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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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Buenos Aires during each.
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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- Film & TV
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Music
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Pepe Arias
1900 - 1967
María Rosa Gallo
1923 - 2004
María Rosa Lojo
Born 1954
Oscar Calics
Born 1939
Adrián Barilari
Born 1959
Gastón Casas
Born 1978
Ariel Rotter
Born 1973
Martín Scelzo
Born 1976
Antonio Frasconi
1919 - 2013
José Oscar Flores
Born 1971
Amancio Alcorta
1842 - 1902
Roberto Jacoby
Born 1944
Héctor Aguer
Born 1943
Carlos Ischia
Born 1956
Miguel Quinteros
Born 1947
Eduardo Gutiérrez
1851 - 1889
Gabriel Garrido
Born 1950
Alexis González (volleyball)
Born 1981
Attilio Demaría
1909 - 1990
Tomás de Anchorena
1783 - 1847
María Rosa Yorio
Born 1954
Ernesto de la Cárcova
1866 - 1927
Lucio Compagnucci
Born 1996
Bonifacio del Carril
1911 - 1994
Nicolás Sánchez (footballer, born 1986)
Born 1986
Guillermo Saccomanno
Born 1948
Alejandro Chomski
Born 1968
Arminda Aberastury
1910 - 1972
Juan Botasso
1908 - 1950
Delia Steinberg Guzmán
Born 1943
Azucena Maizani
1902 - 1970
Rodolfo Orlandini
1905 - 1990
Alberto Zorrilla
1906 - 1986
Ángel Morales
Born 1975
Claudio García
Born 1963
José María Calvo
Born 1981
Federico Domínguez (footballer, born 1976)
Born 1976
Juan Cruz Kaprof
Born 1995
Julio Kaplan
Born 1950
Leónidas Lamborghini
1927 - 2009
Mariela Vitale
Born 1982
Daniel Borrillo
Born 1961
Enrique Morea
1924 - 2017
Pedro Mairal
Born 1970
María Nieves
Born 1938
Ludovico Bidoglio
1900 - 1970
Santiago Lovell
1912 - 1966
Lucio Norberto Mansilla
1789 - 1871
Domingo Tarasconi
1903 - 1991
Alicia Lourteig
1913 - 2003
Enrique de Gandía
1906 - 2000
Martín Gramática
Born 1975
Sergio Roitman
Born 1979
Laura Azcurra
Born 1981
Hugo Conte
Born 1963
Antonio González de Balcarce
1774 - 1819
Alba Solís
1927 - 2016
Jorge Higuaín
Born 1957
Valentin Verga
Born 1989
Santiago Vernazza
1928 - 2017
Rocío Sánchez Moccia
Born 1988
Carlos Kenig
Born 1953
Rómulo Macció
1931 - 2016
Carlos Roqué Alsina
Born 1941
Gerardo Romano
Born 1946
Yael Castiglione
Born 1985
Jorge Maggio
Born 1982
Pablo Matera
Born 1993
Manuel Moreno
1781 - 1857
H. A. Murena
1923 - 1975
Germán Scarone
Born 1975
Alejandra García
Born 1973
Mariano Torres
Born 1987
Martín Karpan
Born 1974
Carlos Obligado
1890 - 1949
Hugo Demarco
1932 - 1995
Rubén Darío Insúa
Born 1961
Felipe Boero
1884 - 1958
Alicia Dickenstein
Born 1955
Ezequiel Alejo Carboni
Born 1979
Guillermo Klein
Born 1969
Mario Chaldú
1942 - 2020
Hugo Arana
1943 - 2020
Pablo Albano
Born 1967
Carlos Païta
1932 - 2015
Alberto Anchart
1931 - 2011
Malena Pichot
Born 1982
Arturo García Buhr
1905 - 1995
Luz Cipriota
Born 1985
Abel Santa Cruz
1915 - 1995
Leopoldo Torres Ríos
1899 - 1960
Manuel José de Lavardén
1754 - 1809
Oscar Cardozo Ocampo
1942 - 2001
Daniel Branca
1951 - 2005
Guido di Tella
1931 - 2001
Nicolás Vázquez
Born 1977
Malvina Pastorino
1916 - 1994
Miguel de Azcuénaga
1754 - 1833
Carlos Alberto Juárez
Born 1972
Jorge Antonio
1917 - 2007
Matías Agüero
Born 1981
Hugo Cores
1937 - 2006
Elsa Bornemann
1952 - 2013
Lino Enea Spilimbergo
1896 - 1964
Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma
1902 - 1943
Aurora Bernárdez
1920 - 2014
Eva Franco
1906 - 1999
Raúl Barboza
Born 1938
María Esther Vázquez
1937 - 2017
Alberto Girri
1919 - 1991
Roberto Pettinato
Born 1955
Juan de la Cruz (basketball)
Born 1954
Liana Del Balzo
1899 - 1982
Jorge Rinaldi
Born 1963
Martín Rejtman
Born 1961
Nicolás Fasolino
1887 - 1969
Mario Pasik
Born 1951
Ignacio Corleto
Born 1978
Magdalena Aicega
Born 1973
Justo Oscar Laguna
1929 - 2011
Arturo Goetz
1944 - 2014
Carlos Franzetti
Born 1948
Mirta Busnelli
Born 1946
Franco Razzotti
Born 1985
Mariano Donda
Born 1982
Gogó Andreu
1919 - 2012
Ramón Lista
1856 - 1897
Omar Labruna
Born 1957
Nicolás Uriarte
Born 1990
Martín García (tennis)
Born 1977
Juan Manuel Fangio II
Born 1956
Enrique Banchs
1888 - 1968
Pablo Novak
Born 1966
Cachorro López
Born 1956
Juan Zanotto
1935 - 2005
Adrián Nahuel Martínez
Born 1992
Hernán Losada
Born 1982
María Seoane
Born 1948
Arturo Maly
1939 - 2001
Paloma Herrera
Born 1975
Chunchuna Villafañe
Born 1940
Nicanor Costa Méndez
1922 - 1992
Silvia Kutika
Born 1956
Horacio Vázquez-Rial
1947 - 2012
Patricio Camps
Born 1972
Luis Ortega (film director)
Born 1980
Jorge Borelli
Born 1964
Víctor Avendaño
1907 - 1984
Luis Huergo
1837 - 1913
Ana Katz
Born 1975
Sebastián Borensztein
Born 1963
Rogelio Polesello
1939 - 2014
Mariano Frúmboli
Born 1970
Alejandro Lanari
Born 1960
Agustín Cuzzani
1924 - 1987
Jorge José Benítez
Born 1950
Bárbara Mujica
1944 - 1990
Rosalinda Serfaty
Born 1969
Pío Collivadino
1869 - 1945
Enrique Alcatena
Born 1957
Juan José Jusid
Born 1941
Sebastián Piana
1903 - 1994
Alicia Dujovne Ortiz
Born 1940
Jorge Morel
Born 1931
Federico Pinedo
Born 1955
Laura Montalvo
Born 1976
Eliseo Prado
1929 - 2016
Miguel Ángel Martínez (footballer)
Born 1984
José A. Ferreyra
1889 - 1943
Fedra López
Born 1962
Luis M. Chiappe
Born 1962
Juan Carlos Altavista
1929 - 1989
Enrique Ruiz Guiñazú
1884 - 1967
Miguel Sidrauski
1939 - 1968
Raymundo Gleyzer
1941 - 1976
Carina Zampini
Born 1975
Jorge E. Hirsch
Born 1953
Atilio Borón
Born 1943
Sergio Bagú
1911 - 2002
Damián Zamogilny
Born 1980
Leonel Gancedo
Born 1971
Juan José Sebreli
Born 1930
Pedro Memelsdorff
Born 1959
Eduardo de Robertis
1913 - 1988
Luis Luque
Born 1956
Domingo Mercante
1898 - 1976
Enrique Finochietto
1881 - 1948
Fernando Lima
Born 1975
Ana María Barrenechea
1913 - 2010
Ariel Rosada
Born 1978
Gonzalo Peillat
Born 1992
Milagros Mumenthaler
Born 1977
Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
Born 1974
Nicolás Cambiasso
Born 1978
Mariano Bíttolo
Born 1990
Adrián Biniez
Born 1974
Constantino Gaito
1878 - 1945
Santiago Carlos Oves
1941 - 2010
Emiliano Dudar
Born 1981
Ada María Elflein
1880 - 1919
Gabriel Markus
Born 1970
Domingo Roberto Mandrafina
Born 1944
Carlos Veglio
Born 1946
Saúl Ubaldini
1936 - 2006
Martha Boto
1925 - 2004
Esteban Bullrich
Born 1969
Juan Carlos Touriño
1944 - 2017
Facundo Quignon
Born 1993
Facu Regalia
Born 1991
Hugo Sofovich
1939 - 2003
Mariano Necochea
1790 - 1849
Alfredo Zecca
Born 1949
Victorio D'Alessandro
Born 1984
Danny Peyronel
Born 1953
Luisa Futoransky
Born 1939
Carlos Schlieper
1902 - 1957
Esther Norma Arrostito
1940 - 1978
Oscar Camilión
1930 - 2016
Bertha Moss
1919 - 2008
Pérez Celis
1939 - 2008
Martín Pando
Born 1934
Leonel Di Plácido
Born 1994
Silvio Funtowicz
Born 1946
María Fux
Born 1922
Andrés Ciro Martínez
Born 1968
Pablo Parés
Born 1978
Diego Brosset
1898 - 1944
Bigote Arrocet
Born 1949
Lia Tanzi
Born 1948
Jorge Glusberg
1932 - 2012
Fernando Godoy
Born 1990
Roberto Pompei
Born 1970
Alberto de Zavalía
1911 - 1988
Ángel Médici
1897 - 1971
Carlos Gardini
1948 - 2017
Marcela Citterio
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Arrigo Cervetto
1927 - 1995
Sabina Olmos
1913 - 1999
Federico Finchelstein
Born 1975
Per Aage Brandt
Born 1944
Mario Aurelio Poli
Born 1947
Emilia Ferreiro
Born 1936
Cora Sadosky
1940 - 2010
Alexis Dos Santos
Born 1974
Juan Pedro Aguirre
1781 - 1837
Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean
1926 - 1987
Ezequiel Ham
Born 1994
Leonardo Henrichsen
1940 - 1973
Fabián Casas
Born 1965
Alberto Greco
1931 - 1965
Federico Kirbus
1931 - 2015
Emilio Vieyra
1920 - 2010
Agustín Sierra
Born 1990
Nora Lustig
Born 1951
Rufino de Elizalde
1822 - 1887
Carmen Barbieri
Born 1955
Lidia Borda
Born 1966
Carlos Morel
1813 - 1894
Érica García
Born 1974
Valeria Baroni
Born 1989
Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Born 1982
Martín Karadagian
1922 - 1991
Feliciano Chiclana
1761 - 1826
Alberto Lecchi
Born 1954
Martín Leiva
Born 1980
José Babini
1897 - 1984
Eduardo Blanco (actor)
Born 1958
Vera Fogwill
Born 1972
José María Ruda
1924 - 1994
Santiago Kovadloff
Born 1942
José María Rosa
1906 - 1991
Fanny Mikey
1930 - 2008
Carlos Rodríguez (musician)
Born 1972
Orlando Barone
Born 1941
Maricel Álvarez
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Marcos Ayerza
Born 1983
Julio César Strassera
1933 - 2015
Carlos Peucelle
1908 - 1990
Tomás Yankelevich
Born 1977
Walter García
Born 1984
Irene Caba Alba
1899 - 1957
Martín Palmeri
Born 1965
Jorge Pullin
Born 1963
Pepita Serrador
1913 - 1964
Cecilia Rognoni
Born 1976
Anasol
Born 1976
Lucas Vila
Born 1986
Graciela Stefani
Born 1960
Sebastián Nayar
Born 1988
Zoe Ducós
1928 - 2002
Ricardo Cano
Born 1951
Emiliano Amor
Born 1995
Gonzalo Tiesi
Born 1985
Diego Verdaguer
Born 1951
Osvaldo Cattone
Born 1933
Oscar Masotta
1930 - 1979
Darío Lopilato
Born 1980
Tiago Casasola
Born 1995
Rodolfo Sciammarella
1902 - 1973
Leandro Lázzaro
Born 1974