List of Famous people born in Paraguay
Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez
Raúl Amarilla Aguada
Raúl Vicente Amarilla is a Paraguayan retired footballer who played as a striker. Born in Paraguay, he represented Spain internationally with the under-21 team.
Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos
Bicho Riveros
Carlos Jara Saguier
Carlos de los Santos Jara Saguier is a former Paraguayan football player who works as a coach.
Edmundo Valenzuela Mellid
Archbishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid SDB is a Roman Catholic missionary currently serving in Paraguay as the sixth Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Asunción. On February 13, 2006 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Apostolic Vicar to Chaco Paraguayo, an area with a population of 18,000 but only 5 ordained priests. As a result of this appointment, he was consecrated to the episcopate 22 April 2006. Prior to this appointment, Valenzuela served as a high-profile missionary in Angola. Valenzuela was ordained a priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1977.
Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga
Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga C.Ss.R. is the emeritus Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción.
Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes
Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero
Vic Toews
Victor "Vic" Toews is a Canadian-Paraguayan politician and jurist. Toews is a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba. He represented Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000 until his resignation on July 9, 2013, and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, most recently as Minister of Public Safety. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1995 to 1999, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon. Prior to his appointment to the judiciary, Toews was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.