|
Listed below are notable people from Uruguay.
Artists
Vedettes, singers, actors, dancers and models
 Natalia Oreiro
- 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
Politics and military
 José Gervasio Artigas
Religious leaders
Writers
 Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
Film directors and screenwriters
Indigenous people
Engineers and architects
Educators
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
Scientists
Sports
 Luis Suárez
- 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)[4]
- 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[5]
- 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
 Uriel Trocki
Economists
See also
References
|
