The following is a list of notable

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, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship.

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Actors and actresses

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 director and producer *

Carlos Alazraqui Carlos Jaime Alazraqui (born July 20, 1962) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Deputy James Garcia on '' Reno 911!'' and for his voice acting roles. His extensive ...

- actor, comedian, impressionist and voice actor *

Stephanie Beatriz Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri (born February 10, 1981) is an American actress, model and singer. She is known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the Fox/NBC comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (2013–2021), and voicing protagonist Mi ...

- actress *

Alexis Bledel Kimberly Alexis Bledel ( ; born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model. She is known for her role as Rory Gilmore on the television series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007), and Emily Malek in ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (2017–2021). ...

- actress *

Linda Cristal Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges (23 February 1931 – 27 June 2020), known professionally as Linda Cristal (), was an Argentinian actress. She appeared in a number of Western films during the 1950s, before winning a Golden Globe Award for her ...

- actress *

Juan Diego Botto Juan Diego Botto Rota (born 29 August 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish film, stage and television actor. Born in Argentina, he moved to Spain together with his mother (the actress and acting coach Cristina Rota) in 1978. Following early film appe ...

- actor *

India Eisley India Joy Eisley (born October 29, 1993) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Ashley Juergens in the ABC Family television series ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager'', Eve in the 2012 film '' Underworld: Awakening'', Saw ...

- actress *

Julie Gonzalo Julieta Susana "Julie" Gonzalo (; born September 9, 1981) is an Argentine actress. On television, she has played Parker Lee on '' Veronica Mars'' (2006–2007; 2019), Maggie Dekker on ''Eli Stone'' (2008–2009), Pamela Rebecca Barnes on the so ...

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Olivia Hussey Olivia Hussey (born Olivia Osuna; 17 April 1951) is an English film, stage, and television actress. Her awards include a Golden Globe Award and a David di Donatello Award. The daughter of Argentine opera singer Andrés Osuna, Hussey was born i ...

- Argentine-British actress *

Fernando Lamas Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos (January 9, 1915 – October 8, 1982) was an Argentine-American actor and director, and the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas. Biography Argentina Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos was born in Buenos Aires, Ar ...

- actor and director *

Lorenzo Lamas Lorenzo Fernando Lamas (born January 20, 1958) is an American actor. He is widely known for his role of Lance Cumson, the irresponsible grandson of Angela Channing—played by Jane Wyman—in the soap opera ''Falcon Crest'' (1981–1990), for ...

- actor *

Shayne Lamas Shayne Dahl Lamas (born November 6, 1985) is an American reality television personality and actress. She is known as the winner of the twelfth season of '' The Bachelor''. Early life Shayne Lamas was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter ...

- actress * Florencia Lozano - actress *

Mía Maestro Mía Maestro (born 19 June 1978) is an Argentine actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Nora Martinez in '' The Strain'', Nadia Santos in the television drama '' Alias'', as Christina Kahlo in ''Frida'', as Carmen in '' The Twilight ...

- actress * Miguel Mas - actor, writer, director * Eduardo Montes-Bradley - American writer-filmmaker *

Camila Morrone Camila Rebeca Morrone Polak (; born June 16, 1997) is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of actors Maximo Morrone and Lucila Polak; and was also raised in part by actor Al Pacino (who served as a parental figure during his long ...

- actress, model *

Jacqueline Obradors Jacqueline Danell Obradors (born October 6, 1966) is an American actress. She has appeared in films such as ''Six Days, Seven Nights'' (1998), '' Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'' (1999), ''Tortilla Soup'' (2001), '' A Man Apart'' (2003) and '' Unstop ...

- American actress *

Juan Pablo Di Pace Juan Pablo Di Pace (born 25 July 1979) is an Argentine actor and singer. He began his career in the United Kingdom, performing in a number of musicals and appearing in films like ''Survival Island'' (2005) and ''Mamma Mia!'' (2008). He later move ...

- Actor *

J. D. Pardo Jorge Daniel Pardo (born September 7, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jack Toretto in '' F9'' (2021), as well as the lead role of Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes in the television series '' Mayans M.C.'' (2018–present). Early life ...

- American actor of Argentine and Salvadoran descent * Carlos Olguin-Trelawny - film director, screenwriter and digital artist * Maia Reficco — actress *

Alejandro Rey Alejandro Rey (February 8, 1930 – May 21, 1987) was an Argentine-American actor and television director. Career Early work Rey was born in Buenos Aires and studied acting under Hedwig Schlichter and Milagros de la Vega. He became known a ...

- actor *

Sol Rodriguez Sol or SOL may refer to: Astronomy * The Sun Currency * SOL Project, a currency project in France * French sol, or sou * Argentine sol * Bolivian sol, the currency of Bolivia from 1827 to 1864 * Peruvian sol, introduced in 1991 * Peruvian ...

- actress *

Ignacio Serricchio Ignacio Ariel Serricchio (born April 19, 1982) is an Argentine actor. He is known for his role as Diego Alcazar on '' General Hospital'' and as Alejandro "Alex" Chavez on ''The Young and the Restless''. Other roles include Lifetime's ''Witche ...

- 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 ...

- Argentine Jewish former actor * Anya Taylor-Joy - actress, model * Carmen Zapata - American actress

Journalists

* Candela Ferro - journalist, model * Uki Goñi - journalist, author and historian *

Enrique Gratas Enrique O. Gratas (born Gratás; November 25, 1944 – October 8, 2015) was an Argentinian journalist and television personality known for being the original host of '' Ocurrio Asi'' on Telemundo, and the former anchor of Univision's ''Última Hor ...

- journalist * Pablo Kleinman - journalist and entrepreneur *

Andrés Oppenheimer Andrés Oppenheimer (born in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is the editor and syndicated foreign affairs columnist with ''The Miami Herald,'' anchor of "Oppenheimer Presenta" on CNN En Español, and author of seven books, several of which have been pu ...

- journalist *

David Pakman David Pakman (born February 2, 1984) is an Argentine-born American progressive talk show host and political commentator. He is the host of the YouTube and Twitch talk radio program ''The David Pakman Show''. Pakman was born in Buenos Aires, Ar ...

- journalist * Daniel Viotto - former news presenter of CNN en Español

Models

Yamila Diaz-Rahi Yamila Díaz-Rahi (born March 9, 1976), also Yamila Diaz, is an Argentine model. She has appeared in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' a total of 11 times, and made the cover of the magazine first in 2002 and again in 2006. She also featur ...

- model * Luján Fernández - model *

Marianela Pereyra Marianela Pereyra is an American-Argentine TV host, health advocate, writer and actress. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereyra, Marianela 1979 births Living people American female models Argentine emigrants to the United States American ...

- model, actress, television personality *

Inés Rivero María Inés Rivero (born 7 June 1975) is an Argentine model. She was discovered at 14 years old. She rose to prominence through her work as a Victoria’s Secret Angel and was shown on the covers of ''Elle'', ''Vogue'', ''Cosmopolitan'', ''Fashi ...

- model

Musicians

* Mildred Couper - American composer and pianist *

Jorge Dalto Jorge Dalto (July 8, 1948 – October 27, 1987) was a pop, jazz and Afro-Cuban music pianist from Argentina, and the former musical director and keyboardist (together with Ronnie Foster) for George Benson, contributing the acoustic piano intro a ...

- jazz pianist, born in Argentina * Diego García - lead singer of the band Elefant and solo artist * Albert Hammond, Jr. - guitarist for New York rock band

The Strokes The Strokes are an American rock band from New York City. Formed in 1998, the band is composed of lead singer and songwriter Julian Casablancas, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Mor ...

Dick Haymes Richard Benjamin Haymes (September 13, 1918 – March 28, 1980) was an Argentinian singer and actor. He was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s. He was the older brother of Bob Haymes, an actor, television host, ...

- singer and actor * Kevin Johansen - singer, half Argentine * Julio "Jimmy" Ledezma - Argentine-born American musician * Ana Lenchantin - cellist *

Paz Lenchantin Paz Lenchantin (born December 12, 1973) is an Argentine-American musician. She has been the bass guitarist of the alternative rock band Pixies since 2014. She also played bass or strings with various bands, including Entrance, A Perfect Circle ...

- musician *

Miguel Mateos Miguel Ángel Mateos Sorrentino (born January 26, 1954) is an Argentine rock singer-songwriter from Villa Pueyrredón, Argentina. Outside Argentina he is considered one of the most important exponents of Rock en Español, specially in the 1980s ...

- Argentine singer * Raul Midon - singer-songwriter and guitarist from New Mexico *

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 * Silvia Roederer - musician * Lalo Schifrin - pianist and composer; composed theme for the ''Mission: Impossible'' television series *

Bebu Silvetti Juan Fernando Silvetti Adorno (27 March 1944 – 5 July 2003), professionally known as Bebu Silvetti or simply Silvetti, was an Argentine- born Mexican pianist, composer, conductor, arranger, and record producer. In the 1970s he moved to M ...

- Argentine pianist, composer * Mica Tenenbaum - singer-songwriter for Los Angeles-based pop duo

Magdalena Bay Magdalena Bay ( es, Bahía Magdalena) is a long bay in Comondú Municipality along the western coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is protected from the Pacific Ocean by the unpopulated sandy barrier islands of Isla Magdalena ...

Terig Tucci Terig Tucci (June 23, 1897 – February 28, 1973) was an Argentine composer, violinist, pianist, and mandolinist. Tucci was born in Buenos Aires, in 1897. His first composition, “Cariños de madre” was performed for a zarzuela at the ...

- composer, violinist, pianist, and mandolinist *

Ezequiel Viñao Ezequiel Viñao (born July 21, 1960 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine- American composer. He emigrated to the United States in 1980 and studied at the Juilliard School. His compositions include ''La Noche de las Noches'' (1989) for string quartet ...

- composer

Science and mathematics

Fernando Caldeiro Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro (June 12, 1958 – October 3, 2009) was an Argentine-born American scientist and NASA astronaut. Early life and education Caldeiro was born on June 12, 1958, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but considered New York City and ...

- astronaut *

Gregory Chaitin Gregory John Chaitin ( ; born 25 June 1947) is an Argentine-American mathematician and computer scientist. Beginning in the late 1960s, Chaitin made contributions to algorithmic information theory and metamathematics, in particular a computer-t ...

- mathematician and theoretical computer scientist * Graciela Chichilnisky - mathematical economist and an expert on climate change *

Gustavo Scuseria Gustavo E. Scuseria (born July 30, 1956) is the Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Professor of Materials Science & NanoEngineering at Rice University, Houston, TX. He is also editor-in-chief of the '' Jo ...

- physics and mathematics *

Irene M. Gamba Irene Martínez Gamba (born 1957) is an Argentine–American mathematician. She works as a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she holds the W.A. Tex Moncrief, Jr. Chair in Computational Engineering and Sciences an ...

- mathematician * Andrew Huberman - neuroscientist *

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 (), ...

- Argentine-British author, naturalist and ornithologist * Veronica Prego - medical doctor * David D. Sabatini - cell biologist * Eduardo D. Sontag - mathematics * Carlos Sueldo - physician, professor of medicine

Sport

Marcelo Balboa Marcelo Balboa (born August 8, 1967) is an American former professional soccer who played as a defender in the 1990s for the United States national team, becoming its captain. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. After retiring ...

- American former soccer defender *

Max Battimo Maximiliano Cardenas Battimo (born August 31, 1974) is an Argentine hockey official and former actor. At the age of 2, he moved to Los Angeles, California. Max decided he wanted to be an actor at an early age. He played Mikey Gonzalez on '' Good M ...

- American hockey referee * Ernie Buriano - retired Argentine-American footballer * Tranquilo Cappozzo - rower *

Efrain Chacurian Efraín or Yeprem "Chico" Chacurian (22 February 1924 - 15 February 2019) was an Argentine-American soccer forward. He earned four caps, scoring one goal, as a member of the U.S. national team in 1953 and 1954. He was inducted into the National ...

- retired Argentine-American soccer forward * Renato Corsi - retired American-Argentine footballer *

Juan DeBiedma Juan Manuel DeBiedma (; born June 21, 1993), better known by his alias Hungrybox, is an Argentine-American professional '' Super Smash Bros.'' player and streamer. Recognized as one of the best and most successful ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' pla ...

- professional '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' player *

Angelo DiBernardo Angelo DiBernardo (born May 16, 1956) is an Argentine-American former soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He also represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympic ...

- retired Argentine-American soccer player *

Paul DiBernardo Paul DiBernardo is a retired Argentine-American soccer midfielder who coaches youth soccer. He played professionally in the American Indoor Soccer Association and earned one cap with the United States men's national soccer team. Youth DiBernar ...

- retired Argentine-American soccer midfielder who coaches youth soccer * Héctor Echavarría - kickboxer * Michael Hoyos - soccer player * Bryan Gerzicich - soccer player * Bill Gramática - American football placekicker *

Martin Gramatica Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...

- American football placekicker *

Juan Kachmanian Juan Kachmanian (April 6, 1930 – January 9, 2020) was an Argentine-American professional wrestling, professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Pampero Firpo. Early life Kachmanian was born on April 6, 1930, in Buenos Aires, Argenti ...

- professional wrestler *

Sebastian Lletget Sebastian Francisco Lletget (born September 3, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas. Early years Born in San Francisco, California, to Argentine parents, Lletget gr ...

- soccer player *

Pablo Mastroeni Pablo Mastroeni (born August 29, 1976) is an Argentine born American soccer coach and former player who is the head coach of Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. He was formerly head coach of the Colorado Rapids, and assistant coach of the H ...

- soccer player *

Claudio Reyna Claudio Reyna (born July 20, 1973) is an American former professional soccer player and current executive. He most recently served as sporting director of Austin FC. A former midfielder, he spent most of his professional career in Europe, pla ...

- soccer player, half Argentine *

Giovanni Reyna Giovanni Alejandro Reyna (born November 13, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for club Borussia Dortmund and the United States national team. He is considered one of the best young ...

- soccer player *

Alan Soñora Alan Soñora (born August 3, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Argentine Primera División club Huracán and the United States national team. Club career Born in the United States, Soñora played ...

- soccer player *

Joel Soñora Joel Soñora (born September 15, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Juárez. Early life He is the son of the Argentine footballer Diego Soñora and brother of Alan Soñora. He was born ...

- soccer player

Visual artists

* Sebastian Spreng - visual artist

Others

* Luis Alberto Ambroggio - poet, scholar, and writer * Lisa Cano Burkhead - lieutenant governor of Nevada * Andrés Cantor - sportscaster *

Gonzalo Casals Gonzalo E. Casals (born November 21, 1974) is an Argentine-American museum director and professor based in New York City. He is the former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and previously held the executive director ...

- New York City Commissioner of Cultural Affairs *

Billy Dalto Luis Guillermo "Billy" Dalto (born October 21, 1976) is an American politician. A Republican, he represented parts of Salem in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2003 until 2007. Early life Dalto was born in 1976 in New York City, to Jor ...

- politician *

Ariel Dorfman Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American ...

- author * Gerardo L. Munck - professor, academic *

Fabian Nicieza Fabian Nicieza (born December 31, 1961) is an Argentine-American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as ''X-Men'', '' X-Force'', ''New Warriors'', ''Nomad'', '' Cable'', ''Deadpool'' and ''Thunderbo ...

- writer and editor *

Alejandro Orfila Alejandro Orfila (9 March 1925 – 9 June 2021) was an Argentine career diplomat, who later became a prominent winemaker in San Diego, California. Early career Orfila was born in Mendoza, Argentina to Catalan immigrants who had become moderat ...

- Argentine career diplomat *

Luis Palau Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

- Christian evangelist * Alicia Partnoy - human rights activist, poet, and translator * César Pelli - architect * Henry Pleasants (1833–1880) - Argentine-born, he was a coal mining engineer and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. * Jorge M. Pérez - real estate developer * Richard Revesz - dean of the New York University School of Law *

Nancy Sutley Nancy Helen Sutley led the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for five years during the administration of Barack Obama. She was unanimously confirmed for that post by the United States Senate on January 22, 2009. The CEQ coordinates ...

- Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality * Susana Torre - Argentine-born American architect, critic and educator * Rodolfo Valentin - New York City hairdresser and entrepreneur * Alex Yemenidjian - CEO of Armenco Holdings and Regal Entertainment Group * Hector Arzeno - businessman, banker and politician

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