List of Famous people born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ramiro Civita
Ramiro Civita is an Argentine cinematographer who has been active since 1994 and primarily made documentaries and feature films in Argentina, Spain, and Italy, working with directors such as Fernando León de Aranoa, Daniel Burman, and Silvio Soldini. For his camera work on the Italian mystery thriller The Girl by the Lake, directed by Andrea Molaioli, Civita was nominated for several film awards and won the David di Donatello for Best Cinematography.
Hugo Santiago
Hugo Santiago Muchnick was an Argentine film director.
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel is an Argentine activist, community organizer, painter, writer and sculptor. He was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983), during which he was detained, tortured, and held without trial for 14 months; during that period he also received, among other distinctions, the Pope John XXIII Peace Memorial.
Miguel Ángel Virasoro
Miguel Ángel Virasoro is an Argentine physicist. The Shapiro–Virasoro model, the Virasoro algebra, the Virasoro constraint, and the Virasoro minimal model are named after him.
Fabian Nicieza
Fabian Nicieza is an Argentine-American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, Cable, Deadpool, and Thunderbolts, for all of which he helped create numerous characters, among them Deadpool, Domino, Shatterstar and Silhouette.
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Carlos Saavedra Lamas was an Argentine academic and politician, and in 1936, the first Argentine Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
Ariel Rot
Ariel Rot is an Argentine musician.
Malena Alterio
Malena Grisel Alterio Bacaicoa is an Argentine-born Spanish actress. She became well known with the Spanish TV series Aquí no hay quien viva, playing the role of Belén López Vázquez.
Antonio González de Balcarce
Antonio González de Balcarce was an Argentine military commander in the early 19th century.
Diego Cagna
Diego Cagna is an Argentine football coach and former player. He played as midfielder and retired in 2005.