FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the country. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within the country for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the country in their personal endeavors.

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A

• Eduardo Blanco Acevedo politician, physician
• Delmira Agustini poet
• Wilson Ferreira Aldunate leader national party
• Gregorio Alvarez general, former dicator
• Juan Jose de Amezaga lawyer, former president
• Julio Cesar Benitez Amodeo footballer
• Mariano Arana politician, former minister of housing
• Jorge Pacheco Areco politician, former president
• Rodney Arismendi author, politician
• Jose Gervasio Artigas national hero
• Danilo Astori minister of economic and finance
• Pablo Atchugarry sculptor
• Real de Azua analyist

B

• Didier Opertti Badan former interior minister
• Alfredo Baldomir soldier, architect, former president
• Hugo Batalla politician, former vice-president
• Jose Belloni scultpor
• Mario Benedetti journalist, poet, author
• Luis Batlle Berres politician, former vice-president
• Juan Manuel Blanes artist
• Samuel Blixen author
• Juan Maria Bordaberry rancher, former president
• Pedro Bordaberry politician
• Raul Sichero Bouret architect
• Emiliano Branchiari musician
• Federico Britos musician
• Baltasar Brum former president
• Jose Maria Flores Burlon boxer
• Raul Montero Bustamante professor

C

• Fernando Cabrera author
• Juan Jose Calandria artist
• Edgardo Cambon musician
• Canaro orchestra leader, violinist
• Roberto Canessa one of 16 survivors in Andes air crash, politician
• Lorenzo Carnelli lawyer, politician
• Del Ciopo director
• Mauricio Cravotto architect
• Juan Lindolfo Cuestas former president

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