# List of Ecuadorians

This is a list of notable Ecuadorians.

## Arts
### Literature and journalism

* Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006) - poet and writer
* Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009) - poet and novelist
* Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (b. 1942) - writer
* Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981) - writer
* Víctor Manuel Albornoz (1896–1975) - writer and historian
* Gabriela Alemán (b. 1968) - novelist and short story writer
* Carlos Altamirano Sánchez (b. 1926) - poet and journalist
* Vicente Amador Flor (1903–1975) - poet
* María Fernanda Ampuero (b. 1976) - journalist, short story 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 (1904–1984) - novelist and playwright
* Juan Bautista Aguirre (1725–1786) - poet and writer from colonial South America
* Pablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904–1999) - writer, journalist
* Alfonso Barrera Valverde (1929–2013) - writer, diplomat
* Ana Cecilia Blum (b. 1972) - writer
* Arturo Borja (1892–1912) - poet
* Luz Elisa Borja (1903–1927) - 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
* José Antonio Campos (1868–1939) - journalist
* Eliécer Cárdenas (1950–2021) - novelist
* Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972) - writer, suffragist
* 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
* María Piedad Castillo de Levi (1888–1962) - journalist, suffragist
* 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
* Mary Corylé (1894–1976) - poet
* Luis Alberto Costales (1926–2006) - poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician
* Remigio Crespo Toral (1860–1939) - poet, journalist, politician
* José de la Cuadra (1903–1941) - novelist and short story writer
* Agustin Cueva (1937–1992) - writer and sociologist
* César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967)- poet
* Jorge Dávila Vázquez (b. 1947) - writer
* Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013) - poet, novelist, and short story writer
* Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015) - poet, novelist, and short story writer
* José María Egas (1896–1982) - poet
* Gonzalo Escudero (1903–1971) - poet and diplomat
* Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - writer
* Ileana Espinel (1933–2001) - poet
* Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961) - writer, poet, and translator
* Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros (b. 1941) - TV journalist, holder of a Guinness Record for longest continuous time as a news anchor
* Aurora Estrada y Ayala (1901–1967) - poet
* Jenny Estrada (b. 1940) - writer and journalist
* Ulises Estrella (1939–2014) - 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
* Luis Enrique Fierro (b. 1936) - poet and medical doctor
* Jaime Galarza Zavala (b. 1930) - writer, poet, journalist and politician
* Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947) - novelist and short story writer
* Karina Galvez (b. 1964) - poet
* Alfredo Gangotena (1904–1944) - poet who wrote in French and Spanish
* Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973) - writer
* Federico González Suárez (1844–1917) - bishop, historian
* Euler Granda (1935–2018) - novelist
* Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira (1925–2009) - poet
* 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
* Janet Hinostroza (b. 1971) - journalist and TV presenter
* Gilda Holst (b. 1952) - writer
* Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978) - writer
* María Angélica Idrobo (1890–1956) - writer, educator
* Edna Iturralde (b. 1948) - writer
* Efraín Jara Idrovo (1926–2018) - poet and writer
* Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (b. 1932) - poet
* Nicolás Kingman Riofrío (1918–2018) - journalist, writer and politician
* Juan Larrea Holguín (1927–2006) - writer and lawyer
* Numa Pompilio Llona (1832–1907) - poet
* Sonia Manzano Vela (b. 1947) - writer and pianist
* Luis A. Martínez (1869–1909) - novelist
* Nela Martínez (1912–2004) - writer
* José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008) - playwright
* Hugo Mayo (1895–1988) - poet and writer
* José Trajano Mera (1862–1919) - poet and playwright
* Juan León Mera (1832–1894) - writer
* Pedro Moncayo (1807–1888) - political journalist
* Juan Montalvo (1832–1889) - writer
* Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927) - poet
* Jorge Núñez Sánchez (1947–2020) - writer
* José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780–1847) - poet, politician
* Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003) - writer and poet
* Elisa Ortiz de Aulestia (1909–1991) - teacher and writer
* Emilio Palacio (b. 1954) - journalist
* Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993) - writer, historian, academician, politician and diplomat
* Julio Pazos Barrera (b. 1944) - poet and writer
* Galo René Pérez (1923–2008) - biographer, poet, and essayist
* Jorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995) - writer and historian
* Ismael Pérez Pazmiño (1876–1944) - journalist, businessman
* Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (b. 1939) - biographer
* Victoria Puig de Lange (1916–2008) - journalist
* Aleyda Quevedo (b. 1972) - writer
* Ernesto Quiñonez (b. 1969) - novelist
* Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004) - writer
* Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940) - writer
* Óscar Efrén Reyes (1896–1966)
* Miguel Riofrío (1822–1879) - writer
* Juan Manuel Rodríguez (b. 1945) - Spanish-Ecuadorian writer
* Gonzalo Rubio Orbe (1909-1994) - Anthropologist and writer
* Alfonso Rumazo González (1903–2002) - writer, historian, essayist and literary critic
* José Rumazo González (b. 1904) - poet
* Hugo Salazar Tamariz (1923–1999) - poet, novelist and playwright
* Natasha Salguero (b. 1952) - writer, journalist
* Isacovici Salomon (1924–1998) - writer
* Filoteo Samaniego (1928–2013) - novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat
* Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919) - poet
* Dolores Sucre (1837–1917) - poet
* Fernando Tinajero (b. 1940) - writer
* Francisco Tobar García (1928–1997) - poet, novelist, and playwright
* Abdón Ubidia (b. 1944) - novelist
* Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969) - journalist
* Benjamín Urrutia (b. 1950) - writer
* Juan Valdano Morejón (1939–2021) - writer
* Leonardo Valencia (b. 1969) - 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
* Marieta de Veintemilla (1855–1907) - writer, politician
* Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857) - poet
* Juan de Velasco (1727–1792) - poet, historian
* Jorge Velasco Mackenzie (1949–2021) - writer
* Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999) - writer
* Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999) - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist
* Gaspar de Villarroel (1587–1665) - bishop, apologist
* Humberto Vinueza (1942–2017) - poet
* Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928) - novelist
* Gonzalo Zaldumbide (1884–1965) - poet

### Visual arts

* Alba Calderón - painter
* 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 Aráuz - painter
* Galo Galecio - painter
* Gonzalo Amancha - painter
* Gonzalo Endara Crow - painter
* Hugo Cifuentes - photographer and painter
* Jaime Andrade Moscoso - sculptor
* Joaquín Pinto - 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 Cadena - painter
* Luis Miranda - painter
* Luis Molinari - painter
* Manuel Chili "Caspicara" - sculptor
* Manuel Rendón - painter
* Marcelo Tejada - painter
* Marcos Restrepo - printer
* Miguel Betancourt - painter
* Oswaldo Guayasamín - painter
* Oswaldo Moreno - painter
* Oswaldo Viteri - painter
* Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - painter
* Ramón Piaguaje - painter
* Theo Constanté - painter
* Washington Iza - painter
* Yela Loffredo - sculptor

### Dance

* Frederick Ashton - Ecuadorian born British ballet dancer and choreographer
* Noralma Vera - director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza)
* Esperanza Cruz Hidalgo - ballerina

### Theater, TV and film

* Ernesto Albán - vaudeville and television actor
* Danilo Carrera - actor
* Enrique Chediak - cinematographer in Hollywood
* Camilo Coba - filmmaker
* Sebastián Cordero - film director/writer/editor
* Paola Farías - actress, model
* Katty García - actress
* Ricardo Hoyos - actor
* Carolina Jaume - actress, TV host
* Mike Judge - Ecuadorian born American animator
* Camilo Luzuriaga - film director, writer, and producer
* Priscilla Negrón - actress
* Flor María Palomeque - actress, model
* Albert Paulsen - actor
* Jenn Pinto - actress; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American
* Fatima Ptacek - actress and model
* Marián Sabaté - TV personality; born in Spain
* Diego Spotorno - actor, host
* Michael Steger - actor
* Juan Emilio Viguié - pioneering Puerto Rican movie producer (Ecuadorian mother)

### Music

* Adrianne León - singer-songwriter, American of Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican descent, lived in Ecuador.
* Adrienne Bailon - singer 3LW; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican
* Antonio Neumane - French, lived and worked in Ecuador, 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-songwriter
* Celia Zaldumbide Rosales - pianist
* Christopher Vélez - 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
* Fausto Miño - singer-songwriter
* Gabriela Villalba - singer
* Gerardo - singer
* Guillermo Ayoví Erazo, aka Papá Roncón - Afro-Ecuadorian musician, singer, and marimba player
* Isabel Rosales Pareja - pianist
* Jinsop - Korean/American singer, Ecuadorian nationality by naturalization
* Jorge Araujo Chiriboga - composer
* Jorge Saade - violinist
* Juan Fernando Velasco - singer-songwriter
* Hilda Murillo singer
* Fresia Saavedra singer
* Paulina Tamayo singer
* Mercedes M. Suastisinger
* Carlota Jaramillosinger
* Julio Jaramillo - folklore and romantic music singer
* Wendy Vera - singer, politician
* Leo Rojas - musician
* Leslie Wright - pianist
* Luis Humberto Salgado - classical composer
* Luis Silva Parra - saxophonist of classical jazz
* Mesias Maiguashca - classical composer
* Nicasio Safadi - songwriter, popular musician, born in Lebanon
* 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

* Antonio de Alcedo - Spanish geographer and military leader, born in what is today Ecuador
* Eugenia Del Pino - developmental biologist
* Pedro Vicente Maldonado - geographer
* Clodoveo Carrión Mora - paleontologist and naturalist
* Misael Acosta Solís - naturalist
* William Jameson - physician, naturalist; born in Scotland
* Augusto Nicolás Martínez - agronomist, geologist
* Plutarco Naranjo Vargas - doctor and scientific researcher
* Luis Sodiro - botanist, priest; born in Italy
* Presley Norton Yoder - archeologist

## Medicine

* José Amén-Palma - surgeon and researcher
* Germán Abad Valenzuela - doctor, radiologist
* Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - physician, journalist, writer, philosopher
* Rodrigo Fierro Benítez - physician, researcher, writer
* Fernando Jurado Noboa - physician, genealogist
* Alejo Lascano Bahamonde - physician, surgeon
* Juan Tanca Marengo - physician, minister

## Politics and military

* Pamela Aguirre Zambonino (born 1984) - member of Andean Parliament
* Belisario Albán Mestanza (1853–1925) - notable role in the Liberal Revolution of Guayaquil
* Humberto Albornoz (1894–1959) - member of a provisional government junta in 1926
* Ana Lucía Armijos (born 1949) - first female interior minister
* Pedro José de Arteta (1797–1893) - vice-president
* Leopoldo Benites (1905–1996) - diplomat, writer, president of the United Nations General Assembly
* Diego Borja - Coordination Minister for Economic Policy, president of the Poder Ciudadano Movement
* Diana Coloma - blind disability activist and politician
* Dolores Cacuango - left-wing indigenous activist
* Manuela Cañizares (1769–1814) - early leader of the independence movement
* Rafael Carvajal (1819–1878) - politician, minister
* Galo Chiriboga - minister, prosecutor, felon
* Pacífico Chiriboga (1810–1886) - politician, legislator, vice president
* Carlos Cueva Tamariz (1898–1991) - politician, senator, legislator, councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Labor
* Alberto Dahik (born 1953) - vice president, professor and businessman
* José Javier Eguiguren - politician, minister
* Freddy Ehlers (born 1945) - journalist, minister, presidential candidate
* Juan Falconí Puig - public servant, diplomat
* Luis Félix López (1932–2008) - prominent politician, minister
* Manuel Félix López (1937–2004) - prominent politician in Manabí province
* Guillermo Franco (1811–1873) - self-proclaimed dictator, major figure in the Ecuadorian political and military scene
* Jorge Glas - vice president, convicted felon
* Luisa Gómez de la Torre Páez (1887–1976) - socialist activist
* Susana González Rosado (born 1973) - assembly member, vice prefect of Guayas Province
* Matilde Hidalgo (1889–1974) - activist, physician, first Ecuadorian woman to finish secondary education, first Ecuadorina woman to complete a degree in medicine and first Ecuadorian woman to cast a vote in a national election
* Francisco Illingworth (1905–1982) - Vice President of Ecuador
* María Leonor Jiménez (born 1939) - candidate, public servant
* María Cristina Kronfle (born 1985) - member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly for Guayas Province
* José de La Mar - Independentist military leader, president of Peru (born in what is now Ecuador)
* Luis Larrea Alba - general, president de facto in 1931
* Richelieu Levoyer - Army general, who proposed the "Return to the Constitution Plan" that ended the 1976–1979 dictatorship
* Guillaume Long - French-born minister
* Luis Macas - legislator, minister
* Federico Malo Andrade - governor, entrepreneur
* Eduardo Maruri - assembly member for the Guayas Province
* Paco Moncayo - Army general, former mayor of Quito, Congressman
* Mayra Montaño - ex radio presenter, National assembly member, councillor
* Debbie Mucarsel-Powell - Ecuadorian-born member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida; first person born in South America to reach the United States Congress
* Jaime Nebot - political leader, major of Guayaquil
* Xavier Neira Menéndez - legislator, presidential candidate
* Alexandra Ocles - politician and educator
* Nina Pacari - minister, congresswoman, indigenous activist
* Álvaro Noboa - millionaire, political leader, frequent presidential candidate
* Ricardo Paredes Romero - communist politician
* Antonio Parra Velasco - Ambassador to France and Great Britain
* Ricardo Patiño - politician
* Rodrigo Paz - mayor of Quito, minister, entrepreneur, sports executive
* Pedro Pinto Rubianes - minister, vice president
* Rafael Pólit - diplomat, governor
* León Roldós Aguilera - former vice president of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement
* Manuela Sáenz - involved in the independence movement, Simón Bolívar's lover and confidant
* Julio Teodoro Salem - politician
* Jorge Salvador Lara - Ambassador to the Vatican, Peru, Chile, and France, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
* Juan de Salinas y Zenitagoya - early independence leader
* José Serrano - president of the Legislature, minister
* Andrés Vallejo (born 1942) - prominent politician, president of the National Congress
* Luis Vargas Torres (1844–1887) - politician, guerrilla
* Alexandra Vela - minister, legislator
* Alfredo Vera Arrata - politician and architect, minister of education, councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary
* Alfredo Vera Vera (1910–1999) - politician
* José de Villamil - a leader of the struggle for independence, considered the father of the Ecuadorian Navy; born in Louisiana

### Indigenous leaders

* Atahualpa - Inca emperor, perhaps born in what is today Ecuador
* Rumiñawi - high-ranking Incan warrior around the time of the Spanish conquest

### Presidents

* Juan José Flores - first president (1830–1835; 1839–1843; 1843–1845), Venezuelan-born
* Vicente Rocafuerte - president (1834–1839)
* José Joaquín de Olmedo - president (1845–1845)
* Vicente Ramón Roca - president (1845–1849), first vice president (1830–1831)
* Manuel de Ascásubi - interim president (1849–1850, 1869)
* Diego Noboa - president (1850–1851)
* José María Urvina - supreme chief and president (1851–1856)
* Francisco Robles - president (1856–1859)
* Gabriel García Moreno - president (1860–1865; 1869–1875)
* Jerónimo Carrión - president (1865–1867)
* Javier Espinosa - president (1868–1869)
* Antonio Borrero - president (1875–1876)
* Ignacio de Veintemilla - dictator and president (1876–1883)
* José Plácido Caamaño - president (1883–1888)
* Antonio Flores Jijón - president (1888–1892)
* Luis Cordero Crespo - president (1892–1895)
* Vicente Lucio Salazar - president (1895)
* Eloy Alfaro - supreme chief and president (1895–1901)
* Leonidas Plaza - president (1901–1905; 1912–1916)
* Lizardo García - president (1905–1906)
* Carlos Freile Zaldumbide - interim president (1911–1912)
* Francisco Andrade Marín - interim president (1912)
* Alfredo Baquerizo - president (1916–1920)
* José Luis Tamayo - president (1920–1924)
* Gonzalo Córdova - president (1924–1925)
* Isidro Ayora - president (1926–1931)
* Luis Larrea Alba - general, president de facto in 1931
* Alberto Guerrero Martínez - provisional president (1932)
* Juan de Dios Martínez - president (1932–1933)
* Abelardo Montalvo - president (1933–1934)
* José María Velasco Ibarra - president (1934–1935; 1944–1947; 1952–1956; 1968–1972)
* Federico Páez - supreme chief and president (1935–1937)
* Alberto Enríquez Gallo - military dictator (1937–1938)
* Manuel María Borrero - interim president (1938)
* Julio Enrique Moreno - interim president (1940)
* Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río - president (1940–1944)
* Carlos Mancheno Cajas - military dictator for a brief period (1947)
* Mariano Suárez - president for a brief period (1947)
* Galo Plaza Lasso - president (1948–1952)
* Camilo Ponce Enríquez - president (1956–1960)
* Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy - president (1961–1963)
* Ramón Castro Jijón - president of the military junta (1963–1966)
* Otto Arosemena - president (1966–1968)
* Guillermo Rodríguez Lara - military dictator (1972–1976)
* Jaime Roldós Aguilera - president (1979–1981)
* Osvaldo Hurtado - president (1981–1984)
* Leon Febres Cordero - president (1984–1988)
* Rodrigo Borja Cevallos - president (1988–1992)
* Sixto Durán Ballén - president (1992–1996)
* Abdalá Bucaram - president (1996–1997), convicted felon
* Jamil Mahuad - president (1998–2000)
* Gustavo Noboa - president (2000–2003)
* Lucio Gutiérrez - president (2003–2005)
* Alfredo Palacio - president (2005–2007)
* Rafael Correa - president (2007–2017), convicted felon
* Lenin Moreno - president (2017–2021), former vice president (2007–2013)
* Guillermo Lasso - president (2021–)

### First ladies

* Mercedes Jijón - wife of Juan José Flores
* Corina del Parral - wife of José María Velasco Ibarra, born in Argentina
* Lucila Santos Trujillo - wife of Otto Arosemena
* María de Lourdes Alcívar - wife of Guillermo Lasso

## Religious figures

* Catalina de Jesús Herrera – Dominican prioress, nun, writer
* Carlos María de la Torre - cardinal
* Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz - archbishop of Guayaquil
* Leonidas Proaño - bishop of Riobamba
* José Mario Ruiz Navas - archbishop of Portoviejo
* Mariana de Jesús Torres - abbess of Conceptionist Monastery of Quito, Servant of God
* Luis Alberto Luna Tobar - archbishop of Cuenca
* Pedro Bedón - priest, painter, polemicist

### Saints

* Mariana de Jesús de Paredes - mystic, saint
* Mercedes de Jesús Molina - mystic, blessed
* Miguel Febres Cordero - religious brother, saint
* Narcisa de Jesús - mystic, saint

## Sports

* Álex Aguinaga - footballer and coach
* Jordy Alcívar - footballer
* Alexander Alvarado - footballer
* Nilson Angulo - footballer
* Rorys Aragón - footballer
* Robert Arboleda - footballer
* Samantha Arévalo - swimmer
* Xavier Arreaga - footballer
* Walter Ayoví - footballer
* Mimi Barona - surfer
* Christian Benítez - footballer
* Shirley Berruz - footballer
* Andrea Bonilla - long-distance runner
* Chico Borja - Ecuadorian-American footballer and coach
* Ramiro Borja - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
* Elizabeth Bravo - triathlete
* Beder Caicedo - footballer
* Carina Caicedo - footballer
* Felipe Caicedo - footballer
* Jean Caicedo - boxer
* Jonathan Caicedo - cyclist
* Jordy Caicedo - footballer
* Moisés Caicedo - footballer
* Leonardo Campana - footballer
* Pablo Campana - tennis player and public servant
* Alfredo Campo - BMX cyclist
* Richard Carapaz - cyclist, winner of the Giro d'Italia, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
* Byron Castillo - footballer
* Julio Castillo - boxer
* Miler Castillo (born 1987) - football player
* Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda - cyclist
* Rosa Chacha - long-distance runner
* Vanessa Chalá - judoka
* Andrés Chocho - race walker
* José Cifuentes - footballer
* Juan Manuel Correa - racing driver
* Neisi Dajomes - weightlifter, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
* Daniela Darquea - golfer
* Ulises de la Cruz - footballer and politician
* Agustín Delgado - footballer and politician, scored first Ecuadorian goal in a World Cup
* Anicka Delgado - swimmer
* Diana Durango - sport shooter
* Iván Enderica Ochoa - swimmer
* Alexandra Escobar - weightlifter
* Gonzalo Escobar - tennis player
* Adriana Espinosa - archer
* Michael Estrada - footballer
* Pervis Estupiñán - footballer
* Alan Franco - footballer
* Hernán Galíndez - footballer (born in Argentina)
* Estefania García - judoka
* Fricson George - footballer
* Andrés Gómez - tennis player, French Open winner
* Emilio Gómez - tennis player
* Carlos Góngora - boxer, IBO world champion
* Doménica González - tennis player
* Carlos Gruezo Arboleda - footballer
* Carlos Gruezo Quiñónez - footballer
* Piero Hincapié - footballer
* Romario Ibarra - footballer
* Eduardo Hurtado - footballer
* Elías Jácome - football referee, the first Ecuadorian to officiate in a World Cup
* Karla Jaramillo - race walker
* Iván Kaviedes - footballer
* Fausto Klinger - footballer
* Martin Klinger - footballer
* Orly Klinger - footballer
* Nicolás Lapentti - tennis player
* Giovanni Lapentti - tennis player
* Juan Madruñero - footballer
* Ángel Mena - footballer
* Édison Méndez - footballer
* Sebas Méndez - footballer
* Alberto Miño - table tennis player
* Glenda Morejón - race walker
* Jhonatan Narváez - cyclist
* Christian Noboa - footballer
* Alfonso Obregón - footballer
* Joel Ordóñez - footballer
* Érika Pachito - boxer
* Joffre Pachito - footballer
* Willian Pacho - footballer
* Angie Palacios - weightlifter
* Diego Palacios - footballer
* Andrea Pérez Peña - sport shooter
* Jefferson Pérez - race walker, gold medal winner of the 20 km race walk at the 1996 Olympics
* Paola Pérez - race walker
* Tomas Peribonio - swimmer
* Brian Pintado - race walker, Olympic champion
* Gonzalo Plata - footballer
* Joao Plata - footballer
* Jackson Porozo - footballer
* Angelo Preciado - footballer
* Ayrton Preciado - footballer
* Lenin Preciado - judoka
* Álex Quiñónez - sprinter
* Roberto Quiroz - tennis player
* Cristian Ramírez - footballer
* Djorkaeff Reasco - footballer
* Kevin Rodríguez - footballer
* Tamara Salazar - weightlifter, medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics
* Jeremy Sarmiento - footballer, born in Spain
* Hugo Savinovich - professional wrestler in the United States and Puerto Rico
* 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.
* Abraham Suárez - diver
* Nelson Suarez - diver
* Ángela Tenorio - sprinter
* Carlos Tenorio - footballer
* Félix Torres - footballer
* Patricio Urrutia - footballer and politician, captained the successful L.D.U. Quito team which won Copa Libertadores
* Anthony Valencia - footballer
* Antonio Valencia - footballer, best known for his time at Manchester United F.C., only Manchester United captain from outside Europe
* Enner Valencia - footballer
* Joel Valencia - footballer, has also represented Spain on youth levels
* Iván Vallejo - mountaineer and public servant
* Luisa Valverde - freestyle wrestler
* Marlon Vera - mixed martial arts fighter
* Rolando Vera - long-distance runner
* Claudio Villanueva - race walker
* Petter Villegas - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
* Nicolas Wettstein - eventing rider (born in Switzerland, represented Ecuador internationally)
* Lucía Yépez - wrestler
* Octavio Zambrano - football coach, known mostly for his career at Major League Soccer

## Other

* Lorena Bobbitt - Ecuadorian-American woman made famous after assaulting her husband
* María Capovilla - supercentenarian, at one time the oldest living person in the world
* Mariana Carcelén - aristocrat, Marchioness, wife of independence leader Antonio José de Sucre and as such First Lady of Bolivia
* Martina Carrillo - 18th-century anti-slavery activist
* Blanca Chancoso - indigenous activist
* Magdalena Dávalos y Maldonado - aristocrat, intellectual, patron of the arts
* Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño - aristocrat, archaeologist, politician
* Yolanda Kakabadse - environmentalist activist
* Hortensia Mata - socialite and philanthropist
* Manuel Muñoz Borrero - diplomat, considered Righteous Among the Nations for his role in saving Jewish people during the Holocaust
* Zonia Palán Tamayo (1954–2003) - economist and women's rights
* Faustino Rayo - Colombian-born merchant and assassin, known for murdering Gabriel García Moreno
* Nelson Serrano - Ecuadorian-American businessman convicted of murder
* Delary Stoffers - Beauty pageant winner, Miss Ecuador 2023