List of Ecuadorians

This is a list of notable Ecuadorians.

Arts

Literature

• Alejandro Carrión Aguirre - Writer and Journalist
• Fanny Carrión de Fierro - Writer, Poet, Essayist and Professor
• Benjamín Carrión Mora - Writer
• Clodoveo Carrión Mora - Paleontologist and naturalist
• Iván Carvajal (1948-) - Poet, philosopher, writer
• Luis Alberto Costales - Poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician
• Karina Galvez - Poet
• Enrique Gil Gilbert - Writer
• Jorge Icaza Coronel - Writer
• Juan Larrea Holguín - Writer and Lawyer
• Juan León Mera - Writer
• Juan Montalvo - Writer
• Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco - Writer
• Adalberto Ortiz - Writer, Poet and Diplomat
• Juan Manuel Rodríguez - Writer
• Isacovici Salomon - Writer
• Benjamín Urrutia - Writer
• Pedro Jorge Vera- Writer

Visual Arts

Main article: List of Ecuadorian artists

• Félix Arauz - Painter
• Miguel Betancourt - Painter
• Hugo Cifuentes - Photographer and Painter
• Theo Constanté - Painter
• Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - Painter
• Gonzalo Endara Crow - Painter
• Camilo Egas - Painter
• Caesar Andrade Faini - Painter
• Araceli Gilbert - Painter
• Oswaldo Guayasamín - Painter
• Judith Gutierrez - Painter
• Eduardo Kingman - Painter
• Washington Iza - Painter
• Bernardo de Legarda - Sculptor
• Estuardo Maldonado - Sculptor and Painter
• Luis Miranda - Painter
• Luis Molinari - Painter
• Ramón Piaguaje - Painter
• Grace Polit - Painter
• Manuel Rendón - Painter
• Marcos Restrepo - Painter
• Enrique Tábara - Painter
• Jorge Velarde - Painter
• Aníbal Villacís - Painter
• Juan Villafuerte - Painter
• Oswaldo Viteri - Painter

Dance

• Noralma Vera - Director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza)

Theater/Movie

• Sebastián Cordero - Film director/writer/editor
• Mike Judge - Animator
• Jenn Pinto - Actress - Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American
• Michael Steger - Actor
• Ricardo Hoyos - Actor

Music

Main article: List of Ecuadorian musicians

• Adrienne Bailon - Singer 3LW -Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican
• Boris Cepeda - Pianist
• Beatriz Parra Durango - Classical soprano
• Gerardo - Singer
• Sebastian J. - Music Producer, Songwriter
• Julio Jaramillo - Folklore and romantic music singer
• Mesias Maiguashca - Classical composer
• Fausto Miño - Singer, Song-Writer
• Arturo Rodas - Classical composer
• Roland Ruby - Singer, Song-Writer, Musical Theatre composer
• Jorge Saade - Violinist
• Luis Humberto Salgado - Classical composer
• Juan Fernando Velasco - Singer, Songwriter
• Enrique Espín Yépez - Composer, Violinist
• Gabriela Villalba - Singer
• Christina Aguilera - Singer - Ecuardorian/American

Academic

• Luis Fierro - Economist, economic and social development expert

Science

• Pedro Vicente Maldonado - Geographer

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

Politics

• Diego Borja - Coordination Minister for Economic Policy, President of the Poder Ciudadano Movement
• Carlos Cueva Tamaríz (1898–1991) - Politician, Senator, Legislator, Councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Labor
• Eduardo Maruri - Assembly Member for the Guayas Province
• Paco Moncayo - Army General, Former Mayor of Quito, Congressman
• León Roldós Aguilera - Former Vicepresident of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement
• Alfredo Vera Arrata - Politician and Architect, Minister of Education, Councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary

Presidents

• Juan José Flores - First President (1830–1835) (1839–1843) (1843–1845)
• José Joaquín de Olmedo y Maruri - Ex-President (1845-1845)
• Vicente Ramón Roca- Ex-President (1845–1849)
• Diego Noboa - Ex-President (1850–1851)
• Gabriel García Moreno - Ex-President (1869–1875)
• Eloy Alfaro - Ex-President (1895–1901)
• Leonidas Plaza - Ex-President (1901–1905)(1912–1916)
• Isidro Ayora - Ex-President (1926–1931)
• José María Velasco Ibarra - Ex-President (1934–1935) (1944–1947) (1952–1956) (1968–1972)
• Galo Plaza Lasso - Ex-President (1948–1952)
• Jaime Roldós Aguilera - Ex-President
• Leon Febres Cordero - Ex-President (1984–1988)
• Rodrigo Borja Cevallos - Ex-President (1988–1992)
• Sixto Durán Ballén - Ex-President (1992–1996)
• Abdalá Bucaram - Ex-President (1996–1997)
• Jamil Mahuad - Ex-President (1998–2000)
• Gustavo Noboa - Ex-President (2002–2003)
• Lucio Gutiérrez - Ex-President (2003–2005)
• Alfredo Palacio - Ex-President (2005–2007)
• Rafael Correa - Current President (2007–Present)

Sports

• Álex Aguinaga - Soccer player
• Ivan Vallejo - Mountaineer
• Ulises de la Cruz - Soccer player
• Agustín Delgado - Soccer player
• Martha Fierro - Chess player
• Edison Mendez - Soccer player
• Iván Kaviedes - Soccer player
• Antonio Valencia - Soccer player
• Andrés Gómez - Tennis player
• Eduardo Hurtado - Soccer player
• Iván Hurtado - Soccer player
• Nicolás Lapentti - Tennis player
• Giovanni Lapentti - Tennis player
• Jefferson Pérez - Race walker
• Pancho Segura - Tennis player
• Alberto Spencer - Soccer player
• Hugo Savinovich - Professional Wrestler
• Byron Piedra - Athlete
• Silvio Guerra - Athlete
• Jorge Toro - Sand vball, co-ed softball, cornhole player
• Lawrie Sanchez - Soccer player
• Trotzky Yepez - Chess player