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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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Showing 72 of 395 notable people

0002 POLITICIAN

Carlos Mesa

Born 1953

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0003 POLITICIAN

Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada

Born 1930

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0005 POLITICIAN

Hernán Siles Zuazo

1914 - 1996

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0008 POLITICIAN

Luis García Meza

1929 - 2018

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0011 POLITICIAN

Manuel Isidoro Belzu

1808 - 1865

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0013 POLITICIAN

José Ballivián

1805 - 1852

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0017 POLITICIAN

Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas

1925 - 2005

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0019 POLITICIAN

Ismael Montes

1861 - 1933

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0021 POLITICIAN

Agustín Morales

1808 - 1872

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0024 POLITICIAN

Adolfo Ballivián

1831 - 1874

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0025 POLITICIAN

José Luis Tejada Sorzano

1882 - 1938

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0046 POLITICIAN

Juan Pereda

1931 - 2012

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0053 POLITICIAN

Eusebio Guilarte Vera

1805 - 1849

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0055 POLITICIAN

Guido Vildoso

Born 1937

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0057 POLITICIAN

Félix Patzi

Born 1967

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0058 POLITICIAN

José María Pérez de Urdininea

1784 - 1865

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0068 POLITICIAN

Felipe S. Guzmán

1879 - 1932

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0073 POLITICIAN

Carlos Romero (politician)

Born 1966

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0075 POLITICIAN

Armando Loaiza

1943 - 2016

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0091 POLITICIAN

Enrique Hertzog

1896 - 1980

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0102 POLITICIAN

Jenaro Flores Santos

1942 - 2019

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0103 POLITICIAN

Hugo Ballivián

1901 - 1993

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0107 POLITICIAN

Manfred Reyes Villa

Born 1955

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0110 POLITICIAN

Soledad Chapetón

Born 1980

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0116 POLITICIAN

Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza

Born 1958

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0125 POLITICIAN

Gabriela Montaño

Born 1975

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0131 POLITICIAN

María Eugenia Estenssoro

Born 1958

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0135 POLITICIAN

Serapio Reyes Ortiz

1822 - 1900

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0136 POLITICIAN

Loyola Guzmán

Born 1942

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0137 POLITICIAN

Rodolfo Illanes

1958 - 2016

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0138 POLITICIAN

Kori Udovički

Born 1961

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0139 POLITICIAN

Roberto Prudencio Romecín

1908 - 1975

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0147 POLITICIAN

Abel Alarcón

1881 - 1954

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0160 POLITICIAN

Clara Ant

Born 1948

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0179 POLITICIAN

Wilma Alanoca Mamani

Born 1985

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0182 POLITICIAN

Juan del Granado

Born 1953

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0184 POLITICIAN

Abdón Saavedra

1872 - 1942

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0190 POLITICIAN

Luis Alberto Arce Catacora

Born 1963

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0193 POLITICIAN

Federico Diez de Medina

1839 - 1904

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0197 POLITICIAN

Roberto Iván Aguilar Gómez

Born 1958

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0200 POLITICIAN

Ronald MacLean Abaroa

Born 1949

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0217 POLITICIAN

Jaime Otero Calderón

1921 - 1970

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0221 POLITICIAN

José Antonio Arce Murillo

1924 - 2000

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0230 POLITICIAN

Daniel Santalla

Born 1948

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0232 POLITICIAN

José Ramón de Loayza Pacheco

1751 - 1839

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0233 POLITICIAN

Gabriela Zapata

Born 1986

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0235 POLITICIAN

Fidel Surco

Born 1975

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0241 POLITICIAN

Eugenio Rojas Apaza

1962 - 2020

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0244 POLITICIAN

Antonio Arguedas Mendieta

1929 - 2000

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0246 POLITICIAN

Remedios Loza

1949 - 2018

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0247 POLITICIAN

Manuel Antonio Sánchez

Died 1861

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0259 POLITICIAN

María Udaeta

Born 1964

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0264 POLITICIAN

Mariana Prado

Born 1982

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0265 POLITICIAN

Gerson Martínez (El Salvador)

Born 1954

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0267 POLITICIAN

Fernando Cajías

Born 1949

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0273 POLITICIAN

Juan José Pérez

1814 - 1880

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0281 POLITICIAN

Verónica Palenque

Born 1967

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0299 POLITICIAN

María Duchen

Born 1965

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0304 POLITICIAN

José Fellman

1922 - 1982

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0321 POLITICIAN

Plácido Yañez

1813 - 1861

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0325 POLITICIAN

Adolfo Paco

Born 1941

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0333 POLITICIAN

Pablo Groux

Born 1967

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0335 POLITICIAN

Mario Virreira

Born 1949

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0342 POLITICIAN

Angélica Navarro

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0348 POLITICIAN

Abel Iturralde Palacios

1869 - 1935

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0377 POLITICIAN

Hugo Ernst Rivera

Born 1888

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0380 POLITICIAN

Javier Eduardo Zavaleta López

Born 1970

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0382 POLITICIAN

Virginia Velasco Condori

-

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0388 POLITICIAN

Teodomiro Rengel

Born 1942

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0389 POLITICIAN

Germán Quiroga Gómez

Born 1951

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0390 POLITICIAN

Víctor Cáceres Rodríguez

-

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0391 POLITICIAN

Alberto Díez de Medina Lertora

1877 - 1932

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