# List of Paraguayans

The following is a list of people from Paraguay.
* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Lourdes Arévalos (born 1984), beauty queen and model

## B

* Cecilio Báez (1862-1941), politician, writer and president
* Agustín Barboza (1913-1998), singer and composer
* Agustín Barrios-Mangoré (1885-1944), guitarist and composer
* Edgar Baumann (born 1970), former track and field athlete
* Yohana Benítez (born 1987), beauty queen and model
* Emilio Bigi (1910-1969), musician
* Luis Bordón (1926-2006), harp player
* José Bozzano (1895-1969), military engineer who designed gunboats for the Chaco War
* Karina Buttner (born 1983), beauty queen and model

## C

* Victor Caballero (born 1960), former tennis player
* Agustín Cañete (1844-1902), minister of finance
* Gabriel Casaccia (1907-1980), writer
* Raúl Casal Ribeiro (1887-1956), lawyer and vice president
* José Cardozo (born 1971), former professional footballer
* Leonor Cecotto (died 1982), artist
* Feliciano Centurión (1962-1996), painter
* Juan Crisóstomo Centurión (1840-1902), military officer and minister of foreign affairs
* Teresio Centurión (born 1958), former footballer
* José Luis Chilavert (born 1965), former professional footballer
* Julio Correa (1890-1953), playwright
* Raúl Cubas Grau (born 1943), politician and former president

## D

* José Segundo Decoud (1848-1909), former President of the Supreme Court
* Juan Francisco Decoud (1813-1897), leader of the Paraguayan Legion
* Rogelio Delgado (born 1959), former professional footballer
* Nicanor Duarte Frutos (born 1956), former President of Paraguay

## E

* Egni Eckert (born 1987), beauty queen and model
* Arsenio Erico (1915-1977), soccer player
* Víctor Espínola, harp player

## F

* Amilcar Ferreira (born 1971), economist and politician
* Buenaventura Ferreira (born 1960), former professional footballer
* Diego Ferreira (born 1975), former track and field athlete
* Nadia Ferreira (born 1999), Miss Universe Paraguay & Miss Universe 2021 first runner-up
* Diego Martínez Ferreira (born 1980), former professional footballer
* Ramona Ferreira, Paraguayan journalist and feminist
* Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944), writer
* José Asunción Flores (1904-1972), director and composer
* Carlos Franco (born 1965), professional golfer
* Julio César Franco (born 1951), politician and former vice-president
* Julio César Franco (born 1965), former footballer
* Leryn Franco (born 1982), former track and field athlete
* Carlos Filizzola (born 1959), politician and former mayor of Asunción

## G

* Carlos Gamarra (born 1971), former professional footballer
* Juan Andrés Gelly (1790-1856), diplomat
* Herminio Giménez (1905-1991), composer
* Juan Silvano Godoi (1850-1926), writer and museum director
* Sila Godoy (1919-2014), guitarist and composer
* Guadalupe González (born 1992), beauty queen and model
* Juan Natalicio González (1897-1966), president and writer
* Luis González Macchi (born 1947), politician and former president
* Yanina González (born 1979), beauty queen and model
* Julieta Granada (born 1987), golfer
* Cesar Grillon (born 1957), former Paraguayan ambassador to Indonesia

## H

* Juan Carlos Herken Krauer (born 1953), writer and economist

## J

* Juan Antonio Jara (1845-1887), vice-president of Paraguay
* Ramón Jiménez Gaona (born 1969), former track and field athlete
* Juliana (died c. 1542), 16th-century Guaraní rebel

## K

* Nery Kennedy (born 1973), former track and field athlete
* Eduard Klassen, harpist

## L

* Nicolás Léoz (1928-2019), CONMEBOL president
* Carlos Antonio López (1792-1862), politician and president
* Francisco Solano López (1827-1870), politician and president
* Venancio López (1830-1870), minister of war and navy
* Venancio Víctor López (1862-1927), attorney and minister of justice
* Aníbal Lovera (1926-1994), composer and singer
* Rafael Lovera (1952-2023), professional boxer

## M

* María Maldonado (born 1985), beauty queen, model and singer
* Fiorella Migliore (born 1989), beauty queen, model and actress
* Ricardo Migliorisi (1948-2019), painter, costume designer, scenery designer and architect

## N

* Jorge Daniel Núñez (born 1984), former professional football player
* Jorge Martín Núñez (born 1978), former professional football player

## O

* Domingo Antonio Ortiz (1832-1889), naval officer
* Christian Ovelar (born 1985), former professional footballer
* Lino Oviedo (1943-2013), general and coup leader

## P

* Raúl Sapena Pastor (1908-1989), diplomat
* Víctor Pecci (born 1955), former tennis player
* Silvio Pettirossi (1887-1916), aviator
* Josefina Plá (1903-1999), poet and artist

## Q

* Andrea Quattrocchi (born 1989), actress and ballerina
* Fabio Queirolo (1861-1901), foreign minister

## R

* Gabriela Rejala (born 1989), beauty queen and model
* Alba Riquelme (born 1991), beauty queen and model.
* Blas Riquelme (1929-2012), politician, businessman and landowner
* Larissa Riquelme (born 1985), model and actress, named "Girl of the FIFA 2010 World Cup"
* Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-2005), writer, novelist
* Andrés Rodríguez (1923-1997), army general and president
* Guido Rodríguez Alcalá (born 1946), writer
* Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá (1917-2007), writer
* José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766-1840), first Paraguayan head of government
* Yren Rotela (born 1981), activist for rights of LGBT people and sex workers

## S

* Roque Santa Cruz (born 1981), professional footballer
* Oscar Vicente Scavone (born 1955), businessman
* Clara Sosa (born 1993), beauty queen and model, winner of Miss Grand International 2018
* Alfredo Stroessner (1912-2006), dictator of Paraguay

## T

* Tsiweyenki (Gloria Elizeche) (born 1951), leader of the indigenous Maká people

## V

* Héctor Velázquez (1864-1945), ophthalmologist
* Pablo Medina Velázquez (1961-2014), journalist

## W

* Juan Carlos Wasmosy (born 1938), former president of Paraguay

## Z

* Pablo Zeballos (born 1986), professional footballer