideo, Uruguay and in Buenos Aires. Granddaughter of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, cousin of Tsar Nicholas II. She had passed away recently in Buenos Aires, her sons and daughters live in Montevideo and Europe.
[edit] Politics
- Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician, creator of the Argentine flag in 1812
- Ernesto Che Guevara, (1928-1967), revolutionary
- Alfredo Palacios, socialist leader
- Juan B. Justo, founder of the Argentine Socialist Party, first translator of Das Kapital into Spanish
- Alicia Moreau de Justo, wife of Juan B. Justo and prominent socialist leader
- Raúl Alfonsín (born 1927), president 1983-1989
- Ricardo Balbín, prominent leader of the "Unión Cívica Radical" party
- Leopoldo Bravo (1919-2006), politician and diplomat
- Tamara Bunke, revolutionary leader
- Fernando de la Rúa (born 1937), president 1999-2001
- Eduardo Duhalde (born 1941), president 2002-2003
- Arturo Frondizi (1908-1995), president 1958-1962
- Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator
- Néstor Kirchner, (born 1950), president (2003-2007)
- Carlos Menem (born 1930), president 1989-1999
- Juan Domingo Perón (1895-1974), president 1946-1955 and 1973-1974
- Eva Duarte de Perón (1919-1952), Argentine political figure, Perón's second wife
- Isabel Martínez de Perón (born 1931), president 1974-1976, Perón's third wife
- Juan Pistarini (born 1882-1956), minister and vicepresident of Argentina
- Juan Manuel de Rosas, dictator 1829-1833, 1837-1852
- José de San Martín, general, liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spain.
- Jorge Enea Spilimbergo (?-2004), poet, Marxist theorist and politician
- Jorge Videla, dictator 1976-1980
- Hipólito Yrigoyen, president
- Mariano Moreno
- Mario Roberto Santucho, ERP chief
- Juan Bautista Alberdi
- Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
- Bartolomé Mitre
- Nicolás Avellaneda
- Bernardino Rivadavia
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
[edit] Sciences
- Alberto Calderón, mathematician
- María Gabriela Torres Taboada, international programer, creator of SQR in USA and EU
- Luis Agote, M.D.
- Sebastián Amigorena, M.D.
- Cosme Argerich, M.D.
- Daniel R. Bès, physicist
- Mario Bunge
- José Cibelli, geneticist
- Pablo de León, space scientist
- Francisco de Pedro, M.D.
- Eduardo De Robertis, M.D.
- Leopoldo Falicov, physicist
- René Favaloro, surgeon, inventor of the coronary bypass surgery
- Enrique Finochietto, M.D.
- Mario Garavaglia, physicist
- Ramón Enrique Gaviola, physicist
- Carlos Herrera M.D. specialist in neurology
- Bernardo Houssay - 1947 Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Physiology
- Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg, geologist
- Enrique Lynch Arribálzaga, ornithologist
- Domingo Liotta M.D. specialist in cardiology
- Juan Martín Maldacena, physicist
- Esteban Laureano Maradona, M.D.
- Salvador Mazza, M.D.
- César Milstein - 1984 Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Pharmacology
- Luis Federico Leloir - 1970 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
- Francisco Moreno, explorer
- Roberto Zaldivar, M.D.