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This is a list of Argentines who are famous or notable.

Contents 1 Writers 1.1 A-F 1.2 G-P 1.3 S-W 2 Composers (classical) 3 Arts 4 Entertainment 4.1 A-K 4.2 L-Z 5 Journalism 6 Other categories 7 Sports teams 8 Sports 9 Religion 10 Royalty 11 Politics 12 Sciences 13 See also

• 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
• Jorge Luis Borges
• Alfredo Bufano
• Martín Caparrós
• Arturo Capdevila
• Evaristo Carriego
• Manuel Castilla
• Abelardo Castillo
• Cristina Civale
• Haroldo Conti
• Copi (Raúl Damonte)
• Julio Cortázar
• Roberto "Tito" Cossa
• Agustín Cusani
• Antonio Dal Masetto
• Augusto Mario Delfino
• María Esther De Miguel
• Marco Denevi
• Antonio Di Benedetto
• Osvaldo Dragún
• Juan Draghi Lucero
• Alicia Dujovne Ortiz
• Alejandro Dolina
• C. E. Feiling
• José Pablo Feinmann
• Macedonio Fernández
• Juan Filloy
• Fogwill
• Roberto Fontanarrosa, also cartoonist
• Rodrigo Fresán
• Juan Filloy

• Griselda Gambaro
• Manuel Gálvez
• Carlos Gardini
• Juan Gelman
• Oliverio Girondo
• Alberto Girri
• Mempo Giardinelli
• Angélica Gorodischer
• Raúl González Tuñón
• Juana Manuela Gorriti
• Carlos Guido y Spano
• Ricardo Güiraldes
• José Hernández
• Eduardo Holmberg
• Guillermo Enrique Hudson
• Néstor Ibarra
• Paola Kaufmann
• José Kessel (or Joseph Kessel)
• Leónidas Lamborghini
• Osvaldo Lamborghini
• Martiniano Leguizamón
• Leopoldo Lugones
• Eduardo Mallea
• Leopoldo Marechal
• Guillermo Martínez
• Tomás Eloy Martínez
• Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
• Manuel Mujica Láinez
• Carlos Mastronardi
• Bartolomé Mitre, historian, and former president.
• Gustavo Nielsen
• Silvina Ocampo
• Victoria Ocampo
• Héctor Germán Oesterheld
• Olga Orozco
• Juan L. Ortiz
• Alicia Partnoy
• Roberto Payro
• Ricardo Piglia
• Felipe Pigna, historian
• Alejandra Pizarnik
• Antonio Porchia
• Manuel Puig
• Andrés Rivera
• Arturo Andrés Roig
• Ricardo Rojas
• Mario Rodríguez Cobos

• Ernesto Sábato
• 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

• Julián Aguirre
• Enrique Belloc
• Carlos López Buchardo
• Mario Davidovsky
• Juan Pedro Esnaola
• Luis Gianneo
• Alberto Ginastera
• Carlos Giraudo
• Alfredo Gobbi
• Osvaldo Golijov
• Dante Grela
• Carlos Guastavino
• Mauricio Kagel
• Francisco Kropfl
• Juan Bautista Massa
• Juan Carlos Paz
• Héctor Panizza
• Ástor Piazzolla
• Ariel Ramírez
• Salvador Ranieri
• Lalo Schifrin
• Daniel Schachter
• Daniel Teruggi
• Julio Martin Viera
• Alejandro Viñao
• Ezequiel Viñao
• Alberto Williams

• Carlos Alonso, painter
• Martha Argerich, pianist
• Daniel Barenboim (1942-), pianist
• Antonio Berni, painter
• César Brie, actor and regisseur
• Ciruelo, cartoonist
• Tito Cittadini, painter
• Ernesto Deira, painter
• Jorge de la Vega, painter
• Raúl Di Blasio, pianist
• Jorge Donn (1947-1992), dancer
• Luis Felipe Noé, painter
• Rómulo Macció, painter
• Erminio Blotta, sculptor
• Julio Bocca, dancer
• Alberto Breccia, cartoonist
• Jorge Calandrelli, composer
• Eleonora Cassano, dancer
• Juan Carlos Castagnino, painter
• Crist (Cristobal Reinoso), cartoonist[1]
• Ernesto de la Cárcova, painter
• Miguel Ángel Estrella, pianist
• Fernando Fader, painter
• Leonor Fini, painter
• Raquel Forner, painter
• Osvaldo Franzetti, pianist
• Nicolás García Uriburu, painter
• Julio Eduardo Goya, sculptor
• Max Cachimba (Juan Pablo González), cartoonist
• Tito Cittadini, painter
• Maximiliano Guerra, dancer
• Paloma Herrera, dancer
• Rogelio Irurtia, sculptor
• Julio Le Parc, sculptor
• Juan Carlos Liberti, painter
• Thibon de Libian, painter
• Cándido López, painter
• Tomás Maldonado, painter
• Raúl Mazza, painter
• Lola Mora (Dolores Mora de la Vega), sculptor
• Guillermo Mordillo, cartoonist
• Marianela Núñez, dancer
• Héctor Panizza (Ettore Panizza) composer and conductor
• Raquel Partnoy, painter
• Emilio Pettoruti, painter
• Emilio Pomarico, conductor
• Benito Quinquela Martín (1890-1977), painter
• Pablo Reinoso (1955-...], designer, artistic director, sculptor
• Xul Solar, watercolorist, sculptor, inventor of languages
• Raúl Soldi, painter
• Lino Enea Spilimbergo, painter
• Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado), cartoonist
• Leopoldo Torres Agüero, painter
• Demetrio Urruchúa, painter

• 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
• Héctor Alterio (born 1929), actor
• Pampita (Carolina Ardohain) (born 1978), model and actress
• Pablo Alarcón (born 1946), actor
• Emilia Attias, dancer and model
• Gato Barbieri, saxophonist
• Lorena Bernal, model and actress
• Gilda (Miriam Alejandra Bianchi), pop singer
• Lola Berthet, actress
• Alexis Bledel, actress (half Argentine)
• Julio Bocca, ballet dancer
• Fabiana Bravo, soprano
• Cecilia de Bucourt, ex-model
• Rodrigo Bueno (El Potro Rodrigo), cuarteto singer
• Daniel Burman, film director
• De La Guarda,
• Facundo Cabral, singer
• 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
• Alfredo Casero, TV entertainer
• Catrino Catrani, film director
• Gustavo Cerati, guitarist Soda Stereo
• Segundo Cernadas, (1972), actor
• Chenoa, singer
• Agustina Cherri, model
• Jessica Cirio, dancer and model
• Grecia Colmenares (1962), Venezuelan born actress, Argentine citizen
• Alberto Cortés, singer
• Linda Cristal, actress
• Quirino Cristiani, cartoonist and film director
• José Cura, singer tenor
• Ricardo Darín, (1957) actor
• Andrea Del Boca (1965), actress
• Florencia De La V (1976), transsexual actress
• Sergio Denis (1949), singer
• Yamila Díaz Rahí, model
• Juanjo Domínguez, folk guitarist
• Alejandro Drago, violinist, teacher, music arranger and orchestral conductor [2]
• Dorismar (Dora Noemí Kerchen), model, show host
• Emanuel, magician
• Miguel Ángel Estrella, pianist
• Leonardo Fabio, film director
• Luján Fernández, supermodel
• Luis Farinello, TV social priest.
• Gachi Ferrari, actress and model
• Catherine Fullop (1965), actress, Venezuelan by birth, Argentine citizen
• Analía Gadé, actress
• Verónica Gamba, model
• Charly García (1951), musician
• Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), singer
• Ante Garmaz, model, fashion designer, TV host and actor
• Lorena Giaquinto, model
• León Gieco, singer and musician
• Susana Giménez (1945-), actress, show host
• Divina Gloria, actress and singer
• Araceli González (1967-), actress
• Daniel Guerrero (19??-), actor
• Eliana Guercio, model
• Rocío Guirao Díaz, model
• 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 Karadagián, professional wrestler, very famous in Latin american for his Tv catch-show Titanes en el Ring
• Mariana Karr, actress
• Leevon Kennedy, television personality.

• La Argentina (1890~1936), flamenco dancer
• La Argentinita (1898~1945), flamenco dancer
• José Labelli, regisseur
• Fernando Lamas, actor
• Justo Lamas, singer, tours American high schools
• Carlos La Mona Jiménez pop singer
• Romina Lanaro, supermodel
• Lang, cartoonist
• Sergio Langer, cartoonist (La Nelly)
• René Lavand, magician
• Mirtha Legrand (b. 1926), actress and showoman
• Libertad Lamarque, singer
• 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
• Federico Luppi, actor
• Mía Maestro, actress
• Maitena (Maitena Burundarena), cartoonist
• María de los Ángeles Medrano, actress
• Natalio Mangalavite, pianist
• Marilú Marini, actress
• Jorge Maronna, musician, from Les Luthiers
• Niní Marshall, comic actress
• Lucrecia Martel, theater and film director
• Cristian Martínez (b. 1989) actor, comedian
• Roxana Martínez, model
• Gerardo Masana, musician, from Les Luthiers
• Mirta Teresita Massa, Miss International 1967
• Valeria Mazza, supermodel
• Claribel Medina, Puerto Rico born, Argentine citizen, actress
• Tita Merello, singer and actress
• Nito Mestre, singer and rock musician
• Osvaldo Miranda, actor
• Juana Molina, musician
• Horacio Molina, tango singer
• Alejandro Montaner, singer, son of Ricardo Montaner
• Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-born, Venezuelan citizen, singer
• Marcela Morelo, singer
• Zully Moreno (Zulema Esther González Borbón), actress
• Marcos Mundstock, musician, from Les Luthiers
• 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
• Oski (Oscar Conti), cartoonist
• Fito Páez, songwriter and rock keyboard player
• Pappo, (Norberto Napolitano), rock musician
• Soledad Pastorutti, folk & pop singer
• Gastón Pauls, actor
• Luciana Pedraza, actress and directress
• Carolina Peleritti, actress
• Diego Peretti, actor
• Roberto Pettinato, TV entertainer
• Ástor Piazzolla, tango composer
• 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
• Alejandro Rey, actor
• Edmundo Rivero, tango singer
• Inés Rivero, supermodel
• Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, actor, Los Roldán
• Sebastian Rulli, Argentine-born, Mexican citizen, actor
• Hermenegildo Sábat, caricaturist and cartoonist
• Sandro, singer
• Osvaldo Sabatini, actor
• Sabrina Sabruk, model and TV-entertainer
• Ivana Saccani, model
• 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
• Juan María Solare, musician
• Mercedes Sosa, folk singer
• Luis Alberto Spinetta, rock musician and guitarist
• Liz Solari, model
• Juan Soler, actor
• Coti Sorokin, songwriter, musician, compositor
• Daniela Stucan, model, singer
• 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
• Aníbal Troilo, tango bandoneonist and songwriter
• Daniela Urzi, supermodel
• Iñaki Urlezaga, dancer
• Natalia Verbeke, actress
• Sebastián Vilas, singer
• Lito Vitale, musician
• Atahualpa Yupanqui ( Héctor Roberto Chavero) folk songwriter and musician
• Eugenio Zanetti, designer, theater, cine and opera director
• Carlos Olguin-Trelawny, film director, screenwriter

• Jacobo Timmerman, journalist
• Andy Bellatti, journalist
• Enrique Gratas, television news reporter
• Mariano Grondona, television journalist
• Jorge Lanata, journalist and writer
• Pedro Sevcec, television reporter
• Tomas Eloy Martinez, journalist, writer, and founder of several newspapers

• Ladislao Biró, inventor of the biro
• Fanne Foxe, scandalous stripper.
• Eduardo Newbery, aerostat pilot, one of first two Argentines to die in air accident (both died at the same accident).
• Jorge Newbery, Argentine aviation pioneer.
• Carlos Thays, famous landscape architect influential especially in the design of Buenos Aires' open public spaces.
• César Pelli, architect.
• Martin Varsavsky,
• Juan Vucetich, inventor of the dactilar prints.

• Las Leonas, hockey team
• Los Pumas, rugby team
• Los Murciélagos, football (soccer) team
• Seleccionado Argentino de Basquet
• Seleccionado Argentino de Polo

(See Category:Argentine sportspeople for a complete list)

• Magdalena Aicega, grass hockey player
• José Acasuso
• Pablo Aimar, football player
• Claudia Amura, chess player
• 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
• Ángel Cabrera, golf player
• Mauro Camoranessi, football player
• Chico Castro, rugbier
• Jorge Castro (1967), world champion boxer
• Fernando Cavenaghi, football (soccer) player
• Hernán Crespo, football player
• José Luis Clerc, tennis player
• Juan Martín Coggi, world champion boxer
• Felipe Contepomi, rugbyer
• Guillermo Coria (born 1982), tennis player
• Roberto DeVicenzo (born 1923), golfer
• Agustin Calleri, tennis player
• Alfredo Di Stéfano, football player
• Gisela Dulko, tennis player
• Vito Dumas, yachting
• Juan Manuel Fangio (1911-1995), Formula 1 driver, world champion five times
• Andrea Noemí Fernández, skatter
• Clarisa Fernández, tennis player
• Luis Firpo (1894-1960), boxer
• Juan Antonio Flecha, cyclist
• Andres Franzoia, football player
• Oscar "Pillín" Furlong, former baketball player
• Victor Galíndez (1948-1980), world champion boxer
• Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), tennis player
• 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
• Horacio A. Heguy (born. c. 1941), polo player
• Ignacio "Nachi" Heguy, polo player
• Juan Hernández, rugbyer
• 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, basquetball player
• Fabricio Oberto
• Mercedes María Paz, tennis player
• Pascual Pérez (1926-1977), first Argentine world boxing champion
• Ramiro Pez, rugbier
• Agustín Pichot (born 1974), rugby 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
• Gabriela Sabatini (born 1970), tennis player
• Italo Sartori, rugby player
• Jaime Sartori, rower
• Javier Saviola (born 1981), football player
• Lionel Scaloni, football (soccer) player
• Alejandro Spajic (born 1976), volleyball player
• Pitu Salerni (Maria Emilia Salerni), tennis player
• Hugo Sconochini basketball player
• Paola Suárez (born 1976), tennis player
• Patricia Tarabini, tennis player
• Diana Taurasi (born 1982), WNBA basketball player; parents are Argentine
• Carlos Tévez (born 1984), football player
• Fabiana Vallejo, women's soccer player
• Juan Sebastián Verón (born 1975), football player
• Guillermo Vilas, tennis player
• Solange Witteveen,

• Mario L. Rodríguez Cobos (Silo)

• Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
• Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
• Princess Máxima of the Netherlands (Máxima Zorreguieta), Argentine, Catharina's and Alexia's mother

• 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), current president (2005)
• 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
• Mario Roberto Santucho, ERP chief
• Juan Bautista Alberdi
• Domingo Cavallo
• Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
• Bartolomé Mitre
• Nicolás Avellaneda
• Bernardino Rivadavia

• Alberto Calderón, mathematician
• Luis Agote, M.D.
• Sebastián Amigorena, M.D.
• Cosme Argerich, M.D.
• Daniel R. Bès, physicist
• Mario Bunge
• José Cibelli, geneticist
• Eduardo De Robertis
• Leopoldo Falicov, physicist
• René Favaloro
• 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

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