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Roberto Aizenberg Roberto Aizenberg (22 August 1928 – 16 February 1996), nicknamed "Bobby", was an Argentine painter and sculptor. He was considered the best-known orthodox surrealist painter in Argentina. Early years Aizenberg was the grandson of Russian- ...
, painter and sculptor * Oscar Alemán, jazz guitarist *
Antonio Alice Antonio Alice (23 February 1886 – 24 August 1943) was an Argentine portrait painter. He was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1904. Early years Alice, of Italian descent, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His father, an Itali ...
, portrait painter *
Marcelo Álvarez Marcelo Raúl Álvarez (born February 27, 1962) is an Argentine lyric tenor who achieved international success starting in the mid-1990s. Álvarez travels widely, performing with top singers in major opera houses and concert halls around the wor ...
, tenor * Martha Argerich, concert pianist *
Daniel Barenboim Daniel Barenboim (; in he, דניאל בארנבוים, born 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-born classical pianist and conductor based in Berlin. He has been since 1992 General Music Director of the Berlin State Opera and "Staatskapellmeist ...
, pianist and conductor *
Ricardo Basta Ricardo Basta (born in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine American jewelry designer based in Southern California and is known for sourcing only ethically mined gems and diamonds. Early Years and Education Ricardo Basta was born and raised ...
, jewelry designer * Adolfo Bellocq, lithographer *
Antonio Berni Delesio Antonio Berni (14 May 1905 – 13 October 1981) was an Argentine figurative artist. He is associated with the movement known as ''Nuevo Realismo'' ("New Realism"), an Argentine extension of social realism. His work, including a serie ...
, painter *
Norma Bessouet Norma Bessouet (October 15, 1940 – 11 June 2018) was an Argentine painter and sculptor. Bessouet's work focused primarily around portraits, domesticity and the female nude. Her paintings were abstract in their style and she also created equal ...
, painter *
Miguel Ángel Biazzi Abu Bakarr Koroma is a Sierra Leonean born on 23rd. June 1991 (31) in a mining town called Lunsar. He is the son of father (Sorie Koroma) and Temne mother (Aminata Sankoh). Branco, Nuno. "Biazzi's Mission" Art Throughout his career, Biazzi has ...
, painter and sculptor *
Erminio Blotta Erminio Blotta (November 8, 1892 – January 23, 1976) was an Argentine self-taught sculptor of Italian origin. Biography He was born in Morano Calabro ( province of Cosenza, Calabria). His birth certificate records his name as Erminio Anton ...
, sculptor * Julio Bocca, ballet dancer *
Gino Boccasile Gino Boccasile (14 July 1901 – 10 May 1952) was an Italian illustrator. Born in Bari, Boccasile was the son of a perfumer. Early in his youth, he lost his left eye by having it struck by a splash of quicklime while he was drinking from a fo ...
, advertiser *
Fabiana Bravo Fabiana Bravo (born in 1969), is an Argentina, Argentine operatic soprano. Life and work Fabiana Bravo was born in Guaymallén Department, outside Mendoza, Argentina, to a family of modest means. She moved to Buenos Aires at age 22, and sought p ...
, soprano *
Alberto Breccia Alberto Breccia (April 15, 1919 – November 10, 1993) was an Uruguayan-born Argentina, Argentine artist and cartoonist. A gifted penciller and inker, Breccia is one of the most celebrated and famous comics/Historieta creators in the world, and sp ...
, cartoonist * Emilio Caraffa, painter *
Ricardo Carpani Ricardo Carpani (February 2, 1930 – September 9, 1997) was an Argentine artist. Life and work Born in Tigre, a northern suburb of Buenos Aires, his family moved to the city proper in 1936, and there Carpani finished his secondary school st ...
, muralist *
Carybé Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó (7 February 1911 – 2 October 1997) was an Argentine-Brazilian artist, researcher, historian and journalist. His nickname Carybé, a type of piranha, comes from his time in the scouts. He died of heart failure aft ...
, Argentine-Brazilian painter *
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 *
Juan Carlos Castagnino Juan Carlos Castagnino (November 18, 1908April 21, 1972) was an Argentina, Argentine painter, architect, muralist and sketch artist. Born in the rural village of Camet, near the city of Mar del Plata, he studied in the ''Escuela de Bellas Artes'' ...
, painter * Eduardo Catalano, architect and sculptor *
Alejandro Christophersen Alejandro Christophersen (1866–1946) was an Argentine architect and artist of Norwegian descent who designed many important buildings in the city of Buenos Aires, including the renowned Anchorena Palace. Biography Christophersen was bor ...
, painter and architect *
Ciruelo Gustavo Cabral (born July 20, 1963), better known as Ciruelo ('plum tree'), is an Argentine fantasy artist,The book o ...
, cartoonist *
Leonor Cecotto Leonor Cecotto (died 8 May 1982, Asunción, Paraguay) was a 20th-century Latin American painter and engraver. Born in Argentina, she resided in Paraguay for the majority of her life, eventually becoming a prominent artist in the latter country. ...
, painter, engraver *
Gustavo Cochet Gustavo Cochet (May 6, 1894 – July 27, 1979) was a painter, engraver, and writer who worked in Barcelona and Rosario. Childhood Cochet was born in Rosario, Argentina, in 1894. His mother was of mestizo heritage, and his father was Fre ...
, painter *
Pío Collivadino Pío Collivadino (August 20, 1869August 26, 1945) was an Argentine painter of the post-impressionist school. Life and work Pío Collivadino was born in Buenos Aires, in 1869. He studied drawing at the Italian Argentine cultural society, the ''S ...
, painter *
Oscar Conti (Oski) Oscar "Oski" Conti (191430 October 1979) was a prominent Argentine cartoonist and humorist. Life and work Oscar Esteban Conti was born in Buenos Aires in 1914. Enrolling at the National Fine Arts School, he helped finance his studies by creating ...
, cartoonist *
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, cartoonist *
Milagros Correch Milagros Correch (born 1991, Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires), better known as Milu Correch, is an Argentine painter and muralist recognized internationally for her large scale murals and illustrations. Her work can be found in cities in Argentina and ...
(born 1991), painter, muralist *
Alicia Creus Alicia Creus (born 1939) is an Argentine artist who currently resides in the United States. She is known for using unusual media such as fabric and lace to create her pieces. Biography Alicia Creus was born in 1939 in La Plata, Argentina. She g ...
, visual artist * José Cura, tenor * Pablo Curatella Manes, sculptor *
Ernesto de la Cárcova Ernesto de la Cárcova y Arrotea (March 3, 1866 – December 28, 1927) was an Argentine painter of the Realist school. Life and work Ernesto de la Cárcova was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1866. Taking an early interest in the canvas, h ...
, painter *
Jorge de la Vega Jorge de la Vega (27 March 1930 – 26 August 1971) was an Argentine painter, graphic artist, draftsman, singer, and songwriter.Standish, Peter. Dictionary of Twentieth Century Culture : Hispanic Culture of South America. New York: Gale Research, ...
, painter *
Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós (May 27, 1879 – May 29, 1968) was an Argentine painter of the post-impressionist school. Life and work De Quirós was born in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos Province, in 1879. He began to paint at age eight, and shortly ...
, painter *
Ángel María de Rosa Ángel María de Rosa (February 12, 1888 - February 26, 1970) was an Argentine sculptor and philanthropist. Life and work Ángel María de Rosa was born in Junín, a pampas city in northern Buenos Aires Province, in 1888. His parents Vicente De R ...
, sculptor *
Helmut Ditsch Helmut Ditsch (born July 6, 1962) is an Argentine painter. Ditsch's work focuses on extreme natural phenomena such as mountains, desert, ice, and water. Life He was born in Villa Ballester, in the province of Buenos Aires, to grandparents fr ...
, painter *
Jorge Donn Jorge Donn (25 February 1947 in Ciudad Jardin, Buenos Aires – 30 November 1992 in Lausanne, Switzerland), was an Argentine internationally known ballet dancer. He was best known for his work with Maurice Béjart's ''Ballet of the 20th Cen ...
, dancer *
Julio Ducuron Julio Ducuron (born November 24, 1946) is an Impressionist landscape Painting, painter. He is noted for his depictions of Latin American Life, many of which are in permanent Collection (museum), collections around the globe. Early life Ducuron w ...
, painter *
Elizabeth Eichhorn Elizabeth Eichhorn (born 1957, Junín, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine sculptor and draftsman. She has lived in Mar del Plata from an early age. Eichhorn is a descendant of Volga Germans The Volga Germans (german: Wolgadeutsche, ), r ...
, sculptor *
Fernando Fader Fernando Fader (11 April 1882 – 25 February 1935) was a French-born Argentine painter of the Post-impressionist school. Life and work Fernando Fader was born in Bordeaux, France in 1882. His father, of Prussian descent, relocated the fami ...
, painter *
León Ferrari León Ferrari (September 3, 1920 – July 25, 2013) was an Argentine contemporary conceptual artist. During his extended art career (1954-2013), his artworks often protested the Argentinian government, the imperialist west, and the Church. Fe ...
, constructivist sculptor *
Leonor Fini Leonor Fini (30 August 1907 – 18 January 1996) was an Argentinian born Italian surrealist painter, designer, illustrator, and author, known for her depictions of powerful and erotic women. Early life Fini was born in Buenos Aires, Argentin ...
, painter *
Bernarda Fink Bernarda Fink (born 29 August 1955) is an Argentine mezzo-soprano. Born in Buenos Aires to Slovene parents who immigrated from Yugoslavia, Fink studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. She won First Prize at th ...
, mezzo-soprano *
Ingrid Fliter Íngrid Fliter (born September 23, 1973, Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian pianist. She began her formal piano studies with Elizabeth Westerkamp. Her first public appearance in recital was at age 11, and she made her concerto debut at the Teatro ...
, pianist *
Lucio Fontana Lucio Fontana (; 19 February 1899 – 7 September 1968) was an Argentine-Italian painter, sculptor and theorist. He is mostly known as the founder of Spatialism. Early life Born in Rosario, to Italian immigrant parents, he was t ...
, sculptor *
Roberto Fontanarrosa Roberto Alfredo Fontanarrosa, known popularly as ''El Negro'' Fontanarrosa (November 26, 1944 in Rosario – July 19, 2007), was an Argentine cartoonist, comics artist and writer. During his extended career, Fontanarrosa became one of the most ...
, satirist and cartoonist *
Norma Fontenla Norma Fontenla (June 28, 1930 – October 10, 1971) was an Argentine prima ballerina. Life and work Fontenla was born in 1930, and while still a child, began attending the National Conservatory of Music and Scenic Art, in Buenos Aires. She was la ...
, ballerina *
Raquel Forner Raquel Forner (1902–1988) was an Argentine painter known for her expressionist works. Life Forner was born in Buenos Aires in 1902. Her father was Spanish by nationality and her mother was an Argentine of Spanish descent. As a result of fr ...
, painter *
Sol Gabetta Sol Gabetta (born 18 April 1981) is an Argentine cellist. The daughter of Andrés Gabetta and Irène Timacheff-Gabetta, she has French and Russian ancestry. Her brother Andrés is a baroque violinist. Career Gabetta began to learn violin at ...
, cellist * Manuel García Ferré, cartoonist *
Nicolás García Uriburu Nicolás García Uriburu (December 24, 1937 – June 19, 2016) was an Argentine contemporary artist, landscape architect, and ecologist. His work in land art was aimed at raising consciousness about environmental issues such as water pollution. ...
, painter and ecologist * Gabriel Garrido, musician *
José Walter Gavito José Walter Gavito (born January 4, 1935, in La Plata city, Provincia of Buenos Aires, d. 8 June 2017 in Buenis Aires) was an Argentine sculptor of international fame. His name is so tied with Italian artists like Enrico Manfrini, Lello Scorse ...
, sculptor *
Guillermo Gianninazzi 240px, Monumento a Leandro N. Alem Guillermo Gianninazzi was an Argentine architect and sculptor, born in Italy around 1880 and died in Rosario, Argentina in 1948. He moved to Argentina in order to work as a sculptor and write artistic novels. ...
, sculptor * Reinaldo Giudici, painter *
Paloma Herrera Paloma Herrera (born 21 December 1975) is a prominent Argentine ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director who was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, where she worked for twenty-four years. She was the director of Colo ...
, ballet dancer *
Isabel Iacona Isabel Iacona (born Buenos Aires, 1955) is an Argentine artist known for her detailed paintings of enlarged flowers and pop portraits of people and pets. She uses several mediums: oil on canvas, mixed techniques, watercolors and drawings. Her ...
, painter *
Martín Irigoyen Martín Daniel Irigoyen (born January 14, 1977) is an Argentine musician best known as a composer and multi-instrumentalist with Vernian Process and Profondo Delle Tenebre. He has participated in many solo and group projects outside of Vernian Pr ...
, composer and musician *
Ana Kamien Ana Kamien (born in 1935) is an Argentines, Argentine dancer, Choreography, choreographer, and actor who based most of her works in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Kamien was known for challenging gender and class norms along with creating works that paro ...
, dancer, choreographer, and actor *
María Cristina Kiehr María Cristina Kiehr (born in Tandil, Argentina) is a soprano vocalist associated with Baroque music. After receiving her early musical training in Argentina, she moved in 1983 to Europe and studied under René Jacobs at the Schola Cantorum Basil ...
, soprano *
Gyula Kosice Gyula Kosice ( hu, Falk Gyula; 26 April 1924 – 25 May 2016), born as Ferdinand Fallik, was a Czechoslovakian-born and naturalized Argentine sculptor, plastic artist, theorist, and poet. He played a pivotal role in defining the concrete and non ...
, sculptor *
Sebastian Krys Sebastian Krys (born November 11, 1970) is an Argentine-born American audio engineer, record producer and radio personality. A six-time Grammy and 13-time Latin Grammy winner, Krys has worked with many Spanish language pop and rock artists such as ...
, music producer * Horacio Lavandera, concert pianist *
Julio Le Parc Julio Le Parc (born September 23, 1928) is an Argentina-born artist who focuses on both modern op art and kinetic art. Le Parc attended the School of Fine Arts in Argentina. A founding member of Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel (GRAV) and awa ...
, sculptor * Saul Lisazo, actor * Cándido López, painter *
Alberto Lysy Alberto Lysy (February 11, 1935 – December 30, 2009) was a prestigious Argentine violinist and conductor of Ukrainian ancestry. The violin gifted to him was a very old Stradivarius. Among his friends were Charlie Chaplin and family whose Swis ...
, concert violinist *
Rómulo Macció Romulo Macció (1931 – 11 March 2016) was an Argentine painter who was associated with the avant-garde art movement named Nueva Figuracion, which favored a new form of figurative art. Apart from Nueva Figuracion he participated in another group ...
, painter * Eduardo Mac Entyre, painter *
Maitena Maitena Burundarena (Buenos Aires, May 19, 1962), better known as Maitena, is an Argentine cartoonist. Early works Maitena drew erotic strips for several European publications, for example ''Makoki'', in Barcelona. In Argentina, she worked in ' ...
, cartoonist *
Tomás Maldonado Tomás Maldonado (25 April 1922 – 26 November 2018) was an Argentine painter, designer and thinker, considered one of the main theorists of design theory of the legendary Ulm Model, a design philosophy developed during his tenure (1954–1967) ...
, painter *
Martín Malharro Martín Malharro (1865–1911) was an Argentine painter that introduced Impressionism in the country in the early 20th century. Life and work Martín Malharro was born in the central Buenos Aires Province city of Azul in 1865. His childhood in ...
, painter *
Marcel Martí Marcel Martí (1925–2010) was an Argentine-born sculptor of Catalan descent. Life and work At the age of three, he returned with his parents to Spain, where the family became established in Barcelona. His father was imprisoned during the ...
, sculptor * Lucien-Achille Mauzan, advertiser, sculptor * Dominic Miller, guitarist *
Marta Minujín Marta Minujín (born 1943) is an Argentine conceptual and performance artist. Life and work Marta Minujín was born in the San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Her father was a Jewish physician and her mother a housewife of Spanish de ...
, conceptual artist * Florencio Molina Campos, illustrator *
Lola Mora Dolores Candelaria Mora Vega (November 17, 1866 – June 7, 1936) known professionally as Lola Mora, was a sculptor born in San Miguel de Tucumán, in Argentina. She is known today as a rebel and a pioneer of women in her artistic field. Early ...
, sculptor *
Guillermo Mordillo Guillermo Mordillo (4 August 1932 – 29 June 2019), known simply as Mordillo, was an Argentine creator of cartoons and animations and was one of the most widely published cartoonists of the 1970s. He is most famous for his humorous, colorful, su ...
, cartoonist *
José Neglia José Neglia (April 2, 1929October 10, 1971) was a notable Argentine ballerino, who perhaps more than any other figure, helped popularize the classical ballet in his country. Life and work Neglia was born in Buenos Aires to an Italian Argentine f ...
, ballerino *
Luis Felipe Noé Luis Felipe Noé (born May 26, 1933) is an Argentine artist, writer, intellectual and teacher. He is known in his home country as ''Yuyo''. In 1961 he formed Otra Figuración (another figuration) with three other Argentine artists. Their eponymo ...
, painter *
Marianela Núñez Marianela Núñez (born 23 March 1982) is a British-Argentinian ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, London. Early life Marianela Núñez was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has three brothers, all older than sh ...
, dancer *
Marie Orensanz Mari Nalte Orensanz (born 12 September 1936) is an Argentine artist. Her artwork examines the integration of thought and matter as a methodology to obtain a social consciousness. Orensanz's experience of Argentina's "Dirty War" has influenced he ...
, conceptual artist *
Ludmila Pagliero Ludmila Pagliero (born 15 October 1983) is an Argentinian ballet dancer. Since 2003, she dances with the Paris Opera Ballet, where she is a '' danseuse étoile'' (the highest rank of the Paris Opera Ballet) since 2012. Early life Pagliero was b ...
, ballet dancer *
Raquel Partnoy Raquel Partnoy (born 1932 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is an Argentine painter, poet, and essayist. Biography She studied at an art school in that city but it was after she got married and moved to the southern port city of Bahía Blanca in 1954, that ...
, painter *
Jorge Pepe Jorge Pepe (1939–2006) was an Argentine plastic artist and painter. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 29, 1939. Career Jorge Pepe studied Fine Arts at the Manuel Belgrano, Prilidiano Pueyrredón and Ernesto Cárcova centers. I ...
, plastic artist and painter * Celis Pérez, painter and muralist * Emilio Pettoruti, painter *
Anselmo Piccoli Anselmo Piccoli (September 4, 1915 – July 12, 1992) was an Argentine Abstract artist. Life and work Anselmo Piccoli was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1915. Politically active as a Socialist during secondary school, Piccoli found time to attend ...
, painter *
Marcelo Pombo Marcelo Pombo (born 1959) is an Argentine artist. His work is in the collections of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, th ...
, visual artist *
Eolo Pons Eolo Pons (1914–2009) was an Argentine painter. Eolo Pons was born in Buenos Aires. He studied from 1935-38 in the studio of the influential Argentine painter and teacher Lino Enea Spilimbergo; among Pons' fellow students were his close friends ...
, painter * Alberto Portugheis, concert pianist *
Elisa Pritzker Elisa Pritzker (born 1955) is an Argentine-American artist working in a variety of two- and three-dimensional art media. Background In Argentina, Pritzker studied at the School of Ceramics and earned her certification in 1976. She also attended ...
, contemporary artist * Prilidiano Pueyrredón, painter *
Antonio Pujía Antonio Pujía (11 June 1929 – 26 May 2018) was an Argentinian sculptor. Through his artwork he always both honoured women and also denounced the world's horrors of famine and war. Personal life Antonio Pujía was born in Polia, a small town i ...
, sculptor * Quino, cartoonist *
Benito Quinquela Martín Benito Quinquela Martín (March 1, 1890 – January 28, 1977) was an Argentine painter. Quinquela Martín is considered the port painter-par-excellence and one of the most popular Argentine painters. His paintings of port scenes show the activit ...
, painter *
Luciana Ravizzi Luciana Ravizzi (born 1982) is an Argentine retired ballerina who graduated from The Royal Ballet School and was a Soloist with Scottish Ballet until her retirement in 2015. Early life Luciana Ravizzi was born in 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argenti ...
, ballerina *
Carlos P. Ripamonte Carlos Pablo Ripamonte (Buenos Aires, May 4, 1874 – Villa Ballester, August 14, 1968) was an Argentine painter. Early life and artistic formation Carlos Ripamonte was born in Buenos Aires to Mateo Ripamonte, an Italian immigrant, and Merce ...
, painter *
Silvia Roederer Silvia Roederer DMA (USC) is a native of Argentina. Her focus on piano began after emigrating to the U.S. and includes study with John Perry at USC, David Burge at Eastman, and Menahem Pressler at festivals in Banff, Long Beach, and Ravinia. She ...
, pianist *
Guillermo Roux Guillermo Roux (17 September 1929 – 28 November 2021) was an Argentine painter known for his watercolors, collages, and frescoes. Roux was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in September 1929. His father, Raúl Roux, was a well-known Uruguayan p ...
, painter *
Hermenegildo Sábat Hermenegildo Sábat (23 June 1933 – 2 October 2018) was an Argentine-Uruguayan caricaturist. Life and work Early career in journalism Hermenegildo Sábat was born in the oceanfront Pocitos section of Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1933. Named after a ...
, cartoonist *
Alberto Saichann Alberto Saichann is a comic book artist and penciller born in Argentina. He has worked for Marvel Comics (''Punisher: Return to the Big Nothing'', ''Punisher War Zone'') and DC Comics (''Looney Tunes''). References

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, illustrator *
Eduardo Schiaffino Eduardo Schiaffino (1858-1935) was an Argentine painter, critic, intellectual and historian. A member of a group known as the ''Generation of '80'', he founded the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires and sparked the development of pai ...
, painter *
Antonio Seguí Antonio Hugo Seguí (; 11 January 1934 – 26 February 2022) was an Argentine cartoonist, painter, engraver, book illustrator, and sculptor, who lived and worked in Paris. Seguí's work has been collected and exhibited worldwide in and by art in ...
, painter *
Ronald Shakespear Ronald Shakespear (born 1941 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is an Argentine graphic designer, mostly known for the Buenos Aires Visual Plan, designed along Guillermo González Ruiz in 1971–72.María Isabel Siewers María Isabel Siewers (born October 22, 1950) is an Argentine classical guitarist. A pupil of María Luisa Anido, her international performance career began after winning the 2nd Prize at the Concours International de Guitarre de Paris in 1974. M ...
, classical guitarist *
Ramón Silva Ramón Silva (August 8, 1890 - June 17, 1919) was an Argentine painter of the Post-impressionist school. Life and work Ramón Silva was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1890. A self-taught painter, he learned the art beginning 1908 at the ate ...
, painter *
María Simón María Simón Padrós (1922 – 5 July 2009) was an Argentine sculptor. Biography Simón was born in Aguilares, Tucumán in 1922. Her father, John Simon Padrós, was an engineer, a prominent politician and industrialist; her mother was Emili ...
, sculptor * Ricaro Liniers Siri, cartoonist *
Eduardo Sívori Eduardo Sívori (October 13, 1847 – June 5, 1918) was an Argentine artist widely regarded as his country's first realist painter. Life and work Born to Genoese immigrants in Buenos Aires, Sívori had harbored artistic leanings during childho ...
, painter * Xul Solar, watercolorist, sculptor, inventor of languages *
Benjamín Solari Parravicini Benjamín Solari Parravicini (August 8, 1898 – December 13, 1974) was an Argentine visual artist, known for his supposed psychic abilities to forecast future events. Among his claimed predictions were the launch of Sputnik 2, the advent of tele ...
, painter and psychic *
Raúl Soldi Raúl Soldi (27 March 1905 – 21 April 1994) was an Argentine painter and production designer whose work treated various subjects, including landscapes, portraits, the theater and the circus, and nature. His theatrical figures are renowned for ...
, painter *
Lino Enea Spilimbergo Lino Enea Spilimbergo (born Lino Claro Honorio Enea Spilimbergo; 12 August 1896 – 16 March 1964) was an Argentine artist and engraver considered to be one of the country's most important painters. Biography Lino Enea Spilimbergo was born i ...
, painter *
Sebastian Spreng Sebastian Spreng (born April 6, 1956) is an Argentine-born American visual artist and music journalist. He is a self-taught artist. He lives in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida. Biography Sebastian Spreng was born on April 6, 1956 in Esperanza, S ...
, painter and stage designer * Juan Carlos Stekelman, painter * Ricardo Supisiche, painter *
Silvia Torras Silvia Torras (1936–1970) was a Spanish-born Argentine informalist painter. Torras became a notable artist in the Argentine informalism movement and showed her work in several major exhibits during the short period she painted. Life Torra ...
, painter *
Carlos Trillo Carlos Trillo (May 1, 1943 – May 8, 2011) was an Argentine comic book writer, best known for writing the '' Cybersix'' comics. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Trillo began a prolific career as writer at the age of 20, penning his first story fo ...
, cartoonist *
Luigi Trinchero Luigi Trinchero (June 9, 1862 in Acqui Terme – February 6, 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Italian sculptor, most active in Argentina after 1888, most notably the bas-reliefs and busts on the facade of the Teatro Colón. Biography B ...
, sculptor *
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 A ...
, violinist and composer * Rogelio Yrurtia, sculptor


Business

* Jorge Antonio, industrialist *
Otto Bemberg Otto Bemberg (May 1, 1827 – March 2, 1895) was a German Argentine businessman prominent in the development of early Argentine industry. He is mostly notable for having been the founder of Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes, the largest brewery in t ...
, industrialist * Jorge Brito, banker * Carlos Bulgheroni, industrialist *
Eduardo Costantini Eduardo Francisco Costantini (born September 17, 1946) is an Argentine real estate developer and businessman and the founder and chairman of the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA). In April 2022, his net worth was estimated at U ...
, businessman * Francisco de Narváez, businessman *
Torcuato di Tella Torcuato di Tella (18921948) was an Argentine industrialist and philanthropist. Life and times Torcuato di Tella was born in Capracotta, Italy, in 1892. He arrived in Argentina at age 13 and settled in Buenos Aires. A widespread, 1911 bakery work ...
, industrialist *
Eduardo Elsztain Eduardo Sergio Elsztain (born January 26, 1960) is a prominent Argentine businessman who is his country's largest real-estate developer. According to ''The Jerusalem Post'', Elsztain "stands atop Argentina's largest business empire, the country's ...
, businessman *
Alfredo Fortabat Alfredo Fortabat (1894 – January 19, 1976) was a prominent Argentine industrialist. Life and times Alfredo Fortabat was born in Azul, a small city in Buenos Aires Province, in 1894; his parents, Helene Pourtal and Lucien Fortabat, were recen ...
, industrialist *
Marcos Galperin Marcos Eduardo Galperin (born October 31, 1971) is an Argentine billionaire businessman, who is best known as the co‑founder, Chairman, President and CEO of MercadoLibre. With an estimated net worth of 6.1 billion dollars, as of April 2021, he ...
, internet entrepreneur *
Daniel Hadad Daniel Hadad (born November 28, 1961) is an Argentine lawyer and businessman involved in telecommunications and media. Biography Daniel Hadad was born in Buenos Aires in 1961 into a family of Syrian origin. He earned degrees as a lawyer and jo ...
, businessman *
Miguel Kiguel Miguel Alberto Kiguel holds a degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires (1976) and a Ph. D. from Columbia University (1983). He is currently Director of EconViews, an economic and financial advisor to major corporations and financia ...
, economic and financial expert * Patrick Lynch, businessman and ancestor of Che Guevara * Francisco Macri, industrialist * Mauricio Macri, businessman and president of Argentina *
Eduardo Madero Eduardo Madero (1823 — 1894) was an Argentine merchant, banker and developer. Life and times Eduardo Madero was born in Buenos Aires, in 1823, to a family of farmers. A nephew of publisher Florencio Varela, his uncle's enmity with the Governor ...
, businessman *
Carlos Miguens Bemberg Carlos J. Miguens Bemberg (born 16 February 1949), is an Argentine businessman and descendant of the wealthy Bemberg family of immigrants to Argentina. Overview His parents were the architect Carlos Miguens and the film director María Luisa B ...
, businessman *
Nicolás Mihanovich Nicolás Mihanovich (1846–1929) was a Croatian Argentine businessman closely linked to the development of the Argentine merchant marine. Life and times The Beginnings Nicolás Mihanovich was born Nikola Mihanović in the Kingdom of Dalmatia, A ...
, businessman * Enrique Mosconi, petroleum industry promoter * Patricio Peralta Ramos, developer * Gregorio Pérez Companc, businessman * Agostino Rocca, industrialist * Paolo Rocca, industrialist *
Santiago Soldati Santiago Soldati (born February 11, 1943) is a prominent Argentine businessman. Career Santiago Soldati was born to Francisco Soldati, a nephew of the founder of the Villa Lugano neighborhood of Buenos Aires, José Francisco Soldati, and the owne ...
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Enrique Susini Enrique () is the Spanish language, Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich (given name), Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (given name), Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, D ...
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Ernesto Tornquist Ernesto Carlos Tornquist (31 December 1842 – 17 June 1908) was an Argentinian entrepreneur and businessman, considered to be one of the most important entrepreneurs in Argentina at the end of the 19th century. The diversified business empire he ...
, businessman *
Martín Varsavsky Martín Varsavsky Waisman-Diamond (born April 26, 1960) is an Argentine entrepreneur based in Spain who founded several companies worldwide, including Urban CapitalMedicorp Sciences Viatel, Jazztel, EINSTEINet, Ya.comEoliaLeandro Viotto, entrepreneur *
Jaime Yankelevich Jaime Yankelevich (13 March 1896 – 25 February 1952) was an Argentine engineer and businessman who was a pioneer in the development of his country's radio and television media. Life and times Jaime Yankelevich was born into a Jewish family in Bu ...
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Ernesto Acher Ernesto Acher (born in Buenos Aires on October 9, 1939) is an Argentine comedian, actor, composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and orchestral conductor. Between 1971 and 1986 he was a member of the celebrated Argentine group Les Luthiers, with ...
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Amancio Jacinto Alcorta Amancio Jacinto Alcorta (August 16, 1805 – May 3, 1862) was an Argentine composer, policy maker and politician. Life and times Musician and representative Amancio Jacinto Alcorta was born in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, in 1805. His fathe ...
* Eduardo Alonso-Crespo *
Eduardo Arolas Eduardo Arolas (February 24, 1892 – September 29, 1924) was an Argentine tango bandoneon player, leader and composer. Arolas first learned to play the guitar before learning the bandoneon which became his instrument of choice. His nickname w ...
* Luis Bacalov *
Agustín Bardi Agustin Bardi (August 13, 1884 – April 21, 1941) was an Argentina, Argentine Argentine Tango, Tango pianist, violinist, and composer. Bardi was born in Las Flores, Buenos Aires, Las Flores district of Buenos Aires and was couched in music from a ...
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Esteban Benzecry Esteban Benzecry (born 1970) is an Argentine classical composer. Early years Benzecry was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1970 to Argentine parents. He grew up in Argentina where he studied musical composition with Sergio Hualpa and Haydee Gerardi ...
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José Antonio Bottiroli José Antonio Bottiroli (January 1, 1920 – March 15, 1990) was an Argentine classical music composer and poet. Biography José Antonio Bottiroli was born in Rosario, Argentina on 1 January 1920 and died in Rosario on 15 March 1990. From the ...
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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-ri ...
* Jorge Calandrelli * Francisco Canaro * Juan José Castro *
Mario Davidovsky Mario Davidovsky (March 4, 1934 – August 23, 2019) was an Argentine-American composer. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1960 to the United States, where he lived for the remainder of his life. He is best known for his series of compositions ca ...
* Julio de Caro *
Carlos di Sarli Carlos Di Sarli (January 7, 1903January 12, 1960) was an Argentine tango musician, orchestra leader, composer and pianist. Early years Carlos di Sarli was born at 511 Buenos Aires street (now Yrigoyen) in the city of Bahía Blanca, located in S ...
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Homero Expósito Homero Aldo Expósito (November 5, 1918 – September 23, 1987) was an Argentine poet and tango songwriter. He used to compose with his brother Virgilio Expósito, who was responsible for the music. Biography He was born in Campana and grew up ...
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Gabino Ezeiza Gabino Ezeiza, nicknamed ''Negro''El negro Gabino Ez ...
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Eduardo Falú Eduardo Falú (July 7, 1923August 9, 2013) was an Argentine folk music guitarist and composer. Life and work Eduardo Falú was born in El Galpón, a village near San José de Metán in the province of Salta, in 1923. His parents, Fada and Juan ...
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Juan de Dios Filiberto Juan de Dios Filiberto (8 March 1885 11 November 1964) was an Argentine violinist, conductor, poet and composer who became prominent in the Argentine tango genre. Life and work He was born Óscar Juan de Dios Filiberti in 1885 to Josefa Roballo ...
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Roberto Firpo Roberto Firpo (May 10, 1884June 14, 1969) was an Argentine tango pianist, composer, and leader. Firpo was among the first innovators of the classic tango music genre. He was the establisher of the piano in the tango orchestra. Firpo was born ...
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Gilardo Gilardi Gilardo Gilardi (May 25, 1889 - January 16, 1963) was an Argentine composer, pianist, and conductor who was the eponym of the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music in La Plata, Buenos Aires. He was born in San Fernando, Argentina and first ...
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Alberto Ginastera Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (; April 11, 1916June 25, 1983) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas. Biography Ginastera was born in Buen ...
* Osvaldo Golijov *
Carlos Guastavino Carlos Guastavino (5 April 1912 – 29 October 2000) was an Argentine composer, considered one of the foremost composers of his country. His production amounted to over 500 works, most of them songs for piano and voice, many still unpublished. ...
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Martín Irigoyen Martín Daniel Irigoyen (born January 14, 1977) is an Argentine musician best known as a composer and multi-instrumentalist with Vernian Process and Profondo Delle Tenebre. He has participated in many solo and group projects outside of Vernian Pr ...
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Rubén Juárez Rubén Juárez (5 November 1947 – 31 May 2010) was an Argentine bandoneón, bandoneonist and singer-songwriter of Tango (dance), tango. Juárez studied the bandoneón from the age of six. In 1956, he entered the Youth Orchestra of Club Atlético ...
* Mauricio Kagel *
Emilio Kauderer Emilio Kauderer is an Argentine composer, orchestrator and songwriter residing in Los Angeles. He is best known for his scores for films including " Metegol (Underdogs)", "Secret in Their Eyes", and " A Place In the World". Kauderer won a Latin Gr ...
* Carlos López Buchardo *
Enrique Maciel Enrique Maciel (July 13, 1897 – January 24, 1962) was a versatile and sensitive composer, lyricist, and harmonium, piano, bandoneon and guitar performer. The latter is the instrument that identified him permanently in the memory of tango listene ...
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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), ...
* Héctor Marcó * Rodolfo Mederos * Silvina Milstein * Juana Molina *
Mariano Mores Mariano Alberto Martínez (18 February 1918 13 April 2016), known professionally as Mariano Mores, was an Argentine tango composer and pianist. Biography Mariano Martínez was born in the San Telmo section of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1918. ...
* Sixto Palavecino * Astor Piazzolla * Ariel Ramírez *
Waldo de los Ríos Osvaldo Nicolás Ferraro Gutiérrez (7 September 1934 – 28 March 1977) better known as Waldo de los Ríos was an Argentine composer, conductor and arranger. De los Ríos was born in Buenos Aires into a musical family; his father was a musician ...
* Gustavo Santaolalla * Vicente Scaramuzza *
Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical elemen ...
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Oscar Strasnoy Oscar Strasnoy (born November 12, 1970) is a French-Argentine composer, conductor and pianist. Although primarily known for his stage works, the first of which ''Midea (2)'' premiered in Spoleto in 2000, his principal compositions also include ...
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Alicia Terzian Alicia Terzian (born 1 July 1934) is an Argentine conductor, musicologist and composer of Armenian descent. Biography Alicia Terzian was born in Córdoba, Argentina. She studied at the National Conservatory of Buenos Aires under Alberto Ginastera ...
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Alejandro Viñao Alejandro Viñao (born 4 September 1951) is an Argentinian composer currently living in the United Kingdom. Life and career Viñao studied musical composition in Buenos Aires with the composer Jacobo Ficher. In 1976 he was awarded a British Counc ...
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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 ...
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Alberto Williams Alberto Williams (23 November 1862 – 17 June 1952) was an Argentine composer, pianist, pedagogue, and conductor. Life and work Alberto Williams was born in Buenos Aires, in 1862. His maternal grandfather, Amancio Jacinto Alcorta, had been ...


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* Miguel Abuelo, musician * Alejandro Agresti, filmmaker *
Antonio Agri Antonio Agri (May 5, 1932 – October 17, 1998) was an Argentine violinist, composer and conductor prominent in both the tango and classical music genres. Life and work Antonio Agri was born in Rosario, Argentina, in 1932. He was taugh ...
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Pablo Alarcón Rodolfo Francisco Marabotto (born September 9, 1946), better known as Pablo Alarcón, is an Argentine actor. In 1990 he performed in the Off-Off-Broadway production ''Amazonia''. Biography Alarcón was born in Pellegrini, Buenos Aires provi ...
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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 ...
, drummer and activist * Jorge Facundo Arana, actor and 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 ...
, jazz drummer *
Alfredo Alcón Alfredo Félix Alcón (; 3 March 1930 – 11 April 2014) was an Argentine theatre and film actor born in Buenos Aires. Widely regarded as one of the best and most important Argentine actors of the 20th century. He worked in more than 50 movies s ...
, actor * Norma Aleandro, actress * Oscar Alemán, guitarist *
Pola Alonso Pola Alonso (16 November 1923 – 6 November 2004 Buenos Aires) was a classic Argentine film actress of the 1940s and 1950s. She appeared in the 1942 film ''Adolescencia'' and in 1955's '' Adiós muchachos''. She was the sister of Argentine a ...
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Héctor Alterio Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato (born 21 September 1929) is an Argentine theatre, film and television actor, well known both in Argentina and Spain. Biography Alterio's theatre debut came in 1948 as the lead in ''Cómo suicidarse en prima ...
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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 * Luis César Amadori, film director *
Blanquita Amaro Blanquita Amaro (June 30, 1923 in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba – March 15, 2007 in Miami, United States) was a Cuban film actress of the 1940s and early 1950s who starred in the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. She appeared in some 17 fi ...
, actress * Sandro de América, singer and actor *
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 m ...
, actor and musician *
Elvia Andreoli Elvia Andreoli (4 January 1950 or 2 January 1951 – 28 March 2020) was an Argentina, Argentine film actress of Sicily, Sicilian, Jewish and Spanish people, Spanish descent. She appeared in over 30 films between 1965 and 1998. She starred in fil ...
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Héctor Anglada Héctor Anglada (January 31, 1976 – March 2, 2002) was an Argentinian film and television actor. He died in a road accident. Filmography * ''Cuesta abajo'' (1995) * '' La Furia'' (1997) aka ''The Fury'' * '' Mala época'' (1998) * '' Piz ...
, actor * Graciela Araujo, actress *
Carolina Ardohain Ana Carolina Ardohaín Dos Santos (born 17 January 1978) is an Argentine model, television personality, dancer, television host and actress. She is widely known by the nickname Pampita, a diminutive for La Pampa, the province where she was born ...
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Imperio Argentina María Magdalena Nile del Río (26 December 1906 – 22 August 2003) was an Argentine professional singer and movie actress, better known as Imperio Argentina; she became a citizen of Spain in 1999. María Magdalena Nile del Río was born ...
, actress and flamenco dancer *
Helena Arizmendi Helena Arizmendi (1924 or 1927–2015), sometimes featured as Elena Arizmendi, was an Argentinian operatic soprano. A student of Maria Barrientos, she made her début in 1945 in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Colón where in 1948 she partnered Beniami ...
, opera singer *
Ana Arneodo Ana Arneodo (1898 – 1977) was an Argentine actress of the 1940s and 1950s. Arneodo made her appearance in film in 1939 and made some 24 appearances between then and 1958, appearing in films such as the 1942 film ''Adolescencia'' alongsid ...
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Brenda Asnicar Brenda Asnicar (born 17 October 1991) is an Argentine actress, singer, model and dancer who gained international popularity for her debut role as Antonella Lamas Bernardi in the Disney Channel television series ''Patito feo''. Life and career ...
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Federico Aubele Federico Aubele is an Argentine singer-songwriter whose music blends a variety of genres and styles. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Aubele started playing music at age 12. He moved to Berlin in 2002, where he lived for several years. After su ...
, musician * Fernando Ayala, filmmaker * Pedro Aznar, jazz bass guitarist * Héctor Babenco, filmmaker * Christian Bach, actress * Carlos Balá, children's television host *
Monchi Balestra Ramón Marcelo Balestra (born October 8, 1967 in Casilda, Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe), better known by his stage name Monchi Balestra, is an Argentina, Argentine radio personality and television host. Life and career 1967–2000: Early life ''R ...
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Amelita Baltar Amelita Baltar (September 24, 1940) is an Argentine singer, one of the leading voices of tango, that appeared in the 60's to be considered, along with Susana Rinaldi, as a modern counterpart of older divas such as Libertad Lamarque and Tita Merel ...
, tango singer * ''Gato'' Barbieri, saxophonist *
Dora Baret Dora Baret (born July 7, 1940) is an Argentine film, theatre and television actress. She was the female lead in '' Darse cuenta'' which won the 1984 Silver Condor Award for Best Film''.'' Life and work She was born Dora Barrera in 1940 in Huer ...
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Daniel Barone Daniel Barone (21 August 1965, Buenos Aires - ) is an Argentina, Argentine film director, film and television director. Although mainly based in work for TV he has directed films such as ''Cohen vs. Rosi'' (1998) and ''Un Amor en Moisés Ville'' ...
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Sara Barrié Sara Barrié was a Chilean born Argentine film actress who appeared in the cinema of Argentina in the 1940s. She appeared in films such as Un Atardecer de amor in 1943 working with actors such as Floren Delbene and Ana Arneodo. Partial filmogra ...
, actress * Stephanie Beatriz, actress * Berenice Bejo, actress *
María Luisa Bemberg María Luisa Bemberg (April 14, 1922 – May 7, 1995) was an Argentine film writer, director and actress. She was one of the first Argentine female directors with a powerful presence both in the filmmaking and the intellectual world of Latin A ...
, filmmaker * Amelia Bence, actress *
Lorena Bernal Lorena Bernal Pascual (born 12 May 1981) is an Argentine-Spanish actress, television host, and model. Early life Bernal was born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. She moved to San Sebastián, Spain, when she was a year old, and studied at ...
, model and actress *
Lola Berthet Lola Berthet (born January 3, 1977) is an Argentine actress. Berthet began acting at a young age, in her hometown of Buenos Aires, eventually becoming a well known telenovela actress in her home country as an adult. She made her first feature ...
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Florencia Bertotti María Florencia Bertotti (born 15 March 1983), better known as Florencia Bertotti is an Argentina, Argentine actress, singer, songwriter and businesswoman. Biography Florencia Bertotti parents are Gustavo Bertotti, a jeweler and María Cande ...
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Héctor Bidonde Héctor Pastor Bidonde (born March 3, 1937 in La Plata) is a noted Argentine theatre, film and television actor. He was a shift worker in a tool & dye factory when, in 1954, he was offered a part in Carlos P. Cabral's play ''Amarretes''. He was ...
, actor and politician * Fabián Bielinsky, filmmaker * Mauricio "Moris" Birabent, rock composer and musician *
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 ...
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Betiana Blum Betiana Blum (born in Charata, Chaco in 1939 as Betty Ana Blum) is an Argentine actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatr ...
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Camila Bordonaba Camila Bordonaba Roldán (born September 4, 1984) is an Argentine actress, singer and theater director. She is known for her performances in the series ''Chiquititas'', ''Rebelde Way'', ''El Patrón de la Vereda'', ''Atracción x4 en Dream Beac ...
, actress, singer and musician * Tato Bores, humorist *
Graciela Borges Graciela Borges (; born Graciela Noemí Zabala, June 10, 1941) is an Argentine television and film actress. Borges was born in Dolores. Having made her film debut at 14, she has acted in over fifty films and was featured in 2006 in ''Vogue P ...
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Patricio Borghetti Juan Patricio Borghetti Imérito (; born December 5, 1973, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actor and singer. Life At the age of fourteen, he formed his first rock band, which was called "Sur" ("South"). He later worked as a model and appear ...
, actor * Aída Bortnik, screenwriter * Zeta Bosio, bassist *
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 ...
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Sofía Bozán Sofía Bozán (5 November 1904 – 9 July 1958) was an Argentine film actress and tango performer of the 1930s and 1940s. She made almost 30 appearances in film between 1937 and 1959. She began her career in acting in 1931 and appeared in films ...
, actress * Luis Brandoni, actor and politician *
Fabiana Bravo Fabiana Bravo (born in 1969), is an Argentina, Argentine operatic soprano. Life and work Fabiana Bravo was born in Guaymallén Department, outside Mendoza, Argentina, to a family of modest means. She moved to Buenos Aires at age 22, and sought p ...
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Norman Briski Norman Briski (born January 2, 1938) is an Argentine theatre actor, director and playwright, as well as a cinema and television actor. Life and work Naum Normando Briski was born in Santa Fe, Argentina, in 1938. His Jewish Argentine family relo ...
, actor and theatre director * Argentina Brunetti, actress and writer *
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 ...
, actress * Rodrigo, cuarteto singer * Chris de Burgh, singer * Daniel Burman, film director * David Chocarro, actor and model *
Facundo Cabral Facundo Cabral (birth name Rodolfo Enrique Cabral Camiñas) (May 22, 1937 – July 9, 2011) was an Argentine singer, songwriter and philosopher. He was best known as the composer of ''"No soy de aquí ni soy de allá"'' ("I'm not from here nor ...
, singer * Israel Adrián Caetano, Uruguayan-Argentine filmmaker * Andrés Calamaro, songwriter and rock keyboard player *
Liliana Caldini Liliana Caldini (26 August 1951 – 3 July 2022) was an Argentine model, actress, and television show host. She became famous in Argentina at age 18, after appearing in a television commercial for the cigarette brand named Chesterfield. She ...
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Miguel Caló Miguel Caló (October 28, 1907 – May 24, 1972) was a famous tango bandoneonist, composer, and the leader of the ''Orchestra Miguel Caló''. He was born in Balvanera, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Early years Born in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of ...
, bandoneónist * Juan José Campanella, filmmaker *
Marciano Cantero Marciano Cantero (born Horacio Eduardo Cantero Hernández, 25 August 1960 – 8 September 2022) was an Argentine musician. He was the lead singer and bassist of Enanitos Verdes, an Argentine pop/rock band. Biography Cantero was nine when he f ...
, singer * Norma Gladys Cappagli, Miss World 1960 *
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 ...
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Moria Casán Ana María Casanova (born August 16, 1946), known by her stage name Moria Casán, is an Argentine actress and TV personality. Casán made her theatre debut in 1970, and quickly became one of the country's leading vedettes during Argentina's Gol ...
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Ana Casares Ana Casares (1930 in Stanisławów, Poland – March 13, 2007 in Buenos Aires) was a Polish- Argentine film actress. She starred in 30 films between 1951 and 1980. In 1933 she moved with her parents to Argentina. She studied acting skills ...
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Alfredo Casero Alfredo Casero (born 12 November 1962) is an Argentine musician, actor and comedian. Casero began studying acting with Norman Briski in 1987. Soon after he started working in the underground humour scene of Buenos Aires. In 1992 he created, a ...
, TV entertainer * Gustavo Cerati, singer and guitarist of Soda Stereo *
Segundo Cernadas Pedro Cernadas (born March 20, 1972, in Viedma, Río Negro, Argentina), better known as Segundo Cernadas, is an Argentine actor and politician. He was influenced by a show business insider to change his screen name to "Segundo", the name of h ...
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María Concepción César María Concepción César (born María Concepción Cesarano; 25 October 1926 – 26 July 2018) was an Argentine actress, singer and dancer. Her first film was ''Pampa Bárbara'' with her uncle, actor Francisco Petrone. She also achieved fame i ...
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Julio Chávez Julio Hirsch (born 14 July 1956), known professionally as Julio Chávez, is an Argentine film and television actor. He was born in Buenos Aires, and received his first film role in 1973. Since 1976, he has had leading roles in Argentine cinema ...
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Paula Chaves Paula Chaves Schulz (born September 6, 1984), born in Lobos, Argentina), is an Argentine model, actress and TV host. Career Paula Chaves started participating in the reality show of models ''Super M 2003'' where she won the opportunity to ...
, model and actress * Chenoa, singer *
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 ...
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Graciana Chironi Graciana Abraciano de Chironi (1921 – February 4, 2017) was an Argentine film actress. Chironi was the grandmother of well-known Argentine director Pablo Trapero. She worked in the cinema of Argentina.Jesica Cirio Jessica (originally Iessica, also Jesica, Jesika, Jessicah, Jessika, or Jessikah) is a female given name. The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of the Shakespearean character Jessica, from the play ...
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Gustavo Collini-Sartor Gustavo Collini-Sartor is a butoh dance artist based out of Argentina. Originally an actor, Collini Sartor starred in a production directed by Ellen Stewart at ''LaMamma Theatre'' in New York City, and was invited by Ellen Stewart to act in her pro ...
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Felipe Colombo Felipe Colombo Eguía (born January 8, 1983, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican-Argentine actor, singer and songwriter. He was part of the pop-rock band Erreway together with Camila Bordonaba, Benjamín Rojas and Luisana Lopilato. Biograph ...
, actor, songwriter and musician Mexican-Argentine *
Pascual Contursi Pascual Contursi (November 18, 1888 – May 28, 1932) was an Argentine poet, singer, and guitarist. He composed lyrics for 33 tango compositions – many well-known. Life and work Pascual Contursi was born in Chivilcoy, a pampas town, in 1888. ...
, lyricist *
Juan Carlos Copes Juan Carlos Copes (31 May 1931 – 16 January 2021) was an Argentine tango dancer, choreographer, and performer. He started dancing with Maria Nieves when he was 17 and she 14, and the pair later married. Copes and Nieves played a leading role ...
, tango dancer and choreographer *
Irma Córdoba Irma Córdoba (July 20, 1913 – May 18, 2008) was an Argentine film actress of the classic era. She entered the film industry in 1932 and appeared in over 30 films, spanning 65 years of Argentine film. She appeared in films such as '' Fuera de ...
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Ada Cornaro Ada Cornaro (29 June 1881 – 19 March 1961) was a prominent Argentine film and theatre actress, tango dancer and singer of the 1930s and 1940s. Although she entered film in 1924 her claim to fame was in the 1930 tango film hit ''Adiós Argent ...
, actress * Ignacio Corsini, singer *
Antonella Costa Antonella Costa (born 19 March 1980 in Rome, Italy) is an Argentine film and television actress. She moved to Argentina with her parents at the age of four. She has worked in different countries, but primarily in Argentine cinema. Filmography * ...
, actress * María Teresa Costantini, actress *
Edgardo Cozarinsky Edgardo Cozarinsky (; born 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a writer and filmmaker. He is best known for his Spanish-language novel ''Vudú urbano''. Life Cozarinsky was born to an Argentine family of Ukrainian-Jewish descent. His name reflects ...
, filmmaker * Linda Cristal, actress *
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 ...
, cartoonist and film director *
Lito Cruz Lito Cruz (May 14, 1941 – December 19, 2017) was a prominent Argentine stage director and motion picture actor. Life and work Lito was born Oscar Alberto Cruz in the working-class La Plata suburb of Berisso in 1941, and began performing in lo ...
, actor and theatre director *
Antonio Cunill Cabanellas Antonio Cunill Cabanellas (August 27, 1894 – February 18, 1969) was an influential Spanish-Argentine playwright, theatre actor, director and instructor. Life and work Cunill Cabanellas was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1894. His father, Juan Cuni ...
, theatre director *
Ben Cura Ben Cura is an Argentine-born British actor, musician and director of film, television and theatre. Early life José Ben Cura was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Argentine tenor/conductor José Cura. When he was a year old, he moved to Santo ...
, actor and director of film, television and theatre. *
Patricia Dal Patricia Dal (born in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western sho ...
, actress * Elsa Daniel, actress * Juan d'Arienzo, tango composer and bandleader * Ricardo Darín, actor *
Pamela David Pamela Carolina David Gutiérrez (born 6 October 1978) ) is an Argentinian television personality, presenter, voice actress and model. She found fame in the reality TV show ''El BarTV 2''. She currently works as a co-hostess on América TV's ''D ...
, model * Sandro de América, singer * Eva De Dominici, actress and model * Florencia De La V, transsexual actress * Andrea del Boca, actress * Hugo del Carril, tango vocalist * Alberto de Mendoza, actor *
Iván de Pineda Iván de Pineda (born 11 July 1977) is an Argentine-Spanish international fashion model, film actor and TV host. He has modelled in New York City, London and Milan. de Pineda was born in Madrid to a Spanish father and an Argentine mother. He and ...
, model and talk show host * Julieta Díaz, actress *
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 * Raúl di Blasio, pianist *
Alejandro Dolina Alejandro Ricardo Dolina (born May 20, 1944) is an Argentine broadcaster, who also achieved fame as a musician, writer, radio host and television actor.Juanjo Domínguez Juanjo Domínguez (October 23, 1951 – February 10, 2019) was an Argentinian classical guitarist and important interpreter of Argentine music, especially tango. In 2005, he was awarded the Konex Award Konex Foundation Awards, or simply Konex A ...
, folk guitarist *
Martin Donovan Martin Donovan (born Martin Paul Smith; August 19, 1957) is an American actor. He has had a long collaboration with director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, such as ''Trust'' (1990), '' Surviving Desire'' (1991), '' Simple Men'' (199 ...
, filmmaker *
Alejandro Doria Alejandro Doria (November 1, 1936 – June 17, 2009) was a noted Argentine cinema and television director. Life and work Born in Buenos Aires in 1936, he first worked for Argentine television in 1965 as a writer for a local variety show, ''S ...
, filmmaker *
Dorismar Dorismar (born Dora Noemí Kerchen on March 15, 1975) is an Argentine model, actress, television hostess, and singer. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Acting career Dorismar has worked as an actress in Argentina and in Miami. She appear ...
, model, show host * María Clara D'Ubaldo, singer *
Ulises Dumont Ulises Dumont (April 7, 1937 – November 29, 2008) was a prolific Argentine film actor, credited with over 80 appearances in film and countless others in theatre and television from 1964 until his death in 2008. Life and work Born in 1937 in ...
, actor *
Nancy Dupláa Nancy Verónica Dupláa (born 3 December 1969) is an Argentine actress. Biography Nancy Verónica Dupláa was born on December 3, 1969 in Olivos, Buenos Aires Province, and was raised in San Martín, a suburb to the west. She is the sister ...
, actress *
Paulette Duval Paulette Duval (1889 – 1951) was a French dancer and actress of the silent film era and early sound motion pictures. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1889 and raised in France. She was considered one of the most beautiful women ...
, actress *
Pablo Echarri Pablo Daniel Echarri (born September 21, 1969) is a leading Argentine actor. Biography He was born in Sarandí, Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Career Pablo Echarri began his career on Argentine television in 1993. He was given his first sig ...
, actor *
Roberto Escalada Roberto Escalada born Aldo Roberto Leggero (4 July 1914 – 5 December 1986 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actor, an icon of the classic era of Argentine cinema. Roberto Escalada began his career working on the radio, and it was his voice ...
, actor * Lali Espósito, actress and singer * Laura Natalia Esquivel, actress and singer *
Ada Falcón Ada Falcón (born Aída Elsa Ada Falcone; 17 August 1905 – 4 January 2002) was an Argentina, Argentine Tango (dance), tango dancer, singer and film actress of the 1920s and 1930s. She starred in the film ''Ídolos de la radio'' in 1934. She w ...
, actress *
Juan Falú Alfredo Juan Falú (born October 10, 1948) is an Argentine classical guitarist and composer. He was born in Tucumán in 1948, and his uncle, Eduardo Falú, was by then a well-known folk guitarist. A psychoanalyst by profession and adherent o ...
, guitarist *
Soledad Fandiño Soledad Fandiño (born 7 April 1982) is an Argentine stage, television and film actress. Fandiño debuted as an actress in the 2003 television series Rebelde Way. After the series, she was then cast as Felicitas in the popular family sitcom ''R ...
, actress and model * Leonardo Favio, actor, singer and filmmaker *
José A. Ferreyra José A(gustín) Ferreyra (28 August 1889 – 29 January 1943), popularly known as "Negro Ferreyra" (Black Ferreyra, due to his partially African ancestry), was an early Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was also sometim ...
, filmmaker *
Golde Flami Golde Flami (10 February 1918 – 20 July 2007) was an Argentine actress of film, television and stage. Early life Flami was born as Golda Flon in 1918 to a Jewish family in the Russian Empire. Her family emigrated to Argentina when she was fi ...
, actress *
Gabriela Flores Gabriela Flores is an Argentine film actress. She has made some 20 film appearances since her debut in 1984 in the film ''Pasajeros de una pesadilla'' alongside Federico Luppi Federico Luppi (; February 23, 1936 – October 20, 2017) was ...
, actress *
Vera Fogwill Vera Fogwill (; born 28 November 1972 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine film and television actress, film director, and screenplay writer A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who pra ...
, actress *
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''. Her brot ...
, actress *
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 c ...
, actor and comic * Hugo Fregonese, film director * Mariano Frogioni, clarinettist *
Mario Gallo Mario Gallo (July 31, 1878 – October 2, 1945) was an Italian-born, Argentine film director of the 1900s and 1910s and one of the early directors in the cinema of Argentina. He directed what is nowadays considered the country's first fiction feat ...
, pioneering filmmaker *
Verónica Gamba The following women have appeared in the American or international edition of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month. Those who were also named Playmate of the Year are highlighted in green. A common misconception is that Marilyn Monroe wa ...
, model *
Carlos Gandolfo Carlos Gandolfo (March 27, 1931January 12, 2005) was an Argentine stage actor and director. Life and work Carlos Gandolfo was born in Buenos Aires, in 1931. He was a director in local, independent theatres ''Teatro de los Independientes'' and '' ...
, stage actor and director *
Myrtha Garbarini Myrtha Garbarini (1926–2015) was an Argentine operatic soprano who initially was a singer of chamber music and oratorios. From 1958, she performed at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires singing in some 25 operas including ''Le Nozze di Figaro'', ' ...
(1926–2015), opera singer *
Delia Garcés Delia Amadora García Gerboles better known as Delia Garcés (; 13 October 1919 – 7 November 2001) was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). She made almost 30 appearances in film between 1937 and 1959 ...
, actress *
Charly García Charly García (born Carlos Alberto García, October 23, 1951) is an Argentine singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He formed and headlined two of the most popular bands in Argentina's rock history: Sui Generis in the 1970s and Se ...
, musician *
Antonio Gasalla Antonio Gasalla (born March 9, 1941) is an Argentine actor, comedian, and theatre director. Life and work Antonio Gasalla was born in Ramos Mejía, a western suburb of Buenos Aires, in 1941. He enrolled at the National Dramatic Arts Conservatory ...
, comedian * León Gieco, singer and musician *
Susana Giménez María Susana Giménez Aubert (born 29 January 1944), known as Susana Giménez (), is an Argentine TV host, actress, model and businesswoman. In 2012, she was considered the biggest celebrity in Argentine television by the media firm that pub ...
, actress, show host * Araceli González, model and actress * Julie Gonzalo, actress * Roberto Goyeneche, tango vocalist *
Roy Granata Domingo "Roy" Granata (Buenos Aires, 12 February 1922 - Buenos Aires, 19 August 2005) was an Argentine jazz musician. Biography Granata was the second child of Giuseppino Granata and Lucía Russo. He began his musical studies when he was very you ...
, jazz musician *
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 * Gustavo Guillén, actor *
Jorge Guinzburg Jorge Ariel Guinzburg (3 February 1949 – 12 March 2008) was an Argentine journalist, theatrical producer, humorist, and TV and radio host. Background Guinzburg was born on 3 February 1949 to a Jewish family in Buenos Aires. He finished the hig ...
, humorist and journalist *
Rodrigo Guirao Díaz Antonio Rodrigo Guirao Díaz (; born 18 January 1980), known professionally as Rodrigo Guirao, is an Argentine actor. Early life Guirao was born in Vicente López, Buenos Aires. At age 11, he lost his father and from that moment his mother wa ...
, actor and musician *
Pablo Helman Pablo Helman (born July 5, 1959) is an Argentine visual effects supervisor. He was nominated for three Academy Awards for his work on the films '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' (2002), ''War of the Worlds'' (2005) and ''The Iri ...
, visual effects supervisor *
Antonia Herrero Antonia Herrero (c. 27 November 1897 – 11 April 1978) was an Argentine film actress born in Spain. She began acting in theater at Spain and moved to Argentina where she acted in the Argentine cinema between 1944 and 1973. Antonia Herrero was ...
, actress * Olivia Hussey, actress *
Adrián Iaies Adrián Iaies (born November 4, 1960) is an Argentine pianist and composer who has been nominated for the Latin Grammy awards three times. His main style is jazz but he combines that with soul, tango, and other styles. Iaies became involved in ja ...
, jazz pianist *
Narciso Ibáñez Menta Narciso Ibáñez Menta (; August 25, 1912 – May 15, 2004) was a Spanish theatre, film, and television actor. Biography Born in Langreo, Asturias, Spain, Ibáñez Menta made his first stage appearance at the age of seven at the Teatro La Come ...
, actor and filmmaker *
Rocío Igarzabal Rocío is a Spanish female name, literally meaning "dew". Notable people with the name include: *Rocío Banquells (1958), Mexican pop singer and actress *Rocío Carrasco, Rociíto (1977), Spanish TV presenter and business woman * Rocío Comba (1987 ...
, actress *
Imperio Argentina María Magdalena Nile del Río (26 December 1906 – 22 August 2003) was an Argentine professional singer and movie actress, better known as Imperio Argentina; she became a citizen of Spain in 1999. María Magdalena Nile del Río was born ...
, actress and singer *
Carlos Inzillo Carlos Inzillo (born December 15, 1944) is a jazz musician, producer and historian from Argentina. Life and work Inzillo was born in Buenos Aires in 1944. He enrolled at thUniversidád John F. Kennedy(a private, local college), earning a degree in ...
, jazz clarinetist and producer *
Martín Irigoyen Martín Daniel Irigoyen (born January 14, 1977) is an Argentine musician best known as a composer and multi-instrumentalist with Vernian Process and Profondo Delle Tenebre. He has participated in many solo and group projects outside of Vernian Pr ...
, composer, musician * Carlos Jiménez, singer *
Kevin Johansen Kevin Johansen (born 21 June 1964) is an US-born Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He is known for mixing several rhythms and languages in his musical work. Biography Kevin Johansen was born on June 21, 1964 in Fairbanks, Alaska, to Marta ...
, singer and musician *
Juan José Jusid Juan José Jusid (born September 28, 1941) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. Career Jusid was born in Buenos Aires. He started his professional career as an actor, puppeteer and stage photographer in the 1960s then switched to fil ...
, filmmaker *
Guido Kaczka Guido Martín Kaczka (born 2 February 1978) is an Argentine actor, television presenter, television producer and radio host. Biography Guido Kaczka was born in Moreno, Buenos Aires on February 2, 1978, and grew up in the Buenos Aires district ...
, actor, producer and television show host *
David Kavlin David Jaime Kavlin (born December 26, 1971, in Salta, Argentina) is an Argentine radio personality, actor, singer and television host. Life and career 1971 – 2000: Early life David Kavlin was born on December 26, 1971, in the province of Salta ...
, actor, singer, radio and television host * Martín Karadagian, professional wrestler * Sergio Kleiner, actor *
León Klimovsky León Klimovsky (16 October 1906 – 8 April 1996) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. Biography A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural moveme ...
, filmmaker


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* La Argentina, flamenco dancer *
La Argentinita Encarnación López Júlvez, known as La Argentinita (Buenos Aires, March 3, 1898 – New York, September 24, 1945), was a Spanish-Argentine flamenco dancer (bailaora), choreographer and singer. La Argentinita was considered the highest expr ...
, flamenco dancer *
Lydia Lamaison Lydia Lamaison (5 August 1914 – 20 February 2012) was an Argentine actress. She appeared in 47 films and television shows between 1939 and 2012. She starred in the film ''La caída'', which was entered into the 9th Berlin International Fil ...
, actress * Libertad Lamarque, singer and actress * Fernando Lamas, actor * Justo Lamas, singer *
Mercedes Lambre Mercedes Rodríguez "Mechi" Lambre (; born 5 October 1992) is an Argentine actress, singer, dancer and model. She is known to international audiences for playing the debut role of Ludmilla in the Disney Channel original series '' Violetta''. ...
, actress and singer *
Romina Lanaro Romina Lanaro (born October 19, 1986) is an Argentine fashion model. She was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, and began to work as model at the age of 14 when she moved to Buenos Aires. At 17 years old she moved to Paris and then t ...
, model * Kurt Land, screenwriter and director *
Víctor Laplace Víctor Laplace (born 30 May 1943) is an Argentina, Argentine film actor. Laplace was born in Tandil, Buenos Aires. The son of a watchmaking jeweler and a housewife. When he was 14, he started working as a metallurgist in a factory, there he als ...
, actor *
Noemi Lapzeon Noemi Lia Lapzeson (28 June 1940, Buenos Aires, Argentina Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is loca ...
, ballet dancer, choreographer *
María Cristina Laurenz María Cristina Laurenz (born 1940) is a retired Argentine actress and singer active between 1960 and 1994. She is the daughter of Tango musician Pedro Laurenz Pedro Laurenz (born Pedro Blanco Acosta) was a bandoneon player, director and com ...
, actress *
René Lavand Héctor René Lavandera (24 September 1928 – 7 February 2015), known as René Lavand, was an Argentine magician, specialising in close-up magic. He was notable for performing card tricks with only one hand. Biography Lavand was born in Buenos ...
, magician * Raúl Lavié, tango vocalist * Ricardo Lavié, actor *
Libertad Leblanc Libertad María de los Ángeles Vichich Blanco (; 24 February 193829 April 2021) was an Argentine film actress, famous for starring in several erotic films during the 1960s. Leblanc was one of Argentina's platinum blonde sex symbols in the 1960 ...
, actress * Inda Ledesma, actress and theatre director *
Mirtha Legrand Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez (born 23 February 1927), known by her stage name Mirtha Legrand (″Legrand″ being a portmanteau for the French , "the great") is an Argentine actress and television presenter. With an 80-year career, Legran ...
, actress and show host *
Silvia Legrand María Aurelia Paula Martínez Suárez (23 February 1927 – 1 May 2020), known professionally as Silvia Legrand, was an Argentine actress. She co-starred with her twin sister Mirtha Legrand Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez (born 23 Feb ...
, actress *
Ana Lenchantin Ana Lenchantin is an Argentine-American cellist of French ancestry, known for frequent appearances with American rock bands such as Train, Into the Presence, The Eels, Gnarls Barkley, No Doubt, Arthur Lee and Love, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Na ...
, 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, ...
, bassist-violinist *
Alejandro Lerner Alejandro Federico Lerner (born June 8, 1957) is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has written and sung countless songs including several hits, and his fame and recognition spread all over South America. Through his career, Lerner ...
, songwriter and pianist *
Saúl Lisazo Saúl Gustavo Lisazo Oscoidi (; born June 1, 1956 in Los Toldos, province of Buenos Aires in Argentina) is an Argentine actor and ex-footballer. Biography Saúl Gustavo Lisazo Oscoidi is one of 6 siblings: Maria, Fernanda, Araceli, Alejandro, Ma ...
, actor *
Nélida Lobato Nélida Lobato, born Haydée Nélida Menta (; 19 June 1934 – 9 May 1982), was an Argentinian dancer, vedette, model and actress. She began her career at 18 years old in a programme of LR3 Radio Belgrano Televisión showing her talent for t ...
, vedette * Marga López, actress *
Carlos López Puccio Carlos Alberto Daniel López Puccio (born 9 October 1946 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Rosario, Argentina) is an Argentinian multi-instrumentalist, orchestral and choral conducting, conductor, composer, arranger and one of the current members of Les Luth ...
, musician * Darío Lopilato, actor * Luisana Lopilato, actress and model *
Florencia Lozano Florencia Lozano (born December 16, 1969) is an American actress. She starred as Téa Delgado on the daytime series ''One Life to Live''. Lozano has guest-starred in several primetime television shows, as well as films. Early life Florencia Lo ...
, actress * Silvina Luna, model and actress * Federico Luppi, actor * Virginia Luque, actress *
Tito Lusiardo Tito Lusiardo (September 13, 1896 – June 25, 1982 in Buenos Aires) was an iconic Argentine film actor and tango singer of the classic era. Lusiardo began acting for film in 1933 and made some 50 film appearances as an actor. He began ...
, actor *
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 *
Ángel Magaña Ángel Magaña (August 24, 1915 – November 13, 1982) was an Argentina, Argentine film actor who appeared in some of Argentina's notable films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was married to Nuri Montsé Filmography #Hotel de señoritas ( ...
, actor *
Jorge Maggio Jorge Bernardo Teodoro Maggio (born November 2, 1982) better known as Coco Maggio is an Argentine actor, television presenter and journalist. Biography Jorge Maggio played rugby as a child and during his teens but dropped out of the sport. J ...
, actor * Arturo Maly, actor * Mona Maris, actress *
Jorge Maronna Jorge Maronna is an Argentine multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer, author and a founding member of the comedy-musical group Les Luthiers Les Luthiers is an Argentine comedy-musical group, very popular also in several other Spanish-speaking ...
, musician *
Jorge Marrale Jorge Marrale (born June 30, 1947) is an Argentine actor. Life and work Marrale was born in Buenos Aires' industrial Barracas section to a Spanish mother and an Italian father (from the Calabria Region), in 1947. His paternal grandfather had be ...
, actor *
José Marrone José Carlos Marrone (25 October 1915 in Buenos Aires – 27 June 1990 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actor and humorist. His beginning was in vaudeville theaters and the radio; afterwards he hosted several children-oriented TV shows, such ...
, children's television host *
Niní Marshall Marina Esther Traveso (June 1, 1903 – March 18, 1996), known by her stage name Niní Marshall, was an Argentine humorist, comic actress and screenwriter; nicknamed ''The Chaplin with a skirt'' and ''The Lady of Humour''. Life and work S ...
, comedian * Lucrecia Martel, theater and film director *
Duilio Marzio Duilio Marzio (November 27, 1923 - July 25, 2013) was a well-known Argentine cinema and theatre actor. Life and work Marzio was born Duilio Bruno Perruccio La Stella in Buenos Aires to Sicilian immigrants, in 1923. He enrolled at the University ...
, actor * Gerardo Masana, musician *
Mirta Teresita Massa Mirta Teresita Massa (born 1945) is an Argentine model and beauty queen who was the first delegate of Argentina to capture the Miss International Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is ...
, Miss International 1967 *
Valeria Mazza Valeria Raquel Mazza (, ; born 17 February 1972) is an Argentine supermodel and businesswoman of Italian ancestry. Mazza rose to prominence in the 1990s and became a household name after appearing on the cover of the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit ...
, model and businesswoman *
Claribel Medina Claribel Medina (born December 16, 1961 in San Juan) is a Puerto Rican actress who has acted for soap operas and movies filmed both in her native Puerto Rico and in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=n ...
, actress, Puerto Rican by birth, Argentine citizen *
Esteban Mellino Esteban Mellino (March 13, 1945 – June 9, 2008) was an Argentina, Argentine actor best known for portraying the comical character Professor Diogenes Lambetain in the television series ''Badia y Cia'', ''Fashion VIP'' and ''El humor de Cafe Fashi ...
, comedian *
Cecilia Méndez Cecilia Inés Méndez (born April 21, 1986 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine fashion model who has been in advertising campaigns for Marithé et François Girbaud, Charles David, and Bottega Veneta. Career Méndez's modeling caree ...
, model * Tita Merello, singer and actress *
Juan Carlos Mesa Juan Carlos Mesa (May 15, 1930 – August 2, 2016) was an Argentine humorist, screenwriter, and director. Life and work Juan Carlos Mesa was born in Córdoba, Argentina, in 1930. Following a stint as a writer in Uruguay for a sitcom, ''Telecatapl ...
, humorist and screenwriter * Nito Mestre, singer and rock musician *
Eduardo Mignogna Eduardo Mignogna (August 17, 1940 – October 6, 2006) was an Argentinian film director and screenwriter. Filmography * 1975 - ''La Raulito en libertad'' (writer) * 1983 - ''El Desquite'' (writer) * 1983 - ''Evita, quien quiera oír que oiga'' ...
, filmmaker *
Alberto Migré Alberto Migré, pseudonym of "Felipe Alberto Milletari Miagro" (12 September 1931, Buenos Aires – 10 March 2006) was an Argentina, Argentine television, TV screenwriter and producer, specialized on telenovelas. Family background Alberto was bor ...
, writer and director *
Amanda Miguel Amanda Miguel (born 1 June 1956) is an Argentine singer. Early life Miguel was born in Gaiman, in the Chubut Province in Argentina, June 1, 1956. Career At 17, she met Diego Verdaguer, a man five years her senior, whom she would later marry. A ...
, singer * Sandra Mihanovich, musician *
Juan Minujín Juan Gervasio Minujín (born May 20, 1975) is an Argentine actor and film director. He is the nephew of plastic artist Marta Minujín. Career He trained as an actor with Cristina Banegas, Julio Chávez, Alberto Ure, Pompeyo Audivert and Guil ...
, actor *
Osvaldo Miranda Osvaldo Miranda may refer to: * Osvaldo Miranda (footballer) (born 1984), Argentine footballer * Osvaldo Miranda (actor) Osvaldo Isaías Mathon Miranda (November 3, 1915 – April 20, 2011) was an Argentine film and television actor whose credit ...
, actor *
Marianela Mirra Marianela Mirra ( Tucumán, Argentina) is an Argentine reality TV participant and TV personality. She won Argentina's version of '' Big Brother'', '' Gran Hermano''. She was a polemic participant on the show and her decisions were highly criticize ...
, model and actress *
Luis Moglia Barth Luis Moglia Barth (12 April 1903 - 18 June 1984) was an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. He directed some 30 films between 1927 and 1959, ofte ...
, filmmaker * Juana Molina, actress and musician *
Inés Molina Inés Molina is an Argentine film and television actress. Sometimes she is credited as Inés Molina Villafañe. She works in the cinema of Argentina. Filmography * '' Sur'' (1989) aka ''The South'' * '' El Viaje'' (1993) aka ''The Journey'' * ...
, actress * Nuri Montsé, actress *
Mercedes Morán Mercedes Beatriz Morán is an Argentine actress, known for her role in the television miniseries ''Culpables''. Career Morán has worked in several TV programs, such as ''Donde pueda quererte'', ''Rosa de lejos'', ''Por siempre amigos'', ''Ga ...
, actress *
Marcela Morelo Marcela Morelo (born Marcela Morello on 13 December 1969) is an Argentine singer-songwriter. She has released eight critically acclaimed studio albums, which all earned either Record certification, Gold or Record certification, Platinum record. M ...
, singer * Cris Morena, actress, writer and producer of television * Zully Moreno, actress * Bertha Moss, actress *
Marcos Mundstock Marcos Mundstock (May 25, 1942 – April 22, 2020) was an Argentine musician, writer, comedian, actor, broadcaster and copywriter. He had dual nationality of Argentina and Spain, having obtained the latter in 2012. Born in Santa Fe, Argentina, ...
, musician *
Berta Muñiz Sebastián "Berta" Muñiz (July 21, 1978 – in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre ...
, actress *
Andres Muschietti Andrés Muschietti (; born August 26, 1973) is an Argentine filmmaker who achieved wide recognition with the 2013 film ''Mama'' which he made with Neil Cross and his sister, producer and screenwriter Barbara Muschietti, based on their three-minut ...
, filmmaker *
Barbara Muschietti Bárbara Muschietti (born December 22, 1971) is an Argentine film producer and screenwriter, best known for producing the 2013 horror film ''Mama'' and the 2017 and 2019 adaptations of Stephen King's '' It'', all of which were directed by her bro ...
, producer * Leonardo Nam, actor *
Norma Nolan Norma Beatriz Nolan (born 22 April 1938) is an Argentine beauty queen who was the first woman from Argentina to win the Miss Universe title. Nolan is of Irish and Italian descent. She was crowned Miss Argentina in 1962 by her predecessor, Adrian ...
, Miss Universe 1962 *
Barry Norton Barry Norton (born Alfredo Carlos Birabén; June 16, 1905 – August 24, 1956) was an Argentine-American actor. He appeared in over 90 films, starting in silent films from 1925 until his death in 1956. He is perhaps best known for his role a ...
, actor *
Carlos Núñez Cortés Carlos Núñez Cortés (born October 15, 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an actor, composer, multi-instrumentist and singer. He has been a member of Les Luthiers since 1965 (during the "prehistory" of the group) until 2017, when he retired. ...
, musician *
Carlos Olguin-Trelawny Carlos Olguin-Trelawny is a plastic artist, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1944. He began courses on filmmaking at the ProDeo University in Rome. He also studied with masters such as Jean-Luc Godard in P ...
, film director, screenwriter * Héctor Olivera, filmmaker * Alberto Olmedo, comedian *
Palito Ortega Ramón Bautista Ortega (; born February 28, 1941) is an Argentine singer and actor, better known as Palito Ortega (). Ortega is an icon of Argentine popular music, and is considered one of the main representatives of the musical style called N ...
, singer *
Mecha Ortiz Mecha Ortiz (née María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro; 1900–1987) was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1937 and 1981, during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association A ...
, actress * Fito Páez, songwriter and rock keyboard player *
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 addition ...
(Norberto Napolitano), rock musician *
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 B ...
, actor * Malvina Pastorino, actress *
Soledad Pastorutti Soledad "La Sole" Pastorutti (born October 12, 1980, in Arequito, Santa Fe, Arequito, Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe) is an Argentine Folk music, folk singer, who brought the Music of Argentina#Folclore, genre to the younger generations at the end ...
, folk and pop singer *
Gastón Pauls Gastón Pauls (born January 17, 1972) is an Argentine actor, TV host and producer. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pauls comes from a family of artists. His mother was a painter, his father a film producer, and his paternal grandp ...
, actor *
Luciana Pedraza Luciana Pedraza () (born January 5, 1972) is an Argentine actress and director. She is married to American actor Robert Duvall, and is the granddaughter of Argentine aviation pioneer Susana Ferrari Billinghurst. Early life Born in the Argentin ...
, actress and filmmaker *
Carolina Peleritti Carolina Peleritti (born July 2, 1971) is an Argentine actress and former fashion model. She as born in Buenos Aires and took part in many TV series such as ''Boro Boro'', ''La Marca del Deseo'', ''Cybersix'' and ''099 Central''. Filmography Fil ...
, actress and model *
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 Lumpur a ...
, architect *
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 ...
, actor *
Mario Pergolini Mario Daniel Pergolini (born July 3, 1964, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine journalist, media producer and businessman, best known as the former main host of the television show ''Caiga Quien Caiga'' (''CQC'') broadcast on Argentina's Telefe. H ...
, variety show host * Carla Peterson, actress *
Melina Petriella Melina Petriella (born March 2, 1976) is an Argentine movie and television actress. Filmography * ''Besos en la frente'' (1996) * '' Esperando al Mesías'' (2000) aka '' Waiting for the Messiah'' * ''Nocturno'' (2001) * '' El Abrazo partido'' ( ...
, actress *
Roberto Pettinato Roberto Pettinato (born December 15, 1955 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentina, Argentine musician, journalist, and television presenter. Early life Pettinato's father, Roberto Sr., was a high-ranking corrections officer in the administration of ...
, TV entertainer *
Ana María Picchio Ana María Picchio (born March 30, 1946 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentina, Argentine actress. She made her debut in 1969 in the film ''Breve cielo'' and has made over 50 appearances in film and TV to date. For her role in ''Breve cielo'' she won ...
, actress *
Malena Pichot Malena Pichot (; born 6 July 1982) is an Argentine feminist Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian, actress and screenwriter. Biography Pichot rose to fame in 2008, when she uploaded a video to YouTube after breaking up with her boyfriend, titled " ...
, comedian and actress *
Cecilia Pillado Cecilia Pillado (born in Mendoza, Argentina) is an Argentine-German actress, a classical pianist and composer. In Germany in 2005 she launched her own record label Tango Malambo, which was inactive until 2013. In the meanwhile her recordings were ...
, actress, classical pianist, Argentine by birth * Marcelo Piñeyro, filmmaker * Jorge Polaco, filmmaker * Lola Ponce, singer, actress and model *
Jorge Porcel Jorge Raúl Porcel de Peralta (; 7 September 1936 – 16 May 2006), known as Jorge Porcel, was an Argentine comedy actor and television host. He was nicknamed ''El Gordo de América'' (''America's Fat Guy''). Porcel is considered, along with A ...
, comedian *
Naomi Preizler Naomi Preizler (born October 12, 1990) is an Argentine fashion model and artist, known for her "longilinear silhouette, long blonde hair and androgynous face." Career Although discovered at age 14 by a model scout, Preizler did not begin her in ...
, model and artist *
Jorge Preloran Jorge Ricardo Preloran (May 28, 1933 – March 28, 2009) was an Argentine filmmaker and a pioneer in ethnobiographic film making. Life and career Preloran was born in Buenos Aires to an Argentine father and an Irish American mother. He ma ...
, filmmaker and a pioneer in ethnobiographic film making *
Luca Prodan Luca Prodan (17 May 1953 – 22 December 1987) was an Italian-Argentinian musician and singer who rose to fame as the leading vocalist of Sumo, one of the most influential rock bands of Argentina,''Argentina Independent''Lo de Luca: Homage to a R ...
, Italian-born rock composer and leader of Argentine band
Sumo is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by thr ...
*
Luis Puenzo Luis Adalberto Puenzo (born 19 February 1946) is an Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has also worked in the United States. Biography Puenzo was born in Buenos Aires in ...
, filmmaker * Osvaldo Pugliese, tango composer *
Eugène Py Eugène Py (19 May 1859 – 26 August 1924) was a major early French cameraman, cinematographer and film director and is widely considered the founding pioneer of the cinema of Argentina. Born in Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France ...
, pioneering cinematographer *
Carla Quevedo Carla Quevedo (born 23 April 1988) is an Argentine actress. She is most known for her limited but crucial role in ''The Secret in Their Eyes'', in which she played Liliana Coloto. Career Her acting debut was in the year 2009 in Argentina film ...
, actress and designer *
Lorenzo Quinteros Lorenzo Quinteros (14 June 1945 – 23 April 2019) was an Argentine cinema and theatre actor. Born in Córdoba Province, Quinteros has appeared in many films since his debut in '' Alianza para el progreso'' in 1971. His reputation as a talented ...
, actor *
Rodolfo Ranni Rodolfo Ranni (born 31 October 1937 in Trieste, Italy) is an Italian Argentine film actor.Rodolfo Ranni
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Daniel Rabinovich Daniel Abraham Rabinovich Aratuz (November 18, 1943 – August 21, 2015) was an Argentine musician, writer, humorist, lawyer and singer. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he cofounded the group Les Luthiers Les Luthiers is an Argentine comedy-m ...
, musician *
Sergio Renán Sergio Renán (30 January 1933 – 13 June 2015) was an Argentine actor, film director, and screenwriter. Biography Born Samuel Kohan in Buenos Aires in 1933, his parents were Jewish immigrants who had lived in one of the numerous Jewish ag ...
, director of film and theatre * Alejandro Rey, actor *
Susana Rinaldi Susana Natividad Rinaldi was born om December 25, 1935 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an Argentine tango singer. Biography Susana Natividad Rinaldi was born to a wealthy father and a poor mother in Buenos Aires in 1935. Dubbed "La Tana" (in r ...
, singer *
Calu Rivero Carla Soledad "Calu" Rivero (born 5 April 1987) is an Argentine actress and model. Early life Carla Soledad Rivero was born in Recreo, Catamarca. She moved with her family to Córdoba at the age of six. Her nickname "Calu" was given by her ol ...
, actress * Edmundo Rivero, tango singer * Inés Rivero, model *
Nélida Roca Nélida Roca (; May 30, 1929December 4, 1999), was one of the first showbusiness divas and sex symbols of Argentina. She was an actress, dancer, singer, model and theater supervedette. Born Nélida Mercedes Musso in Buenos Aires, her friends a ...
, vedette *
Belén Rodríguez María Belén Rodríguez Cozzani (, ; born 20 September 1984), better known as Belén Rodríguez or Belén, is an Argentine television personality, actress and model. Based in Milan since 2004, Rodríguez has hosted variety shows and appeared ...
, model and actress *
Elena Roger Elena Silvia Roger (born October 27, 1974, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine actress who won the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Édith Piaf in '' Piaf''. She has also appeared in the Wes ...
, actress * Benjamín Rojas, actor, singer and musician *
Alita Román Alita Blanca Barchigia (24 August 1912 – 15 April 1989), better known as Alita Román, was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). She appeared in nearly 50 films between 1934 and 1982 and was a sought-aft ...
, actress * Manuel Romero, filmmaker * Cecilia Roth, actress *
Ariel Rotter Ariel Rotter (born 1973 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a film director and screenplay writer. He works in the cinema of Argentina. Filmography * '' Sólo por hoy'' (2001) ''Just for Today'' * ''The Other'' (2007) a.k.a. ''El Otro'' * ''Incide ...
, filmmaker * Ingrid Rubio, actress * Sebastián Rulli, actor *
Mario Sábato Mario Sábato (born February 15, 1945) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He is the son of the famed writer Ernesto Sábato. He worked mainly in the Cinema of Argentina best known for his children's comedy films. Filmography * '' Y ...
, filmmaker *
Sabrina Sabrok Lorena Fabiana Colotta (born March 4, 1970), known professionally as Sabrina Sabrok, is an Argentine television host, cyberpunk rock singer, adult model, pornographic actress, and producer. Discography * ''Deal with the devil'' (2016) * ''Dan ...
, model and TV entertainer * Horacio Salgán, pianist * Dino Saluzzi, jazz bandoneonist * Miguel Sánchez, comedian, actor, show host * Gustavo Santaolalla, composer and musician, Academy Award winner in 2006 and 2007 *
Julio Saraceni Julio Saraceni (October 10, 1912 – October 12, 1998) was a prolific Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned six decades. He was an aviator as a young man, but later found a career in f ...
, filmmaker * Isabel Sarli, actress *
Lidia Elsa Satragno Lidia Elsa Satragno (11 November 1935 – 8 December 2022) was an Argentine actress and politician, where she was popularly known as Pinky. Early life and career Lidia Elsa Satragno was born in the western Buenos Aires suburb of San Justo in ...
, news anchor, talk show hostess and politician *
Josefina Scaglione Josefina Scaglione (born September 5, 1987) is an Argentinian musical theatre actress and singer, best known for her performance as Maria in the 2009 Broadway revival of ''West Side Story'', for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Bes ...
, actress and singer *
María Martha Serra Lima María Martha Serra Lima (December 19, 1944 – November 2, 2017) was an Argentine canción melódica singer. Life and work Born in Buenos Aires to a family of auto dealership proprietors, Serra Lima was first signed on to a record label in 1977 ...
, singer *
Soledad Silveyra Soledad Silveyra (; born February 13, 1952), is a prominent TV, theater and cinema Argentine actress. She has made over 65 TV and film appearances since 1964. Most of her appearances have been in film and TV where she made her debut in the soap ...
, actress *
Fernando Siro Fernando Siro (October 5, 1931 – September 4, 2006) was an Argentine film actor, film director and screenwriter. Life and work Born Francisco Ángel Luksich in Villa Ballester, he developed an early interest in acting and in 1950 was given ...
, actor and director * Mario Soffici, actor *
Alejandro Sokol Alejandro Sokol (30 January 1960 – 12 January 2009) was an Argentine rock musician, who was part of Sumo and Las Pelotas. Sokol was the bassist, and then the drummer, of Sumo in its early days (1981-1984), and left the band because the r ...
, bassist and drummer *
Miguel Ángel Solá Miguel Ángel Solá Vehil (born May 14, 1950) is an Argentine actor who has made over 60 film appearances in film and TV in Argentina since 1973. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Solá belongs to the Vehil's dynasty of actors, eight generations ...
, actor *
Fernando Solanas Fernando Ezequiel "Pino" Solanas (16 February 1936 – 6 November 2020) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, and politician. His films include; '' La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces)'' (1968), '' Tangos: el exilio de Gardel'' ...
, filmmaker and politician *
Juan Soler Juan Soler Valls Quiroga (born January 19, 1966) is an Argentine-Mexican actor and former model and rugby union footballer. He was married to Argentine actress Magdalena "Maki" Moguilevsky with whom he has two daughters. Biography Personal life ...
, actor *
Julia Solomonoff Julia Solomonoff (born March 4, 1968, in Entre Ríos) is an Argentine film actress, producer, film and television director, and screenplay writer. She lives in Buenos Aires and works in the cinema of Argentina and is a professor as well as the ...
, actress * Pepe Soriano, actor *
Carlos Sorín Carlos Sorín (born 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a film director, screenplay writer, cinematographer, and film producer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina.
, filmmaker *
Coti Sorokin Roberto Fidel Ernesto Sorokin Esparza (born June 14, 1973, in Rosario, Santa Fe), who performs under the stage name Coti, is an Argentina, Argentine singer-songwriter, best known for collaborations with other Spanish language, Spanish-language ar ...
, songwriter, musician, composer *
Mercedes Sosa Haydée Mercedes Sosa (; 9 July 1935
at BrainyHistory.com – 4 October 2009), sometimes known as ' ...
, folk singer *
Hugo Soto Hugo Emilio Soto Miranda (born September 28, 1983) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Zamora in the Venezuelan league. His usual position is central defender Honours Player La Equidad *Copa Colombia (2008) See also *Football in Colo ...
, actor *
Chango Spasiuk Horacio ''"Chango"'' Spasiuk (born September 23, 1968 in Apóstoles, Misiones) is an Argentine chamamé musician and accordion player. Of Ukrainian grandparents, ''El Chango'' had a strong Polka music influence from his early days; Eastern Europea ...
, folk musician and singer * Luis Alberto Spinetta, rock musician and composer * Bruno Stagnaro, filmmaker * Lita Stantic, filmmaker * Martina Stoessel, actress and singer *
René Strickler René Strickler (born April 27, 1962) is an Argentine actor. Telenovelas Show hosting * ''TVyNovelas Award The Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by Televisa and the magazine TVyNovelas to honor the best Mexican television producti ...
, actor * Adrián Suar, actor and producer *
María Eugenia Suárez María Eugenia Suárez Riveiro (born 9 March 1992), better known as China Suárez, is an Argentine actress, singer and model. Biography María Eugenia Suárez Riveiro was born on March 9, 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is the daughter ...
, actress * Silvana Suárez,
Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss Int ...
1978 * Eliséo Subiela, filmmaker *
Damián Szifrón Damián is a Czech, Slovak and Spanish male given name, which is a form of the name Damian. Damian is derived from the Greek name Δαμιανος (Damianos), from the Greek word δαμαζω (damazo), meaning "to tame" or "to master".''Behind the ...
, filmmaker *
Anya Taylor-Joy Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy ( ; born 16 April 1996) is an actress. She has won several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2021, she was featu ...
, actress * María del Luján Telpuk, model *
Juan Carlos Thorry Juan Carlos Thorry (June 28, 1908, in Coronel Pringles – February 12, 2000 in San Antonio de Padua), born José Antonio Torrontegui, was an Argentine film actor, tango musician and director. Best known for his work in tango films in the Ci ...
, actor and tango musician * Marcelo Tinelli, TV entertainer *
Carlos Thompson Juan Carlos Mundin-Schaffter, known as Carlos Thompson, (7 June 1923 – 10 October 1990) was an Argentine actor. Career Of German and Swiss descent, he played leading roles on stage and in films in Argentina. He went to Hollywood in the 1950s ...
, actor * Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, filmmaker * Diego Torres, actor, singer and musician *
Leopoldo Torres Ríos Leopoldo Torres Ríos (27 December 1899 – 10 April 1960) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His brother Carlos Torres Ríos was a notable cinematographer. His son was the film director and screenwriter Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. ...
, filmmaker *
Yésica Toscanini Yésica Toscanini (; born 26 March 1986) is a professional Argentine fashion model. She was born in Junín, Argentina. Toscanini appeared in '' Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' 2006/2007 editions,
, model * Pablo Trapero, filmmaker * Aníbal Troilo, tango bandoneonist and songwriter *
Paulina Trotz Paulina Trotz (June 30, 1986) is an Argentine Biologist and Model. Biography Paulina Trotz was born on June 30, 1986. She is the second daughter of Ernesto Trotz and María Laura Fernández Roussee, one of the Trix. Personal life On August ...
, model * Daniela Urzi, model * Héctor Varela, tango musician *
Micaela Vázquez Micaela Belén Vázquez (born November 24, 1986) is an Argentine actress and television presenter. She is the best known for her role of Pilar Dunoff in the series ''Rebelde Way'', and also for series '' Chiquititas'' and '' Floricienta''—al ...
, actress *
Virginia Vera Virginia Vera née Borioli (1898–1949) was an Italian-born Argentine singer, guitarist, composer and actress who gained fame in Buenos Aires from the mid-1920s. In addition to stage appearances, she became a popular singer on various radio statio ...
, singer and guitarist * Natalia Verbeke, actress *
Diego Verdaguer Miguel Atilio Boccadoro Hernández (26 April 1951 – 27 January 2022), known professionally as Diego Verdaguer (, was an Argentine-born singer. Biography Verdaguer played the trumpet and the bandoneón. He was married to the singer Amanda Mig ...
, actor *
Candela Vetrano María Candela Vetrano Vega (born August 9, 1991 in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina) better known as Candela Vetrano is an Argentine actress, model and fashion designer. Biography María Candela Vetrano was born on August 9, 1991 i ...
, actress * Chunchuna Villafañe, actress *
Soledad Villamil Soledad Villamil (born June 19, 1969 in La Plata) is an Argentine film and television actress and singer. She has won two Carlos Gardel Awards, Argentine equivalent of American Grammy Awards and British BRIT Awards besides, Goya Award for Be ...
, actress *
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 ...
, musician *
Alejandro Wiebe Alejandro Wiebe known by his stage name Marley (born 1 June 1970 in Carapachay, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) is an Argentine TV host, comedian and producer. He is currently working for TV channel Telefe. Early life Wiebe and his old ...
, television host * Axel Witteveen, musician * Atahualpa Yupanqui, folk songwriter and musician *
Sofía Zámolo Sofía Lisa Zámolo (born 21 March 1983) is an Argentine model, actress and television presenter. Biography Sofía Lisa Zámolo was born on March 21, 1983, in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is the daughter of Diether Zámolo, a lawy ...
, model * Pablo Ziegler, Grammy award-winning pianist, composer and arranger *
Olga Zubarry Olga Zubarry (30 October 1929 – 15 December 2012) was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1943 and 1997. She made over 60 appearances in film, spanning 6 decades of Argentine cinema, but is best known for her work during t ...
, actress


Fashion

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Alan Faena Alan Diego Faena (born 20 November 1963, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine hotelier and real estate developer who has developed properties in his native Buenos Aires, as well as Miami Beach, Florida. Faena is the founder and President of Faena G ...
, fashion designer and developer *
Paco Jamandreu Francisco Vicente Jaumandreu, also known as Paco Jamandreu (October 17, 1925 – March 9, 1995) was an Argentine fashion designer and actor. He was a friend of Eva Perón and served as a costume designer on several Argentine films. Career ...
, haute couturier, confidant of First Lady Eva Perón


Journalism

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Carlos Manuel Acuña Carlos Manuel Acuña was a journalist who wrote for ''La Nación'', starting in 1960. ''La Nación'' covered a wide range of information, specializing in political issues. Acuña covered stories involving various dissent and political disagreements ...
, journalist *
Horacio Badaraco Horacio Badaraco (1901–1946) was an Argentine anarchist and journalist, born in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate ...
, journalist and anarchist *
Osvaldo Bayer Osvaldo Bayer (18 February 1927 – 24 December 2018) was an Argentine writer and journalist. He lived in Buenos Aires. In 1974, during the presidency of Isabel Perón, he went into exile, residing in Linz am Rhein, Germany, throughout the Natio ...
, journalist and filmmaker * Andrés Bellatti, journalist * José Luis Cabezas, photojournalist *
Andrés Cantor Andrés Cantor (born December 22, 1962) is an Argentine-American sportscaster and pundit who works in the United States providing Spanish-language commentary and analysis in sports. Cantor is well known among both Spanish- and English speakers f ...
(born 1962), Emmy-award-winning soccer sportscaster *
Alicia Dujovne Ortiz Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (born in 1940) is an Argentine journalist and author. Biography Dujovne Ortiz was born in Buenos Aires. She is Jewish. She earned a degree in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Buenos Aires and contributed to nume ...
, journalist and biographer *
Daniel Frescó Daniel Frescó (born 1960) is an Argentinian journalist and author. He has practiced journalism since the age of 18. He started as a collaborator in the Clarín (Argentine newspaper), Clarín newspaper and in Radio Continental. In 1983 he was ...
, radio and television anchor *
Andrew Graham-Yooll Andrew Michael Graham-Yooll OBE (5 January 1944 – 5 July 2019) was an Argentine journalist, the son of a Scottish father and an English mother. He was the author of about thirty books, written in English and Spanish. ''A State of Fear'' ( ...
, news editor and writer *
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 ...
, television news reporter *
Mariano Grondona Mariano Grondona (born 19 October 1932, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine lawyer, sociologist, political scientist, essayist and commentator. He has been a journalist for several decades, appearing in print media and on television, and has written ...
, television anchorman *
Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz (11 August 1924, in Lima – 21 August 2010, in Buenos Aires) was a Peruvian journalist, commentator and radio host, who spent most of his professional career in Argentina. Life and work Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz was b ...
, Peruvian-Argentine radio host and commentator *
Leonardo Henrichsen Leonardo Henrichsen (May 29, 1940 – June 29, 1973) was an Argentine and Swedish photojournalist. Life and times Leonardo Henrichsen was born to Swedish civil engineer Kjell Henrichsen from Gothenburg and an English Argentine mother in Buenos ...
, photojournalist * David Kraiselburd, newspaper publisher *
Jorge Lanata Jorge Lanata (born 12 September 1960) is an Argentine journalist and author. He founded the newspaper ''Página 12''. He hosts ''Lanata sin filtro'' on Radio Mitre and ''Periodismo para todos'' on El Trece. He writes a column in ''Clarín (Argent ...
, journalist and writer *
José Mármol José Mármol (1818 – 1871) was an Argentine journalist, politician, librarian, and writer of the Romantic school. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, he initially studied law, but abandoned his studies in favor of politics. In 1839, no soone ...
, journalist and writer *
Karen Maron Karen Marón is an Argentine journalist, war correspondent, producer, international analyst and writer, renowned as one of the top 100 most influential war correspondents in the world in covering armed conflicts, with coverage in more than 30 count ...
, war correspondent *Tomás Eloy Martínez, journalist, writer and newspaper founder *Fray Mocho (José Sixto Álvarez), journalist and writer *Eduardo Montes-Bradley, journalist, writer, filmmaker *Joaquín Morales Solá, journalist, commentator and anchor *Conrado Nalé Roxlo, journalist and writer *Roberto Noble, journalist, politician and publisher *Andrés Oppenheimer, television anchorman *Horacio Pagani (sportswriter), Horacio Pagani, sportswriter and announcer *José María Pasquini Durán, journalist and writer *Roberto Payró, journalist and publisher *Pedro Sevcec, television anchorman *Rossana Cecilia Surballe, lawyer, journalist, and diplomat *Rodolfo Terragno, journalist and politician *Jacobo Timerman, journalist and writer *Bernardo Verbitsky, journalist and writer *Horacio Verbitsky, journalist, activist and writer *Constancio C. Vigil, journalist, writer and publisher *Fabian Waintal, journalist


Public service


Military

*Ignacio Álvarez Thomas, early military leader *Pedro Aramburu, dictator, 1955–58 *Manuel Belgrano, politician, creator of the Argentine flag in 1812 *Guillermo Brown, distinguished admiral *Carlos María de Alvear, early military leader *Hippolyte de Bouchard, privateer and early captain of Argentine Navy *Federico de Brandsen, early military leader *Martín Miguel de Güemes, early military leader *Juan Gregorio de las Heras, early military leader *Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, early military leader *José de San Martín, general, liberator of Argentina, Chile and Perú from Spain *Eustaquio Díaz Vélez, early military leader *Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator, 1981–82 *Antonio González de Balcarce, early military leader *Juan Lavalle, early military leader *Juan Carlos Onganía, dictator, 1966–70 *María Isabel Pansa (born 1961), first woman Army general *José María Paz, early military leader *Martín Rodríguez (politician), Martín Rodríguez, early military leader *José Rondeau, early military leader *Manuel Savio, steel industry promoter *Samuel Spiro, navy captain *Jorge Videla, dictator, 1976–81


Politics

*Josep Borrell, Josep Borrell Fontelles, Spaniards, Spanish politician serving as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Spain), Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in the Government of Spain. He acquired Argentine citizenship in 2019. *Pablo Rodriguez (Canadian politician), Pablo Rodriguez, politician *Rafael Grossi, politician *Juan Bautista Alberdi, constitutional scholar *Leandro Alem, founder of the centrist Radical Civic Union *Oscar Alende, reformist governor *Raúl Alfonsín, president, 1983–89 *Ricardo Alfonsín, politician *Álvaro Alsogaray, conservative economist *José Arce, diplomat *Ricardo Balbín, prominent leader of the "Unión Cívica Radical" party *José Ber Gelbard, Peronist economic adviser *Hermes Binner, Socialist governor of Santa Fe Province, the first so elected *Ángel Borlenghi, labor leader *Leopoldo Bravo, politician and diplomat *Teodoro Bronzini, former Socialist mayor of Mar del Plata, the first to head a major Argentine city *Dante Caputo, diplomat *Elisa Carrió, politician *Domingo Cavallo, economist *Jorge Cepernic, governor *Julio Cobos, Vice President of Argentina *Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, president, 1922–28 *Hebe de Bonafini, head of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo *Alicia Moreau de Justo, wife of Juan B. Justo and prominent socialist leader *Fernando de la Rúa, president, 1999–2001 * Francisco de Narváez, politician *Juan Manuel de Rosas, strongman, 1829–52 *Justo José de Urquiza, first president of the modern era *Guido di Tella, diplomat *Luis María Drago, diplomat *Eduardo Duhalde, president, 2002–03 *Aldo Ferrer, economist *Rogelio Frigerio, economist *Arturo Frondizi, president, 1958–62 *Rubén Giustiniani, politician *Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Marxist revolutionary *Daiana Hissa, Minister *Arturo Illia, Arturo Illía, president, 1963–66 *Juan B. Justo, founder of the Argentine Socialist Party *Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Cristina Kirchner, president, 2007–15 *Néstor Kirchner, president, 2003–07 *Roberto Lavagna, economist *Estanislao López, early pro-autonomy leader *José López Rega, fascist adviser to Pres. Perón *José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, conservative economist *Francisco Manrique, politician, creator of current national medical and housing funds *Carlos Menem, president, 1989–99 *Lorenzo Miguel, labor leader *Bartolomé Mitre, president, 1862–68 *Mariano Moreno, independence-era leader and reformer * Enrique Mosconi, promoter of national oil industry *Hugo Moyano, labor leader *Raimundo Ongaro, labor leader *Alfredo Palacios, socialist leader * Eva Perón, influential first lady *Isabel Perón, first lady and president, 1974–76 *Juan Perón, president, 1946–55, 1973–74 *Juan Pistarini, public works minister and vicepresident *Raúl Prebisch, economist *Facundo Quiroga, early pro-autonomy leader *Bernardino Rivadavia, president *Julio Roca, president, 1880–86, 1898–1904 *Dardo Rocha, reformist governor and founder of La Plata *José Ignacio Rucci, labor leader *Carlos Saavedra Lamas, diplomat *Amadeo Sabattini, reformist governor *Roque Sáenz Peña, president and promulgator of the secret ballot in Argentina *Domingo Sarmiento, writer, educator and president (1868–74) *Daniel Scioli, former speedboater, later vice president and governor *Jorge Enea Spilimbergo, poet, Marxist theorist and politician *Margarita Stolbizer, politician *Saúl Ubaldini, labor leader *Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield, author of civil and commercial codes *Hipólito Yrigoyen, president 1916–22, 1928–30


Religion

* Enrique Angelelli, assassinated Bishop of La Rioja * Sergio Bergman, rabbi, politician, pharmacist, writer and social activist * Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, Roman Catholic priest canonized as a Saint on 16 October 2016 * Mamerto Esquiú, friar and activist * Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio), current head of the Catholic Church * José Gabriel Funes, Jesuit priest and director of the Vatican Observatory * Gauchito Gil, 19th-century healer * Claudio Lepratti, assassinated priest and anti-poverty activist * Carlos Mugica, assassinated priest and anti-poverty activist * Ceferino Namuncurá, saintly religious student, beatified in 2007 * Pedro Opeka, priest, missionary and humanitarian * Luis Palau, prominent Protestant-evangelical preacher * Mario Pantaleo, priest, healer and humanitarian * Mario Rodríguez Cobos, spiritual leader, writer and activist * Abraham Skorka, rabbi and biophysicist


Royalty

* Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, half Argentine * Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, half Argentine * Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, half Argentine * Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (Máxima Zorreguieta), Argentine


Sports


Sciences

*Luis Agote, M.D., devised first safe blood transfusion *Juan Bautista Ambrosetti, anthropologist and naturalist *Florentino Ameghino, naturalist *Cosme Argerich, doctor *José Antonio Balseiro, nuclear physicist *Lino Barañao, biochemist and current Minister of Science *Dan Jacobo Beninson, nuclear physicist *Cecilia Berdichevsky, computer scientist *Jorge Bobone, astronomer *José Bonaparte, paleontologist *Eduardo Braun-Menéndez, physiologist *Mario Bunge, physicist *Hermann Burmeister, naturalist *Luis Caffarelli, mathematician *Alberto Calderón, mathematician *Ramón Carrillo, neurosurgeon and first Minister of Health *Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, astronomer *Rodolfo Coria, paleontologist *Miguel Rolando Covian, physiologist *Roberto Dabbene, ornithologist *Salvador Debenedetti, archaeologist *René Favaloro, surgeon, inventor of the coronary bypass surgery *Hilario Fernández Long, structural engineer and educator *Enrique Finochietto, surgeon and inventor of numerous surgical tools *Richard Gans, physicist *Mario Garavaglia, physicist *Ramón Enrique Gaviola, astrophysicist *Ana María Gayoso, marine biologist *Mario Giovinetto, geographer *Juan Hartmann, astronomer *Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg, geologist and zoologist *Bernardo Houssay, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Physiology *Luis Huergo, engineer *Eva Verbitsky Hunt, anthropologist *Armando Theodoro Hunziker, botanist *Miguel Itzigsohn, astronomer *Jakob Laub, physicist *Luis Federico Leloir, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry *Domingo Liotta, M.D., cardiologist, and inventor of the first purely artificial heart *José María Mainetti, oncologist *Julio Isidro Maiztegui, epidemiologist *Juan Martín Maldacena, physicist *Salvador Mazza, epidemiologist *César Milstein, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Pharmacology *Francisco Moreno, explorer *Julio Navarro (astrophysicist), Julio Navarro, astrophysicist *Virpi Niemelä, astronomer *Fernando Novas, paleontologist *Guillermo O'Donnell, politic scientist *Miguel Ondetti, pharmaceutical scientist *Yolanda Ortiz (chemist), chemist, environmentalist *Evelia Edith Oyhenart, biological anthropologist *Raúl Pateras Pescara, helicopter pioneer *Livio Dante Porta, mechanical engineer *Marta Graciela Rovira, solar physicist *Jorge Sabato, physicist *Julio José Gustavo Sardagna, neurologist and neurosurgeon *Tito Scaiano, laser chemist *Carlos Segers, astronomer *Manuel Sadosky, computer scientist *Luis Santaló, mathematician *Friedrich Schickendantz, naturalist *Dante Tessieri, physicist *Carlos Varsavsky, astrophysicist *Miguel Ángel Virasoro (physicist), Miguel Angel Virasoro, physicist *Juan Vucetich, inventor of the modern technique of fingerprinting. *Abraham Willink, entomologist *Roberto Zaldívar, ophthalmologist *Nadia Zyncenko, meteorologist


Writers

*César Aira *Juan Argerich *Roberto Arlt *Hilario Ascasubi *Enrique Banchs *Héctor Bianciotti *Adolfo Bioy Casares *Isidoro Blaisten *Jorge Luis Borges *Elsa Bornemann *
José Antonio Bottiroli José Antonio Bottiroli (January 1, 1920 – March 15, 1990) was an Argentine classical music composer and poet. Biography José Antonio Bottiroli was born in Rosario, Argentina on 1 January 1920 and died in Rosario on 15 March 1990. From the ...
*Silvina Bullrich *Susana Calandrelli *Eugenio Cambaceres *Miguel Cané *Martín Caparrós *Evaristo Carriego *Leonardo Castellani *Abelardo Castillo *Haroldo Conti *Gabino Coria Peñaloza *Julio Cortázar *Roberto Cossa *Agustín Cuzzani *Estanislao del Campo *Emma de Cartosio *Marco Denevi *Antonio di Benedetto *Osvaldo Dragún *Esteban Echeverría *Samuel Eichelbaum *Fogwill *Jorge Fondebrider *Luis Franco (Argentine writer), Luis Franco *Rodrigo Fresán *Silvio Frondizi *Griselda Gambaro *Juan Gelman *Alberto Gerchunoff *Oliverio Girondo *Angélica Gorodischer *Carlos Gorostiza *Juana Manuela Gorriti *Paul Groussac *Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer *Beatriz Guido *Ricardo Güiraldes *Eduardo Gutiérrez *Tulio Halperín Donghi *José Hernández (writer), José Hernández *Guillermo Enrique Hudson *Enrique Anderson Imbert *José Ingenieros *Isol *Roberto Juarroz *Joseph Kessel *Igor Sergei Klinki *Alejandro Korn *María Hortensia Lacau *Osvaldo Lamborghini *Alfredo Le Pera *Belén López Peiró *Vicente López y Planes *Leopoldo Lugones *Félix Luna *Benito Lynch *Eduardo Mallea *Leopoldo Marechal *Ezequiel Martínez Estrada *Guillermo Martínez (writer), Guillermo Martínez *Tomás Eloy Martínez *Carlos Mastronardi *José Nicolás Matienzo *Leonardo Moledo *Ricardo Molinari *Eduardo Montes-Bradley *Manuel Mujica Láinez *Rafael Obligado *Silvina Ocampo *Victoria Ocampo *Pacho O'Donnell *Héctor Germán Oesterheld *Olga Orozco *Juan L. Ortiz *Calixto Oyuela *Pedro Bonifacio Palacios *Alicia Partnoy *Josefina Passadori *Ivo Pelay *Ricardo Piglia *Felipe Pigna *Alejandra Pizarnik *Antonio Porchia *Juan Carlos Portantiero *Manuel Puig *Andrés Rivera *Arturo Andrés Roig *Ricardo Rojas (writer), Ricardo Rojas *Ernesto Sabato *Juan José Saer *Beatriz Sarlo *Domingo Faustino Sarmiento *Osvaldo Soriano *Rafael Squirru *Alfonsina Storni *Mario Trejo *Alberto Vaccarezza *Luisa Valenzuela *Florencio Varela (writer), Florencio Varela *David Viñas *María Elena Walsh *Rodolfo Walsh *Juan Rodolfo Wilcock


Other

*Amancio Alcorta, diplomat and scholar *Marcella Althaus-Reid, theologian *Mario Roberto Álvarez, architect *Pedro Benoit, urbanist and architect *Mabel Bianco (born 1941), physician and women's rights activist *László Bíró, inventor of the ballpoint pen *Gloria Bonder, psychologist *Eliana Bórmida, architect *Eduardo Bradley, aerostat pilot *Juan Antonio Buschiazzo, architect *Alejandro Bustillo, architect *Susana Chiarotti, lawyer and women's rights activist *Julio Dormal, architect *Rosa Dubovsky, feminist, anarchist *Gato Dumas, chef and restaurateur *Carlos Escudé, political scientist *María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, executive *Iván Germán Velázquez, former police officer living in Uruguay *Francisco Gianotti, architect *Julio Godio, historian *Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche, pedagogian and philosopher *Clotilde González de Fernández (1880–1935), educator, writer *Roberto Grau, chess player *Soto Grimshaw, explorer and naturalist *Daniel Grinbank, producer *Ernesto Garzón Valdés, philosopher *Paul Groussac, encyclopedist and librarian *Juan María Gutiérrez, educator *Carlos Heller, credit union leader *Otto Krause, educator *Juan Carlos Lectoure, boxing promoter *Roberto Maidana, interviewer *Juan Moreira, righteous outlaw *José Luis Murature, diplomat and newspaper editor *Miguel Najdorf, chess player *Eduardo Newbery, aerostat pilot *Jorge Newbery, aviation pioneer *Ernestina Herrera de Noble, publisher *Alejandro Orfila, diplomat and winemaker *Horacio Pagani (auto executive), Horacio Pagani, auto designer *Mario Palanti, architect *Oscar Panno, chess player *José C. Paz, publisher *
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 Lumpur a ...
, architect *Amanda Peralta (1939–2009), guerrilla fighter, later historian in Sweden's Gothenburg University *Adolfo Perez Esquivel, human rights activist and Nobel prize winner *Rogelio Pfirter, diplomat *Patricio Pouchulu, architect *Maria Verónica Reina, disability rights activist *Carlos Saavedra Lamas, academian, politician, the first Latin American Nobel Peace Prize winner *Francisco Salamone, architect *Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz, political and social theorist *Orlando Sconza, professor *José María Sobral, Antarctic explorer *Gerardo Sofovich, producer *Vicente Solano Lima, publisher and politician *Viktor Sulčič, architect *Clorindo Testa, architect *Carlos Thays, renowned landscape architecture *Margarita Trlin, architect *Azucena Villaflor, Azucena Villaflor de Vicenti, murdered activist *Fausto Vitello, skateboarder and publisher *Amancio Williams, architect


See also

* List of people by nationality * List of German Argentines * List of Argentine Americans * List of Argentine Jews * List of Argentine women artists * List of Italian Argentines * List of Asian Argentines * List of Hungarian Argentines


References

{{reflist Lists of Argentine people, *