List of Famous people born in Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay

Mario Benedetti

Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia

First Name Mario

Last Name Benedetti

Born on September 14, 1920

Died on May 17, 2009 (aged 88)

Born in Uruguay, Tacuarembó Department

Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia , best known as Mario Benedetti, was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages he was not well known in the English-speaking world. In the Spanish-speaking world he is considered one of Latin America's most important writers of the latter half of the 20th century.

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Nelson Acosta

First Name Nelson

Last Name Acosta

Born on June 12, 1944 (age 81)

Born in Uruguay, Tacuarembó Department

Footballer

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Nelson Bonifacio Acosta López, nicknamed Pelado Acosta, is a former Uruguayan footballer. He became a naturalized Chilean citizen in 1984 and managed several football teams. He is now retired.

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Fabián O'Neill

Fabián Alberto O'Neill Dominguez

First Name Fabián

Last Name O'Neill

Born on October 14, 1973 (age 52)

Born in Uruguay, Tacuarembó Department

Height 186 cm | 6'1

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Fabián Alberto O'Neill Domínguez is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a midfielder.

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