List of Paraguayans
The following is a list of people from Paraguay.
A
- Lourdes Arévalos, beauty queen and model
B
- Cecilio Báez, politician, writer and president
- Agustín Barboza, singer and composer
- Agustín Barrios-Mangoré, guitarist and composer
- Edgar Baumann, former track and field athlete
- Yohana Benítez, beauty queen and model
- Emilio Bigi, musician
- Luis Bordón, harp player
- José Bozzano, military engineer who designed gunboats for the Chaco War
- Karina Buttner, beauty queen and model
C
- Victor Caballero, former tennis player
- Agustín Cañete, minister of finance
- Gabriel Casaccia, writer
- Raúl Casal Ribeiro, lawyer and vice president
- José Cardozo, former professional footballer
- Leonor Cecotto, artist
- Feliciano Centurión, painter
- Juan Crisóstomo Centurión, military officer and minister of foreign affairs
- Teresio Centurión, former footballer
- José Luis Chilavert, former professional footballer
- Julio Correa, playwright
- Raúl Cubas Grau, politician and former president
D
- José Segundo Decoud, former President of the Supreme Court
- Juan Francisco Decoud, leader of the Paraguayan Legion
- Rogelio Delgado, former professional footballer
- Nicanor Duarte Frutos, former President of Paraguay
E
- Egni Eckert, beauty queen and model
- Arsenio Erico, soccer player
- Víctor Espínola, harp player
F
- Amilcar Ferreira, economist and politician
- Buenaventura Ferreira, former professional footballer
- Diego Ferreira, former track and field athlete
- Nadia Ferreira, Miss Universe Paraguay & Miss Universe 2021 first runner-up
- Diego Martínez Ferreira, former professional footballer
- Ramona Ferreira, Paraguayan journalist and feminist
- Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga, writer
- Carlos Filizzola, politician and former mayor of Asunción
- José Asunción Flores, director and composer
- Carlos Franco, professional golfer
- Julio César Franco, politician and former vice-president
- Julio César Franco, former footballer
- Leryn Franco, former track and field athlete
G
- Carlos Gamarra, former professional footballer
- Juan Andrés Gelly, diplomat
- Herminio Giménez, composer
- Juan Silvano Godoi, writer and museum director
- Sila Godoy, guitarist and composer
- Guadalupe González, beauty queen and model
- Juan Natalicio González, president and writer
- Luis González Macchi, politician and former president
- Yanina González, beauty queen and model
- Julieta Granada, golfer
- Cesar Grillon, former Paraguayan ambassador to Indonesia
H
- Juan Carlos Herken Krauer, writer and economist
J
- Juan Antonio Jara, vice-president of Paraguay
- Ramón Jiménez Gaona, former track and field athlete
- Juliana, 16th-century Guaraní rebel
K
- Nery Kennedy, former track and field athlete
- Eduard Klassen, harpist
L
- Nicolás Léoz, CONMEBOL president
- Carlos Antonio López, politician and president
- Ercilia López de Blomberg, writer
- Francisco Solano López, politician and president
- Venancio López, minister of war and navy
- Venancio Víctor López, attorney and minister of justice
- Aníbal Lovera, composer and singer
- Rafael Lovera, professional boxer
M
- María Maldonado, beauty queen, model and singer
- Fiorella Migliore, beauty queen, model and actress
- Ricardo Migliorisi, painter, costume designer, scenery designer and architect
N
- Jorge Daniel Núñez, former professional football player
- Jorge Martín Núñez, former professional football player
O
- Domingo Antonio Ortiz, naval officer
- Christian Ovelar, former professional footballer
- Lino Oviedo, general and coup leader
P
- Raúl Sapena Pastor, diplomat
- Víctor Pecci, former tennis player
- Silvio Pettirossi, aviator
- Josefina Plá, poet and artist
Q
- Andrea Quattrocchi, actress and ballerina
- Fabio Queirolo, foreign minister
R
- Gabriela Rejala, beauty queen and model
- Alba Riquelme, beauty queen and model
- Blas Riquelme, politician, businessman and landowner
- Larissa Riquelme, model and actress, named "Girl of the FIFA 2010 World Cup"
- Augusto Roa Bastos, writer, novelist
- Andrés Rodríguez, army general and president
- Guido Rodríguez Alcalá, writer
- Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá, writer
- José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, first Paraguayan head of government
- Yren Rotela, activist for rights of LGBT people and sex workers
S
- Roque Santa Cruz, professional footballer
- Oscar Vicente Scavone, businessman
- Clara Sosa, beauty queen and model, winner of Miss Grand International 2018
- Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
T
- Tsiweyenki, leader of the indigenous Maká people
V
- Héctor Velázquez, ophthalmologist
- Pablo Medina Velázquez, journalist
W
- Juan Carlos Wasmosy, former president of Paraguay
Z
- Pablo Zeballos, professional footballer