List of Ecuadorians

This is a list of notable Ecuadorians. This list needs to be edited. See Presidents section.

Arts

Literature and journalism

Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006) - poet and writer
Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009) - poet and novelist
Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (b. 1942) - writer
Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981) - writer
Gabriela Alemán (b. 1968) - novelist and short story writer
Carlos Altamirano Sánchez (b. 1926) - poet and journalist
Vicente Amador Flor (1903–1975) - poet
María Fernanda Ampuero (b. 1976) - journalist, short story writer
Juan Andrade Heymann (b. 1945) - novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer
Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983) - journalist and playwright
César E. Arroyo (1887–1937) - poet, novelist, journalist, playwright and diplomat
Enrique Avellán Ferrés (1904-1984) - novelist and playwright
Juan Bautista Aguirre (1725–1786) - poet and writer from colonial South America
Pablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904-1999) - writer, journalist
Alfonso Barrera Valverde (1929-2013) - writer, diplomat
Ana Cecilia Blum (b. 1972) - writer
Arturo Borja (1892–1912) - poet
Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964) - poet and essayist
Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014) - writer
Jorge Luis Cáceres (b. 1982) - writer, editor
Oswaldo Calisto Rivera (1979–2000) - poet and artist
José Antonio Campos (1868-1939) - journalist
Eliécer Cárdenas (1950-2021) - novelist
Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889-1972) - writer, suffragist
Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978) - poet
Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915–1992) - writer and journalist
Fanny Carrión de Fierro (b. 1939) - writer, poet, essayist and professor
Benjamín Carrión Mora (1897–1979) - writer
Iván Carvajal (b. 1948) - poet, philosopher, writer
María Piedad Castillo de Levi (1888-1962) - journalist, suffragist
Gabriel Cevallos García (1913–2004) - writer and historian
Octavio Cordero Palacios (1870–1930) - writer, playwright, poet, mathematician, lawyer, professor and inventor
Simón Corral (b. 1946) - poet and playwright
Mary Corylé (1894–1976) - poet
Luis Alberto Costales (1926–2006) - poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician
Remigio Crespo Toral (1860–1939) - poet, journalist, politician
José de la Cuadra (1903–1941) - novelist and short story writer
Agustin Cueva (1937–1992) - writer and sociologist
César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967)- poet
Jorge Dávila Vázquez (b. 1947) - writer
Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013) - poet, novelist, and short story writer
Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015) - poet, novelist, and short story writer
José María Egas (1896–1982) - poet
Gonzalo Escudero (1903–1971) - poet and diplomat
Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - writer
Ileana Espinel (1933–2001) - poet
Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961) - writer, poet, and translator
Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros (b. 1941) - TV journalist, holder of a Guinness Record for longest continuous time as a news anchor.
Jenny Estrada (b. 1940) - writer and journalist
Ulises Estrella (1939-2014) - poet, film expert
Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002) - poet
Jacinto de Evia (1625–1700s) - poet, priest
Ángel Felicísimo Rojas (1909–2003) - writer, novelist, and poet
Humberto Fierro (1890–1929) - poet
Luis Enrique Fierro (b. 1936) - poet and medical doctor
Jaime Galarza Zavala (b. 1930) - writer, poet, journalist and politician
Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947) - novelist and short story writer
Karina Galvez (b. 1964) - poet
Alfredo Gangotena (1904–1944) - poet who wrote in French and Spanish
Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973) - writer
Federico González Suárez (1844–1917) - bishop, historian
Euler Granda (1935-2018) - novelist
Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira (1925–2009) - poet
Yanna Hadatty (b. 1969) - short story writer and essayist
Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931–2012) - poet and writer
Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez (1902–1962) - poet, novelist and short story writer
Janet Hinostroza (b. 1971) - journalist and TV presenter
Gilda Holst (b. 1952) - writer
Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978) - writer
María Angélica Idrobo (1890–1956) - writer, educator
Edna Iturralde (b. 1948) - writer
Efraín Jara Idrovo (1926–2018) - poet and writer
Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (b. 1932) - poet
Nicolás Kingman Riofrío (1918–2018) - journalist, writer and politician
Juan Larrea Holguín (1927–2006) - writer and lawyer
Numa Pompilio Llona (1832–1907) - poet
Sonia Manzano Vela (b. 1947) - writer and pianist
Luis A. Martínez (1869–1909) - novelist
Nela Martínez (1912–2004) - writer
José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008) - playwright
Hugo Mayo (1895–1988) - poet and writer
José Trajano Mera (1862–1919) - poet and playwright
Juan León Mera (1832–1894) - writer
Pedro Moncayo (1807–1888) - political journalist
Juan Montalvo (1832–1889) - writer
Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927) - poet
Jorge Núñez Sánchez (1947–2020) - writer
José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780–1847) - poet, politician
Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003) - writer and poet
Emilio Palacio (b. 1954) - journalist
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993) - writer
Julio Pazos Barrera (b. 1944) - poet and writer
Galo René Pérez (1923–2008) - biographer, poet, and essayist
Jorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995) - writer and historian
Ismael Pérez Pazmiño (1876-1944) - journalist, businessman
Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (b. 1939) - biographer
Aleyda Quevedo (b. 1972) - writer
Ernesto Quiñonez (b. 1969) - novelist
Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004) - writer
Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940) - writer
Óscar Efrén Reyes (1896-1966)
Miguel Riofrío (1822–1879) - writer
Juan Manuel Rodríguez (b. 1945) - Spanish-Ecuadorian writer
Alfonso Rumazo González (1903–2002) - writer, historian, essayist and literary critic
José Rumazo González (b. 1904) - poet
Hugo Salazar Tamariz (1923–1999) - poet, novelist and playwright
Natasha Salguero (b. 1952) - writer, journalist
Isacovici Salomon (1924–1998) - writer
Filoteo Samaniego (1928–2013) - novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat
Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919) - poet
Dolores Sucre (1837-1917) - poet
Fernando Tinajero (b. 1940) - writer
Francisco Tobar García (1928–1997) - poet, novelist, and playwright
Abdón Ubidia (b. 1944) - novelist
Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864-1969) - journalist
Benjamín Urrutia (b. 1950) - writer
Juan Valdano Morejón (1939-2021) - writer
Leonardo Valencia (b. 1969) - writer
Eduardo Varas (b. 1979) - novelist and journalist
Fray José María Vargas O.P. (1902–1988) - writer and historian
Javier Vásconez (b. 1946) - novelist and short story writer
Marieta de Veintemilla (1855–1907) - writer, politician
Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857) - poet
Juan de Velasco (1727–1792) - poet, historian
Jorge Velasco Mackenzie (1949-2021) - writer
Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999) - writer
Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999) - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist
Gaspar de Villarroel (1587–1665) - bishop, apologist
Humberto Vinueza (1942-2017) - poet
Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928) - novelist
Gonzalo Zaldumbide (1884–1965) - poet

Visual arts

Alfredo Palacio Moreno - sculptor
Aníbal Villacís - painter
Araceli Gilbert - painter
Bernardo de Legarda - sculptor
Caesar Andrade Faini - painter
Camilo Egas - painter
Eduardo Kingman - painter
Enrique Tábara - painter
Estuardo Maldonado - sculptor and painter
Félix Arauz - painter
Galo Galecio - painter
Gonzalo Amancha - painter
Gonzalo Endara Crow - painter
Hugo Cifuentes - photographer and painter
Joaquín Pinto - painter
Jorge Velarde - painter
Jorge Swett - muralist, painter, lawyer and writer
Juan Villafuerte - painter
Judith Gutierrez - painter
Leonardo Tejada - painter
Luigi Stornaiolo Pimentel - painter
Luis Miranda - painter
Luis Molinari - painter
Manuel Rendón - painter
Marcos Restrepo - printer
Miguel Betancourt - painter
Oswaldo Guayasamín - painter
Oswaldo Moreno - painter
Oswaldo Viteri - painter
Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - painter
Ramón Piaguaje - painter
Theo Constanté - painter
Washington Iza - painter
Jaime Andrade Moscoso - sculptor

Dance

Frederick Ashton - Ecuadorian born British ballet dancer and choreographer
Noralma Vera - Director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza)
Esperanza Cruz Hidalgo - ballerina

Theater, TV and film

Ernesto Albán - vaudeville and television actor
Enrique Chediak - cinematographer in Hollywood
Camilo Coba - filmmaker
Sebastián Cordero - film director/writer/editor
Paola Farías - actress, model
Katty García - actress
Camilo Luzuriaga - film director/writer/producer
Carolina Jaume - actress, TV host
Mike Judge - Ecuadorian born American animator
Jenn Pinto - actress; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American
Michael Steger - actor
Ricardo Hoyos - actor
Priscilla Negrón - actress
Flor María Palomeque - actress, model
Albert Paulsen - actor
Fatima Ptacek - actress and model
Diego Spotorno - actor, host
Danilo Carrera - actor
Juan Emilio Viguié - pioneering Puerto Rican movie producer (Ecuadorian mother)
Marián Sabaté - TV personality. Born in Spain.

Music

Adrianne León - singer-songwriter, American of Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican descent, lived in Ecuador.
Adrienne Bailon - singer 3LW; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican
Antonio Neumane - French, lived and worked in Ecuador, composed the music of the National Anthem of Ecuador
Arturo Rodas - classical composer
Beatriz Parra Durango - classical musician
Boris Cepeda - pianist
Carlos Rubira Infante - singer-songwriter
Celia Zaldumbide Rosales - pianist
Christopher Velez - singer-songwriter and dancer (CNCO)
Christina Aguilera - singer and pop icon (Half Ecuadorian, half German, Irish, Welsh, and Dutch ancestry)
Diego Luzuriaga - composer
Edgar Palacios Rodriguez - composer
Enrique Espín Yépez - composer, violinist
Fausto Miño - singer-songwriter
Gabriela Villalba - singer
Gerardo - singer
Guillermo Ayoví Erazo, aka Papá Roncón - Afro-Ecuadorian musician, singer, and marimba player
Isabel Rosales Pareja - pianist
Jinsop - Korean/American singer, Ecuadorian nationality by naturalization
Jorge Saade - violinist
Juan Fernando Velasco - singer-songwriter
Julio Jaramillo - folklore and romantic music singer
Wendy Vera - singer, politician
Leslie Wright - pianist
Luis Humberto Salgado - classical composer
Luis Silva Parra - saxophonist of classical jazz
Mesias Maiguashca - classical composer
Nicasio Safadi - songwriter, popular musician, born in Lebanon
Paulina Aguirre - Christian singer
Sebastian J. - music producer, songwriter
Sixto María Durán Cárdenas - pianist, composer, lawyer, singer
Lila Álvarez Garcia - pianist, choir director, and musical art teacher

Science

Antonio de Alcedo - Spanish geographer and military leader, born in what is today Ecuador
Eugenia Del Pino - developmental biologist
Pedro Vicente Maldonado - geographer
Clodoveo Carrión Mora - paleontologist and naturalist
Misael Acosta Solís - naturalist
William Jameson - physician, naturalist. Born in Scotland
Augusto Nicolás Martínez - agronomist, geologist
Plutarco Naranjo Vargas - doctor and scientific researcher
Luis Sodiro - botanist, priest. Born in Italy.
Presley Norton Yoder - archeologist
Daniela Galarraga Espinosa - cosmic filamentarian

Medicine

Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - physician, journalist, writer, philosopher
Alejo Lascano Bahamonde - physician, surgeon
Rodrigo Fierro Benítez - physician, researcher, writer
Germán Abad Valenzuela - doctor, radiologist
José Amén-Palma - surgeon and researcher

Politics and military

Pamela Aguirre Zambonino (born 1984) – member of Andean Parliament
Belisario Albán Mestanza (1853–1925) - notable role in the Liberal Revolution of Guayaquil
Ana Lucía Armijos (born 1949) - first female interior minister
Pedro José de Arteta (1797–1893) - vice-president
Leopoldo Benites (1905–1996) - diplomat, writer, President of the United Nations General Assembly
Diego Borja - Coordination Minister for Economic Policy, President of the Poder Ciudadano Movement
Diana Coloma - Blind disability activist and politician
Manuela Cañizares (1769–1814) - early leader of the independence movement
Rafael Carvajal (1819–1878) - politician, minister
Galo Chiriboga - minister, prosecutor, felon
Pacífico Chiriboga (1810–1886) - politician, legislator, vicepresident
Carlos Cueva Tamariz (1898–1991) - politician, senator, legislator, councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Labor
Alberto Dahik (born 1953) - vicepresident, professor and businessman
Freddy Ehlers (born 1945) - journalist, minister, presidential candidate
Juan Falconí Puig - public servant, diplomat
Luis Félix López (1932–2008) - prominent politician, minister
Manuel Félix López (1937–2004) - prominent politician in Manabí province
Guillermo Franco (1811–1873) - self-proclaimed dictator, major figure in the Ecuadorian political and military scene
Jorge Glas - vice-president, convicted felon
Luisa Gómez de la Torre Páez (1887–1976) - socialist activist
Susana González Rosado (born 1973) - assembly member, viceprefect of Guayas Province
Matilde Hidalgo (1889–1974) - activist, physician, first Ecuadorian woman to finish secondary education, first Ecuadorina woman to complete a degree in medicine and first Ecuadorian woman to cast a vote in a national election
María Leonor Jiménez (born 1939) - candidate, public servant
María Cristina Kronfle (born 1985) - member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly for Guayas Province
José de La Mar - Independentist military leader, President of Peru (born in what is now Ecuador)
Richelieu Levoyer - Army General, who proposed the "Return to the Constitution Plan" that ended the 1976–1979 dictatorship
Guillaume Long - French-born minister
Luis Macas - legislator, minister
Federico Malo Andrade - governor, entrepreneur
Eduardo Maruri - assembly Member for the Guayas Province
Paco Moncayo - Army general, former Mayor of Quito, Congressman
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell - Ecuadorian-born member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida. The first person born in South America to reach the United States Congress
Jaime Nebot - political leader, major of Guayaquil
Xavier Neira Menéndez - legislator, presidential candidate
Nina Pacari - minister, congresswoman, indigenous activist
Álvaro Noboa - millionaire, political leader, frequent presidential candidate
Antonio Parra Velasco - Ambassador to France and Great Britain
Rodrigo Paz - mayor of Quito, minister, entrepreneur, sports executive
Pedro Pinto Rubianes - minister, vice president
León Roldós Aguilera - former Vice President of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement
Manuela Sáenz - involved in the independence movement, was Simón Bolívar's lover and confidant
Jorge Salvador Lara - Ambassador to the Vatican, Peru, Chile, and France, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
Juan de Salinas y Zenitagoya - early independence leader
José Serrano - president of the Legislature, minister
Andrés Vallejo (born 1942) - prominent politician, president of the National Congress
Luis Vargas Torres - (1844-1887), politician, guerrilla
Alexandra Vela - minister, legislator
Alfredo Vera Arrata - politician and architect, minister of education, councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary
Alfredo Vera Vera (1910–1999), politician
José de Villamil - a leader of the struggle for independence, considered the father of the Ecuadorian Navy. Born in Louisiana.

Indigenous leaders

Atahualpa - Inca emperor, perhaps born in what is today Ecuador
Rumiñawi - high-ranking Incan warrior around the time of the Spanish conquest

Presidents

Juan José Flores - first President (1830–1835; 1839–1843; 1843–1845), Venezuelan-born
Vicente Rocafuerte - President (1834–1839)
José Joaquín de Olmedo - President (1845–1845)
Vicente Ramón Roca - President (1845–1849), first Vice President (1830–1831)
Manuel de Ascásubi - Interim president (1849-1850, 1869)
Diego Noboa - President (1850–1851)
José María Urvina - Supreme Chief and President (1851–1856)
Francisco Robles - President (1856–1859)
Gabriel García Moreno - President (1860–1865; 1869–1875)
Jerónimo Carrión - President (1865–1867)
Javier Espinosa - President (1868–1869)
Antonio Borrero - President (1875–1876)
Ignacio de Veintemilla - Dictator and president (1876–1883)
José Plácido Caamaño - President (1883–1888)
Antonio Flores Jijón - President (1888–1892)
Luis Cordero Crespo - President (1892–1895)
Eloy Alfaro - Supreme Chief and President (1895–1901)
Leonidas Plaza - President (1901–1905; 1912–1916)
Carlos Freile Zaldumbide - Interim president (1911–1912)
Francisco Andrade Marín - Interim president (1912)
Alfredo Baquerizo - President (1916–1920)
José Luis Tamayo - President (1920-1924)
Gonzalo Córdova - President (1924–1925)
Isidro Ayora - President (1926–1931)
Alberto Guerrero Martínez - Provisional president (1932)
Juan de Dios Martínez - President (1932–1933)
Abelardo Montalvo - President (1933–1934)
José María Velasco Ibarra - President (1934–1935; 1944–1947 1952–1956; 1968–1972)
Manuel María Borrero - Interim President (1938)
Julio Enrique Moreno - Interim President (1940)
Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río - President (1940–1944)
Galo Plaza Lasso - President (1948–1952)
Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy - President (1961–1963)
Ramón Castro Jijón - President of the military junta (1963–1966)
Otto Arosemena - President (1966–1968)
Guillermo Rodríguez Lara - military dictator (1972–1976)
Jaime Roldós Aguilera - President (1979–1981)
Osvaldo Hurtado - President (1981–1984)
Leon Febres Cordero - President (1984–1988)
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos - President (1988–1992)
Sixto Durán Ballén - President (1992–1996)
Abdalá Bucaram - President (1996–1997), convicted felon
Jamil Mahuad - President (1998–2000)
Gustavo Noboa - President (2000–2003)
Lucio Gutiérrez - President (2003–2005)
Alfredo Palacio - President (2005–2007)
Rafael Correa - President (2007–2017), convicted felon
Lenin Moreno - President (2017–2021), former Vice President (2007–2013)
Guillermo Lasso - President (2021–)

First ladies

Mercedes Jijón - wife of Juan José Flores
Corina del Parral - wife of José María Velasco Ibarra, born in Argentina
Lucila Santos Trujillo - wife of Otto Arosemena
María de Lourdes Alcívar - wife of Guillermo Lasso

Religious figures

Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz - archbishop of Guayaquil
José Mario Ruiz Navas - archbishop of Portoviejo

Sports

Álex Aguinaga - footballer and coach
Jordy Alcívar - footballer
Alexander Alvarado - footballer
Nilson Angulo - footballer
Rorys Aragón - footballer
Robert Arboleda - footballer
Samantha Arévalo - swimmer
Xavier Arreaga - footballer
Walter Ayoví - footballer
Mimi Barona - surfer
Christian Benítez - footballer
Shirley Berruz - footballer
Andrea Bonilla - long-distance runner
Chico Borja - Ecuadorian-American footballer and coach
Ramiro Borja - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
Elizabeth Bravo - triathlete
Beder Caicedo - footballer
Carina Caicedo - footballer
Felipe Caicedo - footballer
Jean Caicedo - boxer
Jonathan Caicedo - cyclist
Jordy Caicedo - footballer
Moisés Caicedo - footballer
Leonardo Campana - footballer
Pablo Campana - tennis player and public servant
Alfredo Campo - BMX cyclist
Richard Carapaz - cyclist, winner of the Giro d'Italia, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
Byron Castillo - footballer
Julio Castillo - boxer
Miler Castillo (born 1987) - football player
Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda - cyclist
Rosa Chacha - long-distance runner
Vanessa Chalá - judoka
Andrés Chocho - race walker
José Cifuentes - footballer
Juan Manuel Correa - racing driver
Neisi Dajomes - weightlifter, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
Daniela Darquea - golfer
Ulises de la Cruz - footballer and politician
Agustín Delgado - footballer and politician, scored first Ecuadorian goal in a World Cup
Anicka Delgado - swimmer
Diana Durango - sport shooter
Iván Enderica Ochoa - swimmer
Alexandra Escobar - weightlifter
Adriana Espinosa - archer
Michael Estrada - footballer
Pervis Estupiñán - footballer
Alan Franco - footballer
Hernán Galíndez - footballer (born in Argentina)
Estefania García - judoka
Andrés Gómez - tennis player, French Open winner
Emilio Gómez - tennis player
Carlos Góngora - boxer, IBO world champion
Doménica González - tennis player
Carlos Gruezo Arboleda - footballer
Carlos Gruezo Quiñónez - footballer
Piero Hincapié - footballer
Romario Ibarra - footballer
Eduardo Hurtado - footballer
Elías Jácome - football referee, the first Ecuadorian to officiate in a World Cup
Karla Jaramillo - race walker
Iván Kaviedes - footballer
Nicolás Lapentti - tennis player
Giovanni Lapentti - tennis player
Ángel Mena - footballer
Édison Méndez - footballer
Sebas Méndez - footballer
Alberto Miño - table tennis player
Glenda Morejón - race walker
Jhonatan Narváez - cyclist
Christian Noboa - footballer
Alfonso Obregón - footballer
Érika Pachito - boxer
Joffre Pachito - footballer
William Pacho - footballer
Angie Palacios - weightlifter
Diego Palacios - footballer
Andrea Pérez Peña - sport shooter
Jefferson Pérez - race walker, gold medal winner of the 20 km race walk at the 1996 Olympics
Paola Pérez - race walker
Tomas Peribonio - swimmer
Brian Pintado - race walker
Gonzalo Plata - footballer
Joao Plata - footballer
Jackson Porozo - footballer
Angelo Preciado - footballer
Ayrton Preciado - footballer
Lenin Preciado - judoka
Álex Quiñónez - sprinter
Roberto Quiroz - tennis player
Cristian Ramírez - footballer
Djorkaeff Reasco - footballer
Kevin Rodríguez - footballer
Tamara Salazar - weightlifter, medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Jeremy Sarmiento - footballer, born in Spain
Hugo Savinovich - professional wrestler in the United States and Puerto Rico
Pancho Segura - Ecuadorian-American tennis player, among the top players in his generation
Alberto Spencer - footballer, best remembered for his time at Peñarol. Top all-time Copa Libertadores scorer.
Abraham Suárez - diver
Nelson Suarez - diver
Ángela Tenorio - sprinter
Carlos Tenorio - footballer
Félix Torres - footballer
Patricio Urrutia - footballer and politician, captained the successful L.D.U. Quito team which won Copa Libertadores
Anthony Valencia - footballer
Antonio Valencia - footballer, best known for his time at Manchester United F.C., only Manchester United captain from outside Europe
Enner Valencia - footballer
Joel Valencia - footballer, has also represented Spain on youth levels
Iván Vallejo - mountaineer and public servant
Luisa Valverde - freestyle wrestler
Marlon Vera - Mixed martial arts fighter
Rolando Vera - long-distance runner
Claudio Villanueva - race walker
Petter Villegas - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
Nicolas Wettstein - eventing rider (born in Switzerland, represented Ecuador internationally)
Lucía Yépez - wrestler
Octavio Zambrano - football coach, known mostly for his career at Major League Soccer

Other

Lorena Bobbitt, Ecuadorian-American woman made famous after assaulting her husband.
María Capovilla, supercentenarian, at one time the oldest living person in the world
Mariana Carcelén, aristocrat, Marchioness, wife of independence leader Antonio José de Sucre and as such First Lady of Bolivia.
Martina Carrillo, 18th-century anti-slavery activist
Blanca Chancoso, indigenous activist
Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño, aristocrat, archaeologist, politician
Yolanda Kakabadse, environmentalist activist
Hortensia Mata, socialite and philanthropist
Manuel Muñoz Borrero, diplomat, considered Righteous Among the Nations for his role in saving Jewish people during the Holocaust
Faustino Rayo, Colombian-born merchant and assassin, known for murdering Gabriel García Moreno
Nelson Serrano, Ecuadorian-American businessman convicted of murder