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QUITO
Most Famous People Born in Quito, Ecuador
- Notable people
- 402
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1955
- Most distinctive
- Model 4.8×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Quito during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Quito Is Known For
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Football is Quito's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (84).
Quito over-indexes on model — 4.8× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Quito's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Atahualpa
1502 - 1533
José María Velasco Ibarra
1893 - 1979
Oswaldo Guayasamín
1919 - 1999
Eugenio Espejo
1747 - 1795
Jorge Icaza Coronel
1906 - 1978
Manuela Sáenz
1797 - 1856
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
Born 1935
Mariana de Jesús de Paredes
1618 - 1645
Jorge Carrera Andrade
1903 - 1978
Lucio Gutiérrez
Born 1957
Christian Benítez
1986 - 2013
Sebastián Cordero
Born 1972
Antonio Flores Jijón
1833 - 1915
Ignacio de Veintemilla
1828 - 1908
Oswaldo Minda
Born 1983
Christian Lara (footballer)
Born 1980
Camilo Ponce Enríquez (politician)
1912 - 1976
José María Urvina
1808 - 1891
Fernando Guerrero (footballer)
Born 1989
Richard Carapaz
Born 1993
Giovanny Espinoza
Born 1977
Luis Bolaños
Born 1985
Mesías Maiguashca
Born 1938
Federico González Suárez
1844 - 1917
Rumiñawi (Inca warrior)
1490 - 1535
Alicia Yánez Cossío
Born 1929
Pablo Palacios
Born 1982
Diego Calderón
Born 1986
Paco Moncayo
Born 1940
Federico Páez
1876 - 1974
Gerardo Guevara
Born 1930
Vicente Ramón Roca
1792 - 1858
Enrique Chediak
Born 1967
Arturo Rodas
Born 1954
Augusto Barrera
Born 1961
Diego Serrano
Born 1973
Christopher W.S. Ross
Born 1943
Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal
1931 - 2009
José Ayala Lasso
Born 1932
Emilio Estrada Carmona
1855 - 1911
Jorge Salvador Lara
1926 - 2012
Dolores Veintimilla
1830 - 1857
Maria-Rosa Rodriguez
Born 1942
Yolanda Kakabadse
Born 1948
Gabriela Rivadeneira
Born 1983
Abdón Ubidia
Born 1944
Luis Checa
Born 1983
Alfredo Gangotena
1904 - 1944
Julio Enrique Moreno
1879 - 1952
Aurelio Espinosa Pólit
1894 - 1961
Freddy Ehlers
Born 1945
Fernando Hidalgo
Born 1985
Fabián Alarcón
Born 1947
Alberto Acosta Espinosa
Born 1948
Alberto Montt
Born 1972
Liliana Castro
Born 1979
Carlota Jaramillo
1904 - 1987
Alex Colón
Born 1986
Polo Carrera
Born 1945
William Araujo
Born 1979
Eugenia Del Pino
Born 1945
Juan Carlos Burbano
Born 1969
Gonzalo Zaldumbide
1884 - 1965
Henry León
Born 1983
Bernardo de Legarda
1700 - 1773
José Mejía Lequerica
1775 - 1813
Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño
1890 - 1950
Antonio Villavicencio
1775 - 1838
Ulises Estrella
1939 - 2014
Javier Vásconez
Born 1946
Eduardo Estrella Aguirre
1941 - 1996
Joaquín Pinto
1842 - 1906
Edna Iturralde
Born 1948
Carlos de Montúfar y Larrea-Zurbano
1780 - 1816
Gaspar de Villarroel
1586 - 1665
Fernando Jurado Noboa
Born 1949
Fernanda Cornejo
Born 1989
Carlos Sevilla
Born 1950
Pablo Campana
Born 1972
Erick Castillo
Born 1995
Gonzalo Escudero
1903 - 1971
Byron Moreno
Born 1969
Henry Patta
Born 1987
Juan Aguinaga
Born 1978
Antonio de Alcedo
1735 - 1812
Juan Carlos Garay
Born 1968
Arturo Borja
1892 - 1912
Carlos Tobar
1853 - 1920
Aurelio Mosquera
1883 - 1939
Chalcuchimac
Died 1533
Luis Alberto Luna Tobar
1923 - 2017
Diego Cordovez
1935 - 2014
Manuel de Ascásubi
1804 - 1876
Juan Fernando Velasco
Born 1972
Diego Borja
Born 1964
Jaime Zapata (painter)
Born 1957
Juan Guamán
Born 1965
Boris Cepeda
Born 1974
Bonil
Born 1964
Roberto Michael Castro
Born 1989
Manuela Cañizares
1769 - 1814
Lope Díez de Armendáriz, marqués de Cadereyta
1575 - 1639
Diego Herrera
Born 1969
Fernando Tinajero
Born 1940
Hugo Goeggel
Born 1936
Juan Martín Cueva
Born 1966
Hernán Rodríguez Castelo
1933 - 2017
Kerlly Real
Born 1998
Paulina Aguirre
-
Chico Borja
Born 1959
Alfonso Reece Dousdebés
Born 1955
Xavier Moreno
Born 1979
María Paula Romo
Born 1979
Neptalí Bonifaz
1870 - 1953
Raúl Pérez Torres
Born 1941
Steve Saint
Born 1951
Pedro Romo (footballer)
Born 1989
Larissa Rieß
Born 1988
Lucrecia Maldonado
Born 1962
Humberto Fierro
1890 - 1929
Miguel Betancourt
Born 1958
Veronica Bonilla
Born 1962
Rafael Pérez Pareja
1836 - 1897
Juan Vicente Córdoba Villota
Born 1951
Juan Javier Espinosa
1815 - 1870
Constanza Báez
Born 1991
Carlos Ernesto Castro
Born 1978
Santiago Páez
Born 1958
Luis Zúñiga
Born 1955
Sandra Ruales
Born 1974
Carlos Freile Zaldumbide
1856 - 1928
Jefferson Cepeda
Born 1996
Miguel Ángel Almachi
Born 1985
Esteban De La Cruz
Born 1993
Aleyda Quevedo
Born 1972
Carmen Velasquez
Born 1960
Andrea Vera
Born 1993
Julio Tobar Donoso
1894 - 1981
Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros
Born 1941
Soledad Buendía
Born 1968
Francisco Andrade Marín
1841 - 1935
Telmo Vargas
1912 - 2013
Juana Miranda
1842 - 1914
Francisco Tobar García
1928 - 1997
César Borja Lavayen
1851 - 1910
Pedro José de Arteta
1797 - 1873
Vicente Lucio Salazar
1832 - 1896
Franklin Anangonó
Born 1974
Alexandra Ocles
Born 1979
Miguel Bravo
Born 1986
Gabriela Villalba
Born 1984
Santiago Jácome
Born 1973
Edison Maldonado
Born 1972
Fray Pedro Bedón
1551 - 1621
Saskia Estupinan
-
Jaime Jarrín
Born 1935
Danny Vaca
Born 1990
Omar de Jesús
Born 1976
René Coba Galarza
Born 1957
Rosa Elena Cornejo Pazmiño
1874 - 1964
Edmundo Méndez
Born 1968
Juan Pío Montúfar
1758 - 1819
Piedad Peñaherrera de Costales
1929 - 1994
Edgar Freire Rubio
Born 1947
Emilio Falla
Born 1986
Iván Egüez
Born 1944
Natasha Salguero
Born 1952
Manuel de Samaniego
1767 - 1824
Manuela de la Santa Cruz y Espejo
1753 - 1829
Jaime Enrique Aymara
Born 1968
Raúl Andrade Moscoso
1905 - 1983
Jhojan Julio
Born 1998
Mauricio Rodas
Born 1975
Nelson Serrano
Born 1938
Vincente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto
Born 1962
Mario Erdheim
Born 1940
Wagner Rivera
Born 1972
Estéfani Espín
Born 1985
Luis Díez de Aux y Armendáriz
1573 - 1627
Caspicara
1723 - 1793
Luisa Gómez de la Torre Paez
1887 - 1976
Raúl Baca Carbo
1931 - 2014
Susana Rivadeneira
Born 1979
Lourdes Gillespie Baird
Born 1935
Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante
1889 - 1972
Hugo Bastidas
Born 1955
Erika Sylva Charvet
Born 1951
Karl Egloff
Born 1981
Isabel de Santiago
1660 - 1714
Filoteo Samaniego
1928 - 2013
Ana Lucía Armijos
Born 1949
Giselle Calderón
Born 1987
Ronie Carrillo
Born 1996
Richelieu Levoyer
1930 - 2015
Tábata Gálvez
Born 1980
Felipe Correa
Born 1976
Ernesto Guerra
Born 1934
Pavel Égüez
Born 1959
Nelson Martínez
Born 1991
Macarena Valarezo
Born 1972
Luis Andrade Reimers
1917 - 2002
Rosa de Montúfar
1783 - 1789
Pedro Pinto Rubianes
Born 1931
Paola Vintimilla
Born 1971
Álvaro Pérez Intriago
1936 - 2016
Gabriel Espinosa
Born 1988
Caesar Andrade Faini
1913 - 1995
Marisol Romero
Born 1970
Blasco Peñaherrera Padilla
Born 1934
Manuela Ribadeneira
Born 1966
Pedro Páez
Born 1964
Miguel Carvajal
Born 1960
Andrés Vallejo
Born 1940
Cacha Duchicela
1463 - 1487
Leticia Avilés
-
Patricio Zambrano
Born 1969
Juana Guarderas
Born 1964
Luis Gallegos
Born 1946
Virgilio Hernández Enríquez
Born 1965
Mabel Velarde
Born 1988
Power Paola
Born 1977
Julio César Rosero
Born 1964
Modesto Larrea y Carrión
1799 - 1861
Enrique Ojeda (scholar)
Born 1950
Orlando Pérez Sánchez
Born 1963
Carmen Calisto
Born 1942
José Pabón
Born 1991
Margarita Pérez Pallares
Born 1943
Carmen Salinas de la Vega
1807 - 1881
Wilma Andrade
Born 1956
María Augusta Calle
-
Pamela Aguirre Zambonino
Born 1984
David Fraser-Hidalgo
Born 1969
Wilma Salgado
Born 1952
Luciano Andrade Marín
1893 - 1972
Lupe Rumazo
Born 1933
Héctor Chiriboga
Born 1966
Marcelo Tejada
Born 1952
Diego Quintanilla
Born 1991
Jürg Oleas
Born 1957
Dolores Gangotena
-
Sebastian J.
-
Norman Wray
Born 1969
Carolina Lizarazo
Born 1977
José Ignacio Checa y Barba
1829 - 1877
Carlos Michelena
Born 1954
Geovanni Atarihuana
Born 1972
Ximena Zamora
Born 1985
Karina del Pozo
1993 - 2013
René Ramírez Gallegos
Born 1975
Simón Brauer
Born 1973
Luis Felipe Borja Pérez
1845 - 1912
Juan Esteban Cordero
1967 - 1993
Agustín García Banderas
Born 1937
Jaime Valencia
1916 - 2010
Carlos de la Torre
Born 1971
Manuel María Pólit
1862 - 1932
Patricio Alberto Chávez Závala
Born 1967
Carlos Tobar Zaldumbide
1912 - 1995
Guillermo Durán Arcentales
1925 - 1985
Francisco José Urrutia Holguín
1910 - 1981
Miguel Varea
Born 1948
Darwin Suárez
Born 1995
Ronald Farina
Born 1980
Danilo Samaniego
Born 1964
Luis Mosquera
Born 1964
María Fernanda Restrepo
-
Óscar Vela
Born 1968
Orlando Narváez
Born 1958
Ximena Bohórquez
Born 1956
Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda
Born 1939
Amaruk Kayshapanta
Born 1970
Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte
1914 - 1997
Héctor Morales
1944 - 1993
Peky Andino
Born 1962
Germán Trajano Pavón Puente
Born 1936
Luis Preti
Born 1983
Paola Mahuad Calderón
Born 1981
José Miguel Andrade
Born 1993
Julio Moreno (Rennfahrer)
Born 1995
César Montúfar
Born 1964
Jonathan Estrada Becerra
Born 1986
Ramiro Borja
Born 1961
André Skiadas
Born 1985
Luis Viracocha
Born 1954
Juan Borja Mata
1868 - 1952
Belen Galarraga
Born 1991
Pedro de Montúfar
1759 - 1846
Mariana del Alcázar
1837 - 1902
Jorge Luis Cáceres
Born 1982
Felipe Carcelén
1756 - 1823
Pabel Muñoz
Born 1975
Jorge Gabela
1954 - 2010
María Augusta Urrutia
1901 - 1987
María José Carrión
Born 1977
Rosa Ascázubi y Matheu
1809 - 1865
Marcos Rivadeneira Silva
Born 1963
Rosa Zárate
1763 - 1813
Héctor Jaramillo
Born 1931
Jacqueline Factos Henao
Born 1985