Italian Argentines ( it, italo-argentini; es, ítalo-argentinos, or ''tanos'' in

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) are Italian-born people (born in

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) or non-Italian citizens of Italian descent residing in Argentina. Italian is the largest single ethnic origin of modern Argentines. In 2011, it was estimated that at least 25 million Argentines (62.5% of the country's population) have some degree of Italian ancestry. Argentina has the second-largest community of Italians outside of Italy, after

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. Italians began arriving in Argentina in large numbers from 1857 to 1940, totaling 44.9% of the entire postcolonial immigrant population, more than from any other country (including Spain, at 31.5%). In 1996, the population of Argentines of partial or full Italian descent numbered 15.8 million when Argentina's population was approximately 34.5 million, meaning they represented 45.5% of the population. Italian settlements in Argentina, along with Spanish settlements, formed the backbone of today's Argentine society.

Argentine culture The culture of Argentina is as varied as the country's geography and is composed of a mix of ethnic groups. Modern Argentinian culture has been influenced largely by Italian, Spanish, and other European immigration, while there is still a les ...

has significant connections with

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in terms of language, customs, and traditions. Argentina is also a strongly Italophilic country as cuisine, fashion, and lifestyle have been sharply influenced by Italian immigration.

History

Small groups of Italians started to immigrate to Argentina as early as the second half of the 18th century. However, the stream of Italian immigration to Argentina became a mass phenomenon only from 1880 to 1920, during the

Great European immigration wave to Argentina The great European immigration wave to Argentina took place in the late 19th and early 20th century. It consisted mostly of Italian and Spanish immigrants, along with other nationalities such as French, Slavs (especially Ukrainians, Poles ...

, peaking between 1900 and 1914, about two million settled from 1880 to 1920, and just 1 million from 1900 to 1914. In 1914,

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alone had more than 300,000 Italian-born inhabitants, representing 25% of the total population. The Italian immigrants were primarily male, aged between 14 and 50 and more than 50% literate; in terms of occupations, 78.7% in the active population were agricultural workers or unskilled laborers, 10.7% artisans, and only 3.7% worked in commerce or as professionals. The outbreak of

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and the rise of

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in Italy caused a rapid fall in immigration to Argentina, with a slight revival in 1923 to 1927 but eventually stopped during the

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and the

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. After the end of World War II, Italy was reduced to rubble and occupied by foreign armies. From 1946 to 1957 was another massive wave of 380,000 Italians to Argentina. A small number of Istrian Italians and Dalmatian Italians emigrated to Argentina during the Istrian-Dalmatian exodus, leaving their homelands, which were lost to Italy and annexed to

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after the

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.The substantial recovery allowed by the

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of the 1950s and 1960s eventually caused the era of

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abroad to end, and in the following decades, Italy became a country with net immigration. Now, 527,570 Italian citizens still live in Argentina.

Characteristics of Italian immigration to Argentina

Areas of origin

Most of the Italian immigrants to Argentina came from northern regions. After the turn of the century and the establishment of the North as the dominant region of Italy, immigration patterns shifted to rural

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, especially

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and

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. In Argentine slang, ''tano'' (from ''Napulitano'', "

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") is still used for all people of Italian descent although it originally meant inhabitants of the former independent state the

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. The assumption that emigration from cities was negligible has an important exception. Naples went from being the capital of its own kingdom in 1860 to being just another large city in Italy. The loss of bureaucratic jobs and the subsequently declining financial situation led to high unemployment. In the early 1880s, epidemics of

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also struck the city, causing many people to leave. According to a 1990 study, the high proportion of returnees can show a positive or negative correlation between regions of origin and of destination. Southern Italians indicate a more permanent settlement. Argentine society's Italian component is the result of Southern rather than Northern influences.Immigrazione Italiana nell’America del Sud (Argentina, Uruguay e Brasile)
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Culture

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Language

According to

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, Argentina has more than 1,500,000 Italian speakers, making it the third most spoken language in the nation (after Spanish and English). In spite of the great many Italian immigrants, the

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never truly took hold in Argentina, partly because at the time of mass immigration, almost all Italians spoke their native regional languages rather than what is now standard Italian, precluding the expansion of the use of Italian as a primary language in Argentina. The similarity between Spanish and many of those languages also enabled the immigrants to acquire

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in Spanish with relative ease, and thus to assimilate linguistically without much difficulty. Italian

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, ...

from the second half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century made a lasting and significant impact on the intonation of Argentina's vernacular Spanish. Preliminary research has shown that

, particularly the speech of the city of Buenos Aires, has intonation patterns that resemble those of Italian dialects (especially the ones whose substratum is the

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) and differ markedly from the patterns of other forms of Spanish. That correlates well with immigration patterns as Argentina, particularly Buenos Aires, which had huge numbers of Italian settlers since the 19th century. According to a study conducted by National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina, and published in ''Bilingualism: Language and Cognition'' (

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1366–7289) The researchers note that this is a relatively recent phenomenon, starting in the early 20th century with the main wave of Southern Italian immigration. Until then, the '' porteño'' accent was more similar to that of Spain, particularly

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. Much of Lunfardo arrived with European immigrants, such as Italians, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, and Poles. Most Italian and Spanish immigrants spoke their regional languages and dialects, rather than Standard Italian or Spanish; other words arrived from the

pampa The Pampas (from the qu, pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazi ...

by means of the

gaucho A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and the south of Chilean Patagonia. Gauchos became greatly admired and ...

s; and a few came from Argentina's native population. Most sources believe that Lunfardo originated in jails, as a prisoner-only argot. Around 1900, the word ''lunfardo'' itself, originally a deformation of ''

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'' in several languages of Italy, was used to mean "outlaw." Lunfardo words are inserted in the normal flow of

sentences. Thus, a Spanish-speaking Mexican reading tango lyrics needs only the translation of a discrete set of words, not a grammar guide. Most tango lyrics use lunfardo sparsely, but some songs (such as ''El Ciruja'', or most lyrics by Celedonio Flores) employ lunfardo heavily. "Milonga Lunfarda" by Edmundo Rivero is an instructive and entertaining primer on lunfardo usage. Here are some examples: * ''Parlar'' – To speak (cfr. Italian ''parlare'',

''parlà'' - to speak) * ''Manyar'' – To know / to eat (cfr. Italian ''mangiare'', Sicilian ''manciari'' - to eat) * ''Mina'' – Female (cfr. Italian ''femmina'' ("female"), Sicilian ''fimmina'' ("woman")) * ''Laburar'' – To work (cfr. Italian ''lavorare'',

Venetian Venetian often means from or related to: * Venice, a city in Italy * Veneto, a region of Italy * Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area Venetian and the like may also refer to: * Venetian language, a Romance language s ...

''laorar'' - to work) * ''Fiaca'' – laziness (cfr. Italian ''fiacco'', Piedmontese ''fiach'' - exhausted) * ''Chapar'' – To kiss / to grab (cfr. Piedmontese ''ciapé'',

''ciapar'' - to grab) * ''Buonyorno'' – Good morning (cfr. Italian ''buongiorno'' – good morning) * ''Pibe'' – Boy (cfr. old Italian ''pivo'' – boy, apprentice) * ''Birra'' – Beer (cfr. Italian,

''birra'' – beer) * ''Mufa'' – Unlucky person (cfr. Italian ''muffa'', Piedmontese ''mofa'' – mold) Between about 1880 and 1900, Argentina received a large number of peasants from the South of Italy, who arrived with little or no schooling in Spanish. As the immigrants strove to communicate with the local '' criollos'', they produced a variable mixture of Spanish with Italian languages and dialects, specially Neapolitan. The pidgin language was given the derogatory name ''cocoliche'' by the locals. Since the children of the immigrants grew up speaking Spanish at school, work, and military service, Cocoliche remained confined mostly to the first generation immigrants and slowly fell out of use. The pidgin has been depicted humorously in literary works and in the Argentine sainete theater, such as by Dario Vittori.

Cuisine

Argentine cuisine has been strongly influenced by

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; the typical Argentine diet is a variation on the Mediterranean diet. Italian staple dishes like pizza and pasta are common. Pasta is extremely common, either simple unadorned pasta with butter or oil or accompanied by a

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or bechamel based sauce.

Pizza Pizza (, ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, on ...

(locally pronounced ''pisa'' or ''pitsa''), for example, has been wholly subsumed and, in its Argentine form, more closely resembles Italian pizza al taglio but round instead of rectangular. Pizza is shared between two or more people, it's not the usual Italian personal pizza. Typical or exclusively Argentine pizzas include ''pizza canchera'', ''pizza rellena'' (stuffed pizza), ''pizza por metro'' (pizza by the meter), and ''pizza a la parrilla'' (grilled pizza). While Argentine pizza derives from Neapolitan cuisine, the Argentine ''fugaza''/''fugazza'' comes from the '' focaccia xeneise'' (from

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), but in any case, its preparation is different from its Italian counterpart, and the addition of cheese to make the dish (fugaza con queso or fugazzeta) started in Argentina or Uruguay. ''

Fainá Farinata (), socca (), torta di ceci (), or cecina () is a type of thin, unleavened pancake or crêpe made from chickpea flour. It originated in Italy and later became a typical food of the Ligurian Sea coast, from Nice to Sardinia and Elba is ...

'' is a type of thin bread made with

chickpea The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its different types are variously known as gram" or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea. Chickpea seeds are h ...

flour (adopted from northern Italy). The name comes from the Ligurian word for the Italian ''farinata''. Pizzerias in Buenos Aires often offer fainá, which is eaten with pizza, a wedge of fainá on top of a wedge of pizza. Nevertheless, the ''

pasta Pasta (, ; ) is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Rice flour, or legumes such as beans or lentils, ...

s'' (pasta, always in the plural) surpass pizzas in consumption levels. Among them are ''tallarines'' (

fettuccine Fettuccine (; lit. 'little ribbons'; sing. ''fettuccina'') is a type of pasta popular in Roman and Tuscan cuisine. It is descended from the extremely thin capelli d'angelo of the Renaissance but is a flat, thick pasta traditionally made of eg ...

), ''ravioles'' ( ravioli), ''ñoquis'' ( gnocchi), and ''canelones'' ( cannelloni). For example, pasta is often eaten with white bread ("French bread"). That can be explained by the low cost of bread and the fact that Argentine pastas tend to come with a large amount of ''tuco'' sauce (Italian ''sugo'') and accompanied by ''estofado'' (stew). Less commonly, pastas are eaten with a dressing of ''

pesto Pesto () is a sauce that traditionally consists of crushed garlic, European pine nuts, coarse salt, basil leaves, and hard cheese such as Parmigiano-Reggiano (also known as Parmesan cheese) or Pecorino Sardo (cheese made from sheep's milk), a ...

'', a green sauce based on basil, or ''salsa blanca'' (

béchamel sauce Bechamel sauce ( ) is a sauce traditionally made from a white roux (butter and flour in a 1:1 mixture by weight) and milk. Bechamel may also be referred to as besciamella (Italy), besamel (Greece), or white sauce (U.S.). French, Italian and Gree ...

). ''

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'' are also a local dish with a misleading name (they do not come from

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but were invented in Mar del Plata). They look like big round ''ravioles'' stuffed with

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cottage cheese Cottage cheese is a curdled milk product with a mild flavor and a creamy, non-homogeneous, soupy texture. It is made from skimmed milk by draining the cheese, as opposed to pressing it to make cheese curd—retaining some of the whey and keep ...

and basil in

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. ''

Polenta Polenta (, ) is a dish of boiled cornmeal that was historically made from other grains. The dish comes from Italy. It may be served as a hot porridge, or it may be allowed to cool and solidify into a loaf that can be baked, fried, or grilled. ...

'' comes from Northern Italy and is very common throughout Argentina. And, just like ''polenta concia'' in Italy, it is eaten as a main dish, with sauce and melted cheese, or it may accompany a stew. Other dishes are ''milanesas'' (the name deriving from the original '' cotoletta alla milanese'' from

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), breaded meats similar to the Wiener schnitzel. A common dish of this variety is the ''milanesa napolitana'', an Argentine innovation despite its name, which comes from former Buenos Aires restaurant "Nápoli." It is breaded meat baked with a topping of melted cheese, tomatoes, and sometimes ham. The milanesa was brought to Argentina by

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an immigrants. Pasta frola is a typical

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recipe heavily influenced by Southern Italian cuisine, known as Pasta Frolla in Italy. Pasta frola consists of a buttery pastry base with a filling made of quince jam, sweet-potato jam or milk caramel (dulce de leche) and topped with thin strips of the same pastry, forming a squared pattern. It is an Argentine

tradition A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or ...

to eat pastafrola with mate in the afternoon. The dish is also very popular in Paraguay and Uruguay. The traditional Italian recipe was not prepared with latticework, unlike in Argentina, but with a lid pierced with molds in the form of hearts or flowers. Ice cream ( es, Helado, it, gelato) is a particularly popular Argentine dessert. Its creamy texture is caused by the large proportion of cream, and, as everywhere, many flavors are available. Ice cream was again a legacy of the

Education

Italian international schools in Argentina include:SCUOLE PARITARIE ITALIANE ALL'ESTERO

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Scuola Italiana Cristoforo Colombo ''Scuola Italiana Cristoforo Colombo'' ( es, Escuela Italiana Cristoforo Colombo) is an Italian international school in Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a cou ...

(Buenos Aires) * Istituto Scolastico "Scuola Edmondo De Amicis" (Buenos Aires, Rosario) * Scuola "Dante Alighieri" (Córdoba, Rosario) * Istituto di Cultura Italica (La Plata) * Associazione Scuole Italiane "XXI Aprile" (Mendoza) * Centro Culturale Italiano Scuole Alessandro Manzoni (Olivos and Villa Adelina)

Notable people

Anarchists

Severino Di Giovanni Severino Di Giovanni (17 March 1901 – 1 February 1931) was an Italian anarchist who immigrated to Argentina, where he became the best-known anarchist figure in that country for his campaign of violence in support of Sacco and Vanzetti and anti ...

, antifascist

Architects

César Pelli César Pelli (October 12, 1926 – July 19, 2019) was an Argentine-American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. Two of his most notable buildings are the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpu ...

, designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks

Artists

* Daniela Anahí Bessia, singer * Antonio Agri, violinist *

Charly Alberti Carlos Alberto Ficicchia Gigliotti (born March 27, 1963), known by his stage name Charly Alberti, is an Argentine rock musician, best known as the drummer of the influential Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. Because of this, he is considered one ...

, musician *

Tito Alberti Tito Alberti (January 12, 1923 – March 25, 2009) was an Argentine jazz drummer. Life and work Tito Alberti was born Juan Alberto Ficicchia in the port city of Zárate to an Argentine mother and a Sicilian father in 1923. Enjoying a gregariou ...

, drummer * Juan d'Arienzo, tango musician * Alba Arnova, dancer *

Juan Carlos Baglietto Juan Carlos Baglietto (; born June 14, 1956, in Rosario, Santa Fe) is an Argentine musician, singer and composer. He is one of the iconic figures of the musical movement called ''Trova Rosarina'', a famous generation of singers and composers ...

, musician * Gato Barbieri, musician *

Adrián Barilari Adrián Eduardo Barilari (born November 11, 1959) is an Argentine singer best known as the vocalist of the heavy metal and hard rock band Rata Blanca.(10 June 2013)Vocalista de Rata Blanca felicitó a su imitador de "Yo Soy" ''El Comercio''(26 Jan ...

, musician * Marilina Bertoldi, musician *

Rodolfo Biagi Rodolfo Biagi (March 14, 1906, in Buenos Aires – September 24, 1969) was an Argentine Tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. ...

, musician *

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, musician *

Zeta Bosio Héctor Juan Pedro Bosio Bertolotti (born 1 October 1958) better known by his stage name Zeta Bosio, is an Argentine rock musician, record producer and disc jockey (DJ), better known as the bassist of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. He was ...

, musician * José Antonio Bottiroli, classical musician *

José Bragato José Bragato (12 October 1915 – 18 July 2017) was an Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist who, in his early career, was principal cellist in the Colón Theatre orchestra in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

, composer *

Enrique Cadícamo Enrique Domingo Cadícamo ( Luján, Buenos Aires province, July 15, 1900 – Buenos Aires, December 3, 1999) was a prolific Argentine tango lyricist, poet and novelist. From an initial Symbolist bent, he developed a distinctive, lunfardo- ...

, tango lyricist * Carmen Risso de Cancellieri, dancer *

Alberto Caracciolo Alberto Pascual Caracciolo (March 23, 1918 – January 31, 1994) was an Argentine tango musician, a musical arranger, orchestra director, composer and bandoneón player. Born in Palermo, Buenos Aires, he began his musical studies at the age ...

, tango musician * Julio de Caro, tango composer *

Eleonora Cassano Eleonora Cassano (born January 5, 1965 in Boedo, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine ballet dancer and teacher. She is known for being the dancing partner of Julio Bocca since 1989. Cassano studied in the Teatro Colón's Advanced Arts Institute and be ...

, dancer * Cacho Castagna, singer * Cazzu, rapper *

Gustavo Cerati Gustavo Adrián Cerati (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and producer, considered one of the most important and influential figures of Ibero-American rock. Cerati along with his band Soda Stereo ...

, singer-songwriter * Enrique Santos Discépolo, tango composer * Duki, rapper * Lali Espósito, singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, model and director * Walter Giardino, guitarist and songwriter *

León Gieco Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco (born on November 20, 1951 in Cañada Rosquín, Argentina) is an Argentine folk rock performer, composer and interpreter. He is known for mixing popular folkloric genres with Argentini ...

, singer * Paulo Londra, singer * Luisana Lopilato, actress, singer, and model *

Agustín Magaldi Agustín Magaldi Coviello (December 1, 1898 – September 8, 1938) was an Argentinian tango and milonga singer. His nickname was "La voz sentimental de Buenos Aires" ("The sentimental voice of Buenos Aires"). Magaldi took part in the opening b ...

, tango and milonga singer *

Homero Manzi Homero Nicolás Manzione Prestera, better known as Homero Manzi (November 1, 1907 – May 3, 1951) was an Argentine tango lyricist, author of various famous tangos. He was born on November 1 of 1907 in Añatuya (province of Santiago del Estero ...

, tango lyricist *

Daniel Melingo Daniel Melingo (born October 22, 1957) is an Argentine musician, with a background in rock (he played guitar for Los Twist and saxophone for Los Abuelos de la Nada). He is now a tango artist and tours with his band Los Ramones del tango. Bi ...

, musician *

Litto Nebbia Félix Francisco "Litto" Nebbia Corbacho (born 21 July 1948) is an Argentine singer-songwriter, musician and producer prominent in the development of Argentine rock. Life and work Félix Francisco Nebbia Corbacho was born in Rosario, Santa Fe t ...

, singer-songwriter * Nicki Nicole, rapper *

Pappo Norberto Aníbal Napolitano (March 10, 1950 – February 25, 2005), popularly known as Pappo, was an Argentine rock musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was and is one of the most influential figures in Argentine music, and in additio ...

, guitarist, singer and composer *

Soledad Pastorutti Soledad "La Sole" Pastorutti (born October 12, 1980, in Arequito, Santa Fe) is an Argentine folk singer, who brought the genre to the younger generations at the end of the 20th century, and the beginning of the 21st. She is also a film and TV ...

, folk singer * Nathy Peluso, singer *

Astor Piazzolla Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (, ; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed '' nuevo tango'', incorporating elements fro ...

, tango composer and bandoneon player *

Luis Alberto Spinetta Luis Alberto Spinetta (23 January 1950 – 8 February 2012), nicknamed "El Flaco" (Spanish for "skinny"), was an Argentine singer, guitarist, composer and poet. One of the most influential rock musicians of Argentina, he is regarded as one of ...

, singer, guitarist, composer and poet * Tini, singer *

Aníbal Troilo Aníbal Carmelo Troilo (11 July 1914 – 18 May 1975), also known as Pichuco, was an Argentine tango musician. Troilo was a bandoneon player, composer, arranger, and bandleader in Argentina. His orquesta típica was among the most popular with ...

, tango musician * Trueno, rapper *

Lito Vitale Héctor Facundo Vitale (born December 1, 1961, Villa Adelina, Buenos Aires province), known as Lito Vitale, is an Argentine musician, composer and arranger. Career A talented piano player, he was coached by his mother, renowned music teacher E ...

, musician

Business

Daniel Angelici Daniel Angelici (born 3 May 1964) '' 'Daniel Angelici' '' (Buenos Aires, May 3, 1964) is an Argentine lawyer, entrepreneur and football executive.Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in th ...

* Poppy Bermúdez Pippa, entrepreneur * Diego Bossio, economist *

Alejandro Bulgheroni Alejandro Pedro Bulgheroni (born 24 October 1943) is an Argentine billionaire businessman in the oil and gas sector. Following his education at the University of Buenos Aires, he joined his father's company, the Bridas Corporation, founded by the ...

, entrepreneur * Carlos Bulgheroni, entrepreneur *

Alejandro Burzaco Alejandro Burzaco (born 1964) is an Argentine businessman, the former CEO of Torneos y Competencias (also known as TyC or Torneos), a sports marketing company. A warrant was issued with regards arresting Burzaco in relation to the 2015 FIFA corru ...

, entrepreneur * Eduardo Costantini, real estate developer * Enrique Mosconi, military engineer * Horacio Pagani, car designer * Torcuato di Tella, industrialist and philanthropist

Criminals

Cayetano Santos Godino Cayetano Santos Godino (October 31, 1896 – November 15, 1944), also known as "El Petiso Orejudo" ("The Big-Eared Midget"), was an Argentinian serial killer who terrorized Buenos Aires at age 16. In the early 20th century he was responsible fo ...

, serial killer *

Leopoldo Galtieri Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri (; 15 July 1926 12 January 2003) was an Argentine general and politician of Italian descent who served as President of Argentina from December 1981 to June 1982. Galtieri ruled as a military dictator during the Na ...

, general and president of Argentina during the

Falklands War The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial ...

* Orlando Ramón Agosti, member of the military junta led by Jorge Rafael Videla that ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1981 *

Reynaldo Bignone Reynaldo Benito Antonio Bignone (21 January 1928 – 7 March 2018) was an Argentine general who served as President of Argentina from 1 July 1982, to 10 December 1983. In 2010, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the kidnappi ...

, dictatorial president of Argentina between 1982 and 1983 * Antonio Domingo Bussi, general * Osvaldo Cacciatore, brigadier, who served as Mayor of Buenos Aires in the

National Reorganization Process The National Reorganization Process (Spanish: ''Proceso de Reorganización Nacional'', often simply ''el Proceso'', "the Process") was the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, in which it was supported by the United St ...

Entertainers

* Daniela Anahí Bessia, celebrity TV presenter and actress, model, influencer, producer *

Quirino Cristiani Quirino Cristiani (July 2, 1896 – August 2, 1984) was an Italian-born Argentine animation director and cartoonist, responsible for the world's first two animated feature films as well as the first animated feature film with sound, even though th ...

, director who created the world's first animated film * Paola Carosella, celebrity chef,

TV presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garne ...

, and one of the judges of Masterchef Brasil (currently based on Sao Paulo, Brazil) * Gimena Accardi, actress * Graciela Alfano, actress and vedette *

Alejandro Agresti Alejandro Agresti (born June 2, 1961, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine film director, writer and producer. A prominent filmmaker in his country, he also directed ''The Lake House (film), The Lake House'' with Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood acto ...

, film producer (currently based on the Netherlands) *

Ernesto Alterio Ernesto Federico Alterio Bacaicoa (born 25 September 1970) is an Argentine-Spanish film, theatre, and television actor. Early life Alterio is the son of psychologist Modesta Ángela Bacaicoa Destéfano and actor Héctor Alterio Onorato. His ...

, actor (currently based between his home country, Argentina and Spain) * Héctor Alterio, actor (currently based between his home country, Argentina and Spain) *

Malena Alterio Malena Grisel Alterio Bacaicoa (born 21 January 1974) is an Argentine-born Spanish actress. She became well known with the Spanish TV series ''Aquí no hay quien viva'', playing the role of Belén López Vázquez. Movies * '' Espejo, espejo' ...

, actress (currently based in Spain) *

Luis César Amadori Luis César Amadori (28 May 1902 in Pescara, Abruzzi, Italy – 5 June 1977 in Buenos Aires) was an Italian - Argentine film director and screenwriter and one of the most influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. ...

, film director *

Mike Amigorena Ricardo Luis Amigorena (born May 30, 1972 in Maipú, Mendoza Province, Argentina), better known as Mike Amigorena is an Argentine actor. Biography He was born in Maipú, Mendoza Province to a Basque Argentine father and an Italian Argentine ...

, actor * Mariana Anghileri, actress *

Norberto Aroldi Norberto Aroldi (12 August 1931 – 19 May 1978) was an Argentine film actor, poet and screenwriter. Born in Buenos Aires, he starred in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1960s and 1970s and wrote for films such as ''Aconcagua'' (1964) and ''El ...

, actor * Catalina Artusi, actress * Christian Bach Bottino, actress * Ángeles Balbiani, actress *

Mario Baroffio Mario Baroffio (1905–1962) was an Argentine film actor of the classic era of Argentine cinema. Baroffio began his film career in 1936, and starred in nearly 40 films between then and his death in 1962. An actor with a varied repertoire in ...

, actor *

Valentina Bassi Valentina Bassi (born November 13, 1972) is an Argentine film and television actress. Born in Trelew, Chubut Province, two of the recent films she starred in as the lead, '' Un Día de suerte'' (2002) and '' El Boquete'' (2006), have been we ...

, actress *

Florencia Bertotti María Florencia Bertotti (born 15 March 1983), better known as Florencia Bertotti is an Argentine actress, singer, songwriter and businesswoman. Biography Florencia Bertotti parents are Gustavo Bertotti, a jeweler and María Candelaria Pére ...

, actress *

Valeria Bertuccelli Valeria Bertuccelli (born 1969, 30 November) is an Argentine film and television actress. Born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina she began her career in experimental theatre, and later worked in the San Martín ...

, actress *

Thelma Biral Thelma Biral (born December 17, 1941) is an Argentine actress working in cinema, television and theatre. Life and work Thelma Biral was born in Buenos Aires to Otello and Sira Biral, recently arrived Italian immigrants from the Veneto Region. Th ...

, actress * José Bódalo Zúffoli, actor * Patricio Borghetti, actor * Luis Brandoni, actor *

Alicia Bruzzo Alicia Liliana Estela Bruzzo (29 September 1945 – 13 February 2007), known as ⁣⁣Alicia Bruzzo⁣⁣, was an Argentine actress, born in Buenos Aires to a family of artists. Starting in 1972, she worked in 17 films. She was renowned for her w ...

, actress * Héctor Calcagno, actor * Juan José Campanella, film director * Charlotte Caniggia, model and media personality *

Diego Capusotto Diego Esteban Capusotto (born 21 September 1961) is an Argentine television presenter, actor, and comedian who is noted for his participation in television shows such as '' Cha Cha Cha'', '' Todo por dos pesos'' and '' Peter Capusotto y sus vide ...

, TV presenter * Hugo del Carril, actor * Antonio Carrizo, TV and radio presenter *

Evangelina Carrozzo Evangelina Carrozzo (born 1980) is an Argentine model, beauty queen and dancer. She gained international attention for her actions during an international Presidential summit held on May 12, 2006. Childhood Evangelina Carrozzo grew up in Guale ...

, model * Moria Casanova, actress * Catrano Catrani, film director *

Agustina Cherri Agustina Cherri (born February 15, 1983, Argentina) is one of the leading actresses in Argentina with more than 30 years of career. Biography Agustina Cherri grew up as a fan of Flavia Palmiero, a famous children's show host during Cherri's chi ...

, actress * Juan Chioran, actor * Tulia Ciámpoli, actress * Ricardo Darín, actor *

Lucas Demare Lucas Demare (July 14, 1910 – September 6, 1981) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter, and film producer prominent in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Biography At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Asso ...

, film director, screenwriter and film producer * Alejandro Fantino, TV host *

Dolores Fonzi Dolores María Fonzi (born 19 July 1978) is an Argentine TV, theatre and film actress. Several of her films have received critical acclaim such as ''Burnt Money'', ''Waiting for the Messiah'', ''Bottom of the Sea'' and ''The Aura (film), The Aur ...

, TV, theatre and film actress *

Tomás Fonzi Tomás Gonzalo Fonzi (born 24 August 1981) is an Argentine actor. Biography He grew up in Adrogué, Partido de Almirante Brown, Buenos Aires. He studied acting with Raúl Serrano from 1997 to 1999. Career He started acting in the youth soap o ...

, actor *

Guillermo Francella Guillermo Héctor Francella (born February 14, 1955) is an Argentine actor and comedian. Besides a long history of working as a television leading man, he also has a varied theatrical and film career. Francella is widely regarded by experts and ...

, actor * Nicolás Francella, actor *

Renata Fronzi Renata Mirra Ana Maria Fronzi (August 1, 1925 – April 15, 2008) was an Argentine-born Brazilian television and film actress. She was well known for her role as the character, Helena, in the Brazilian television show, ''Família Trapo''. '' ...

, actress *

Carlos Galettini Carlos Galettini (born 1938) is a Silver Condor nominated Argentine film director, film producer and screenplay writer. He worked mainly in the Cinema of Argentina Cinema of Argentina refers to the film industry based in Argentina. The Argen ...

, film director, film producer and screenwriter * Carlos Gandolfo, stage actor and director *

Darío Grandinetti Darío Alejandro Grandinetti (born March 5, 1959) is an Argentine actor. He is known for his numerous roles in television, theater and film, where he participated in films by renowned directors such as Alejandro Doria, Pedro Almodóvar and Dami� ...

, actor * Juan Pedro Lanzani, actor and singer * Valeria Mazza, supermodel and businesswoman *

Tita Merello Laura Ana "Tita" Merello (11 October 1904 – 24 December 2002) was an Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). In her 6 decades in Argentine entertainment, at the time of her death, s ...

, actress * Andrés Muschietti, film director *

Florencio Parravicini Florencio Parravicini (24 August 1876 – 25 March 1941) was an Argentine actor who primarily worked during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema, performing on both stage and in films. From an aristocratic family, he was a relative of the artist ...

, actor *

Diego Peretti Diego Peretti (born 10 February 1963) is an Argentine actor, screenwriter and former psychiatrist. Peretti was born in Buenos Aires, and practiced as a psychiatrist for fourteen years. He took part in several movies and TV series, including the ...

, actor * Oriana Sabatini, model, actress and singer * Julián Serrano, YouTuber, actor, singer and television presenter *

Leonardo Sbaraglia Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (; born 30 June 1970) is an Argentine actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina and Spain. He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in '' Red Lights''. Biography Sbaraglia was ...

, actor * Marcelo Tinelli, TV host, media producer and businessman * Valentina Zenere, actress, model and singer

Inventors

* Sinforoso Amoedo Canaveri, doctor * Domingo Liotta, inventor of first successful artificial heart

Jurists

Juan de Canaveris Juan de Canaveris (''or Canaverys'') (1748 – 1822) was an Piedmontese lawyer and politician, who served during the viceroyalty of Río de la Plata as accounting officer in the Tribunal de Cuentas de Buenos Aires. He had achieved a high social s ...

, notary

Law enforcement figures

Carlos Alfredo D'Amico Carlos Alfredo D'Amico (23 March 1839, Buenos Aires – 18 August 1917) was an Argentine lawyer, politician and writer. He is best known for having been governor of Buenos Aires between 1884 and 1887. Education and career D'Amico became a lawyer an ...

, lawyer * José María Campagnoli, prosecutor * Sebastián Casanello, judge * Susana Ruiz Cerutti, lawyer and former Chancellor

Journalism

* José Amalfitani, sports journalist *

Eduardo P. Archetti Eduardo P. Archetti or more affectionately Lali Archetti ( Santiago del Estero, April 12, 1943 – Oslo, June 6, 2005) was an Argentine anthropologist and sociologist, essayist and educator, considered one of the most original social scientists in ...

, anthropologist *Eric Calcagno, sociologist

Military

*Joseph Gregorio Belgrano, colonel *Manuel Belgrano, member of Primera Junta regarded as the father of the Flag of Argentina *Manuel Canaveris, lieutenant *Ángel Canavery, lieutenant colonel

Painters and sculptors

*Antonio Alice *Aquiles Badi *Antonio Berni *Erminio Blotta *Emilio Caraffa *Ricardo Carpani *Juan Carlos Castagnino *Tito Cittadini *Pío Collivadino *Lucio Fontana

Politicians

*Mario Barletta, Radical Civic Union politician *Manuel Belgrano ,member of the Primera Junta *Fabio Biancalani, Justicialist Party politician *Delia Bisutti, Solidarity and Equality politician *Antonio Bonfatti, Socialist Party (Argentina), Socialist Party politician *Ángel Borlenghi, Peronism, Peronist politician *Juan Atilio Bramuglia, Peronist politician *Teodoro Bronzini, Socialist Party politician *Jorge Busti, Justicialist Party politician *Juan Manuel Cafferata, National Autonomist Party politician *Antonio Cafiero, Justicialist Party politician *Héctor José Cámpora, President of Argentina *Héctor Canaveri, National Autonomist Party politician *Pedro Canaveri, Radical Civic Union and former President of Argentine Football Association *Dante Caputo, President of the United Nations General Assembly *Ramón J. Cárcano, National Autonomist Party *Juan José Castelli, member of the Primera Junta *Domingo Cavallo, Justicialist Party *Renato Carlos Sersale di Cerisano, Argentine Ambassador to United Kingdom *Alfredo Chiaradía, former Ambassador to the United States *Hugo Cóccaro, Justicialist Party *Arturo Colombi, Radical Civic Union *Ricardo Colombi, Radical Civic Union *Lucía Corpacci, Justicialist Party *Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina *Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina *Raúl Alberto Lastiri, President of Argentina *Eduardo Lonardi, President of Argentina *Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina *Gabriela Michetti, Vice President of Argentina *Javier Milei, Freedom Advances *Carlos Pellegrini, President of Argentina *Juan Perón, President of Argentina *Daniel Scioli, former governor of Buenos Aires Province *Guido di Tella, businessman, academic, and diplomat *Roberto Eduardo Viola, President of Argentina

Prelates

*Manuel Alberti, priest and member of the Primera Junta in 1810 *Enrique Angelelli, bishop *Carlos Azpiroz Costa, friar *Pope Francis, born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio to Italian immigrants from Piedmont *Rómulo Antonio Braschi, bishop *Carlos Armando Bustos, Carlos Armando Bustos Crostelli, member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin *Antonio Caggiano, Cardinal and Archbishop of Buenos Aires *Tomás Canavery, priest *Leonardo Castellani, priest *Santiago Copello, Cardinal and Archbishop of Buenos Aires *Antonio Quarracino, Cardinal and Archbishop of Buenos Aires

Scientists

*Juan Bautista Ambrosetti, archaeologist *Florentino Ameghino, paleontologist *José Bonaparte, paleontologist *Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini, paleontologist *Constanza Ceruti, archaeologist *Primarosa Chieri, physician *Mario Crocco, neurobiologist *René Favaloro, cardiac surgeon *José Ingenieros, physician, pharmacist, philosopher, and essayist

Sports

*Roberto Abbondanzieri, footballer *José Acasuso, tennis player *José Acciari, footballer *Agustina Albertario, field hockey player *Matías Alemanno, rugby union player *Leonel Altobelli, footballer *Gabriel Amato, footballer *Víctor Hugo Amatti, footballer *Horacio Accavallo, boxer *Antonio Angelillo, footballer *Cristian Ansaldi, footballer *Juan Antonini, footballer *Tomás Argento, field hockey player *Franco Armani, footballer *Leandro Armani, footballer *Mariano Armentano, footballer *Leandro Baccaro, field hockey player *Tomás Badaloni, footballer *Facundo Bagnis, tennis player *Horacio Raúl Baldessari, footballer *Estefanía Banini, football player *Mariano Barbosa, footballer *Guillermo Barros Schelotto, footballer and manager *Gustavo Barros Schelotto, footballer and manager *Alfio Basile, football coach *Roberto Basílico, footballer *Oscar Basso, footballer *Pablo Bastianini, footballer *Damián Batallini, footballer *Gabriel Batistuta, footballer *Sebastián Battaglia, footballer *Cristian Battocchio, footballer *Elias Bazzi, footballer *Luciano Becchio, footballer *Carlos Bechtholdt, Carlos Bechtholdt Bazzano, footballer *Amelia Belotti, handball player *Darío Benedetto, footballer *Eduardo Berizzo, footballer and coach *Lucas Bernardi, footballer *Attilio Bernasconi, footballer *Sergio Berti, footballer *Daniel Bertoni, footballer *Lucas Besozzi, footballer *Juan Betinotti, footballer *Gonzalo Bettini, footballer *Claudio Biaggio, footballer *Bruno Bianchi (footballer), Bruno Bianchi, footballer *Carlos Bianchi, footballer *Valeria Bianchi, handball player *Emanuel Biancucchi, footballer *Maxi Biancucchi, footballer *Ludovico Bidoglio, footballer *Marcelo Bielsa, football coach *Lucas Biglia, footballer *Carlos Bilardo, football coach *Dan Biocchi, athlete *Mariano Bíttolo, footballer *Ricardo Bochini, footballer *José Luis Boffi, footballer *Mario Bolatti, footballer *Enrique Bologna, footballer *Oscar Bonavena, boxer *Iván Borghello, footballer *Claudio Borghi (football manager), Claudio Borghi, football coach *Ángel Bossio, footballer *Juan Botasso, footballer *Andrés Bottiglieri, footballer *Jonathan Bottinelli, footballer *Elmo Bovio, footballer *Luis Brunetto, athlete *Ezequiel Bullaude, footballer *Guillermo Burdisso, footballer *Nicolás Burdisso, footballer *Jeremías Caggiano, footballer *Diego Cagna, footballer *Lucas Calabrese, sailor *Pablo Calandria, footballer *Agustín Calleri, tennis player *Jonathan Calleri, footballer *Facundo Callioni, field hockey player *Pedro Calomino, footballer *José María Calvo, footballer *Adolfo Cambiaso, polo player *Esteban Cambiasso, footballer *Nicolás Cambiasso, footballer *Julián Camino, footballer *Lucas Cammareri, field hockey player *Matías Cammareri, field hockey player *Mauro Camoranesi, footballer. *Hugo Campagnaro, footballer *Gustavo Campagnuolo, footballer *Facundo Campazzo, basketball player *Rocio Campigli, handball player *Gonzalo Canale, rugby union player *Claudio Caniggia, footballer *Vicente Cantatore, footballer *Salvador Capitano, football coach *Roberto Capparelli, footballer *Santiago Capurro, field hockey player *Franco Caraccio, footballer *Ezequiel Alejo Carboni, footballer *Martín Cardetti, footballer *César Carignano, footballer *Luis Alberto Carranza, footballer *Juan Pablo Carrizo, footballer *Federico Cartabia, footballer *Leandro Caruso, footballer *Damián Casalinuovo, footballer *Raúl Alfredo Cascini, footballer *Daniel Castellani, volleyball coach *Iván Castellani, volleyball player *María Castelli, field hockey player *Miguel Angel Castellini, boxer *Eugenio Castellucci, footballer *Yael Castiglione, volleyball player *Martin Castrogiovanni, rugby union player *Lucas Castromán, footballer *Martina Cavallero, field hockey player *Bruno Cerella, basketball player *Alberto Cerioni, footballer *Renato Cesarini, footballer *Roberto Cherro, footballer *Germán Chiaraviglio, pole vaulter *Valeria Chiaraviglio, pole vaulter *Diego Chiodo, field hockey player *Alberto Chividini, footballer *Nicolas Cinalli, footballer *Luciano Cingolani, footballer *Ezequiel Cirigliano, footballer *Renato Civelli, footballer *Sebastián Cobelli, footballer *Juan Martín Coggi, boxer *Roberto Colautti, footballer *Andrea Collarini, tennis player *Fabricio Coloccini, footballer *María Colombo (field hockey), María Colombo, field hockey player *Nazareno Colombo, footballer *Juan Pablo Compagnucci, footballer *Facundo Conte, volleyball player *Hugo Conte, volleyball coach *Felipe Contepomi, rugby union player *Raúl Conti, footballer *Enzo Copetti, footballer *Julio Cozzi, footballer *Victoria Crivelli, handball player *Tomás Cubelli, rugby union player *Patricio Cucchi, footballer *José Luis Cuciuffo, footballer *Matías Claudio Cuffa, footballer *Juan Cuminetti, volleyball player *Julio Curatella, rower *Silvina D'Elía, field hockey player *Roberto De Vicenzo, golf *Carlos Delfino, basketball player *Martín Demichelis, footballer *José Devecchi, footballer *Marco Di Cesare, footballer *Ángel Di María, footballer *Alfredo Di Stéfano, footballer *Paulo Dybala, footballer *Juan Manuel Fangio, car racer *Brian Farioli, footballer *Franco Ferrari (footballer, born 1995), Franco Ferrari, footballer *Gianluca Ferrari, footballer *Héctor Fértoli, footballer *Luis Ángel Firpo, boxer *Fernando Forestieri, footballer *Ignacio Gariglio, footballer *Federico Gattoni, footballer *Francisco Gerometta, footballer *Lautaro Gianetti, footballer *Manu Ginóbili, basketball player *Federico Girotti, footballer *Gonzalo Goñi, footballer *Gabriel Graciani (footballer, born 1993), Gabriel Graciani, footballer *Mauro Icardi, footballer *Nicolás Laprovíttola, basketball player *Hernán Lamberti, footballer *Manuel Lanzini, footballer *Carlo Lattanzio, footballer *Ricardo La Volpe, footballer *Francesco Lo Celso, footballer *Giovani Lo Celso, footballer *Marcelo Loffreda, rugby union player *Ezequiel Lavezzi, footballer *Nicolino Locche, boxer *Augusto Lotti, footballer *Cristian Lucchetti, footballer *Rosario Luchetti, field hockey player *Sofía Maccari, field hockey player *Julián Malatini, footballer *Diego Maradona, footballer *Tomás Marchiori, footballer *Alan Marinelli, footballer *Gonzalo Maroni, footballer *Gerardo Martino, footballer and manager *Javier Mascherano, footballer *Humberto Maschio, footballer *César Luis Menotti, football coach *Delfina Merino, field hockey player *Lionel Messi, footballer *Nicolás Messiniti, footballer *Gonzalo Miceli, footballer *Diego Milito, footballer *Gabriel Milito, footballer *Federico Molinari (gymnast), Federico Molinari, artistic gymnast *Fernando Monetti, footballer *Alejandro Montecchia, basketball player *Luis Monti, footballer *Antonio Napolitano (footballer), Antonio Napolitano, footballer *Juan Ignacio Nardoni, footballer *Andrés Nocioni, basketball player *Fabricio Oberto, basketball player *Vanina Oneto, field hockey player *Raimondo Orsi, footballer *Nicolás Orsini, footballer *Juan Ignacio Pacchini, footballer *Martin Palermo, footballer *Paula Pareto, judoka *Pedro Pasculli, footballer *Daniel Passarella, footballer *Lucas Passerini, footballer *Agustín Pastorelli, footballer *Nicolás Pasquini, footballer *Germán Pezzella, footballer *Ignacio Piatti, footballer *Santiago Pierotti, footballer *Tomás Pochettino, footballer *Pablo Prigioni, basketball player *Carla Rebecchi, field hockey player *Antonino Rocca, wrestler *Cecilia Rognoni, field hockey player *Leandro Romagnoli, footballer *Agustín Rossi (footballer), Agustín Rossi, footballer *Oscar Ruggeri, footballer *Gabriela Sabatini, tennis player *Lionel Scaloni, footballer and manager *Mariela Scarone, field hockey player *Ezequiel Schelotto, footballer *Luis Scola, basketball player *Hugo Sconochini, basketball player *Diego Simeone, football coach *Omar Sívori, footballer *Guillermo Stradella, footballer *Belén Succi, field hockey player *Nicolás Tagliafico, footballer *Alberto Tarantini, footballer *Renzo Tesuri, footballer *Diego Valeri, footballer *Manuel Vicentini, footballer *Javier Zanetti, footballer

Writers

*Orlando Barone, writer and journalist *Hector Bianciotti, novelist *Enrique Breccia, comic artist *Susana Calandrelli, poet *María Luisa Carnelli, writer and poet *Oscar Conti, humorist *Pascual Contursi, poet *Roberto Cossa, playwright *

, cartoonist *Josefina Passadori, writer *Syria Poletti, writer *Manuel Puig, writer *Ernesto Sabato, writer, painter, and physicist *Juan Jose Sebreli, sociologist, essayist, and writer

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