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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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0002 PIANIST

Daniel Barenboim

Born 1942

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0034 FILM

Héctor Babenco

1946 - 2016

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0049 ACTOR

Sandro de América

1945 - 2010

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0050 ESSAYIST

Alberto Manguel

Born 1948

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0092 SCREENWRITER

Ariel Dorfman

Born 1942

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0098 PSYCHOLOGIST

Jorge Bucay

Born 1949

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0114 POLITICIAN

Jacques Cheminade

Born 1941

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0118 ACTOR

Sky du Mont

Born 1947

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0134 FILM

Luis Puenzo

Born 1946

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0135 FOOTBALL

Hugo Gatti

Born 1944

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0138 ACTOR

Susana Giménez

Born 1944

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0140 ACTOR

Jérôme Savary

1942 - 2013

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0155 FOOTBALL

Carlos Bianchi

Born 1949

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0159 WRITER

José Pablo Feinmann

Born 1943

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0171 FOOTBALL

Enrique Wolff

Born 1949

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0174 WRITER

Beatriz Sarlo

Born 1942

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0178 SCULPTOR

Marta Minujín

Born 1943

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0179 WRITER

Horacio Verbitsky

Born 1942

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0181 FILM

Adolfo Aristarain

Born 1943

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0203 ACTOR

Oscar Martínez (actor)

Born 1949

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0206 MATHEMATICIAN

Luis Caffarelli

Born 1948

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0253 SINGER

Victor Heredia

Born 1947

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0255 BOXER

Oscar Bonavena

1942 - 1976

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0266 ARTIST

José Antonio Muñoz

Born 1942

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0272 FILM

Eliseo Subiela

1944 - 2016

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0278 CARDINAL

Leonardo Sandri

Born 1943

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0284 FOOTBALL

Jorge Solari

Born 1941

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0302 BISHOP

Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo

Born 1942

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0328 ACTOR

Marilú Marini

Born 1945

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0336 ARTIST

Carlos Trillo

1943 - 2011

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0355 SINGER

Amelita Baltar

Born 1940

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0357 ACTOR

Alberto Fernández de Rosa

Born 1944

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0371 PIANIST

Bruno Leonardo Gelber

Born 1941

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0380 ACTOR

Cristina Banegas

Born 1948

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0381 FOOTBALL

Silvio Marzolini

1940 - 2020

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0418 FOOTBALL

Alberto Mario González

Born 1941

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0434 COMPOSER

Cacho Tirao

1941 - 2007

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0435 WRITER

Fernando Sorrentino

Born 1942

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0438 FILM

Jeanine Meerapfel

Born 1943

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0441 ECONOMIST

Guillermo Calvo

Born 1941

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0444 POLITICIAN

Roberto Lavagna

Born 1942

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0446 MATHEMATICIAN

Graciela Chichilnisky

Born 1944

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0450 ACTOR

Rosa María Bianchi

Born 1948

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0460 MUSIC

Juan José Mosalini

Born 1943

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0477 ARTIST

Liliana Porter

Born 1941

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0492 FILM

Carlos Sorín

Born 1944

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0500 POLITICIAN

Carlos Álvarez (politician)

Born 1948

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0531 PHILOSOPHER

Carlos Santiago Nino

1943 - 1993

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0538 FOOTBALL

Carlos Babington

Born 1949

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0542 ACTOR

Alicia Bruzzo

1945 - 2007

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0544 FOOTBALL

José Eulogio Gárate

Born 1944

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0547 SINGER

Moris (singer)

Born 1942

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0565 PENCILLER

Enrique Breccia

Born 1945

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0568 EDUCATION

Juan Carlos Tedesco

1944 - 2017

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0583 REVOLUTIONARY

Mario Firmenich

Born 1948

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0599 FOOTBALL

Agustín Cejas

1945 - 2015

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0603 ACTOR

Emilio Disi

1943 - 2018

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0605 ECONOMIST

Bernardo Kliksberg

Born 1940

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0616 COMPOSER

Pablo Ziegler

Born 1944

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0620 SINGER

Cacho Castaña

1942 - 2019

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0623 MATHEMATICIAN

Adrián Paenza

Born 1949

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0625 WRITER

Liliana Heker

Born 1943

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0626 MUSIC

Miguel Abuelo

1946 - 1988

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0631 SOCIOLOGIST

Norberto Ceresole

1943 - 2003

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0649 FOOTBALL

Ángel Bargas

Born 1946

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0651 POLITICIAN

Dante Caputo

1943 - 2018

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0672 AUTHOR

Osvaldo Lamborghini

1940 - 1985

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0680 ACTOR

Daniel Rabinovich

1943 - 2015

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0681 FILM

Eduardo Mignogna

1940 - 2006

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0685 JOURNALIST

Pepe Eliaschev

1945 - 2014

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0695 ACTOR

Ana María Picchio

Born 1946

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0698 PHYSICIST

Miguel Ángel Virasoro (physicist)

Born 1940

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0704 ACTOR

Mariana Karr

1949 - 2016

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0709 SCULPTOR

Carlos Nine

1944 - 2016

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0710 FILM

David Lamelas

Born 1946

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0720 COMPOSER

Rodolfo Mederos

Born 1940

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0723 SOCIOLOGIST

Viviana Zelizer

Born 1946

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0727 POLITICIAN

Jorge Altamira

Born 1942

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0728 ARCHITECT

Diana Agrest

Born 1945

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0766 JUDGE

Raúl Zaffaroni

Born 1940

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0767 FOOTBALL

Osvaldo Piazza

Born 1947

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0775 FILM

Lita Stantic

Born 1942

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0783 FOOTBALL

Juan Carlos Oleniak

Born 1942

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0788 SINGER

María Martha Serra Lima

1944 - 2017

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0791 WRITER

Hugo Mujica

Born 1942

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0798 FOOTBALL

Héctor Veira

Born 1946

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0806 ROWER

Alberto Demiddi

1944 - 2000

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0808 POLITICIAN

Rodolfo Terragno

Born 1943

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0815 ACTOR

Mirta Miller

Born 1948

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0835 POLITICIAN

Adriana Puiggrós

Born 1941

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0838 ACTOR

Arturo Puig

Born 1944

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0844 PAINTER

Norma Bessouet

1947 - 2018

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0850 BALLET

Noemi Lapzeson

1940 - 2018

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0874 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Carlos Escudé

Born 1948

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0889 FOOTBALL

Jorge D'Alessandro

Born 1949

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0892 ARTIST

Carlos Sampayo

Born 1943

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0893 COMPOSER

Graciela Paraskevaidis

1940 - 2017

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0897 DIPLOMAT

Nilda Garré

Born 1945

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0900 ARCHITECT

Germán Frers

Born 1941

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0912 SOCIOLOGIST

Roberto Jacoby

Born 1944

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0913 ARCHBISHOP

Héctor Aguer

Born 1943

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0915 CHESS

Miguel Quinteros

Born 1947

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0926 WRITER

Guillermo Saccomanno

Born 1948

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0930 WRITER

Delia Steinberg Guzmán

Born 1943

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0964 COMPOSER

Carlos Roqué Alsina

Born 1941

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0965 ACTOR

Gerardo Romano

Born 1946

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0982 FOOTBALL

Mario Chaldú

1942 - 2020

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0983 ACTOR

Hugo Arana

1943 - 2020

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0993 COMPOSER

Oscar Cardozo Ocampo

1942 - 2001

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1021 FILM

Arturo Goetz

1944 - 2014

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1022 COMPOSER

Carlos Franzetti

Born 1948

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1023 ACTOR

Mirta Busnelli

Born 1946

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1038 WRITER

María Seoane

Born 1948

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1041 MODEL

Chunchuna Villafañe

Born 1940

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1044 WRITER

Horacio Vázquez-Rial

1947 - 2012

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1057 ACTOR

Bárbara Mujica

1944 - 1990

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1061 FILM

Juan José Jusid

Born 1941

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1063 WRITER

Alicia Dujovne Ortiz

Born 1940

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1075 FILM

Raymundo Gleyzer

1941 - 1976

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1078 SOCIOLOGIST

Atilio Borón

Born 1943

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1098 ACTOR

Santiago Carlos Oves

1941 - 2010

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1102 ARTIST

Domingo Roberto Mandrafina

Born 1944

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1103 FOOTBALL

Carlos Veglio

Born 1946

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1107 FOOTBALL

Juan Carlos Touriño

1944 - 2017

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1112 PRELATE

Alfredo Zecca

Born 1949

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1117 POLITICIAN

Esther Norma Arrostito

1940 - 1978

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1123 PHILOSOPHER

Silvio Funtowicz

Born 1946

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1128 COMEDIAN

Bigote Arrocet

Born 1949

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1129 ACTOR

Lia Tanzi

Born 1948

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1135 WRITER

Carlos Gardini

1948 - 2017

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1140 WRITER

Per Aage Brandt

Born 1944

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1141 CARDINAL

Mario Aurelio Poli

Born 1947

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1143 MATHEMATICIAN

Cora Sadosky

1940 - 2010

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1148 JOURNALIST

Leonardo Henrichsen

1940 - 1973

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1170 ESSAYIST

Santiago Kovadloff

Born 1942

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1174 JOURNALIST

Orlando Barone

Born 1941

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1208 LAWYER

Blas Matamoro

Born 1942

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1214 ACTOR

Moria Casán

Born 1946

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1225 ACTOR

Enrique Liporace

Born 1941

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1237 TRADE UNION

Alicia Castro

Born 1949

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1255 PSYCHIATRIST

Hugo Sigman

Born 1944

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1260 ACTOR

Alejandra Da Passano

1947 - 2014

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1265 COMPOSER

Mariano Etkin

1943 - 2016

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1286 COMPOSER

Claudio Gabis

Born 1949

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1287 SOCIOLOGIST

Horacio González

Born 1944

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1289 ACTOR

Luisina Brando

Born 1945

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1294 PLAYER

Norma Baylon

Born 1942

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1311 WRITER

Ernesto Ekaizer

Born 1949

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1332 BISHOP

José María Arancedo

Born 1940

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1335 POET

Tamara Kamenszain

Born 1947

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1336 CHEMIST

Silvia Braslavsky

Born 1942

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1340 EXECUTIVE

Héctor Magnetto

Born 1944

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1345 ACTOR

Evangelina Salazar

Born 1946

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1356 JOURNALIST

Andrew Graham-Yooll

1944 - 2019

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1378 FOOTBALL

Alberto Rendo

Born 1940

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1388 CHESS

Jorge Rubinetti

1945 - 2016

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1391 PSYCHOLOGIST

Pacho O'Donnell

Born 1941

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1403 ACTOR

Erika Wallner

1941 - 2016

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1410 PRODUCER

Denny Cordell

1943 - 1995

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1413 ACTOR

Ana Marzoa

Born 1949

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1416 BUSINESS

David Graiver

1941 - 1976

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1421 ACTOR

Claudia Lapacó

Born 1940

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1474 ACTOR

Zulma Faiad

Born 1944

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1478 PIANIST

Daniel Levy (pianist)

Born 1947

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1515 SINGER

Concha Márquez Piquer

Born 1946

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1535 LAWYER

Luis Ovsejevich

Born 1941

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1543 DIPLOMAT

Álvaro de Soto

Born 1943

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1547 POLITICIAN

Miguel Bonasso

Born 1940

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1553 ACTOR

Horacio Fontova

1946 - 2020

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1560 THEATRICAL

Jorge Guinzburg

1949 - 2008

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1570 ACTOR

Jorgelina Aranda

1943 - 2015

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1582 COMPOSER

Sylvia Kersenbaum

Born 1941

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1606 ACTOR

Juan José Camero

Born 1947

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1612 FOOTBALL

Marcos Conigliaro

Born 1942

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1614 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Hebe Vessuri

Born 1942

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1625 JOURNALIST

Miguel Briante

1944 - 1995

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1631 POLITICIAN

María Julia Alsogaray

1942 - 2017

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1632 ACTOR

Carlos Roffé

1943 - 2005

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1636 WRITER

Vicente Battista

Born 1940

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1672 PHYSICIAN

Abel Albino

Born 1946

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1685 METEOROLOGIST

Eugenia Kalnay

Born 1942

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1693 ARTIST

Mirtha Dermisache

1940 - 2012

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1695 PRIEST

Juan Carlos Maccarone

1940 - 2015

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1697 WRITER

Alicia Borinsky

Born 1946

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1700 ACTOR

Ricardo Bauleo

1940 - 2014

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1707 WRITER

Cristina Mucci

Born 1949

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1724 FOOTBALL

Roberto Zywica

Born 1947

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1725 PLAYER

Lito Álvarez

Born 1947

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1762 BALLET

Carlos Eduardo Gavito

1942 - 2005

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1781 FOOTBALL

César-Auguste Laraignée

Born 1949

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1810 JOURNALIST

Víctor Sueiro

1943 - 2007

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1814 ACTOR

Susana Brunetti

1941 - 1974

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1826 MUSIC

Gustavo Bergalli

Born 1940

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1836 PIANIST

Mario Litwin

Born 1943

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1847 ACTOR

Cacho Espíndola

1940 - 2004

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1858 ACTOR

Nora Cárpena

Born 1945

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1863 ACTOR

Esteban Mellino

1945 - 2008

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1866 SWIMMER

Luis Nicolao

Born 1944

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1876 SCULPTOR

Jacques Bedel

Born 1947

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1877 JOURNALIST

Rodolfo Rabanal

1940 - 2020

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1879 POLITICIAN

Eduardo Camaño

Born 1946

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1889 POLITICIAN

José Joe Baxter

1940 - 1973

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1904 DRAMA

Diana Raznovich

Born 1945

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1906 ACTOR

Silvia Baylé

Born 1949

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1917 AUTHOR

Ana Becciu

Born 1948

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1925 ACTOR

Mercedes Carreras

Born 1940

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1964 DESIGNER

Dalila Puzzovio

Born 1943

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1968 POLITICIAN

Carlos Tomada

Born 1948

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1973 JOURNALIST

Luis Favre

Born 1949

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1990 DRAMA

Eduardo Rovner

1942 - 2019

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2013 ACTOR

Jorge Martínez (attore)

Born 1947

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2023 PHYSICIAN

Guillermo Jaim Etcheverry

Born 1942

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2024 BOXER

Pedro Lovell

Born 1945

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2025 ACADEMIC

Fernando Nottebohm

Born 1940

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2026 LAWYER

Carlos Slepoy

1949 - 2017

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2034 WRITER

Ezechiel Saad

Born 1943

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2036 JOURNALIST

Julio Nudler

1941 - 2005

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2038 SCREENWRITER

Eduardo de Gregorio

1942 - 2012

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2054 ACTOR

Marcela López Rey

Born 1941

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2056 OPERA

Alicia Nafé

Born 1947

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2063 ACTOR

Adrianita

Born 1941

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2070 ACTOR

Mariquita Gallegos

Born 1940

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2073 FOOTBALL

Rubén Óscar Valdez

Born 1946

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2076 WRITER

Vlady Kociancich

Born 1941

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2082 FOOTBALL

Jorge Dominichi

1947 - 1998

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2086 SAXOPHONIST

Guillermo Gregorio

Born 1941

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2092 SOCIOLOGIST

Judith Astelarra

Born 1943

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2101 PRIEST

Andrés Stanovnik

Born 1949

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2107 FOOTBALL

Rubén Suñé

1947 - 2019

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2118 ACTOR

María Teresa Costantini

Born 1949

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2122 FOOTBALL

Gerónimo Saccardi

1949 - 2002

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2125 FOOTBALL

Narciso Horacio Doval

1944 - 1991

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2131 POLITICIAN

Juan Manuel Abal Medina

Born 1945

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2139 HISTORIAN

Yosef Kaplan

Born 1944

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2149 FOOTBALL

Ivan Borodiak

Born 1940

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2151 ACTOR

Ricardo Morán (actor)

1941 - 2015

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2159 MUSIC

Fernando Suárez Paz

1941 - 2020

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2170 WRITER

María del Carmen Aguilar

Born 1945

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2178 SOLDIER

Jorge Eduardo Acosta

Born 1941

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2180 ACTOR

Thelma Tixou

1944 - 2019

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2183 BOTANIST

Roberto Kiesling

Born 1941

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2189 PAINTER

Luis Frangella

1944 - 1990

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2193 WRITER

Marcos Ricardo Barnatán

Born 1946

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2202 PAINTER

Gabriela Aberastury

Born 1943

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2210 POLITICIAN

Peggy Cabral

Born 1947

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2220 GUITAR

Miguel Ángel Girollet

1947 - 1996

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2249 FOOTBALL

Rubén Oswaldo Díaz

1946 - 2018

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2277 ACTOR

Thelma Biral

Born 1941

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2298 ACTOR

María Rosa Fugazot

Born 1942

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2300 ACTOR

Leonor Manso

Born 1946

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2305 POET

Javier Adúriz

1948 - 2011

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2324 POET

Paulina Vinderman

Born 1944

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2330 POLITICIAN

Jorge Sobisch

Born 1943

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2338 WRITER

Adela Basch

Born 1946

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2340 ACTOR

Emilio Linder

Born 1949

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2357 CHOREOGRAPHER

Mauricio Wainrot

Born 1946

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2367 FOOTBALL

Miguel Tojo

Born 1943

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2383 FOOTBALL

Norberto Madurga

Born 1944

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2391 COMPOSER

José Colángelo

Born 1940

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2401 JOURNALIST

Santo Biasatti

Born 1943

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2423 ANNOUNCER

Nora Perlé

Born 1940

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2431 FOOTBALL

Juan Carlos Morrone

Born 1941

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2455 ENGINEER

Pedro Kanof

Born 1944

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2471 FOOTBALL

Ángel Marcos

Born 1943

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2484 JOURNALIST

Adolfo Castelo

1940 - 2004

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2487 JOURNALIST

Susana Viau

1948 - 2013

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2491 POLITICIAN

Rodolfo Frigeri

1941 - 2015

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2496 FOOTBALL

Alfredo Obberti

Born 1945

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2499 MODEL

Mirta Massa

Born 1947

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2500 POLITICIAN

Hilda González de Duhalde

Born 1946

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2522 MUSIC

Alex Fox

Born 1947

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2528 ACTOR

Rita Cortese

Born 1949

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2542 HISTORIAN

Hilda Sabato

Born 1947

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2568 ACTOR

Julieta Magaña

1947 - 2017

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2573 POLITICIAN

Julio de Vido

Born 1949

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2576 WRITER

Mario Szichman

1945 - 2018

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2578 POLITICIAN

Julio Bárbaro

Born 1942

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2579 ACTOR

Tony Vilas

1944 - 2013

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2585 LAWYER

Ricardo Gil Lavedra

Born 1949

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2601 ACTOR

María Cristina Laurenz

Born 1940

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2609 WRITER

Luisa Peluffo

Born 1941

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2615 COMPOSER

José-Luis Campana

Born 1949

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2620 ACTOR

Marta Bianchi

Born 1943

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2625 SCULPTOR

Carlos Dorrien

Born 1948

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2631 HISTORIAN

Peter Martin (professor)

Born 1940

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2635 LAWYER

Inés Mónica Weinberg de Roca

Born 1948

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2638 FOOTBALL

Miguel Ángel Pérez Pilipiux

Born 1947

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2654 ATHLETIC

Juan Carlos Dyrzka

1941 - 2012

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2705 POLITICIAN

Enrique Olivera

1940 - 2014

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2709 ACTOR

Cristina Alberó

Born 1946

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2726 SINGER

Cachita Galán

1943 - 2004

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2758 MUSIC

Julio Pane

Born 1947

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2760 FOTOGRAF

Julie Méndez Ezcurra

1949 - 1991

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2764 PRELATE

José Luis Mollaghan

Born 1946

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2777 ACTOR

Salo Pasik

1945 - 2017

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2786 RABBI

Angel Kreiman Brill

1945 - 2014

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2799 MATHEMATICIAN

Alfredo Noel Iusem

Born 1949

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2801 POLITICIAN

José Pampuro

Born 1949

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2807 PRIEST

Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana

Born 1946

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2812 SOCIOLOGIST

Elizabeth Jelin

Born 1941

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