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GUAYAQUIL

Most Famous People Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Notable people
628
Peak decade
1990s
Median birth year
1969
Most distinctive
Model 6.2×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Guayaquil Is Known For

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Football is Guayaquil's biggest profession — 34% of all notables (213).

Guayaquil over-indexes on model — 6.2× the global rate.

  1. Football213
  2. Politician90
  3. Writer42
  4. Actor41
  5. Lawyer23
  6. Player15
  7. Singer15
  8. Painter12
  1. Model106.2×
  2. Football2133.1×
  3. Lawyer232.1×
  4. Writer422.0×
  5. Poet121.8×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Guayaquil's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0008 GUERRILLA

León Febres Cordero

1931 - 2008

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0012 SINGER

Julio Jaramillo

1935 - 1978

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0017 PHYSICIAN

Alfredo Palacio

Born 1939

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0023 POLITICIAN

Gustavo Noboa

Born 1937

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0027 PAINTER

Enrique Tábara

Born 1930

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0040 WRITER

Miguel Donoso Pareja

1931 - 2015

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0056 POET

Ileana Espinel

1933 - 2001

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0081 LAWYER

Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel

Born 1939

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0091 WRITER

José Martínez Queirolo

1931 - 2008

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0108 PAINTER

Félix Arauz

Born 1935

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0148 PLAYER

Eduardo Zuleta

Born 1935

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0171 WRITER

Francisco Pérez Febres-Cordero

1934 - 2010

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0189 FOOTBALL

Pablo Ansaldo

1935 - 2016

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0239 CHOREOGRAPHER

Noralma Vera Arrata

Born 1936

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0262 POLITICIAN

Pedro Aguayo Cubillo

Born 1939

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0284 ENGINEER

Jorge Perrone Galarza

1931 - 1994

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0293 BOTANIST

Piedad Mármol

Born 1939

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0295 POET

David Ledesma Vásquez

1934 - 1961

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0296 PAINTER

Luis Burgos Flor

Born 1939

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0300 PAINTER

Luis Rodolfo Peñaherrera Bermeo

1936 - 2016

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0305 CHOIR DIRECTOR

Enrique Gil Calderón

1935 - 2008

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0307 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Presley Norton Yoder

1932 - 1993

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0316 POLITICIAN

Luis Parodi Valverde

1936 - 2020

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0317 DANCER

Esperanza Cruz Hidalgo

Born 1930

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0343 PLAYWRIGHT

Carlos Benavides Vega

1931 - 1999

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0368 LAWYER

Heinz Moeller

Born 1937

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0376 PRIEST

Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla

Born 1936

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0412 SINGER

Fresia Saavedra

Born 1933

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0419 FOOTBALL

Miguel Bustamante

1939 - 2012

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0427 PRIEST

Hugolino Cerasuolo Stacey

1932 - 2019

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0434 POLITICIAN

Galo Roggiero

1935 - 2013

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0447 FOOTBALL

Enrique Raymondi

Born 1937

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0465 POLITICIAN

Guido Chiriboga Parra

1935 - 2015

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0477 FOOTBALL

Carlos Pineda Alvarado

1937 - 2000

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0493 FOOTBALL

José Vicente Balseca

1933 - 2019

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0499 WRITER

María Albán

Born 1939

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0511 POLITICIAN

Guga Ayala

1938 - 2013

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0524 FOOTBALL

Pedro Gando

1936 - 2012

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0526 SCULPTOR

Luis Gómez Albán

1933 - 2020

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0535 POLITICIAN

Rodolfo Baquerizo Nazur

Born 1935

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0559 POLITICIAN

Luis Chiriboga Parra

1930 - 2013

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0569 LAWYER

Ángel Duarte Valverde

Born 1934

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0593 FOOTBALL

José Jhonson

1939 - 2015

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0599 ARCHITECT

Roberto Béjar Suéscum

Born 1933

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0605 FOOTBALL

Isidro Matute

Born 1930

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0609 POLITICIAN

Margarita Cedeño Gómez

Born 1935

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0622 INTELECTUAL

Marcia Gilbert de Babra

Born 1939

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