List of Argentines
Coat of Arms
Argentines who are famous or notable include:
Artists
- Roberto Aizenberg, painter and sculptor
- Oscar Alemán, jazz guitarist
- Antonio Alice, portrait painter
- Martha Argerich, concert pianist
- Marcelo Álvarez, tenor
- Daniel Barenboim, pianist and conductor
- Ricardo Basta, jewelry designer
- Adolfo Bellocq, lithographer
- Antonio Berni, painter
- Norma Bessouet, painter
- Erminio Blotta, sculptor
- Julio Bocca, ballet dancer
- Gino Boccasile, advertiser
- Fabiana Bravo, soprano
- Alberto Breccia, cartoonist
- Jorge Calandrelli, composer
- Emilio Caraffa, painter
- Ricardo Carpani, muralist
- Carybé, Argentine-Brazilian painter
- Eleonora Cassano, dancer
- Juan Carlos Castagnino, painter
- Eduardo Catalano, architect and sculptor
- Alejandro Christophersen, painter and architect
- Ciruelo, cartoonist
- Gustavo Cochet, painter
- Pío Collivadino, painter
- Copi (Raúl Damonte Botana), cartoonist
- José Cura, tenor
- Pablo Curatella Manes, sculptor
- Ernesto de la Cárcova, painter
- Jorge de la Vega, painter
- Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós, painter
- Ángel María de Rosa, sculptor
- Helmut Ditsch, painter
- Jorge Donn, dancer
- Julio Ducuron, painter
- Elizabeth Eichhorn, sculptor
- Fernando Fader, painter
- León Ferrari, constructivist sculptor
- Bernarda Fink, mezzosoprano
- Leonor Fini, painter
- Ingrid Fliter, pianist
- Lucio Fontana, sculptor
- Roberto Fontanarrosa, satirist and cartoonist
- Norma Fontenla, ballerina
- Raquel Forner, painter
- Sol Gabetta, cellist
- Manuel García Ferré, cartoonist
- Nicolás García Uriburu, painter and ecologist
- Guillermo Gianninazzi, sculptor
- Paloma Herrera, dancer
- Martín Irigoyen, composer and musician
- María Cristina Kiehr, soprano
- Gyula Kosice, sculptor
- Sebastian Krys, music producer
- Horacio Lavandera, concert pianist
- Julio Le Parc, sculptor
- Cándido López, painter
- Alberto Lysy, concert violinist
- Rómulo Macció, painter
- Eduardo Mac Entyre, painter
- Maitena (Maitena Burundarena), cartoonist
- Tomás Maldonado, painter
- Martín Malharro, painter
- Marcel Martí, sculptor
- Lucien-Achille Mauzan, advertiser, sculptor
- Dominic Miller, guitarist
- Marta Minujín, conceptual artist
- Mia Maestro, singer and actress
- Florencio Molina Campos, illustrator
- Lola Mora (Dolores Mora de la Vega), sculptor
- Guillermo Mordillo, cartoonist
- José Neglia, ballerino
- Luis Felipe Noé, painter
- Marianela Núñez, dancer
- Oscar Conti (Oski), cartoonist
- Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado), cartoonist
- Raquel Partnoy, painter
- Pérez Celis, painter and muralist
- Emilio Pettoruti, painter
- Alberto Portugheis, concert pianist
- Anselmo Piccoli, painter
- Eolo Pons, painter
- Prilidiano Pueyrredón, painter
- Antonio Pujía, sculptor
- Benito Quinquela Martín, painter
- Silvia Roederer, pianist
- Guillermo Roux, painter
- Hermenegildo Sábat, cartoonist
- Alberto Saichann, illustrator
- Eduardo Schiaffino, painter
- Antonio Seguí, painter
- María Isabel Siewers, classical guitarist
- Ramón Silva, painter
- María Simón, sculptor
- Eduardo Sívori, painter
- Xul Solar, watercolorist, sculptor, inventor of languages
- Benjamín Solari Parravicini, painter and psychic
- Raúl Soldi, painter
- Lino Enea Spilimbergo, painter
- Sebastian Spreng, painter and stage designer
- Juan Carlos Stekelman, painter
- Ricardo Supisiche, painter
- Carlos Trillo, cartoonist
- Luigi Trinchero, sculptor
- Terig Tucci, violinist and composer
- Rogelio Yrurtia, sculptor
Business
- Jorge Antonio, industrialist
- Otto Bemberg, industrialist
- Jorge Brito, banker
- Carlos Bulgheroni, industrialist
- Eduardo Costantini, businessman
- Torcuato di Tella, industrialist
- Eduardo Elsztain, businessman
- Alfredo Fortabat, industrialist
- Marcos Galperin, internet entrepreneur
- Daniel Hadad, businessman
- Patrick Lynch, businessman and ancestor of Che Guevara
- Francisco Macri, industrialist
- Mauricio Macri, businessman and Mayor of Buenos Aires
- Eduardo Madero, businessman
- Carlos Miguens Bemberg, businessman
- Nicolás Mihanovich, businessman
- Francisco de Narváez, businessman
- Patricio Peralta Ramos, developer
- Gregorio Pérez Companc, businessman
- Agostino Rocca, industrialist
- Paolo Rocca, industrialist
- Santiago Soldati, businessman
- Enrique Susini, businessman
- Ernesto Tornquist, businessman
- Martín Varsavsky, businessman
- Jaime Yankelevich, businessman and television pioneer
Composers
- Ernesto Acher
- Eduardo Arolas
- Amancio Jacinto Alcorta
- Eduardo Alonso-Crespo
- Agustín Bardi
- Esteban Benzecry
- Jose Antonio Bottiroli
- Enrique Cadícamo
- Francisco Canaro
- Juan José Castro
- Mario Davidovsky
- Julio de Caro
- Carlos di Sarli
- Homero Expósito
- Gabino Ezeiza
- Eduardo Falú
- Juan de Dios Filiberto
- Roberto Firpo
- Gilardo Gilardi
- Alberto Ginastera
- Osvaldo Golijov
- Carlos Guastavino
- Martín Irigoyen
- Rubén Juárez
- Mauricio Kagel
- Emilio Kauderer
- Carlos López Buchardo
- Enrique Maciel
- Homero Manzi
- Rodolfo Mederos
- Juana Molina
- Mariano Mores
- Sixto Palavecino
- Ástor Piazzolla
- Ariel Ramírez
- Waldo de los Ríos
- Gustavo Santaolalla
- Vicente Scaramuzza
- Lalo Schifrin
- Oscar Strasnoy
- Alicia Terzian
- Alejandro Viñao
- Ezequiel Viñao
- Alberto Williams
Entertainment
A-K
- Miguel Abuelo, musician
- Alejandro Agresti, filmmaker
- Antonio Agri, violinist
- Pablo Alarcón, actor
- Charly Alberti, drummer and activist
- Tito Alberti, jazz drummer
- Oscar Alemán, guitarist
- Alfredo Alcón, actor
- Norma Aleandro, actress
- Leonardo Nam, actor
- Pola Alonso, actress
- Malena Alterio, actress
- Héctor Alterio, actor
- Luis César Amadori, film director
- Blanquita Amaro, actress
- Brenda Asnicar, actress and singer
- Mike Amigorena, actor and musician
- Elvia Andreoli, actress
- Héctor Anglada, actor
- Ana Arneodo, actress
- Pampita (Carolina Ardohain), model and actress
- Imperio Argentina, actress and flamenco dancer
- Ana Arneodo, actress
- Emilia Attias, actress, dancer and model
- Federico Aubele, musician
- Fernando Ayala, filmmaker
- Pedro Aznar, jazz bass guitarist
- Héctor Babenco, filmmaker
- Christian Bach, actress
- Carlos Balá, children's television host
- Monchi Balestra, radio personality and television host
- Amelita Baltar, tango singer
- Gato Barbieri, saxophonist
- Dora Baret, actress
- Daniel Barone, filmmaker
- Sara Barrié, actress
- Berenice Bejo, actress
- María Luisa Bemberg, filmmaker
- Lorena Bernal, model and actress
- Florencia Bertotti, actress, producer and singer
- Amelia Bence, actress
- Lola Berthet, actress
- Héctor Bidonde, actor and politician
- Fabián Bielinsky, filmmaker
- Mauricio "Moris" Birabent, rock composer and musician
- Thelma Biral, actress
- Betiana Blum, actress
- Camila Bordonaba, actress, singer and musician
- Tato Bores, humorist
- Graciela Borges, actress
- Patricio Borghetti, actor
- Aída Bortnik, screenwriter
- Juan Diego Botto, actor
- Sofía Bozán, actress
- Luis Brandoni, actor and politician
- Fabiana Bravo, soprano
- Norman Briski, actor and theatre director
- Argentina Brunetti, actress and writer
- Alicia Bruzzo, actress
- Rodrigo (El Potro Rodrigo), cuarteto singer
- Chris de Burgh, singer
- Daniel Burman, film director
- Facundo Cabral, singer
- Miguel Caló, bandoneónist
- Marciano Cantero, singer
- Israel Adrián Caetano, Uruguayan-Argentine filmmaker
- Andrés Calamaro, songwriter and rock keyboard player
- Juan José Campanella, filmmaker
- Norma Gladys Cappagli, Miss World 1960
- Diego Capusotto, comedian
- Moria Casán, dancer and actress
- Ana Casares, actress
- Alfredo Casero, TV entertainer
- Gustavo Cerati, guitarist of Soda Stereo
- Segundo Cernadas, actor
- Gustavo Collini-Sartor, butoh dancer
- Felipe Colombo, actor, songwriter and musician Mexican-Argentine
- María Concepción César, vedette
- Julio Chávez, actor
- Paula Chaves, model and actress
- Chenoa, singer
- Graciana Chironi, actress
- Agustina Cherri, actress and dancer
- Jesica Cirio, dancer and model
- María Teresa Costantini, actress
- Pascual Contursi, lyricist
- Juan Carlos Copes, tango dancer and choreographer
- Irma Córdoba, actress
- Ada Cornaro, actress
- Ignacio Corsini, singer
- Antonella Costa, actress
- Edgardo Cozarinsky, filmmaker
- Linda Cristal, actress
- Quirino Cristiani, cartoonist and film director
- Lito Cruz, actor and theatre director
- Antonio Cunill Cabanellas, theatre director
- Patricia Dal, actress
- Elsa Daniel, actress
- Juan d'Arienzo, tango composer and bandleader
- Ricardo Darín, actor
- Pamela David, model
- Andrea Del Boca, actress
- Hugo del Carril, tango vocalist
- Florencia De La V, transsexual actress
- Alberto de Mendoza, actor
- Iván de Pineda, model and talk show host
- Julieta Díaz, actress
- Yamila Diaz-Rahi, model
- Raúl di Blasio, pianist
- Alejandro Dolina, writer, commentator and critic
- Juanjo Domínguez, folk guitarist
- Martin Donovan, filmmaker
- Alejandro Doria, filmmaker
- Dorismar, model, show host
- Ulises Dumont, actor
- Nancy Dupláa, actress
- Paulette Duval, actress
- María Clara D'Ubaldo, singer
- Pablo Echarri, actor
- Emanuel, magician
- Roberto Escalada, actor
- Laura Natalia Esquivel, actress and singer
- Juan Falú, guitarist
- Leonardo Favio, actor, singer and filmmaker
- Ada Falcón, actress
- Soledad Fandiño, actress and model
- Luján Fernández, model
- Gachi Ferrari, actress and model
- José A. Ferreyra, filmmaker
- Candela Ferro, journalist and model
- Golde Flami, actress
- Gabriela Flores, actress
- Vera Fogwill, actress
- Dolores Fonzi, actress
- Guillermo Francella, actor and comic
- Hugo Fregonese, film director
- Catherine Fulop, actress, Venezuelan by birth, Argentine citizen
- Mario Gallo, pioneering filmmaker
- Verónica Gamba, model
- Carlos Gandolfo, stage actor and director
- Delia Garcés, actress
- Charly García, musician
- Antonio Gasalla, comedian
- León Gieco, singer and musician
- Susana Giménez, actress, show host
- Araceli González, model and actress
- Julie Gonzalo, actress
- Roberto Goyeneche, tango vocalist
- Darío Grandinetti, actor
- Eliana Guercio, model
- Jorge Guinzburg, humorist and journalist
- Rocío Guirao Díaz, model
- Antonia Herrero, actress
- Olivia Hussey (Olivia Osuna), actress
- Narciso Ibáñez Menta, actor and filmmaker
- Imperio Argentina, actress and singer
- Adrián Iaies, jazz pianist
- Rocío Igarzabal, actress
- Carlos Inzillo, jazz clarinetist and producer
- Martín Irigoyen, composer, musician
- Carlos La Mona Jiménez, singer
- Kevin Johansen, singer and musician
- Juan José Jusid, filmmaker
- Guido Kaczka, actor, producer and television show host
- David Kavlin, actor, singer, radio and television host
- Martín Karadagian, professional wrestler
- Sergio Kleiner, actor
- León Klimovsky, filmmaker
L-Z
- La Argentina, flamenco dancer
- La Argentinita, flamenco dancer
- Lydia Lamaison, actress
- Libertad Lamarque, singer and actress
- Fernando Lamas, actor
- Justo Lamas, singer
- Kurt Land, screenwriter and director
- Romina Lanaro, model
- Víctor Laplace, actor
- Raúl Lavié, tango vocalist
- Ricardo Lavié, actor
- Inda Ledesma, actress and theatre director
- Nélida Lobato, vedette
- María Cristina Laurenz, actress
- René Lavand, magician
- Mirtha Legrand (María Rosa Martínez), actress and show host
- Silvia Legrand, actress
- Libertad Leblanc, actress
- Ana Lenchantin, cellist
- Paz Lenchantin, bassist-violinist
- Alejandro Lerner, songwriter and pianist
- Saúl Lisazo, actor
- Marga López, actress
- Carlos López Puccio musician
- Darío Lopilato, actor
- Luisana Lopilato, actress and model
- Florencia Lozano, actress
- Silvina Luna, model and actress
- Virginia Luque, actress
- Federico Luppi, actor
- Tito Lusiardo, actor
- Mía Maestro, actress
- Ángel Magaña, actor
- Jorge Maggio, actor
- Arturo Maly, actor
- Mona Maris, actress
- Jorge Maronna, musician
- José Marrone, children's television host
- Jorge Marrale, actor
- Niní Marshall, comedienne
- Lucrecia Martel, theater and film director
- Duilio Marzio, actor
- Gerardo Masana, musician
- Mirta Teresita Massa, Miss International 1967
- Valeria Mazza, model
- Claribel Medina, actress, Puerto Rican by birth, Argentine citizen
- Esteban Mellino, comedian
- Tita Merello, singer and actress
- Cecilia Méndez, model
- Juan Carlos Mesa, humorist and screenwriter
- Nito Mestre, singer and rock musician
- Eduardo Mignogna, filmmaker
- Alberto Migré, writer and director
- Amanda Miguel, singer
- Sandra Mihanovich, musician
- Juan Minujín, actor
- Osvaldo Miranda, actor
- Marianela Mirra, model and actress
- Luis Moglia Barth, filmmaker
- Juana Molina, actress and musician
- Inés Molina, actress
- Ricardo Montaner, singer, Argentine-born, Venezuelan citizen
- Nuri Montsé, actress
- Mercedes Morán, actress
- Marcela Morelo, singer
- Cris Morena (María Cristina di Giacomi), actress, writer and producer of television
- Zully Moreno, actress
- Bertha Moss, actress
- Marcos Mundstock, musician
- Berta Muñiz, actress
- Norma Beatriz Nolan, Miss Universe 1962
- Carlos Núñez Cortés, musician
- Carlos Olguin-Trelawny, film director, screenwriter
- Héctor Olivera, filmmaker
- Alberto Olmedo, comedian
- Palito Ortega, singer
- Mecha Ortiz, actress
- Fito Páez, songwriter and rock keyboard player
- Pappo, (Norberto Napolitano), rock musician
- Malvina Pastorino, actress
- Soledad Pastorutti, folk & pop singer
- Gastón Pauls, actor
- Luciana Pedraza, actress and filmmaker
- Carolina Peleritti, actress and model
- Mario Pergolini, variety show host
- Diego Peretti, actor
- Carla Peterson, actress
- Melina Petriella, actress
- Roberto Pettinato, TV entertainer
- Ana María Picchio, actress
- Malena Pichot, comedian and actress
- Cecilia Pillado, actress, classical pianist, Argentine by birth
- Marcelo Piñeyro, filmmaker
- Lucciano Pizzichini,is a child prodigy guitarist and the youngest artist sponsored by Gibson Guitars
- Jorge Polaco, filmmaker
- Lola Ponce, singer, actress and model
- Jorge Porcel, comedian
- Naomi Preizler, model and artist
- Luca Prodan, Italian-born rock composer and leader of Argentine band Sumo
- Luis Puenzo, Academy Award-winning filmmaker
- Osvaldo Pugliese, tango composer
- Eugène Py, pioneering cinematographer
- Lorenzo Quinteros, actor
- Rodolfo Ranni, actor Italian-born
- Daniel Rabinovich, musician
- Sergio Renán, director of film and theatre
- Alejandro Rey, actor
- Susana Rinaldi, singer
- Calu Rivero, actress
- Edmundo Rivero, tango singer
- Inés Rivero, model
- Nélida Roca, vedette
- Belén Rodríguez, model and actress
- Elena Roger, actress
- Benjamín Rojas, actor, singer and musician
- Alita Román, actress
- Manuel Romero, filmmaker
- Cecilia Roth, actress
- Ariel Rotter, filmmaker
- Ingrid Rubio, actress
- Sebastián Rulli, Argentine-born, Mexican citizen, actor
- Mario Sábato, filmmaker
- Sabrina Sabrok, model and TV-entertainer
- Horacio Salgán, pianist
- Dino Saluzzi, jazz bandoneónist
- Miguel Sánchez, comedian, actor, show host
- Sandro de América, singer
- Gustavo Santaolalla, composer and musician, Academy Award winner in 2006 and 2007
- Julio Saraceni, filmmaker
- Isabel Sarli, actress
- Lidia Elsa Satragno, news anchor, talk show hostess and politician
- Josefina Scaglione, actress and singer
- Milagros Schmoll, model
- María Martha Serra Lima, singer
- Soledad Silveyra, actress
- Fernando Siro, actor and director
- Mario Soffici, actor
- Alejandro Sokol, bassist and drummer
- Miguel Ángel Solá, actor
- Fernando Solanas, fimmaker and politician
- Juan Soler, actor
- Julia Solomonoff, actress
- Pepe Soriano, actor
- Carlos Sorín, filmmaker
- Coti Sorokin, songwriter, musician, composer
- Mercedes Sosa, folk singer
- Hugo Soto, actor
- Chango Spasiuk, folk musician and singer
- Luis Alberto Spinetta, rock musician and composer
- Bruno Stagnaro, filmmaker
- Lita Stantic, filmmaker
- René Strickler, actor
- Adrián Suar, actor and producer
- María Eugenia Suárez, actress
- Silvana Suárez, Miss World 1978
- Eliséo Subiela, filmmaker
- Damián Szifrón, actor and television director
- María del Luján Telpuk, model
- Juan Carlos Thorry, actor and tango musician
- Marcelo Tinelli, TV entertainer
- Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, filmmaker
- Diego Torres, actor, singer and musician
- Leopoldo Torres Ríos, filmmaker
- Yésica Toscanini, model
- Pablo Trapero, filmmaker
- Aníbal Troilo, tango bandoneónist and songwriter
- Paulina Trotz Fernández, model
- Daniela Urzi, model
- Héctor Varela, tango musician
- Micaela Vázquez, actress
- Natalia Verbeke, actress
- Diego Verdaguer, actor
- Candela Vetrano, actress
- Soledad Villamil, actress
- Chunchuna Villafañe, actress
- Lito Vitale, musician
- Alejandro Wiebe, television host
- Axel Witteveen, musician
- Atahualpa Yupanqui, (Héctor Roberto Chavero) folk songwriter and musician
- Sofía Zámolo, model
- Pablo Ziegler, Grammy award-winning pianist, composer and arranger
- Olga Zubarry, actress
Fashion
- Alan Faena, fashion designer and developer
- Paco Jamandreu, haute couturier, confidant of First Lady Eva Perón
Journalism
- Fray Mocho (José Sixto Álvarez), journalist and writer
- Osvaldo Bayer, journalist and filmmaker
- Andrés Bellatti, journalist
- José Luis Cabezas, photojournalist
- Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, journalist and biographer
- Daniel Frescó, radio and television anchor
- Andrew Graham-Yooll, news editor and writer
- Enrique Gratas, television news reporter
- Mariano Grondona, television anchorman
- Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz, Peruvian-Argentine radio host and commentator
- Leonardo Henrichsen, photojournalist
- David Kraiselburd, newspaper publisher
- Jorge Lanata, journalist and writer
- José Mármol, journalist and writer
- Karen Maron, war correspondent
- Tomás Eloy Martínez, journalist, writer and newspaper founder
- Eduardo Montes-Bradley, journalist, writer, filmmaker
- Joaquín Morales Solá, journalist, commentator and anchor
- Conrado Nalé Roxlo, journalist and writer
- Roberto Noble, journalist, politician and publisher
- Andrés Oppenheimer, television anchorman
- Horacio Pagani, sportswriter and announcer
- José María Pasquini Durán, journalist and writer
- Roberto Payró, journalist and publisher
- Pedro Sevcec, television anchorman
- Rodolfo Terragno, journalist and politician
- Jacobo Timerman, journalist and writer
- Bernardo Verbitsky, journalist and writer
- Horacio Verbitsky, journalist, activist and writer
- Constancio C. Vigil, journalist, writer and publisher
Public service
Military
- Ignacio Álvarez Thomas, early military leader
- Carlos María de Alvear, early military leader
- Pedro Aramburu, dictator, 1955–58
- Manuel Belgrano, politician, creator of the Argentine flag in 1812
- Federico de Brandsen, early military leader
- Guillermo Brown, distinguished admiral
- Hippolyte de Bouchard, privateer and early captain of Argentine Navy
- Eustaquio Díaz Vélez, early military leader
- Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator, 1981–82
- Antonio González de Balcarce, early military leader
- Martín Miguel de Güemes, early military leader
- Juan Gregorio de las Heras, early military leader
- Juan Lavalle, early military leader
- Juan Carlos Onganía, dictator, 1966–70
- Enrique Mosconi, petroleum industry promoter
- José María Paz, early military leader
- Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, early military leader
- Martín Rodríguez, early military leader
- José Rondeau, early military leader
- José de San Martín, general, liberator of Argentina, Chile and Perú from Spain
- Manuel Savio, steel industry promoter
- Samuel Spiro, navy captain
- Jorge Videla, dictator, 1976–81
Politics
- Juan Bautista Alberdi, constitutional scholar
- Leandro Alem, founder of the centrist Radical Civic Union
- Oscar Alende, reformist governor
- Raúl Alfonsín, president, 1983–89
- Ricardo Alfonsín, politician
- Álvaro Alsogaray, conservative economist
- Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, president, 1922–28
- José Arce, diplomat
- Ricardo Balbín, prominent leader of the "Unión Cívica Radical" party
- José Ber Gelbard, Peronist economic adviser
- Hermes Binner, Socialist governor of Santa Fé Province, the first so elected
- Hebe de Bonafini, head of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
- Ángel Borlenghi, labor leader
- Leopoldo Bravo, politician and diplomat
- Teodoro Bronzini, former Socialist mayor of Mar del Plata, the first to head a major Argentine city
- Dante Caputo, diplomat
- Elisa Carrió, politician
- Domingo Cavallo, economist
- Jorge Cepernic, governor
- Julio Cobos, Vice President of Argentina
- Fernando de la Rúa, president, 1999–2001
- Francisco de Narváez, politician
- Guido di Tella, diplomat
- Luis María Drago, diplomat
- Eduardo Duhalde, president, 2002–03
- Aldo Ferrer, economist
- Rogelio Frigerio, economist
- Arturo Frondizi, president, 1958–62
- Rubén Giustiniani, politician
- Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Marxist revolutionary
- Arturo Illía, president, 1963–66
- Juan B. Justo, founder of the Argentine Socialist Party
- Alicia Moreau de Justo, wife of Juan B. Justo and prominent socialist leader
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, president since 2007
- Néstor Kirchner, president, 2003–07
- Roberto Lavagna, economist
- Estanislao López, early pro-autonomy leader
- José López Rega, fascist adviser to Pres. Perón
- José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, conservative economist
- Francisco Manrique, politician, creator of current national medical and housing funds
- Carlos Menem, president, 1989–99
- Lorenzo Miguel, labor leader
- Bartolomé Mitre, president, 1862–68
- Mariano Moreno, independence-era leader and reformer
- Enrique Mosconi, promoter of national oil industry
- Hugo Moyano, labor leader
- Raimundo Ongaro, labor leader
- Alfredo Palacios, socialist leader
- Raúl Prebisch, economist
- Juan Domingo Perón, president, 1946–55, 1973–74
- Eva Duarte de Perón, influential first lady
- Isabel Martínez de Perón, first lady and president, 1974–76
- Juan Pistarini, public works minister and vicepresident
- Facundo Quiroga, early pro-autonomy leader
- Bernardino Rivadavia, president
- Julio Roca, president, 1880–86, 1898–1904
- Dardo Rocha, reformist governor and founder of La Plata
- Juan Manuel de Rosas, strongman, 1829–52
- José Ignacio Rucci, labor leader
- Carlos Saavedra Lamas, diplomat
- Amadeo Sabattini, reformist governor
- Roque Sáenz Peña, president and promulgator of the secret ballot in Argentina
- Domingo Sarmiento, writer, educator and president (1868–74)
- Daniel Scioli, former speedboater, later vice president and governor
- Jorge Enea Spilimbergo, poet, Marxist theorist and politician
- Margarita Stolbizer, politician
- Saúl Ubaldini, labor leader
- Justo José de Urquiza, first president of the modern era
- Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield, author of civil and commercial codes
- Hipólito Yrigoyen, president 1916–22, 1928–30
Religion
- Ángel Abrea, General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Enrique Angelelli, assassinated Bishop of La Rioja
- Pope Francis current head of the Catholic Church
- Mamerto Esquiú, friar and activist
- José Gabriel Funes, Jesuit priest and current director of the Vatican Observatory
- Antonio Gauchito Gil, 19th century healer
- Claudio Lepratti, assassinated priest and anti-poverty activist
- Carlos Mugica, assassinated priest and anti-poverty activist
- Ceferino Namuncurá, divinities student, recently beatified
- Luis Palau, prominent Protestant-evangelical preacher
- Pedro Opeka, priest, missionary and humanitarian
- Mario Pantaleo, priest, healer and humanitarian
- Mario Rodríguez Cobos (Silo), spiritual leader, writer and activist
Royalty
- Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
- Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
- Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
- Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (Máxima Zorreguieta), Argentine
Sports
(See Category:Argentine sportspeople for a complete list)
- Magdalena Aicega, field hockey player
- José Acasuso tennis player
- Mariano Aguerre, polo player
- Pablo Aimar, football player
- Serena Amato, sailor
- Osvaldo Ardiles, football (soccer) player
- Luciana Aymar, hockey player
- Carlos Baldomir, world champion boxer
- Georgina Bardach, swimmer bronze medal in 2004 Summer Olympics
- Alfio Basile, football player and coach
- Gabriel Batistuta, football player
- Carlos Bianchi, football player and coach
- Carlos Bilardo, football player and coach
- Ringo Bonavena, boxer
- Daniel Brailovski, football player, midfielder[1]
- Delfo Cabrera, sprinter
- Ángel Cabrera ("El Pato Criollo"), golfer
- Agustín Calleri, tennis player
- Adolfo Cambiaso, polo player
- Esteban Cambiasso, football player
- Mauro Camoranessi, football player
- Guillermo Cañas, tennis player
- Claudio Caniggia, football player
- Juan Carlos Cárdenas, football player
- Bartolomé Castagnola, polo player
- Jorge Castro, world champion boxer
- Martín Castrogiovanni, rugby player
- Fernando Cavenaghi, football (soccer) player
- Juan Ignacio Chela, tennis player
- Germán Chiaraviglio, pole vaulter
- José Luis Clerc, tennis player
- José Cóceres, golfer
- Juan Martín Coggi, world champion boxer
- Felipe Contepomi, rugby player
- Guillermo Coria, tennis player
- Ignacio Corleto rugby player
- Hernán Crespo, football player
- Juan Esteban Curuchet, cyclist
- Sebastián Crismanich taekwondo athlete
- Juan Martín del Potro, tennis player
- Roberto DeVicenzo, golfer
- Angel Di Maria, football player
- Alfredo Di Stéfano, football player
- Carolina Duer, world champion boxer
- Gisela Dulko, tennis player
- Vito Dumas, yachting
- Jonathan Erlich, tennis player
- Carlos "Camau" Espínola, sailor
- Gastón Etlis, tennis player
- Guillermo Falasca, boleyball player
- Miguel Ángel Falasca, boleyball player
- Juan Manuel Fangio, Formula One five-time world champion race car driver
- Clarisa Fernández, tennis player
- Susana Ferrari Billinghurst aviator
- Luis Firpo, boxer
- Juan Antonio Flecha, cyclist
- Andrés Franzoia, football player
- Germán Frers, yachting
- Víctor Galíndez, world champion boxer
- Oscar Gálvez, race car driver
- José Eulogio Gárate, football player
- Alejandra García, high jumper
- José María Gatica, boxer
- Gastón Gaudio, tennis player.
- Manu Ginóbili, basketball player
- Griselda González, runner
- Inés Gorrochategui, tennis player
- Estanislao Goya, golf player
- Martín Gramática, American football player
- Esteban Guerrieri, race car driver
- Gabriel Heinze, football player
- María de la Paz Hernández, known as "Maripí", hockey player
- Juan Martín Hernández, rugbyer
- Martín Jaite, tennis player, highest world ranking # 10
- Giselle Kañevsky, field hockey Olympic bronze
- Mario Kempes, football player
- Daniela Krukower, judoka, World Champion (under 63 kg)
- Santiago Lange, sailor
- Santos Laciar, world champion boxer
- Mario Ledesma, rugbyer
- Lucas Legnani, ten-pin bowler
- Lucas Licht, football player
- Pechito López, race car driver
- Germán Lux, football player
- Enrique Mansilla, racing driver
- Diego Armando Maradona, Soccer player
- Héctor Leonardo Marinaro, Soccer player
- Karina Masotta, field hockey player
- Leonardo Mayer, tennis player
- César Luis Menotti, Soccer player and coach
- José Meolans, swimmer
- Lionel Messi, football player
- Marcos Milinkovic, volleyball player
- Juan Mónaco, tennis player
- Lucas Monteverde, polo player
- Carlos Monzón, world champion boxer
- Claudio Morresi, football player
- David Nalbandián, tennis player
- Andrés Nocioni, basketball player
- José María Núñez Piossek, rugby player
- Fabricio Oberto, basketball player
- Andrea Orlandi, sportwooman half-Argentine
- Luciano Orquera, rugby player
- Martín Palermo, football player
- Oscar Panno, chess grandmaster
- Paula Pareto, judoka
- Sergio Parisse, rugby player
- Mercedes María Paz, tennis player
- José Pekerman, football player and coach
- Pascual Pérez, first Argentine world boxing champion
- Ramiro Pez, rugbier
- Walter Pérez, cyclist
- Agustín Pichot, captain of Los Pumas, the national rugby team
- Facundo Pieres, polo player
- Gonzalo Pieres, Jr., polo player
- Hugo Porta, rugby player
- Mariano Puerta, tennis player
- Carlos Reutemann, Formula One race car driver and politician
- Juan Román Riquelme, football player
- Cristian Rodríguez, boxer
- Cecilia Rognoni, grass hockey player
- Juan Martillo Roldán, boxer
- Andrés Romero, golfer
- Eduardo Romero, golfer
- Gabriela Sabatini, tennis player
- Pitu Salerni (María Emilia Salerni), tennis player
- Walter Samuel, football player
- Javier Saviola, football player
- Lionel Scaloni, football player
- Diego Sebastián Schwartzman, tennis player
- Luis Scola, basketball player
- Hugo Sconochini, basketball player
- Noemí Simonetto de Portela, athlete, silver medal at 1948 Summer Olympics
- Juan Pablo Sorín, football player, defender
- Alejandro Spajic, volleyball player
- Osvaldo Suárez, olympic marathonist
- Paola Suárez, tennis player
- Patricia Tarabini, tennis player
- Nicolás Tauber, football player
- Diana Taurasi, WNBA basketball player; parents are Argentine
- Carlos Tevez, football player
- David Trezeguet, football player (half Argentine, son of Jorge Trezeguet)
- Jorge Trezeguet, football player
- Esteban Tuero, racing driver
- Fabiana Vallejos, women's soccer player
- Julio Velasco, former volleyball coach
- Juan Sebastián Verón, football player
- Guillermo Vilas, tennis player
- Solange Witteveen, high jumper
- Juan Carlos Zabala, sprinter
Sciences
- Luis Agote, M.D. devised first safe blood transfusion
- Juan Bautista Ambrosetti, anthropologist and naturalist
- Florentino Ameghino, naturalist
- Cosme Argerich, M.D.
- José Antonio Balseiro, nuclear physicist
- Lino Barañao, biochemist and current Minister of Science
- Dan Jacobo Beninson, nuclear physicist
- Jorge Bobone, astronomer
- José Bonaparte, paleontologist
- Eduardo Braun-Menéndez, physiologist
- Mario Bunge, physicist
- Hermann Burmeister, naturalist
- Luis Caffarelli, mathematician
- Alberto Calderón, mathematician
- Ramón Carrillo, neurosurgeon and first Minister of Health
- Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, astronomer
- Rodolfo Coria, paleontologist
- Miguel Rolando Covian, physiologist
- Roberto Dabbene, ornithologist
- Salvador Debenedetti, archaeologist
- Pablo de León, space scientist
- René Favaloro, surgeon, inventor of the coronary bypass surgery
- Hilario Fernández Long, structural engineer and educator
- Enrique Finochietto, surgeon and inventor of numerous surgical tools
- Richard Gans, physicist
- Mario Garavaglia, physicist
- Ramón Enrique Gaviola, astrophysicist
- Mario Giovinetto, geographer
- Juan Hartmann, astronomer
- Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg, geologist and zoologist
- Bernardo Houssay, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Physiology
- Luis Huergo, engineer
- Armando Theodoro Hunziker, botanist
- Miguel Itzigsohn, astronomer
- Jakob Laub, physicist
- Luis Federico Leloir, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
- Domingo Liotta M.D. cardiologist and inventor of the first purely artificial heart
- Juan Martín Maldacena, physicist
- José María Mainetti, oncologist
- Julio Isidro Maiztegui, epidemiologist
- Salvador Mazza, epidemiologist
- César Milstein, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Pharmacology
- Francisco Moreno, explorer
- Julio Navarro, astrophysicist
- Fernando Novas, paleontologist
- Guillermo O'Donnell, politic scientist
- Miguel Ondetti, pharmaceutical scientist
- Virpi Niemelä, astronomer
- Raúl Pateras Pescara, helicopter pioneer
- Livio Dante Porta, mechanical engineer
- Jorge Sabato, physicist
- Julio José Gustavo Sardagna, neurologist and neurosurgeon
- Tito Scaiano, laser chemist
- Carlos Segers, astronomer
- Manuel Sadosky, computer scientist
- Luis Santaló, mathematician
- Friedrich Schickendantz, naturalist
- Carlos Varsavsky, astrophysicist
- Miguel Angel Virasoro, physicist
- Juan Vucetich, inventor of the modern technique of fingerprinting.
- Abraham Willink, entomologist
- Roberto Zaldívar, M.D.
Writers
Main article: List of Argentine writers
- César Aira
- Almafuerte (Pedro Bonifacio Palacios)
- Juan Argerich
- Roberto Arlt
- Hilario Ascasubi
- Enrique Banchs
- Roni Bandini
- Héctor Bianciotti
- Adolfo Bioy Casares
- Isidoro Blaisten
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Elsa Bornemann
- Jose Antonio Bottiroli
- Silvina Bullrich
- Susana Calandrelli
- Eugenio Cambaceres
- Miguel Cané
- Martín Caparrós
- Evaristo Carriego
- Leonardo Castellani
- Abelardo Castillo
- Julio Cortázar
- Estanislao del Campo
- Haroldo Conti
- Gabino Coria Peñaloza
- Roberto Cossa
- Agustín Cuzzani
- Marco Denevi
- Antonio di Benedetto
- Osvaldo Dragún
- Esteban Echeverría
- Samuel Eichelbaum
- Fogwill
- Jorge Fondebrider
- Luis Franco
- Rodrigo Fresán
- Silvio Frondizi
- Griselda Gambaro
- Juan Gelman
- Alberto Gerchunoff
- Oliverio Girondo
- Angélica Gorodischer
- Carlos Gorostiza
- Juana Manuela Gorriti
- Paul Groussac
- Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer
- Beatriz Guido
- Ricardo Güiraldes
- Eduardo Gutiérrez
- Tulio Halperín Donghi
- José Hernández
- Guillermo Enrique Hudson
- Enrique Anderson Imbert
- José Ingenieros
- Isol (Marisol Misenta)
- Roberto Juarroz
- Joseph Kessel
- Igor Sergei Klinki
- Alejandro Korn
- Osvaldo Lamborghini
- Alfredo Le Pera
- Vicente López y Planes
- Leopoldo Lugones
- Félix Luna
- Benito Lynch
- Eduardo Mallea
- Leopoldo Marechal
- Guillermo Martínez
- Tomás Eloy Martínez
- Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
- Carlos Mastronardi
- José Nicolás Matienzo
- Leonardo Moledo, science writer, novelist
- Ricardo Molinari
- Eduardo Montes-Bradley
- Manuel Mujica Láinez
- Rafael Obligado
- Silvina Ocampo
- Victoria Ocampo
- Pacho O'Donnell
- Héctor Germán Oesterheld
- Olga Orozco
- Juan L. Ortiz
- Calixto Oyuela
- Alicia Partnoy
- Ivo Pelay
- Ricardo Piglia
- Felipe Pigna, historian
- Alejandra Pizarnik
- Antonio Porchia
- Juan Carlos Portantiero
- Manuel Puig
- Andrés Rivera
- Arturo Andrés Roig
- Ricardo Rojas
- Ernesto Sabato
- Juan José Saer
- Beatriz Sarlo
- Osvaldo Soriano
- Rafael Squirru
- Alfonsina Storni
- Mario Trejo
- Alberto Vaccarezza
- Luisa Valenzuela
- Florencio Varela
- David Viñas
- María Elena Walsh
- Rodolfo Walsh
- Juan Rodolfo Wilcock
Other
- Amancio Alcorta, diplomat and scholar
- Marcella Althaus-Reid, theologian
- Mario Roberto Álvarez, architect
- Pedro Benoit, urbanist and architect
- Ladislao Biró, inventor of the ballpoint pen
- Gloria Bonder, psychologist
- Eduardo Bradley, aerostat pilot
- Juan Antonio Buschiazzo, architect
- Alejandro Bustillo, architect
- Evangelina Carrozzo, model and activist
- Julio Dormal, architect
- Orlando Sconza, professor
- Gato Dumas, chef and restaurateur
- Carlos Escudé, political scientist
- Inès de La Fressange, designer and model half-Argentine
- María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, executive
- Fanne Foxe, woman of scandal
- Francisco Gianotti, architect
- Julio Godio, historian
- Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche, pedagogian and philosopher
- Roberto Grau, chess player
- Soto Grimshaw, explorer and naturalist
- Daniel Grinbank, producer
- Ernesto Garzón Valdés, philosopher
- Paul Groussac, encyclopedist and librarian
- Juan María Gutiérrez, educator
- Carlos Heller, credit union leader
- Otto Krause, educator
- Juan Carlos Lectoure, boxing promoter
- Roberto Maidana, interviewer
- Juan Moreira, righteous outlaw
- José Luis Murature, diplomat and newspaper editor
- Miguel Najdorf, chess player
- Eduardo Newbery, aerostat pilot
- Jorge Newbery, aviation pioneer
- Ernestina Herrera de Noble, publisher
- Alejandro Orfila, diplomat and winemaker
- Horacio Pagani, auto designer
- Mario Palanti, architect
- Oscar Panno, chess player
- José C. Paz, publisher
- César Pelli, architect
- Adolfo Perez Esquivel, human rights activist and Nobel prize winner
- Patricio Pouchulu, architect
- Jorge Preloran, filmmaker
- Francisco Salamone, architect
- Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz, political and social theorist
- José María Sobral, Antarctic explorer
- Gerardo Sofovich, producer
- Vicente Solano Lima, publisher and politician
- Viktor Sulčič, architect
- Clorindo Testa, architect
- Carlos Thays, renowned landscape architect
- Azucena Villaflor de Vicenti, murdered activist
- Fausto Vitello, skateboarder and publisher
- Amancio Williams, architect
See also
- List of people by nationality
- List of German Argentines
- List of Argentine Jews
- List of Argentine women artists
References
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