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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×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 48 notable births.

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.

  1. Football84
  2. Politician70
  3. Writer26
  4. Painter18
  5. Actor16
  6. Lawyer14
  7. Poet9
  8. Diplomat9
  1. Model54.8×
  2. Diplomat93.8×
  3. Novelist53.1×
  4. Physician72.5×
  5. Poet92.2×
  6. Lawyer142.0×
  7. Writer262.0×
  8. Football841.9×

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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0002 POLITICIAN

José María Velasco Ibarra

1893 - 1979

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0007 POLITICIAN

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos

Born 1935

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0010 POLITICIAN

Lucio Gutiérrez

Born 1957

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0013 POLITICIAN

Antonio Flores Jijón

1833 - 1915

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0014 POLITICIAN

Ignacio de Veintemilla

1828 - 1908

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0017 POLITICIAN

Camilo Ponce Enríquez (politician)

1912 - 1976

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0018 POLITICIAN

José María Urvina

1808 - 1891

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0029 POLITICIAN

Paco Moncayo

Born 1940

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0030 POLITICIAN

Federico Páez

1876 - 1974

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0032 POLITICIAN

Vicente Ramón Roca

1792 - 1858

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0038 POLITICIAN

Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal

1931 - 2009

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0040 POLITICIAN

Emilio Estrada Carmona

1855 - 1911

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0044 POLITICIAN

Yolanda Kakabadse

Born 1948

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0045 POLITICIAN

Gabriela Rivadeneira

Born 1983

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0049 POLITICIAN

Julio Enrique Moreno

1879 - 1952

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0051 POLITICIAN

Freddy Ehlers

Born 1945

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0053 POLITICIAN

Fabián Alarcón

Born 1947

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0066 POLITICIAN

José Mejía Lequerica

1775 - 1813

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0067 POLITICIAN

Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño

1890 - 1950

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0068 POLITICIAN

Antonio Villavicencio

1775 - 1838

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0088 POLITICIAN

Carlos Tobar

1853 - 1920

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0089 POLITICIAN

Aurelio Mosquera

1883 - 1939

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0093 POLITICIAN

Manuel de Ascásubi

1804 - 1876

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0101 POLITICIAN

Manuela Cañizares

1769 - 1814

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0113 POLITICIAN

María Paula Romo

Born 1979

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0114 POLITICIAN

Neptalí Bonifaz

1870 - 1953

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0123 POLITICIAN

Rafael Pérez Pareja

1836 - 1897

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0125 POLITICIAN

Juan Javier Espinosa

1815 - 1870

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0131 POLITICIAN

Carlos Freile Zaldumbide

1856 - 1928

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0140 POLITICIAN

Soledad Buendía

Born 1968

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0141 POLITICIAN

Francisco Andrade Marín

1841 - 1935

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0146 POLITICIAN

Pedro José de Arteta

1797 - 1873

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0147 POLITICIAN

Vicente Lucio Salazar

1832 - 1896

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0149 POLITICIAN

Alexandra Ocles

Born 1979

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0173 POLITICIAN

Mauricio Rodas

Born 1975

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0182 POLITICIAN

Raúl Baca Carbo

1931 - 2014

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0187 POLITICIAN

Erika Sylva Charvet

Born 1951

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0191 POLITICIAN

Ana Lucía Armijos

Born 1949

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0194 POLITICIAN

Richelieu Levoyer

1930 - 2015

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0200 POLITICIAN

Macarena Valarezo

Born 1972

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0203 POLITICIAN

Pedro Pinto Rubianes

Born 1931

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0204 POLITICIAN

Paola Vintimilla

Born 1971

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0205 POLITICIAN

Álvaro Pérez Intriago

1936 - 2016

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0211 POLITICIAN

Pedro Páez

Born 1964

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0213 POLITICIAN

Andrés Vallejo

Born 1940

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0216 POLITICIAN

Patricio Zambrano

Born 1969

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0228 POLITICIAN

Margarita Pérez Pallares

Born 1943

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0230 POLITICIAN

Wilma Andrade

Born 1956

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0231 POLITICIAN

María Augusta Calle

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0233 POLITICIAN

David Fraser-Hidalgo

Born 1969

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0234 POLITICIAN

Wilma Salgado

Born 1952

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0243 POLITICIAN

Norman Wray

Born 1969

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0281 POLITICIAN

César Montúfar

Born 1964

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0286 POLITICIAN

Juan Borja Mata

1868 - 1952

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0292 POLITICIAN

Pabel Muñoz

Born 1975

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0302 POLITICIAN

Roque Sevilla

Born 1947

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0313 POLITICIAN

Paco Velasco

Born 1958

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0316 POLITICIAN

Rafael Dávila Egüez

Born 1960

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0320 POLITICIAN

Federico Pérez Intriago

Born 1947

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0329 POLITICIAN

Camilo Ponce Gangotena

Born 1943

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0336 POLITICIAN

César Rohon

Born 1956

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0344 POLITICIAN

Fausto Navarro Allende

1888 - 1972

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0355 POLITICIAN

Hugo Caicedo

1940 - 2012

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0357 POLITICIAN

José Rafael Bustamante

1881 - 1961

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0359 POLITICIAN

Edison Chávez

1954 - 2019

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0361 POLITICIAN

Mauricio Larrea

Born 1955

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0369 POLITICIAN

Marcos Espinel

1809 - 1876

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0382 POLITICIAN

Rafael Reyes Uribe

Born 1948

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0397 POLITICIAN

Sybill Buitrón Lübcke

Born 1969

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0398 POLITICIAN

Fausto Cayambe

1976 - 2016

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