List of Famous people born in Argentina
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Tito Cuevas Urroz is an Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna.
Marcelo Gallardo
Marcelo Daniel Gallardo is an Argentine football coach and former professional player who is manager of River Plate. Gallardo began his career in the club's youth divisions, and made his debut in the Argentine Primera División at age 17 in 1993. After a six-year period in which he won five local league championships, the 1996 Copa Libertadores and the 1997 Supercopa Libertadores, he transferred to France's Ligue 1 AS Monaco FC and was named French League Footballer of the Year in 2000. Gallardo represented Argentina in two FIFA World Cups, although his performance was affected by injuries in both.
Facundo Pereyra
Facundo Abel Pereyra is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League. He is a versatile player, who is able to play as an attacking midfielder, winger in both flanks, secondary striker and a forward.
Alberto Cortez
Alberto Cortez was an Argentine singer and songwriter. Cortez and his wife Renée Goovaerts lived in Madrid.
Nacho Figueras
Ignacio Figueras is an Argentine polo player with a 6-goal handicap. Sometimes called the "David Beckham of polo", he usually plays in Argentina and in the U.S. as part of the Black Watch Polo Team. He has also been the face of Ralph Lauren's Black Label line since 2005, and was recently chosen to represent the entire line of Polo fragrances. In 2015, models.com ranked him in the top eighteen of their Money Men.
Jorge Zorreguieta
Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini was an Argentine politician who served as Secretary of Agriculture in the regime of General Jorge Rafael Videla. Zorreguieta was the father of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He is the current manager of Defensa y Justicia.
Emanuel Mammana
Emanuel Hernán Mammana is an Argentine footballer who plays for PFC Sochi on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg as a central defender.
Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Adrián Cerati was an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and producer, considered one of the most important and influential figures of Ibero-American rock. Cerati along with his band Soda Stereo, were one of the most popular and influential Spanish-language rock and pop groups of the 1980s and '90s.
Ricardo Montaner
Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, better known as Ricardo Montaner, is an Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Since starting his career in the late 1970s, he has already released more than 24 albums, and many successful singles. He has sold an estimated sales of 22 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists.