There is a community of Americans living in Argentina consisting of immigrants and expatriates from the

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as well as their local born descendants. There are roughly about 60,000 Americans living in the country, and 26,000 of them live in the capital city,

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Migration history

From 2002 to 2003, many Americans migrated to Argentina when the country suddenly became comparatively inexpensive thus it became a cheap place to live in.Americans Fleeing The US For Argentina?
''Argentina Post'', 22 March 2009 Immigration from the United States increased further during and after the

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as many Americans fled the crisis-ridden United States to escape to Argentina. A few interviews and immigration data shows a 12% increase in the number of Americans (742) who applied for permanent residency in 2008.

Education

American schools in Argentina include: *

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(Buenos Aires)

Notable people

* Guy Williams (1924–1989), actor *

Adrián Suar Adrián Kirzner Schwartz (born March 25, 1968), better known as Adrián Suar, is an Argentine actor, media producer and businessman who is the program director of Canal 13. Early life Adrián Suar born in Queens, New York City, on March 25 ...

(born 1968), actor, producer, and businessman * Amán Rawson (1792–1847), physician and merchant, politician *

Andrea Collarini Andrea Collarini (; born 31 January 1992) is an Argentinian–American tennis player. Collarini had represented Argentina in the early days of his career from 2007 to 2010, until he chose to represent USA from 2010 to 2012 before switching back ...

(born 1992), tennis player *

Benjamin Apthorp Gould Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896) was a pioneering American astronomer. He is noted for creating the ''Astronomical Journal'', discovering the Gould Belt, and for founding of the Argentine National Observatory and ...

(1824–1896), astronomer *

Bernhard Dawson Bernhard Hildebrandt Dawson (September 21, 1890 – June 18, 1960) was a U.S.-born Argentine astronomer. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri and earned a B.S. from the University of Michigan, 1916. From 1913 onward, he worked at the La Pla ...

(1890–1960), astronomer * Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918–2003), rower and Olympic champion *

Charles Dillon Perrine Charles Dillon Perrine (July 28, 1867June 21, 1951) was an American astronomer at the Lick Observatory in California (1893-1909) who moved to Cordoba, Argentina to accept the position of Director of the Argentine National Observatory (1909-1936) ...

(1867–1951), astronomer * John M. Thome (1843–1908), astronomer * Jonas Coe (1805–1864), naval commander * Bryan Gerzicich (born 1984), football player * Dan Newland (born 1949), journalist, translator, and writer * Kevin Johansen (born 1964), rock musician *

Maxine Swann Maxine Swann (born February 11, 1969) is an American fiction author. Life Swann grew up on a farm in southern Pennsylvania, before attending Phillips Academy and then Columbia College, where she studied Comparative Literature (French and Germa ...

(born 1969), fiction author *

Melville Sewell Bagley Melville Sewell Bagley (born July 10, 1838 in Bangor, Maine – died July 14, 1880 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was the originator of the archetypical Argentine national liqueur Hesperidina and holder of the first patent and trademark to be regist ...

(1838–1880), businessman and creator of

Hesperidina Hesperidina is a classic Argentine apéritif made from bitter and sweet orange peels, which contain a high number of flavonoids. The beverage has antioxidant effects because of the flavonoids. Its name was taken from the Greek myth of Hesperi ...

, the unofficial Argentine national liqueur * Renato Corsi (born 1963), association football player *

Richard Maury Richard Fontaine Maury (Philadelphia, 18 December 1882 – Córdoba, 10 July 1950) was an American railway engineer and naturalized Argentine. He became known for the project of the Argentine "Ramal C-14" of the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgr ...

(1882–1950), railway engineer and designer of the iconic ' train service *

Richard Shindell Richard Shindell (born August 3, 1960) is an American folk singer, songwriter, producer, and musician. Shindell grew up in Port Washington, New York, and now lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with his wife, Lila Caimari, a university profess ...

(born 1960), folk songwriter * Roy Cortina (born 1964), politician and President of the Socialist Party in Buenos Aires *

Viggo Mortensen Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. R (; born October 20, 1958) is an American actor, writer, director, producer, musician, and multimedia artist. Born and raised in the State of New York to a Danish father and American mother, he also lived in Argent ...

(born 1958), actor *

William Henry Hudson William Henry Hudson (4 August 1841 – 18 August 1922) – known in Argentina as Guillermo Enrique Hudson – was an Anglo-Argentine author, naturalist and ornithologist. Life Hudson was the son of Daniel Hudson and his wife Catherine (), ...

(1841–1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist * Jorge Newberry, aviation pioneer

References

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Migration history

Education

Notable people

See also

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