List of Uruguayans
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Listed below are famous or noteworthy people from Uruguay.
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[edit] Artists
- Pablo Atchugarry
- José Belloni
- Juan Manuel Blanes
- Juan José Calandria
- Carlos Capelán
- José Pedro Costigliolo
- Pedro Figari
- Carlos María Herrera
- Edward Johnston
- Carlos Páez Vilaró
- Virginia Patrone
- Hermenegildo Sábat
- Martín Sastre
- Felipe Seade
- Joaquín Torres García
- Daniel Pontet
[edit] Musicians
- Jorge Drexler
- Carlos Gardel
- Pablo Sciuto
- José Serebrier
- Alfredo Zitarrosa
- Edgardo Cambón
- Mariana Ingold
- Martín López
- Eduardo Mateo
- Martín Méndez
- Rubén Rada
- Jaime Roos
- Gabe Saporta
- Julio Sosa
- Daniel Viglietti
[edit] 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
[edit] Writers
Main article: List of Uruguayan writers
- 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
- Juan Luis Segundo
- Javier de Viana
- Juan Zorrilla de San Martín
[edit] Actors and actresses
[edit] Film directors and screenwriters
[edit] Public figures
[edit] Engineers and architects
[edit] 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
[edit] Composers
- Jorge Drexler Academy Award winning song composer Motorcycle Diaries
- Gerardo Matos Rodríguez Composer of the tango La Cumparsita
- Alfredo Zitarrosa
[edit] Scientists
[edit] Vedettes
- Andrea Ghidone – Model and professional theater dancer & actress
- Tina Ferreira – Afro-Uruguayan, dancer and journalist known for performin in carnivals all around Uruguay
[edit] 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 7 seasons in Barcelona FC from 1961 to his sudden death in 1968
- Esteban Batista, first Uruguayan to play in the NBA
- Daniel Brailovski, football player, midfielder[1]
- José María Flores Burlón, boxer
- Alfredo Evangelista, boxer
- Diego Forlán, football player, member of national team and Internazionale (Italy).
- 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)[2]
- 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 Liverpool Football Club.
- 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 Napoli
- Obdulio Varela, former football player, captain of the 1950 World Cup-winning team.
[edit] References
- ^ Guy Ben-Porat, Amir Ben-Porat (December 2004). (Un)Bounded Soccer; Globalization and Localization of the Game in Israel. 39. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. pp. 421–36. http://irs.sagepub.com/content/39/4/421.short. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ Spunder, Or (July 5, 2008). "מכבי תל אביב פנתה רשמית למרסלו ליפאטין" (in Hebrew). One.co.il. http://www.one.co.il/Article/119226.html. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
