List of Ecuadorians

This is a list of notable Ecuadorians.

Literature and journalism

 * Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006) - poet and writer
 * Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009) - poet and novelist
 * Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (b. 1942) - writer
 * Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981) - writer
 * Víctor Manuel Albornoz (1896–1975) - writer and historian
 * Gabriela Alemán (b. 1968) - novelist and short story writer
 * Carlos Altamirano Sánchez (b. 1926) - poet and journalist
 * Vicente Amador Flor (1903–1975) - poet
 * María Fernanda Ampuero (b. 1976) - journalist, short story writer
 * Juan Andrade Heymann (b. 1945) - novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer
 * Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983) - journalist and playwright
 * César E. Arroyo (1887–1937) - poet, novelist, journalist, playwright and diplomat
 * Enrique Avellán Ferrés (1904–1984) - novelist and playwright
 * Juan Bautista Aguirre (1725–1786) - poet and writer from colonial South America
 * Pablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904–1999) - writer, journalist
 * Alfonso Barrera Valverde (1929–2013) - writer, diplomat
 * Ana Cecilia Blum (b. 1972) - writer
 * Arturo Borja (1892–1912) - poet
 * Luz Elisa Borja (1903–1927) - poet
 * Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964) - poet and essayist
 * Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014) - writer
 * Jorge Luis Cáceres (b. 1982) - writer, editor
 * Oswaldo Calisto Rivera (1979–2000) - poet and artist
 * José Antonio Campos (1868–1939) - journalist
 * Eliécer Cárdenas (1950–2021) - novelist
 * Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972) - writer, suffragist
 * Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978) - poet
 * Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915–1992) - writer and journalist
 * Fanny Carrión de Fierro (b. 1939) - writer, poet, essayist and professor
 * Benjamín Carrión Mora (1897–1979) - writer
 * Iván Carvajal (b. 1948) - poet, philosopher, writer
 * María Piedad Castillo de Levi (1888–1962) - journalist, suffragist
 * Gabriel Cevallos García (1913–2004) - writer and historian
 * Octavio Cordero Palacios (1870–1930) - writer, playwright, poet, mathematician, lawyer, professor and inventor
 * Simón Corral (b. 1946) - poet and playwright
 * Mary Corylé (1894–1976) - poet
 * Luis Alberto Costales (1926–2006) - poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician
 * Remigio Crespo Toral (1860–1939) - poet, journalist, politician
 * José de la Cuadra (1903–1941) - novelist and short story writer
 * Agustin Cueva (1937–1992) - writer and sociologist
 * César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967)- poet
 * Jorge Dávila Vázquez (b. 1947) - writer
 * Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013) - poet, novelist, and short story writer
 * Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015) - poet, novelist, and short story writer
 * José María Egas (1896–1982) - poet
 * Gonzalo Escudero (1903–1971) - poet and diplomat
 * Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - writer
 * Ileana Espinel (1933–2001) - poet
 * Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961) - writer, poet, and translator
 * Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros (b. 1941) - TV journalist, holder of a Guinness Record for longest continuous time as a news anchor
 * Aurora Estrada y Ayala (1901–1967) - poet
 * Jenny Estrada (b. 1940) - writer and journalist
 * Ulises Estrella (1939–2014) - poet, film expert
 * Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002) - poet
 * Jacinto de Evia (1625–1700s) - poet, priest
 * Ángel Felicísimo Rojas (1909–2003) - writer, novelist, and poet
 * Humberto Fierro (1890–1929) - poet
 * Luis Enrique Fierro (b. 1936) - poet and medical doctor
 * Jaime Galarza Zavala (b. 1930) - writer, poet, journalist and politician
 * Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947) - novelist and short story writer
 * Karina Galvez (b. 1964) - poet
 * Alfredo Gangotena (1904–1944) - poet who wrote in French and Spanish
 * Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973) - writer
 * Federico González Suárez (1844–1917) - bishop, historian
 * Euler Granda (1935–2018) - novelist
 * Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira (1925–2009) - poet
 * Yanna Hadatty (b. 1969) - short story writer and essayist
 * Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931–2012) - poet and writer
 * Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez (1902–1962) - poet, novelist and short story writer
 * Janet Hinostroza (b. 1971) - journalist and TV presenter
 * Gilda Holst (b. 1952) - writer
 * Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978) - writer
 * María Angélica Idrobo (1890–1956) - writer, educator
 * Edna Iturralde (b. 1948) - writer
 * Efraín Jara Idrovo (1926–2018) - poet and writer
 * Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (b. 1932) - poet
 * Nicolás Kingman Riofrío (1918–2018) - journalist, writer and politician
 * Juan Larrea Holguín (1927–2006) - writer and lawyer
 * Numa Pompilio Llona (1832–1907) - poet
 * Sonia Manzano Vela (b. 1947) - writer and pianist
 * Luis A. Martínez (1869–1909) - novelist
 * Nela Martínez (1912–2004) - writer
 * José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008) - playwright
 * Hugo Mayo (1895–1988) - poet and writer
 * José Trajano Mera (1862–1919) - poet and playwright
 * Juan León Mera (1832–1894) - writer
 * Pedro Moncayo (1807–1888) - political journalist
 * Juan Montalvo (1832–1889) - writer
 * Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927) - poet
 * Jorge Núñez Sánchez (1947–2020) - writer
 * José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780–1847) - poet, politician
 * Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003) - writer and poet
 * Elisa Ortiz de Aulestia (1909–1991) - teacher and writer
 * Emilio Palacio (b. 1954) - journalist
 * Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993) - writer, historian, academician, politician and diplomat
 * Julio Pazos Barrera (b. 1944) - poet and writer
 * Galo René Pérez (1923–2008) - biographer, poet, and essayist
 * Jorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995) - writer and historian
 * Ismael Pérez Pazmiño (1876–1944) - journalist, businessman
 * Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (b. 1939) - biographer
 * Victoria Puig de Lange (1916–2008) - journalist
 * Aleyda Quevedo (b. 1972) - writer
 * Ernesto Quiñonez (b. 1969) - novelist
 * Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004) - writer
 * Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940) - writer
 * Óscar Efrén Reyes (1896–1966)
 * Miguel Riofrío (1822–1879) - writer
 * Juan Manuel Rodríguez (b. 1945) - Spanish-Ecuadorian writer
 * Alfonso Rumazo González (1903–2002) - writer, historian, essayist and literary critic
 * José Rumazo González (b. 1904) - poet
 * Hugo Salazar Tamariz (1923–1999) - poet, novelist and playwright
 * Natasha Salguero (b. 1952) - writer, journalist
 * Isacovici Salomon (1924–1998) - writer
 * Filoteo Samaniego (1928–2013) - novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat
 * Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919) - poet
 * Dolores Sucre (1837–1917) - poet
 * Fernando Tinajero (b. 1940) - writer
 * Francisco Tobar García (1928–1997) - poet, novelist, and playwright
 * Abdón Ubidia (b. 1944) - novelist
 * Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969) - journalist
 * Benjamín Urrutia (b. 1950) - writer
 * Juan Valdano Morejón (1939–2021) - writer
 * Leonardo Valencia (b. 1969) - writer
 * Eduardo Varas (b. 1979) - novelist and journalist
 * Fray José María Vargas O.P. (1902–1988) - writer and historian
 * Javier Vásconez (b. 1946) - novelist and short story writer
 * Marieta de Veintemilla (1855–1907) - writer, politician
 * Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857) - poet
 * Juan de Velasco (1727–1792) - poet, historian
 * Jorge Velasco Mackenzie (1949–2021) - writer
 * Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999) - writer
 * Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999) - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist
 * Gaspar de Villarroel (1587–1665) - bishop, apologist
 * Humberto Vinueza (1942–2017) - poet
 * Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928) - novelist
 * Gonzalo Zaldumbide (1884–1965) - 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
 * Marcos Restrepo - printer
 * Miguel Betancourt - painter
 * Oswaldo Guayasamín - painter
 * Oswaldo Moreno - painter
 * 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 (Instituto Nacional de Danza)
 * 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 (Ecuadorian mother)

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 Rubira Infante - singer-songwriter
 * Celia Zaldumbide Rosales - pianist
 * Christopher Vélez - singer-songwriter and dancer (CNCO)
 * Christina Aguilera - singer and pop icon (half Ecuadorian, half German, Irish, Welsh, and Dutch ancestry)
 * 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
 * Paulina Tamayo singer
 * Mercedes M. Suastisinger
 * Carlota Jaramillosinger
 * 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 (1747–1795) - 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 (born 1984) - member of Andean Parliament
 * Belisario Albán Mestanza (1853–1925) - notable role in the Liberal Revolution of Guayaquil
 * Humberto Albornoz (1894–1959) - member of a provisional government junta in 1926
 * Ana Lucía Armijos (born 1949) - first female interior minister
 * Pedro José de Arteta (1797–1893) - vice-president
 * Leopoldo Benites (1905–1996) - 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
 * Manuela Cañizares (1769–1814) - early leader of the independence movement
 * Rafael Carvajal (1819–1878) - politician, minister
 * Galo Chiriboga - minister, prosecutor, felon
 * Pacífico Chiriboga (1810–1886) - politician, legislator, vice president
 * Carlos Cueva Tamariz (1898–1991) - politician, senator, legislator, councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Labor
 * Alberto Dahik (born 1953) - vice president, professor and businessman
 * José Javier Eguiguren - politician, minister
 * Freddy Ehlers (born 1945) - journalist, minister, presidential candidate
 * Juan Falconí Puig - public servant, diplomat
 * Luis Félix López (1932–2008) - prominent politician, minister
 * Manuel Félix López (1937–2004) - prominent politician in Manabí province
 * Guillermo Franco (1811–1873) - self-proclaimed dictator, major figure in the Ecuadorian political and military scene
 * Jorge Glas - vice president, convicted felon
 * Luisa Gómez de la Torre Páez (1887–1976) - socialist activist
 * Susana González Rosado (born 1973) - assembly member, vice prefect of Guayas Province
 * Matilde Hidalgo (1889–1974) - activist, physician, first Ecuadorian woman to finish secondary education, first Ecuadorina woman to complete a degree in medicine and first Ecuadorian woman to cast a vote in a national election
 * Francisco Illingworth (1905–1982) - Vice President of Ecuador
 * María Leonor Jiménez (born 1939) - candidate, public servant
 * María Cristina Kronfle (born 1985) - member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly for Guayas Province
 * José de La Mar - Independentist military leader, president of Peru (born in what is now Ecuador)
 * Luis Larrea Alba - general, president de facto in 1931
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 (born 1942) - prominent politician, president of the National Congress
 * Luis Vargas Torres (1844–1887) - 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 (1910–1999) - politician
 * José de Villamil - a leader of the struggle for independence, considered the father of the Ecuadorian Navy; born in Louisiana

Indigenous leaders

 * Atahualpa - Inca emperor, perhaps born in what is today Ecuador
 * Rumiñawi - high-ranking Incan warrior around the time of the Spanish conquest

Presidents

 * Juan José Flores - first president (1830–1835; 1839–1843; 1843–1845), Venezuelan-born
 * Vicente Rocafuerte - president (1834–1839)
 * José Joaquín de Olmedo - president (1845–1845)
 * Vicente Ramón Roca - president (1845–1849), first vice president (1830–1831)
 * Manuel de Ascásubi - interim president (1849–1850, 1869)
 * Diego Noboa - president (1850–1851)
 * José María Urvina - supreme chief and president (1851–1856)
 * Francisco Robles - president (1856–1859)
 * Gabriel García Moreno - president (1860–1865; 1869–1875)
 * Jerónimo Carrión - president (1865–1867)
 * Javier Espinosa - president (1868–1869)
 * Antonio Borrero - president (1875–1876)
 * Ignacio de Veintemilla - dictator and president (1876–1883)
 * José Plácido Caamaño - president (1883–1888)
 * Antonio Flores Jijón - president (1888–1892)
 * Luis Cordero Crespo - president (1892–1895)
 * Vicente Lucio Salazar - president (1895)
 * Eloy Alfaro - supreme chief and president (1895–1901)
 * Leonidas Plaza - president (1901–1905; 1912–1916)
 * Lizardo García - president (1905–1906)
 * Carlos Freile Zaldumbide - interim president (1911–1912)
 * Francisco Andrade Marín - interim president (1912)
 * Alfredo Baquerizo - president (1916–1920)
 * José Luis Tamayo - president (1920–1924)
 * Gonzalo Córdova - president (1924–1925)
 * Isidro Ayora - president (1926–1931)
 * Luis Larrea Alba - general, president de facto in 1931
 * Alberto Guerrero Martínez - provisional president (1932)
 * Juan de Dios Martínez - president (1932–1933)
 * Abelardo Montalvo - president (1933–1934)
 * José María Velasco Ibarra - president (1934–1935; 1944–1947; 1952–1956; 1968–1972)
 * Federico Páez - supreme chief and president (1935–1937)
 * Alberto Enríquez Gallo - military dictator (1937–1938)
 * Manuel María Borrero - interim president (1938)
 * Julio Enrique Moreno - interim president (1940)
 * Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río - president (1940–1944)
 * Carlos Mancheno Cajas - military dictator for a brief period (1947)
 * Mariano Suárez - president for a brief period (1947)
 * Galo Plaza Lasso - president (1948–1952)
 * Camilo Ponce Enríquez - president (1956–1960)
 * Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy - president (1961–1963)
 * Ramón Castro Jijón - president of the military junta (1963–1966)
 * Otto Arosemena - president (1966–1968)
 * Guillermo Rodríguez Lara - military dictator (1972–1976)
 * Jaime Roldós Aguilera - president (1979–1981)
 * Osvaldo Hurtado - president (1981–1984)
 * Leon Febres Cordero - president (1984–1988)
 * Rodrigo Borja Cevallos - president (1988–1992)
 * Sixto Durán Ballén - president (1992–1996)
 * Abdalá Bucaram - president (1996–1997), convicted felon
 * Jamil Mahuad - president (1998–2000)
 * Gustavo Noboa - president (2000–2003)
 * Lucio Gutiérrez - president (2003–2005)
 * Alfredo Palacio - president (2005–2007)
 * Rafael Correa - president (2007–2017), convicted felon
 * Lenin Moreno - president (2017–2021), former vice president (2007–2013)
 * Guillermo Lasso - president (2021–)

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
 * 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

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 (born 1987) - 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 (born in Argentina)
 * 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
 * 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 (born in Switzerland, represented Ecuador internationally)
 * 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
 * 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 (1954–2003) - 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