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LA PAZ

Most Famous People Born in La Paz, Bolivia

Notable people
395
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1950
Most distinctive
Presenter 7.8×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 48 notable births.

What La Paz Is Known For

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Politician is La Paz's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (72).

La Paz over-indexes on presenter — 7.8× the global rate.

La Paz under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician72
  2. Football56
  3. Writer39
  4. Lawyer23
  5. Singer15
  6. Actor13
  7. Journalist12
  8. Composer11
  1. Presenter77.8×
  2. Botanist106.3×
  3. Lawyer233.4×
  4. Writer393.0×
  5. Architect92.6×
  6. Poet92.2×
  7. Composer112.1×
  8. Journalist121.9×
  1. Actor130.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0002 POLITICIAN

Carlos Mesa

Born 1953

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0029 WRITER

Víctor Montoya

Born 1958

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0056 SECRETARY

Maria Otero

Born 1950

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0063 COMPOSER

Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon

Born 1953

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0084 ENTREPRENEUR

Germán Efromovich

Born 1950

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0104 DIPLOMAT

Jaime Aparicio Otero

Born 1955

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0105 BUSINESS

José Efromovich

Born 1955

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0107 POLITICIAN

Manfred Reyes Villa

Born 1955

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0112 WRITER

Lupe Cajías

Born 1955

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0116 POLITICIAN

Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza

Born 1958

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0123 ACTOR

Pato Hoffmann

Born 1956

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0124 ARTIST

Carmen Perrin

Born 1953

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0126 WRITER

Alfonso Gumucio Dagron

Born 1950

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0131 POLITICIAN

María Eugenia Estenssoro

Born 1958

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0132 WRITER

Víctor Hugo Viscarra

1958 - 2006

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0137 POLITICIAN

Rodolfo Illanes

1958 - 2016

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0144 WRITER

Manuel Vargas

Born 1952

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0145 CONDUCTOR

Rubén Silva

Born 1955

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0148 PAINTER

Roberto Valcárcel

Born 1951

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0150 PRIEST

Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes

Born 1959

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0162 SPORT

Pedro Caino

1956 - 2014

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0171 ARCHITECT

Marcos Loayza

Born 1959

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0182 POLITICIAN

Juan del Granado

Born 1953

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0186 WRITER

Juan Claudio Lechín

Born 1956

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0188 AUTHOR

Vera Stein

Born 1958

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0197 POLITICIAN

Roberto Iván Aguilar Gómez

Born 1958

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0238 FOOTBALL

Carlos Scott

Born 1952

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0248 ARCHITECT

Cecilia Scholz Delgado

Born 1956

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0252 WRITER

René Bascopé

1951 - 1984

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0256 LAWYER

José Luis Paredes

Born 1956

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0265 POLITICIAN

Gerson Martínez (El Salvador)

Born 1954

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0280 SKIER

Mario Hada

Born 1952

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0285 COMPOSER

Ramiro Soriano

Born 1956

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0292 DESIGNER

Beatriz Canedo Patiño

1950 - 2016

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0293 SPORT

Walter Tataque Quisbert

1958 - 2019

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0294 POET

Virginia Ayllón Soria

Born 1958

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0297 LAWYER

Álvaro Diez de Medina

Born 1957

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0318 REVOLUTIONARY

Serapio Aquino

1951 - 1967

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0330 ECONOMIST

Ana Teresa Morales

Born 1959

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0338 SPORT

Jimmy Eulert

Born 1952

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0339 JOURNALIST

Julio Ríos Calderón

Born 1956

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0359 SINGER

Porfirio Conde Ramírez

Born 1955

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0363 ACADEMIC

Teresa Rescala

Born 1959

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0365 POET

Diego Torres Peñaloza

Born 1952

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0369 SPORT

José-Manuel Bejarano

Born 1956

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0374 SPORT

Billy Farwig

Born 1957

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0383 ARTIST

Martha Cajías

1958 - 2012

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0389 POLITICIAN

Germán Quiroga Gómez

Born 1951

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