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BUENOS AIRES
Most Famous People Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Notable people
- 8,102
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1947
- Most distinctive
- Actor 3.3×
South America's capital of stage and pitch. Buenos Aires's notables are split almost evenly between footballers and actors, with a long secondary tail of writers, journalists, tango composers, and militares — a profile that looks more European than Latin American, with the film and lawyer benches thick enough to fill their own shelves. The modern names dominate, but the literary tradition of Borges and Bioy Casares still anchors the older half.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Buenos Aires Is Known For
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Football is Buenos Aires's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (1,440).
Buenos Aires over-indexes on actor — 3.3× the global rate.
Buenos Aires under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Buenos Aires's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Art & Design
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José Mármol
1817 - 1871
Juana Paula Manso
1819 - 1875
Vicente Fidel López
1815 - 1903
Manuela Rosas
1818 - 1898
Carlos Tejedor (politician)
1817 - 1903
Carlos Morel
1813 - 1894
Juan Andrés Gelly y Obes
1815 - 1904
Luis L. Domínguez
1819 - 1898
Félix Frías
1816 - 1881
Patricio Peralta Ramos
1814 - 1887
Pastor Obligado
1818 - 1870
José Antonio Wilde
1813 - 1887
Antonino Reyes
1813 - 1897
Antonio Somellera
1812 - 1889
Francisco Bernabé Madero
1816 - 1896
Florencio González Balcarce
1818 - 1839
Agustina Ortiz de Rozas
1816 - 1898
José María Morales
1818 - 1894
José María Cantilo
1816 - 1872
Mariano Billinghurst
1810 - 1892
José María Bustillo (Argentina)
1816 - 1910
Esteban Adrogué
1815 - 1903
Miguel Esteves Saguí
1814 - 1892
Nicanor Albarellos
1810 - 1891
Pedro Lacasa
1810 - 1869
Rosendo María Fraga
1815 - 1871
Eduardo Wenceslao Holmberg
1815 - 1875
Jacinto Mariano de Villegas
1819 - 1896
Feliciano Canaveris
1813 - 1843
Mariano Saavedra
1810 - 1883
José Trifón Domínguez y López Camelo
1817 - 1903
Teodoro Álvarez
1818 - 1889
Mariano Cordero
1818 - 1899
José María Cordero
1816 - 1887
Eduardo Ignacio Brown y Chitty
1816 - 1854
Enrique Lafuente
1815 - 1850
Benjamín Villegas Dávila
1818 - 1885
Mateo José Molina
1811 - 1878
Luis Elordi
1819 - 1895
Carlos María Urien
1816 - 1893
Juan Antonio de Lezica Aramburu
1812 - 1874
José Ruperto Pérez
1817 - 1862
Ramón Bustos
1810 - 1856
Benito Carrasco (juez)
1815 - 1871
Joaquín Baltar
1810 - 1884
José Celedonio Elordi
1813 - 1871
Nicolás Martínez Fontes (hijo)
1816 - 1863
José Antonio Cordero
1815 - 1831
Jacinto González
1810 - 1882
Trinidad González Balcarce
1810 - 1886