List of Paraguayans

The following is a list of people from Paraguay.

A

 * Lourdes Arévalos (born 1984), beauty queen and model

B

 * Cecilio Báez (1862-1941), politician, writer and president
 * Agustín Barboza (1913-1998), singer and composer
 * Agustín Barrios-Mangoré (1885-1944), guitarist and composer
 * Edgar Baumann (born 1970), former track and field athlete
 * Yohana Benítez (born 1987), beauty queen and model
 * Emilio Bigi (1910-1969), musician
 * Luis Bordón (1926-2006), harp player
 * José Bozzano (1895-1969), military engineer who designed gunboats for the Chaco War
 * Karina Buttner (born 1983), beauty queen and model

C

 * Victor Caballero (born 1960), former tennis player
 * Agustín Cañete (1844-1902), minister of finance
 * Gabriel Casaccia (1907-1980), writer
 * José Cardozo (born 1971), former professional footballer
 * Leonor Cecotto (died 1982), artist
 * Feliciano Centurión (1962-1996), painter
 * Juan Crisóstomo Centurión (1840-1902), military officer and minister of foreign affairs
 * Teresio Centurión (born 1958), former footballer
 * José Luis Chilavert (born 1965), former professional footballer
 * Julio Correa (1890-1953), playwright
 * Raúl Cubas Grau (born 1943), politician and former president

D

 * José Segundo Decoud (1848-1909), former President of the Supreme Court
 * Juan Francisco Decoud (1813-1897), leader of the Paraguayan Legion
 * Rogelio Delgado (born 1959), former professional footballer
 * Nicanor Duarte Frutos (born 1956), former President of Paraguay

E

 * Egni Eckert (born 1987), beauty queen and model
 * Arsenio Erico (1915-1977), soccer player
 * Víctor Espínola, harp player

F

 * Amilcar Ferreira (born 1971), economist and politician
 * Buenaventura Ferreira (born 1960), former professional footballer
 * Diego Ferreira (born 1975), former track and field athlete
 * Nadia Ferreira (born 1999), Miss Universe Paraguay & Miss Universe 2021 first runner-up
 * Diego Martínez Ferreira (born 1980), former professional footballer
 * Ramona Ferreira, Paraguayan journalist and feminist
 * Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944), writer
 * José Asunción Flores (1904-1972), director and composer
 * Carlos Franco (born 1965), professional golfer
 * Julio César Franco (born 1951), politician and former vice-president
 * Julio César Franco (born 1965), former footballer
 * Leryn Franco (born 1982), former track and field athlete
 * Carlos Filizzola (born 1959), politician and former mayor of Asunción

G

 * Carlos Gamarra (born 1971), former professional footballer
 * Herminio Giménez (1905-1991), composer
 * Juan Silvano Godoi (1850-1926), writer and museum director
 * Sila Godoy (1919-2014), guitarist and composer
 * Guadalupe González (born 1992), beauty queen and model
 * Juan Natalicio González (1897-1966), president and writer
 * Luis González Macchi (born 1947), politician and former president
 * Yanina González (born 1979), beauty queen and model
 * Julieta Granada (born 1987), golfer
 * Cesar Grillon (born 1957), former Paraguayan ambassador to Indonesia

H

 * Juan Carlos Herken Krauer (born 1953), writer and economist

J

 * Ramón Jiménez Gaona (born 1969), former track and field athlete
 * Juliana (died c. 1542), 16th-century Guaraní rebel

K

 * Nery Kennedy (born 1973), former track and field athlete
 * Eduard Klassen, harpist

L

 * Nicolás Léoz (1928-2019), CONMEBOL president
 * Carlos Antonio López (1792-1862), politician and president
 * Francisco Solano López (1827-1870), politician and president
 * Venancio López (1830-1870), minister of war and navy
 * Venancio Víctor López (1862-1927), attorney and minister of justice
 * Aníbal Lovera (1926-1994), composer and singer
 * Rafael Lovera (1952-2023), professional boxer

M

 * María Maldonado (born 1985), beauty queen, model and singer
 * Fiorella Migliore (born 1989), beauty queen, model and actress
 * Ricardo Migliorisi (1948-2019), painter, costume designer, scenery designer and architect

N

 * Jorge Daniel Núñez (born 1984), former professional football player
 * Jorge Martín Núñez (born 1978), former professional football player

O

 * Domingo Antonio Ortiz (1832-1889), naval officer
 * Christian Ovelar (born 1985), former professional footballer
 * Lino Oviedo (1943-2013), general and coup leader

P

 * Víctor Pecci (born 1955), former tennis player
 * Silvio Pettirossi (1887-1916), aviator
 * Josefina Plá (1903-1999), poet and artist

Q

 * Andrea Quattrocchi (born 1989), actress and ballerina
 * Fabio Queirolo (1861-1901), foreign minister

R

 * Gabriela Rejala (born 1989), beauty queen and model
 * Alba Riquelme (born 1991), beauty queen and model.
 * Blas Riquelme (1929-2012), politician, businessman and landowner
 * Larissa Riquelme (born 1985), model and actress, named "Girl of the FIFA 2010 World Cup"
 * Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-2005), writer, novelist
 * Andrés Rodríguez (1923-1997), army general and president
 * Guido Rodríguez Alcalá (born 1946), writer
 * Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá (1917-2007), writer
 * José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766-1840), first Paraguayan head of government
 * Yren Rotela (born 1981), activist for rights of LGBT people and sex workers

S

 * Roque Santa Cruz (born 1981), professional footballer
 * Oscar Vicente Scavone (born 1955), businessman
 * Clara Sosa (born 1993), beauty queen and model, winner of Miss Grand International 2018
 * Alfredo Stroessner (1912-2006), dictator of Paraguay

T

 * Tsiweyenki (Gloria Elizeche) (born 1951), leader of the indigenous Maká people

V

 * Héctor Velázquez (1864-1945), ophthalmologist
 * Pablo Medina Velázquez (1961-2014), journalist

W

 * Juan Carlos Wasmosy (born 1938), former president of Paraguay

Z

 * Pablo Zeballos (born 1986), professional footballer