List of Latin Americans

This is a list of notable Latin American people, in alphabetical order within categories.

Actors

Leonora Duran

Artists and designers

Aleijadinho, sculptor
Julio Abril, sculptor
Tarsila do Amaral, painter, considered one of the leading modernist artists in Latin America
Fernando Botero, painter and sculptor
Adriana Melo, comic book artist, notable for her work on the Star Wars: Empire franchise
Luis Camnitzer, conceptual artist
Roger Mello, children's book illustrator
José Campeche, painter
Lygia Clark, painter and sculptor
Marcela Donoso, painter
Pancho Fierro, illustrator
Gego, geometric-abstract sculptor
Paulo Mendes da Rocha, architect
José Guadalupe Posada, illustrator and cartoonist, printmaker
Alfredo Jaar, installation artist
Frida Kahlo, realist and symbolist painter
Ruth Kedar, artist and designer
Guillermo Kuitca, painter
Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon, comic book artist
Wifredo Lam, painter
Roberto Matta, painter
Abraham Palatnik, abstract artist and inventor
Ana Mendieta, performance artist
Lola Mora, sculptor
Hélio Oiticica, painter and sculptor
Francisco Oller, impressionist painter
José Clemente Orozco, mural painter and lithographer
Candido Portinari, painter
Benito Quinquela Martín, painter
Diego Quispe Tito, Cuzco School painter
Eduardo Kobra, graffiti artist
Armando Reverón, painter
Diego Rivera, muralist
Emilio Hector Rodriguez, painter and photographer
Gustavo Ramos, artist and oil painter
José Sabogal, indigenist painter
David Alfaro Siqueiros, social realist painter and muralist
Jesús Rafael Soto, kinetic and op artist
Rufino Tamayo, painter, artist
Oscar Niemeyer, architect
Joaquín Torres-García, constructivist painter
Remedios Varo, surrealist painter
Constantine Andreou, painter and sculptor

Fashion

Gisele Bündchen, fashion model
Valeria Mazza, fashion model
Francisco Costa, designer
Oscar de la Renta, fashion designer
Nina García, fashion editor
Hans Stern, jeweler and businessman
Gabriela Hearst, fashion designer
Alexandre Herchcovitch, fashion designer
Carolina Herrera, fashion designer
Mario Testino, fashion photographer
Alessandra Ambrósio, fashion person

Film directors

Andy Muschietti
Francisco Antônio de Almeida Júnior, important figure in the development of cinematography
Damian Szifron
Alejandro Amenábar
Alfonso Arau
Carlos Saldanha animator
Adolfo Aristarain
Héctor Babenco
Luis Buñuel
Juan José Campanella
Román Chalbaud
Alfonso Cuarón
Juan Downey
Lucrecia Martel
Sara Gómez
Guillermo Fantástico González
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro Jodorowsky
León Klimovsky
Claudia Llosa
Fernando Meirelles
Franco de Peña
Lucía Puenzo
Arturo Ripstein
Raúl Ruiz (director)
Walter Salles
Amy Serrano
Guillermo del Toro

Leaders and politicians

José Mujica, President of Uruguay
Leandro N. Alem, politician
Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador
Óscar Arias, statesman, Nobel Peace Prize
Cristina Kirchner, President of Argentina
Francisco de Miranda, Supreme Chief of First Republic of Venezuela
Julio A. Roca, President of Argentina
Antonio Saca, President of El Salvador
Rómulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela
Simón Bolívar, Libertador in Spanish American wars of independence
Javier Milei, President of Argentina
Anastasio Bustamante, President of Mexico
Plutarco Elías Calles, President of Mexico
Fidel Castro, Prime Minister, later President of Cuba
Alfonso García Robles, diplomat and politician, Nobel Peace Prize
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Supreme Dictator of Paraguay
Che Guevara, Marxist revolutionary
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Chief instigator of Mexican War of Independence
Benito Juárez, President of Mexico
Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil
Alberto Lleras Camargo, President of Colombia
Leopoldo López, Mayor of Chacao, Venezuela
José Martí, leader of Cuban Independence movement
Juan Manuel de Rosas, Caudillo
Rigoberta Menchú, activist, Nobel Peace Prize
Chico Mendes, trade union leader and environmentalist
Antonio Nariño, political and military leader
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations Secretary-General
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, activist, Nobel Peace Prize
Juan Perón, President of Argentina
Carlos Saavedra Lamas, academic and politician, Nobel Peace Prize
José de San Martín, Libertador in Spanish American wars of independence
Augusto César Sandino, guerilla leader and revolutionary
Pancho Villa, guerrilla leader of the Mexican Revolution
Emiliano Zapata, guerrilla leader of the Mexican Revolution
Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
Pedro Albizu Campos, president of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Evo Morales, president of Bolivia

Monarchs

Agustin I, independence leader, Emperor of Mexico
Pope Francis, Sovereign of Vatican City State
Pedro I, independence leader, Emperor of Brazil
Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil

Imperial/royal consorts

Ana María Huarte, Empress consort of Mexico
Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Empress consort of Brazil
Carlota of Mexico, Empress consort of Mexico
Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress consort of Brazil
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg
Máxima of the Netherlands, Queen consort of the Netherlands
Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Empress consort of Brazil

Musicians

Carlos Gardel, singer, songwriter, composer and actor
Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist
Miguel del Águila, composer
Alok (DJ), musician, DJ, and record producer
Michel Camilo, pianist and composer
Simón Díaz, composer, actor and singer
Gilberto Gil, singer and composer
Chabuca Granda, singer and composer
Rafael Hernández Marín, composer
Antônio Carlos Jobim, pianist, singer and composer
Agustín Lara, composer
Ernesto Lecuona, composer, pianist and conductor
Vinicius de Moraes, singer and composer
Ástor Piazzolla, tango composer
Tito Puente, Latin jazz and mambo musician
Omar Rodríguez-López, guitarist
Carlos Santana, composer, songwriter and guitarist
Eloy Casagrande, drummer
Lalo Schifrin, composer and pianist
Pedro Suárez-Vértiz, pianist, singer and composer
Caetano Veloso, singer and composer
Lito Vitale, composer and performer
Laurindo Almeida, guitarist and composer in classical
Atahualpa Yupanqui, folk musician
Rosa Antonelli, pianist
Antônio Meneses, cellist

Classical

Nelson Freire, classical pianist
José Antonio Abreu, pianist, conductor and composer
Miguel del Águila, composer
Claudio Arrau, pianist
Clara Ricciolini, ballet
Daniel Barenboim, pianist and conductor
Agustín Barrios, guitarist and composer
Teresa Carreño, pianist, conductor and composer
Reynaldo Hahn, music, critic, conductor and composer
Deborah Colker, ballet dancer
Eduardo Marturet, conductor and composer
Eduardo Mata, conductor and composer
Juan Orrego Salas, composer

;Opera singers

Paulo Szot, baritone
Luigi Alva, tenor
Fabiana Bravo, soprano
Antônio Carlos Gomes, opera composer
Eduardo Brito, baritone
José Cura, tenor
Juan Diego Flórez, tenor
Isabel Rubio Ricciolini, opera

Singers

Christina Aguilera, pop/R&B singer-songwriter and actress
Álvaro Torres, singer-songwriter
Anitta, singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer
Desi Arnaz, salsa singer
Rubén Blades, salsa singer
Roberto Carlos (singer), singer-songwriter
Cazuza, singer-songwriter
Gustavo Cerati, alternative rock singer-songwriter
Celia Cruz, salsa singer
Kat DeLuna, singer
Lali Espósito, pop singer-songwriter
Gloria Estefan, singer-songwriter
José Feliciano, singer-songwriter
Juan Gabriel, ranchera and ballad singer-songwriter
Charly García, rock musician
Juan Luis Guerra, singer-songwriter
Pedro Infante, singer and actor
Víctor Jara, singer-songwriter
Juanes, singer-songwriter
Jennifer Lopez, singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, producer
Jorge Negrete, singer-songwriter
Fito Páez, singer-songwriter, producer and film director
Prince Royce, singer-songwriter
Santaye, singer-songwriter
Ivete Sangalo, singer-songwriter
Raul Seixas, composer, singer-songwriter and producer
Shakira, Latin pop singer-songwriter
Luis Alberto Spinetta, singer-songwriter
Lynda Thomas, alternative rock and eurodance singer-songwriter
Carlos Vives, vallenato singer, composer and actor
Ricky Martin, Latin pop singer-songwriter and actor
Bad Bunny, reggaeton and Latin trap singer-songwriter
Camila Cabello, actor, singer-songwriter

Philosophers and humanists

Paulo Freire, philosopher
Juan Bautista Alberdi, political theorist
Andrés Bello, humanist, philosopher, educator and philologist
Leonardo Boff, early Liberation theologians
Mario Bunge, philosopher
Miguel Antonio Caro, humanist, linguist and politician
Rufino José Cuervo, philologist and linguist
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, writer, journalist and sociologist
Manuel DeLanda, philosopher, professor
Roberto Mangabeira Unger, philosopher
José Ingenieros, philosopher and sociologist
Enrique Krauze, historian, political and social essayist
Humberto Maturana, proponent of embodied philosophy
Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla, humanist, philosopher and educator
Gilberto de Mello Freyre, sociologist, considered one of the most important sociologists of the 20th century
Edmundo O'Gorman, philosopher
Francisco Varela, proponent of embodied philosophy
José Vasconcelos, thinker, educator and essayist
Antonio Candido, writer, sociologist

Science and technology

Manuel de Abreu, physician and scientist
Josué de Castro, physician
Milton Santos, geographer
Giuseppe Cilento, chemist
Ivan Izquierdo, scientist
Juan Martín Maldacena, theoretical physicis
Julio Navarro (astrophysicist), astrophysicist
Luis Agote, physician and researcher
Eugenia Kalnay, meteorologist
Sandra Díaz (ecologist), ecologist
Ricardo Alegría, physical anthropologist
Maurício Peixoto, engineer and mathematician
Luis Caffarelli, mathematician
Eduardo Arzt, molecular biologist
Ana Belén Elgoyhen, scientist
Álvaro Alvim, physician
Antonio Divino Moura, meteorologist
Carolina Araujo, mathematician
Artur Avila, mathematician
José Antonio Balseiro, nuclear physicist
Gregorio Baro, radiochemist
Eduardo D. Sontag, mathematician
Ana Bedran-Russo, clinician and scientist
Amina Helmi, astronomer
Alberto Pedro Calderón, mathematician
Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, Nobel Prize Medicine
Martha E. Bernal, psychologist
Fernando Brandão, physicist and computer scientist
Vital Brazil, physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist
Jorge E. Galán, microbiologist
Carlos Eduardo Kenig, mathematician
Francisco José de Caldas, naturalist, mathematician, geographer and inventor
Fernando Caldeiro, NASA astronaut
Víctor A. Carreño, NASA aerospace engineer
Nabor Carrillo Flores, nuclear physicist
Carlos Chagas, physician and scientist
Franklin Chang Díaz, NASA astronaut
Nitza Margarita Cintrón, NASA Chief of Space and Health Care Systems
Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho, biologist, primatologist
Jacinto Convit, medical scientist, discoverer of vaccines
Newton da Costa, mathematician, logician, and philosopher
Luís Cruls, astronomer and geodesist
Armando J. Parodi, glycobiologist
Oswaldo Cruz, physician, bacteriologist, epidemiologist
Johanna Döbereiner, agronomist
René Favaloro, cardiologist, created the technique for coronary bypass
Humberto Fernández-Morán, medical research scientist
Sérgio Henrique Ferreira, physician and pharmacologist
Orlando Figueroa, NASA Director for Mars Exploration and for Solar System Division
Carlos Finlay, medical scientist, researcher
Leopoldo Penna Franca, mathematician
Julio Garavito Armero, astronomer
Marcelo Gleiser, physicist and astronomer
Otto Richard Gottlieb, chemist and scientist
José Goldemberg, physicist
Guillermo González Camarena, inventor of an early color television system
Hilário de Gouvêa, ophthalmologist
Juan Gundlach, naturalist, taxonomist
Celso Grebogi, theoretical physicist
Salomón Hakim, physician and scientist
Guillermo Haro, astrophysicist, specialist in observational astronomy
Bernardo Houssay, physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Miguel de Icaza, free software programmer
Roberto Ierusalimschy, computer scientist
Madeleine M. Joullié organic chemist
Warwick Estevam Kerr, agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist
Roberto Landell de Moura, pioneer of telephony and radio
César Lattes, experimental physicist
Luis Federico Leloir, biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Maria Carmela Lico, physiologist
Mariana Weissmann, physicist
Beatriz Barbuy, astrophysicist
Henrique da Rocha Lima, physician, pathologist and infectologist
Domingo Liotta, cardiologist, created first artificial heart
Rosaly Lopes, planetary geologist, volcanologist
Peter Wilhelm Lund, paleontologist, zoologist and archeologist
Adolfo Lutz, epidemiologist
Lúcia Mendonça Previato, biologist
Humberto Maturana, biologist
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, USSR Space Program cosmonaut
César Milstein, biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Luis E. Miramontes, chemist, co-inventor of the oral contraceptive
Mario J. Molina, chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Salvador Moncada, pharmacologist
Nélio José Nicolai, electrotechnician
Miguel Nicolelis, pioneering work surrounding brain-computer interface
Hermann Niemeyer, paediatrician and biochemist, pioneer of biochemistry in Chile
Rodolfo Neri Vela, Ph.D, NASA astronaut
Belita Koiller, Physics
Carlos Nobre (scientist), scientist and meteorologist
Carlos I. Noriega, NASA astronaut
Antonia Novello, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig, immunologist
Diltor Opromolla, physician and dermatologist
Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, pathologist, vaccines specialist
Carlos Paz de Araújo, scientist and inventor
Jacob Palis, mathematician
Feniosky Peña-Mora, engineer and educator
Sérgio Pereira da Silva Porto, physicist
Felipe Poey, zoologist, specialist in ichthyology
Aracely Quispe Neira, NASA senior astronautical engineer, professor, researcher
Silvano Raia, surgeon
Eduardo H. Rapoport, ecologist, biogeographer
L. Rafael Reif, engineer, president of MIT
Andrés Manuel del Río, geologist, chemist
Maurício Rocha e Silva, physician and pharmacologist
Helen Rodríguez Trías, pediatrician, early advocate for women's reproductive rights
Alicia Dickenstein mathematician
Francisco Rubio (astronaut), NASA astronaut
Oscar Sala, nuclear physicist
Roberto Salmeron, electrical engineer and experimental nuclear physicist
Wilfredo Santa-Gómez, psychiatrist
José Santana (economist), specialist in technology and development
Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviation inventor
Nise da Silveira, psychiatrist
Sarah Stewart (cancer researcher), microbiologist, discovered Polyomavirus
Klaus von Storch, aerospace engineer
Sérgio Trindade, chemical engineer and researcher
Pablo DT Valenzuela, biotechnologist, co-founder of Chiron Corporation and Fundación Ciencias Para la Vida
Francisco Varela, biologist, co-author of the theory of autopoiesis
Lydia Villa-Komaroff, biologist, early Mexican American PhD in the sciences
Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini, physician and cardiac surgeon

Social scientists

Celso Monteiro Furtado, economist
Eugenio María de Hostos, sociologist and educator
Miguel León-Portilla, cultural anthropologist and historian
Milton Santos, human geographer and writer
Hernando de Soto Polar, economist
Julio C. Tello, archeologist
Lorenz Bruno Puntel, philosopher

Sports

Athletics to Cycling

;Athletics

Daniel Bautista, Olympic race walk gold medalist
Thiago Braz, Olympic pole vault gold medalist
Delfo Cabrera, Olympic marathon gold medalist
Ernesto Canto, race walk Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
Joaquim Cruz, Olympic 800m gold medalist
Adhemar da Silva, Olympic 2x triple jump gold medalist
Anier García, Olympic 110 m hurdles gold medalist
Raúl González (racewalker), Olympic gold medalist
Alberto Juantorena, Olympic 2x track gold medalist
Iván Pedroso, Olympic long jump gold medalist and 4x World Champion
Jefferson Pérez, Olympic 2x race walk gold medalist and 4x World Champion
Dayron Robles, Olympic 110 m hurdles gold medalist
Irving Saladino, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
Félix Sánchez, Olympic 400m hurdles gold medalist and 2x World Champion
Javier Sotomayor, Olympic high jump gold medalist and World Record holder
Juan Carlos Zabala, Olympic marathon gold medalist

;Baseball

Luis Aparicio, Major League Baseball shortstop, Baseball Hall of Fame
Miguel Cabrera, MLB first baseman
Yan Gomes, Brazilian-American professional baseball catcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball
Roberto Clemente, MLB right fielder, Baseball Hall of Fame
Juan Marichal, MLB pitcher, Baseball Hall of Fame
Dennis Martínez, MLB pitcher, first Latino to pitch a perfect game
Pedro Martínez, MLB pitcher, 3x Cy Young Award winner
Sammy Sosa, MLB right fielder, first Latino to hit 500 home runs
José Reyes (infielder), MLB player
Fernando Valenzuela, MLB pitcher

;Basketball

Oscar Schmidt
Hortência Marcari
Carlos Arroyo, National Basketball Association point guard
Leandro Barbosa, NBA Champion
J. J. Barea, NBA Champion
Manu Ginóbili, Olympic gold medalist, NBA 2x Champion
Al Horford, NBA
Horacio Llamas, NBA
Eduardo Nájera, NBA
Butch Lee, NBA Champion

;Boxing

Rosendo Álvarez, World Champion
Alexis Argüello, World Champion, International Boxing Hall of Fame
Wilfred Benítez, World Champion in 3x weight divisions, International Boxing Hall of Fame
Jorge Castro (boxer), World Champion
Julio César Chávez, World Champion in 3x weight divisions
Juan Martin Coggi, World Champion
Carlos Cruz (boxer), World Champion
Oscar De La Hoya, World Champion in 6x weight divisions
Carlos De León, World Champion
Roberto Durán, World Champion in 4x weight divisions
Víctor Galíndez, World Champion
Wilfredo Gómez, World Champion
Éder Jofre, World Champion
Santos Laciar, World Champion
Raúl Macías, World Champion
Kina Malpartida, World Champion
Ricardo Mayorga, World Champion
Carlos Monzón, World Champion
José Luis Ramírez, World Champion
John Ruiz, World Champion
Salvador Sánchez, World Champion
José Torres, World Champion
Félix Trinidad, World Champion

;Chess

Esteban Canal, International Master, honorary International Grandmaster
José Raúl Capablanca, World Champion, International Grandmaster
Henrique Costa Mecking, Brazilian chess grandmaster

;Cycling

Santiago Botero, World Time-Trial Champion
Henrique Avancini

;Draughts

Lourival Mendes França, world champion in draughts-64,, International grandmaster in draughts-64, International master in International draughts

Football to Volleyball

;Football

Pelé, co-winner FIFA Player of the 20th Century, Named athlete of the 20th century
Alfredo Di Stéfano, 5x Champions League winner with Real Madrid and 3x Ballon d’Or winner
Diego Maradona, co-winner FIFA Player of the 20th Century
Lionel Messi, 6x World Footballer of the Year
Ronaldo
Ronaldinho
Kaká
Rivaldo
Romário

;Handball

;Golf

Chi-Chi Rodríguez, World Golf Hall of Famer
Bento Assis 4 x World Champion US Kids Golf

;Horse racing

Javier Castellano, jockey, 3x U.S. Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey
Ramon Domínguez, jockey, 3x U.S. Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey
T. J. Pereira

;Motor sports

Johnny Cecotto, 2x Motorcycle World Champion
Eric Granado, He was the 2017 FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship winner
Juan Manuel Fangio, 5x Formula One World Champion
Emerson Fittipaldi, 2x Formula One World Champion
Carlos Lavado, 2x Motorcycle World Champion
Juan Zanelli, Le Mans and European Hill Climb and Formula One race winner
Juan Pablo Montoya, 1x CART Champion, 2x Indianapolis 500 winner, Formula One and NASCAR race winner
Nelson Piquet, 3x Formula One World Champion
Ayrton Senna, 3x Formula One World Champion

;Skateboarding

Bob Burnquist, better known as Bob is the most medalist in X Games history, with a total of 30 medals
Letícia Bufoni, considered one of the greatest names in the history of the sport

;Surfing

Sofía Mulánovich, 3x World Champion, Surfing Hall of Fame
Phil Rajzman, 2x World Champion
Gabriel Medina
Ítalo Ferreira
Filipe Toledo
Adriano de Souza

;Tennis

Maria Bueno, 19x Champion of Grand Slam events, International Tennis Hall of Fame
Rosemary Casals, 12x Champion of Grand Slam events
Gigi Fernández, 1x Champion of Grand Slam event
Mary Joe Fernández, 2x Champion of Grand Slam events, 2 Olympic gold medals
Gastón Gaudio, 1x Champion of Grand Slam event
Andrés Gómez, 1x Champion of Grand Slam event
Fernando González, 2x Olympic medalist
Gustavo Kuerten, 1x Champion of Grand Slam event
Anita Lizana, 1x Champion of Grand Slam event, first Latin American to be ranked World Number One
Nicolás Massú, 2x Olympic gold medals
David Nalbandian, Tennis Masters Champion
Alex Olmedo, 3x Champion of Grand Slam events
Rafael Osuna, 4x Champion of Grand Slam events
Monica Puig, Olympic gold medalist
Marcelo Ríos, first Latín Américan man ranked World Number One in the ATP
Gabriela Sabatini, 2x Champion of Grand Slam events
Pancho Segura, International Tennis Hall of Fame
Paola Suárez, 1x Champion of Grand Slam event
Guillermo Vilas, 1x Champion of Grand Slam event

; Volleyball

; UFC

Writers

A-L

Paulo Coelho, lyricist and novelist
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, dramatist
Isabel Allende, best selling novelist
Arambilet, created first Latin American story using computerized linetext/ASCII art
Julia Alvarez, poet, novelist and essayist
Jorge Amado, modernist writer
José María Arguedas, novelist
Roberto Arlt, short-story writer, novelist, and playwright
Miguel Ángel Asturias, Nobel Prize in Literature
Mario Benedetti, novelist and poet
Adolfo Bioy Casares, novelist, Cervantes Prize
Roberto Bolaño, novelist, Rómulo Gallegos Prize
Jorge Luis Borges, Cervantes Prize
Giannina Braschi, poet, novelist, and essayist
Alfredo Bryce, novelist and short story writer
Carlos Drummond de Andrade poet and writer
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize
Alejo Carpentier, novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize
Carlos Castaneda, New Age and Shamanism author
Julio Cortázar, novelist and short story writer
Juana Inés de la Cruz, poet and dramatist
Rubén Darío, modernist poet
Virgilio Dávila, poet
Julia de Burgos, poet
João Guimarães Rosa, novelist, considered by many to be the greatest Brazilian writer of the 20th century and a of the greatest of all time
Jorge Edwards, Cervantes Prize
Laura Esquivel, novelist
Rosario Ferré, poet, novelist, and essayist
Carlos Fuentes, novelist and essayist, Rómulo Gallegos Prize, Cervantes Prize and Prince of Asturias Award
Rómulo Gallegos, novelist
João Cabral de Melo Neto, poet
Gabriel García Márquez, novelist and journalist, Nobel Prize Laureate
Nicolás Guillén, poet
José Hernández (writer), poet and journalist
Vicente Huidobro, poet, initiator of Creacionismo movement
José Lezama Lima, novelist
Amelia Denis de Icaza, romantic poet
Clarice Lispector, novelist
Luis Lloréns Torres, poet
Luis López Nieves, best-selling novelist and tale writer
Dulce María Loynaz, poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate
Leopoldo Lugones, poet
Mário de Andrade, poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, he was a pioneer of the field of ethnomusicology

M-Z

Alejandra Pizarnik, poet
Machado de Assis, realist novelist, poet and short-story writer
Monteiro Lobato, novelist and short story writer, One of the greatest names in children's literature of all time
Jorge Majfud, novelist and essayist
José Martí, poet and essayist
Gregório de Matos, baroque poet
Leopoldo Minaya, Cervantes Cultural Association Award
Pedro Mir, poet and writer, Poet Laureate of Dominican Republic
Gabriela Mistral, poet, Nobel Prize
Augusto Monterroso, short story writer, Prince of Asturias Award
Manuel Mujica Láinez, novelist, essayist, journalist and short story writer
Álvaro Mutis, poet, novelist, and essayist, Cervantes Prize, Prince of Asturias Award
Ana Maria Machado, writer, She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000 for her "lasting contribution to children's literature"
Pablo Neruda, poet, Nobel Prize
Amado Nervo, modernist poet
Juan Carlos Onetti, novelist and short-story writer, Cervantes Prize
Nicanor Parra, anti-poet
Fernando del Paso, novelist, essayist and poet, Rómulo Gallegos Prize
Octavio Paz, Cervantes Prize and Nobel Prize
Sergio Pitol, novelist, short story writer and translator, Cervantes Prize
Elena Poniatowska, novelist
Manuel Puig, novelist
Horacio Quiroga, short story writer
José Eustasio Rivera, poet and novelist
Augusto Roa Bastos, novelist, Cervantes Prize
Gonzalo Rojas, poet, Cervantes Prize
Juan Rulfo, novelist, Prince of Asturias Award
Ernesto Sabato, novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize
Jaime Sabines, poet
Alfonsina Storni, postmodernist poet
Lygia Fagundes Telles, novelist and short-story writer, Camoens Prize
Arturo Uslar Pietri, novelist, Prince of Asturias Award
César Vallejo, poet
Fernando Vallejo, novelist, Rómulo Gallegos Prize
Mario Vargas Llosa, novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize, Nobel Prize
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, first mestizo author in Spanish language
Xavier Villaurrutia, poet

Others

Silvia Renate Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden
Óscar González-Quevedo, parapsychologist
Egon Albrecht-Lemke, Luftwaffe fighter pilot
Luigi Cani, skydiver
Ali Lenin Aguilera, businessman
Frei Galvão, saint
Eike Batista, businessman
José Antonio Bowen, jazz musician and college president
Enrique Gratas, television journalist
Chico Xavier, philanthropist and spiritist medium
María Julia Mantilla, Miss World 2004
Graças Foster, business person
Denise Quiñones, Miss Universe 2001
Sebastião Salgado, photographer
Geraldo Rivera, television journalist
Amyr Klink, explorer
Mike Krieger, entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Instagram
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, businessman
Alex Kipman, engineer
Carlos Slim, businessman and billionaire
Gérard Moss, pilot
Alex Atala, cook
Ademar José Gevaerd, ufologist
Karol Meyer, diver
Maria da Conceição, alleged witch
Roche Braziliano, pirate
Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Facebook