List of Famous people born in Argentina
Diego Simeone
Diego Pablo Simeone González, nicknamed El Cholo, is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder; he has been the manager of Atlético Madrid since December 2011. Simeone is often considered to be a legendary figure in the history of Atlético Madrid, due to his achievements as a player and manager with them.
Javier Mascherano
Javier Alejandro Mascherano is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back.
Santiago Solari
Santiago Hernán Solari Poggio is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a left midfielder and is currently the manager of Mexican side Club América.
Carlos Tevez
Carlos Alberto Tevez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Boca Juniors and formerly for the Argentina national team. A quick, tenacious, powerful, hard-working and dynamic forward in his prime, Tevez is capable of playing as a striker, as a winger, as a supporting forward, or as an attacking midfielder.
Sergio Romero
Sergio Germán Romero is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English Premier League club Manchester United and the Argentina national team.
Willy Caballero
Wilfredo Daniel "Willy" Caballero Lazcano is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Chelsea and the Argentina national team.
Antonio de la Rúa
Antonio de la Rúa Pertiné is an Argentine lawyer, and the son of former Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa and Inés Pertiné. He was an advisor to his father during his father's presidency and one of the heads of his father’s presidential campaign.
Éver Banega
Éver Maximiliano David Banega Hernández is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Saudi Arabian club Al Shabab and the Argentina national team as a central midfielder.
Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known as Eva Perón and Evita, was the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón (1895–1974) and First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She was born in poverty in the rural village of Los Toldos, in the Pampas, as the youngest of five children. In 1934 at the age of 15, she moved to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a stage, radio, and film actress.
Juan Pablo Di Pace
Juan Pablo Di Pace is an Argentinian actor and singer. He began his career in the United Kingdom, performing in a number of musicals and appearing in films like Survival Island (2005) and Mamma Mia! (2008). He later moved to Spain, starring in several television series from 2009 to 2013. In 2014, Di Pace began starring as Nicolas Treviño in the TNT drama series Dallas. From 2016 to 2020, he played the role of Kimmy Gibbler's estranged husband, Fernando, on Fuller House, a spin–off series of Full House.