0.2195° S, 78.5132° W
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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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Paco Moncayo
Born 1940
Christopher W.S. Ross
Born 1943
Maria-Rosa Rodriguez
Born 1942
Yolanda Kakabadse
Born 1948
Abdón Ubidia
Born 1944
Freddy Ehlers
Born 1945
Fabián Alarcón
Born 1947
Alberto Acosta Espinosa
Born 1948
Polo Carrera
Born 1945
Eugenia Del Pino
Born 1945
Javier Vásconez
Born 1946
Eduardo Estrella Aguirre
1941 - 1996
Edna Iturralde
Born 1948
Fernando Jurado Noboa
Born 1949
Fernando Tinajero
Born 1940
Raúl Pérez Torres
Born 1941
Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros
Born 1941
Edgar Freire Rubio
Born 1947
Iván Egüez
Born 1944
Mario Erdheim
Born 1940
Ana Lucía Armijos
Born 1949
Andrés Vallejo
Born 1940
Luis Gallegos
Born 1946
Carmen Calisto
Born 1942
Margarita Pérez Pallares
Born 1943
Miguel Varea
Born 1948
Héctor Morales
1944 - 1993
Marcelo Dotti
Born 1942
Roque Sevilla
Born 1947
Carmen Heymann
1944 - 2012
Federico Pérez Intriago
Born 1947
Camilo Ponce Gangotena
Born 1943
Hugo Caicedo
1940 - 2012
Juan Andrade Heymann
Born 1945
Polo Barriga
1947 - 2012
Antonio Rodríguez Vicens
Born 1945
Rafael Reyes Uribe
Born 1948
Simón Corral
Born 1946
Hernán Escudero Martínez
Born 1946
Raul Gangotena-Rivadeneira
Born 1945