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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.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 470 notable births.

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 football3.7× the global rate.

Montevideo under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football1,413
  2. Politician258
  3. Writer235
  4. Actor146
  5. Lawyer122
  6. Painter78
  7. Journalist75
  8. Singer63
  1. Football1,4133.7×
  2. Writer2352.1×
  3. Lawyer1222.0×
  1. Politician2580.6×

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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Showing 135 of 3,494 notable people

0066 ARTIST

Alberto Breccia

1919 - 1993

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0141 POLITICIAN

Líber Seregni

1916 - 2004

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0142 FOOTBALL

Obdulio Varela

1917 - 1996

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0144 FOOTBALL

Roque Máspoli

1917 - 2004

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0175 COMPOSER

Abel Carlevaro

1916 - 2001

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0194 LAWYER

Washington Beltrán

1914 - 2003

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0334 FOOTBALL

Roberto Porta

1913 - 1984

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0352 FOOTBALL

Enrique Fernández Viola

1912 - 1985

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0360 FOOTBALL

Ettore Puricelli

1916 - 2001

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0398 HISTORIAN

Carlos Real de Azúa

1916 - 1977

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0414 FOOTBALL

Aníbal Paz

1917 - 2013

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0426 MUSIC

Lauro Ayestarán

1913 - 1966

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0427 PAINTER

María Freire

1917 - 2015

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0440 JUDGE

Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga

1918 - 1994

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0477 FILM

Román Viñoly Barreto

1914 - 1970

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0515 ACTOR

Juan Verdaguer

1915 - 2001

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0553 POLITICIAN

Enrique Erro

1912 - 1984

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0585 FOOTBALL

Hector Cazenave

1914 - 1958

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0605 FOOTBALL

Hugo Bagnulo

1915 - 2008

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0641 FOOTBALL

Raffaele Sansone

1910 - 1994

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0661 FOOTBALL

Severino Varela

1913 - 1995

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0838 MUSIC

Romeo Gavioli

1913 - 1957

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0870 POLITICIAN

Alberto Héber Usher

1918 - 1981

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0877 FOOTBALL

Raúl Banfi

1914 - 1982

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0894 ACTOR

Luisa Vehil

1912 - 1992

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0986 FOOTBALL

Maximiliano Faotto

Born 1910

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0992 TEACHER

Hugo Fernández Artucio

1912 - 1974

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1002 FOOTBALL

Roberto Scarone

1917 - 1994

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1005 ARCHITECT

Mario Payssé Reyes

1913 - 1988

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1031 BOTANIST

Bernardo Rosengurtt

1916 - 1985

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1067 POLITICIAN

María Ester Gatti

1918 - 2010

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1117 COSTUME DESIGNER

Guma Zorrilla

1919 - 2001

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1147 MUSIC

Agustín Carlevaro

1913 - 1995

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1174 ACTOR

Alberto Candeau

1910 - 1990

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1201 ACTOR

Raimundo Soto

1915 - 1983

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1221 ACTOR

Luis Otero (actor)

Born 1911

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1231 FOOTBALL

Pedro Duhart

1910 - 1956

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1237 SINGER

Enrique Campos (cantor)

1913 - 1970

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1272 FOOTBALL

Segundo Villadóniga

1915 - 2006

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1331 PAINTER

Eduardo Vernazza

1910 - 1991

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1387 FOOTBALL

Francisco Frione

1912 - 1935

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1446 PHILOSOPHER

Carlos Gurméndez

1916 - 1997

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1480 LAWYER

Américo Plá Rodríguez

1919 - 2008

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1490 FOOTBALL

Agenor Muñiz

1910 - 1960

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1494 FOOTBALL

Ricardo Alberto Frione

1911 - 1986

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1504 PHYSICIAN

Elio García-Austt

1919 - 2005

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1542 POLITICIAN

Dardo Ortiz

1915 - 1990

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1554 ICHTHYOLOGIST

Raúl Vaz Ferreira

1918 - 2006

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1660 PAINTER

José Luis Invernizzi

1918 - 2001

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1687 COMEDIAN

Roberto Barry

1917 - 1981

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1690 ACTOR

Emilio Vidal (actor)

1918 - 1994

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1724 PAINTER

Raúl Javiel Cabrera

1919 - 1992

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1726 LAWYER

Enrique Sayagués Laso

1911 - 1965

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1728 FOOTBALL

Manuel Sanguinetti

1917 - 1990

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1735 FOOTBALL

Carlos Gringa

1912 - 1984

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1750 SINGER

Carlos Roldán

1913 - 1973

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1760 BASKET

Prudencio de Pena

Born 1913

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1773 PAINTER

Francisco Matto

1911 - 1995

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1789 PIANIST

Hugo Balzo

1912 - 1982

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1812 GOLF

Fay Crocker

1914 - 1983

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1843 POLITICIAN

Julio Lacarte Muró

1918 - 2016

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1846 FOTOGRAF

Alfredo Testoni Lauriti

1919 - 2003

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1874 PAINTER

Enrique Castells Capurro

1913 - 1987

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1894 POLITICIAN

Juan Eduardo Azzini

1917 - 2015

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1983 PHYSIOTHERAPEUT

Liselotte Brüne

1916 - 2016

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1994 JOURNALIST

Carlos Solé

1916 - 1975

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2009 FOOTBALL

Nicolás Riccardi

1911 - 1997

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2027 FOOTBALL

Cecilio Pisano

1917 - 1945

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2050 LETRISTA

Horacio Basterra

1914 - 1957

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2071 BASKET

Víctor Latou

1913 - 2002

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2076 CHESS

Luis Roux Cabral

1913 - 1973

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2105 ARTIST

Carmen Garayalde

1913 - 2002

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2126 JUDO

Igor Correa Luna

1919 - 2000

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2138 HISTORIAN

Eduardo F. Acosta y Lara

1917 - 2014

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2144 PRIEST

Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti

1919 - 1999

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2167 WRITER

Odile Baron Supervielle

1915 - 2016

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2178 ACTOR

Miguel Ángel Manzi

1915 - 1984

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2180 SCREENWRITER

Wilfredo Jiménez

1915 - 2003

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2210 POLITICIAN

Hector Luisi

1919 - 2013

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2216 HISTORIAN

Washington Lockhart

1914 - 2001

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2239 PAINTER

Vicente Martín (artista)

1911 - 1998

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2251 SINGER

Luis Mendoza (cantante)

1911 - 1997

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2256 PAINTER

Lincoln Presno

1917 - 1991

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2277 FOOTBALL

Juan Agostino Alberti

Born 1916

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2294 PAINTER

Quela Rovira

1917 - 2014

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2316 LAWYER

Enrique Beltrán Mullin

1918 - 2013

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2327 WRITER

Estrella Genta de Lockhart

1917 - 1979

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2335 FOOTBALL

Juan Besuzzo

1913 - 1980

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2350 BOXER

Antonio Adipe

Born 1912

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2359 PHOTOGRAPHER

Rómulo Aguerre

1919 - 1992

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2364 COMPOSER

Federico Scorticati

1912 - 1998

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2383 FOOTBALL

Carlos Servetti

1914 - 1980

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2388 FOOTBALL

Germán Antonioli

Born 1910

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2414 LAWYER

Adolfo Gelsi Bidart

1918 - 1998

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2421 MUSIC

Pedro Ferreira

1910 - 1980

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2439 POLITICIAN

Nicolás Storace Arrosa

1910 - 2004

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2469 BOXER

Francisco Costanzo

Born 1912

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2471 BOXER

Juan Bregaliano

Born 1911

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2476 BOXER

Alfredo Petrone

Born 1918

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2482 BOXER

José Feans

Born 1912

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2532 SPORT

Arturo Porro

Born 1919

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2572 BOXER

Fidel Tricánico

Born 1915

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2640 PLAYWRIGHT

Raúl Barbero

1917 - 2014

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2644 POLITICIAN

Felipe Gil

1911 - 1984

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2647 ACTOR

Enrique Guarnero

1917 - 1981

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2667 FOOTBALL

Dandolo Candalés

Born 1919

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2669 MUSIC

Roberto Lagarmilla

1913 - 1992

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2697 WRITER

Arsinoe Moratorio

1910 - 1994

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2706 PAINTER

Juan Ventayol

1915 - 1971

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2751 FENCER

Jaime Ucar

Born 1915

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2754 CLUB

Gastón Guelfi

1918 - 1973

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2767 POET

Hyalmar Blixen

1917 - 2007

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2777 LAWYER

Salvador Ferrer Serra

1912 - 1963

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2801 MUSIC

Héctor Gentile

1911 - 1996

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2830 PRIEST

Carlos Arturo Mullin

1914 - 1985

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2848 SCIENTIST

Julio César Musso

1918 - 1984

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2879 PHOTOGRAPHER

Francisco Tastás Moreno

1910 - 2007

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2906 ACTOR

Rosita Baffico

1910 - 1993

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2924 FOOTBALL

Hugo Esteban Porta

Born 1914

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2946 TRADE UNION

Gerardo Cuesta

1917 - 1981

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2963 MILITAR

Jaime Meregalli

1911 - 1982

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2972 ROWER

Juan Andrés Dutra

Born 1913

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3057 POLITICIAN

Raúl Ybarra San Martín

Born 1918

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3112 FOOTBALL

Víctor Tortora

Born 1914

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3116 FOOTBALL

Emanuel Fillola

Born 1914

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3131 WRITER

Alberto Etchepare

1911 - 1966

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3211 FOOTBALL

Juan Carvidón

Born 1918

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3247 DIPLOMAT

Antônio Cândido da Câmara Canto

1910 - 1977

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3262 POLITICIAN

Justino Carrere Sapriza

1919 - 1991

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3292 SPORT

Julio César Costemalle

Born 1914

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3321 SPORT

Leonel Gabriel

1919 - 2005

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3328 FOOTBALL

Pedro Vigorito

Born 1913

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3373 FOOTBALL

Rolando Tortora

Born 1912

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3408 DIPLOMAT

Juan Felipe Yriart

1919 - 2008

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3433 POLITICIAN

Augusto Legnani

1912 - 1987

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