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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 1880s Clear ×
Delmira Agustini
1886 - 1914
Jules Supervielle
1884 - 1960
Emilio Frugoni
1880 - 1969
Fernán Silva Valdés
1887 - 1975
José Belloni
1882 - 1965
José Razzano
1887 - 1960
Ernesto Herrera (playwright)
1889 - 1917
Juan José de Amézaga
1881 - 1956
Manuel Pérez y Curis
1884 - 1920
José Cuneo Perinetti
1887 - 1977
Julio J. Casal
1889 - 1954
Carlos Sabat Ercasty
1887 - 1982
Cayetano Saporiti
1887 - 1954
Cecil Pinsent
1884 - 1963
Raúl Montero Bustamante
1881 - 1958
Carmen Barradas
1888 - 1963
Eduardo Blanco Acevedo
1884 - 1971
Carlos Scarone
1888 - 1965
Juan Giuria
1880 - 1957
Guillermo Laborde
1886 - 1940
Irma Avegno
1881 - 1913
Pablo Blanco Acevedo
1880 - 1935
Horacio Abadie Santos
1886 - 1936
César Batlle Pacheco
1885 - 1966
María Padín
1888 - 1970
Jorge Pacheco
1889 - 1957
Víctor Ocampo
1881 - 1960
Gustavo Gallinal
1889 - 1951
Ernesto Fígoli
1888 - 1951
Romildo Risso
1882 - 1946
José Pedro Bellán
1889 - 1930
Lorenzo Carnelli
1887 - 1960
Daniel Castellanos Arteaga
1882 - 1968
Juan Pena (futbolista uruguayo)
1882 - 1964
Samuel Linnig
1888 - 1925
Carlos Mauricio Pacheco
1881 - 1924
Edmundo Bianchi
1880 - 1965
Ernesto Meliante
Born 1888
Carlos Alberto Castellanos
1881 - 1945
Isabel Pinto de Vidal
1885 - 1969
Humberto Pittamiglio
1887 - 1966
Rafael Batlle Pacheco
1888 - 1960
Arturo Scarone
1885 - 1958
Arturo E. Xalambrí
1888 - 1975
Guillermo Facio Hebequer
1889 - 1935
Agustín Ezcurra
1880 - 1958
Totón Podestá
1887 - 1972
Manuel Aróztegui
1888 - 1938
Segundo Pomar
1880 - 1944
Atilio Narancio
1883 - 1952
Andrés Etchebarne Bidart
1889 - 1931
María Collazo
1884 - 1942
Hugo Mallet
1889 - 1988
Horacio Arredondo
1888 - 1967
Carlos Alonso (cineasta)
1886 - 1953
Josefina Lerena Acevedo de Blixen
1889 - 1967
Paul Ruggli
1884 - 1945
Ángela Tesada
1882 - 1932
José F. Arias
1885 - 1970
Luis Enrique Azarola Gil
1882 - 1966
Faustino Teysera
1885 - 1945
Miguel A. Páez Formoso
1887 - 1954
Guillermo C. Rodríguez
1889 - 1959
Tabaré Regules
1889 - 1962
Francisco Schinca
1883 - 1937
Enrique Casaravilla Lemos
1889 - 1967
Raquel Sáenz
1887 - 1955
Cesáreo L. Berisso
1887 - 1971
María Carmen Izcua
1885 - 1952
Vicente Basso Maglio
1889 - 1961
Héctor Lafaille
1883 - 1956
Romualdo Gandia Ibáñez
1882 - 1953
Amelia Monti
1883 - 1966
Julio Raúl Alsina
1883 - 1944
Antonio Soto (escritor)
1884 - 1980
Juan Glize
1888 - 1948
Luis Vittone
1882 - 1925
Eliseo Gutiérrez
1885 - 1929
Domingo Bazzurro
1886 - 1962
Pablo Minelli González
1883 - 1970
Hebe Podestá
Born 1884
Attilio Firpi
1880 - 1962