# List of Uruguayan Americans

This is a list of notable Uruguayan Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Uruguayan American or must have references showing they are Uruguayan American and are notable.

## List

* Fede Álvarez (born 1978 in Montevideo) - filmmaker.
* Gisele Ben-Dor (born 1955 in Uruguay) - American-Israeli orchestra conductor
* Juan José Calandria (1902–1980) - painter and sculptor
* Luis Camnitzer (born 1937 in Lübeck, raised in Uruguay) - artist and academic
* Jaime Carbonell (1953–2020) - computer scientist
* Natalia Cigliuti (born 1978 in Montevideo) - actress
* Fernando Clavijo (born 1956 in Maldonado, died 2019 in Fort Lauderdale) - footballer/soccer player
* Hiber Conteris (1933–2020) - writer, playwright, literary critic
* David Cruz Thayne (born 1971 in Manchester, NH) - businessman
* George Davidsohn (born 1936 in Montevideo, died 2015 in New York City) - entrepreneur
* Miguel del Aguila - Uruguayan-born multiple Grammy nominated American composer
* Graciana del Castillo - Uruguayan-born economist and international strategist
* Jonathan Del Arco (born 1966 in Uruguay) - actor and LGBT activist
* George DelHoyo (born 1953 in Canelones) - also known as George Deloy, actor
* José L. Duomarco (1905–1985) - medical scientist
* Carlos Eduardo Espina (born 1998 in Montevideo) - activist
* Fernando Espuelas (born 1966 in Montevideo) - entrepreneur, author, media personality and philanthropist
* Diego Fagundez (born 1995 in Montevideo) - professional footballer for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer
* Francisco Fattoruso (born 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada) - musician, son of Hugo Fattoruso
* Cirilo “Pepe” Fernández (born 1943 in Uruguay) - former soccer forward, current soccer businessman
* Bruno Fonseca (born 1958 in New York, died 1994 in East Hampton) - artist
* Caio Fonseca (born 1959 in New York) - painter, brother of Bruno Fonseca
* Isabel Fonseca (born 1961 in New York) - writer
* Rodolfo Gambini (born 1946 in Montevideo) - physicist and professor, working on loop quantum gravity
* Jorge Gestoso (born 1951 in Montevideo) - journalist and news anchor at CNN
* Enrique Graf (born 1953 in Montevideo) - musician
* Sebastián Guenzatti (born 1991 in Montevideo) - footballer
* Gabriela Hearst (born 1976) - fashion designer
* Sampson Lewkowicz (born 1951 in Montevideo) - boxing promoter and manager
* Ricardo López (1975–1996) - also known as the "Björk stalker", pest control officer who attempted to kill musician Björk
* Jorge Majfud (born 1969 in Tacuarembó) - writer, professor at Jacksonville University
* Emir Rodríguez Monegal (1921–1985) - scholar, literary critic, writer, professor of Latin American contemporary literature at Yale University
* Joseph Jacinto "Jo" Mora (1876–1947) - cartoonist and artist
* Martín Núñez (born 1987 in Montevideo) - footballer currently playing for Minnesota Stars FC in the North American Soccer League.
* Jorge Ottati Junior (born in Montevideo) - television and radio sports announcer at beIN SPORTS
* Pedro Piedrabuena (born 1971 in Montevideo) - professional three-cushion billiards player
* Daniel Pontet (born 1957 in Montevideo) - artist
* Jorge Ramos (born in Montevideo) - sports commentator at ESPN
* Tab Ramos (born 1966 in Montevideo) - former footballer/soccer player, whom also served as co-assistant to U.S. team manager Bob Bradley from 2007 to 2011
* Rodrigo Santiago (born 1990 in Montevideo) - footballer
* Gabe Saporta (born 1979 in Montevideo) - vocalist of bands Midtown and Cobra Starship
* José Serebrier (born 1938 in Montevideo) - conductor and composer
* Pedro Sevcec (born 1950 in Montevideo) - television reporter who works for America TV / Miami in the United States
* Martin Sorrondeguy - singer of bands Los Crudos and Limp Wrist, the founder of Lengua Armada Discos, documentary film director
* Miguel Terekhov (1928–2012) - ballet dancer and ballet instructor
* Carlos A. Vegh (born 1958 in Montevideo) - academic economist and Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, son of former Finance Minister Alejandro Végh Villegas
* Agustín Viana (born 1983 in Chicago) - professional footballer
* Rafael Viñoly (born 1944 in Montevideo) - architect
* Ida Vitale (born 1923 in Montevideo) - prolific writer who played an important role in the Uruguayan art movement "Generation of 1945".
* Adrian Vallarino - TV and film producer and director
* Gabriel Wilensky (born 1964 in Uruguay) - software developer, entrepreneur, and historian of the Holocaust
* Alejandro Zaffaroni (1923–2014) - biotechnological entrepreneur