List of Uruguayans

Listed below are notable people from Uruguay.

Artists

Vedettes, singers, actors, dancers and models

Alicia Alfonso actress
Marcelo Buquet actor and former model
César Campodónico actor
Eunice Castro fashion-runway model, professional theater dancer, television and runway hostess and actress of stage and screen
Mateo Chiarino actor, writer, and director
Mary da Cuña actress and theater director
George DelHoyo American theater and television actor, born in Canelones
Virginia Dobrich professional theater and television dancer
Mónica Farro theatrical supervedette, model and professional theater and television actress
Tina Ferreira carnival and theater vedette, dancer and journalist
Delfi Galbiati theatre actor
Andrea Ghidone vedette, fashion model, professional dancer and actress of theater and television
Daniel Hendler film, television, and theatre actor
Osvaldo Laport film and television actor
Laura Martínez actress, dancer, television star
María Mendive actress and theater director
Mónica Mesones model and TV presenter
Bárbara Mori telenovela and film actress and model
Natalia Oreiro Latin Grammy-nominated singer, actress and fashion designer
María Padín actress and producer
Pelusa Vera theater, radio, and television actress
Imilce Viñas actress, comedian, teacher, and theater director
China Zorrilla award-winning theater, film and television actress

Musicians

Politics and military

Religious leaders

Writers

Film directors and screenwriters

Public figures

Indigenous people

Engineers and architects

Educators

Enriqueta Compte y Riqué, educational theorist
María Stagnero de Munar, educational reformer and feminist
Pablo Román Pérez Torres, Uruguayan translator and lecturer

Journalists

Susana Andrade – attorney, journalist, columnist, politician
Clara Berenbau – presenter, announcer, columnist, actress, writer, and journalist
Dolores Castillo – journalist, philosophy professor, and trade union activist
Jorge Gestoso Spanish-language television host and President of GTN, Gestoso Television News
Pedro Sevcec Spanish-language television news anchor for U.S. network Telemundo

Composers

Miguel del Aguila –
Jorge Drexler Academy Award-winning song composer
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez composer of the tango La Cumparsita
Guido Santórsola
Alfredo Zitarrosa

Scientists

Beatriz Álvarez Sanna, biochemist
Rodrigo Arocena
Teresita de Barbieri, feminist sociologist, academic, and researcher
José L. Duomarco
Erna Frins, physicist
Rodolfo Gambini
Gaston Gonnet
Esmeralda Mallada, astronomer
José Luis Massera
Mariana Meerhoff, researcher, professor, and biologist
Mario Wschebor

Sports

Football

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Sebastián Abreu football player, member of national team
José Andrade former football player and member of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team
Felipe Avenatti former football player
Julio César Benítez Amodeo Uruguayan football player, played seven seasons with Barcelona from 1961 to his sudden death in 1968
Edinson Cavani football player, member of national team and Manchester United
Héctor Codevila footballer
César Falletti football player, forward
Diego Forlán former football player, member of national team
Enzo Francescoli former football player, member of national team
Alcides Ghiggia former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team
Diego Godín football player, member of national team and Cagliari
Wilson Graniolatti former football player
Carlos Grossmüller former football player
John Harley played with C.U.R.C.C./Peñarol from 1909 until his retirement from football in 1920
Luis Jonne former football player, member of national team
Gary Kagelmacher football player, defender
Marcelo Lipatin football player, forward
Diego Lugano former football player, member of national team
Francisco Majewski former football player
Juan Masnik former football player
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz former football player
Paolo Montero former football player, member of the national team
Fernando Muslera football player, member of national team and Galatasaray
José Nasazzi former football player, captain of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team
Álvaro Recoba football player, member of the national team
Pedro Rocha former football player, member of the national team
Hugo Rivero former football player
Diego Rossi football player, forward
Juan Schiaffino former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team
Luis Suárez football player, member of national team and member of Inter Miami
Obdulio Varela former football player, captain of the 1950 World Cup-winning team
Matías Vitkieviez former football player
Gerardo Vonder former football player

Others

Celia Barboza – surfing champion
Esteban Batista first Uruguayan to play in the National Basketball Association
Alfredo Evangelista boxer
José María Flores Burlón boxer
Marcel Felder tennis player
Emiliano Lasa, track and field athlete, Olympic finalist
Oscar Moglia Olympic medal-winning basketball player
Andy Ram – Uruguay-born Israeli tennis player
Uriel Trocki Uruguayan-Israeli basketball player for national team and in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Milton Wynants Olympic silver medal-winning cyclist

Economists

Azucena Arbeleche economist, professor, and civil servant
Arturo C. Porzecanski Wall Street economist and university professor