- Fernando Lugo
Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez (born May 30, 1949 in San Pedro, San Pedro, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan politician and former Roman Catholic bishop. He is a presidential pre-candidate in the 2008 election. He had requested laicization, but was instead suspended from priestly ministry for running for office.
- Ingrid Rimland
Ingrid Rimland is a German American and the wife of Ernst Zündel. Born in Ukraine to a Mennonite family descended from nineteenth century German settlers, her family left the Soviet Union in 1943 following the retreating German Army as it was beaten back by the Red Army during World War II. Her family did not remain in Germany, however, and settled in Paraguay where she later married and had children.
- Oliver Neuville
Oliver Patric Neuville is a Swiss-German football player. He was born of a German father and an Italian mother in Locarno, Switzerland. His name (properly pronounced in French – not German – fashion) stems from his Belgian grandfather. He has one son Lars-Oliver (*1997). Neuville started his career in his native Switzerland with Servette (1992-96). He also played in Spain for Tenerife (1996-97), …
- Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born on April 19, 1970 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican-Mexican pop singer of Italian and Spaniard decent that was raised in Mexico. He is best known for his crooning vocals and romantic ballads. He has been the most popular singer in Latin America since the early 1980s. He has set world records that go unrivaled in Latin Music.
- 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, …
- Brent Sancho
Brent Sancho (born 13 March 1977 in Port of Spain) is a Trinidad and Tobago international footballer. He spent his college years playing for St. John's University in New York, where he was part of the school's only National Championship, in 1996. He then spent most of his early career playing in the United States, before joining Dundee in the 2003/04 season. A successful spell in the SPL was followed by a transfer to League One side Gillingham.
- Domenico Zipoli
Domenico Zipoli (October 17, 1688, Prato, Florence (Italy) - January 2, 1726, Cordoba, Argentina) was an Italian Baroque composer. As a Jesuit he volunteered to work in the Reductions of Paraguay where his musical expertise did much to develop the natural musical talents of the Guaranis. He is remembered as the most accomplished musician among Jesuit missionnaries
- Lewin Nyatanga
Lewin John Nyatanga (born August 18 1988 in Burton upon Trent, England) is an English born Welsh football defender who plays for Wales at international level. He currently plays for Derby County in the English Premiership. Nyatanga qualifies for Wales through parentage, having been born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, to a Zimbabwean father and Welsh mother. His first team was Littleover Dazzlers, for whom he played as a youngster.
- Celeste Troche
Celeste Troche is a Paraguayan professional golfer who was born in Asunción on February 13, 1981. She attended Auburn University in the United States, and was a two time All-American. She was the co-medalist at the 2001 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship. She turned pro in 2003 and has played on the LPGA Tour since then, but has struggled to hold onto full LPGA Tour status so she has had to spend time on the Futures Tour.
- Matt Jansen
Matt Jansen is an English football player. A creative player, and a former England under-21 international, his career started at Carlisle United, where he scored 10 league goals. He turned down the chance to join Manchester United before signing for Crystal Palace in 1998 for £2.5 million, where his impressive displays earned him a move to Premier League side Blackburn Rovers for £4 million.
- Robert Choquette
Robert Guy Choquette (April 22, 1905 - January 22, 1991) was a Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat. Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, his family moved to Montreal in 1914. In 1968, he was appointed Canada's ambassador to Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina. He served until 1970. In 1968 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1989 he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
- Kim Jung-Woo
Kim Jung-Woo (born May 9, 1982) ,from Korea University, is a South Korean football player who, as of 2004 was playing for Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i. He was part of the South Korean 2004 Olympic football team, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay. He is currently playing with the Nagoya Grampus Eight of the J. League First Division.
- Roberto Perfumo
Roberto Alfredo Perfumo was an Argentine soccer player, who made his international debut May of 1964 in Lima for a selection process for the Olympic Games. "El Mariscal" won the Intercontinental Cup with Racing Club in 1967, as well as two Argentine leagues, and three with River Plate. He had poor performances as coach, starting with Sarmiento de Junín in 1981. He also coached Racing in 1991, and Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata in 1993.
- Pierre Clastres
Pierre Clastres, (1934-1977), was a French anthropologist and ethnographer. He is best known for his fieldwork among the Guayaki in Paraguay and his theory on stateless societies. Some people regard him as giving scientific validity to certain anarchist perspectives. In his most famous work, "Society Against the State" (1974), Clastres indeed criticizes both the evolutionist notion that the state would be the ultimate destiny of all societies, …
- Luis Alberto Lacalle
Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and was the President of Uruguay between 1990-1995. He trained as a lawyer in the national university (Universidad de la Republica), and worked as a journalist from 1961. Lacalle is married to María Julia Pou Brito del Pino (1946-). They have three children, Pilar, Luis Alberto, and Juan José. He is the grandson of the historic Blanco leader, Luis Alberto de Herrera.
- Justo Villar
Justo Wilmar Villar is a Paraguayan football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Newell's Old Boys of the Primera División Argentina. Villar started his career for Paraguayan club Sol de América where he was coached by legendary goalkeeper Ever Hugo Almeida, from whom he learned to develop his goalkeeping skills. Afterwards, Villar moved to a bigger Paraguayan club, Libertad, in which he won back-to-back national championships in 2002 and 2003 in the Liga Paraguaya.
- Zdravko Zdravkov
Zdravko Zdravkov (born October 4, 1970 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian football goalkeeper, who, as of 2005, is playing for Çaykur Rizespor in Turkey. On the club level, Zdravkov has played for Levski Sofia (1989-1995), Istanbulspor (1997-1999 and 2000-2002), Adanaspor (1999-2000), Cherno more (2002–2003), and Litex Lovech (2003-2004). For Bulgaria, Zdravkov has been capped over 60 times. He was the starting goalkeeper for his country at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2004.
- Carlos Gamarra
Carlos Alberto Gamarra Pavon (born February 17, 1971 in Ypacarai, Paraguay) is a football player. He captained the Paraguay national team at international level, playing at centre-half, and is the most capped player in Paraguayan football history, having made 110 international appearances and scoring 12 goals. Gamarra is known for his leadership, heading and outstanding tackling skills, making him one of the most respected defenders in the world.
- Cecilia Cubas
Cecilia Cubas, the daughter of former Paraguayan President Raúl Cubas, was found dead on February 16, 2005, underneath a house near Asunción, nearly five months after she was kidnapped. Cecilia Cubas, 32, was abducted by gunmen two blocks from her home in Asunción in September 2004, sparking a massive search by security forces who hoped to rescue her alive.
- Daisuke Nasu
Daisuke Nasu (born October 10, 1981) is a Japanese football player who, as of 2004 was playing for Yokohama F. Marinos. He was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished fourth in group B, below group winners Paraguay, Italy and Ghana.
- Shoji Jo
is a retired Japanese football (soccer) player. He was born on the island of Hokkaidō and began his footballing career with JEF United in 1994. He quickly established himself, scoring twelve goals in his first season; he scored his first goal on his debut against Gamba Osaka on 12 March. He made his international debut the following September in a friendly match against Paraguay. After three seasons with JEF United, Jo moved to the Yokohama Marinos in 1997.
- Arsenio Erico
Arsenio Pastor Erico was a Paraguayan football forward, the all-time highest goalscorer in the Argentine first division. He is considered the best Paraguayan footballer of all time. Erico, born in Asunción, Paraguay, started his career in Club Nacional of Paraguay and made his debut in the club's first team squad at the age of 15. During the early 1930's, …
- Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos is undoubtedly one of the greatest Paraguayan novelists of all time, and indeed among the most important Latin American writers. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia and worked as newspaperman and a filmscript writer. He was best known for "Yo el Supremo" (1974, "I, the Supreme"). This is one of the foremost Latin American novels to tackle the question of dictators and dictatorships, …
- Callum Hart
Callum Hart (born 21 December 1985) is a professional footballer currently without a club He started his career at Bristol City as a youth team player, but after failing to impress enough to gain a professional contract, was released by the club. He was offered a trial by AFC Bournemouth during the summer of 2005, after spending a few months working for his father's carpentry firm, in the hope of ending the South Coast club's long search for a left-back.
- Tatsuya Tanaka
Tatsuya Tanaka is a Japanese football player who, as of 2004, was playing for the Urawa Red Diamonds. He was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team eliminated in the first round after finishing fourth in group B, below group winners Paraguay, Italy, and Ghana.
- Edward Roschmann
Edward Roschman was an SS Hauptsturmführer and Nazi War Criminal known as 'The Butcher of Riga'. Born on 25th of August 1908 in Graz, he later became SS Hauptsturmführer #152681 and the SS Commandant of the Riga concentration camp which held German Jews during World War II. Roshchmann is known to have committed unspeakable crimes during his tenure as SS commandant. He was responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent Jews within the camp.
- Mixu Paatelainen
Mika-Matti "Mixu" Paatelainen is a Finnish football player and manager. Mixu is the oldest of three brothers, all of whom play football. He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the Finnish national team. A virtual unknown, Dundee United signed him from FC Haka for £100,000 in October, 1987. He would become their top scorer twice. He was then transferred to Aberdeen for £400,000 in February, 1992, and further to Bolton Wanderers in 1994.
- Edison Cavani
Edison Cavani is an Uruguayan football striker. He was born on February 14 1987, in the city of Salto in Uruguay. Cavani moved to Montevideo when he was 12 years old. He came through the youth system at Danubio F.C. to make his debut for the first team in 2006. He was part of the Apertura 2006 championship winning squad.
- Denis Caniza
Denis Ramón Caniza Acuña is a Paraguayan football defender. Caniza, a regular in the Paraguay national football team, started his career in Olimpia of Paraguay. He also played in Club Atlético Lanús of Argentina, Santos Laguna, Cruz Azul, and is currently playing in Cruz Azul of Mexico. Caniza has always been a regular in the Paraguay national football team because of his versatility, as he can play as a left side defender or as a centre-back.
- Gauchito Gil
The Gauchito Gil is a legendary character of Argentina's popular culture. His full name was Antonio Mamerto Gil Núñez and he was allegedly born in the area of Pay Ubre, nowadays Mercedes, Corrientes, possibly in the 1840s, and died on 8 January 1878.
- Paulo da Silva
Paulo César da Silva Barrios is a Paraguayan football defender, who currently plays for Toluca of the Primera División de México. Da Silva started his career at the youth divisions of Atlántida Sport Club. Before joining Toluca, da Silva played for Perugia and Venezia of Italy, and Lanús of Argentina. He joined Toluca from Paraguayan club Club Libertad for the 2003 Apertura. Since making his debut, da Silva has been a mainstay in Toluca's defense, …
- Sila Godoy
Sila Godoy, said to be the most accomplished new world classical guitarist in the generation following Agustín Barrios, was born in Villarrica Paraguay on December 4th, 1919. As child Sila had the advantage of growing up in a rich musical environment. His mother and his uncles were talented musicians who exposed him at an early age to the piano, violin, mandolin, harp and tropical guitar. Sila soon began to play each of these with a precocity that amazed his elders.
- Eric Caldow
Eric Caldow (born 14 May 1934 in Cumnock) is a former Scottish international footballer who played for Rangers, Stirling Albion and Scotland. Caldow attended Cumnock Academy and started his footballing career with the local Muirkirk Juniors side as a Fullback. He signed for Rangers in 1952 and made his debut on September 12 1953 in a 4-2 win over Ayr United at Ibrox.
- Roque Santa Cruz
Roque Santa Cruz is a Paraguayan football striker, who currently plays for Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga.
- Carlos Franco
Carlos Franco is a Paraguayan golfer. Franco was born in Asunción, Paraguay. He comes from a poor background and grew up in a one-room, dirt-floor home. His father was a greenkeeper and caddy, and he has five brothers, all of whom became golf professionals. Carlos turned professional in 1986 and has played in many parts of the world. He has won more than twenty tournaments in Latin America, and from 1994 to 1999 he won five times on the Japan Golf Tour.
- Juan Carlos Franco
Juan Carlos Franco is a former Paraguayan footballer who played as a midfielder. Franco, a one club man, started and ended his career at Club Olimpia of Paraguay where he became a fan-favorite because of his loyalty and contributions to the club. He represented Paraguay at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Julio dos Santos
Julio Daniel dos Santos Rodríguez is a Paraguayan football midfielder who currently on loan at VfL Wolfsburg. He started his career at Paraguay a club Cerro Porteño before eventually moving to Bayern Munich. He was elected Paraguayan Footballer of the Year in 2005 by Paraguayan newspaper Diario ABC Color. Dos Santos plays in midfield, the hole-position behind striker and sometimes even as striker.
- Willi Plett
Willi Plett is a retired professional ice hockey player. Plett didn't start playing organized hockey until age 12 although once he caught on, he fell in love with the game. But by the time he made the junior level with the St. Catharines Black Hawks of the OHA, he lacked finesse and aggressiveness. As a result, his coach, Hap Emms, demoted him to a tier-two level club. From that point forward, Plett began to barge around the ice, playing roughhouse hockey.
- Emilio Martínez
Emilio Martínez is a Paraguayan football player who currently plays for Santos Laguna. Martinez was part of Paraguay's silver medal-winning team at the 2004 Olympics.
- Lino Oviedo
Lino César Oviedo García is a former Paraguayan army general and a politician. Oviedo born in Paraguayan town of Juan de Mena (Cordillera Department) the September 23, 1943. He was named chief of the Army in 1993, he attempted to overthrow President Juan Carlos Wasmosy in a coup in April 1996. He was imprisoned for this attempt, but later pardoned in a controversial legal maneuver by President Raúl Cubas.