This is a list of notable

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s, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Uruguayan American or must have references showing they are Uruguayan American and are notable.

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Fede Álvarez Federico Álvarez (born February 9, 1978) is a Uruguayans, Uruguayan film director, filmmaker. He is known for directing ''Evil Dead (2013 film), Evil Dead'' (2013) and ''Don't Breathe'' (2016), as well as his short film ''Ataque de Pánico!'' ( ...

(born 1978 in Montevideo) - filmmaker. *

Gisele Ben-Dor Gisèle Ben-Dor ( Buka; born 26 April 1955) is an American Israeli orchestra conductor of Uruguayan origin. Conductor Ben-Dor was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, to Polish Jewish immigrant parents. She graduated from the Rubin Academy of Music, Te ...

(born 1955 in Uruguay) - American-Israeli orchestra conductor * Juan José Calandria (1902–1980) - painter and sculptor * Luis Camnitzer (born 1937 in Lübeck, raised in Uruguay) - artist and academic *

Jaime Carbonell Jaime Guillermo Carbonell (July 29, 1953 – February 28, 2020) was a computer scientist who made seminal contributions to the development of natural language processing tools and technologies. His extensive research in machine translation resul ...

(1953–2020) - computer scientist *

Natalia Cigliuti Natalia Cigliuti (born September 6, 1978) is a Uruguayan- American actress, best known for her roles as Lindsay Warner on '' Saved by the Bell: The New Class'' and as Anita Santos Warner on '' All My Children''. Career Cigliuti was born in M ...

(born 1978 in Montevideo) - actress *

Fernando Clavijo Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedrés (January 23, 1956 – February 8, 2019) was a Uruguayan-American soccer defender and former head coach of the New England Revolution and Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. He played three seasons in the ...

(born 1956 in Maldonado, died 2019 in Fort Lauderdale) - footballer/soccer player * Hiber Conteris (1933–2020) - writer, playwright, literary critic * David Cruz Thayne (born 1971 in Manchester, NH) - businessman * George Davidsohn (born 1936 in Montevideo, died 2015 in New York City) - entrepreneur *

Miguel del Aguila --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands * São Miguel (disa ...

- Uruguayan-born multiple Grammy nominated American composer *

Jonathan Del Arco Jonathan Del Arco (born March 7, 1966) is an Uruguayan American actor and gay rights and political activist. He is best known for his role as Hugh the Borg in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' Star Trek: Picard'', and for his series r ...

(born 1966 in Uruguay) - actor and LGBT activist *

George DelHoyo George DelHoyo (born November 23, 1953), also known as George Deloy, is a Uruguayan-born American actor. Theatre DelHoyo, who was also raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, began performing in the theatre in New York City during the 1970s. Working und ...

(born 1953 in Canelones) - also known as George Deloy, actor * José L. Duomarco (1905–1985) - medical scientist *

Fernando Espuelas Fernando Espuelas (born August 6, 1966) is an Uruguayan entrepreneur, author, media personality and philanthropist. Espuelas is one of the pioneers of the consumer Internet. He is the co-founder (along with Jack Chen) and first CEO of Starmedia ...

(born 1966 in Montevideo) - entrepreneur, author, media personality and philanthropist *

Diego Fagundez Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. E ...

(born 1995 in Montevideo) - professional footballer for the

New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having compe ...

of Major League Soccer * Francisco Fattoruso (born 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada) - musician, son of

Hugo Fattoruso Hugo Fattoruso was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1943. Fattoruso is a composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and vocalisAs well as developing a career as a soloist, he has participated and performed in many different genres: Trio Fattoruso ...

* Cirilo “Pepe” Fernández (born 1943 in Uruguay) - former soccer forward, current soccer businessman *

Bruno Fonseca Bruno Fonseca (1958 – May 31, 1994) was an American artist who shifted between abstract and figurative styles and worked in both painting and sculpture. Biography Early life Fonseca was born in New York to a family of artists. His ...

(born 1958 in New York, died 1994 in East Hampton) - artist *

Caio Fonseca Caio Fonseca (born 1959) is an American painter. He is the son of the Uruguayan sculptor Gonzalo Fonseca; the artist Bruno Fonseca was his brother, and the writer Isabel Fonseca is his sister. Life and work Fonseca grew up in the West Village ...

(born 1959 in New York) - painter, brother of

Isabel Fonseca Isabel Fonseca (born 1961) is an American-Uruguayan writer. She is best known for her books '' Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey'' and ''Attachment''. She is married to novelist Martin Amis. Early life Isabel Fonseca was born in Ne ...

(born 1961 in New York) - writer *

Rodolfo Gambini Rodolfo Gambini (born 11 May 1946) is a physicist and professor of the Universidad de la Republica in Montevideo, Uruguay and a visiting professor at the Horace Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Louisiana State University. He wo ...

(born 1946 in Montevideo) - physicist and professor, working on loop quantum gravity *

Jorge Gestoso Jorge Gestoso (born 20 March 1951) is a Uruguayan journalist who was born in Montevideo. For 16 years, he was the Principal Anchor and symbol of ''CNN en Español'', as well as Senior Washington Correspondent. ''CNN en Español'' is a televisio ...

(born 1951 in Montevideo) - journalist and news anchor at

CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by ...

* Enrique Graf (born 1953 in Montevideo) - musician *

Sebastián Guenzatti Sebastián Ignacio Guenzatti Varela (born July 8, 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Indy Eleven in the USL Championship. Youth career Guenzatti was born in Uruguay before moving to the United States at 12, where he grew up in the Col ...

(born 1991 in Montevideo) - footballer *

Sampson Lewkowicz Sampson Lewkowicz (born January 10, 1951, in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan-American boxing promoter and manager, whose notable clients have included Sergio Martinez, Magomed Abdusalamov, Javier Fortuna, and Gabriel Campillo. Lewkowicz is also cred ...

(born 1951 in Montevideo) - boxing promoter and manager * Ricardo López (1975–1996) - also known as the "Björk stalker", pest control officer who attempted to kill musician Björk * Jorge Majfud (born 1969 in Tacuarembó) - writer, professor at

Jacksonville University Jacksonville University (JU) is a private university in Jacksonville, Florida. Located in the city's Arlington district, the school was founded in 1934 as a two-year college and was known as Jacksonville Junior College until September 5, 1956, ...

Emir Rodríguez Monegal Emir Rodríguez Monegal (28 July 1921 – 14 November 1985), born in Uruguay, was a scholar, literary critic, and editor of Latin American literature. From 1969 to 1985, Rodríguez Monegal was professor of Latin American contemporary literatur ...

(1921–1985) - scholar, literary critic, writer, professor of Latin American contemporary literature at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

* Joseph Jacinto "Jo" Mora (1876–1947) - cartoonist and artist * Martín Núñez (born 1987 in Montevideo) - footballer currently playing for Minnesota Stars FC in the North American Soccer League. * Jorge Ottati Junior (born in Montevideo) - television and radio sports announcer at beIN SPORTS * Pedro Piedrabuena (born 1971 in Montevideo) - professional three-cushion billiards player * Daniel Pontet (born 1957 in Montevideo) - artist * Jorge Ramos (born in Montevideo) - sports commentator at

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...

Tab Ramos Tabaré "Tab" Ramos Ricciardi (born September 21, 1966) is an American former soccer player and current head coach of Hartford Athletic in the USL Championship. Over his thirteen-year professional career, Ramos played as a midfielder in Spain, ...

(born 1966 in Montevideo) - former footballer/soccer player, whom also served as co-assistant to U.S. team manager

Bob Bradley Robert Frank Bradley (born March 3, 1958) is an American soccer coach who is the head coach and sporting director of Toronto FC. A native of New Jersey and graduate of Princeton University, Bradley coached in the American college game and Maj ...

from 2007 to 2011 * Rodrigo Santiago (born 1990 in Montevideo) - footballer *

Gabe Saporta Gabriel Eduardo Saporta (born October 11, 1979) is an Uruguayan-American musician and entrepreneur. From the years 2005 until 2015, he was the lead vocalist and founder of the electropop band Cobra Starship. On November 10, 2015, after nearly ...

(born 1979 in Montevideo) - vocalist of bands Midtown and Cobra Starship *

José Serebrier José Serebrier (born 3 December 1938) is a Uruguayan conductor and composer. He is one of the most recorded conductors of his generation. Early life Serebrier was born in Montevideo to Russian and Polish parents of Jewish extraction. He fi ...

(born 1938 in Montevideo) - conductor and composer *

Pedro Sevcec Pedro Ricardo Sevcec (born July 14, 1954) is a Uruguayan television personality and journalist best known as the former anchor of ''Noticiero Telemundo'' in the United States, from 2000 to 2009. Sevcec previously served as reporter for '' Ocurrio ...

(born 1950 in Montevideo) - television reporter who works for America TV / Miami in the United States * Martin Sorrondeguy - singer of bands

Los Crudos Los Crudos is an American hardcore punk band from Chicago, Illinois active from 1991 to 1998 and from 2006 onward. Comprising all Latino members, the band paved the way for later Spanish-speaking punk bands in the United States and helped to ...

and Limp Wrist, the founder of

Lengua Armada Discos Lengua Armada Discos is an American punk and hardcore independent record label run by Limp Wrist/Los Crudos frontman and prominent figure in both the straight edge scene and the queercore scene, Martin Sorrondeguy. It features such bands as ...

, documentary film director * Miguel Terekhov (1928–2012) - ballet dancer and ballet instructor * Carlos A. Vegh (born 1958 in Montevideo) - academic economist and Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, son of former Finance Minister

Alejandro Végh Villegas Alejandro Végh Villegas (17 October 1928 – 13 March 2017) was a Uruguayan politician. Background Villegas was born in City of Brussels, Brussels. His great-grandfather Sándor Végh was a Hungarian military officer who migrated to Uruguay ...

* Agustín Viana (born 1983 in Chicago) - professional footballer *

Rafael Viñoly Rafael Viñoly Beceiro (born 1944) is a Uruguayan architect. He is the principal of Rafael Viñoly Architects, which he founded in 1983. The firm has offices in New York City, Palo Alto, London, Manchester, Abu Dhabi, and Buenos Aires. Viñ ...

(born 1944 in Montevideo) - architect *

Ida Vitale Ida Vitale (born 2 November 1923) is a Uruguayan poet, translator, essayist, lecturer and literary critic. Life She played an important role in the Uruguayan art movement known as the ' Generation of 45': Carlos Maggi, Manuel Flores Mora, ...

(born 1923 in Montevideo) - prolific writer who played an important role in the Uruguayan art movement " Generation of 1945". * Adrian Vallarino - TV and film producer and director *

Gabriel Wilensky Gabriel Wilensky (born April 23, 1964) is an American author, software developer and entrepreneur. He was born in Uruguay, where his Eastern-European grandparents had emigrated to before the Second World War. He is the author of the book '' Six M ...

(born 1964 in Uruguay) - software developer, entrepreneur, and historian of

the Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ...

Alejandro Zaffaroni Alejandro Zaffaroni (February 27, 1923 – March 1, 2014) was a Uruguayan serial entrepreneur who was responsible for founding several biotechnology companies in Silicon Valley. Products that he was involved in developing include the birth contr ...

(1923–2014) - biotechnological entrepreneur

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