List of Famous people born in Uruguay

Mauricio Rosencof is a Uruguayan playwright, poet and journalist from Florida, Uruguay. Since 2005 he has been Director of Culture of the Municipality of Montevideo.

Pablo Daniel Ceppelini Gatto is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Peñarol as a midfielder.

Gastón Exequiel Ramírez Pereyra is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Italian club U.C. Sampdoria.

Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte is a retired Uruguayan footballer and the current manager of Peñarol.

Álvaro Daniel Pereira Barragán is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Estudiantes de Mérida of Venezuelan Primera División. Mainly a left back, he can perform equally as a left midfielder.

Martín Nicolás Campaña Delgado is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Professional League club Al-Batin and the Uruguay national team.

Ernesto Talvi Pérez is a Uruguayan economist. He served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay from 1 March to 6 July 2020.

Juan Sartori is an Uruguayan businessman and politician. He is the president and founder of Union Group, a privately owned conglomerate which holds significant interests in businesses spanning the agricultural, energy, forestry, infrastructure, minerals, oil and gas and real estate sectors in Latin America. Sartori is also one of the main shareholders of League One English football team, Sunderland, which he acquired together with a consortium of partners in 2018.

Luis Bernardo Aguiar Burgos is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Juventud de Las Piedras as an attacking midfielder.

Andrés Sebastián Soria Quintana commonly known as Sebastián Soria, is a Uruguayan-born, naturalized Qatari professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Arabi and the Qatar national team. He was shortlisted for the Asian Footballer of the Year award in 2008. He currently holds the record for the fastest goal scored in AFC Champions League history at 9 seconds – a record which was set in 2013 when he was playing for Lekhwiya.