List of Famous people born in Ecuador

Glenda Morejón is an Ecuadorian racewalker. On 27 July 2017, she won the 5000m category of the IAAF World U18 Championships, becoming the second female Ecuadorian athlete to do so.

Frank Vargas Pazzos is a former commander of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE). He also served as Chief of the Joint Armed Forces Command of Ecuador.

Carlos Góngora Mercado is an amateur boxer from Ecuador best known for winning a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio in the men's middleweight division.

Luis Alfredo Palacio González is an Ecuadorian cardiologist and former politician who served as President of Ecuador from April 20, 2005 to January 15, 2007. From January 15, 2003 to April 20, 2005, he served as vice president, after which he was appointed to the presidency when the Ecuadorian Congress removed President Lucio Gutiérrez from power following a week of growing unrest with his government.

Jackson Gabriel Porozo Vernaza is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Boavista as a central defender.

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos is an Ecuadorian politician who was President of Ecuador from August 10, 1988 to August 10, 1992. He is also a descendant of the House of Borgia.

José Francisco Cevallos Villavicencio is an Ecuadorian retired football goalkeeper, former Minister of Sports in Ecuador and current President of Barcelona, the football club where he started his professional career. Nicknamed Las Manos del Ecuador, Cevallos is considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of Ecuadorian football. He has won three national titles with Guayaquil based club Barcelona, with whom he has spent the majority of his professional career. As the goalkeeper for LDU Quito, he was a key figure in the team's 2008 Copa Libertadores title, where he saved three penalties in the deciding penalty shoot-out. That same year, he was voted as the Best Goalkeeper in South America by Montevideo based newspaper El País. As a member of the national team, he has participated in four Copa Américas and Ecuador's first World Cup participation. Having represented his national team 89 times, he is the highest capped goalkeeper in the history of the team.