List of Ecuadorians

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

Arts

Literature

Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006) - poet and writer
Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009) - poet and novelist
Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (b. 1942) - writer
Vicente Amador Flor (1903–1975) - poet
Fernando Tinajero (b. 1940) - 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 (b. 1904) - novelist and playwright
Juan Bautista Aguirre (1725–1786) - poet and writer from colonial South America
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
Eliécer Cárdenas (b. 1950) - novelist
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
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
Luis Alberto Costales (1926–2006) - poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician
José de la Cuadra (1903–1941) - novelist and short story writer
Agustin Cueva (1937–1992) - writer and sociologist
Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013) - poet, novelist, and short story writer
Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015) - poet, novelist, and short story writer
Luis Enrique Fierro (b. 1936) - poet and medical doctor
Gonzalo Escudero (1903–1971) - poet and diplomat
Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - writer
Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961) - writer, poet, and translator
Jenny Estrada (b. 1940) - writer and journalist
Ulises Estrella (b. 1939) - 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
Jaime Galarza Zavala (b. 1930) - writer, poet, journalist and politician
Karina Galvez (b. 1964) - poet
Alfredo Gangotena (1904–1944) - poet who wrote in French and Spanish
Francisco Tobar Garcia (1928–1997) - poet, novelist, and playwright
Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973) - writer
Euler Granda (b. 1935) - novelist
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
Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978) - writer
Edna Iturralde (b. 1948) - writer
Efraín Jara Idrovo (1926–2018) - poet and writer
Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (b. 1932) - poet
Nicolás Kingman Riofrío (b. 1918) - journalist, writer and politician
Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947) - novelist and short story writer
Juan Larrea Holguín (1927–2006) - writer and lawyer
Sonia Manzano Vela (b. 1947) - writer and pianist
Nela Martínez (1912–2004) - writer
Hugo Mayo (1895–1988) - poet and writer
Juan León Mera (1832–1894) - writer
Juan Montalvo (1832–1889) - writer
Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927) - poet
Jorge Núñez Sánchez (b. 1947) - writer
José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780–1847) - poet
Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003) - writer and poet
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993) - writer
Julio Pazos Barrera (b. 1944) - poet and writer
Jorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995) - writer and historian
Numa Pompilio Llona (1832–1907) - poet
José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008) - playwright
Ernesto Quiñonez (b. 1969) - novelist
Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004) - writer
Galo René Pérez (1923–2008) - biographer, poet, and essayist
Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (b. 1939) - biographer
Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940) - writer
Juan Manuel Rodríguez (b. 1945) - writer
Alfonso Rumazo González (1903–2002) - writer, historian, essayist and literary critic
Francisco Álvarez Gonzalez (1912–2013) - philosopher and writer
José Rumazo González (b. 1904) - poet
Hugo Salazar Tamariz (1923–1999) - poet, novelist and playwright
Isacovici Salomon (1924–1998) - writer
Filoteo Samaniego (1928–2013) - novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat
Carlos Altamirano Sánchez (b. 1926) - poet and journalist
Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919) - poet
José Trajano Mera (1862–1919) - poet and playwright
Abdón Ubidia (b. 1944) - novelist
Benjamín Urrutia (b. 1950) - 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
Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857) - poet
Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999) - writer
Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999) - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist
Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928) - novelist

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
Grace Polit - painter
Hugo Cifuentes - photographer and 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
Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - painter
Ramón Piaguaje - painter
Theo Constanté - painter
Washington Iza - painter
Jaime Andrade Moscoso - sculptor

Dance

Noralma Vera - Director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza)
Esperanza Cruz Hidalgo - ballerina

Theater and film

Camilo Coba - filmmaker
Sebastián Cordero - film director/writer/editor
Camilo Luzuriaga - film director/writer/producer
Mike Judge - animator
Jenn Pinto - actress; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American
Michael Steger - actor
Ricardo Hoyos - actor
Albert Paulsen - actor
Fatima Ptacek - actress and model
Camilo Luzuriaga - film director, writer, and producer
Danilo Carrera - actor

Music

Adrienne Bailon - singer 3LW; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican
Antonio Neumane - 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 and songwriter
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
Gabriela Villalba - singer
Gerardo - singer
Guillermo Ayoví Erazo, aka Papá Roncón - Afro-Ecuadorian musician, singer, and marimba player
Jinsop - Korean/American singer, Ecuadorian nationality by naturalization
Jorge Saade - violinist
Juan Fernando Velasco - singer, songwriter
Julio Jaramillo - folklore and romantic music singer
Leslie Wright - pianist
Luis Humberto Salgado - classical composer
Luis Silva Parra - saxophonist of classical jazz
Mesias Maiguashca - classical composer
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

Eugenia Del Pino - developmental biologist
Pedro Vicente Maldonado - geographer
Clodoveo Carrión Mora - paleontologist and naturalist
Misael Acosta Solís - naturalist
Plutarco Naranjo Vargas - doctor and scientific researcher

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

Pamela Aguirre Zambonino (born 1984) – member of Andean Parliament
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
Susana González Rosado (born 1973) - Assembly member, viceprefect of Guayas Province
María Cristina Kronfle (born 1985) - member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly for Guayas Province
Richelieu Levoyer - Army General, who proposed the "Return to the Constitution Plan" that ended the 1976–1979 dictatorship
Eduardo Maruri - Assembly Member for the Guayas Province
Paco Moncayo - Army General, Former Mayor of Quito, Congressman
Antonio Parra Velasco - Ambassador to France and Great Britain
León Roldós Aguilera - former Vice President of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement
Jorge Salvador Lara - Ambassador to the Vatican, Peru, Chile, and France, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
Alfredo Vera Arrata - politician and architect, minister of education, councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary
Belisario Albán Mestanza (1853–1925) - notable role in the Liberal Revolution of Guayaquil

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), first Vice President (1830–1831)
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 (1979–1981)
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 (2000–2003)
Lucio Gutiérrez - ex-President (2003–2005)
Alfredo Palacio - ex-President (2005–2007)
Rafael Correa - ex-President (2007–2017)
Lenin Moreno - ex-President (2017-2018), former Vice President (2007–2013)

Sports

Álex Aguinaga - footballer and coach
Felipe Caicedo - footballer
Richard Carapaz - cyclist, winner of the Giro d'Italia
Miler Castillo (born 1987) – football player
José Francisco Cevallos - footballer, public servant and sports executive
Ulises de la Cruz - footballer and politician
Agustín Delgado - footballer and politician, scored first Ecuadorian goal in a World Cup
Pervis Estupiñán - footballer
Andrés Gómez - tennis player, French Open winner
Emilio Gómez - tennis player
Iván Kaviedes - footballer
Nicolás Lapentti - tennis player
Giovanni Lapentti - tennis player
Édison Méndez - footballer
Alfonso Obregón - footballer
Jefferson Pérez - Gold medal winner of the 20 km race walk at the 1996 Olympics
Roberto Quiroz - tennis player
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.
Carlos Tenorio - footballer
Patricio Urrutia - footballer and politician, captained the successful L.D.U. Quito team which won Copa Libertadores
Antonio Valencia - football player, best known for his time at Manchester United F.C., only Manchester United captain from outside Europe
Iván Vallejo - mountaineer and public servant
Rolando Vera - long-distance runner