List of Famous people born in Argentina

Juan Manuel de Rosas, nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was a politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Although born into a wealthy family, Rosas independently amassed a personal fortune, acquiring large tracts of land in the process. Rosas enlisted his workers in a private militia, as was common for rural proprietors, and took part in the disputes that led to numerous civil wars in his country. Victorious in warfare, personally influential, and with vast landholdings and a loyal private army, Rosas became a caudillo, as provincial warlords in the region were known. He eventually reached the rank of brigadier general, the highest in the Argentine Army, and became the undisputed leader of the Federalist Party.

Alejandro Darío Gómez, known as Papu Gómez, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward, winger or attacking midfielder for Spanish club Sevilla and the Argentina national football team.

Juan Manuel Iturbe Arévalo is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Pumas UNAM and the Paraguay national team. Iturbe represented the Paraguay national team in a friendly match in 2009. After the friendly, he declared his intention to play for Argentina, his country of birth, and did so at under-20 level. However, in early 2016 Iturbe expressed his desire to once again represent Paraguay, his parents' country of origin.

Cayetano Santos Godino, also known as "El Petiso Orejudo", was an Argentinian serial killer who terrorized Buenos Aires at the age of 16. In the early 20th century, he was responsible for the murder of four children, the attempted murder of another seven children, and seven counts of arson.

Gabriel Iván Mercado is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Qatari club Al-Rayyan. Mainly a right back, he could also play as a central defender.

Lionel Sebastián Scaloni is an Argentine retired footballer, and the current manager of the Argentina national team. A player of wide range, he operated as a right back or right midfielder.

María Juliana Awada is the former First Lady of Argentina, from 2015 until 2019. She is the first First Lady of Argentina to receive the distinction of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic in 70 years and the second in history after Eva Perón in 1947. In 2016 she was chosen the most elegant First Lady in the world by ¡Hola! magazine.

Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges, known professionally as Linda Cristal, was an Argentine actress. She appeared in a number of Western films during the 1950s, before winning a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1958 comedy film The Perfect Furlough.

Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is an Argentine former professional tennis player. She was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 titles and achieving a career-high ranking of 3 in both singles and doubles. In singles, Sabatini won the US Open in 1990, the WTA Finals in 1988 and 1994, and was runner-up at Wimbledon 1991, US Open 1988 and silver medalist at the 1988 Olympics. In doubles, she won Wimbledon in 1988 with Steffi Graf, and reached three French Open finals. Among Open Era players who did not reach world no. 1 themselves, Sabatini retains the record for accumulating the most wins over reigning world no. 1 ranked players. In 2006, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and in 2018 Tennis Magazine ranked her as the 20th-greatest player of the preceding 50 years.

Rodrigo Alejandro Bueno, also known by his stage name Rodrigo or his nickname "El Potro", was an Argentine singer of cuarteto music. He is widely regarded as the best, most famous and most influential singer in the history of this genre. Bueno's style was marked by his on-stage energy and charisma. His short, dyed hair and casual clothes differed from typical cuarteto singers with strident colors and long curly hair. During his career, Bueno expanded cuarteto music to the Argentine national scene, remaining one of the main figures of the genre.