List of Argentines
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This is a list of Argentines who are famous or notable.
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Writers
A-F
- Ardiles Gray
- Roberto Arlt
- Eduardo Belgrano Rawson
- Héctor Bianciotti
- Arturo Capdevila
- Adolfo Bioy Casares
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Martín Caparrós
- Evaristo Carriego
- Manuel Castilla
- Abelardo Castillo
- Cristina Civale
- Haroldo Conti
- Copi (Raúl Damonte)
- Julio Cortázar
- Roberto Cossa
- Antonio Dal Masetto
- María Esther De Miguel
- Marco Denevi
- Antonio Di Benedetto
- Alicia Dujovne Ortiz
- Alejandro Dolina
- C.E.Feiling
- José Pablo Feinmann
- Macedonio Fernández
- Juan Filloy
- Fogwill
- Roberto Fontanarrosa, also cartoonist
- Rodrigo Fresán
G-P
- Carlos Gardini
- Juan Gelman
- Oliverio Girondo
- Alberto Girri
- Mempo Giardinelli
- Angélica Gorodischer
- Juana Manuela Gorriti
- Carlos Guido y Spano
- Ricardo Güiraldes
- Raúl González Tuñón
- José Hernández
- Néstor Ibarra
- Leónidas Lamborghini
- Osvaldo Lamborghini
- Leopoldo Lugones
- Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
- Eduardo Malléa
- Leopoldo Marechal
- Tomás Eloy Martínez
- Manuel Mujica Láinez
- Carlos Mastronardi
- Gustavo Nielsen
- Silvina Ocampo
- Victoria Ocampo
- Héctor Germán Oesterheld
- Olga Orozco
- Juan L. Ortiz
- Alicia Partnoy
- Ricardo Piglia
- Alejandra Pizarnik
- Antonio Porchia
- Manuel Puig
- Andrés Rivera
- Ricardo Rojas
- Mario Rodríguez Cobos
S-W
- Ernesto Sábato
- Guillermo Saccomanno
- Juan José Saer
- Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, writer, educator and president 1868-1874
- Osvaldo Soriano
- Alicia Steimberg
- Héctor Tizón
- María Elena Walsh
- Rodolfo Walsh
Composers (classical)
- Julián Aguirre
- Carlos López Buchardo
- Mario Davidovsky
- Alberto Ginastera
- Osvaldo Golijov
- Carlos Guastavino
- Astor Piazzolla, the most important composer of symphonic tango
- Ariel Ramírez
- Lalo Schifrin
- Ezequiel Viñao
- Alberto Williams
Arts
- Carlos Alonso, painter
- Martha Argerich, pianist
- Daniel Barenboim (1942-), pianist
- Antonio Berni, painter
- Erminio Blotta, painter and sculptor
- Julio Bocca, dancer
- Alberto Breccia, cartoonist
- Eleonora Cassano, dancer
- Juan Carlos Castagnino, painter
- Crist (Cristobal Reinoso), cartoonist
- Miguel Angel Estrella, pianist
- Fernando Fader
- Raquel Forner, painter
- García Uriburu, painter
- Julio Eduardo Goya, sculptor
- Maximiliano Guerra, dancer
- Paloma Herrera, dancer
- Julio Le Parc, sculptor
- Thibon de Libian, painter
- Cándido López, painter
- Lola Mora (Dolores Mora de la Vega), sculptor
- Guillermo Mordillo, cartoonist
- Marianela Núñez, dancer
- Emilio Pettoruti, painter
- Benito Quinquela Martín, painter
- Kasuya Sakai
- Xul Solar, watercolorist, sculptor, inventor of languages
- Raúl Soldi, painter
- Lino Enea Spilimbergo, painter
- Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado), cartoonist
Entertainment
A-G
- Alfredo Alcón, actor
- Norma Aleandro, (1936-) actress
- Héctor Alterio (1929-), actor
- Carolina Ardohain ("Pampita") (1981-), super-model
- Pablo Alarcón (1946-), actor
- Miriam Alejandra Bianchi ("Gilda"), pop singer
- Lola Berthet, actress
- Alexis Bledel, actress (half Argentine)
- Cecilia de Bucourt
- Facundo Cabral, singer <---important?--->
- Marciano Cantero (19??-), singer
- Andrés Calamaro (1961-), songwriter and rock keyboard player
- Itatí Cantoral (1975-), Mexican actress, half Argentine, by mother's side
- Segundo Cernadas, (born 1972), actor
- Grecia Colmenares (1962-), Venezuelan born actress, Argentine citizen
- Alberto Cortés (19??-), singer
- Linda Cristal ,actress
- Ricardo Darín, (1957-) actor
- Andréa Del Boca (1965), actress
- Florencia De La V, (born 1976), transexual actress<---important?--->
- Sergio Denis (1949-), singer
- Miguel Angel Estrella, pianist
- Catherine Fullop (1965-), Venezuelan by birth, Argentine citizen, actress
- Sol Gabetta, violinist and violoncelist
- Analía Gadé, actress
- Charly García (1951-), musician
- Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), singer
- León Gieco, singer and musician
- Julián Gil (1970-), model who has become famous in Puerto Rico<---important?--->
- Susana Giménez (1945-), actress, show host
- Araceli González (1967-), actress
- Daniel Guerrero (19??-), actor
- Imperio Argentina, actress and singer
- Jairo (Mario González), singer
- Kevin Johansen, singer and musician
L-Z
- La Argentina (1890~1936), flamenco dancer
- La Argentinita (1898~1945), flamenco dancer
- Sergio Langer, cartoonist (La Nelly)
- Mirtha Legrand, actress and showoman
- Libertad Lamarque, singer
- Los Enanitos Verdes, music group
- Los Redonditos de Ricotta, rock music group
- Mirtha Legrand, TV-host
- Saúl Lisazo, actor
- Mía Maestro, actress
- Maitena, (Maitena Burundarena), cartoonist
- Marilú Marini, actress
- Niní Marshall, comic actress
- Valeria Mazza, Supermodel
- Claribel Medina, Puerto Rico born Argentine citizen, actress
- Tita Merello, singer and actress
- Osvaldo Miranda, actor
- Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-born Venezuelan citizen, singer
- Marcela Morelo, singer
- Viggo Mortensen, Hollywood actor
- Alberto Olmedo, comedian
- Palito Ortega, singer
- Oski (Oscar Conti), cartoonist
- Fito Páez, songwriter and rock keyboard player
- Soledad Pastorutti ,folk & pop singer
- Astor Piazzolla, tango composer
- Lola Ponce, actress and singer
- Jorge Porcel, comedian
- Luis Puenzo (1946-), Academy Award-winning film director
- Osvaldo Pugliese, tango composer
- Alejandro Rey, actor
- Inés Rivero, supermodel
- Miguel Angel Rodriguez, actor, "Los Roldan"
- Hermenegildo Sabat, caricaturist and cartoonist
- Sandro, singer
- Osvaldo Sabatini, actor
- María Martha Serra Lima, singer
- Juan María Solare, musician
- Luis Alberto Spinetta, musician
- Marcelo Tinelli, TV-entertainer
- Diego Torres, singer
- Lolita Torres, singer and actress
- Lito Vitale, musician
- Atahualpa Yupanqui, folk musician
- Eugenio Zanetti, designer, theater, cine and opera director
Journalism
- Jacobo Timmerman, journalist
- Guillermo Descalzi, Television news reporter
- Enrique Gratas, television news reporter
- Mariano Grondona, television journalist
- Jorge Lanata, journalist and writer
- Pedro Zevcec, television reporter
Other categories
- 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.
Sports
(See Argentine sportspeople category for a complete list)
- Magdalena Aicega, grass hockey player
- Luciana Aymar, grass hockey player
- Georgina Bardach,
- Gabriel Batistuta (born 1969), football player
- Ringo Bonavena, boxer
- Mauro Camoranessi, football (soccer) player
- Chico Castro, rugbier
- Jorge Castro (born 1967), world champion boxer
- Hernán Crespo, football (soccer) player
- Vito Dumas, yatching
- José Luis Clerc, tennis player
- Juan Martin Coggi, world champion boxer
- Guillermo Coria (born 1982), tennis player
- Roberto DeVicenzo (born 1923), golfer
- Alfredo Di Stefano, football (soccer) player
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911-1995), Formula 1 driver
- Clarisa Fernández, tennis player
- Luis Firpo (1894-1960), boxer
- Juan Antonio Flecha, cyclist
- Victor Galíndez (1948-1980), world champion boxer
- Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), tennis player
- Emanuel "Manu" Ginóbili (born 1977), basketball player
- Martin Gramatica american football player
- Gabriel Heinze, football player
- Alberto Pedro Heguy, Sr., polo player
- Horacio A. Heguy (born. c.1941), polo player
- Ignacio "Nachi" Heguy, polo player
- Santos Laciar (born 1959), world champion boxer
- Juan Malvares, boxer
- Diego Maradona (born 1960), football player
- Marcos Milinkovic (born 1971), volleyball player
- Carlos Monzon (1942-1995), world champion boxer
- David Nalbandián (born 1982), tennis player
- Pascual Pérez (1926-1977), first Argentine world boxing champion
- Agustin Pichot, rugby player
- Carlos Reutemann, Formula 1 race car driver
- Juan Román Riquelme, football player
- Cecilia Rognoni, grass hockey player
- Juan Martillo Roldan boxer
- Gabriela Sabatini (born 1970), tennis player
- Javier Saviola (born 1981), football 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
Religion
Royalty
- Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
- Princess Maxime of the Netherlands(Máxima Zorreguieta), Catharina's mother
Politics
- Manuel Belgrano
- 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
- Arturo Frondizi (1908-1995), president 1958-1962
- Tamara Bunke, revolutionary leader
- Fernando de la Rúa (born 1937), president 1999-2001
- Eduardo Duhalde (born 1941), president 2002-2003
- Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator
- Néstor Kirchner, (born 1950), current president (2004)
- Carlos Menem (born 1930), president 1989-1999
- Juan Perón (1895-1974), president 1946-1955 and 1973-1974
- Eva Perón (1919-1952), Argentinian political figure, Perón's second wife
- Isabel 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
Sciences
- Mario Bunge
- José Cibelli
- Eduardo De Robertis
- René Favaloro
- Bernardo Houssay - 1947 Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Physiology
- Juan Martín Maldacena, physicist
- Esteban Laureano Maradona
- Salvador Mazza
- César Milstein - 1984 Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Pharmacology
- Luis Federico Leloir - 1970 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry