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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

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.

  1. Football 1,440 1.6×
  2. Actor 1,430 3.3×
  3. Politician 444 0.5×
  4. Writer 325 1.2×
  5. Militar 275 2.8×
  6. Journalist 244 1.9×
  7. Player 241 1.5×
  8. Composer 231 2.2×
  1. Actor 1,430 3.3×
  2. Militar 275 2.8×
  3. Composer 231 2.2×
  4. Film 191 1.9×
  5. Journalist 244 1.9×
  6. Football 1,440 1.6×
  7. Lawyer 215 1.5×
  8. Player 241 1.5×
  1. Politician 444 0.5×
  2. Painter 148 0.7×

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.

1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
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3475 ECONOMIST

Adolfo Diz

1931 - 2008

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3479 WRITER

Carlos Correas

1931 - 2000

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3498 LAWYER

Avelino Porto

Born 1935

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3506 WRESTLER

Pampero Firpo

1930 - 2020

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3507 SINGER

Elba Berón

1930 - 1994

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3513 JOURNALIST

Andrés Percivale

1939 - 2017

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3528 PAINTER

Víctor Chab

Born 1930

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3536 ACTOR

Beatriz Taibo

1932 - 2019

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3539 ACTOR

Eduardo Bergara Leumann

1932 - 2008

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3548 ARCHITECT

Josefa Santos

Born 1931

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3549 ACTOR

Pepe Parada

1937 - 2003

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3554 ECONOMIST

Rolf Mantel

1934 - 1999

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3578 ACTOR

Edgardo Suárez

1932 - 1992

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3583 ACTOR

Osvaldo Pacheco

1932 - 1984

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3592 PHYSICIAN

Luis Chiozza

Born 1930

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3606 PHYSICIST

Alberto Sirlin

Born 1930

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3639 JOURNALIST

Pipo Mancera

1930 - 2011

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3640 MUSIC

Rodolfo Alchourron

1934 - 1999

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3646 ACTOR

Horace Lannes

Born 1931

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3647 MUSIC

Ricardo Romero

Born 1931

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3673 WRITER

Sylvia Molloy

Born 1938

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3691 ACTOR

Dorita Burgos

1935 - 2000

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3692 HISTORIAN

Guenter B. Risse

Born 1932

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3697 THEATRE

Claudio Segovia

Born 1933

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3708 ACTOR

Egle Martin

Born 1937

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3710 WRITER

Isaías Lerner

1932 - 2013

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3718 BOTANIST

Encarnación Rosa Guaglianone

1932 - 2014

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3723 ACTOR

Walter Santa Ana

1932 - 2012

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3772 ACTOR

Perla Santalla

Born 1932

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3773 ARCHITECT

Olga Wainstein-Krasuk

Born 1939

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3783 FOOTBALL

José Carbone

1930 - 2014

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3788 ACTOR

Alberto Locati

1935 - 2007

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3795 FOOTBALL

Ricardo Trigilli

1934 - 2010

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3807 CHEMIST

Sara Rietti

1930 - 2017

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3811 ACTOR

José María Langlais

1934 - 2006

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3816 ACTOR

Calígula (humorista)

1932 - 2013

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3833 ARCHITECT

Rodolfo Livingston

Born 1931

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3837 POLITICIAN

Rafael Martínez Raymonda

1933 - 2017

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3845 FOOTBALL

Pedro Callá

Born 1934

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3861 PRIEST

Domingo Salvador Castagna

Born 1931

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3865 FENCER

María Romano

Born 1931

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3868 JOURNALIST

Enrique Macaya Márquez

Born 1934

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3880 ACTOR

Axel Pauls

1933 - 2009

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3882 JOURNALIST

Jorge Jacobson

1936 - 2014

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3905 PIANIST

Osvaldo Requena

1931 - 2010

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3927 WRESTLER

Argentina Apollo

1938 - 1984

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3933 ACTOR

Julia von Grolman

1935 - 2013

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3947 ACTOR

Nené Malbrán

1933 - 1996

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3975 ARTIST

Siulnas

1932 - 2013

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3990 CHOREOGRAPHER

José Granero

1936 - 2006

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3998 ACTOR

Raúl Aubel

1936 - 1997

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4025 WRITER

Ricardo Colautti

1937 - 1992

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4046 ACTOR

Alicia Márquez

1932 - 2004

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4054 POET

Luis Alposta

Born 1937

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4056 FOOTBALL

Juan Carlos Stauskas

Born 1939

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4059 PAINTER

Antonio Asis

Born 1932

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4105 FILM

Carlos Orgambide

Born 1930

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4126 LAWYER

Guillermo Walter Klein

Born 1936

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4132 FOOTBALL

Jorge Larraz

1937 - 2016

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4178 PHOTOGRAPHER

Daphne Zileri

1936 - 2011

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4192 ACTOR

Elisa Stella

Born 1933

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4195 FOOTBALL

Raúl Madero

Born 1939

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4198 ARTIST

Rodolfo Zalla

1931 - 2016

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4201 ACTIVIST

Nora Morales de Cortiñas

Born 1930

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4216 FILM

Alberto Fischerman

1937 - 1995

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4225 ACTOR

Gloria Raines

1930 - 2004

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4226 PRIEST

Emilio Bianchi di Cárcano

Born 1930

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4233 ACTOR

Horacio Dener

1938 - 2011

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4234 ACTOR

Marcelo Simonetti

1937 - 1970

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4245 POLITICIAN

Miguel Unamuno

1932 - 2009

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4254 PHILOSOPHER

Carlos Alberto Sacheri

1933 - 1974

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4260 LAWYER

Julio César Saguier

1935 - 1987

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4265 WRITER

Jorge Carrol

Born 1933

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4280 ACTOR

Miguel Dedovich

1937 - 2012

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4293 FILM

Daniel Cherniavsky

Born 1933

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4307 ACTOR

Enrique Kossi

1930 - 2007

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4339 AUTHOR

Ana Lucía Frega

Born 1935

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4364 ACTOR

María Elena Sagrera

1931 - 2013

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4368 JOURNALIST

Héctor Ricardo García

1932 - 2019

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4371 FOOTBALL

Ángel Norberto Coerezza

Born 1933

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4382 ACTOR

Humberto Ortiz (actor)

1933 - 1982

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4383 ACTOR

Noemí Kazán

1937 - 1993

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4385 ACTOR

Claudia Nelson

1930 - 1990

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4386 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alberto Montoreano

Born 1937

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4388 ACTOR

Alejandro Álvarez

1938 - 2015

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4430 RACER

Benedicto Caldarella

Born 1939

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4437 POLITICIAN

Carlos Auyero

1936 - 1997

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4440 ACTOR

Elizabeth Killian

Born 1939

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4445 JUDGE

Enrique Santiago Petracchi

1935 - 2014

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4450 ACTOR

María Elina Rúas

1931 - 2016

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4456 SCREENWRITER

Ricardo Alventosa

1937 - 1995

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4476 ACTOR

Jean Pierre Reguerraz

1939 - 2007

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4479 POLITICIAN

Gustavo Rearte

1931 - 1973

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4519 PIANIST

Carlos Diernhammer

1931 - 2000

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4534 LAWYER

José Nun

Born 1936

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4536 MILITAR

Enrique Molina Pico

Born 1938

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4576 MUSIC

Hector Costita

Born 1934

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4625 CINEMA

Alberto Basail

1938 - 2000

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4628 ACTOR

Héctor Gióvine

Born 1936

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4646 SINGER

Rodolfo Zapata

1932 - 2019

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4652 ACTOR

Élida Gay Palmer

1934 - 1995

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4657 ACTOR

Aldo Mayo

1933 - 2007

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4661 ACTOR

Ariel Keller

1930 - 1993

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4663 COOK

Ada Cóncaro

1934 - 2010

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4668 SINGER

Héctor De Rosas

1931 - 2015

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4669 FILM

Rafael Filippelli

Born 1938

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4676 SINGER

Donna Caroll

1939 - 2020

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4684 PRIEST

Alberto Ezcurra Uriburu

1937 - 1993

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4685 POET

Marcos Silber

Born 1934

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4689 ACTOR

Marta Ecco

Born 1933

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4705 MUSIC

Hugo Aisemberg

Born 1938

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4717 POLITICIAN

Hugo Anzorreguy

Born 1938

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4737 SINGER

Horacio Palma

Born 1931

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4782 SPORT

Alberto Trillo

Born 1939

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4798 ACTOR

Elio Pietrini

Born 1939

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4823 SCREENWRITER

Aníbal Uset

1939 - 2015

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4829 JOURNALIST

Carlos Widmann

Born 1938

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4838 ARTIST

Oswal

1935 - 2015

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4847 DRIVER

Jorge Martínez Boero

1937 - 2004

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4864 SCREENWRITER

Aldo Cammarota

1930 - 2002

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4869 ACTOR

Diego Baracchini

1938 - 2004

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4879 MUSIC

Jorge Anders

Born 1939

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4887 FILM

Juan José Stagnaro

1938 - 2018

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4890 POLITICIAN

Rubén Rabanal

1935 - 1985

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4892 AUTHOR

Antonio Requeni

Born 1930

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4902 FOOTBALL

Néstor Errea

1939 - 2005

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4906 POET

Acho Manzi

1933 - 2013

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4916 ARTE

Margarita Paksa

1936 - 2020

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4919 HISTORIAN

Rolando Goyaud

1932 - 2016

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4934 FENCER

Orlando Nannini

Born 1930

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4936 FILM

Salvador Sammaritano

1930 - 2008

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4948 ACTOR

Liria Marín

Born 1934

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4951 FOOTBALL

José María Ferrero

1937 - 2007

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4954 ACTOR

Jon Berle

1932 - 2010

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4955 SCREENWRITER

Eugenio Zapietro

Born 1936

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4984 ACTOR

Sergio Corona (actor argentino)

1933 - 2007

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5026 DIPLOMAT

Elena Holmberg

1931 - 1978

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5033 LAWYER

Ricardo Alberto Guibourg

Born 1938

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5045 FOOTBALL

Carlos Arredondo

Born 1933

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5063 FOOTBALL

Guillermo Lorenzo

Born 1939

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5105 PIANIST

Néstor D'Alessandro

1934 - 2014

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5127 MAGIC

Fantasio (magician)

1936 - 2017

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5140 LAWYER

Moisés Ikonicoff

1934 - 2018

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5149 FENCER

Evaristo Prendes

Born 1934

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5194 ACTOR

Nelson Prenat

1931 - 2019

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5196 POLITICIAN

Nicolás Gallo

Born 1938

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5203 BOTANIST

Evangelina A. Sánchez

Born 1934

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5207 SPORT

Pedro Simionato

Born 1938

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5209 HISTORIAN

Olga Fernández Latour de Botas

Born 1935

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5218 ARTIST

Rubén Sosa (fumettista)

1939 - 2007

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5228 JOURNALIST

Jorge Onetti

1931 - 1998

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5245 ESTADÍSTIC

Víctor J. Yohai

Born 1939

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5261 ACADEMIC

Cay Dollerup

Born 1939

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5265 FOOTBALL

Osvaldo Negri

Born 1932

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5266 ACTOR

Dolores De Cicco

Born 1939

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5283 JOURNALIST

Ricardo Horvath

1936 - 2015

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5313 BASQUE PELOTA

Aarón Sehter

Born 1934

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5324 FENCER

Francisco Serp

Born 1930

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5338 WRITER

Beatriz Chomnalez

Born 1930

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5344 PHYSICIAN

Estela Raquel Giménez

1931 - 2017

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5395 PIANIST

Ruben López Furst

1937 - 2000

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5404 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Carlos Strasser

Born 1936

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5408 MEDALLIST

Carlos Vilar

Born 1930

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5447 FOOTBALL

Jorge Eduardo Romero

Born 1939

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5470 JOURNALIST

Ramón Andino

1936 - 1987

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5477 ECONOMIST

Oscar Braun

1939 - 1981

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5486 PAINTER

Juan Carlos Stekelman

1936 - 2015

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5492 ACTOR

Carlos Artigas

1932 - 2012

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5495 PLAYER

Oscar Wegner

Born 1939

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5553 ACTOR

Liana Noda

1930 - 2020

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5557 FOOTBALL

Salvador Calvanese

1934 - 2019

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5578 ACTOR

Carlos Luzietti

Born 1936

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5586 MILITANTE

Norma Plá

1933 - 1996

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5601 ACTOR

Edith Gaute

1931 - 2013

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5607 PAINTER

Juan José Balzi

1933 - 2017

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5615 ACTOR

Teresita Pagano

1931 - 1997

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5619 FOOTBALL

Osvaldo Güenzatti

Born 1931

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5701 PAINTER

Mario Mollari

1930 - 2010

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5706 GOLF

Jorge Ledesma

1932 - 2001

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5712 ORGANIST

Adelma Gómez

1934 - 2011

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5716 FOOTBALL

Hector Leonardo Marinaro

1931 - 2017

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5720 LAWYER

Hipólito Solari Yrigoyen

Born 1933

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5744 FOOTBALL

Hector Aramendi

Born 1937

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5752 PAINTER

Stefan Strocen

1930 - 1999

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5756 FOOTBALL

Octavio Trillini

Born 1932

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5785 PRIEST

Jorge Luis Lona

Born 1935

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5788 ACTOR

Nelly Durán

1930 - 2017

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5790 FOOTBALL

Rodolfo Betinotti

Born 1932

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5793 JOURNALIST

Fanny Mandelbaum

Born 1937

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5816 POLITICIAN

Aldo Neri

Born 1930

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5820 HISTORIAN

Ricardo Rodríguez Molas

1930 - 2006

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5842 DIPLOMAT

Manuel de Anchorena

1933 - 2005

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5846 FOOTBALL

Raúl Decaría

Born 1939

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5850 PRODUCER

Roberto Fontana

1934 - 1999

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5852 ACTOR

Clever Dusseau

1935 - 2017

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5868 LAWYER

Ricardo Monner Sans

Born 1936

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5878 SPORT

Jorge Vilar

1931 - 2014

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5896 JOURNALIST

Diego Bonadeo

1939 - 2016

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5905 WRITER

Dina Foguelman

Born 1938

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5908 FOOTBALL

Omar García

Born 1937

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5924 ACTOR

Hilda Mayo

1933 - 2020

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5941 JOURNALIST

José Gómez Fuentes

1934 - 1992

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5960 ACTOR

Carlos Marchi

1930 - 2004

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5967 CLUB

La Raulito

1933 - 2008

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5977 LAWYER

Guillermo Lousteau Heguy

Born 1934

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5978 JOURNALIST

Mónica Lamas

Born 1937

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5982 SINGER

Claudio Bergé

Born 1939

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5987 SCENOGRAPHER

María Julia Bertotto

Born 1938

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5992 ACTOR

Nestor Ducó

1932 - 2015

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5994 PRESENTER

Riverito

Born 1932

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6005 JUDGE

Augusto César Belluscio

Born 1930

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6023 JOURNALIST

José María Safigueroa

1938 - 2008

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6084 BIOLOGIST

Rita Arditti

1934 - 2009

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6110 JOURNALIST

Ketty Kaufmann

1934 - 2017

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6113 JOURNALIST

Horacio García Blanco

1937 - 2002

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6126 PAINTER

Leonor Isacson

Born 1933

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6135 FOOTBALL

Miguel Ángel Longo

1939 - 2001

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6138 JUDGE

Eduardo Moliné O'Connor

1938 - 2014

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6147 FOOTBALL

Alberto Perazzo

1935 - 2018

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6159 MUJER

Martha Holgado

1934 - 2007

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6167 PHILOSOPHER

J. Alberto Coffa

1935 - 1984

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6170 PSICÓLOG

Jorge Visca

1935 - 2000

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6221 COMPOSER

Amanda Guerreño

Born 1933

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6224 MILITAR

Jorge Arguindegui

1930 - 1997

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6270 ACTOR

Fernando de Soria

1937 - 2017

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6301 ACTOR

Carmen Palau

1939 - 1993

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6304 FIRST LADY

Alicia Pizzimbono

Born 1930

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6306 JOURNALIST

Susana Fontana

1937 - 2010

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6319 POLITICIAN

Octavio Frigerio

Born 1938

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6322 ZOOLOGIST

Elio Massoia

1936 - 2001

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6329 ACTOR

Néstor Hugo Rivas

1937 - 1994

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6357 DANCER

Héctor Mayoral

Born 1937

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6361 LAWYER

Aurora Alonso de Rocha

Born 1937

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6377 TRADE UNION

Alfredo Ferraresi

1932 - 2013

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6386 ANNOUNCER

Ernesto Frith

1939 - 1995

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6408 TRADE UNION

Hugo Barrionuevo

1932 - 2004

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6427 JOURNALIST

José Corzo Gómez

1931 - 1996

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6429 MILITAR

Ernesto Frimón Weber

Born 1931

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6430 ACTOR

Hilda Breer

Born 1931

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6437 JOURNALIST

Juan Carlos Martelli

1934 - 2008

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6449 FOOTBALL

Osvaldo Toriani

1937 - 1988

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6472 MILITAR

Pascual Guerrieri

Born 1934

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6479 COMPOSER

Eduardo Kusnir

Born 1939

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6506 LAWYER

Alfredo Allende (político)

Born 1930

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6519 HISTORIAN

Oscar Zucchi

Born 1935

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6524 PLAYWRIGHT

Carlos Ferrari

Born 1931

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6554 JUDGE

Adolfo Vázquez

Born 1938

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6593 POLITICIAN

Roberto Digón

Born 1935

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6616 MILITAR

Ramón Arosa

Born 1931

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6632 ACTOR

Milita Brandon

1930 - 2010

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6638 POLITICIAN

Saúl Bouer

1937 - 2017

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6645 ACTOR

Roberto Lombard

1932 - 2016

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6649 JOURNALIST

Oscar Lasalle

1934 - 2012

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6650 FOOTBALL

Carlos Saldías

Born 1939

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6659 DRIVER

Jorge Cupeiro

Born 1937

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6698 PHYSICIAN

Alberto José Mazza

Born 1938

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6701 MILITAR

Rodolfo De la Colina

1939 - 1982

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6711 LAWYER

Guillermo Jorge del Cioppo

1930 - 2004

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6719 LAWYER

Fernando Petrella

Born 1938

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6739 JOURNALIST

Luis Pico Estrada

Born 1936

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6774 SPORT

Ángel Guastella

1931 - 2016

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6809 WRITER

María Wérnicke

1930 - 2013

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6819 PLAYER

Rodolfo O'Reilly

1939 - 2018

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6838 PAINTER

Martha Tena

Born 1937

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6847 FOOTBALL

Juan Carlos Auzoberry

Born 1936

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6858 JOURNALIST

Mario Monteverde

1934 - 2007

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6866 MILITAR

José Luis D'Andrea Mohr

1939 - 2001

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6890 PAINTER

Francisco Reimundo

1930 - 1994

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6901 MILITAR

Jorge Enrique Perrén (hijo)

1939 - 2007

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6943 ACTOR

Carlos Lorca (actor)

1939 - 2013

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6972 WRITER

León Zeldis Mandel

Born 1930

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6973 ACTOR

Guillermo Marín (actor argentino)

1938 - 2018

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6986 JOURNALIST

Enrique Raimondi

1934 - 2016

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6998 FOOTBALL

Mario Bonczuk

Born 1939

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7017 PAINTER

Pascual Carlos Esteban

1938 - 2019

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7027 ACTOR

Sandra Di Milo

1931 - 2015

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7029 JUDGE

Mariano Augusto Cavagna Martínez

1935 - 2005

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7033 FOOTBALL

Antonio Garabal

Born 1934

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7093 WRITER

Otilia Da Veiga

Born 1936

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7099 FOOTBALL

Carlos Grudiña

Born 1938

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7119 FENCER

Juan Carlos Frecia

Born 1930

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7124 PRIEST

Rodolfo Ricciardelli

1939 - 2008

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7125 FOOTBALL

Roberto Mirabelli

1935 - 1993

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7148 REVISTA

Samuel Liberman

Born 1932

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7152 SWIMMER

Pedro Galvão

Born 1934

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7178 FILM

David Lipszyc

Born 1935

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7191 HISTORIAN

Juan José Caruso

1939 - 2016

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7196 ECONOMIST

Rodolfo Rossi

Born 1935

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7207 FOOTBALL

Pietro Chiappin

Born 1930

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7208 COMPOSER

María Teresa Corral

Born 1931

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7248 PAINTER

Juan Kancepolski

1931 - 2016

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7270 FENCER

Juan Larrea (fencer)

Born 1935

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7273 COMPOSER

Mario Cosentino

1930 - 2000

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7278 ECONOMIST

Enrique Folcini

1937 - 2010

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7326 POLITICIAN

Juan Octavio Gauna

1937 - 2019

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7329 BAILARINA

Martha Raspanti

1939 - 1971

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7332 ACTOR

Guillermo Ben Hassan

1935 - 2005

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7333 FOOTBALL

Eduardo Grispo

1939 - 2016

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7334 SINGER

Luis María Batallé

Born 1939

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7337 SCULPTOR

Alberto Cicchetti

1931 - 1995

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