do you know any famous people from argentina???

Question

if you know any famous people from argentina, tell me who

Answer 1

José Sixto Álvarez ("Fray mocho")
Olegario Víctor Andrade
Julio Ardiles Gray
Juan Argerich
Roberto Arlt
Hilario Ascasubi
Leónidas Barletta
Eduardo Belgrano Rawson
Héctor Bianciotti
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Jorge Luis Borges
Alfredo Bufano
Martín Caparrós
Arturo Capdevila
Evaristo Carriego
Manuel Castilla
Abelardo Castillo
Cristina Civale
Haroldo Conti
Copi (Raúl Damonte)
Julio Cortázar
Roberto "Tito" Cossa
Agustín Cusani
Antonio Dal Masetto
Augusto Mario Delfino
María Esther De Miguel
Marco Denevi
Antonio Di Benedetto
Osvaldo Dragún
Juan Draghi Lucero
Alicia Dujovne Ortiz
Alejandro Dolina
C. E. Feiling
José Pablo Feinmann
Macedonio Fernández
Juan Filloy
Fogwill
Roberto Fontanarrosa, also cartoonist
Rodrigo Fresán
Juan Filloy
[edit]G-P
Griselda Gambaro
Manuel Gálvez
Carlos Gardini
Juan Gelman
Oliverio Girondo
Alberto Girri
Mempo Giardinelli
Angélica Gorodischer
Raúl González Tuñón
Juana Manuela Gorriti
Carlos Guido y Spano
Ricardo Güiraldes
José Hernández
Eduardo Holmberg
Guillermo Enrique Hudson
Néstor Ibarra
Paola Kaufmann
José Kessel (or Joseph Kessel)
Leónidas Lamborghini
Osvaldo Lamborghini
Martiniano Leguizamón
Leopoldo Lugones
Eduardo Mallea
Leopoldo Marechal
Guillermo Martínez
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
Manuel Mujica Láinez
Carlos Mastronardi
Bartolomé Mitre, historian, and former president.
Gustavo Nielsen
Silvina Ocampo
Victoria Ocampo
Héctor Germán Oesterheld
Olga Orozco
Juan L. Ortiz
Alicia Partnoy
Roberto Payro
Ricardo Piglia
Felipe Pigna, historian
Alejandra Pizarnik
Antonio Porchia
Juan Carlos Portantiero
Manuel Puig
Andrés Rivera
Arturo Andrés Roig
Ricardo Rojas
Mario Rodríguez Cobos
[edit]S-W
Ernesto Sábato
Guillermo Saccomanno
Juan José Saer
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, writer, educator and president (1868-1874)
Silo (pen name of Mario Rodríguez Cobos), writer and spiritual leader
Osvaldo Soriano
Alicia Steimberg
Héctor Tizón
María Elena Walsh
Rodolfo Walsh, journalist, writer, translator and revolutionary combatant.
Juan Rodolfo Wilcock
[edit]Composers (classical)

Julián Aguirre
Enrique Belloc
Carlos López Buchardo
Mario Davidovsky
Juan Pedro Esnaola
Luis Gianneo
Alberto Ginastera
Carlos Giraudo
Alfredo Gobbi
Osvaldo Golijov
Dante Grela
Carlos Guastavino
Mauricio Kagel
Francisco Kropfl
Juan Bautista Massa
Juan Carlos Paz
Héctor Panizza
Ástor Piazzolla
Ariel Ramírez
Salvador Ranieri
Lalo Schifrin
Daniel Schachter
Daniel Teruggi
Julio Martin Viera
Alejandro Viñao
Ezequiel Viñao
Alberto Williams
[edit]Arts

Carlos Alonso, painter
Martha Argerich, pianist
Daniel Barenboim (1942-), pianist
Antonio Berni, painter
Dario Bolonté, lyrical singer
César Brie, actor and regisseur
Ciruelo, cartoonist
Tito Cittadini, painter
Ernesto Deira, painter
Jorge de la Vega, painter
Raúl Di Blasio, pianist
Jorge Donn (1947-1992), dancer
Luis Felipe Noé, painter
Rómulo Macció, painter
Erminio Blotta, sculptor
Julio Bocca, dancer
Alberto Breccia, cartoonist
Jorge Calandrelli, composer
Eleonora Cassano, dancer
Juan Carlos Castagnino, painter
Crist (Cristobal Reinoso), cartoonist[1]
Ernesto de la Cárcova, painter
Miguel Ángel Estrella, pianist
Fernando Fader, painter
Leonor Fini, painter
Raquel Forner, painter
Osvaldo Franzetti, pianist
Nicolás García Uriburu, painter
Julio Eduardo Goya, sculptor
Max Cachimba (Juan Pablo González), cartoonist
Tito Cittadini, painter
Maximiliano Guerra, dancer
Paloma Herrera, dancer
Rogelio Irurtia, sculptor
Julio Le Parc, sculptor
Juan Carlos Liberti, painter
Thibon de Libian, painter
Cándido López, painter
Tomás Maldonado, painter
Raúl Mazza, painter
Lola Mora (Dolores Mora de la Vega), sculptor
Guillermo Mordillo, cartoonist
Marianela Núñez, dancer
Héctor Panizza (Ettore Panizza) composer and conductor
Raquel Partnoy, painter
Emilio Pettoruti, painter
Emilio Pomarico, conductor
Benito Quinquela Martín (1890-1977), painter
Pablo Reinoso (1955-...], designer, artistic director, sculptor
Xul Solar, watercolorist, sculptor, inventor of languages
Raúl Soldi, painter
Lino Enea Spilimbergo, painter
Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado), cartoonist
Leopoldo Torres Agüero, painter
Iñaki Urlezaga, dancer
Demetrio Urruchúa, painter
[edit]Entertainment

[edit]A-K
Miguel Abuelo, musician (Los Abuelos de la Nada)
Ernesto Acher, musician, jazz composer and former Les Luthiers member
Alejandro Agresti, film director
Pablo Alarcón, actor
Alfredo Alcón, actor
Norma Aleandro, (born 1936) actress
Héctor Alterio (born 1929), actor
Marthe Alycia, actress
Pampita (Carolina Ardohain) (born 1978), model and actress
Pablo Alarcón (born 1946), actor
Emilia Attias, dancer and model
Gato Barbieri, saxophonist
Lorena Bernal, model and actress
Gilda (Miriam Alejandra Bianchi), pop singer
Lola Berthet, actress
Alexis Bledel, actress (half Argentine)
Julio Bocca, ballet dancer
Fabiana Bravo, soprano
Cecilia de Bucourt, ex-model
Rodrigo Bueno (El Potro Rodrigo), cuarteto singer
Daniel Burman, film director
De La Guarda,
Facundo Cabral, singer
Marciano Cantero, singer
Andrés Calamaro (1961), songwriter and rock keyboard player
Francisco Canaro, tango composer
Itatí Cantoral (1975), Mexican actress, half Argentine by mother's side
Norma Gladys Cappagli, Miss World 1960
Alfredo Casero, TV entertainer
Catrino Catrani, film director
Gustavo Cerati, guitarist Soda Stereo
Segundo Cernadas, (1972), actor
Chenoa, singer
Agustina Cherri, model
Jessica Cirio, dancer and model
Grecia Colmenares (1962), Venezuelan born actress, Argentine citizen
Alberto Cortés, singer
Linda Cristal, actress
Quirino Cristiani, cartoonist and film director
José Cura, singer tenor
Ricardo Darín, (1957) actor
Andrea Del Boca (1965), actress
Florencia De La V (1976), transsexual actress
Sergio Denis (1949), singer
Yamila Díaz Rahí, model
Juanjo Domínguez, folk guitarist
Alejandro Drago, violinist, teacher, music arranger and orchestral conductor [2]
Dorismar (Dora Noemí Kerchen), model, show host
Emanuel, magician
Miguel Ángel Estrella, pianist
Leonardo Fabio, film director
Luján Fernández, supermodel
Luis Farinello, TV social priest.
Gachi Ferrari, actress and model
Hugo Fregonese, film director
Catherine Fullop (1965), actress, Venezuelan by birth, Argentine citizen
Analía Gadé, actress
Verónica Gamba, model
Charly García (1951), musician
Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), singer
Ante Garmaz, model, fashion designer, TV host and actor
Lorena Giaquinto, model
León Gieco, singer and musician
Susana Giménez (1945-), actress, show host
Divina Gloria, actress and singer
Araceli González (1967-), actress
Daniel Guerrero (19??-), actor
Eliana Guercio, model
Rocío Guirao Díaz, model
Laura Hidalgo, actress
Olivia Hussey (Olivia Osuna), actress
Imperio Argentina, actress and singer
Jairo (Mario González), singer
Karina Jelinek, model
Kevin Johansen, singer and musician
Martín Karadagián, professional wrestler, very famous in Latin american for his Tv catch-show Titanes en el Ring
Mariana Karr, actress
Leevon Kennedy, television personality.
[edit]L-Z
La Argentina (1890~1936), flamenco dancer
La Argentinita (1898~1945), flamenco dancer
José Labelli, regisseur
Fernando Lamas, actor
Justo Lamas, singer, tours American high schools
Carlos La Mona Jiménez pop singer
Romina Lanaro, supermodel
Lang, cartoonist
Sergio Langer, cartoonist (La Nelly)
René Lavand, magician
Mirtha Legrand (b. 1926), actress and showoman
Libertad Lamarque, singer
Paz Lenchantin, former A Perfect Circle member, bassist-violinist
Alejandro Lerner, songwriter and pianist
Saúl Lisazo, actor
Marcela López Rey, actress
Marga López, actress
Carlos López Puccio musician, from Les Luthiers
Darío Lopilato, actor
Luisana Lopilato, actress
Silvina Luna, model and actress
Federico Luppi, actor
Alycia Marthe, actress
Mía Maestro, actress
Maitena (Maitena Burundarena), cartoonist
María de los Ángeles Medrano, actress
Natalio Mangalavite, pianist
Marilú Marini, actress
Jorge Maronna, musician, from Les Luthiers
Niní Marshall, comic actress
Lucrecia Martel, theater and film director
Cristian Martínez (b. 1989) actor, comedian
Roxana Martínez, model
Gerardo Masana, musician, from Les Luthiers
Mirta Teresita Massa, Miss International 1967
Valeria Mazza, supermodel
Claribel Medina, Puerto Rico born, Argentine citizen, actress
Tita Merello, singer and actress
Lorena Meritano, actress
Nito Mestre, singer and rock musician
Osvaldo Miranda, actor
Juana Molina, musician
Horacio Molina, tango singer
Alejandro Montaner, singer, son of Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-born, Venezuelan citizen, singer
Marcela Morelo, singer
Zully Moreno (Zulema Esther González Borbón), actress
Marcos Mundstock, musician, from Les Luthiers
Napo, cartoonist
Norma Beatriz Nolan,Miss Universe1962
Carlos Núñez Cortés, musician, from Les Luthiers
Alberto Olmedo, comedian
Juan Ordeix, magician
Natalia Oreiro, actress and singer, Uruguayan by birth, Argentine citizen
Palito Ortega, singer
Oski (Oscar Conti), cartoonist
Fito Páez, songwriter and rock keyboard player
Pappo, (Norberto Napolitano), rock musician
Soledad Pastorutti, folk & pop singer
Gastón Pauls, actor
Luciana Pedraza, actress and directress
Carolina Peleritti, actress
Diego Peretti, actor
Roberto Pettinato, TV entertainer
Ástor Piazzolla, tango composer
Lola Ponce, actress and singer
Jorge Porcel, comedian
Luca Prodan, Italian born rock composser and singer, leader of Argentine band Sumo
Luis Puenzo (1946-), Academy Award-winning film director
Osvaldo Pugliese, tango composer
Daniel Rabinovich, musician, from Les Luthiers
Alejandro Rey, actor
Edmundo Rivero, tango singer
Inés Rivero, supermodel
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, actor, Los Roldán
Sebastian Rulli, Argentine-born, Mexican citizen, actor
Hermenegildo Sábat, caricaturist and cartoonist
Sandro, singer
Osvaldo Sabatini, actor
Sabrina Sabrok, model and TV-entertainer
Ivana Saccani, model
Candelaria Sáenz Valiente, film director and singer
Miguel Sánchez (born 1989), comedian, actor, show host
Gustavo Santaolalla, composer and musician, Academy Award winner in 2006 and 2007
Isabel Sarli, actress
María Martha Serra Lima, singer
Juan María Solare, musician
Mercedes Sosa, folk singer
Luis Alberto Spinetta, rock musician and guitarist
Liz Solari, model
Juan Soler, actor
Coti Sorokin, songwriter, musician, compositor
Daniela Alejandra Stucan Figliomeni, model, singer
Silvana Suárez,Miss World 1978
Marcelo Tinelli, TV-entertainer
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, film director
Diego Torres, singer
Lolita Torres, singer and actress
Yésica Toscanini, model
Aníbal Troilo, tango bandoneonist and songwriter
Paulina Trotz Fernández, model
Daniela Urzi, supermodel
Iñaki Urlezaga, dancer
Natalia Verbeke, actress
Sebastián Vilas, singer
Lito Vitale, musician
Atahualpa Yupanqui ( Héctor Roberto Chavero) folk songwriter and musician
Sofía Zámolo, model
Eugenio Zanetti, designer, theater, cine and opera director
Carlos Olguin-Trelawny, film director, screenwriter
[edit]Journalism

Jacobo Timmerman, journalist
Andy Bellatti, journalist
Enrique Gratas, television news reporter
Mariano Grondona, television journalist
Jorge Lanata, journalist and writer
Pedro Sevcec, television reporter
Tomas Eloy Martinez, journalist, writer, and founder of several newspapers
[edit]Other categories

Ladislao Biró, inventor of the biro
Fanne Foxe, scandalous stripper.
Eduardo Newbery, aerostat pilot, one of first two Argentines to die in air accident (both died at the same accident).
Jorge Newbery, Argentine aviation pioneer.
Carlos Thays, famous landscape architect influential especially in the design of Buenos Aires' open public spaces.
César Pelli, architect.
Martin Varsavsky,
Juan Vucetich, inventor of the dactilar prints.
[edit]Sports teams

Las Leonas, hockey team
Los Pumas, rugby team
Los Murciélagos, football (soccer) blind team
Seleccionado Argentino de Basquet
Seleccionado Argentino de Football (soccer)
Seleccionado Argentino de Polo
[edit]Sports



Diego Maradona
(See Category:Argentine sportspeople for a complete list)

Magdalena Aicega, grass hockey player
José Acasuso
Pablo Aimar, football player
Claudia Amura, chess player
Osvaldo Ardiles, football (soccer) player
Luciana Aymar, grass hockey player
Carlos Baldomir, world champion boxer
Georgina Bardach, swimmer bronze medal in 2004 Summer Olympics
Gabriel Batistuta (born 1969), football player
Ringo Bonavena, boxer
Ángel Cabrera, golf player
Mauro Camoranessi, football player
Chico Castro, rugbier
Jorge Castro (1967), world champion boxer
Fernando Cavenaghi, football (soccer) player
Hernán Crespo, football player
José Luis Clerc, tennis player
Juan Martín Coggi, world champion boxer
Felipe Contepomi, rugbyer
Guillermo Coria (born 1982), tennis player
Roberto DeVicenzo (born 1923), golfer
Agustin Calleri, tennis player
Alfredo Di Stéfano, football player
Gisela Dulko, tennis player
Vito Dumas, yachting
Juan Manuel Fangio (1911-1995), Formula 1 driver, world champion five times
Andrea Noemí Fernández, skatter
Clarisa Fernández, tennis player
Luis Firpo (1894-1960), boxer
Juan Antonio Flecha, cyclist
Andres Franzoia, football player
Oscar "Pillín" Furlong, former baketball player
Victor Galíndez (1948-1980), world champion boxer
Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), tennis player
Manu Ginóbili (born 1977), basketball player
Griselda María González, sprinter
Inés Gorrochategui, tennis player
Martín Gramática American football player
Andrea Haritchelhar, skater
Gabriel Heinze, football player
Alberto Pedro Heguy, Sr., polo player
Horacio A. Heguy (born. c. 1941), polo player
Ignacio "Nachi" Heguy, polo player
Juan Hernández, rugbyer
Santos Laciar (born 1959), world champion boxer
Mario Ledesma, rugbyer
German Lux, football player
Juan Malvares, boxer
Diego Armando Maradona (born 1960), football player
Cesar Luis Menotti, former football player and active coach
José Meolans, swimmer
Lionel Messi (born 1987), football player
Marcos Milinkovic (born 1971), volleyball player
Carlos Monzón (1942-1995), world champion boxer
Claudio Morresi,
Miguel Najdorf, chess player
David Nalbandián (born 1982), tennis player
Andrés Nocioni, basquetball player
Fabricio Oberto
Mercedes María Paz, tennis player
Pascual Pérez (1926-1977), first Argentine world boxing champion
Ramiro Pez, rugbier
Agustín Pichot (born 1974), rugby player
Hugo Porta, rugbyer ( = rugby player)
Carlos Reutemann, Formula 1 race car driver
Juan Román Riquelme, football player
Cecilia Rognoni, grass hockey player
Juan Martillo Roldán boxer
Gabriela Sabatini (born 1970), tennis player
Italo Sartori, rugby player
Jaime Sartori, rower
Javier Saviola (born 1981), football player
Lionel Scaloni, football (soccer) player
Alejandro Spajic (born 1976), volleyball player
Pitu Salerni (Maria Emilia Salerni), tennis player
Hugo Sconochini basketball player
Paola Suárez (born 1976), tennis player
Patricia Tarabini, tennis player
Diana Taurasi (born 1982), WNBA basketball player; parents are Argentine
Carlos Tévez (born 1984), football player
Fabiana Vallejo, women's soccer player
Juan Sebastián Verón (born 1975), football player
Guillermo Vilas, tennis player
Solange Witteveen,
[edit]Religion

Angel Abrea, General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mario L. Rodríguez Cobos (Silo)
[edit]Royalty

Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, half-Argentine
Princess Máxima of the Netherlands (Máxima Zorreguieta), Argentine, Catharina-Amalia's, Alexia's and Ariane's mother
[edit]Politics

Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician, creator of the Argentine flag in 1812
Ernesto Che Guevara, (1928-1967), revolutionary
Alfredo Palacios, socialist leader
Juan B. Justo, founder of the Argentine Socialist Party, first translator of Das Kapital into Spanish
Alicia Moreau de Justo, wife of Juan B. Justo and prominent socialist leader
Raúl Alfonsín (born 1927), president 1983-1989
Ricardo Balbín, prominent leader of the "Unión Cívica Radical" party
Leopoldo Bravo (1919-2006), politician and diplomat
Tamara Bunke, revolutionary leader
Fernando de la Rúa (born 1937), president 1999-2001
Eduardo Duhalde (born 1941), president 2002-2003
Arturo Frondizi (1908-1995), president 1958-1962
Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator
Néstor Kirchner, (born 1950), current president (2005)
Carlos Menem (born 1930), president 1989-1999
Juan Domingo Perón (1895-1974), president 1946-1955 and 1973-1974
Eva Duarte de Perón (1919-1952), Argentine political figure, Perón's second wife
Isabel Martínez de Perón (born 1931), president 1974-1976, Perón's third wife
Juan Pistarini (born 1882-1956) , minister and vicepresident of Argentina
Juan Manuel de Rosas, dictator 1829-1833, 1837-1852
José de San Martín, general, liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spain.
Jorge Enea Spilimbergo (?-2004), poet, Marxist theorist and politician
Jorge Videla, dictator 1976-1980
Hipólito Yrigoyen, president
Mario Roberto Santucho, ERP chief
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Domingo Cavallo
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Bartolomé Mitre
Nicolás Avellaneda
Bernardino Rivadavia
[edit]Sciences

Alberto Calderón, mathematician
Luis Agote, M.D.
Sebastián Amigorena, M.D.
Cosme Argerich, M.D.
Daniel R. Bès, physicist
Mario Bunge
José Cibelli, geneticist
Eduardo De Robertis
Leopoldo Falicov, physicist
René Favaloro, surgeon, inventor of the coronary bypass surgery
Mario Garavaglia, physicist
Ramón Enrique Gaviola, physicist
Carlos Herrera M.D. specialist in neurology
Bernardo Houssay - 1947 Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Physiology
Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg, geologist
Enrique Lynch Arribálzaga, ornithologist
Domingo Liotta M.D. specialist in cardiology
Juan Martín Maldacena, physicist
Esteban Laureano Maradona, M.D.
Salvador Mazza, M.D.
César Milstein - 1984 Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Pharmacology
Luis Federico Leloir - 1970 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Answer 2

I don't know him, personally, but he plays great basketball for my favorite NBA team: Manu Ginobili.
Go Spurs Go!

Answer 3

Yes.

Answer 4

Justo Llama~ he sings!
I am sure I spelled that name wrong!

Answer 5

nope

Answer 6

unfortunatly no