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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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Jorge Icaza Coronel
1906 - 1978
Dolores Veintimilla
1830 - 1857
Aurelio Espinosa Pólit
1894 - 1961
Gonzalo Zaldumbide
1884 - 1965
Javier Vásconez
Born 1946
Edna Iturralde
Born 1948
Fernando Tinajero
Born 1940
Hernán Rodríguez Castelo
1933 - 2017
Raúl Pérez Torres
Born 1941
Lucrecia Maldonado
Born 1962
Veronica Bonilla
Born 1962
Santiago Páez
Born 1958
Luis Zúñiga
Born 1955
Aleyda Quevedo
Born 1972
Francisco Tobar García
1928 - 1997
Edgar Freire Rubio
Born 1947
Iván Egüez
Born 1944
Raúl Andrade Moscoso
1905 - 1983
Enrique Ojeda (scholar)
Born 1950
Agustín García Banderas
Born 1937
Jorge Luis Cáceres
Born 1982
Paúl Puma
Born 1972
Roberto Ramírez Paredes
Born 1982
Ana Estrella Santos
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Carlos Arcos Cabrera
Born 1951
Simón Corral
Born 1946