This is a list of notable

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ians. This list needs to be edited. See Presidents section.

Arts

Literature and journalism

* Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006) - poet and writer *

Jorge Enrique Adoum Jorge Enrique Adoum (June 29, 1926 in Ambato – July 3, 2009 in Quito) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, politician, and diplomat. He was one of the major exponents of Latin American poetry. His work received such prestigious awards as the first ...

(1926–2009) - poet and novelist * Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (b. 1942) - writer * Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981) - writer * Gabriela Alemán (b. 1968) - novelist and short story writer * Carlos Altamirano Sánchez (b. 1926) - poet and journalist *

Vicente Amador Flor Vicente Amador Flor Cedeño (July 19, 1903 - December 3, 1975) was an Ecuadorian poet known for his poems about his native city Portoviejo. Biography His parents were Efrén Flor Guerrero and Julia María Cedeño de Flor. He attended the colegio ...

(1903–1975) - poet *

María Fernanda Ampuero María Fernanda Ampuero (Guayaquil, 14 April 1976) is an Ecuadorian feminist writer and journalist. Biography Ampuero studied college at Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, where she shared classes with writers such as Solange Rod ...

(b. 1976) - journalist, short story writer *

Juan Andrade Heymann Juan Andrade Heymann ( Quito, December 18, 1945) is an Ecuadorian Ecuadorians ( es, ecuatorianos) are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ec ...

(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 Juan Bautista Aguirre y Carbo (Daule, Ecuador, April 11, 1725 - Tivoli, Italy, June 15, 1786) was a notable poet and writer from colonial South America. He is considered one of the precursors of Hispanic and Ecuadorian poetry. Biography 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 Arturo Borja Pérez (1892 – November 13, 1912) was an Ecuadorian poet who was part of a group known as the " Generación decapitada" (Decapitated Generation). He was the first in the group to excel as a modernist poet. He did not produce a lot ...

(1892–1912) - poet * Luz Elisa Borja (1903-1927) - poet *

Rosa Borja de Ycaza Rosa Borja Febres-Cordero (Guayaquil, July 30, 1889 – Guayaquil, December 22, 1964) known as Rosa Borja de Ycaza was an Ecuadorian writer, essayist, dramatist, sociologist, poet, novelist, feminist and activist. Biography Rosa Borja de Ycaza w ...

(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 Eliécer Cárdenas Espinosa (Cañar Province, Ecuador, Cañar, 10 December 1950 – 26 September 2021) was an Ecuadorian novelist. Life and career In his youth he went from school to school because he questioned the repressive systems and was ...

(1950–2021) - novelist * Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972) - writer, suffragist *

Jorge Carrera Andrade Jorge Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadorian poet, historian, author, and diplomat during the 20th century. He was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1902. He died in 1978. During his life and after his death he has been recognized with Jorge Luis Borges, Vice ...

(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 María Piedad Castillo de Levi (July 6, 1888 – March 4, 1962) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, and journalist. She is also recognized as an important Feminism, feminist who fought for women's suffrage in Ecuador, for which she was targeted by the ...

(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 Agustín Cueva Dávila ( Ibarra, September 23, 1937 – Quito, May 1, 1992) was an Ecuadorian writer, literary critic, and Marxist sociologist. He had great interest in dependency theory and was at the center of many political debates both wi ...

(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 José María Egas (Manta, 1896 - 1982) was an Ecuadorian poet. Many of his poems were turned into the lyrics of " pasillos". Egas studied law at the University of Guayaquil graduated in 1927. He was then active as a lawyer and journalist, but becam ...

(1896–1982) - poet * Gonzalo Escudero (1903–1971) - poet and diplomat *

Eugenio Espejo Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (Royal Audiencia of Quito, February 21, 1747 – December 28, 1795) was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and write ...

(1747–1795) - writer * Ileana Espinel (1933–2001) - poet * Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961) - writer, poet, and translator *

Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros Pablo Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros Rueda is an Ecuadorian news anchor and vice-president of news of Ecuavisa in Quito. He holds the Guinness World Record for "Longest career as Television News broadcaster". Early life Espinosa de los Monteros ...

(b. 1941) - TV journalist, holder of a Guinness Record for longest continuous time as a news anchor. * Jenny Estrada (b. 1940) - writer and journalist * Ulises Estrella (1939–2014) - poet, film expert *

Nelson Estupiñán Bass Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002) was an Ecuadorian writer. He was born in Súa, a city in the predominantly Afro-Ecuadorian province of Esmeraldas in Ecuador. He was first homeschooled by his mother before traveling to the capital city of ...

(1912–2002) - poet * Jacinto de Evia (1625–1700s) - poet, priest * Ángel Felicísimo Rojas (1909–2003) - writer, novelist, and poet *

Humberto Fierro Humberto Fierro (1890 – August 23, 1929) was an Ecuadorian poet who was part of a group known as the " Generación decapitada" (Decapitated Generation). The group is called "decapitada", or decapitated, because all its members committed suicide ...

(1890–1929) - poet *

Luis Enrique Fierro Luis Enrique Fierro (born November 14, 1936 in Tulcán) is an Ecuadorian medic and poet. He was awarded the Ecuadorian National Prize of Culture "Premio Eugenio Espejo The ''Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo'' ("Eugenio Espejo National Award") is t ...

(b. 1936) - poet and medical doctor * Jaime Galarza Zavala (b. 1930) - writer, poet, journalist and politician *

Joaquín Gallegos Lara Joaquín Gallegos Lara (April 9, 1909 – November 16, 1947) was an Ecuadorian social realist novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist. Biography Joaquín Gallegos Lara was born in Guayaquil in 1909, the son of Emma Lara Calderon and Joa ...

(1909–1947) - novelist and short story writer *

Karina Galvez Karina Galvez (born July 7, 1964) is an Ecuadorian American poet. Biography She was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 7, 1964. She lived in California, United States during 1985–2012. Since 2012, she resided in Ecuador, but flew extensively th ...

(b. 1964) - poet * Alfredo Gangotena (1904–1944) - poet who wrote in French and Spanish *

Enrique Gil Gilbert Enrique Gil Gilbert (July 8, 1912 – February 21, 1973) was an Ecuadorian novelist, journalist, poet, and a high-ranking member of the Communist Party of Ecuador. Gil Gilbert was born and died in the coastal city of Guayaquil, and was the young ...

(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 Janet Hinostroza is a television journalist from Ecuador. Her work focuses on the exposure of government corruption. She is the anchor on a morning news program, ''La Mañana de 24 Horas'', and was the creator and anchor of the long-running inves ...

(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 Edna Iturralde (born 1948) is an Ecuadorian author who has won multiple national and international awards. She is considered the most important figure in children and young adult's literature of her country and, with fifty-seven books published, ...

(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 Nela Martínez Espinosa (November 24, 1912 – July 30, 2004) was an Ecuadorian communist, political militant, activist, and writer. For four days in 1944 she was the leader of Ecuador. Biography Nela Martinez was born in Cañar, Ecuador and ...

(1912–2004) - writer *

José Martínez Queirolo José Martínez Queirolo (March 22, 1931 – October 8, 2008) was an Ecuadorian playwright and narrator. He was the 2001 recipient of the Premio Eugenio Espejo in Literature, awarded to him by President Gustavo Noboa. Martínez Queirolo, k ...

(1931–2008) - playwright *

Hugo Mayo Miguel Augusto Egas Miranda, better known by his pen name Hugo Mayo (November 24, 1895 in Manta – April 5, 1988 in Guayaquil , motto = Por Guayaquil Independiente en, For Independent Guayaquil , image_map ...

(1895–1988) - poet and writer * José Trajano Mera (1862–1919) - poet and playwright *

Juan León Mera Juan León Mera Martínez (28 June 1832 – 13 December 1894) was an Ecuadorian essayist, novelist, politician and painter. His best-known works are the Ecuadorian National Hymn and the novel '' Cumandá'' (1879). Additionally, in his politic ...

(1832–1894) - writer *

Pedro Moncayo Pedro Moncayo y Esparza (29 June 1807 in Ibarra, Ecuador — February 1888 in Valparaíso, Chile) was an Ecuadorian journalist and politician. He was the son of an Ecuadorian mother and Colombian father. He was politically active during the perio ...

(1807–1888) - political journalist *

Juan Montalvo Juan María Montalvo y Fiallos (13 April 1832 in Ambato – 17 January 1889 in Paris) was an Ecuadorian author and essayist. Biography His grandfather, José Santos Montalvo, born in Andalucía, migrated to América and after some years w ...

(1832–1889) - writer *

Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (August 2, 1889 – December 7, 1927) was an Ecuadorian poet and a member of the " Generación decapitada" (The Decapitated Generation). Noboa y Caamaño came from a wealthy family in Guayaquil, and was always plagued b ...

(1889–1927) - poet * Jorge Núñez Sánchez (1947–2020) - writer *

José Joaquín de Olmedo José Joaquín de Olmedo y Maruri (20 March 1780 – 19 February 1847) was President of Ecuador from 6 March 1845 to 8 December 1845. A patriot and poet, he was the son of the Spanish Captain Don Miguel de Olmedo y Troyano and the Guayaquilean An ...

(1780–1847) - poet, politician *

Adalberto Ortiz Adalberto Ortiz - born Adalberto Ortiz Quiñones (February 9, 1914 – February 1, 2003) was a novelist, poet and diplomat born in Esmeraldas, a province of Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur'' ...

(1914–2003) - writer and poet *

Emilio Palacio Emilio Palacio (born c. 1954) is an Ecuadorian journalist. Palacio was granted political asylum in the United States in 2012. He is the half-brother of former president of Ecuador Alfredo Palacio (born 1939). Biography Youth and education Palacio w ...

(b. 1954) - journalist *

Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (October 12, 1908 – May 1, 1993) — born Alfredo Pareja y Díez Canseco — was a prominent Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, journalist, historian and diplomat. An innovator of the 20th-century Latin American nove ...

(1908–1993) - writer * Julio Pazos Barrera (b. 1944) - poet and writer * Galo René Pérez (1923–2008) - biographer, poet, and essayist *

Jorge Pérez Concha Jorge Pérez Concha (June 5, 1908 in Guayaquil – April 1, 1995 in Guayaquil) was an Ecuadorian historian, biographer, writer, and diplomat. He wrote biographies of Eloy Alfaro, Luis Vargas Torres, and his uncle Carlos Concha Torres, among othe ...

(1908–1995) - writer and historian * Ismael Pérez Pazmiño (1876–1944) - journalist, businessman * Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (b. 1939) - biographer * Aleyda Quevedo (b. 1972) - writer *

Ernesto Quiñonez Ernesto Quiñonez (born 1965) is an Ecuadorian-Puerto Rican novelist. His work received the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers designation, the Borders Bookstore Original New Voice selection, and was declared a "Notable Book of the Year" ...

(b. 1969) - novelist * Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004) - writer * Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940) - writer * Óscar Efrén Reyes (1896–1966) *

Miguel Riofrío Miguel Riofrio Sánchez (September 7, 1822 – October 11, 1879) was an Ecuadoran poet, novelist, journalist, orator, and educator. He was born in the city of Loja. He is best known today as the author of Ecuador's first novel ''La Emancipada' ...

(1822–1879) - writer *

Juan Manuel Rodríguez Juan Manuel Rodríguez (31 December 1771 – 1847) was a Salvadoran revolutionary against Spain and later president of the State of El Salvador within the Federal Republic of Central America (briefly in 1824). He was born in San Salvador to ...

(b. 1945) - Spanish-Ecuadorian 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 Medardo Ángel Silva Rodas (June 8, 1898 at Guayaquil – June 10, 1919 at Guayaquil) was an Ecuadorian poet and a member of the '' Generación decapitada''. The "Decapitated Generation" was a group of four young Ecuadorian poets in the first deca ...

(1898–1919) - poet * Dolores Sucre (1837-1917) - poet * Fernando Tinajero (b. 1940) - writer *

Francisco Tobar García Francisco Tobar Garcia ( Quito, November 3, 1928 – Quito, February 1, 1997) was an Ecuadorian poet, playwright, short story writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic, diplomat and university professor. He held a Ph.D. in Literature from th ...

(1928–1997) - poet, novelist, and playwright *

Abdón Ubidia Abdón Ubidia (1944) is an Ecuadorian writer who is considered one of the most representative and relevant voices of modern Ecuadorian literature. He was the 2012 recipient of the Premio Eugenio Espejo in Literature, awarded to him by Presiden ...

(b. 1944) - novelist * Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969) - journalist *

Benjamín Urrutia Benjamin Urrutia (born January 24, 1950) is an author and scholar. With Guy Davenport, Urrutia edited ''The Logia of Yeshua'', which collected what Urrutia and Davenport consider to be Jesus' authentic sayings from a variety of Development of the N ...

(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 Marieta de Veintimilla (1855-1907) was an Ecuadorian writer, feminist and politician. She served as the first lady of Ecuador during the presidency of her unmarried uncle, president Ignacio de Veintemilla Mario Ignacio Francisco Tomás Antoni ...

(1855–1907) - writer, politician *

Dolores Veintimilla Dolores Veintimilla de Galindo (1829 in Quito – May 23, 1857 in Cuenca, Ecuador, Cuenca) was an Ecuadorian poet. Her most well-known poem is "Quejas" (Complaints). Veintemilla left few works, which were published posthumously in a collection ...

(1829–1857) - poet *

Juan de Velasco Juan de Velasco y Pérez Petroche (1727–1792) was an 18th-century Jesuit priest, historian, and professor of philosophy and theology from the Royal Audience of Quito. He was born in Riobamba to Juan de Velasco y López de Moncayo and to Ma ...

(1727–1792) - poet, historian * Jorge Velasco Mackenzie (1949–2021) - writer *

Pedro Jorge Vera Pedro Jorge Vera (1914 in Guayaquil – 1999) was an Ecuadorian writer and Communist Party of Ecuador politician. He contributed to several newspapers and magazines of controversial character " La Calle", with the writer Alejandro Carrión, ...

(1914–1999) - writer * Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999) - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist *

Gaspar de Villarroel Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A. (1587 – 15 October 1665) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1659–1665), Bishop of Arequipa (1651–1659), and Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1637–1651). ''(in Latin)''< ...

(1587–1665) - bishop, apologist * Humberto Vinueza (1942–2017) - poet * Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928) - novelist * Gonzalo Zaldumbide (1884–1965) - poet

Visual arts

* Alfredo Palacio Moreno - sculptor *

Aníbal Villacís Aníbal Villacís (1927, Ambato, Ecuador – March 7, 2012) was a master painter from Ecuador who used raw earthen materials such as clay and natural pigments to paint on walls and doors throughout his city when he could not afford expensive artis ...

- painter *

Araceli Gilbert Araceli Gilbert de Blomberg (1913 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – 1993 in Quito), was an Ecuadorian artist. Gilbert enrolled in the School of Fine Arts in Santiago de Chile in 1936, studying under Jorge Caballero and Hernán Gazmurri, well-know ...

- painter *

Bernardo de Legarda Bernardo de Legarda (c. 1700 – 1 June 1773) was one of the most important artists of the Quito School movement. Biography Legarda was a mestizo artist and the one who best personified the art of sculpture in the capital of Quito during h ...

- sculptor *

Caesar Andrade Faini Caesar Andrade Faini (April 15, 1913 – 1995) was a master Ecuadorian painter and teacher who studied at the School of Fine Arts of Quito under the painter Victor Mideros. Early life Faini was born in Quito, Ecuador. His initial work focu ...

- painter *

Camilo Egas Camilo Egas (1889-September 18, 1962) was an Ecuadorian master painter and teacher, who was also active in the United States and Europe.Rodríguez, Marco Antonio and Mario MonteforteUn Antelatado de su Tiempo: Camilo Egas. ''Latin Art Museum.'' (ret ...

- painter *

Eduardo Kingman Eduardo Kingman Riofrío (February 23, 1913 – November 27, 1997) was an Ecuadorian artist. He is considered one of Ecuador's greatest artists of the 20th century, among the art circles of other master artists such as Oswaldo Guayasamín and Cam ...

- painter *

Enrique Tábara Luis Enrique Tábara (21 February 1930 – 25 January 2021 Estuardo Maldonado Estuardo Maldonado (born 1928) is an Ecuadorian sculptor and painter inspired by the Constructivist movement. Maldonado is a member of VAN (), the group of Informalist painters founded by Enrique Tábara. Other members of VAN included, Aníbal ...

- sculptor and painter * Félix Arauz - painter * Galo Galecio - painter * Gonzalo Amancha - painter * Gonzalo Endara Crow - painter * Hugo Cifuentes - photographer and painter * Joaquín Pinto - painter *

Jorge Velarde Jorge Velarde (Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1960) is a Contemporary Latin American painter from Ecuador. Velarde has been drawing and painting since he was a child. At the age of 15 Velarde knew that he was meant to be a painter. Velarde is a co-founder of ...

- painter * Jorge Swett - muralist, painter, lawyer and writer *

Juan Villafuerte Juan Villafuerte (July 19, 1945 – August 15, 1977) (Juan Antonio Villafuerte Estrada) was an artist known for his transmutated drawings and paintings. Villafuerte is among the ranks of other prominent Latin American painters such as Eduard ...

- painter * Judith Gutierrez - painter * Leonardo Tejada - painter * Luigi Stornaiolo Pimentel - painter * Luis Miranda - painter *

Luis Molinari Luis Molinari (1929 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – 1994 in Quito, Ecuador) (Luis Molinari-Flores) was a member of the VAN Group (Vanguardia Artística Nacional), a collective of informal constructivist artists founded by Enrique Tábara and Aníb ...

- painter *

Manuel Rendón Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * M ...

- painter *

Marcos Restrepo Marcos Restrepo (born 1961, Catarama, Ecuador) Restrepo is a Latin American painter who is a member of the artist group Artefactoría, founded by Xavier Patiño. Artefactoría was formed in 1982 by a group of painters from the School of Fine Art ...

- printer *

Miguel Betancourt Miguel Betancourt (born 5 January 1958) is an Ecuadorian contemporary artist living in Quito, Ecuador. He was formed as an artist in Ecuador, the United States, and the United Kingdom. His paintings are a fusion of local cultural motives and co ...

- painter *

Oswaldo Guayasamín Oswaldo Guayasamín (July 6, 1919 – March 10, 1999) was an Ecuadorian painter and sculptor of Kichwa and Mestizo heritage. Biography Early life Guayasamín was born in Quito, Ecuador, to a native father and a Mestiza mother, both of Kichwa de ...

- painter *

Oswaldo Moreno Oswaldo Moreno Heredia (1929 – 3 December 2011) was an Ecuadorian painter. His paintings are in collections in the Americas, Europe, Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a cont ...

- painter *

Oswaldo Viteri Oswaldo Viteri (born Ambato, Ecuador, 1931) is an Ecuadorian neo-figurative artist. Viteri gained recognition for his assemblage work, but has worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, and mosaics. He began ...

- painter *

Patricio Cueva Jaramillo Patricio Cueva Jaramillo (28 December 1928 – 19 May 2010) was a Latin American Painting, painter and journalist. Cueva was born in Cuenca, Ecuador, Cuenca. He was the second son of Carlos Cueva Tamaríz (1898–1991) and his wife Rosa Esther Jar ...

- painter *

Ramón Piaguaje Ramón Piaguaje (born 1962 in the uyabeno Reservein the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador), is the son of Cecilio Piaguaje, the Chief of the Secoya Indians. He lives with his wife and four children deep in the rainforest in Secoya territory, close to ...

- painter *

Theo Constanté Theo Constanté Parra (May 11, 1934 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – April 27, 2014) was a master Latin American painter part of the Abstract Informalist Movement in Ecuador. In 2005, Constanté won the country's most prestigious award for art, lit ...

- painter * Washington Iza - painter * Jaime Andrade Moscoso - sculptor

Dance

Frederick Ashton Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton (17 September 190418 August 1988) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He also worked as a director and choreographer in opera, film and revue. Determined to be a dancer despite the oppositi ...

- 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 *

Enrique Chediak Enrique Chediak (born 1967) is an Ecuadorian cinematographer. Life and career Chediak was born in Quito, Ecuador. He studied communication science in Santiago de Chile and photography in Madrid before studying film at New York University

- cinematographer in Hollywood * Camilo Coba - filmmaker *

Sebastián Cordero Sebastián Cordero Espinosa (; born 23 May 1972) is an Ecuadorian film director, screenwriter and editor, often recognized for his work in '' Ratas, Ratones, Rateros'' (1999), ''Crónicas'' (2004), and '' Europa Report'' (2013). His films have b ...

- film director/writer/editor * Paola Farías - actress, model * Katty García - actress *

Camilo Luzuriaga Camilo Luzuriaga (born in Loja, Ecuador 1953) is an Ecuadorian film producer, actor, writer, photographer, and director. Filmmaking Luzuriaga has produced, directed, edited, and written various movies, short films, and documentaries. Luzuriaga ...

- film director/writer/producer *

Carolina Jaume Carolina Milena Jaume Saporiti (born 18 October 1986) is an Ecuadorian television actress and presenter. Biography Carolina Jaume was born on 18 October 1985 in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, to parents Rafael Jaume of Puerto Rico and Diana ...

- actress, TV host *

Mike Judge Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director and musician. He is the creator of the animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' (1993–1997, 2011, 2022–present), and the co-cre ...

- Ecuadorian born American animator * Jenn Pinto - actress; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American *

Michael Steger Michael Mateus Steger (born May 27, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Navid Shirazi on The CW's teen drama series '' 90210''. Early life In an interview, Steger revealed he was bullied during his childhood in the four ...

- actor *

Ricardo Hoyos Ricardo Antonio Hoyos, Jr. (born November 27, 1995) is a Canadian actor. He joined the cast of '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' for the eleventh season as Zig Novak and starred in the sequel series '' Degrassi: Next Class'' on Netflix. He has ...

- actor * Priscilla Negrón - actress * Flor María Palomeque - actress, model *

Albert Paulsen Albert Paulsen (born Albert Paulson; 13 December 1925 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – 25 April 2004 in Los Angeles, California) was an Ecuadorian-American actor who appeared in many American television series beginning in the 1960s, playing charac ...

- actor * Fatima Ptacek - actress and model * Diego Spotorno - actor, host * Danilo Carrera - actor *

Juan Emilio Viguié Juan Emilio Viguié Cajas (July 11, 1891 – September 1966), was a movie and documentary producer. A pioneer in the film industry of Puerto Rico, he was the first People of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican to produce commercially successful films in th ...

- pioneering Puerto Rican movie producer (Ecuadorian mother) * Marián Sabaté - TV personality. Born in Spain.

Music

Adrianne León Adrianne Therese León (born March 15, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Caught Crimson. León began her career writing songs for the soap opera '' General Hospital'' and ...

- singer-songwriter, American of Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican descent, lived in Ecuador. *

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- 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 Boris Cepeda (born September 26, 1974, in Quito) is a German-Ecuadorian Pianist and Diplomat. Biography Boris Cepeda got his first piano lessons at four. He appeared in public for the first time in Ecuadorian television at five. Since then ...

- pianist * Carlos Rubira Infante - singer-songwriter * Celia Zaldumbide Rosales - pianist * Christopher Velez - singer-songwriter and dancer (CNCO) *

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- 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 María Gabriela Villalba Jervis (born September 21, 1984, in Quito, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian singer and actress. She is also known as Gaby de K. K refers to Kiruba and Kudai, two musical bands she was a member of. Biography Early life Gabriel ...

- singer *

Gerardo Gerardo may refer to: People Given name Gerardo is the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of the male given name Gerard. * Gerardo Amarilla (born 1969), Uruguayan politician * Gerardo Bonilla (born 1975), Puerto Rican-born professional race ...

- singer * Guillermo Ayoví Erazo, aka Papá Roncón - Afro-Ecuadorian musician, singer, and marimba player * Isabel Rosales Pareja - pianist *

Jinsop Jinsop Ho Odirling, known as "Jinsop" (Seoul, South Korea, 1959 – Santa Elena, Ecuador, Santa Elena, Ecuador, June 24, 2012) was an Ecuadorian singer of Korean and American heritage who sang Spanish ballads, pop, and rock music. He reached fame ...

- Korean/American singer, Ecuadorian nationality by naturalization * Jorge Saade - violinist *

Juan Fernando Velasco Juan Fernando Velasco (born January 17, 1972 in Quito, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian musician. Biography Juan Fernando Velasco was born January 17, 1972 in Quito, Ecuador. He has had three albums in which some of the most popular songs are Ecuado ...

- singer-songwriter *

Julio Jaramillo Julio Alfredo Jaramillo Laurido (October 1, 1935 – February 9, 1978) was a notable Ecuadorian singer and recording artist who performed throughout Latin America, achieving great fame for his renditions of boleros, valses, pasillos, tangos, a ...

- folklore and romantic music singer * Wendy Vera - singer, politician * Leslie Wright - pianist * Luis Humberto Salgado - classical composer * Luis Silva Parra - saxophonist of classical jazz * Mesias Maiguashca - classical composer *

Nicasio Safadi Nicasio Safadi Reves (Reves is the translation of Rbeiz) (1902 – October 29, 1968 in Guayaquil) was an Ecuadorian musician Born in the Ottoman Empire, he went to Ecuador when he was five years old. He learnt to play the vihuela, the tiple A ...

- songwriter, popular musician, born in

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* Paulina Aguirre - Christian singer *

Sebastian J. Sebastian Jacome, better known as Sebastian J., is a record producer, composer and songwriter who resides in Los Angeles, California. Jacome's production, programming, arranging and remixing credits include artists such as: Alaya, Ozomatli, Huecc ...

- 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 Antonio de Alcedo (1735–1812) was a Spanish soldier and scholar. Born in a settlement near Quito (Ecuador), Alcedo was a military officer in the Spanish Army, and a notable historian and geographer. He is best known for his pioneering, five-volum ...

- Spanish geographer and military leader, born in what is today Ecuador * Eugenia Del Pino - developmental biologist *

Pedro Vicente Maldonado Pedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores (November 24, 1704 in Riobamba, Royal Audience of Quito (today's Ecuador) – November 7, 1748 in London, England) was an Ecuadorian scientist who collaborated with the members of the French Geodesic Mission. As we ...

- geographer * Clodoveo Carrión Mora - paleontologist and naturalist * Misael Acosta Solís - naturalist * William Jameson - physician, naturalist. Born in Scotland *

Augusto Nicolás Martínez Augusto Nicolás Martínez (March 28, 1860 – March 19, 1946) was an Ecuadorian agronomist, geologist, farmer, researcher, educator, and mountaineer. Biography Martínez was the son of Nicolás Martínez Vásconez and Adelaida Holguín Naranjo ...

- agronomist, geologist * Plutarco Naranjo Vargas - doctor and scientific researcher * Luis Sodiro - botanist, priest. Born in Italy. *

Presley Norton Yoder Presley Norton Yoder (Guayaquil, February 26, 1932 – May 8, 1993) was an Ecuadorian archeologist and entrepreneur. He made excavations in the 1970s and early 1980s, in the province of Guayas, where he uncovered a number of vases and figurin ...

- archeologist * Daniela Galarraga Espinosa - cosmic filamentarian

Medicine

(1747–1795) - physician, journalist, writer, philosopher * Alejo Lascano Bahamonde - physician, surgeon *

Rodrigo Fierro Rodrigo Fierro Benítez (born 1930 in Ambato) is an Ecuadorean doctor, writer and politician. He was Minister of Public Health of the Republic of Ecuador during the government of Jaime Roldós Aguilera Jaime Roldós Aguilera (5 November 1940 ...

Benítez - physician, researcher, writer * Germán Abad Valenzuela - doctor, radiologist * José Amén-Palma - surgeon and researcher

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 * Ana Lucía Armijos (born 1949) - first female interior minister *

Pedro José de Arteta Pedro José de Arteta y Calisto (1797 in Quito – 24 August 1873) was Vice President of Ecuador from 1865 to 1869 and served briefly as President from 6 November 1867 to 20 January 1868. He was President of the Senate in 1839. He was the brother ...

(1797–1893) - vice-president *

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(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 * Manuela Cañizares (1769–1814) - early leader of the independence movement *

Rafael Carvajal Rafael Carvajal Guzmán (1818–1881) was the vice president of Ecuador from 1864 to 1865 and the acting president from 31 August 1865 to 7 September 1865. He was Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in ...

(1819–1878) - politician, minister *

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- minister, prosecutor, felon * Pacífico Chiriboga (1810–1886) - politician, legislator, vicepresident *

Carlos Cueva Tamariz Carlos Cueva Tamariz ( November 5, 1898 – April 8, 1991) was an Ecuadorian politician, lawyer and university professor. Early life Carlos Cueva was born on November 5, 1898 the first son of Agustín Cueva Muñoz and his wife Domitila Tamariz L ...

(1898–1991) - politician, senator, legislator, councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Labor *

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(born 1953) - vicepresident, professor and businessman *

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(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 *

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(1811–1873) - self-proclaimed dictator, major figure in the Ecuadorian political and military scene *

Jorge Glas Jorge David Glas Espinel (; born 13 September 1969) is an Ecuadorian politician and electrical engineer. He served as Vice President of Ecuador from 24 May 2013 to 13 December 2017. President Lenín Moreno suspended Glas of his official duties ...

- vice-president, convicted felon * Luisa Gómez de la Torre Páez (1887–1976) - socialist activist * Susana González Rosado (born 1973) - assembly member, viceprefect of Guayas Province *

Matilde Hidalgo Matilde Hidalgo de Procel (September 29, 1889 in Loja, Ecuador – February 20, 1974 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) was an Ecuadorian physician, poet, and activist. Matilde Hidalgo was the first woman to exercise the right to vote in Ecuador (and Latin ...

(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 * María Leonor Jiménez (born 1939) - candidate, public servant * María Cristina Kronfle (born 1985) - member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly for Guayas Province *

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- Independentist military leader, President of Peru (born in what is now Ecuador) * Richelieu Levoyer - Army General, who proposed the "Return to the Constitution Plan" that ended the 1976–1979 dictatorship *

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- French-born minister *

Luis Macas Luis Macas Ambuludí (born 1951) is a Kichwa politician and intellectual from Saraguro Ecuador. Macas has honorary university degrees in anthropology, linguistics and jurisprudence. He was one of the founders of the CONAIE and of the Pachakutik ...

- legislator, minister * Federico Malo Andrade - governor, entrepreneur * Eduardo Maruri - assembly Member for the Guayas Province * Paco Moncayo - Army general, former Mayor of Quito, Congressman * Debbie Mucarsel-Powell - Ecuadorian-born member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida. The 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 * Nina Pacari - minister, congresswoman, indigenous activist * Álvaro Noboa - millionaire, political leader, frequent presidential candidate * Antonio Parra Velasco - Ambassador to France and Great Britain * Rodrigo Paz - mayor of Quito, minister, entrepreneur, sports executive * Pedro Pinto Rubianes - minister, vice president * León Roldós Aguilera - former Vice President of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement * Manuela Sáenz - involved in the independence movement, was Simón Bolívar's lover and confidant * 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 (Ecuadorian politician), 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 (Inca warrior), 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) *

- 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) * Juan Javier Espinosa, 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) * Eloy Alfaro - Supreme Chief and President (1895–1901) * Leonidas Plaza - President (1901–1905; 1912–1916) * 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) * 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) * Manuel María Borrero - Interim President (1938) * Julio Enrique Moreno - Interim President (1940) * Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río - President (1940–1944) * Galo Plaza Lasso - President (1948–1952) * 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

* Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz - archbishop of Guaaquil * Leonidas Proaño - bishop of Riobamba * José Mario Ruiz Navas - archbishop of Portoviejo

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 national football team, 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 * Adriana Espinosa - archer * Michael Estrada - footballer * Pervis Estupiñán - footballer * Alan Franco (footballer, born 1998), Alan Franco - footballer * Hernán Galíndez - footballer (born in Argentina) * Estefania García - judoka * Andrés Gómez - tennis player, French Open winner * Emilio Gómez (tennis), Emilio Gómez - tennis player * Carlos Góngora - boxer, IBO world champion * Doménica González - tennis player * Carlos Gruezo (footballer, born 1995), Carlos Gruezo Arboleda - footballer * Carlos Gruezo (footballer, born 1975), 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 * Nicolás Lapentti - tennis player * Giovanni Lapentti - tennis player * 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 * Érika Pachito - boxer * Joffre Pachito - footballer * William 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 * 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 (Ecuadorian footballer), Cristian Ramírez - footballer * Djorkaeff Reasco - footballer * Kevin Rodríguez (footballer, born 2000), 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, born 1997), 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 (runner), Rolando Vera - long-distance runner * Claudio Villanueva - race walker * Petter Villegas - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico national football team, 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

* John and Lorena Bobbitt, 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 * 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 * Faustino Rayo, Colombian-born merchant and assassin, known for murdering Gabriel García Moreno * Nelson Serrano, Ecuadorian-American businessman convicted of murder {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Ecuadorians Lists of Ecuadorian people, *