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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.
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- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Music
- Film & TV
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1870s Clear ×
Joaquín Torres-García
1874 - 1949
José Enrique Rodó
1871 - 1917
Florencio Sánchez
1875 - 1910
Gabriel Terra
1873 - 1942
Julio Herrera y Reissig
1875 - 1910
Carlos Vaz Ferreira
1872 - 1958
María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira
1875 - 1924
Luis Alberto de Herrera
1873 - 1959
Alberto Guani
1877 - 1956
Tomás Berreta
1875 - 1947
Jo Mora
1876 - 1947
Carlos María Herrera
1875 - 1914
Pablo Podestá
1875 - 1923
Enrique Saborido
1877 - 1941
Arturo de Nava
1876 - 1932
Alexandre Jaume
1879 - 1937
Alberto Nin Frías
1878 - 1937
Víctor Pérez Petit
1871 - 1947
Juan Carlos Blanco Acevedo
1879 - 1952
Ernesto Laroche
1879 - 1940
Maria Boschetti-Alberti
1879 - 1951
Alfonso Broqua
1876 - 1946
Alfredo Jones Brown
1876 - 1950
Manuel Campoamor
1877 - 1941
Julio María Sosa
1879 - 1931
F. Luis Mora
1874 - 1940
Juan Manuel Ferrari
1874 - 1919
Mateo García de los Reyes (militar)
1872 - 1936
Juan María Aubriot
1876 - 1930
Orestes Acquarone
1875 - 1952
Paolito Somazzi
1873 - 1914
Roberto de las Carreras
1873 - 1963
Daniel Blanco Acevedo
1879 - 1971
Benjamín Fernández y Medina
1873 - 1960
Eugenio Baroffio
1877 - 1956
Álvaro Armando Vasseur
1878 - 1969
George P. Dyer
1876 - 1948
Ángel Adami
1878 - 1945
Arturo Lussich
1872 - 1966
Orfilia Rico
1871 - 1936
Milo Beretta
1875 - 1935
Manuel Larravide
1871 - 1910
Roberto Castellanos
1871 - 1942
José María Miró
1872 - 1946
Luis Caviglia
1874 - 1951
José Irureta Goyena
1874 - 1947
Pedro Cosio
1873 - 1943
Cläre Stinnes
1872 - 1973
Alberto García Hamilton
1872 - 1947
Joaquín Secco Illa
1879 - 1947
Hamlet Bazzano
1876 - 1939
Arturo Podestá
1879 - 1937
María Galli
1872 - 1960
Juan Antonio Zubillaga
1870 - 1957
Carlos Oneto y Viana
1877 - 1972
Guzmán Papini y Zas
1878 - 1961
María Podestá
1875 - 1954
Leonor Horticou
1872 - 1941
Carlos María de Santiago
1875 - 1951
Fortunato Anzoátegui
1876 - 1924
Pedro Cosio Masden
1873 - 1943
Louis Antony Micheloni
Born 1878
Ottavio Ricaldoni
1877 - 1965
José Richling
1874 - 1950