List of Uruguayans
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Listed below are notable people from Uruguay.
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Contents
- 1 Artists
- 2 Vedettes, Singers, Actors, Dancers & Models
- 3 Musicians
- 4 Politics and military
- 5 Religious leaders
- 6 Writers
- 7 Film directors and screenwriters
- 8 Public figures
- 9 Indigenous people
- 10 Engineers and architects
- 11 Journalists
- 12 Composers
- 13 Scientists
- 14 Sports
- 15 Economists
- 16 See also
- 17 References
Artists
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- Rodolfo Arotxarena
- Pablo Atchugarry
- José Belloni
- Juan Manuel Blanes
- Juan José Calandria
- Carlos Capelán
- Pedro Figari
- Carlos María Herrera
- Edward Johnston
- Carlos Páez Vilaró
- Virginia Patrone
- Hermenegildo Sábat
- Martín Sastre
- Felipe Seade
- Joaquín Torres García
- Daniel Pontet
Vedettes, Singers, Actors, Dancers & Models
- Natalia Oreiro – Latin Grammy-nominated singer, actress and fashion designer
- China Zorrilla – award-winning theater, film and television actress
- Andrea Ghidone – vedette, fashion model, professional dancer and actress of theater and television
- Tina Ferreira – carnival and theater vedette, dancer and journalist
- Mónica Farro – theatrical supervedette, model and professional theater and television actress
- George DelHoyo – American theater and television actor, born in Canelones
- Virginia Dobrich – professional theater and television dancer
- Marcelo Buquet – actor and former model
- Eunice Castro – fashion-runway model, professional theater dancer, television and runway hostess and actress of stage and screen
- Daniel Hendler – film, television, and theatre actor
- Osvaldo Laport – film and television actor
- Laura Martínez (born 1964), actress, dancer, television star
- Bárbara Mori – telenovela and film actress and model
- Delfi Galbiati – theatre actor
Musicians
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- Jorge Drexler
- Pablo Sciuto
- José Serebrier
- Alfredo Zitarrosa
- Edgardo Cambón
- Mariana Ingold
- Martín López
- Eduardo Mateo
- Martín Méndez
- Rubén Rada
- Jaime Roos
- Gabe Saporta
- Erwin Schrott
- Julio Sosa
- Daniel Viglietti
- Malena Muyala
Politics and military
- Gregorio Álvarez
- Juan José de Amézaga
- Mariano Arana
- José Gervasio Artigas
- Danilo Astori
- Alfredo Baldomir
- Hugo Batalla
- Jorge Batlle
- José Batlle y Ordóñez
- Lorenzo Batlle
- Luis Batlle Berres
- Tomas Berreta
- Eduardo Blanco Acevedo
- Juan María Bordaberry
- Pedro Bordaberry
- Baltasar Brum
- Lorenzo Carnelli
- Juan Lindolfo Cuestas
- José Eugenio Ellauri
- Hugo Fernández Faingold
- Venancio Flores
- Emilio Frugoni
- Reinaldo Gargano
- Julio César Grauert
- Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz
- Luis Alberto de Herrera
- Luis Alberto Lacalle
- Juan Antonio Lavalleja
- Aparicio Méndez
- Rafael Michelini
- Zelmar Michelini
- José Mujica
- Rodolfo Nin Novoa
- Didier Opertti Badan
- Manuel Oribe
- Jorge Pacheco Areco
- Fructuoso Rivera
- Julio María Sanguinetti
- Aparicio Saravia
- Raúl Sendic
- Joaquín Suárez
- Gabriel Terra
- Tabaré Vázquez
- Feliciano Viera
Religious leaders
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- Gonzalo Aemilius
- Antonio María Barbieri
- Pablo Galimberti
- José Benito Lamas
- Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga
- Juan Francisco Larrobla
- José Benito Monterroso
- Francisca Rubatto
- Juan Luis Segundo
- Mariano Soler
- Jacinto Vera
Writers
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- Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
- Francisco Acuña de Figueroa
- Delmira Agustini
- Pilar Barrios
- Mario Benedetti
- Antonio Díaz
- Juana de Ibarbourou
- Amanda Berenguer
- Eduardo Galeano
- Jorge Majfud
- Juan Carlos Onetti
- Emilio Oribe
- Cristina Peri Rossi
- Manuel Pérez y Curis
- Horacio Quiroga
- José Enrique Rodó
- Florencio Sánchez
- Javier de Viana
- Juan Zorrilla de San Martín
- Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira
- Idea Vilariño
- Julio Herrera y Reissig
- Marosa di Giorgio
Film directors and screenwriters
Public figures
Indigenous people
Engineers and architects
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Journalists
- Jorge Gestoso – Spanish-language television host and President of GTN, Gestoso Television News
- Pedro Sevcec – Spanish-language television news anchor for U.S. network Telemundo
Composers
- Jorge Drexler – Academy Award-winning song composer (The Motorcycle Diaries)
- Gerardo Matos Rodríguez – composer of the tango La Cumparsita
- Guido Santórsola
- Alfredo Zitarrosa
Scientists
Sports
- Sebastián Abreu ("El Loco Abreu") – football player, member of national team
- Jose Andrade – former football player and member of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team.
- Julio César Benítez Amodeo – Uruguayan football player, played seven seasons in Barcelona FC from 1961 to his sudden death in 1968
- Esteban Batista – first Uruguayan to play in the National Basketball Association
- José María Flores Burlón – boxer
- Alfredo Evangelista – boxer
- Diego Forlán – football player, member of national team and Cezero Osaka (Japan)
- Alcides Ghiggia – former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team
- Diego Godín – football player, member of national team and team Atlético de Madrid (Spain)
- John Harley – played with C.U.R.C.C./Peñarol from 1909 until his retirement from football in 1920
- Marcelo Lipatin – football player, forward (C.D. Trofense)[1]
- Diego Lugano – football player, member of national team
- Ladislao Mazurkiewicz – former football player
- Oscar Moglia – Olympic medal-winning basketball player
- Paolo Montero – former football player, member of the national team
- Fernando Muslera – football player, member of national team
- Jose Nasazzi – former football player, captain of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team
- Alvaro Recoba – football player, member of the national team
- Pedro Rocha – former football player, member of the national team
- Juan Schiaffino – former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team
- Luis Suárez – football player, member of national team and FC Barcelona
- Milton Wynants – Olympic Silver Medal-winning cyclist
- Enzo Francescoli – former football player, member of national team
- Edinson Cavani – football player, member of national team and team Paris Saint-Germain
- Obdulio Varela – former football player, captain of the 1950 World Cup-winning team
Economists
- Arturo C. Porzecanski – Wall Street economist and university professor
See also
References
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