List of Uruguayans

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Listed below are notable people from Uruguay.

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Artists[]

See also: List of Uruguayan artists

Vedettes, singers, actors, dancers and models[]

Natalia Oreiro

Musicians[]

Main article: List of Uruguayan musicians

Politics and military[]

José Gervasio Artigas

Religious leaders[]

See also: List of Uruguayan Roman Catholic clerics

Writers[]

Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
Main article: List of Uruguayan writers

Film directors and screenwriters[]

Public figures[]

Indigenous people[]

Engineers and architects[]

See also: List of Uruguayan architects

Educators[]

Journalists[]

  • Susana Andrade (born 1963) – attorney, journalist, columnist, politician
  • Clara Berenbau (1980–2013) – presenter, announcer, columnist, actress, writer, and journalist
  • 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[]

Scientists[]

Sports[]

Football[]

Luis Suárez
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Marcelo Lipatin – football player, forward (Trofense)[3]
  • Diego Lugano – former football player, member of national team
  • 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
  • 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

Others[]

Uriel Trocki

Economists[]

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The 77th Academy Awards 2005". Oscars.org. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Cervantes Prize". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ Spunder, Or (5 July 2008). מכבי תל אביב פנתה רשמית למרסלו ליפאטין (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  4. ^ "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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