List of Uruguayans
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[edit] Artists
- Joaquin Torres Garcia
- Gustavo Vazquez
- Martin Sastre
- Sisto Pascale
- Virginia Patrone
- Álvaro Pemper
[edit] Musicians
Internationally known :
- Carlos Gardel
- Alfredo Zitarrosa
- Jorge Drexler
- Fabiola Gatti
- Emil Montgomery
- José Serebrier
others:
- Jaime Roos
- Emiliano Branchiari
- Pedro Dalton
- Sebastian Teysera
- Hugo Fattorusso
- Fernando Cabrera
- Daniel Viglietti
- Gabe Saporta
- Martín López
- Eduardo Mateo
- Martín Méndez
- Rubén Rada
- Julio Sosa
- Edgardo Cambón
[edit] Politics and military
- Gregorio Álvarez
- Juan José de Amézaga
- Mariano Arana
- Rodney Arismendi
- José Gervasio Artigas
- Danilo Astori
- Alfredo Baldomir
- Hugo Batalla
- Jorge Batlle
- José Batlle y Ordóñez
- Lorenzo Batlle
- Luis Batlle Berres
- Eduardo Blanco Acevedo
- Juan María Bordaberry
- Baltasar Brum
- Lorenzo Carnelli
- Juan Lindolfo Cuestas
- José Eugenio Ellauri
- Hugo Fernández Faingold
- Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro
- Wilson Ferreira Aldunate
- Venancio Flores
- Emilio Frugoni
- Reinaldo Gargano
- Julio César Grauert
- Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz
- Luis Alberto de Herrera
- Luis Alberto Lacalle
- Juan Antonio Lavalleja
- Carlos Manini Ríos
- Aparicio Méndez
- Rafael Michelini
- Zelmar Michelini
- José Mujica
- Rodolfo Nin Novoa
- Didier Opertti Badan
- Manuel Oribe
- Jorge Pacheco Areco
- Carlos Quijano
- Fructuoso Rivera
- Julio María Sanguinetti
- Homar Murdoch
- Aparicio Saravia
- Raúl Sendic
- Raúl Sendic (Jr.)
- Líber Seregni
- Julio María Sosa
- Gabriel Terra
- Pedro Varela
- Tabaré Vázquez
- Feliciano Viera
- Juan Felipe Yriart
[edit] Writers
- Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
- Francisco Acuña de Figueroa
- Delmira Agustini
- Pilar Barrios
- Mario Benedetti
- Samuel Blixen
- Raúl Montero Bustamante
- Antonio Díaz
- Benjamín Fernández
- Juana de Ibarbourou (1892-1979)
- Eduardo Galeano
- Alejandro Magariños Cervantes
- Jorge Majfud
- Juan Carlos Onetti
- Emilio Oribe
- Cristina Peri Rossi
- Horacio Quiroga
- José Enrique Rodó (1872-1917)
- Florencio Sánchez
- Juan Luis Segundo, S.J.
- Javier de Viana
- Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (1855-1931)
[edit] Actors and actresses
- Marcelo Buquet
- Daniel Hendler
- Osvaldo Laport
- Bárbara Mori
- Natalia Oreiro
- China Zorrilla
[edit] Film directors and screenwriters
[edit] Public figures
[edit] Engineers and architects
- Eladio Dieste
- Gonzalo Frasca
- Breogán Gonda
- Gaston Gonnet
- Nicolás Jodal
[edit] Journalists
- Jorge Gestoso
- Pedro Sevcec Spanish-language television news anchor for U.S. network Telemundo
[edit] Composers
- Jorge Drexler Academy Award winning song composer Motorcycle Diaries
- Gerardo Matos Rodríguez Composer of the tango La Cumparsita
- Alfredo Zitarrosa
[edit] Scientists
- Dr. José L. Duomarco
- José Luis Massera
[edit] Sports
- Alfredo Evangelista, boxer
- Jose Maria Flores Burlon, boxer
- Diego Forlán, football player, member of national team
- Milton Wynants, Olympic Silver Medal winning cyclist
- Esteban Batista, first Uruguayan to play in the NBA
- Diego Lugano, football player,member of national team
- Julio César Benítez Amodeo, Uruguayan football player, played 7 seasons in Barcelona FC from 1961 to his sudden death in 1968
- Waldemiro Torres,Uruguayan boxer -- South American Champion
See also: Uruguay
