This is a list of Argentines who are famous or notable.

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Writers

A-F

• Roberto Arlt
• Eduardo Belgrano Rawson
• Adolfo Bioy Casares
• Jorge Luis Borges
• Martín Caparrós
• Abelardo Castillo
• Cristina Civale
• Haroldo Conti
• Julio Cortázar
• Roberto Cossa
• Antonio Dal Masetto
• Marco Denevi
• Antonio Di Benedetto
• Alicia Dujovne Ortiz
• Alejandro Dolina
• C.E.Feiling
• José Pablo Feinmann
• Juan Filloy
• Fogwill
• Roberto Fontanarrosa
• Rodrigo Fresán

G-P

• Carlos Gardini
• Juan Gelman
• Mempo Giardinelli
• Angélica Gorodischer
• Juana Manuela Gorriti
• Ricardo Güiraldes
• José Hernández
• Néstor Ibarra
• Leónidas Lamborghini
• Osvaldo Lamborghini
• Leopoldo Lugones
• Ezequiel Martinez Estrada
• Eduardo Mallea
• Leopoldo Marechal
• Tomás Eloy Martínez
• Manuel Mujica Láinez
• Carlos Mastronardi
• Gustavo Nielsen
• Silvina Ocampo
• Victoria Ocampo
• Hector German Oesterheld
• Alicia Partnoy
• Ricardo Piglia
• Alejandra Pizarnik
• Manuel Puig
• Mario Rodriguez Cobos

S-W

• Mario Rodríguez Cobo (Silo)
• Quino, Humorist
• Ernesto Sábato
• Guillermo Saccomanno
• Juan José Saer
• Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
• Osvaldo Soriano
• Alicia Steimberg
• Matto de Turner
• María Elena Walsh
• Rodolfo Walsh

Composers (classical)

• Julián Aguirre
• Carlos López Buchardo
• Alberto Ginastera
• Carlos Guastavino
• Lalo Schifrin
• Alberto Williams

Arts

• Faber
• Erminio Blotta - sculptor
• Emilio Pettoruti
• Benito Quinquela Martín - painter
• Xul Solar - watercolorist, sculptor, inventor of languages
• Raúl Soldi , painter

Entertainment

A-G

• Norma Aleandro , (1936-) actress
• Héctor Alterio (1929-), actor
• Pampita (1981-), super-model
• Pablo Alarcón (1946-), actor
• Daniel Barenboim (1942-), pianist
• Lola Berthet, actress
• Alexis Bledel, actress (half Argentine)
• Facundo Cabral, singer
• Marciano Cantero (19??-), singer
• Andrés Calamaro (1961-), songwriter and rock keyboard player
• Itati Cantoral (1975-), Mexican actress, half Argentine, by mother's side
• Segundo Cernadas, (born 1972), actor
• Grecia Colmenares (1962-), Venezuelan born actress, Argentine citizen
• Alberto Cortés (19??-), singer
• Ricardo Darín , (1957-) actor
• Andrea Del Boca (1965), actress
• Florencia De La V, (born 1976), transexual actress
• Sergio Denis (1949-), singer
• Catherine Fullop (1965-), Venezuelan by birth, Argentine citizen, actress
• Charly García (1951-), musician
• Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), singer
• Julian Gil (1970-), model who has become famous in Puerto Rico
• Susana Giménez (1945-), actress, show host
• Araceli González (1967-), actress
• Daniel Guerrero (19??-), actor
• León Gieco , musician

L-Z

• Libertad Lamarque , singer
• Los Enanitos Verdes, music group
• Mirtha Legrand , TV-host
• Saul Lisazo, actor
• Mia Maestro, actress
• Valeria Mazza, Supermodel
• Osvaldo Miranda , actor
• Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-born Venezuelan citizen, singer
• Marcela Morelo , singer
• Viggo Mortensen, Hollywood actor
• Alberto Olmedo, comedian
• Palito Ortega, singer
• Fito Páez, songwriter and rock keyboard player
• Astor Piazzolla, tango composer
• Jorge Porcel, comedian
• Luis Puenzo (1946-), Academy Award-winning film director
• Osvaldo Pugliese, tango composer
• Alejandro Rey, actor
• Ines Rivero, supermodel
• Miguel Angel Rodriguez , actor, "Los Roldan "
• Sandro , singer
• Osvaldo Sabatini , actor
• Maria Martha Serra Lima, singer
• Juan María Solare, musician
• Luis Alberto Spinetta, musician
• Marcelo Tinelli , TV-entertainer
• Diego Torres , singer
• Lito Vitale

Journalism

• Jacobo Timmerman, journalist
• Guillermo Descalzi , Television news reporter
• Enrique Gratas , television news reporter
• Mariano Grondona , television journalist
• Jorge Lanata , television journalist
• Pedro Zevcec, television reporter

Other categories

• Fanne Foxe, scandalous stripper
• Eduardo Newbery, aerostat pilot, one of first two Argentines to die in air accident (both died at the same accident)
• Jorge Newbery, first Argentine airplane pilot

Sports

(See Argentine sportspeople category for a complete list)

• Gabriel Batistuta (born 1969), football player
• Jorge Castro (born 1967), world champion boxer
• Juan Martin Coggi, world champion boxer
• Guillermo Coria (born 1982), tennis player
• Juan Manuel Fangio (1911-1995), Formula 1 driver
• Luis Firpo (1894-1960), boxer
• Juan Antonio Flecha, cyclist
• Victor Galíndez (1948-1980), world champion boxer
• Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), tennis player
• Emanuel Ginóbili (born 1977), NBA basketball player, San Antonio Spurs
• Gabriel Heinze, Football player
• Santos Laciar (born 1959), world champion boxer
• Juan Malvares , boxer
• Diego Maradona (born 1960), football player
• Carlos Monzon (1942-1995), world champion boxer
• David Nalbandian (born 1982), tennis player
• Pascual Perez (1926-1977), first Argentine world boxing champion
• Carlos Reutemann, Formula 1 race car driver
• Juan Román Riquelme, football player
• Juan Martillo Roldan boxer
• Gabriela Sabatini (born 1970), tennis player
• Javier Saviola (born 1981), football player
• Paola Suárez (born 1976), tennis player
• Diana Taurasi (born 1982), WNBA basketball player; parents are Argentine
• Fabiana Vallejo, women's soccer player
• Juan Sebastian Veron (born 1975), football player
• Guillermo Vilas, tennis player

Religion

• Mario L. Rodriguez Cobos (Silo)

Royalty

• Princess Catharina of Holland, half-Argentine
• Princess Maxime of Holland, Catharina's mother

Politics

• Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, (1928-1967), revolutionary
• Alfredo Palacios
• Juan B. Justo
• Alicia Moreau de Justo
• Raúl Alfonsín (born 1927), president 1983-1989
• Ricardo Balbín
• Arturo Frondizi (1908-1995), president 1958-1962
• Tamara Bunke
• Fernando de la Rúa (born 1937), president 1999-2001
• Eduardo Duhalde (born 1941), president 2002-2003
• Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator
• Néstor Kirchner, (born 1950), current president (2004)
• Carlos Menem (born 1930), president 1989-1999
• Juan Perón (1895-1974), president 1946-1955 and 1973-1974
• Eva Perón (1919-1952), Argentinian political figure, Perón's second wife
• Isabel Perón (born 1931), president 1974-1976, Perón's third wife
• Juan Manuel de Rosas, dictator 1829-1833, 1837-1852
• José de San Martín, general, liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spain.
• Jorge Enea Spilimbergo (?-2004), poet, Marxist theorist and politician
• Jorge Videla, dictator 1976-1980

Sciences

• Mario Bunge
• Bernardo A. Houssay - 1947 Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Physiology
• César Mílstein - 1984 Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Pharmacology
• Luis Federico Leloir - 1970 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

See also

• List of people by nationality
• List of Argentinian Jews