List of Famous people born in Uruguay

Martín Alejandro Lema Perretta is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the National Party, serving as Minister of Social Development since May 3, 2021.

Jayson Antonie Granger Amodio is an Uruguayan professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga and the EuroLeague. Listed at a height of 6'2​¹⁄₂" tall without shoes, and 200 lbs. (91 kg) in weight, he plays at both the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Hernán Novick is a Uruguayan footballer. His nickname is Sensei. He plays as an attacking midfielder for the Uruguayan team Club Atlético Penarol.

Paolo Mauricio Lemos Merladett is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Fenerbahçe.

Antonio Pacheco d'Agosti is a Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a forward. He also held an Italian passport.

Juan Ignacio Ramírez Polero is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Nacional, on loan from Liverpool Montevideo.

Santiago Silva Gerez is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Peruvian club Deportivo Binacional on loan from César Vallejo as a forward.

Mauricio Bernardo Victorino Dansilo is a Uruguayan football defender who plays for Danubio F.C.

Sebastián Darío Morquio Flores is a Uruguayan footballer playing for Deportivo Español.

Susana Soca (1906–1959) was a Uruguayan poet-writer and a consummate networker. During the most productive part of her public career, much of which coincided with the Second World War, she lived in France. Soca also founded and for many years produced the transatlantic literary journal La Licorne. Both in her journal and elsewhere she was notable for the extent and effectiveness of her support for fellow writers from Latin America and Europe.