List of Ecuadorians
This is a list of notable Ecuadorians.
Arts
Literature and journalism
- Carmen Acevedo Vega - poet and writer
- Jorge Enrique Adoum - poet and novelist
- Luis Aguilar-Monsalve - writer
- Demetrio Aguilera Malta - writer
- Víctor Manuel Albornoz - writer and historian
- Gabriela Alemán - novelist and short story writer
- Carlos Altamirano Sánchez - poet and journalist
- Vicente Amador Flor - poet
- María Fernanda Ampuero - journalist, short story writer
- Juan Andrade Heymann - novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer
- Raúl Andrade Moscoso - journalist and playwright
- César E. Arroyo - poet, novelist, journalist, playwright and diplomat
- Enrique Avellán Ferrés - novelist and playwright
- Juan Bautista Aguirre - poet and writer from colonial South America
- Pablo Balarezo Moncayo - writer, journalist
- Alfonso Barrera Valverde - writer, diplomat
- María Helena Barrera - writer
- Ana Cecilia Blum - writer
- Arturo Borja - poet
- Luz Elisa Borja - poet
- Rosa Borja de Ycaza - poet and essayist
- Vicente Cabrera Funes - writer
- Jorge Luis Cáceres - writer, editor
- Oswaldo Calisto Rivera - poet and artist
- José Antonio Campos - journalist
- Eliécer Cárdenas - novelist
- Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante - writer, suffragist
- Jorge Carrera Andrade - poet
- Alejandro Carrión Aguirre - writer and journalist
- Fanny Carrión de Fierro - writer, poet, essayist and professor
- Benjamín Carrión Mora - writer
- Iván Carvajal - poet, philosopher, writer
- María Piedad Castillo de Levi - journalist, suffragist
- Oswaldo Castro - writer
- Gabriel Cevallos García - writer and historian
- Octavio Cordero Palacios - writer, playwright, poet, mathematician, lawyer, professor and inventor
- Simón Corral - poet and playwright
- Mary Corylé - poet
- Luis Alberto Costales - poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician
- Remigio Crespo Toral - poet, journalist, politician
- José de la Cuadra - novelist and short story writer
- Agustin Cueva - writer and sociologist
- César Dávila Andrade - poet
- Jorge Dávila Vázquez - writer
- Rafael Díaz Ycaza - poet, novelist, and short story writer
- Miguel Donoso Pareja - poet, novelist, and short story writer
- Bolívar Echeverría - philosopher
- José María Egas - poet
- Gonzalo Escudero - poet and diplomat
- Eugenio Espejo - writer
- Ileana Espinel - poet
- Aurelio Espinosa Pólit - writer, poet, and translator
- Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros - TV journalist, holder of a Guinness Record for longest continuous time as a news anchor
- Aurora Estrada y Ayala - poet
- Jenny Estrada - writer and journalist
- Ulises Estrella - poet, film expert
- Nelson Estupiñán Bass - poet
- Jacinto de Evia - poet, priest
- Ángel Felicísimo Rojas - writer, novelist, and poet
- Humberto Fierro - poet
- Luis Enrique Fierro - poet and medical doctor
- Jaime Galarza Zavala - writer, poet, journalist and politician
- Joaquín Gallegos Lara - novelist and short story writer
- Karina Galvez - poet
- Alfredo Gangotena - poet who wrote in French and Spanish
- Enrique Gil Gilbert - writer
- Federico González Suárez - bishop, historian
- Euler Granda - novelist
- Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira - poet
- Yanna Hadatty - short story writer and essayist
- Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera - poet and writer
- Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez - poet, novelist and short story writer
- Janet Hinostroza - journalist and TV presenter
- Gilda Holst - writer
- Jorge Icaza Coronel - writer
- María Angélica Idrobo - writer, educator
- Edna Iturralde - writer
- Efraín Jara Idrovo - poet and writer
- Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo - poet
- Nicolás Kingman Riofrío - journalist, writer and politician
- Juan Larrea Holguín - writer and lawyer
- Numa Pompilio Llona - poet
- Sonia Manzano Vela - writer and pianist
- Luis A. Martínez - novelist
- Nela Martínez - writer
- José Martínez Queirolo - playwright
- Hugo Mayo - poet and writer
- José Trajano Mera - poet and playwright
- Juan León Mera - writer
- Pedro Moncayo - political journalist
- Juan Montalvo - writer
- Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño - poet
- Jorge Núñez Sánchez - writer
- José Joaquín de Olmedo - poet, politician
- Adalberto Ortiz - writer and poet
- Elisa Ortiz de Aulestia - teacher and writer
- Emilio Palacio - journalist
- Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco - writer, historian, academician, politician and diplomat
- Julio Pazos Barrera - poet and writer
- Galo René Pérez - biographer, poet, and essayist
- Jorge Pérez Concha - writer and historian
- Ismael Pérez Pazmiño - journalist, businessman
- Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel - biographer
- Victoria Puig de Lange - journalist
- Aleyda Quevedo - writer
- Ernesto Quiñonez - novelist
- Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses - writer
- Víctor Manuel Rendón - writer
- Óscar Efrén Reyes
- Miguel Riofrío - writer
- Juan Manuel Rodríguez - Spanish-Ecuadorian writer
- Gonzalo Rubio Orbe - Anthropologist and writer
- Alfonso Rumazo González - writer, historian, essayist and literary critic
- José Rumazo González - poet
- Hugo Salazar Tamariz - poet, novelist and playwright
- Natasha Salguero - writer, journalist
- Isacovici Salomon - writer
- Filoteo Samaniego - novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat
- Medardo Ángel Silva - poet
- Dolores Sucre - poet
- Fernando Tinajero - writer
- Francisco Tobar García - poet, novelist, and playwright
- Mercedes González Tola - poet and feminist
- Abdón Ubidia - novelist
- Zoila Ugarte de Landívar - journalist
- Benjamín Urrutia - writer
- Juan Valdano Morejón - writer
- Leonardo Valencia - writer
- Eduardo Varas - novelist and journalist
- Fray José María Vargas O.P. - writer and historian
- Javier Vásconez - novelist and short story writer
- Marieta de Veintemilla - writer, politician
- Dolores Veintimilla - poet
- Juan de Velasco - poet, historian
- Jorge Velasco Mackenzie - writer
- Pedro Jorge Vera - writer
- Raquel Verdesoto - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist
- Gaspar de Villarroel - bishop, apologist
- Humberto Vinueza - poet
- Alicia Yánez Cossío - novelist
- Gonzalo Zaldumbide - poet
Visual arts
- Alba Calderón - painter
- Alfredo Palacio Moreno - sculptor
- Aníbal Villacís - painter
- Araceli Gilbert - painter
- Bernardo de Legarda - sculptor
- Caesar Andrade Faini - painter
- Camilo Egas - painter
- Eduardo Kingman - painter
- Enrique Tábara - painter
- Estuardo Maldonado - sculptor and painter
- Félix Aráuz - painter
- Galo Galecio - painter
- Gonzalo Amancha - painter
- Gonzalo Endara Crow - painter
- Hugo Cifuentes - photographer and painter
- Jaime Andrade Moscoso - sculptor
- Joaquín Pinto - painter
- Jorge Velarde - painter
- Jorge Swett - muralist, painter, lawyer and writer
- Juan Villafuerte - painter
- Judith Gutierrez - painter
- Leonardo Tejada - painter
- Luigi Stornaiolo Pimentel - painter
- Luis Cadena - painter
- Luis Miranda - painter
- Luis Molinari - painter
- Manuel Chili "Caspicara" - sculptor
- Manuel Rendón - painter
- Marcelo Tejada - painter
- Marcos Restrepo - printer
- Miguel Betancourt - painter
- Olga Fisch - artist, collector, folklorist, born in Hungary
- Oswaldo Guayasamín - painter
- Oswaldo Moreno - painter
- Oswaldo Muñoz Mariño - painter and architect
- Oswaldo Viteri - painter
- Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - painter
- Ramón Piaguaje - painter
- Theo Constanté - painter
- Washington Iza - painter
- Yela Loffredo - sculptor
Dance
- Frederick Ashton - Ecuadorian born British ballet dancer and choreographer
- Noralma Vera - director of the National Dance Institute
- Esperanza Cruz Hidalgo - ballerina
Theater, TV and film
- Ernesto Albán - vaudeville and television actor
- Danilo Carrera - actor
- Enrique Chediak - cinematographer in Hollywood
- Camilo Coba - filmmaker
- Sebastián Cordero - film director/writer/editor
- Paola Farías - actress, model
- Katty García - actress
- Ricardo Hoyos - actor
- Carolina Jaume - actress, TV host
- Mike Judge - Ecuadorian born American animator
- Camilo Luzuriaga - film director, writer, and producer
- Priscilla Negrón - actress
- Flor María Palomeque - actress, model
- Albert Paulsen - actor
- Jenn Pinto - actress; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American
- Fatima Ptacek - actress and model
- Marián Sabaté - TV personality; born in Spain
- Diego Spotorno - actor, host
- Michael Steger - actor
- Juan Emilio Viguié - pioneering Puerto Rican movie producer
Music
- Adrianne León - singer-songwriter, American of Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican descent, lived in Ecuador.
- Adrienne Bailon - singer 3LW; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican
- Antonio Neumane - French, lived and worked in Ecuador, composed the music of the National Anthem of Ecuador
- Arturo Rodas - classical composer
- Beatriz Parra Durango - classical musician
- Boris Cepeda - pianist
- Carlos Bonilla Chávez - guitarist, composer
- Carlos Rubira Infante - singer-songwriter
- Celia Zaldumbide Rosales - pianist
- Christopher Vélez - singer-songwriter and dancer
- Christina Aguilera - singer and pop icon
- Diego Luzuriaga - composer
- Edgar Palacios Rodriguez - composer
- Enrique Espín Yépez - composer, violinist
- Fausto Miño - singer-songwriter
- Gabriela Villalba - singer
- Gerardo - singer
- Guillermo Ayoví Erazo, aka Papá Roncón - Afro-Ecuadorian musician, singer, and marimba player
- Isabel Rosales Pareja - pianist
- Jinsop - Korean/American singer, Ecuadorian nationality by naturalization
- Jorge Araujo Chiriboga - composer
- Jorge Saade - violinist
- Juan Fernando Velasco - singer-songwriter
- Hilda Murillo - singer
- Fresia Saavedra - singer
- Carlota Jaramillo - singer
- Julio Jaramillo - folklore and romantic music singer
- Wendy Vera - singer, politician
- Leo Rojas - musician
- Leslie Wright - pianist
- Luis Humberto Salgado - classical composer
- Luis Silva Parra - saxophonist of classical jazz
- Mesias Maiguashca - classical composer
- Nicasio Safadi - songwriter, popular musician, born in Lebanon
- Paulina Aguirre - Christian singer
- Sebastian J. - music producer, songwriter
- Sixto María Durán Cárdenas - pianist, composer, lawyer, singer
- Lila Álvarez Garcia - pianist, choir director, and musical art teacher
Science
- Antonio de Alcedo - Spanish geographer and military leader, born in what is today Ecuador
- Eugenia Del Pino - developmental biologist
- Pedro Vicente Maldonado - geographer
- Clodoveo Carrión Mora - paleontologist and naturalist
- Misael Acosta Solís - naturalist
- William Jameson - physician, naturalist; born in Scotland
- Augusto Nicolás Martínez - agronomist, geologist
- Plutarco Naranjo Vargas - doctor and scientific researcher
- Luis Sodiro - botanist, priest; born in Italy
- Presley Norton Yoder - archeologist
Medicine
- José Amén-Palma - surgeon and researcher
- Germán Abad Valenzuela - doctor, radiologist
- Eugenio Espejo - physician, journalist, writer, philosopher
- Rodrigo Fierro Benítez - physician, researcher, writer
- Fernando Jurado Noboa - physician, genealogist
- Alejo Lascano Bahamonde - physician, surgeon
- Juan Tanca Marengo - physician, minister
Politics and military
- Pamela Aguirre Zambonino - member of Andean Parliament
- Belisario Albán Mestanza - notable role in the Liberal Revolution of Guayaquil
- Humberto Albornoz - member of a provisional government junta in 1926
- Francisco Arízaga Luque - member of a provisional junta in 1925
- Ana Lucía Armijos - first female interior minister
- Pedro José de Arteta - vice-president
- Leopoldo Benites - diplomat, writer, president of the United Nations General Assembly
- Diego Borja - Coordination Minister for Economic Policy, president of the Poder Ciudadano Movement
- Diana Coloma - blind disability activist and politician
- Dolores Cacuango - left-wing indigenous activist
- Abdón Calderón Garaycoa - soldier in the war of independence
- Manuela Cañizares - early leader of the independence movement
- Rafael Carvajal - politician, minister
- Galo Chiriboga - minister, prosecutor, felon
- Pacífico Chiriboga - politician, legislator, vice president
- Carlos Cueva Tamariz - politician, senator, legislator, councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Labor
- Alberto Dahik - vice president, professor and businessman
- José Javier Eguiguren - politician, minister
- Freddy Ehlers - journalist, minister, presidential candidate
- Juan Falconí Puig - public servant, diplomat
- Luis Félix López - prominent politician, minister
- Manuel Félix López - prominent politician in Manabí province
- José Fernández Salvador - Politician, jurist
- Guillermo Franco - self-proclaimed dictator, major figure in the Ecuadorian political and military scene
- Jorge Glas - vice president, convicted felon
- Luisa Gómez de la Torre Páez - socialist activist
- Susana González Rosado - assembly member, vice prefect of Guayas Province
- Matilde Hidalgo - activist, physician, first Ecuadorian woman to finish secondary education, first Ecuadorian woman to complete a degree in medicine and first Ecuadorian woman to cast a vote in a national election
- Francisco Illingworth - Vice President of Ecuador
- María Leonor Jiménez - candidate, public servant
- María Cristina Kronfle - member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly for Guayas Province
- José de La Mar - Independentist military leader, president of Peru
- Luis Larrea Alba - general, president de facto in 1931
- Francisco León- minister, Vice president
- Richelieu Levoyer - Army general, who proposed the "Return to the Constitution Plan" that ended the 1976–1979 dictatorship
- Guillaume Long - French-born minister
- Luis Macas - legislator, minister
- Federico Malo Andrade - governor, entrepreneur
- Eduardo Maruri - assembly member for the Guayas Province
- Paco Moncayo - Army general, former mayor of Quito, Congressman
- Mayra Montaño - ex radio presenter, National assembly member, councillor
- Carlos de Montúfar - military leader during the independence struggle
- Juan Pío Montúfar, marquis of Selva Alegre - President of the First Government Junta of independent Quito
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell - Ecuadorian-born member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida; first person born in South America to reach the United States Congress
- Jaime Nebot - political leader, major of Guayaquil
- Xavier Neira Menéndez - legislator, presidential candidate
- Alexandra Ocles - politician and educator
- Nina Pacari - minister, congresswoman, indigenous activist
- Álvaro Noboa - millionaire, political leader, frequent presidential candidate
- Ricardo Paredes Romero - communist politician
- Antonio Parra Velasco - Ambassador to France and Great Britain
- Ricardo Patiño - politician
- Rodrigo Paz - mayor of Quito, minister, entrepreneur, sports executive
- Pedro Pinto Rubianes - minister, vice president
- Rafael Pólit - diplomat, governor
- León Roldós Aguilera - former vice president of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement
- Manuela Sáenz - involved in the independence movement, Simón Bolívar's lover and confidant
- Julio Teodoro Salem - politician
- Jorge Salvador Lara - Ambassador to the Vatican, Peru, Chile, and France, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
- Juan de Salinas y Zenitagoya - early independence leader
- José Serrano - president of the Legislature, minister
- Andrés Vallejo - prominent politician, president of the National Congress
- Luis Vargas Torres - politician, guerrilla
- Alexandra Vela - minister, legislator
- Alfredo Vera Arrata - politician and architect, minister of education, councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary
- Alfredo Vera Vera - politician
- José de Villamil - a leader of the struggle for independence, considered the father of the Ecuadorian Navy; born in Louisiana
- Rosa Zárate - independentist leader
Indigenous leaders
- Atahualpa - Inca emperor, perhaps born in what is today Ecuador
- Rumiñawi - high-ranking Incan warrior around the time of the Spanish conquest
- Fernando Daquilema - indigenous rebel from the 19th century
Presidents
- Juan José Flores - first president, Venezuelan-born
- Vicente Rocafuerte - president
- José Joaquín de Olmedo - president
- Vicente Ramón Roca - president, first vice president
- Manuel de Ascásubi - interim president
- Diego Noboa - president
- José María Urvina - supreme chief and president
- Francisco Robles - president
- Gabriel García Moreno - president
- Jerónimo Carrión - president
- Javier Espinosa - president
- Antonio Borrero - president
- Ignacio de Veintemilla - dictator and president
- José Plácido Caamaño - president
- Antonio Flores Jijón - president
- Luis Cordero Crespo - president
- Vicente Lucio Salazar - president
- Eloy Alfaro - supreme chief and president
- Leonidas Plaza - president
- Lizardo García - president
- Emilio Estrada Carmona - president
- Carlos Freile Zaldumbide - interim president
- Francisco Andrade Marín - interim president
- Alfredo Baquerizo - president
- José Luis Tamayo - president
- Gonzalo Córdova - president
- Isidro Ayora - president
- Luis Larrea Alba - general, president de facto in 1931
- Alberto Guerrero Martínez - provisional president
- Juan de Dios Martínez - president
- Abelardo Montalvo - president
- José María Velasco Ibarra - president
- Federico Páez - supreme chief and president
- Alberto Enríquez Gallo - military dictator
- Manuel María Borrero - interim president
- Aurelio Mosquera - president
- Andrés Córdova - President
- Julio Enrique Moreno - interim president
- Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río - president
- Carlos Mancheno Cajas - military dictator for a brief period
- Mariano Suárez - president for a brief period
- Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola - president
- Galo Plaza Lasso - president
- Camilo Ponce Enríquez - president
- Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy - president
- Ramón Castro Jijón - president of the military junta
- Otto Arosemena - president
- Guillermo Rodríguez Lara - military dictator
- Jaime Roldós Aguilera - president
- Osvaldo Hurtado - president
- Leon Febres Cordero - president
- Rodrigo Borja Cevallos - president
- Sixto Durán Ballén - president
- Abdalá Bucaram - president, convicted felon
- Jamil Mahuad - president
- Gustavo Noboa - president
- Lucio Gutiérrez - president
- Alfredo Palacio - president
- Rafael Correa - president, convicted felon
- Lenin Moreno - president, former vice president
- Guillermo Lasso - president
First ladies
- Mercedes Jijón - wife of Juan José Flores
- Corina del Parral - wife of José María Velasco Ibarra, born in Argentina
- Lucila Santos Trujillo - wife of Otto Arosemena
- Martha Bucaram - wife of Jaime Roldós
- María de Lourdes Alcívar - wife of Guillermo Lasso
Religious figures
- Catalina de Jesús Herrera – Dominican prioress, nun, writer
- Carlos María de la Torre - cardinal
- Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz - archbishop of Guayaquil
- Leonidas Proaño - bishop of Riobamba
- José Mario Ruiz Navas - archbishop of Portoviejo
- Mariana de Jesús Torres - abbess of Conceptionist Monastery of Quito, Servant of God
- Luis Alberto Luna Tobar - archbishop of Cuenca
- Pedro Bedón - priest, painter, polemicist
Saints
- Mariana de Jesús de Paredes - mystic, saint
- Mercedes de Jesús Molina - mystic, blessed
- Miguel Febres Cordero - religious brother, saint
- Narcisa de Jesús - mystic, saint
Sports
- Álex Aguinaga - footballer and coach
- Jordy Alcívar - footballer
- Alexander Alvarado - footballer
- Nilson Angulo - footballer
- Rorys Aragón - footballer
- Robert Arboleda - footballer
- Samantha Arévalo - swimmer
- Xavier Arreaga - footballer
- Walter Ayoví - footballer
- Mimi Barona - surfer
- Christian Benítez - footballer
- Shirley Berruz - footballer
- Andrea Bonilla - long-distance runner
- Chico Borja - Ecuadorian-American footballer and coach
- Ramiro Borja - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
- Elizabeth Bravo - triathlete
- Beder Caicedo - footballer
- Carina Caicedo - footballer
- Felipe Caicedo - footballer
- Jean Caicedo - boxer
- Jonathan Caicedo - cyclist
- Jordy Caicedo - footballer
- Moisés Caicedo - footballer
- Leonardo Campana - footballer
- Pablo Campana - tennis player and public servant
- Alfredo Campo - BMX cyclist
- Richard Carapaz - cyclist, winner of the Giro d'Italia, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
- Byron Castillo - footballer
- Julio Castillo - boxer
- Miler Castillo - football player
- Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda - cyclist
- Rosa Chacha - long-distance runner
- Vanessa Chalá - judoka
- Andrés Chocho - race walker
- José Cifuentes - footballer
- Juan Manuel Correa - racing driver
- Neisi Dajomes - weightlifter, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
- Daniela Darquea - golfer
- Ulises de la Cruz - footballer and politician
- Agustín Delgado - footballer and politician, scored first Ecuadorian goal in a World Cup
- Anicka Delgado - swimmer
- Diana Durango - sport shooter
- Iván Enderica Ochoa - swimmer
- Alexandra Escobar - weightlifter
- Gonzalo Escobar - tennis player
- Adriana Espinosa - archer
- Michael Estrada - footballer
- Pervis Estupiñán - footballer
- Alan Franco - footballer
- Hernán Galíndez - footballer
- Estefania García - judoka
- Fricson George - footballer
- Andrés Gómez - tennis player, French Open winner
- Emilio Gómez - tennis player
- Carlos Góngora - boxer, IBO world champion
- Doménica González - tennis player
- Carlos Gruezo Arboleda - footballer
- Carlos Gruezo Quiñónez - footballer
- Piero Hincapié - footballer
- Romario Ibarra - footballer
- Eduardo Hurtado - footballer
- Elías Jácome - football referee, the first Ecuadorian to officiate in a World Cup
- Karla Jaramillo - race walker
- Iván Kaviedes - footballer
- Fausto Klinger - footballer
- Martin Klinger - footballer
- Orly Klinger - footballer
- Nicolás Lapentti - tennis player
- Giovanni Lapentti - tennis player
- Juan Madruñero - footballer
- Ángel Mena - footballer
- Édison Méndez - footballer
- Sebas Méndez - footballer
- Alberto Miño - table tennis player
- Glenda Morejón - race walker
- Jhonatan Narváez - cyclist
- Christian Noboa - footballer
- Alfonso Obregón - footballer
- Joel Ordóñez - footballer
- Érika Pachito - boxer
- Joffre Pachito - footballer
- Willian Pacho - footballer
- Angie Palacios - weightlifter
- Diego Palacios - footballer
- Andrea Pérez Peña - sport shooter
- Jefferson Pérez - race walker, gold medal winner of the 20 km race walk at the 1996 Olympics
- Paola Pérez - race walker
- Tomas Peribonio - swimmer
- Brian Pintado - race walker, Olympic champion
- Gonzalo Plata - footballer
- Joao Plata - footballer
- Jackson Porozo - footballer
- Angelo Preciado - footballer
- Ayrton Preciado - footballer
- Lenin Preciado - judoka
- Álex Quiñónez - sprinter
- Roberto Quiroz - tennis player
- Cristian Ramírez - footballer
- Djorkaeff Reasco - footballer
- Kevin Rodríguez - footballer
- Tamara Salazar - weightlifter, medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Jeremy Sarmiento - footballer, born in Spain
- Hugo Savinovich - professional wrestler in the United States and Puerto Rico
- Pancho Segura - Ecuadorian-American tennis player, among the top players in his generation
- Alberto Spencer - footballer, best remembered for his time at Peñarol. Top all-time Copa Libertadores scorer.
- Abraham Suárez - diver
- Nelson Suarez - diver
- Ángela Tenorio - sprinter
- Carlos Tenorio - footballer
- Félix Torres - footballer
- Patricio Urrutia - footballer and politician, captained the successful L.D.U. Quito team which won Copa Libertadores
- Anthony Valencia - footballer
- Antonio Valencia - footballer, best known for his time at Manchester United F.C., only Manchester United captain from outside Europe
- Enner Valencia - footballer
- Joel Valencia - footballer, has also represented Spain on youth levels
- Iván Vallejo - mountaineer and public servant
- Luisa Valverde - freestyle wrestler
- Marlon Vera - mixed martial arts fighter
- Rolando Vera - long-distance runner
- Claudio Villanueva - race walker
- Petter Villegas - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
- Nicolas Wettstein - eventing rider
- Lucía Yépez - wrestler
- Octavio Zambrano - football coach, known mostly for his career at Major League Soccer
Other
- Lorena Bobbitt - Ecuadorian-American woman made famous after assaulting her husband
- María Capovilla - supercentenarian, at one time the oldest living person in the world
- Mariana Carcelén - aristocrat, Marchioness, wife of independence leader Antonio José de Sucre and as such First Lady of Bolivia
- Martina Carrillo - 18th-century anti-slavery activist
- Blanca Chancoso - indigenous activist
- Magdalena Dávalos y Maldonado - aristocrat, intellectual, patron of the arts
- Geraldina Guerra Garcés - campaigner against femicide
- Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño - aristocrat, archaeologist, politician
- Yolanda Kakabadse - environmentalist activist
- Hortensia Mata - socialite and philanthropist
- Manuel Muñoz Borrero - diplomat, considered Righteous Among the Nations for his role in saving Jewish people during the Holocaust
- Zonia Palán Tamayo - economist and women's rights
- Faustino Rayo - Colombian-born merchant and assassin, known for murdering Gabriel García Moreno
- Nelson Serrano - Ecuadorian-American businessman convicted of murder
- Delary Stoffers - Beauty pageant winner, Miss Ecuador 2023
- Hernán Crespo Toral - architect, archaeologist