Villa Ballester is a city located in the northern Greater Buenos Aires

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 urban area and it is part of the General San Martín Partido

General San Martín Partido

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 in Buenos Aires Province

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, Argentina

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. It is served by the Línea Mitre

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 commuter railway with its station also named Villa Ballester. Founded on 26 October 1889.

History

Pedro Ballester started the development of the town in the late 1880’s in some fields occupied by his family (the chacra Miguel Ballester y Flotat). A key factor for the success of the new town was the train which allowed a fast access to Buenos Aires. The town was named after the commercial partnership between Pedro Ballester and Guillermo Lacroze (“Sociedad Villa Ballester”).

Famous residents

• José Hernández, (1834-1886) journalist and poet. He was born at the Pueyrredón Chacra on November 10, 1834.
• Roberto DeVicenzo
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  , (born April 14, 1923) former professional golfer
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• Annemarie Heinrich, (1912-2005) photographer.
• Helmut Ditsch
  Helmut Ditsch
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  , (1962-), painter.
• Fernando Siro
  Fernando Siro
  Fernando Siro was an Argentine film actor, film director and screenwriter.-Life and work:Born Francisco Ángel Luksich in Villa Ballester, he developed an early interest in acting and in 1950 was given his first Argentine cinema role in El otro yo de Marcela, directed by Alberto de Zavalía...
  
  , (1931-2006) film actor, film director
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   and screenwriter
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• José Carreras
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  , international tenor. He lived in Villa Ballester for a year, during his childhood.
• Ceferino Carnacini, (1888-1964) painter
  Painting
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• Carlos Ripamonte, (1874-1968) painter
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• Faustino R. Pérez-López, chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Luis César Amadori
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   (1920-1977), film director, married to Zully Moreno.
• Alejandro Awada
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   (1961–), actor.
• Ceferino Carnacini, painter who lived 50 years in Villa Ballester.

External links

Villa Ballester Portal