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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Buenos Aires during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 943 notable births.

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 actor3.3× the global rate.

Buenos Aires under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football1,440
  2. Actor1,430
  3. Politician444
  4. Writer325
  5. Militar275
  6. Journalist244
  7. Player241
  8. Composer231
  1. Actor1,4303.3×
  2. Militar2752.8×
  3. Composer2312.2×
  4. Film1911.9×
  5. Journalist2441.9×
  6. Football1,4401.6×
  7. Lawyer2151.5×
  8. Player2411.5×
  1. Politician4440.5×
  2. Painter1480.7×

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.

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8,102 notable people

6001 COMPOSER

Diego H. Feinstein

Born 1943

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6002 ECONOMIST

Stella Carballo

Born 1947

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6003 FOOTBALL

Ricardo Hernán Pagés

Born 1973

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6004 ENTREPRENEUR

Maximilien de Hoop Cartier

Born 1967

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6005 JUDGE

Augusto César Belluscio

Born 1930

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6006 FOOTBALL

Gastón Stang

Born 1980

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6007 GRUPO

Mercedes Inés Carazo

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6008 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Rebeca Guitelzon

1924 - 1985

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6009 COOK

Malala López Grandio

1972 - 2003

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6010 GRUPO

Gerardo Guillermo Isaac

Born 1958

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6011 ACTOR

Alberto del Solar (actor)

1927 - 1986

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6012 CHEMIST

Galo Soler Illia

Born 1970

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6013 SINGER

Rubi (cantante)

Born 1954

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6014 POLITICIAN

Carlos Torcuato de Alvear

1860 - 1931

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6015 MINISTR

Miguel Fitzgerald

1926 - 2010

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6016 FILM

Cristian Pauls

Born 1957

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6017 PIANIST

Lorena Di Florio

Born 1970

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6018 FOOTBALL

Hugo Lamadrid

Born 1966

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6019 FOOTBALL

Roberto Tesouro

1929 - 2010

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6020 FOOTBALL

Salvador Nocetti

-

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6021 FILM

Marcelo von Schwartz

Born 1961

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6022 WRITER

Solange Camaüer

Born 1965

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6023 JOURNALIST

José María Safigueroa

1938 - 2008

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6024 COMPOSER

Jorge Milchberg

Born 1928

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6025 PRODUCER

Hugo Carregal

Born 1949

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6026 FOOTBALL

Osvaldo Landoni

1914 - 1991

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6027 PHYSICIAN

Guillermo Bosch Arana

1886 - 1939

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6028 ACTOR

Joaquín Flamini

Born 2000

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6029 FOOTBALL

Eduardo Oviedo

Born 1954

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6030 HANDBALL

Caterina Benedetti

Born 2000

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6031 FOOTBALL

Héctor Toublanc

Born 1947

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6032 POLITICIAN

Alberto Pérez (político)

Born 1965

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6033 FOOTBALL

Lucas Ferreiro

Born 1979

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6034 BUSINESS

Pedro Olegario Luro Pradère

1861 - 1927

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6035 FOOTBALL

Gregorio Samaniego

Born 1917

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6036 DERMATOLOGIST

Alberto Shayo

Born 1952

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6037 JOURNALIST

Raúl Kollmann

Born 1949

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6038 ACTOR

Argentino Podestá

Born 1891

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6039 LAWYER

Clodomiro Cordero

1825 - 1884

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6040 MUSIC

Eli Suarez

Born 1978

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6041 WRITER

María Moreno

-

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6042 ACTOR

Julio Silva (cantante)

1967 - 2004

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6043 FOOTBALL

Mario Finarolli

Born 1953

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6044 PAINTER

Rodolfo Alcorta

1876 - 1967

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6045 SINGER

Damián Ramírez

1985 - 2017

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6046 MILITAR

Tomás Adolfo Ducó

1901 - 1964

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6047 JOURNALIST

Elina Berro

1923 - 1971

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6048 MUSIC

Juan Bautista Guido

1898 - 1945

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6049 PHYSICIAN

Antonio Manuel Silva

1839 - 1915

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6050 FOOTBALL

Néstor Merlo

Born 1960

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6051 EMPRESÁRIO

Conrado Wessel

1891 - 1993

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6052 PRODUCTOR

Atilio Mentasti

1905 - 1985

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6053 ACTOR

Martha Viana

Born 1956

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6054 WRITER

Guillermo Lema

Born 1964

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6055 WRITER

Alberto Claudio Blasetti

1923 - 2005

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6056 FOOTBALL

Braian Volpini

Born 1998

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6057 SAILOR

Carlos Serantes

1905 - 1950

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6058 FOOTBALL

Néstor Apuzzo

Born 1963

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6059 BUSINESS

Alex Yemenidjian

Born 1955

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6060 FOOTBALL

Salvador Pasini

Born 1952

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6061 GUITAR

Luciano Napolitano

Born 1977

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6062 FOOTBALL

Fabián Alberto Vázquez

Born 1965

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6063 FIGHTER

Carlos Gustavo Ramus

1947 - 1970

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6064 DIPLOMAT

Gualterio Enrique Ahrens

1906 - 1981

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6065 FOOTBALL

Donato Abbatángelo

Born 1892

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6066 SINGER

Carlos Javier Beltrán (cantante)

1946 - 2012

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6067 PLAYER

Juan Francisco Gomez

Born 1984

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6068 JOURNALIST

Jorge Lafauci

Born 1943

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6069 MILITAR

Luciano Montes de Oca

1794 - 1837

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6070 SPORT

Gustavo Artacho

Born 1967

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6071 ACTOR

Juan Carlos Mastrángelo

1970 - 2018

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6072 MILITAR

Antonio Dónovan

1849 - 1897

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6073 MODEL

Patricia Miccio

1955 - 2011

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6074 LAWYER

Pablo Lanusse

Born 1965

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6075 PLAYER

Juan Cuda

Born 1987

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6076 ACTOR

Mary Clay

-

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6077 POLITICIAN

Roberto Costa

Born 1960

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6078 FILM

Miguel Ángel Cárcano (cineasta)

Born 1972

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6079 ACTOR

Raúl De Lange

1895 - 1964

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6080 FOOTBALL

Gaspar Felix

Born 1983

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6081 LAWYER

Pablo Clusellas

Born 1959

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6082 SINGER

Hugo Duval

1928 - 2003

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6083 FOOTBALL

Alejandro Montenegro

Born 1963

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6084 BIOLOGIST

Rita Arditti

1934 - 2009

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6085 POLITICIAN

Paula Español

Born 1975

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6086 WRITER

Marianela Pereyra

Born 1979

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6087 CRICKET

Cleveland Greenway

1864 - 1934

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6088 LAWYER

Mariano Saavedra

1810 - 1883

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6089 FOOTBALL

Gabriel Macaya Fernández

Born 1962

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6090 ACTOR

Gonzalo Suárez (actor)

Born 1978

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6091 JOURNALIST

Federico Wiemeyer

Born 1975

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6092 CRICKET

Alejandro Ferguson

Born 1978

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6093 POLITICIAN

Alejandro Collia

Born 1957

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6094 PLAYER

Guillermo Robson

Born 1903

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6095 PERCUSSIONIST

Pablo Molina (músico)

Born 1965

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6096 FOOTBALL

Rodrigo Lugo

Born 1991

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6097 WRITER

Paula Pérez Alonso

Born 1958

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6098 PIANIST

Aquiles Delle Vigne

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6099 ACTOR

Susana André

-

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6100 POLITICIAN

Jorge Esteban Roulet

1928 - 1987

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6101 FOOTBALL

Jorge Castelli

1946 - 2007

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6102 PAINTER

Martín Santiago

1908 - 1989

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6103 FOOTBALL

Cristian Zermatten

Born 1974

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6104 ACTOR

Américo Acosta Machado

1922 - 1990

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6105 ACTOR

Julio Andrada

1896 - 1963

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6106 PIANIST

Mono Villegas

1913 - 1986

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6107 DRIVER

Franco Vivian

Born 1989

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6108 ACTOR

Mario Fromenteze

1944 - 2016

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6109 MAFIOSO

Domenico Trimboli (1954)

Born 1954

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6110 JOURNALIST

Ketty Kaufmann

1934 - 2017

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6111 CHEMIST

Gustavo Malek

1929 - 2015

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6112 POLITICIAN

Rafael Pascual (político)

Born 1951

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6113 JOURNALIST

Horacio García Blanco

1937 - 2002

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6114 PRESENTADOR

Leonardo Tusam

Born 1973

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6115 SPORT

Ignacio Goano

Born 1969

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6116 JOURNALIST

Carlos Monti

Born 1957

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6117 MILITAR

Joaquín Ramiro

1800 - 1867

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6118 LAWYER

Francisco Alcobendas

1838 - 1911

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6119 PRESENTER

Marcela Baños

Born 1975

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6120 DISSIDENT

Mauricio Yattah

Born 1949

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6121 SINGER

Marián Farías Gómez

Born 1944

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6122 ACTOR

Esteban Perez

Born 1978

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6123 POLITICIAN

José Domato

1918 - 2015

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6124 WRITER

Rudy (humorista)

Born 1956

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6125 JUDGE

Roberto Repetto

1881 - 1950

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6126 PAINTER

Leonor Isacson

Born 1933

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6127 COMPOSER

Jorge Pítari

Born 1943

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6128 PAINTER

Pietro Ardito (vignettista)

1919 - 2005

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6129 MILITAR

Carlos Rey

1922 - 2017

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6130 ACTOR

Alicia Aymont

-

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6131 MUSIC

Rodolfo García

Born 1946

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6132 OFFICER

Pedro Rodríguez Flores

1609 - 1682

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6133 PRODUCER

Sergio Nakasone

Born 1968

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6134 COMPOSER

Próspero López Buchardo

1883 - 1964

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6135 FOOTBALL

Miguel Ángel Longo

1939 - 2001

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6136 MILITAR

Domingo Albariño

1781 - 1822

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6137 ACTOR

Alberto Ballerini

1886 - 1952

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6138 JUDGE

Eduardo Moliné O'Connor

1938 - 2014

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6139 ARTIST

Judi Werthein

Born 1967

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6140 PAINTER

Cohen Fusé

1944 - 2019

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6141 FOOTBALL

Fabian Grimberg

Born 1962

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6142 WRITER

Fernanda Laguna

Born 1972

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6143 HUMORISTA

Podeti

Born 1967

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6144 PAINTER

Nélida Federico

1920 - 2007

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6145 DANCER

Elsa María

Born 1949

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6146 ACTOR

Ada Pampín

-

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6147 FOOTBALL

Alberto Perazzo

1935 - 2018

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6148 JOURNALIST

Hinde Pomeraniec

Born 1961

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6149 WRITER

Carlos Skliar

Born 1960

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6150 POLITICIAN

Mariano Olier

1752 - 1816

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6151 FOOTBALL

Cristian Castillo

Born 1975

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6152 POET

Juan Carlos Escalante

Born 1954

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6153 FOOTBALL

Miguel Ángel Lemme

Born 1953

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6154 FOOTBALL

Sergio Saturno

Born 1960

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6155 HISTORIAN

Fabián Campagne

Born 1967

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6156 FUTSAL

Pablo Taborda

Born 1986

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6157 FOOTBALL

Nicolás Larcamón

Born 1984

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6158 SPORT

Gastón Recondo

Born 1973

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6159 MUJER

Martha Holgado

1934 - 2007

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6160 ART CRITIC

Silvia de Ambrosini

Died 2011

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6161 ENTREPRENEUR

Eduardo Bergallo

Born 1963

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6162 FOOTBALL

Jonathan Farías

Born 1998

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6163 BASKET

Gabriel Milovich

Born 1960

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6164 JOURNALIST

Miguel Ángel de Renzis

Born 1942

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6165 DRUMMER

Tony Scotto

Born 1967

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6166 MILITANTE

Claudio Slemenson

1955 - 1975

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6167 PHILOSOPHER

J. Alberto Coffa

1935 - 1984

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6168 JOURNALIST

Copán Álvarez

Born 1973

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6169 TEACHER

Mirta Goldberg

Born 1945

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6170 PSICÓLOG

Jorge Visca

1935 - 2000

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6171 CRICKET

Peter McRae

1916 - 1944

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6172 ENTRENADOR

José D'Amico

1914 - 1994

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6173 PRIEST

Jorge Martín Torres Carbonell

Born 1954

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6174 JOURNALIST

Jonatan Viale

Born 1986

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6175 WRITER

Clementina Isabel Azlor

1902 - 1946

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6176 FILM

Daniel Stigliano

Born 1968

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6177 SCIENTIST

Shimon Schuldiner

Born 1946

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6178 BUSINESS

Miguel Crisol

1842 - 1899

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6179 GUITAR

Pino Marrone

Born 1956

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6180 WRITER

Graciela Sverdlick

1962 - 2009

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6181 WRITER

Serguei

Born 1956

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6182 FOOTBALL

José Barreal

Born 1989

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6183 CRICKET

Agustín Casime

Born 1985

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6184 ACTOR

Luis Elías Sojit

1910 - 1982

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6185 PLAYER

Gastón de Robertis

Born 1980

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6186 SINGER

Facundo Toro

Born 1973

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6187 LAWYER

José María Moreno

1835 - 1882

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6188 FOOTBALL

Ariel Amaya

-

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6189 LAWYER

Oscar Puiggrós

1918 - 2010

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6190 REGISSEUR

Wolfgang Frank (Regisseur)

1964 - 2012

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6191 FOOTBALL

Javier Colli

Born 1991

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6192 SWIMMER

Jorge Moreau

Born 1908

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6193 FOOTBALL

Germán Darío Rodríguez

Born 1968

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6194 POLITICIAN

Juan Manuel Ortiz de Rosas

1839 - 1913

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6195 MILITAR

Manuel Obligado

1838 - 1896

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6196 PRIEST

Eugenio Santiago Peyrou

1913 - 2005

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6197 JOURNALIST

Carla Czudnowsky

Born 1971

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6198 PHYSICIAN

Ofelia Trimboli

Born 1926

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6199 BASKET

Luciano Massarelli

Born 1993

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6200 POLITICIAN

Vicente Lorenzo del Rosario Casares

1844 - 1910

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6201 FILM

Ezequiel Acuña

Born 1976

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6202 VETERAN

Esteban Juan Tries

Born 1961

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6203 ACADEMIC

Jorge Soto Acebal

1891 - 1974

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6204 ORNITHOLOGIST

Juan Mazar Barnett

1975 - 2012

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6205 PLAYER

Lucas Ponce

Born 1990

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6206 CRICKET

Arnold Jacobs (cricketer)

1892 - 1974

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6207 ACTOR

Esther Vani

-

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6208 PLAYER

Tomás de la Vega

Born 1990

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6209 JOURNALIST

Laly Cobas

1953 - 2012

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6210 MILITAR

Basilio Pertiné

1879 - 1963

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6211 FOOTBALL

Thiago Almada

Born 2001

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6212 POLITICIAN

Gustavo Breide Obeid

Born 1953

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6213 PRIEST

José María Lombardero

1920 - 1999

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6214 MILITAR

Juan Francisco García de Zúñiga

1739 - 1815

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6215 ANNOUNCER

Edith Hermida

Born 1970

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6216 JOURNALIST

Débora Campos

Born 1973

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6217 FOOTBALL

Óscar Pacheco

Born 1967

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6218 ACTOR

Fausto Padín

Died 1975

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6219 POLITICIAN

Claudio Presman

Born 1968

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6220 COOK

Guillermo Calabrese

Born 1961

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6221 COMPOSER

Amanda Guerreño

Born 1933

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6222 MINISTR

Leandro Cuccioli

Born 1977

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6223 PSYCHIATRIST

José Horwitz Barak

1908 - 1978

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6224 MILITAR

Jorge Arguindegui

1930 - 1997

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6225 DRUMMER

Sergio Verdinelli

Born 1976

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6226 SINGER

Laura Ros

Born 1979

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6227 ACTOR

Beatriz Ferrari

1928 - 2011

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6228 FOOTBALL

César Couceiro

Born 1970

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6229 ACTOR

Diego Mackenzie

1964 - 2001

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6230 MILITAR

Jorge Rádice

Born 1951

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6231 SINGER

Rubén Sadrinas

Born 1971

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6232 ENGINEER

Elisa Bachofen

Died 1976

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6233 PHYSICIST

Teófilo Isnardi

1890 - 1966

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6234 SINGER

Gabriela Pochinki

-

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6235 FOOTBALL

Pedro Coudannes

1956 - 1985

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6236 MILITAR

Juan Estanislao del Campo

1795 - 1861

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6237 ACTOR

Amanda Santalla

1903 - 1985

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6238 GUITAR

Carlos Dorado

Born 1958

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6239 PROFESSOR

Alejandro Kohan

Born 1963

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6240 RIDER

Daniel Domaszewski

Born 1973

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6241 FOOTBALL

Pablo Parilla

Born 1963

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6242 LYRICIST

Lucila Rada

Born 1981

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6243 FOOTBALL

Walter Ciappi

Born 1952

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6244 POLITICIAN

Máximo Paz (político)

1851 - 1931

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6245 FILM

Jack Davison

1917 - 1971

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6246 FOOTBALL

Sergio Sagarzazu

Born 1987

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6247 PIANIST

Sergio Antonio del Rio

Born 1956

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6248 MILITAR

Ramón Rodríguez (militar)

1792 - 1866

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6249 FOOTBALL

Fernando Carlos Cigno

Born 1984

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6250 SCREENWRITER

Jorge Basurto

1925 - 1992

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6251 FOOTBALL

Sabino Coletta

Born 1914

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6252 JOURNALIST

César Fuentes Rodríguez

Born 1961

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6253 FOOTBALL

Nicolás Di Biase

Born 1988

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6254 WRITER

Rosa Wernicke

1907 - 1971

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6255 MILITAR

Clodomiro Urtubey

1840 - 1902

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6256 TEACHER

Pablo Calviño

-

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6257 POLITICIAN

Gabriela Alegre

Born 1960

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6258 LAWYER

Victoria Villarruel

Born 1975

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6259 MILITAR

Vicente Dupuy

1774 - 1843

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6260 POLITICIAN

Benito Alberto Nazar Anchorena

1884 - 1970

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6261 CORONEL

María Mercedes Coronel

1777 - 1854

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6262 SPORT

Ángel Velarte

Born 1971

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6263 GUITAR

Julia Vidal

-

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6264 ACTOR

Danny Pardo

Born 1971

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6265 POLITICIAN

Rubén Campos

Born 1950

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6266 ENGINEER

Carlos Maschwitz

1862 - 1910

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6267 FOOTBALL

José Pérez (entrenador)

1912 - 1986

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6268 FOOTBALL

Lucas Omar Rodríguez Pagano

Born 1980

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6269 FILMMAKER

Silvina Landsmann

Born 1965

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6270 ACTOR

Fernando de Soria

1937 - 2017

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6271 LAWYER

Daniel Divinsky

Born 1942

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6272 COMPOSER

Eduardo Estéban Tejeda

Born 1923

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6273 MILITAR

Gaspar Campos

1831 - 1868

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6274 ACTOR

Horacio Velarde

1915 - 1939

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6275 SCREENWRITER

Alfredo Ruanova

1919 - 1977

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6276 MILITAR

Bernardino Escribano

1790 - 1834

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6277 ACTOR

Adrian Schvarzstein

Born 1967

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6278 ACTOR

Manolita Serra

Died 1990

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6279 PAINTER

Alejandro Brodersohn

-

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6280 ACTOR

Hébé Lorenzo

Born 1947

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6281 FOOTBALL

Facundo Alfonso

Born 1988

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6282 POLITICIAN

Jorge Daniel Paladino

Died 1984

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6283 MILITAR

Juan Izquierdo (militar)

1792 - 1834

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6284 BOTANIST

Julio Vincente Uriburu

1870 - 1942

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6285 HERMANO

Manuel Escalada

1795 - 1871

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6286 PAINTER

Enrique Vieytes

1918 - 2014

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6287 PRESENTER

Fabio Manes

1964 - 2014

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6288 FOOTBALL

Diego Celis

Born 1992

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6289 POLITICIAN

José Canaveris

1780 - 1838

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6290 MILITAR

Mariano Echenagucía

1807 - 1869

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6291 POLITICIAN

Jeanne Beeckman

1891 - 1963

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6292 LAWYER

Román Subiza

1913 - 1955

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6293 HISTORIAN

Ignacio Lewkowicz

1967 - 2004

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6294 WRESTLER

Coloso Colosetti

Born 1948

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6295 MILITAR

Julio de Vedia

1826 - 1892

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6296 PRIEST

Luis María Etcheverry Boneo

1917 - 1971

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6297 POLITICIAN

Ramón Alberto Trejo Noel

1920 - 1984

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6298 ACTOR

Marcela Agudelo

-

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6299 ARCHITECT

Patricio Pouchulu

Born 1965

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6300 POLITICIAN

Félix de Álzaga

1792 - 1841

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