# List of Uruguayans

Listed below are notable people from Uruguay.

## Artists

* Rodolfo Arotxarena
* Pablo Atchugarry
* José Belloni
* Juan Manuel Blanes
* Juan José Calandria
* Carlos Capelán
* Pedro Figari
* Carlos María Herrera
* Edward Johnston
* Carlos Páez Vilaró
* Virginia Patrone
* María Carmen Portela
* Hermenegildo Sábat
* Martín Sastre
* Felipe Seade
* Joaquín Torres García
* Daniel Pontet
* Eduardo Vernazza

## Vedettes, singers, actors, dancers and models

* Alicia Alfonso (born 1963) – actress
* Marcelo Buquet – actor and former model
* César Campodónico – actor
* Eunice Castro – fashion-runway model, professional theater dancer, television and runway hostess and actress of stage and screen
* Mateo Chiarino (born 1983) – actor, writer, and director
* Mary da Cuña (1942–2016) – actress and theater director
* George DelHoyo – American theater and television actor, born in Canelones
* Virginia Dobrich – professional theater and television dancer
* Mónica Farro – theatrical supervedette, model and professional theater and television actress
* Tina Ferreira – carnival and theater vedette, dancer and journalist
* Delfi Galbiati – theatre actor
* Andrea Ghidone – vedette, fashion model, professional dancer and actress of theater and television
* Daniel Hendler – film, television, and theatre actor
* Osvaldo Laport – film and television actor
* Laura Martínez (born 1964) – actress, dancer, television star
* María Mendive (born 1968) – actress and theater director
* Mónica Mesones – model and TV presenter
* Bárbara Mori – telenovela and film actress and model
* Natalia Oreiro – Latin Grammy-nominated singer, actress and fashion designer
* María Padín (1888–1970) – actress and producer
* Pelusa Vera (born 1940) – theater, radio, and television actress
* Imilce Viñas (1939–2009) – actress, comedian, teacher, and theater director
* China Zorrilla – award-winning theater, film and television actress

## Musicians

* Miguel del Aguila
* Jorge Drexler, Academy Award winner
* Enrique Graf
* Pablo Sciuto
* José Serebrier
* Alfredo Zitarrosa
* Edgardo Cambón
* Mariana Ingold
* Martín López
* Eduardo Mateo
* Martín Méndez
* Rubén Rada
* Jaime Roos
* Gabe Saporta
* Erwin Schrott
* Julio Sosa
* Daniel Viglietti
* Malena Muyala

## Politics and military

* Gregorio Álvarez
* Juan José de Amézaga
* Mariano Arana
* Líber Arce (1938–1968), martyred student activist
* José Gervasio Artigas
* Danilo Astori
* Alfredo Baldomir
* Hugo Batalla
* Jorge Batlle
* José Batlle y Ordóñez
* Lorenzo Batlle
* Luis Batlle Berres
* Tomas Berreta
* Graciela Bianchi (born 1954), professor, politician, lawyer, notary
* 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
* Martha Montaner (1955–2016), deputy and senator
* José Mujica
* Rodolfo Nin Novoa
* Didier Opertti Badan
* Manuel Oribe
* Jorge Pacheco Areco
* Susana Pintos (1939–1968), martyred student activist
* Fructuoso Rivera
* Julio María Sanguinetti
* Aparicio Saravia
* Raúl Sendic
* Joaquín Suárez
* Gabriel Terra
* Tabaré Vázquez
* Feliciano Viera

## Religious leaders

* Gonzalo Aemilius
* Antonio María Barbieri
* Pablo Galimberti
* José Benito Lamas
* Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga
* Juan Francisco Larrobla
* José Benito Monterroso
* Francisca Rubatto
* Juan Luis Segundo
* Mariano Soler
* Jacinto Vera

## Writers

* Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
* Francisco Acuña de Figueroa
* Delmira Agustini
* Pilar Barrios
* Mario Benedetti
* Amanda Berenguer
* Ruben Cotelo
* Juana de Ibarbourou
* Eduardo Galeano
* Marosa di Giorgio
* Julio Herrera y Reissig
* Jorge Majfud
* Eduardo Milán
* Juan Carlos Mondragón
* Juan Carlos Onetti, Cervantes Prize winner
* Emilio Oribe
* Cristina Peri Rossi
* Manuel Pérez y Curis
* Horacio Quiroga
* José Enrique Rodó
* María Herminia Sabbia y Oribe
* Florencio Sánchez
* Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira
* Idea Vilariño
* Javier de Viana
* Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

## Film directors and screenwriters

* Fede Álvarez
* Valeria Puig
* Juan Pablo Rebella
* Pablo Stoll
* Rodo Sayagues

## Public figures

* Irma Avegno (1881–1913), businesswoman
* Roberto Canessa
* Alberto Mechoso (1936–1976), anarchist
* Mariana Mota, judge
* Nando Parrado
* Gustavo Zerbino

## Indigenous people

* María Micaëla Guyunusa
* Laureano Tacuavé Martínez

## Engineers and architects

* Eladio Dieste
* Gonzalo Frasca
* Roman Fresnedo Siri
* Carlos Ott

## Educators

* Enriqueta Compte y Riqué (1866–1949), educational theorist
* María Stagnero de Munar (1856–1922), educational reformer and feminist
* Pablo Román Pérez Torres, Uruguayan translator and lecturer

## Journalists

* Susana Andrade (born 1963) – attorney, journalist, columnist, politician
* Clara Berenbau (1980–2013) – presenter, announcer, columnist, actress, writer, and journalist
* Dolores Castillo (1920-1991) – journalist, philosophy professor, and trade union activist
* 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

## Composers

* Miguel del Aguila – (Grammy nominated classical composer)
* Jorge Drexler – Academy Award-winning song composer (The Motorcycle Diaries)
* Gerardo Matos Rodríguez – composer of the tango La Cumparsita
* Guido Santórsola
* Alfredo Zitarrosa

## Scientists

* Beatriz Álvarez Sanna (born 1968), biochemist
* Rodrigo Arocena
* Teresita de Barbieri, feminist sociologist, academic, and researcher
* José L. Duomarco
* Erna Frins (born 1960), physicist
* Rodolfo Gambini
* Gaston Gonnet
* Esmeralda Mallada (born 1937), astronomer
* José Luis Massera
* Mariana Meerhoff (born 1975), researcher, professor, and biologist
* Mario Wschebor

## Sports
### Football

* Sebastián Abreu ("El Loco Abreu") – football player, member of national team
* José Andrade – former football player and member of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team
* Felipe Avenatti – former football player
* Julio César Benítez Amodeo – Uruguayan football player, played seven seasons with Barcelona from 1961 to his sudden death in 1968
* Edinson Cavani – football player, member of national team and Manchester United
* Héctor Codevila – footballer
* César Falletti – football player, forward
* Diego Forlán – former football player, member of national team
* Enzo Francescoli – former football player, member of national team
* Alcides Ghiggia – former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team
* Diego Godín – football player, member of national team and Cagliari
* Wilson Graniolatti – former football player
* Carlos Grossmüller – former football player
* John Harley – played with C.U.R.C.C./Peñarol from 1909 until his retirement from football in 1920
* Luis Jonne – former football player, member of national team
* Gary Kagelmacher – football player, defender
* Marcelo Lipatin – football player, forward (Trofense)
* Diego Lugano – former football player, member of national team
* Francisco Majewski – former football player
* Juan Masnik – former football player
* Ladislao Mazurkiewicz – former football player
* Hugo Modernell – football player
* Paolo Montero – former football player, member of the national team
* Fernando Muslera – football player, member of national team and Galatasaray
* José Nasazzi – former football player, captain of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team
* Álvaro Recoba – football player, member of the national team
* Pedro Rocha – former football player, member of the national team
* Hugo Rivero – former football player
* Diego Rossi – football player, forward
* Juan Schiaffino – former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team
* Luis Suárez – football player, member of national team and Atlético Madrid
* Obdulio Varela – former football player, captain of the 1950 World Cup-winning team
* Matías Vitkieviez – former football player
* Gerardo Vonder – former football player

### Others

* Celia Barboza (born 1977) – surfing champion
* Esteban Batista – first Uruguayan to play in the National Basketball Association
* Alfredo Evangelista – boxer
* José María Flores Burlón – boxer
* Marcel Felder (born 1984) – tennis player
* Emiliano Lasa, track and field athlete, Olympic finalist
* Oscar Moglia – Olympic medal-winning basketball player
* Andy Ram (born 1980) – Uruguay-born Israeli tennis player
* Uriel Trocki (born 1996) – Uruguayan-Israeli basketball player for national team and in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Milton Wynants – Olympic silver medal-winning cyclist

## Economists

* Azucena Arbeleche (born 1970) – economist, professor, and civil servant
* Arturo C. Porzecanski – Wall Street economist and university professor