List of famous people from Uruguay, including photos when available. The people below are listed by their popularity, so the most recognizable names are at the top of the list. Some of the people below are celebrities born in Uruguay, while others are simply notable locals. If you're from Uruguay you might already know that these prominent figures are also from your hometown, but some of the names below may really surprise you. This list includes people who were born and raised in Uruguay, as well as those who were born there but moved away at a young age.
List includes Carlos Andrés Sánchez, Gaston Gonnet and more.
If you want to answer the questions, "Which famous people are from Uruguay?" or "Which celebrities were born in Uruguay?" then this list is a great resource for you.
Campo
Age: 53Juan Campodónico (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1971), sometimes working under his stage name Campo, is an Uruguayan musician, producer, composer, creator and former member of El Peyote Asesino, Bajofondo and Campo. He produced albums by Jorge Drexler (Frontera, Sea, Eco, 12 Segundos de Oscuridad), Luciano Supervielle, Bajofondo (Tango Club, Mar Dulce, Presente), El Cuarteto de Nos (Raro, Bipolar, Porfiado), La Vela Puerca (El impulso), OMAR, Sordromo, No Te Va Gustar, Santullo and Ximena Sariñana among others. He created the Bajofondo project alongside iconic producer and two-time Academy Award winner for Best Original Score Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain and Babel). He has been awarded with various Latin Grammy, Premios Gardel and Graffiti awards for his work as a producer, as well as with many golden records.Mauro Goicoechea
Age: 36Mauro Daniel Goicoechea Furia (born 27 March 1988 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Toulouse.Santiago Silva
Age: 43Santiago Martín Silva Olivera (born 9 December 1980) nicknamed El tanque (the tank), is an Uruguayan football forward who currently plays for Argentinos Juniors.- Age: 35Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlaz loˈðeiɾo]; born 21 March 1989), commonly known as Nicolás Lodeiro, is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for MLS club Seattle Sounders and the Uruguay national team. Lodeiro has played professionally in Uruguay, the Netherlands, Brazil, Argentina, and the United States, winning the Eredivisie in both of his seasons at Ajax, and winning the domestic double in 2015 with Boca Juniors. He also won titles with Nacional and Botafogo, as well as the 2016 MLS Cup with Seattle. A full international since 2009, Lodeiro has earned over 50 caps for Uruguay. He has taken part in two FIFA World Cups with the national side, as well as four editions of the Copa América, the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, in which Uruguay finished fourth. He was also part of the teams which placed fourth in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and won the 2011 Copa América.
Pablo Gabriel García
Age: 46Pablo Gabriel García Pérez (American Spanish: [ˈpaβlo ɣaˈβɾjel ɣaɾˈsi.a ˈpeɾes]; born 11 May 1977) is a Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. A player of physical approach to the game (which earned him a reputation for being a dirty player), his nickname is Canario (canary), referring to his birthplace. He spent most of his professional career in La Liga, amassing 135 appearances in six years in representation of four teams, but also played several seasons in Greece with PAOK. An Uruguayan international for one full decade, García appeared for the nation at the 2002 World Cup and two Copa América tournaments.Walter Gargano
Age: 39Walter Alejandro Gargano Guevara (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwalteɾ ɣaɾˈɣano]; born 23 July 1984) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Peñarol.Jonathan Del Arco
Age: 58Jonathan Del Arco (born March 7, 1966) is an Uruguayan American actor and gay rights and political activist. He is best known for his role as Hugh the Borg on Star Trek: The Next Generation and for his starring role as medical examiner Dr. Morales on The Closer and Major Crimes. He was awarded the 2013 Visibility Award from Human Rights Campaign and is a guest speaker for the organization.Luis Aguiar
Age: 38Luis Bernardo Aguiar Burgos (born 17 November 1985) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.Juan Manuel Tenuta
Dec. at 89 (1924-2013)Juan Manuel Tenuta is an actor.- Age: 60Héctor Marcelo Buquet Corleto (born October 4, 1963 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan actor and former model.
- Age: 39Victorio Maximiliano "Maxi" Pereira Páez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaksi peˈrejra]; born 8 June 1984) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right back. He played with Defensor in Uruguay, joining Benfica in 2007 and going on to remain with the club for eight seasons, appearing in 333 official matches and winning 11 major titles. In 2015, he signed with Porto also in Portugal. A Uruguay international on 125 occasions, Pereira represented the nation in three World Cups and four Copa América, winning the 2011 edition of the latter tournament.
Esteban Conde
Age: 41Esteban Néstor Conde Quintana (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈteβan ˈkonde], born 4 March 1983) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División club Banfield. He is great on penalty kicks, saving or kicking. Conde is supporter of Nacional; going to the games of that club at Estadio Parque Central, when he played at Danubio and had free time.Sebastián Abreu
Age: 47Washington Sebastián Abreu Gallo (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan aˈβɾeu]; born 17 October 1976) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Boston River. Best known by his nickname El Loco (Madman in Spanish), the prolific goalscorer – for club and national team – is a journeyman who has played for more than 25 teams in 11 countries during his professional career.A Uruguayan international for more than 15 years, Abreu represented his country in two World Cups and three Copa América tournaments, winning the latter in 2011.Pablo Cuevas
Age: 38Pablo Gabriel Tito Cuevas Urroz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo ˈkweβas]; born January 1, 1986) is an Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna. He has won six singles titles and has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 19. Cuevas' career-high doubles ranking is World no. 14, which he achieved in April 2009.Enrique Fernández Viola
Dec. at 73 (1912-1985)Enrique Fernández Viola, commonly referred to as Enrique Fernández, (10 June 1912 – 6 October 1985) was a Uruguayan football player and manager who played for Nacional, Talleres (RE), Independiente, FC Barcelona, Uruguay and the Catalan XI. As a manager, he won two Uruguayan championships with Nacional and La Liga titles with both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. Along with Radomir Antic, he is one of only two coaches to have taken charge of both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid and he is the only coach to have won La Liga titles with both. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay.- Dec. at 64 (1921-1985)Emir Rodríguez Monegal (28 July 1921 – 14 November 1985), born in Uruguay, was a scholar, literary critic, and editor of Latin American literature. From 1969 to 1985, Rodríguez Monegal was professor of Latin American contemporary literature at Yale University. He is usually called by his second surname Emir R. Monegal or Monegal (or erroneously Emir Rodríguez-Monegal). Described as "one of the most influential Latin American literary critics of the 20th century" by the Encyclopædia Britannica, Monegal wrote key books about Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges, and the Britannica Macropædia notice of the later. He was a part in "The Boom" of 1960s Latin American literature as founder and 1966–1968 editor of his influential magazine Mundo Nuevo. Umberto Eco was quoted in saying that Jorge Luis Borges had read almost everything but no one knew that indiscernable totallity better than Emir.He is remembered as a member of the Generation of 45, a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement: Carlos Maggi, Manuel Flores Mora, Ángel Rama, Idea Vilariño, Carlos Real de Azúa, Carlos Martínez Moreno, Mario Arregui, Mauricio Muller, José Pedro Díaz, Amanda Berenguer, Tola Invernizzi, Mario Benedetti, Ida Vitale, Líber Falco, Juan Cunha, Juan Carlos Onetti, among others.
- Age: 67Luca Barbareschi (born 28 July 1956 in Montevideo) is an Italian-Uruguayan actor, television presenter, and former member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. He was one of four actors whom the Italian police believed had been murdered in the making of the 1980 horror film Cannibal Holocaust, where he also killed a young piglet. So realistic was the film that shortly after it was released its director Ruggero Deodato was arrested on suspicions of murder. The actors had signed contracts to stay out of the media for a year in order to fuel rumours that the film was a snuff movie. The court was only convinced that they were alive when the contracts were cancelled and the actors appeared on a television show as proof.In 2008, he was elected as Member of the Italian Parliament at the Chamber of Deputies with Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right party The People of Freedom. In 2010 he joined, with other 32 deputies and 10 senators, the Gianfranco Fini's new party Future and Freedom. He left parliament in 2013. In 2012 he generated controversy when he knocked out an Italian journalist who was asking about his absence from sessions of parliament.
Robert Siboldi
Age: 58Róbert Dante Siboldi Badiola (born September 24, 1965 in Montevideo) is a retired football goalkeeper from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Flaco" during his professional career. He is currently manager of Veracruz.Mauricio Victorino
Age: 41Mauricio Bernardo Victorino Dansilo (Spanish pronunciation: [mauˈɾisjo βeɾˈnaɾðo βiktoˈɾino ðanˈsilo]; October 11, 1982 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan football defender who last played for Paraguayan club Cerro Porteño.Ricardo Mañe
Dec. at 47 (1948-1995)Ricardo Mañe is a 1985 Guggenheim Fellow in Natural Sciences.- Dec. at 55 (1901-1957)José Andrade may refer to: José Antonio Andrade, Spanish colonel José Leandro Andrade (1901–1957), Uruguayan football midfielder José Andrade (footballer, born 1970), Cape Verdean football striker José E. Andrade (born 1979), American professor
Gonzalo Vicente
Age: 44Gonzalo Germán Vicente Maillot aka Gonzalo Vicente (born 22 December 1979 in Uruguay) is a Uruguayan football player. Vicente played for Real Valladolid and Cádiz in the Spanish Segunda División.Julio Herrera y Obes
Dec. at 71 (1841-1912)Julio Herrera y Obes (January 9, 1841, Montevideo – August 6, 1912, Montevideo), was a Uruguayan political figure.- Dec. at 91 (1923-2014)Alejandro Zaffaroni (February 27, 1923 – March 1, 2014) was a serial entrepreneur who was responsible for founding several biotechnology companies in Silicon Valley. Products that he was involved in developing include the birth control pill, the nicotine patch, corticosteroids, and the DNA microarray.
- Dec. at 63 (1884-1948)Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari was an Uruguayan soldier, architect and politician. He served as President of Uruguay from 1938 to 1943 and is most notable for leading Uruguay to support the Allies during World War II.
- Dec. at 52 (1936-1989)Alfredo Zitarrosa (March 10, 1936 – January 17, 1989) was a Uruguayan singer-songwriter, poet and journalist. He specialized in Uruguayan and Argentinean folk genres such as zamba and milonga, and he became a chief figure in the nueva canción movement in his country. A staunch supporter of Communist ideals, he lived in exile between 1976 and 1984. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential singer-songwriters of Latin America.
- Age: 46Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias (Spanish pronunciation: [naˈtalja oˈɾejɾo]; born 19 May 1977) is a Uruguayan singer, actress, and fashion designer. Oreiro began her career in telenovelas. Since 2008 she has switched to work primarily in films. Oreiro has worked on social awareness shows and events for organizations like Greenpeace and UNICEF, the latter of which designated her as ambassador for Argentina and Uruguay in September 2011. She has been included in Esquire magazine's "The Sexiest Woman Alive Atlas" list.
Walter Pandiani
Age: 48Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza (born 27 April 1976) is a Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a striker, and is the current manager of Lorca FC. Nicknamed El Rifle (the rifle), his best assets were his strength and aerial ability.His performances for Peñarol earned him a move to Deportivo in Spain, where he remained for the vast majority of his career, also representing Mallorca, Espanyol (twice) and Osasuna. He also spent a year with Birmingham City in England. Over 12 seasons, Pandiani amassed La Liga totals of 279 games and 82 goals.Sebastián Eguren
Age: 43Sebastián Eguren Ledesma (born 8 January 1981) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder. He started his career with Montevideo Wanderers, and went on to play professionally in Norway, Sweden, Spain, Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. Eguren earned 57 caps for Uruguay, representing the country at the 2010 World Cup and two Copa América tournaments.Hugo Modernell
Age: 49Hugo Fernando Modernell Blanco (born 22 July 1974 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer playing for Tacuarembó F.C..
