Uruguay
Historical figures born in Uruguay
2,157 notable historical figures were born in Uruguay. These are the most notable:
Uruguay ranks #54 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Azerbaijan, Algeria and Lithuania.
By era
- Early Modern: 4
- Modern: 36
By occupation
- Politician: 24
- Head of State/President: 15
- Writer/Author: 8
- Lawyer: 8
- Journalist: 8
- Soldier/Officer: 7
- Football: 5
- Poet: 5
- Diego Forlán (born 1979, Sports)
- Luis Suárez (born 1987, Sports)
- José Mujica (1935 to 2025, Politics)
- Edinson Cavani (born 1987, Sports)
- Yamandú Orsi (born 1967, Politics)
- Bernardo Arévalo (born 1958, Politics)
- Luis Lacalle Pou (born 1973, Politics)
- Tabaré Vázquez (1940 to 2020, Politics)
- Lucía Topolansky (born 1944, Politics)
- Comte de Lautréamont (1846 to 1870, Literature)
- Rafael Viñoly (1944 to 2023, Architecture)
- José Gervasio Artigas (1764 to 1850, Military)
- Jorge Drexler (born 1964, Arts & Music)
- Juan María Bordaberry (1928 to 2011, Politics)
- José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856 to 1929, Politics)
- Julio María Sanguinetti (born 1936, Politics)
- Jorge Batlle (1927 to 2016, Politics)
- Fructuoso Rivera (1784 to 1854, Politics)
- Luis Alberto Lacalle (born 1941, Politics)
- Joaquín Torres-García (1874 to 1949, Arts & Music)
- Gabriel Terra (1873 to 1942, Politics)
- Jules Laforgue (1860 to 1887, Literature)
- Venancio Flores (1808 to 1868, Military)
- Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1926 to 2016, Politics)
- Cristina Peri Rossi (born 1941, Literature)
- Jorge Pacheco Areco (1920 to 1998, Politics)
- Aparicio Méndez (1904 to 1988, Politics)
- Manuel Oribe (1792 to 1857, Politics)
- Darwin Núñez (born 1999, Sports)
- Rafael Addiego Bruno (1923 to 2014, Politics)
- Alfredo Zitarrosa (1936 to 1989, Arts & Music)
- Carlos Ott (born 1946, Architecture)
- Juan Antonio Lavalleja (1784 to 1853, Politics)
- Carmen Posadas (born 1953, Literature)
- Luis Batlle Berres (1897 to 1964, Politics)
- Alberto Demicheli (1896 to 1980, Politics)
- Federico Valverde (born 1998, Sports)
- Idea Vilariño (1920 to 2009, Literature)
- Alfredo Baldomir (1884 to 1948, Politics)
- Rubén Rada (born 1943, Arts & Music)
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