List of Uruguayans

Listed below are notable people from Uruguay.

Artists

 * Rodolfo Arotxarena
 * Pablo Atchugarry
 * José Belloni
 * Juan Manuel Blanes
 * Juan José Calandria
 * Carlos Capelán
 * Pedro Figari
 * Carlos María Herrera
 * Edward Johnston
 * Carlos Páez Vilaró
 * Virginia Patrone
 * María Carmen Portela
 * Hermenegildo Sábat
 * Martín Sastre
 * Felipe Seade
 * Joaquín Torres García
 * Daniel Pontet
 * Eduardo Vernazza

Vedettes, singers, actors, dancers and models

 * Alicia Alfonso (born 1963) – 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 (born 1983) – actor, writer, and director
 * Mary da Cuña (1942–2016) – 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 (born 1964) – actress, dancer, television star
 * María Mendive (born 1968) – 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 (1888–1970) – actress and producer
 * Pelusa Vera (born 1940) – theater, radio, and television actress
 * Imilce Viñas (1939–2009) – actress, comedian, teacher, and theater director
 * China Zorrilla – award-winning theater, film and television actress

Musicians

 * Miguel del Aguila
 * Jorge Drexler, Academy Award winner
 * Enrique Graf
 * Pablo Sciuto
 * José Serebrier
 * Alfredo Zitarrosa
 * Edgardo Cambón
 * Mariana Ingold
 * Martín López
 * Eduardo Mateo
 * Martín Méndez
 * Rubén Rada
 * Jaime Roos
 * Gabe Saporta
 * Erwin Schrott
 * Julio Sosa
 * Daniel Viglietti
 * Malena Muyala

Politics and military



 * Gregorio Álvarez
 * Juan José de Amézaga
 * Mariano Arana
 * Líber Arce (1938–1968), martyred student activist
 * José Gervasio Artigas
 * Danilo Astori
 * Alfredo Baldomir
 * Hugo Batalla
 * Jorge Batlle
 * José Batlle y Ordóñez
 * Lorenzo Batlle
 * Luis Batlle Berres
 * Tomas Berreta
 * Graciela Bianchi (born 1954), professor, politician, lawyer, notary
 * Eduardo Blanco Acevedo
 * Juan María Bordaberry
 * Pedro Bordaberry
 * Baltasar Brum
 * Lorenzo Carnelli
 * Juan Lindolfo Cuestas
 * José Eugenio Ellauri
 * Hugo Fernández Faingold
 * Venancio Flores
 * Emilio Frugoni
 * Reinaldo Gargano
 * Julio César Grauert
 * Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz
 * Luis Alberto de Herrera
 * Luis Alberto Lacalle
 * Juan Antonio Lavalleja
 * Aparicio Méndez
 * Rafael Michelini
 * Zelmar Michelini
 * Martha Montaner (1955–2016), deputy and senator
 * José Mujica
 * Rodolfo Nin Novoa
 * Didier Opertti Badan
 * Manuel Oribe
 * Jorge Pacheco Areco
 * Susana Pintos (1939–1968), martyred student activist
 * Fructuoso Rivera
 * Julio María Sanguinetti
 * Aparicio Saravia
 * Raúl Sendic
 * Joaquín Suárez
 * Gabriel Terra
 * Tabaré Vázquez
 * Feliciano Viera

Religious leaders

 * Gonzalo Aemilius
 * Antonio María Barbieri
 * Pablo Galimberti
 * José Benito Lamas
 * Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga
 * Juan Francisco Larrobla
 * José Benito Monterroso
 * Francisca Rubatto
 * Juan Luis Segundo
 * Mariano Soler
 * Jacinto Vera

Writers



 * Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
 * Francisco Acuña de Figueroa
 * Delmira Agustini
 * Pilar Barrios
 * Mario Benedetti
 * Amanda Berenguer
 * Ruben Cotelo
 * Juana de Ibarbourou
 * Eduardo Galeano
 * Marosa di Giorgio
 * Julio Herrera y Reissig
 * Jorge Majfud
 * Eduardo Milán
 * Juan Carlos Onetti, Cervantes Prize winner
 * Emilio Oribe
 * Cristina Peri Rossi
 * Manuel Pérez y Curis
 * Horacio Quiroga
 * José Enrique Rodó
 * María Herminia Sabbia y Oribe
 * Florencio Sánchez
 * Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira
 * Idea Vilariño
 * Javier de Viana
 * Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

Film directors and screenwriters

 * Fede Álvarez
 * Valeria Puig
 * Juan Pablo Rebella
 * Pablo Stoll
 * Rodo Sayagues

Public figures

 * Irma Avegno (1881–1913), businesswoman
 * Roberto Canessa
 * Mariana Mota, judge
 * Nando Parrado
 * Gustavo Zerbino

Indigenous people

 * María Micaëla Guyunusa
 * Laureano Tacuavé Martínez

Engineers and architects

 * Eladio Dieste
 * Gonzalo Frasca
 * Roman Fresnedo Siri
 * Carlos Ott

Educators

 * Enriqueta Compte y Riqué (1866–1949), educational theorist
 * María Stagnero de Munar (1856–1922), educational reformer and feminist
 * Pablo Román Pérez Torres, Uruguayan translator and lecturer

Journalists

 * Susana Andrade (born 1963) – attorney, journalist, columnist, politician
 * Clara Berenbau (1980–2013) – presenter, announcer, columnist, actress, writer, and journalist
 * Dolores Castillo (1920-1991) – 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 – (Grammy nominated classical composer)
 * Jorge Drexler – Academy Award-winning song composer (The Motorcycle Diaries)
 * Gerardo Matos Rodríguez – composer of the tango La Cumparsita
 * Guido Santórsola
 * Alfredo Zitarrosa

Scientists

 * Beatriz Álvarez Sanna (born 1968), biochemist
 * Rodrigo Arocena
 * Teresita de Barbieri, feminist sociologist, academic, and researcher
 * José L. Duomarco
 * Erna Frins (born 1960), physicist
 * Rodolfo Gambini
 * Gaston Gonnet
 * Esmeralda Mallada (born 1937), astronomer
 * José Luis Massera
 * Mariana Meerhoff (born 1975), researcher, professor, and biologist
 * Mario Wschebor

Football

 * Sebastián Abreu ("El Loco 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 (Trofense)
 * Diego Lugano – former football player, member of national team
 * Francisco Majewski – former football player
 * Juan Masnik – former football player
 * Ladislao Mazurkiewicz – former football player
 * Hugo Modernell – 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 Atlético Madrid
 * 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 (born 1977) – surfing champion
 * Esteban Batista – first Uruguayan to play in the National Basketball Association
 * Alfredo Evangelista – boxer
 * José María Flores Burlón – boxer
 * Marcel Felder (born 1984) – tennis player
 * Emiliano Lasa, track and field athlete, Olympic finalist
 * Oscar Moglia – Olympic medal-winning basketball player
 * Andy Ram (born 1980) – Uruguay-born Israeli tennis player
 * Uriel Trocki (born 1996) – Uruguayan-Israeli basketball player for national team and in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Milton Wynants – Olympic silver medal-winning cyclist

Economists

 * Azucena Arbeleche (born 1970) – economist, professor, and civil servant
 * Arturo C. Porzecanski – Wall Street economist and university professor