List of Famous people born in Argentina
Néstor Pitana
Néstor Fabián Pitana is an Argentine football referee and former actor who refereed at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2015 Copa América and 2018 FIFA World Cup. He oversaw the opening match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Pitana was appointed to take charge of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia at Moscow on 15 July 2018. He became the second referee to take charge of the opening game and the Final in the same tournament.
Ricardo Gareca
Ricardo Alberto Gareca Nardi, nicknamed el Tigre and el Flaco, is an Argentine football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Peru national team.
Paulo Gazzaniga
Paulo Dino Gazzaniga is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Elche CF on loan from Tottenham Hotspur and the Argentina national team.
Franco Armani
Franco Armani is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Club Atlético River Plate and the Argentina national team.
Nicolás Tagliafico
Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left back for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Argentina national team.
Stephanie Beatriz
Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri, known professionally as Stephanie Beatriz, is an American actress. She is best known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the NBC comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine and played Jessica in the independent drama Short Term 12 (2013).
Dani Osvaldo
Pablo Daniel Osvaldo is a footballer who plays as a forward for Primera División club Banfield. Born and raised in Argentina, Osvaldo represented the Italy national football team internationally.
Enrique Gratas
Enrique G. Gratas was an Argentinian journalist and television personality known for being the original host of Ocurrio Asi on Telemundo, and the former anchor of Univision's Última Hora, the second most popular Spanish newscast in the United States.
Ezequiel Lavezzi
Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, his most important attributes were his pace, hardworking style of play, technique, creativity, and dribbling ability; although he was usually deployed as a winger, he was also used as a second striker or as an attacking midfielder on occasion.
Ignacio Serricchio
Ignacio Ariel Serricchio is an Argentine American actor. He is known for his role as Diego Alcazar on General Hospital and as Alejandro "Alex" Chavez on The Young and the Restless. Other roles include Lifetime's Witches of East End, seasons 9-12 of Bones, and the Netflix reboot of Lost in Space.