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MONTEVIDEO
Most Famous People Born in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Notable people
- 3,494
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1957
- Most distinctive
- Football 3.7×
An extreme football city, even by South American standards. More than forty per cent of Montevideo's notables are footballers — a share unmatched by any major capital outside a handful of Brazilian and Argentine cities — and the distinctive shelves beyond that are thin but telling: writers and lawyers, the ingredients of Uruguay's strong left-literary tradition. Galeano, Mujica, and Onetti sit a few shelves over from Suárez and Cavani.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Montevideo during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Montevideo Is Known For
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Football is Montevideo's biggest profession — 40% of all notables (1,413).
Montevideo over-indexes on football — 3.7× the global rate.
Montevideo under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Montevideo's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Music
- Film & TV
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1780s Clear ×
Fructuoso Rivera
1784 - 1854
Bartolomé Hidalgo
1788 - 1822
José Longinos Ellauri
1789 - 1867
José Benito Monterroso
1780 - 1838
Miguel Barreiro
1789 - 1848
Santiago Vázquez
1787 - 1847
Enrique Martínez
1789 - 1870
José Benito Lamas
1787 - 1857
Juan Benito Blanco
1789 - 1843
Petrona Rosende
1787 - 1862
Juana del Pino y Vera Mujica
1786 - 1841
Pablo Zufriategui
1783 - 1840
Andrés Latorre
1781 - 1860
Mateo Vidal
1780 - 1855
Manuel Barreiro
1787 - 1838
Tomás De Sostoa Achúcarro
1786 - 1849
Eusebio Valdenegro
1783 - 1818
María Josefa Francisca Oribe y Viana
1789 - 1835
Vicente González (militar)
1781 - 1861
Pedro Trápani
1783 - 1837
Melchora Rodríguez de Beláustegui
1780 - 1850
Luis de la Robla
1780 - 1844
Francisco Llambí
1788 - 1837
Silvestre Blanco
1783 - 1840