List of Famous people born in Mar del Plata, Argentina

Damián Emiliano Martínez Romero is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Aston Villa.

Roberto Carlos Mario Gómez is an Argentine football manager and former player.

Germán Adrián Ramón Burgos, nicknamed El Mono Burgos, is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and a current manager.

Emiliano Buendía Stati is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for the Premier League club Norwich City. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a winger.

Roberto Casimiro Mieres was a racing driver from Mar del Plata, Argentina. He participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 7 June 1953. He scored a total of 13 championship points.

Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed Nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles.

María Laura Corradini Falomir, popularly known as Chenoa, is an Argentine-Spanish female music artist who became successful after appearing on the TV contest Operación Triunfo. Her music style could be described as pop. Most of her music is in Spanish, although a few tracks on some albums were recorded in English. Although her albums are not readily available in the U.S. record shelves as they are in Spain and Latin America, they can be found on the Internet. She has sold more than 1,000,000 records since 2002.

Tristán Bauer is an Argentine film maker, screenwriter and politician. Since 10 December 2019, he has been Argentina's Minister of Culture in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández.

Paz Lenchantin is an Argentine-American musician. She has been the bass guitarist, vocalist and violinist of the alternative rock band Pixies since 2014. She is known for playing bass or strings with various bands, including Entrance, A Perfect Circle, Silver Jews, Zwan, and Queens of the Stone Age.