List of Uruguayans
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Artists
- Pablo AtchugarryPablo AtchugarryPablo Atchugarry is a Uruguayan sculptor. He is noted for his marble work, which are public pieces in several towns in Lombardy, Italy. Atchugarry has held more than 80 solo and collective exhibitions worldwide.-Biography:...
- José BelloniJosé BelloniJosé Belloni was a Uruguayan sculptor of the Realist school.- Biography :José Belloni was born in Montevideo, in 1882. His family returned to Europe in 1890, however, and the Bellonis settled in Lugano, Switzerland...
- Juan Manuel BlanesJuan Manuel BlanesJuan Manuel Blanes was a noted Uruguayan painter of the Realist school.-Life and work:Blanes was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1830. He was raised by his mother, with whom he relocated to the countryside in his early teens...
- Juan José CalandriaJuan José Calandria- Biography :File:Juan_Jose_Calandria.jpg|Juan José Calandria - 1939File:Sculptor Juan_Jose_Calandria.jpg|Juan José Calandria - 1962Calandria was born in Canelones, Uruguay in 1902....
- Carlos CapelánCarlos CapelánCarlos Capelán is a contemporary artist from Montevideo, Uruguay. Although his conceptual work includes drawings and paintings, his installations are more widely known for their atmospherical impact, constituting an environment in which the viewer is free to wander around and experience notions...
- José Pedro CostiglioloJosé Pedro CostiglioloJosé Pedro Costigliolo From 1921 to 1925 studied at the "Circulo de Bellas Artes" having important masters such as Vicente Puig and Guillermo Laborde...
- Pedro FigariPedro FigariPedro Figari was a Uruguayan painter, lawyer, writer, and politician. Although he did not begin the practice until his later years, he is best known as an early modernist painter who emphasized capturing the every-day aspects of life in his work...
- Carlos María HerreraCarlos María HerreraCarlos María Herrera was a Uruguayan painter.Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Herrera began his studies there under the instruction of Pedro Queirolo, later relocating to Buenos Aires for two years at the Círculo Estímulo de Bellas Artes...
- Edward JohnstonEdward JohnstonEdward Johnston, CBE was a British-Uruguayan craftsman who is regarded, with Rudolf Koch, as the a father of modern calligraphy, in the form of the broad edged pen as a writing tool, a particular form of calligraphy....
- Carlos Páez Vilaró
- Virginia PatroneVirginia PatroneVirginia Patrone was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1950, where she lived and worked before moving to Spain in 2003.In 1971 Patrone began her studies as an architect in the Faculty of Architecture, in the Universidad Mayor de la República, Uruguay's National University. In 1978 she turned to...
- Hermenegildo SábatHermenegildo Sábat-Early career in journalism:Hermenegildo Sábat was born in the oceanfront Pocitos section of Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1933. Named after a grandparent who had been a noted local artist in his day, Hermenegildo was known as "Menchi," from early childhood...
- Martín SastreMartin SastreMartín Sastre is a film director and contemporary media artist working with film, video, sculpture, photography and drawing, considered one of the best known Latin American Artists of his generation.-Biography:...
- Felipe SeadeFelipe SeadeFelipe Seade was an Uruguayan painter and teacher of Lebanese descent who spent most of his life in Uruguay.Seade was born in Santiago de Chile, the elder son of a Lebanese immigrant family. Eleven years later his whole family moved to Montevideo, Uruguay...
- Joaquín Torres GarcíaJoaquín Torres GarcíaJoaquín Torres García , was a Uruguayan plastic artist and art theorist, also known as the founder of Constructive Universalism...
- Daniel PontetDaniel PontetDaniel Pontet is a Uruguayan-born artist working in the US.Pontet was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, in and has resided in Miami, Florida since 1991...
Musicians
- Jorge DrexlerJorge DrexlerJorge Drexler is an Uruguayan musician and actor.In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award...
- Carlos GardelCarlos GardelCarlos Gardel was a singer, songwriter and actor, and is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was born in Toulouse, France, although he never acknowledged his birthplace publicly, and there are still claims of his birth in Uruguay. He lived in Argentina from the age of two...
- Pablo SciutoPablo SciutoPablo Sciuto is a Uruguayan songwriter and a representative of the Uruguayan new song. His work investigates both traditional and modern styles; bossa nova, pop and candombe are recognized in his music. He has performed with artists including Leo Minax, Rita Tavares, Habana Abierta, Jorge Drexler,...
- José SerebrierJosé SerebrierJosé Serebrier is a Uruguayan conductor and composer. He married American soprano Carole Farley in 1969.- Youth :Serebrier was born in Montevideo, and first conducted an orchestra at the age of eleven, while at school. The school orchestra toured the country, which meant he was able to notch up...
- Alfredo ZitarrosaAlfredo ZitarrosaAlfredo Zitarrosa Alfredo Zitarrosa Alfredo Zitarrosa (b. March 10, 1936, d. on January 17, 1989 in Montevideo, Uruguay; a Uruguayan singer, composer, poet, writer and journalist...
- Edgardo Cambón
- Mariana IngoldMariana IngoldMariana Ingold is a composer, instrumentalist, singer and teacher belonging to the movement of Uruguayan music, Mariana has been active as an artist since 1977 in Uruguay and internationally....
- Martín LópezMartin LopezMartin Lopez is a drummer, known best for his nine years with the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth.Lopez was born in Sweden to Uruguayan settler parents, later moving to Uruguay, then back to Sweden.-With Soen :...
- Eduardo MateoEduardo MateoEduardo Mateo was a Uruguayan singer, songwriter, guitarist and arranger. He played a key role in the development of the modern Uruguayan music mixing beat, jazz, bossa nova and local rhythms like candombe, in a similar way than Brazilian Tropicalismo.Musicians like Academy Award winner Jorge...
- Martín MéndezMartin MendezMartín Méndez is the bass guitar player of progressive death metal band Opeth and second most constant member of the band, behind lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt....
- Rubén RadaRubén RadaRubén Rada is an Afro-Uruguayan percussionist, composer and singer. He is closely associated with Candombe, an Afro–Uruguayan rhythmic style music, which is based on the sound of three types of drums: ´chico´, ‘repique’ and ‘piano’...
- Jaime RoosJaime RoosJaime Roos is an Uruguayan singer, composer and record producer. In 2000 he won a Silver Condor Award for Best Score Musician in El Amateur.- Discography :*Candombe del 31 *Para espantar el sueño...
- Gabe SaportaGabe SaportaGabriel Eduardo "Gabe" Saporta is the lead singer and primary creative force behind the synthpop band Cobra Starship. He was previously the lead singer, bassist, and lyricist for the pop punk band Midtown....
- Julio SosaJulio SosaJulio María Sosa Venturini , usually referred to simply as Julio Sosa or El Varón del Tango, was an Uruguayan tango singer....
- Daniel VigliettiDaniel VigliettiDaniel Alberto Viglietti Indart is an Uruguayan folk singer, guitarist, composer, and political activist. He is one of the main exponents of Uruguayan popular song and also of the Nueva Canción or "New Song" of the 1960s and early 1970s.He founded, in 1971, along with other musicians like José...
Politics and military
- Gregorio Álvarez
- Juan José de AmézagaJuan José de Amézaga-Background:Amézaga was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party, which ruled the country for long periods.He was a lawyer by profession, and taught that subject at university level for many years....
- Mariano AranaMariano AranaMariano Arana is an Uruguayan architect and politician, former Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment of Uruguay and former mayor of Montevideo.-Biography:...
- José Gervasio ArtigasJosé Gervasio ArtigasJosé Gervasio Artigas is a national hero of Uruguay, sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan nationhood".-Early life:Artigas was born in Montevideo on June 19, 1764...
- Danilo AstoriDanilo AstoriDanilo Astori is a Uruguayan social democratic politician who was the Minister of Economics and Finance of Uruguay from 2005 to 2008...
- Alfredo BaldomirAlfredo BaldomirAlfredo Baldomir Ferrari was an Uruguayan soldier, architect and politician. He served as President of Uruguay from 1938 to 1943 and is most notable for leading Uruguay to support the Allies during World War II....
- Hugo BatallaHugo BatallaHugo Batalla Parentini , Uruguayan politician, was Vice President of Uruguay from 1995 to 1998 during the presidency of Julio María Sanguinetti.-Background:His political activity started in the Colorado Party with Zelmar Michelini...
- Jorge Batlle
- José Batlle y OrdóñezJosé Batlle y OrdóñezJosé Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez was the president of Uruguay in 1899 and from 1903 until 1907 and for a further term from 1911 to 1915. He was the son of former president, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau. His children César, Rafael and Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco were actively engaged in politics...
- Lorenzo Batlle
- Luis Batlle BerresLuis Batlle BerresLuis Conrado Batlle y Berres was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:Batlle Berres was a journalist and prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party...
- Tomas BerretaTomás BerretaTomás Berreta Gandolfo was the President of Uruguay for five months in 1947.-Background:Having been an activist in the Uruguayan Colorado Party since 1896, for a number of years he was active in local politics and served as Intendent of Canelones in the early part of the 20th Century.He later...
- Eduardo Blanco AcevedoEduardo Blanco AcevedoEduardo Blanco Acevedo was a Uruguayan political figure and physician.-Background:He was a distinguished Uruguayan political figure. He was long associated with the Colorado party...
- Juan María BordaberryJuan María BordaberryJuan María Bordaberry Arocena was a Uruguayan politician and cattle rancher, who first served as President from 1972 until 1976, including as a dictator from 1973 until his ouster in a 1976 coup...
- Pedro BordaberryPedro BordaberryJuan Pedro Bordaberry Herrán is a Uruguayan political figure. He is the current President of the Colorado Party-Early life:Bordaberry was educated at The British Schools of Montevideo, gaining fluency in English...
- Baltasar BrumBaltasar BrumBaltasar Brum Rodríguez was a Uruguayan political figure. He was President of Uruguay from 1919 to 1923.-Background:...
- Lorenzo CarnelliLorenzo CarnelliLorenzo Carnelli was a Uruguayan lawyer and politician who belonged to the National Party.In 1925, he left the National Party and founded the Radical National Party. In the elections of 1927, he got 2.2% of the vote. Blanco historical leader Luis Alberto de Herrera lost these elections by 1% of...
- Juan Lindolfo CuestasJuan Lindolfo CuestasJuan Lindolfo Cuestas was a Uruguayan politician and served as the president of Uruguay from 1897 until 1899 and for a second term from 1899 to 1903.-Background:...
- José Eugenio EllauriJosé Eugenio EllauriJose Eugenio Ellauri y Obes was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:He was a lawyer by profession, and a prominent member of the Colorado Party ....
- Hugo Fernández FaingoldHugo Fernández FaingoldHugo Fernández Faingold is a Uruguayan political figure, who served as Vice President of Uruguay.-Background:Fernández Faingold belongs to the Uruguayan Colorado Party...
- Venancio FloresVenancio FloresVenancio Flores Barrios was a Uruguayan political leader and general. Flores was President of Uruguay from 1854 to 1855 and from 1865 to 1868.-Background and early career:...
- Emilio FrugoniEmilio FrugoniEmilio Frugoni was a Uruguayan socialist politician, lawyer, poet, essayist, and journalist. He founded the Socialist Party of Uruguay in 1910 and was its first general secretary, as well as its first representative in the Chamber of Deputies.-Early activism:Born in Montevideo as one of the four...
- Reinaldo GarganoReinaldo GarganoReinaldo Apolo Gargano Ostuni is a Uruguayan political figure.-Exile:Gargano went into exile in Spain in 1974 following a coup d'état.He returned to Uruguay several years later.-Socialist Party Leader; Senator:...
- Julio César GrauertJulio César Grauert-Background:He was a lawyer by profession. His brother Héctor Grauert was active in politics.-Public office:A member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party, he was elected a Deputy in 1929.-Death:...
- Héctor Gutiérrez RuizHéctor Gutiérrez RuizHéctor Gutiérrez Ruiz was a Uruguayan political figure, who died by assassination in the framework of Operation Condor. He arried with Matilde Rodriguez Larreta , had 5 children: Mark, John Paul, Magdalena, Facundo and Matthew.-Background and political role:He served as a Uruguayan deputy, and was...
- Luis Alberto de HerreraLuis Alberto de HerreraLuis Alberto de Herrera was a Uruguayan lawyer and politician.-Political and diplomatic roles:A National leader of great importance during the first half of the 20th century; he led the National Party through the most decisive instances along five decades...
- Luis Alberto LacalleLuis Alberto LacalleLuis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician who served as President of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995.-Background:His mother, María Hortensia de Herrera de Lacalle, was the daughter of the Blanco political leader Luis Alberto de Herrera, after whom Lacalle was named. Luis...
- Juan Antonio LavallejaJuan Antonio LavallejaJuan Antonio Lavalleja was an Uruguayan revolutionary and political figure. Today's Lavalleja Department is named after him.-Pre-Independence role:...
- Aparicio MéndezAparicio MéndezAparicio Méndez Manfredini , was a Uruguayan political figure. He was a de facto President of Uruguay from 1976–1981. As a non-democratically elected authority of the Civic-military dictatorship .-Background:...
- Rafael MicheliniRafael MicheliniRafael Michelini Delle Piane is a Uruguayan politician. He is currently Senator of the Republic of Uruguay as a member of the Frente Amplio party, and was the founder of New Space party. He was the seventh of ten children, and is the son of Zelmar Michelini, a former senator who was assassinated...
- Zelmar MicheliniZelmar MicheliniZelmar Michelini was a Uruguayan reporter and politician, assassinated in Buenos Aires in 1976 as part of Operation Condor....
- José MujicaJosé MujicaJosé Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano is a Uruguayan politician and former guerrilla fighter, a member of the Broad Front and current President of Uruguay....
- Rodolfo Nin NovoaRodolfo Nin NovoaRodolfo Nin Novoa is the former Vice President of Uruguay, he is the leader of Progressive Alliance.-Background:He was born in mixed Armenian- Spanish family. Having originally received a traditional, Roman Catholic education, Nin was a member of the National Party and mayor in his department ....
- Didier Opertti Badan
- Manuel OribeManuel OribeManuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana was the fourth president of Uruguay.-Biography:Manuel Oribe was the son of Captain Francisco Oribe and María Francisca Viana, a descendant of the first governor of Montevideo, José Joaquín de Viana...
- Jorge Pacheco ArecoJorge Pacheco ArecoJorge Pacheco Areco was a Uruguayan politician and member of the Colorado Party. He served as President of Uruguay from December 6, 1967 to March 1, 1972.-Vice President of Uruguay:...
- Fructuoso RiveraFructuoso RiveraJosé Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana was an Uruguayan general and patriot who assisted in the efforts to force Brazilians out of the Banda Oriental.-Founder of Colorado Party and President of Uruguay:...
- Julio María Sanguinetti
- Aparicio SaraviaAparicio SaraviaAparicio Saravia da Rosa was a Uruguayan politician and military leader...
- Raúl SendicRaúl SendicRaúl Sendic Antonaccio was a prominent Uruguayan Marxist and founder of the Tupamaros.Born in a rural area, near the village of Juan Jose Castro, in the Flores Department, Sendic worked with his father as a peasant on a crab apple farm until he finished high school and left his home to study in...
- Joaquín SuárezJoaquín SuárezJoaquín Luis Miguel Suárez de Rondelo was a Uruguayan political figure. He gave his name to Joaquín Suárez .-Head of State of Uruguay:...
- Gabriel TerraGabriel TerraDr. Gabriel Terra Leivas was the President of Uruguay from 1931 to 1938.- Background :Born in Montevideo to a wealthy family, he graduated from the University of Uruguay in 1895, and subsequently joined the faculty....
- Tabaré VázquezTabaré VázquezTabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas is a former President of Uruguay. A physician by training, he is a member of the leftist Frente Amplo coalition . Vázquez was elected president on October 31, 2004, took office on March 1, 2005, and relinquished the office on March 1, 2010...
- Feliciano VieraFeliciano VieraFeliciano Alberto Viera Borges was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:He was a member of the Colorado Party and closely identified with the liberal former President José Batlle y Ordóñez, who long dominated Uruguayan political life...
Writers
- Eduardo Acevedo DíazEduardo Acevedo DíazEduardo Acevedo Díaz , was a Uruguayan writer, politician and journalist.-Early life:...
- Francisco Acuña de FigueroaFrancisco Acuña de FigueroaFrancisco Esteban Acuña de Figueroa was an Uruguayan poet.-Background:Acuña de Figueroa was born in Montevideo on September 20, 1790. Later, his father sent him to study in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but the city's invasion made him return to Montevideo, where he wrote poems while working for his...
- Delmira AgustiniDelmira AgustiniDelmira Agustini , a Uruguayan poet, is considered one of the greatest female Latin American poets of the early 20th century.-Background:Born in Montevideo, the daughter of Italian immigrants, Agustini was a precocious child...
- Pilar BarriosPilar BarriosPilar Barrios was an important poet of the black community of Uruguay. He¹ demonstrated in his poetry an understanding of the class-based racism in his society, and expressed hope that this could be overturned by the development of a racial consciousness and renovation of education...
- Mario BenedettiMario BenedettiMario Benedetti was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet....
- Antonio DíazAntonio DíazJosé Antonio Díaz is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He's the former International Boxing Association Light Welterweight and WBO Latino Light Middleweight Champion...
- Juana de IbarbourouJuana de IbarbourouJuana Fernández Morales Vd.ª De Ibarbourou, also known as Juana de América, was a Uruguayan poet of Galician origin. She was one of the most popular poets of Spanish America...
- Amanda BerenguerAmanda BerenguerAmanda Berenguer was a Uruguayan poet. A member of the Generation of '45.She was born in Montevideo. Quehaceres e Invenciones brought Berenguer sudden fame and praise, emboldening her search for new poetic structures to express her unique vision of art and the world...
- Eduardo GaleanoEduardo GaleanoEduardo Hughes Galeano is a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist. His best known works are Memoria del fuego and Las venas abiertas de América Latina which have been translated into twenty languages and transcend orthodox genres: combining fiction, journalism, political analysis, and...
- Jorge MajfudJorge Majfud-Life:He was born in Tacuarembó, Uruguay. He majored in and in 1996 graduated from the in Montevideo. He travelled extensively to gather material that would later become part of his novels and essays, and was a professor at the of Costa Rica and at , where he taught art and mathematics.In 2003...
- Juan Carlos OnettiJuan Carlos OnettiJuan Carlos Onetti was an Uruguayan novelist and author of short stories.A high school drop-out, Onetti's first novel, El pozo, published in 1939, met with his close friends' immediate acclaim, as well as from some writers and journalists of his time...
- Emilio OribeEmilio OribeEmilio Oribe , was a Uruguayan poet, essayist, philosopher, and doctor.A professor at the University of the Republic, Uruguay, Oribe was dean of the university's Faculty of Humanities and Sciences and a member of the Uruguayan Academy of Letters.As a poet, he developed an avant-garde style...
- Cristina Peri RossiCristina Peri RossiCristina Peri Rossi is an Uruguayan novelist, poet, translator, and author of short stories.Considered a leading light of the post-1960s period of prominence of the Latin-American novel, she has written more than 37 works. She was born in Montevideo, Uruguay but was exiled in 1972, and moved to...
- Manuel Pérez y CurisManuel Pérez y CurisManuel Pérez y Curis was an Uruguayan poet, born in Montevideo, Uruguay.The Apolo Magazine stands out between its works that appeared monthly; the writing secretary was Ovidio Fernández Ríos and La Arquitectura del verso, published in Paris and Mexico...
- Horacio QuirogaHoracio QuirogaHoracio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza was an Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer....
- José Enrique RodóJosé Enrique RodoJosé Enrique Rodó Piñeyro was a Uruguayan essayist. He called for the youth of Latin America to reject materialism, to revert back to Greco-Roman habits of free thought and self enrichment, and to develop and concentrate on their culture.He cultivated an epistolary relationship with important...
- Florencio SánchezFlorencio SánchezFlorencio Sánchez was a Uruguayan playwright, journalist and political figure. His artistic work unfolded in the River Plate region...
- Juan Luis SegundoJuan Luis SegundoJuan Luis Segundo, S.J. was a Jesuit priest and theologian who was one of the most important figures in the movement known as "Liberation theology." He wrote numerous books on theology, ideology, faith, hermeneutics, and social justice, and was an outspoken critic of what he perceived as church...
- Javier de VianaJavier de VianaJavier de Viana is a town in the Artigas Department of northern Uruguay. It is located on Route 30, about west of the city of Artigas and northeast of the stream Arroyo Tres Cruces. The town was named after the Uruguayan writer Javier de Viana....
- Juan Zorrilla de San MartínJuan Zorrilla de San MartínJuan Zorrilla de San Martín was a Uruguayan epic poet - he is referred as "National Poet of Uruguay" -and political figure . He is featured on the 20-peso note.-Well-known poems:...
Actors and actresses
- Marcelo BuquetMarcelo BuquetMarcelo Buquet is a Uruguayan actor and former model.-Biography:At the age of 18 Buquet joined a theater company in his native Uruguay called El Galpón del Uruguay where he participated in 25 stage productions as an actor, producer, songwriter and singer...
- Daniel HendlerDaniel HendlerDaniel Hendler is an Uruguayan film, television, and theatre actor who works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, where he lives. He is known for his starring roles in films such as Bottom of the Sea, Family Law, The Paranoids, Phase 7, and award winning Lost Embrace by director Daniel Burman, with...
- Osvaldo LaportOsvaldo LaportRubens Osvaldo Jesús Udaquiola Laport is an Argentine actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador born in Uruguay. In 2000, he earned Martín Fierro Award for his portrayal in television comedy Campeones de la Vida....
- Bárbara MoriBárbara MoriBárbara Mori Ochoa is a Mexican actress and model. She became famous for being the female lead in the Bollywood film, Kites....
- Natalia OreiroNatalia OreiroNatalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias is a Latin Grammy-nominated Uruguayan singer, actress and fashion designer of Galician ancestry, who developed most of her career in Argentina. Oreiro began her career in soap operas. Since 2008 she has switched to work primarily in films...
- China ZorrillaChina ZorrillaChina Zorrilla is an award-winning Uruguayan theater, film and television actress....
Engineers and architects
- Eladio DiesteEladio DiesteEladio Dieste was a Uruguayan engineer and architect who made his reputation by building a range of structures from grain silos, factory sheds, markets and churches, all in Uruguay and all of exceptional elegance...
- Gonzalo FrascaGonzalo FrascaGonzalo Frasca is a game designer and academic researcher focusing on serious and political videogames. His weblog, Ludology.org, was an important publication during the early 2000s for academic researchers studying video games...
- Roman Fresnedo SiriRoman Fresnedo SiriRoman Fresnedo Siri was a Uruguayan architect.- Biography :Born Salto, Uruguay, he graduated as an architect of the Faculty of Architecture, University of the Republic, at the Old City of Montevideo....
- Carlos OttCarlos OttCarlos Ott is a Uruguayan architect who resides in Canada. He became famous when he won the first prize in 1983 for the construction of the Opéra de la Bastille in Paris, which was inaugurated on July 14, 1989...
Journalists
- Jorge GestosoJorge GestosoJorge Gestoso is a Uruguayan journalist who was born in Montevideo. For 16 years, he was the Principal Anchor and symbol of CNN en Espanol, also Senior Washington Correspondent with that television network that reaches all the Americas and the Caribbean and is one of the networks of CNN, the Cable...
Spanish-language television host and President of GTN, Gestoso Television News - Pedro SevcecPedro SevcecPedro Ricardo Sevcec is a television reporter who works for America TV / Miami in the United States. He also has his own afternoon drive radio show on WSUA Miami- Radio Caracol 1260 AM called La Ventana con Pedro Sevcec. He was born in Uruguay.Sevcec in the United States has had much success as a...
Spanish-language television news anchor for U.S. network TelemundoTelemundoTelemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
Composers
- Jorge DrexlerJorge DrexlerJorge Drexler is an Uruguayan musician and actor.In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award...
Academy Award winning song composer Motorcycle Diaries - Gerardo Matos RodríguezGerardo Matos RodríguezGerardo Hernan Matos Rodríguez Montevideo, Uruguay, also known as Becho, was a Uruguayan musician, composer and journalist.-Background and early career:...
Composer of the tango La CumparsitaLa Cumparsita"La cumparsita" is a musical piece written by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, an Uruguayan musician, in 1916. It is among the most famous and recognizable tango songs of all time.... - Alfredo ZitarrosaAlfredo ZitarrosaAlfredo Zitarrosa Alfredo Zitarrosa Alfredo Zitarrosa (b. March 10, 1936, d. on January 17, 1989 in Montevideo, Uruguay; a Uruguayan singer, composer, poet, writer and journalist...
Vedettes
- Andrea GhidoneAndrea GhidoneAndrea Ghidone is a Uruguayan vedette, top model and professional theater dancer & actress.Ghidone is currently in Carmen Barbieri's new up and coming musical Barbierisima, she was also in Barbieri's Musicals, Fantastica in 2010 and Bravísima in 2011. She has also modeled for Maxim 2009 in Argentina...
– ModelModel (person)A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
and professionalProfessionalA professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
theater dancer & actress - Tina FerreiraTina FerreiraTina Ferreira is a Afro-Uruguayan, dancer, journalist and vedette known for performin in carnivals all around Uruguay. She works as the lead vedette in the carnival group Serpentina in which she has worked with since 2004 by José de Lima the group's directer. She has won many awards for her...
– Afro-UruguayanAfro-UruguayanAfro-Uruguayan refers to Uruguayans of Black African ancestry. Almost a third is found in Montevideo.-History:It is often asserted in the academic literature on Uruguay that the presence and role of Africans in the development of this nation are overlooked. However, Afro-Uruguayans greatly...
, dancer and journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
known for performin in carnivals all around UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
Sports
- Sebastián AbreuSebastián AbreuWashington Sebastián Abreu Gallo is an Uruguayan footballer who plays with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas in Brazil as a striker.Best known by his nickname El Loco , the prolific goalscorer – for club and country – played for more than 20 teams during his professional career, in six different...
"El Loco Abreu", football player, member of national team - Jose AndradeJosé AndradeJosé Leandro Andrade was an Uruguayan footballer who played at right half. Nicknamed the black marvel, "meravilla negra", is considered the first great colored player, and the very first real international football star....
, former football player and member of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team. - Julio César Benítez AmodeoJulio César BenítezJulio César Benítez Amodeo was an Uruguayan footballer, known for his time in FC Barcelona from 1961 until his surprising death in 1968....
, Uruguayan football player, played 7 seasons in Barcelona FC from 1961 to his sudden death in 1968 - Esteban BatistaEsteban BatistaEsteban Damián Batista Hernández is a Uruguayan professional basketball player currently with Anadolu Efes in the Turkish Basketball League and Euroleague. He is also the first ever Uruguayan to play in the NBA....
, first Uruguayan to play in the NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada... - Daniel Brailovski, football player, midfielder
- José María Flores BurlónJose Maria Flores BurlonJosé María Flores Burlón is a former boxer from Uruguay. Flores Burlón had a total of 115 professional bouts. He tried, without success, to become Uruguay's first world boxing champion.-Beginning:...
, boxer - Alfredo Evangelista, boxer
- Diego ForlánDiego ForlánDiego Forlán Corazo is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Internazionale and the Uruguayan national team. He is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe, and also received the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2010 World Cup.Forlán was born...
, football player, member of national team and Internazionale (Italy). - Alcides GhiggiaAlcides GhiggiaAlcides Edgardo Ghiggia is a former Italian Uruguayan football player. He achieved lasting fame for his decisive role in the final match of the 1950 World Cup...
, former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team. - Diego GodínDiego GodínDiego Roberto Godín Leal is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid in La Liga, as a central defender.A fast and composed defender, he combines physical presence with an ability to play the ball comfortably from behind.-Club career:...
, football player , member of national team and team Atlético de Madrid (Spain) - John HarleyJohn Harley (footballer)John Harley was a Scottish-born Uruguayan footballer.-Early life:Harley was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1886. By 1906 he had become a railway engineer working in Springburn, near Glasgow. In that year he moved to South America to work on railways along the Río de la Plata...
, played with C.U.R.C.C./Peñarol from 1909 until his retirement from football in 1920. - Marcelo LipatinMarcelo LipatinMarcelo Lipatin Lopez is an Uruguayan professional football player.-Playing career:In July 2008, Lipatin was offered a contract from Maccabi Tel Aviv after they discovered that Lipatin's father is Jewish and his mother converted to Judaism...
, football player, forward (C.D. Trofense) - Diego LuganoDiego LuganoDiego Alfredo "Tota" Lugano Moreno is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Uruguay national football team as a central defender....
, football player, member of national team - Ladislao MazurkiewiczLadislao MazurkiewiczLadislao Mazurkiewicz Iglesias is an Uruguayan former football goalkeeper of the 1960s and 1970s. He helped the Uruguay national team to qualify to the semifinals of the 1970 World Cup, where the charrúas were stopped by the eventual champions, Brazil. He was elected the best goalkeeper of that...
, former football player. - Oscar MogliaOscar MogliaOscar Aldo Moglia was a basketball player from Uruguay. He was Jewish. He won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He was the tournament's top scorer at the 1954 FIBA World Championship.-External links:**...
, Olympic medal winning basketball player - Paolo MonteroPaolo MonteroPaolo Rónald Montero Iglesias is a former Uruguayan footballer who played as a central defender or left back. He has been described as "skillful on the ball and calm under pressure", and a "wonderfully talented and intelligent footballer"...
, former football player, member of the national team. - Fernando MusleraFernando MusleraNéstor Fernando Muslera Micol is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Galatasaray and is first-choice keeper for the Uruguayan national team.-Uruguay:...
, football player , member of national team. - Jose NasazziJosé NasazziJosé Nasazzi Yarza was the Uruguayan footballer who captained his country when they won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930.-Biography:...
, former football player, captain of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team. - Alvaro RecobaÁlvaro RecobaÁlvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero , nicknamed "El Chino", is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Primera División Uruguaya side Club Nacional de Football...
, football player. member of the national team. - Pedro RochaPedro RochaPedro Virgilio Rocha Franchetti is a former Uruguayan footballer who played 52 games for the Uruguay national team between 1961 and 1974....
, former football player, member of the national team. - Juan Schiaffino, former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team.
- Luis SuárezLuis Suárez (Uruguayan footballer)Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz , commonly known as Luis Suárez and nicknamed "El Pistolero" , is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Liverpool and the Uruguayan national team...
, football player, member of national team and Liverpool Football Club. - Milton WynantsMilton WynantsMilton Ariel Wynants Vázquez is a racing cyclist from Uruguay, who was affiliated with the Veloz Club Sanducero.Wynants competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country...
, Olympic Silver Medal winning cyclist - Enzo FrancescoliEnzo FrancescoliEnzo Francescoli Uriarte is a former uruguayan football player of Italian and Spanish origin, who retired in 1997. An elegant and highly skillful dribbler, passer, and goal-scorer, Francescoli was nicknamed El Príncipe or Le Prince...
, former football player , member of national team - Edinson Cavani, football player, member of national team and team Napoli
- Obdulio VarelaObdulio VarelaObdulio Jacinto Muiños Varela was a Uruguayan football player. He was the captain of the Uruguayan national team that won the 1950 World Cup after beating Brazil in the decisive final round match popularly known as the Maracanazo...
, former football player, captain of the 1950 World Cup-winning team.