- Carlos Franzetti
Carlos Franzetti (born June 3, 1948) is a Latin Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Franzetti started studying music at Buenos Aires' National Conservatory at the age of 6 and later began taking private piano lessons. He began studying music composition after moving to Mexico in 1970. He moved to the United States in 1974, graduating from The Juilliard School in New York City, …
- Luis Alberto Spinetta
Luis Alberto Spinetta, is an Argentine musician. He is one of the most influential rock musicians of Latin America, and together with Charly García is considered the father of Argentine rock. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the residential neighbourhood of Belgrano. As a kid he listened to all kinds of music: folklore and tango, and a little bit later, rock. As with almost every other rocker of his generation, The Beatles would change his life.
- Lalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin is a true Renaissance man. As a pianist, composer and conductor, he is equally at home conducting a symphony orchestra, performing at an international jazz festival, scoring a film or television show, or creating works for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the London Philharmonic and even The Sultan of Oman.
- Julio Bocca
Julio Bocca is one of the most important ballet dancers of the latter part of the 20th century, and probably the most important Argentine dancer of all time. Born in the Munro neighbourhood of the Greater Buenos Aires, he started ballet lessons at the age of four, and at the age of seven entered the National School of Dance from where he progressed to the Teatro Colón's Advanced Arts Institute a year later.
- Argentina Brunetti
Argentina Brunetti 's sister-in-law (the wife of his younger brother, the war hero) and the ubiquitous Charles Lane (b. 1905), who played Mr. Potter's rent collector. Throughout her varied career she has also written and performed in daily radio shows, became a member of the 'Hollywood Foreign Press Association', writing numerous articles on Hollywood personalities, authored books, …
- Julie Gonzalo
Julie Gonzalo (born September 9, 1981) is an actress born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and raised in Miami, Florida. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Parker Lee in "Veronica Mars" and Shelby in "A Cinderella Story". Gonzalo is a fluent Spanish speaker. Gonzalo gives press interviews for the Spanish-language media entirely in Spanish.
- Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes (September 13, 1916 - March 28, 1980) was one of the most popular American male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His Irish-born mother, Marguerite Haymes (1894-1987), was a well-known vocal coach and instructor. He became the vocalist in a number of big bands, worked in Hollywood on radio and in many films throughout the forties and fifties.
- Adolfo Bioy Casares
Adolfo Bioy Casares was an Argentine fiction writer. Bioy Casares was born in Buenos Aires, the grandson of a wealthy landowner and dairy processor. He wrote his first story ("Iris y Margarita") at the age of 11. He was a friend and frequent collaborator of Jorge Luis Borges and wrote many stories with him under the pseudonym of H. Bustos Domecq. Bioy and Borges were introduced in 1932 by Victoria Ocampo, whose sister, Silvina Ocampo, Bioy Casares was to marry in 1940.
- Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo A. Santaolalla (b. 1952) is an Argentine musician, film composer and producer whose musical style frequently combines elements of rock, soul, African rhythms and Latin American folk. His work has won him two Academy Awards.
- Olivia Hussey
Olivia Hussey (born Olivia Osuna on April 17, 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Anglo-Argentine actress perhaps best known for her role as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of "Romeo and Juliet".
- Ricardo Darín
Ricardo Darín is an Argentine actor. He is one of the most popular actors in Argentina. He acted for several years in TV series where he reached popularity as a young leading actor. His most prominent roles as a film actor include: "Nueve Reinas" (2000), "Luna de Avellaneda" (2004), "El Hijo de la Novia" (2001), and "El Aura" (2005).
- Mona Maris
Mona Maris (1903 "-" 1991) was an Argentine film actress who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Fabiana Udenio
Fabiana Udenio (born December 21,1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine character actress who has appeared in film and on television. She is best known for her role as a Bond girl parody in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery". She moved to Italy at the age of 14 and later on was crowned "Miss Teen Italy". Fabiana's film roles include Italian foreign-exchange student Anna-Maria Mazarelli in "Summer School" (1987), …
- Mía Maestro
Mía Maestro is an Argentine actress and a trained classical music vocalist, which she learned in Berlin at age 18. There she also learned the Brechtian acting technique as well as dance. She was born in Buenos Aires and won an ACE Award for performance in the stage production of "Pandora's Box". She starred in "Alias" as Nadia Santos in Season 4 of the drama. She then had a recurring role in the program's 5th season.
- Norma Aleandro
Norma Aleandro Robledo is an Academy Award-nominated Argentine actress, born in Buenos Aires to María Luisa Robledo and Pedro Aleandro, both actors.
- Leonardo Nam
Leonardo Nam (born November 1979 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an American actor of Korean descent. At the age of 6 he moved to Sydney, Australia. Nam attended Sydney Technical High School, and studied architecture at the University of New South Wales. Nam left Sydney to follow his dreams of an acting career in New York City at the age of 19. He studied with several acting teachers in New York, namely Austin Pendleton and William Carden at HB Studios.
- Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier (11 January 1916 - 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He proved to be one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas. He often worked in Italian films, particularly in the last decade of his life. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, …
- Eduardo Mignogna
Eduardo Mignogna was an Argentinian film director and screenwriter. Among other films, he directed "La Fuga" (2001), "Adela" (2000), "El Faro" (1998) and "Sol de otoño" (1996).
- Imperio Argentina
Magdalena Nile del Río was a professional singer and movie actress who was better known as Imperio Argentina. Though she was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she became a citizen of Spain. Del Río performed in Argentina's theaters, where she had a long and successful career. At that time, her stage name was "Pettit Imperio". But her most successful moments came after she moved to Spain.
- Roberto Goyeneche
Roberto Goyeneche was an Argentine tango singer who epitomized the archetype of 1950s Buenos Aires' bohemian life, and became a living legend in the local music scene. In 1944, at the age of 18, he joined Raúl Kaplún's orchestra after winning a local contest and soon gave his live debut performance on Radio Belgrano. In 1952 Goyeneche teamed up with Horacio Salgán and with Aníbal Troilo in 1956, …
- Ariel Dorfman
Ariel Dorfman (born May 6 1942 Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. Dorfman, who is Jewish, was born in Argentina but his family moved to the United States shortly after his birth, and then moved to Chile in 1954. He attended and was later a professor at the University of Chile and adopted Chilean Citizenship in 1967. From 1970 to 1973, Dorfman was part of the administration of president Salvador Allende.
- Linda Cristal
Linda Cristal (born Marta Victoria Moya Burges on 1934-02-23 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actress. She is currently retired. In 1960 Cristal had gone into semi-retirement to raise her two sons, when John Wayne coaxed her out to do the part of Flaca in his epic "The Alamo". After that, she took assignments only as the whim struck. Linda was the last main cast member to be added to "The High Chaparral".
- Luisana Lopilato
Luisana Loreley Lopilato (born May 18, 1987) is a well known Argentine actress.
- Jorge Porcel
Jorge Raúl Porcel de Peralta was a comedy actor and television host from Argentina. He was nicknamed "El Gordo de América" ("America's Fat Guy"). Porcel was often considered, along with Alberto Olmedo, one of Argentina's greatest comic actors of the twentieth century.
- Facundo Arana
Jorge Facundo Arana, is a well known Argentine actor. He has participated in more than twenty telenovelas. He's one of Argentina's most popular actors, starring in hits like Muñeca Brava in 1999 and Sos mi vida in 2006.
- Ignacio Serricchio
Ignacio Serricchio (born April 19, 1982 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actor. Serricchio is a graduate of Syracuse University's drama department with training in directing, acting, Tai Chi, modern dance, stage combat and voice practicum. In September 2004, Serricchio joined the cast of the daytime serial "General Hospital" as troubled youth Diego Sanchez. Diego was ultimately revealed as the long-lost son of global crime lord Lorenzo Alcazar.
- Virginia Luque
Virginia Luque born Violeta Mabel Dominguez is a retired Argentine tango singer and film actress. She made nearly 20 appearances in tango films of Argentina between 1943 and 1976. She began her career in film in 1943 in La Guerra la gano yo. She appeared in films such as "Arriba el telón o el patio de la morocha" in 1951.
- Juan Carlos Copes
Juan Carlos Copes - argentine tango dancer, choreographer, and performer. Contributed to worldwide revival of tango in 1970. In 1962 debuted at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway. In decade of 1960 he was instrumental in creating concept of the tango show in Buenos Aires. In 1983 choreographed "Tango Argentino" on Broadway which contributed to worldwide revival of tango. In 1998 played in "Tango, la película" (Tango, the Movie) by Carlos Saura.
- Cris Morena
Cris Morena is an actress, host, producer, composer and writer from Argentina. Since the mid-90s, Cris dedicates herself only to producing and creating shows targeted at kids and teenagers. Her TV shows spawn merchandises, Broadway style musicals and succeful versions from all around the world. She’s one of the top producers in Argentina and currently has an exclusivity contract with Telefe.
- Alicia Bruzzo
Alicia Liliana Estela Bruzzo was an Argentine actress, born in Buenos Aires to a family of artists. Starting in 1972, she worked in 17 films. She was renowned for her work in television and theater. She won Martín Fierro Awards in 1990 and 1992, and Estrella de Mar Awards in 2003 and 2005. Bruzzo died in Buenos Aires in 2007, at the age of 51, after an acute pulmonary disease.
- Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba (b. El Palomar September 4, 1984) is a well known Argentine actress and composer. Bordonaba, nicknamed "Cato" by family and friends, is probably best remembered for her role as "Pato" and "Camila Bustillo" in the 1995 Telefe telenovela, "Tiny Angels".
- Ariel Rot
Ariel Rot is an Argentine musician. He went to Spain when he was young and became a member of the group Tequila. Later he started a musical career alone, after which he became a member of the group Los Rodríguez (1990-1996). More recently he has returned to solo performing. His sister, Cecilia Roth, is a famous actress. In April 2007, Ariel records "Duos, trios y perversiones", …
- Diego Peretti
Diego Peretti is an Argentine actor and former psychiatrist. He took part in several movies and tv series, including "No sos vos, soy yo" directed by Juan Taratuto and "Los Simuladores" a popular TV series aired by Telefé. His latest work was at the end of 2006, on "¿Quién dice que es fácil?" ("Who says it is easy?") as Aldo.
- Amelita Baltar
María Amelia Baltar, know as Amelita Baltar is an Argentine tango singer. Baltar became famous in the earlies 1970s, when she gave her voice to the songs of Ástor Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer. Her most famous interpretation is "Balada para un loco".
- Juan Diego Botto
Juan Diego Botto-Rota is an Argentine-Spanish actor. Botto's father disappeared during the Argentine Dirty War when Juan Diego was only two years old. With his mother and older sister María, also an actress, he moved to Madrid, Spain, were he currently resides. Botto started acting at the age of 5 in his first role in Juego De Poder. With 37 films under his belt, he is a very accomplished and highly acclaimed actor in Spain.
- Graciela Borges
Graciela Borges (born June 10, 1941, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine television and film actress. She has been working in the Argentine cinema and television since her first role in the film "Zafra" (1958) ("Sugar Harvest").
- Tita Merello
Laura Ana Merello best known as Tita Merello was a prominent Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer. She made almost 45 appearances in film between 1930 and 1985 spanning 6 decades of Argentine cinema. She entered film in 1933 in Tango! and appeared in films such as "Arrabalera" in 1950, working with acclaimed actors such as Santiago Gómez Cou and Tito Alonso.
- Fernando Meligeni
Fernando Ariel Meligeni, nicknamed "Fino" is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. Meligeni was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but moved with his family to São Paulo, Brazil, when he was four years old. As a junior, he won the traditional Orange Bowl in 1989, finishing no. 3 in the world junior rankings in the same year. Meligeni turned professional in 1990, opting for the Brazilian nationality. He won his first ATP Tour singles title in 1995, …
- Leonardo Sbaraglia
Leonardo Sbaraglia (middle name: "Máximo" ; born June 30, 1970 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine film actor. Son of actress and theater teacher R. Randon, Leonardo Sbaraglia started his acting career already at the age of 16 in the film "La Noche de los lápices (Night of the Pencils)", a political documentary drama directed by Héctor Olivera. In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentinian youth for his role in the TV series "Clave de sol".
- Martita Hunt
Martita Hunt was a theatre and film actress.