25.3006° S, 57.6334° W
ASUNCION
Most Famous People Born in Asuncion, Paraguay
- Notable people
- 765
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1970
- Most distinctive
- Model 8.1×
Asunción is a small Guaraní-speaking capital whose non-sporting résumé is the surprise — a thick Model bench and a Diplomat line reflecting the foreign service that survived the Triple Alliance war and the Stroessner years intact. The city sends its daughters to the Milan runways and its sons to the embassies of the Southern Cone, and the athletic gravity underneath is exactly what you'd expect from Paraguay.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Asuncion during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Asuncion Is Known For
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Football is Asuncion's biggest profession — 56% of all notables (425).
Asuncion over-indexes on model — 8.1× the global rate.
Asuncion under-produces actor — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Asuncion's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Music
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1910s Clear ×
Augusto Roa Bastos
1917 - 2005
Arsenio Erico
1915 - 1977
Agustín Barboza
1913 - 1998
Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá
1917 - 2007
Edith Jiménez
1918 - 2004
Delfín Benítez Cáceres
1910 - 2004
José María Rivarola Matto
1917 - 1998
Oberdan Sallustro
1915 - 1972
Mercedes Sandoval de Hempel
1919 - 2005
Carlos Gómez (actor paraguayo)
1917 - 2009
Juan Carlos Moreno González
1911 - 1983
Jacinto Herrera
1919 - 1969
Pastor Coronel
1919 - 2000
Emilio Bigi
1910 - 1969
Víctor Manuel Martínez Ramírez
1910 - 1983
José Laterza Parodi
1915 - 1981
Oreste Sallustro
Born 1911
Luis María Ramírez Boettner
1918 - 2017
Alberto Noguès
1912 - 2000
Enrique Grünwaldt
1913 - 1986
Carlos Heisecke
1911 - 2013