- Carolina Ardohain
Ana Carolina Ardohain Dos Santos (born January 17, 1978 in General Acha, La Pampa) is a supermodel and television star in Argentina, also known by the nickname "Pampita". Her mother Tanhia Dos Santos is Brazilian by birth. At the age of 17, she left home and went to Buenos Aires. She worked in sales until a casting agent spotted her. The casting agent wanted not only a pretty face but a girl with character. Pampita fit this role.
- Javier Saviola
Javier Pedro Saviola (born 11 December 1981 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentinian professional football player, who plays for Real Madrid. His usual position is as striker. He is known for his speed and ability to score from almost any position. He has scored 10 goals in 34 games for the Argentina national team, and represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In 2005, he was the youngest named on the FIFA 100 list of the 125 greatest living footballers.
- Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentinian artist and songwriter. During the 1980s and 90s he was a member of the Argentinian Rock en Español group Soda Stereo along with Charly Alberti and Zeta Bosio. In the early 90s, with Amor Amarillo, he pursued a solo career. Cerati recorded two solo albums while playing with Soda Stereo. These albums are: * Colores Santos (Holly colours) (1991) A project with Daniel Melero.
- Julio Arca
Julio Andrés Arca is an Argentinian footballer, also former Argentinian Under-21 captain, currently playing for Middlesbrough. Arca's father was a bank manager. His Italian passport allows him to play in Europe without needing a work permit. Signed by Sunderland under Boss Peter Reid in 2000 from Argentinos Juniors with £3.5million five-year deal, while beat off competition from Newcastle United and Leeds United.
- Roberto Ayala
Roberto Fabián "El Ratón" Ayala is an Argentinian football player, who currently plays for the Spanish team Real Zaragoza. Regarded as one of the best central defenders in the world, he has been captain of the Argentine national team for more matches than anyone else and has played in three World Cups. Ayala is the most capped player ever for Argentina with 115 international appearances.
- Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (Buenos Aires, April 11, 1916 - June 25, 1983 Geneva) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.
- Pamela David
Pamela David is an Argentinian television star & model who found fame in the reality TV show 'El BarTV 2'. She is originally from Santiago del Estero.
- Leopoldo Galtieri
Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli (July 15, 1926 - January 12, 2003) was an Argentinian general and the "de facto" President of Argentina from 22 December 1981 to 18 June 1982, during the last military dictatorship. The death squad Intelligence Battalion 601 directly reported to him
- Luis Scola
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa is an Argentinian professional basketball player. The 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) and 104 kg (230 lb) power forward currently signed with the ACB's TAU Cerámica and the Argentina national basketball team. He has double citizenship: Argentine and Spanish.
- Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar was a Belgian-born Argentine intellectual and author of several experimental novels and many short stories.
- Ariel Ortega
Ariel Arnaldo Ortega is an Argentinian footballer, who currently plays for Club Atlético River Plate as a midfielder. His nickname is "El Burrito" ("The Little Donkey"), thus called "Burrito Ortega". Ortega's previous clubs have included Fenerbahçe, Parma A.C., U.C. Sampdoria, Valencia C.F., and River Plate. He has been capped 89 times for the Argentinian national team, scoring 17 goals (as of the end of 2004).
- Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas was a conservative Argentine politician who ruled Argentina from 1829 to 1852. Rosas was one of the first famous "caudillos" in Latin America. Rosas came on to the national scene as a powerful cattle rancher. He controlled the cattle frontier pampa of Argentina, allowing him to rule over the capital, Buenos Aires. Rosas defeated the European expeditionary forces in 1820 with the help of gauchos. In 1829, Rosas became governor of Buenos Aires.
- Manuel Puig
Manuel Puig was an Argentinian author. Among his best known novels are "La traición de Rita Hayworth" (1968) ("Betrayed by Rita Hayworth"), "Boquitas pintadas" (1973) ("Heartbreak Tango"), and "El beso de la mujer araña" (1976) ("Kiss of the Spider Woman"), which was made into a film by the Argentine-Brazilian Director, Héctor Babenco and in 1993 into a Broadway musical.
- Valeria Mazza
Valeria Raquel Mazza (born February 17, 1972) is an Argentine fashion supermodel. She was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, and discovered when she was only 16 years old by hairstylist Roberto Giordano. She rose to fame in 1996 when she appeared on the "Sports Illustrated" Swimsuit Issue cover with Tyra Banks, and presented the San Remo Music Festival in Italy. Mazza has also appeared on the covers of "Glamour", "ELLE", and "Vogue".
- Jorge Cafrune
Jorge Antonio Cafrune (Jujuy, August 8th 1937 - Buenos Aires, February 1st 1978) was a one of the most popular argentinian folklorist singers of his time, aside from be a unflagging investigator, compilator and diffuser of the native culture. Jorge Cafrune
- Franco Miranda
Franco Miranda is a football player from Argentina who is currently playing for Helsingborgs IF in Sweden. He signed for the club in the summer of 2006, leaving Argentinian club CAI. He has also represented giants River Plate. Miranda is a full back playing on the left wing. On June 19th, 2007, it was announced that his contract with Helsingborg would expire the 1 July.
- Fabricio Oberto
Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto is an Argentine professional basketball player, currently playing for the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. He is a 6' 10", 245 lb center/power forward. He has dual Argentine and Italian citizenship. At age 17, Oberto went to a trial at "AD Atenas de Córdoba", one of the most important basketball clubs in Argentina, and was selected to start the following year, and started playing professionally later that year.
- Ezequiel Garay
Ezequiel Marcelo Garay is an Argentine football player, who currently plays for Racing de Santander in the Spanish La Liga. His favoured positions are on the right wing and in central defence. His previous club were Newell's Old Boys of Argentina. He has been linked with a move to Manchester United F.C. and has been quoted as being very pleased with this, but will continue concentrating on Racing de Santander.
- Nicole Neumann
Nicole Unter Ruberbacher Neumann (born October 31 1980, Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian supermodel and actress. Her father Bernd Unter Ruberbacher is Austrian and her mother Claudia Neumann a German-Argentine psychologist and businesswoman. She started modeling professionally at age 11, and is regarded as one of the top Argentinian models in the world fashion scene, along with Carolina Ardohain, Rocio Guirao Diaz, …
- Julio Ricardo Cruz
Julio Ricardo Cruz (born October 10 1974 in Santiago del Estero) is an Argentinian footballer who plays for Italian side F.C. Internazionale Milano.
- King Africa
King Africa (stage name of Alan Duffy) (June 7, 1962) is an Argentinian recording artist of American descent. He is well known in Latin America for his dance music and unique, intense voice.
- Keyra Augustina
Keyra Augustina or Keyra Agustina is the pseudonym of an Argentinian woman, famous for photographs and videos of herself circulating on the Internet. The name Keyra Augustina is believed to come from the aliases 'Keyra' and 'Agus', which she used to post on websites such as "Supertangas" and "Foro Argentino de Amateurs". Wishing to keep her online activities from her family and friends, …
- Ariel
Ariel (born Ariel Belloso,14 September 1967), is an Argentinian, UK Based DJ and record producer. He began his career playing new wave music and disco music at clubs in Rosario and Buenos Aires during the early 1980s and moved to London in 1991, after spending 8 months in Ibiza, where he was influenced by the early house music and acid house sounds. While DJing in London and throughout the world during the 1990s, he developed a personal unique style, …
- Maxi Rodríguez
Maximiliano Rubén Rodríguez is an Argentine footballer. He plays as a midfielder, and sometimes as a striker. He holds dual citizenship: Argentinian and Italian.
- Juan Pablo Sorín
Juan Pablo Sorín is an Argentinian football player who, as of 2006, is playing for Hamburger SV in the German Bundesliga. He is a much-travelled player, having spent time in Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Italy and France. He was captain of the Argentinian team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He has an eccentric style of play and, despite being played in defensive roles, is often found up front attacking, using his heading skill to great effect.
- Lucho González
Luis Oscar 'Lucho' González is an Argentine football (soccer) player. Called "Lucho" by fans, González played from the age of 14 for Huracán until his transfer to River Plate in 2002. At River Plate, he was part of the 2004 "Clausura" championship winning team. He played with the Argentina team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. His performances at River Plate earned him a deal with FC Porto in 2005, …
- Ricardo Rojas
Ricardo Rojas is a Argentinian born football defender who played for the Paraguay national football team. Rojas has played for Club Libertad in Paraguay, Sporting Lisbon in Portugal and with Argentinian clubs Estudiantes, River Plate and Belgrano. Rojas was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup with the national team.
- Diego Klimowicz
Diego Klimowicz is a Argentinian football striker of Polish descent. He was born on July 6 1974, in the city of Quilmes in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. He currently plays for Borussia Dortmund of the Fußball-Bundesliga in Germany. Klimowicz started his career at Intstituto de Córdoba in the Argentine 2nd division in 1993.
- Carlos Marinelli
Carlos Arturo Marinelli is an Argentinian footballer from Villa de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina and he plays for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. He started off his career with Boca Juniors where he played until 1999 when Middlesbrough F.C. signed him for £1.5 million. He failed to live up to expectations and left the Riverside Stadium in 2003 and signed for Torino F.C. During the 2004-2005 season, he joined Portuguese side SC Braga on a transfer, …
- Lidia Borda
Lidia Borda is an Argentinian tango singer. Born in Buenos Aires, Lidia Borda studied Fine Art, Music and Theatre. Though she had been singing since her adolescence, it was in 1995 that she decided to dedicate herself entirely to singing tango, of which she has become one of the most important modern interpreters. Borda has toured internationally in America and Europe and has participated in the numerous festivals, including "Grec", …
- Massimo Busacca
Massimo Busacca (born February 6, 1969 in Bellinzona) is a Swiss football (soccer) referee. He lives in Monte Carasso near Bellinzona and is also a business owner. He has been a referee in the highest Swiss football league since 1996. He has been a FIFA referee since 1999. He was called to be a referee at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
- Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed "nuevo tango", incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. He is therefore widely considered the most important tango composer of the latter half of the twentieth century. A formidable bandoneonist, he continuously performed his own compositions with different ensembles.
- Esteban Tuero
Esteban Tuero (b. April 22, 1978) is an Argentinian racing driver who raced for the Minardi Formula One team in 1998. Tuero became the third youngest ever F1 driver when he landed his seat alongside Shinji Nakano, and he was tipped for a bright future in the sport, only to shock the paddock by announcing his retirement from the sport at the end of the season following an injury to his neck.
- 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".
- Natalia Streignard
Natalia Martínez Streignard is a Venezuelan actress, born September 9, 1970 in Madrid, Spain. Her mother is Argentine and her father is German. When she was 3, the whole family emigrated to Venezuela. Before becoming an actress, Streignard was a contestant in the Miss Venezuela pageant, where she was finalist. Her acting career started shortly after (in 1992), with starring and supporting roles in several Venezuelan telenovelas.
- Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Carlos Saavedra Lamas (November 1, 1878 - May 5, 1959) was an Argentinian academic and politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1936. He was the first Latin American to receive such an award. Lamas, born in Buenos Aires into the Argentinian aristocracy, was an outstanding student who received his doctorate in laws from the University of Buenos Aires, and then began a career as a teacher of law and sociology at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, …
- Bernarda Fink
Bernarda Fink is an Argentinian mezzo-soprano. Born in Argentina to Slovenian parents, she studied at the "Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón" in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She won First Prize at the Nuevas Voces Líricas competition in 1985 and moved to Europe. She has sung with leading orchestras – Philharmonics of Vienna and London, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Radio-France Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, …
- 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).
- 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.
- Robert Lawrence
Robert Lawrence MC is a former British Army officer who fought and was severely wounded in the Falklands War. Lawrence wrote about his experience of the battle of Mount Tumbledown and the injury he sustained at the hands of an Argentinian sniper. Lawrence lost 43% of his brain and was paralysed down one side of his body. His book was adapted into the BBC television programme Tumbledown which was viewed by more than 10 million people on first showing.