List of Latin Americans
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Template:Short description This is a list of notable Latin American people, in alphabetical order within categories.
Actors
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- Wagner Moura (born 1976)
- Fernanda Montenegro (born 1929)
- Norma Aleandro (born 1936)
- Héctor Alterio (born 1929)
- Rafael Amaya (born 1977)
- Imperio Argentina (1906–2003)
- Pedro Armendáriz (1912–1963)
- Carla Baratta (born 1990)
- Adrian Bellani (born 1982)
- Diego Bertie (born 1967)
- Rubén Blades (born 1948)
- Marcela Bovio (born 1979)
- Sônia Braga (born 1950)
- Richard Cabral (born 1984)
- Cantinflas (1911–1993)
- Barbara Carrera (born 1951)
- Grecia Colmenares (born 1962)
- Ricardo Darín (born 1957)
- Colman Domingo (born 1969)
- Dolores del Río (1904–1983)
- Lali Espósito (born 1991)
- María Félix (1914–2002)
- Andrés García (born 1941)
- Andy García (born 1956)
- Danay García (born 1984)
- Gael García Bernal (born 1978)
- Diane Guerrero (born 1986)
- Darío Grandinetti (born 1959)
- Maribel Guardia (born 1959)
- Salma Hayek (born 1966)
- Pedro Infante (1917–1957)
- Oscar Isaac (born 1979)
- Raul Julia (1940–1994)
- Katy Jurado (1924–2002)
- Libertad Lamarque (1908–2000)
- John Leguizamo (born 1964)
- Federico Luppi (1936–2017)
- Santiago Magill (born 1977)
- Christian Meier (born 1970)
- Carmen Miranda (1909–1955)
- Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009)
- Maria Montez (1912–1951)
- Rita Moreno (born 1931)
- Jorge Negrete (1911–1953)
- Gianella Neyra (born 1977)
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. (born 1964)
- Edward James Olmos (born 1947)
- Natalia Oreiro (born 1977)
- J.D. Pardo (born 1980)
- Manny Pérez (born 1969)
- Silvia Pinal (born 1931)
- Danny Pino (born 1974)
- Anthony Quinn (1915-2001)
- Dania Ramirez (born 1980)
- Emilio Rivera (born 1961)
- Zoe Saldana (born 1978)
- Catalina Sandino Moreno (born 1981)
- Christian Serratos (born 1990)
- Benicio del Toro (born 1967)
- Christy Turlington (born 1969)
- Lupe Vélez (1908–1944)
- Sofía Vergara (born 1972)
- China Zorrilla (1922–2014)
- Gina Rodriguez (born 1984)
- Isabela Moner (born 2001)
Artists and designers
- See also List of Latin American artists.
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- Template:Flagicon Aleijadinho (1730 or 1738 – 1814), sculptor
- Template:Flagicon Julio Abril (1911–1979), sculptor
- Template:Flagicon Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), painter, considered one of the leading modernist artists in Latin America
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Botero (1932–2023), painter and sculptor
- Template:Flagicon Adriana Melo, comic book artist, notable for her work on the Star Wars: Empire franchise
- Template:Flagicon Luis Camnitzer (born 1937), conceptual artist
- Template:Flagicon Roger Mello (born 1965), children's book illustrator
- Template:Flagicon José Campeche (1751–1809), painter
- Template:Flagicon Lygia Clark (1920–1988), painter and sculptor
- Template:Flagicon Marcela Donoso (born 1961), painter
- Template:Flagicon Pancho Fierro (1810–1879), illustrator
- Template:Flagicon Gego (1912–1994), geometric-abstract sculptor
- Template:Flagicon Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928–2021), architect
- Template:Flagicon José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913), illustrator and cartoonist, printmaker
- Template:Flagicon Alfredo Jaar (born 1956), installation artist
- Template:Flagicon Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), realist and symbolist painter
- Template:Flagicon Ruth Kedar (born 1955), artist and designer
- Template:Flagicon Guillermo Kuitca (born 1961), painter
- Template:Flagicon Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon, comic book artist
- Template:Flagicon Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), painter
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Matta (1911–2002), painter
- Template:Flagicon Abraham Palatnik (1928–2020), abstract artist and inventor
- Template:Flagicon Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), performance artist
- Template:Flagicon Lola Mora (1866–1936), sculptor
- Template:Flagicon Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980), painter and sculptor
- Template:Flagicon Francisco Oller (1833–1917), impressionist painter
- Template:Flagicon José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), mural painter and lithographer
- Template:Flagicon Candido Portinari (1903–1962), painter
- Template:Flagicon Benito Quinquela Martín (1890–1977), painter
- Template:Flagicon Diego Quispe Tito (1611–1681), Cuzco School painter
- Template:Flagicon Eduardo Kobra (born 1976), graffiti artist
- Template:Flagicon Armando Reverón (1889–1954), painter
- Template:Flagicon Diego Rivera (1886–1957), muralist
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Emilio Hector Rodriguez (born 1950), painter and photographer
- Template:Flagicon Gustavo Ramos (born 1993), artist and oil painter
- Template:Flagicon José Sabogal (1888–1956), indigenist painter
- Template:Flagicon David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974), social realist painter and muralist
- Template:Flagicon Jesús Rafael Soto (1923–2005), kinetic and op artist
- Template:Flagicon Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991), painter, artist
- Template:Flagicon Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012), architect
- Template:Flagicon Joaquín Torres-García (1874–1949), constructivist painter
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Remedios Varo (1908–1963), surrealist painter
- Template:Flagicon Constantine Andreou (1917–2007), painter and sculptor
Fashion
- Template:Flagicon Gisele Bündchen (born 1980), fashion model
- Template:Flagicon Valeria Mazza (born 1972), fashion model
- Template:Flagicon Francisco Costa (born 1964), designer
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Oscar de la Renta (1932–2014), fashion designer
- Template:Flagicon Nina García (born 1965), fashion editor
- Template:FlagiconHans Stern (1922–2007), jeweler and businessman
- Template:Flagicon Gabriela Hearst (born 1976), fashion designer
- Template:Flagicon Alexandre Herchcovitch (born 1971), fashion designer
- Template:Flagicon Carolina Herrera (born 1939), fashion designer
- Template:Flagicon Mario Testino (born 1954), fashion photographer
- Template:Flagicon Alessandra Ambrósio (born 1981), fashion person
Film directors
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- Template:Flagicon Andy Muschietti (born 1973)
- Template:Flagicon Francisco Antônio de Almeida Júnior (1851–1928), important figure in the development of cinematography
- Template:Flagicon Damian Szifron (born 1975)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Alejandro Amenábar (born 1972)
- Template:Flagicon Alfonso Arau (born 1932)
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Saldanha (born 1965) animator
- Template:Flagicon Adolfo Aristarain (born 1943)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Héctor Babenco (born 1946)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Luis Buñuel (1900–1983)
- Template:Flagicon Juan José Campanella (born 1959)
- Template:Flagicon Román Chalbaud (1931–2023)
- Template:Flagicon Alfonso Cuarón (born 1961)
- Template:Flagicon Juan Downey (1940–1993)
- Template:Flagicon Lucrecia Martel (born 1966)
- Template:Flagicon Sara Gómez (1942–1974)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Guillermo Fantástico González (1945–2020)
- Template:Flagicon Alejandro González Iñárritu (born 1963)
- Template:Flagicon Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929)
- Template:Flagicon León Klimovsky (1906–1996)
- Template:Flagicon Claudia Llosa (born 1976)
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Meirelles (born 1955)
- Template:Flagicon Franco de Peña (born 1966)
- Template:Flagicon Lucía Puenzo (born 1976)
- Template:Flagicon Arturo Ripstein (born 1943)
- Template:Flagicon Raúl Ruiz (director) (1941–2011)
- Template:Flagicon Walter Salles (born 1956)
- Template:Flagicon Amy Serrano (born 1966)
- Template:Flagicon Guillermo del Toro (born 1964)
Leaders and politicians
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- Template:Flagicon José Mujica (born 1935), President of Uruguay
- Template:Flagicon Leandro N. Alem (1841–1896), politician
- Template:Flagicon Nayib Bukele (born 1981), President of El Salvador
- Template:Flagicon Óscar Arias (born 1940), statesman, Nobel Peace Prize
- Template:Flagicon Cristina Kirchner (born 1953), President of Argentina
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Francisco de Miranda (1750–1813), Supreme Chief of First Republic of Venezuela
- Template:Flagicon Julio A. Roca (born 1843), President of Argentina
- Template:Flagicon Antonio Saca (born 1965), President of El Salvador
- Template:Flagicon Rómulo Betancourt (1908–1981), President of Venezuela
- Template:Flagicon Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), Libertador in Spanish American wars of independence
- Template:Flagicon Javier Milei (born 1970), President of Argentina
- Template:Flagicon Anastasio Bustamante (1780–1853), President of Mexico
- Template:Flagicon Plutarco Elías Calles (1877–1945), President of Mexico
- Template:Flagicon Fidel Castro (1926–2016), Prime Minister, later President of Cuba
- Template:Flagicon Alfonso García Robles (1911–1991), diplomat and politician, Nobel Peace Prize
- Template:Flagicon José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766–1840), Supreme Dictator of Paraguay
- Template:Flagicon Che Guevara (1928–1967), Marxist revolutionary
- Template:Flagicon Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), Chief instigator of Mexican War of Independence
- Template:Flagicon Benito Juárez (1806–1872), President of Mexico
- Template:Flagicon Juscelino Kubitschek (1902–1976), President of Brazil
- Template:Flagicon Alberto Lleras Camargo (1906–1990), President of Colombia
- Template:Flagicon Leopoldo López (born 1971), Mayor of Chacao, Venezuela
- Template:Flagicon José Martí (1853–1895), leader of Cuban Independence movement
- Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel de Rosas (born 1793), Caudillo
- Template:Flagicon Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959), activist, Nobel Peace Prize
- Template:Flagicon Chico Mendes (1944–1988), trade union leader and environmentalist
- Template:Flagicon Antonio Nariño (1765–1824), political and military leader
- Template:Flagicon Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920–2020), United Nations Secretary-General
- Template:Flagicon Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (born 1931), activist, Nobel Peace Prize
- Template:Flagicon Juan Perón (1895–1974), President of Argentina
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878–1959), academic and politician, Nobel Peace Prize
- Template:Flagicon José de San Martín (1778–1850), Libertador in Spanish American wars of independence
- Template:Flagicon Augusto César Sandino (1985–1934), guerilla leader and revolutionary
- Template:Flagicon Pancho Villa (1878–1923), guerrilla leader of the Mexican Revolution
- Template:Flagicon Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919), guerrilla leader of the Mexican Revolution
- Template:Flagicon Lula da Silva (born 1945), President of Brazil
- Template:Flagicon Pedro Albizu Campos (1891–1965), president of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
- Template:Flagicon Evo Morales (born 1959), president of Bolivia
Monarchs
- Template:Flagicon Agustin I (1783–1824), independence leader, Emperor of Mexico
- Template:Flagicon Pope Francis (born 1936), Sovereign of Vatican City State
- Template:Flagicon Pedro I (1798–1834), independence leader, Emperor of Brazil
- Template:Flagicon Pedro II (1825–1891), Emperor of Brazil
Imperial/royal consorts
- Template:Flagicon Ana María Huarte (1786–1861), Empress consort of Mexico
- Template:Flagicon Amélie of Leuchtenberg (1812–1834), Empress consort of Brazil
- Template:Flagicon Carlota of Mexico (1840–1927), Empress consort of Mexico
- Template:Flagicon Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797–1826), Empress consort of Brazil
- Template:Flagicon Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1956), Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg
- Template:Flagicon Máxima of the Netherlands (born 1971), Queen consort of the Netherlands
- Template:Flagicon Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (1843–1889), Empress consort of Brazil
Musicians
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- Template:Flagicon Carlos Gardel (born 1890), singer, songwriter, composer and actor
- Template:Flagicon Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist; considered a pioneer in the study and development of the hybrid picking technique for guitar
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Miguel del Águila (born 1957), composer
- Template:Flagicon Alok (DJ) (born 1991), musician, DJ, and record producer, considered one of the best dj in the world
- Template:Flagicon Michel Camilo (born 1954), pianist and composer
- Template:Flagicon Simón Díaz (1928–2014), composer, actor and singer
- Template:Flagicon Gilberto Gil (born 1942), singer and composer, founder of Tropicália
- Template:Flagicon Chabuca Granda (1920–1983), singer and composer
- Template:Flagicon Rafael Hernández Marín (1892–1965), composer
- Template:Flagicon Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994), pianist, singer and composer, widely regarded as one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century
- Template:Flagicon Agustín Lara (1900–1970), composer
- Template:Flagicon Ernesto Lecuona (1896–1963), composer, pianist and conductor
- Template:Flagicon Vinicius de Moraes (1913–1980), singer and composer
- Template:Flagicon Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992), tango composer
- Template:Flagicon Tito Puente (1923–2000), Latin jazz and mambo musician
- Template:Flagicon Omar Rodríguez-López (born 1975), guitarist
- Template:Flagicon Rogerio Caetano (born 1977), awarded virtuoso and international reference in 7 string acoustic guitar
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Carlos Santana (born 1947), composer, songwriter and guitarist
- Template:Flagicon Eloy Casagrande (born 1991) drummer, considered one of the best heavy metal drummers in history
- Template:Flagicon Lalo Schifrin (born 1932), composer and pianist
- Template:Flagicon Pedro Suárez-Vértiz (born 1966), pianist, singer and composer
- Template:Flagicon Caetano Veloso (born 1942), singer and composer, founder of Tropicália
- Template:Flagicon Lito Vitale (born 1961), composer and performer
- Template:Flagicon Laurindo Almeida (1917–1995), guitarist and composer in classical, jazz, and Latin music, He and Bud Shank were pioneers in the creation of bossa nova, Almeida was the first guitarist to receive Grammy Awards for both classical and jazz performances
- Template:Flagicon Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908–1992), folk musician
- Template:Flagicon Rosa Antonelli, pianist
- Template:Flagicon Antônio Meneses (born 1957), cellist, he won the first Prize at the International Competition in Munich and in 1982 he was awarded first Prize and gold Medal at the Tchaikowsky Competition in Moscow
Classical
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- Nelson Freire (born 1944–2021), classical pianist
- José Antonio Abreu (born 1939), pianist, conductor and composer
- Miguel del Águila (born 1957), composer
- Claudio Arrau (1903–1991), pianist
- Clara Ricciolini (1822-1869), ballet
- Daniel Barenboim (born 1942), pianist and conductor
- Agustín Barrios (1885–1944), guitarist and composer
- Teresa Carreño (1853–1917), pianist, conductor and composer
- Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947), music, critic, conductor and composer
- Deborah Colker (born 1960), ballet dancer
- Eduardo Marturet (born 1953), conductor and composer
- Eduardo Mata (1942–1995), conductor and composer
- Juan Orrego Salas (1919–2019, composer
- Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), composer
- Opera singers
- Paulo Szot, baritone
- Luigi Alva (1927–2025), tenor
- Fabiana Bravo (born 1969), soprano
- Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896), opera composer
- Eduardo Brito (1906–1946), baritone
- José Cura (born 1962), tenor
- Juan Diego Flórez (born 1973), tenor
- Isabel Rubio Ricciolini (1792–1846), opera
Singers
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- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Christina Aguilera (born 1980), pop/R&B singer-songwriter and actress
- Template:Flagicon Álvaro Torres (born 1954), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Anitta (born 1993), singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Desi Arnaz (1917–1986), salsa singer
- Template:Flagicon Rubén Blades (born 1948), salsa singer
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos (singer) (born 1941), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Cazuza (1958–1990), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Gustavo Cerati (1959–2014), alternative rock singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Celia Cruz (1925–2003), salsa singer
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Kat DeLuna (born 1987), singer
- Template:Flagicon Lali Espósito (born 1991), pop singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Gloria Estefan (born 1957), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon José Feliciano (born 1945), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Juan Gabriel (1950–2016), ranchera and ballad singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Charly García (born 1951), rock musician
- Template:Flagicon Juan Luis Guerra (born 1957), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Pedro Infante (1917–1957), singer and actor
- Template:Flagicon Víctor Jara (1932–1973), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Juanes (born 1972), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Jennifer Lopez (born 1969), singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, producer
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Negrete (1911–1953), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Fito Páez (born 1961), singer-songwriter, producer and film director
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Prince Royce (born 1989), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Santaye, singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Ivete Sangalo (born 1972), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Raul Seixas (1945–1989), composer, singer-songwriter and producer
- Template:Flagicon Shakira (born 1977), Latin pop singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Luis Alberto Spinetta (1950–2012), singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Lynda Thomas (born 1981), alternative rock and eurodance singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Vives (born 1961), vallenato singer, composer and actor
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Ricky Martin (born 1971), Latin pop singer-songwriter and actor
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Bad Bunny (born 1994), reggaeton and Latin trap singer-songwriter
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Camila Cabello (born 1997), actor, singer-songwriter
Philosophers and humanists
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- Paulo Freire (1921–1997), philosopher
- Juan Bautista Alberdi (1810–1884), political theorist
- Andrés Bello (1781–1865), humanist, philosopher, educator and philologist
- Leonardo Boff (born 1938), early Liberation theologians
- Mario Bunge (1919–2020), philosopher
- Miguel Antonio Caro (1843–1909), humanist, linguist and politician
- Rufino José Cuervo (1844–1911), philologist and linguist
- Sérgio Buarque de Holanda (1802–1982), writer, journalist and sociologist
- Manuel DeLanda (born 1952), philosopher, professor
- Roberto Mangabeira Unger (born 1947), philosopher
- José Ingenieros (1877–1925), philosopher and sociologist
- Enrique Krauze (born 1947), historian, political and social essayist
- Humberto Maturana (1928–2021), proponent of embodied philosophy
- Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla (1925–2015), humanist, philosopher and educator
- Gilberto de Mello Freyre (1900–1987), sociologist, considered one of the most important sociologists of the 20th century
- Edmundo O'Gorman (1906–1995), philosopher
- Francisco Varela (1946–2001), proponent of embodied philosophy
- José Vasconcelos (1882–1959), thinker, educator and essayist
- Antonio Candido (1918–2017), writer, sociologist
Science and technology
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- Template:Flagicon Manuel de Abreu (1894–1962), physician, scientist, inventor of abreugraphy(mass radiography of the lungs for screening tuberculosis)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Agote (1868–1954), physician and researcher
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo Alegría (1921–2011), physical anthropologist
- Template:Flagicon Álvaro Alvim (1863–1928), physician, pioneer in radiology and radiotherapy
- Template:Flagicon Carolina Araujo, mathematician, included in a deck of playing cards featuring notable women mathematicians published by the Association of Women in Mathematics
- Template:Flagicon Artur Avila (born 1979), Brazilian mathematician; one of the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal, being the first Latin American and lusophone to win such an award.
- Template:Flagicon Francisco João de Azevedo (1814–1880), inventor, best known for his invention of Typewriter
- Template:Flagicon José Antonio Balseiro (1919–1962), nuclear physicist
- Template:Flagicon Gregorio Baro (1928–2012), radiochemist
- Template:Flagicon Geraldo de Barros (1923–1998), painter and photographer, known for his trailblazing work in experimental abstract photography and modernism
- Template:Flagicon Ana Bedran-Russo, Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Chair of the Department of General Dental Sciences in Restorative Dentistry at Marquette University School of Dentistry
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Baruj Benacerraf (1920–2011), immunologist, Nobel Prize Medicine
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Martha E. Bernal (1931–2001), psychologist
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Brandão (born 1983), physicist and computer scientist, He was awarded the 2013 European Quantum Information Young Investigator Award for "his highly appraised achievements in entanglement theory, quantum complexity theory, and quantum many-body physics, which combine dazzling mathematical ability and impressive physical insight", He was awarded the 2020 American Physical Society Rolf Landauer and Charles H. Bennett award for his contributions to entanglement theory
- Template:Flagicon Vital Brazil (1865–1950), physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist, known for the discovery of the polyvalent anti-ophidic serum used to treat bites of venomous snakes of the Crotalus, Bothrops and Elaps genera, He went on to be also the first to develop anti-scorpion and anti-spider serums.
- Template:Flagicon David Joseph Bohm (1917–1992), scientist who has been described as one of the most significant
- Template:Flagicon Francisco José de Caldas (1768–1818), naturalist, mathematician, geographer and inventor
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Fernando Caldeiro (born 1958), NASA astronaut
- Template:Flagicon Víctor A. Carreño (1911–1967), NASA aerospace engineer
- Template:Flagicon Nabor Carrillo Flores (1911–1967), nuclear physicist
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Chagas (1879–1934), physician and scientist
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Franklin Chang Díaz (born 1950), NASA astronaut
- Template:Flagicon Nitza Margarita Cintrón (born 1950), NASA Chief of Space and Health Care Systems
- Template:Flagicon Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho (1924–2016), biologist, primatologist, pioneer in studies of and conservation of lion tamarins
- Template:Flagicon Jacinto Convit (1913–2014), medical scientist, discoverer of vaccines
- Template:Flagicon Newton da Costa (1929–2024), mathematician, logician, and philosopher, recognised for his works in paraconsistent logic
- Template:Flagicon Luís Cruls(1848–1908), astronomer and geodesist, co-discoverer of the Great Comet of 1882
- Template:Flagicon Oswaldo Cruz (1872–1917), physician, bacteriologist, epidemiologist
- Template:Flagicon Johanna Döbereiner (born 1924), agronomist, pioneer in soil biology
- Template:Flagicon René Favaloro (1923–2000), cardiologist, created the technique for coronary bypass
- Template:Flagicon Humberto Fernández-Morán (1924–1999), medical research scientist
- Template:Flagicon Sérgio Henrique Ferreira (1934–2016), physician and pharmacologist, discovered the active principle of a drug for hypertension
- Template:Flagicon Orlando Figueroa (born 1955), NASA Director for Mars Exploration and for Solar System Division
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Finlay (1833–1915), medical scientist, researcher
- Template:Flagicon Hércules Florence (1804–1879), pioneer of photography
- Template:Flagicon Leopoldo Penna Franca (1959-2012), mathematician, received in 1999 the Gallagher Young Investigator Award for "outstanding accomplishments in computational mechanics, particularly in the published literature, by a researcher 40 years old or younger".He was listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Engineering by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson Scientific Company.
- Template:Flagicon Julio Garavito Armero (1865–1920), astronomer
- Template:Flagicon Marcelo Gleiser (born 1959), physicist and astronomer. He is currently Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College and was the 2019 recipient of the Templeton Prize.
- Template:Flagicon Otto Richard Gottlieb (1920–2011), chemist and scientist
- Template:Flagicon José Goldemberg (born 1928), physicist, university educator, scientific leader and research scientist, He is a leading expert on energy and environment issues
- Template:Flagicon Guillermo González Camarena (1917–1965), inventor of an early color television system
- Template:Flagicon Hilário de Gouvêa (1843–1929), ophthalmologist, noted for being the first person to document a case of hereditary cancer, The cause of the recessive familial retinoblastoma he described was later further investigated and resulted in the first reported example of a tumor suppressor gene, RB.
- Template:Flagicon Juan Gundlach (1810–1896), naturalist, taxonomist
- Template:Flagicon Bartolomeu de Gusmão(1685–1724), Catholic priest, pioneer of aviation, the inventor of the balloon, became known as the "flying priest"
- Template:Flagicon Celso Grebogi (born 1947), theoretical physicist who works in the area of chaos theory. He is one among the pioneers in the nonlinear and complex systems and chaos theory
- Template:Flagicon Salomón Hakim (1922–2011), physician and scientist
- Template:Flagicon Guillermo Haro (1913–1988), astrophysicist, specialist in observational astronomy
- Template:Flagicon Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971), physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Template:Flagicon Miguel de Icaza (born 1972), free software programmer
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Ierusalimschy (born 1960), computer scientist, known for creating the Lua programming language
- Template:Flagicon Madeleine M. Joullié (born March 29, 1927) organic chemist, first woman to join the University of Pennsylvania chemistry faculty as well as the first female organic chemist to be appointed to a tenure track position in a major American university, Joullié has received numerous awards, including the 1978 Garvan Medal from the American Chemical Society, in recognition of her accomplishments in teaching and research
- Template:Flagicon Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922–2018), agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist, professor and scientific leader, notable for his discoveries in the genetics and sex determination of bees
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Landell de Moura (1861–1928), pioneer of telephony and radio
- Template:Flagicon César Lattes (1924–2005), experimental physicist, one of the discoverers of the pion, a composite subatomic particle made of a quark and an antiquark
- Template:Flagicon Luis Federico Leloir (1906–1987), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Template:Flagicon Maria Carmela Lico (1927–1985), produced important insights on the descending control of nociception by limbic structures, specially the septal nuclei
- Template:Flagicon Henrique da Rocha Lima (1879–1956), physician, pathologist and infectologist, discovered Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus
- Template:Flagicon Domingo Liotta (1924–2022), cardiologist, created first artificial heart
- Template:Flagicon Rosaly Lopes (born 1957), planetary geologist, volcanologist, author of numerous scientific papers and several books
- Template:Flagicon Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880), first to describe dozens of species of pre-historic Pleistocene megafauna, including the fabled Saber-toothed cat Smilodon populator. He also made the then ground-breaking discovery that humans co-existed with the long-extinct animal species
- Template:Flagicon Adolfo Lutz (1855–1940), father of tropical medicine and a pioneer epidemiologist and researcher in infectious diseases
- Template:Flagicon Humberto Maturana (1928–2021), biologist, co-author of the theory of autopoiesis
- Template:Flagicon Peter Medawar (1915–1987), biologist and writer, whose works on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance have been fundamental to the medical practice of tissue and organ transplants
- Template:Flagicon Lia Medeiros, astronomer, notable participation in the black hole photo in 2019
- Template:Flagicon Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born 1942), USSR Space Program cosmonaut
- Template:Flagicon César Milstein (1927–2002), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Template:Flagicon Luis E. Miramontes (1925–2004), chemist, co-inventor of the oral contraceptive
- Template:Flagicon Mario J. Molina (born 1943), chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Template:Flagicon Salvador Moncada (born 1944), pharmacologist
- Template:Flagicon Nélio José Nicolai (1940–2017), electrotechnician, inventor of caller ID, theoretical physicist of the 20th century who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind. Among his many contributions to physics is his causal and deterministic interpretation of quantum theory, now known as De Broglie–Bohm theory.
- Template:Flagicon Miguel Nicolelis(1961), pioneering work surrounding brain-computer interface
- Template:Flagicon Hermann Niemeyer (1919–1991), paediatrician and biochemist, pioneer of biochemistry in Chile
- Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 1952), Ph.D, NASA astronaut
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Nobre (scientist) (born 1951), scientist and meteorologist who is mainly highlighted in global warming-related studies. Nobre spearheaded the multi-disciplinary, multinational Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia, a program noted to have “revolutionized understanding of the Amazon rainforest and its role in the Earth system".
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Carlos I. Noriega (born 1959), NASA astronaut
- Template:Flagicon Antonia Novello (born 1944), 14th Surgeon General of the United States
- Template:Flagicon Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig (1928–2018), immunologist specializing in the development of malaria vaccines
- Template:Flagicon Diltor Opromolla (1934–2004), physician and dermatologist respected due to his lifetime work with leprosy patients and leprosy research, Among other things, he was the first to introduce rifamycin in the treatment of leprosy, in 1963
- Template:Flagicon Andreas Pavel, cultural producer and media designer who is generally credited with patenting the personal stereo
- Template:Flagicon Manuel Elkin Patarroyo (born 1947), pathologist, vaccines specialist
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Paz de Araújo, scientist and inventor, holds nearly 600 patents in the area of nanotechnology
- Template:Flagicon Feniosky Peña-Mora (born 1966), engineer and educator
- Template:Flagicon Sérgio Pereira da Silva Porto (1926–1979), pioneering physicist who became notable for his research in spectroscopy and for the use of laser radiation in medicine
- Template:Flagicon Felipe Poey (1799–1891), zoologist, specialist in ichthyology
- Template:Flagicon Marcos Pontes (born 1963), first AEB/NASA astronaut
- Template:Flagicon Aracely Quispe Neira (born 1982), NASA senior astronautical engineer, professor, researcher
- Template:Flagicon Silvano Raia, first surgeon to achieve a successful living donor liver transplantation in July 1989
- Template:Flagicon Eduardo H. Rapoport (1927–2017), ecologist, biogeographer
- Template:Flagicon L. Rafael Reif (born 1950), engineer, president of MIT
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849), geologist, chemist
- Template:Flagicon Maurício Rocha e Silva (1910–1983), physician and pharmacologist, discovered bradykinin, an active cardiovascular peptide
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Helen Rodríguez Trías (1929–2001), pediatrician, early advocate for women's reproductive rights
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Francisco Rubio (astronaut) (born 1975), NASA astronaut
- Template:Flagicon Oscar Sala (1922–2010), nuclear physicist and important scientific leader
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Salmeron (1922–2020), electrical engineer and experimental nuclear physicist and an emeritus Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the largest fundamental science agency in Europe
- Template:Flagicon Wilfredo Santa-Gómez (born 1949), psychiatrist
- Template:Flagicon José Santana (economist) (born 1962), specialist in technology and development
- Template:Flagicon Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), aviation inventor
- Template:Flagicon Nise da Silveira (1905–1999), psychiatrist and mental health reformer
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Sarah Stewart (cancer researcher) (1905–1976), microbiologist, discovered Polyomavirus
- Template:Flagicon Klaus von Storch (born 1962), aerospace engineer
- Template:Flagicon Sérgio Trindade (1940–2020), chemical engineer and researcher, specialist in renewable energies and consultant in sustainable business; coordinating lead author for a chapter of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Methodological and Technical Issues in Technology Transfer (2000); the IPCC as an organization won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as a result of its contributors' work.
- Template:Flagicon Pablo DT Valenzuela (born 1941), biotechnologist, co-founder of Chiron Corporation and Fundación Ciencias Para la Vida
- Template:Flagicon Francisco Varela (1946–2001), biologist, co-author of the theory of autopoiesis
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Lydia Villa-Komaroff (born 1947), biologist, early Mexican American PhD in the sciences
- Template:Flagicon Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini (1912–1993), physician and cardiac surgeon, internationally known for performing the first heart transplantation in Latin America in 1968
Social scientists
- Celso Monteiro Furtado (1920–2004), economist
- Eugenio María de Hostos (1839–1903), sociologist and educator
- Miguel León-Portilla (1926–2019), cultural anthropologist and historian
- Milton Santos (1926–2001), human geographer and writer
- Hernando de Soto Polar (born 1941), economist
- Julio C. Tello (1880–1947), archeologist
- Lorenz Bruno Puntel (born 1935), philosopher
Sports
Athletics to Cycling
- Athletics
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- Template:Flagicon Daniel Bautista (born 1952), Olympic race walk gold medalist
- Template:Flagicon Thiago Braz (born 1993), Olympic pole vault gold medalist
- Template:Flagicon Delfo Cabrera (1919–1981), Olympic marathon gold medalist
- Template:Flagicon Ernesto Canto (born 1959), race walk Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Joaquim Cruz (born 1963), Olympic 800m gold medalist
- Template:Flagicon Adhemar da Silva (1927–2001), Olympic 2x triple jump gold medalist
- Template:Flagicon Anier García (born 1976), Olympic 110 m hurdles gold medalist
- Template:Flagicon Raúl González (racewalker) (born 1952), Olympic gold medalist
- Template:Flagicon Alberto Juantorena (born 1950), Olympic 2x track gold medalist
- Template:Flagicon Iván Pedroso (born 1972), Olympic long jump gold medalist and 4x World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Jefferson Pérez (born 1974), Olympic 2x race walk gold medalist and 4x World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Dayron Robles (born 1986), Olympic 110 m hurdles gold medalist
- Template:Flagicon Irving Saladino (born 1983), Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Félix Sánchez (born 1977), Olympic 400m hurdles gold medalist and 2x World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Javier Sotomayor (born 1967), Olympic high jump gold medalist and World Record holder
- Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Zabala (1911–1983), Olympic marathon gold medalist
- Baseball
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- Template:Flagicon Luis Aparicio (born 1934), Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop, Baseball Hall of Fame
- Template:Flagicon Miguel Cabrera (born 1983), MLB first baseman
- Template:Flagicon Yan Gomes (born 1987), Brazilian-American professional baseball catcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB)
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Clemente (1934–1972), MLB right fielder, Baseball Hall of Fame
- Template:Flagicon Juan Marichal (born 1937), MLB pitcher, Baseball Hall of Fame
- Template:Flagicon Dennis Martínez (born 1955), MLB pitcher, first Latino to pitch a perfect game
- Template:Flagicon Pedro Martínez (born 1971), MLB pitcher, 3x Cy Young Award winner
- Template:Flagicon Sammy Sosa (born 1968), MLB right fielder, first Latino to hit 500 home runs
- Template:Flagicon José Reyes (infielder) (born 1983), MLB player
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Valenzuela (born 1960), MLB pitcher
- Basketball
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- Template:Flagicon Oscar Schmidt (born 1958)
- Template:Flagicon Hortência Marcari (born 1959)
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Arroyo (born 1979), National Basketball Association (NBA) point guard
- Template:Flagicon Leandro Barbosa (born 1982), NBA Champion
- Template:Flagicon J. J. Barea (born 1984), NBA Champion
- Template:Flagicon Manu Ginóbili (born 1977), Olympic gold medalist, NBA 2x Champion
- Template:Flagicon Al Horford (born 1986), NBA
- Template:Flagicon Horacio Llamas (born 1973), NBA
- Template:Flagicon Eduardo Nájera (born 1976), NBA
- Template:Flagicon Butch Lee (born 1956), NBA Champion
- Boxing
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- Template:Flagicon Rosendo Álvarez (born 1970), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Alexis Argüello (born 1952), World Champion, International Boxing Hall of Fame
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Wilfred Benítez (born 1958), World Champion in 3x weight divisions, International Boxing Hall of Fame
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Castro (boxer) (born 1967), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Julio César Chávez (born 1962), World Champion in 3x weight divisions
- Template:Flagicon Juan Martin Coggi (born 1961), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Cruz (boxer) (1937–1970), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Oscar De La Hoya (born 1972), World Champion in 6x weight divisions
- Template:Flagicon Carlos De León (1959–2020), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Durán (born 1951), World Champion in 4x weight divisions
- Template:Flagicon Víctor Galíndez (1948–1980), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Wilfredo Gómez (born 1956), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Éder Jofre (born 1936), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Santos Laciar (born 1959), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Raúl Macías (1934–2009), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Kina Malpartida (born 1980), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo Mayorga (born 1973), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Monzón (1942–1995), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon José Luis Ramírez (born 1958), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon John Ruiz (born 1972), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Salvador Sánchez (1959-1982), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon José Torres (1936–2009), World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Félix Trinidad (born 1973), World Champion
- Chess
- Template:Flagicon Esteban Canal (1896–1981), International Master, honorary International Grandmaster
- Template:Flagicon José Raúl Capablanca (1888–1942), World Champion, International Grandmaster
- Template:Flagicon Henrique Costa Mecking (born 1952), Brazilian chess grandmaster
- Cycling
- Template:Flagicon Santiago Botero (born 1972), World Time-Trial Champion
- Template:Flagicon Henrique Avancini (born 1989)
- Draughts
- Template:Flagicon Lourival Mendes França (died 2012), world champion in draughts-64,(1993), International grandmaster (GMI) in draughts-64, International master (MI) in International draughts
Football to Volleyball
- Football (soccer)
- Template:Flagicon Pelé (born 1940), co-winner FIFA Player of the 20th Century, Named athlete of the 20th century
- Template:Flagicon Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926–2014), 5x Champions League winner with Real Madrid and 3x Ballon d’Or winner
- Template:Flagicon Diego Maradona (born 1960), co-winner FIFA Player of the 20th Century
- Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi (born 1987), 6x World Footballer of the Year
- Template:Flagicon Ronaldo (born 1976)
- Template:Flagicon Ronaldinho (born 1980)
- Template:Flagicon Kaká (born 1982)
- Template:Flagicon Rivaldo (born 1972)
- Template:Flagicon Romário (born 1966)
- Handball
- Template:Flagicon Eduarda Amorim (born 1986)
- Template:Flagicon Alexandra do Nascimento (born 1981)
- Golf
- Template:Flagicon Chi-Chi Rodríguez (born 1935), World Golf Hall of Famer
- Template:Flagicon Bento Assis 4 x World Champion US Kids Golf
- Horse racing
- Template:Flagicon Javier Castellano (born 1977), jockey, 3x U.S. Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey
- Template:Flagicon Ramon Domínguez (born 1976), jockey, 3x U.S. Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey
- Template:Flagicon T. J. Pereira (born 1976)
- Motor sports
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- Template:Flagicon Johnny Cecotto (born 1956), 2x Motorcycle World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Eric Granado (born 1996), He was the 2017 FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship winner
- Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio (1911–1995), 5x Formula One World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi (born 1946), 2x Formula One World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Lavado (born 1956), 2x Motorcycle World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Juan Zanelli (1906–1944), Le Mans and European Hill Climb and Formula One race winner
- Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya (born 1975), 1x CART Champion, 2x Indianapolis 500 winner, Formula One and NASCAR race winner
- Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet (born 1952), 3x Formula One World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), 3x Formula One World Champion
- Skateboarding
- Template:Flagicon Bob Burnquist (born 1976), better known as Bob is the most medalist in X Games history, with a total of 30 medals
- Template:Flagicon Letícia Bufoni (born 1993), considered one of the greatest names in the history of the sport
- Surfing
- Template:Flagicon Sofía Mulánovich (born 1983), 3x World Champion, Surfing Hall of Fame
- Template:Flagicon Phil Rajzman (born 1982), 2x World Champion
- Template:Flagicon Gabriel Medina (born 1993)
- Template:Flagicon Ítalo Ferreira (born 1994)
- Template:Flagicon Filipe Toledo (born 1995)
- Template:Flagicon Adriano de Souza (born 1987)
- Tennis
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- Template:Flagicon Maria Bueno (1939–2018), 19x Champion of Grand Slam events, International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals (born 1948), 12x Champion of Grand Slam events
- Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández (born 1964), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Mary Joe Fernández (born 1971), 2x Champion of Grand Slam events, 2 Olympic gold medals
- Template:Flagicon Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event
- Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez (born 1960), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event
- Template:Flagicon Fernando González (born 1980), 2x Olympic medalist
- Template:Flagicon Gustavo Kuerten (born 1976), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event
- Template:Flagicon Anita Lizana (1915–1994), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event, first Latin American to be ranked World Number One
- Template:Flagicon Nicolás Massú (born 1979), 2x Olympic gold medals
- Template:Flagicon David Nalbandian (born 1982), Tennis Masters Champion
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Alex Olmedo (1936–2020), 3x Champion of Grand Slam events
- Template:Flagicon Rafael Osuna (1938–1969), 4x Champion of Grand Slam events
- Template:Flagicon Monica Puig (born 1993), Olympic gold medalist
- Template:Flagicon Marcelo Ríos (born 1975), first Latín Américan man ranked World Number One in the ATP
- Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini (born 1970), 2x Champion of Grand Slam events
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Pancho Segura (1921–2017), International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez (born 1976), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event
- Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas (born 1952), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event
- Volleyball
- Template:Flagicon Giba (born 1976)
- Template:Flagicon Fabiana Alvim (born 1976)
- Template:Flagicon Sérgio Santos (born 1975)
- Template:Flagicon Fofão (volleyball player) (born 1970)
- UFC
- Template:Flagicon Anderson Silva (born 1975)
- Template:Flagicon José Aldo (born 1986)
- Template:Flagicon Amanda Nunes (born 1988)
- Template:Flagicon Cris Cyborg (born 1985)
Writers
- See also List of Latin American writers (by country).
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- Template:Flagicon Paulo Coelho(born 1947), lyricist and novelist
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639), dramatist
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Isabel Allende (born 1942), best selling novelist
- Template:Flagicon Arambilet (born 1957), created first Latin American story using computerized linetext/ASCII art
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Julia Alvarez (born 1950), poet, novelist and essayist
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Amado (1912–2001), modernist writer
- Template:Flagicon José María Arguedas (1911–1969), novelist
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Arlt (1900–1942), short-story writer, novelist, and playwright
- Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974), Nobel Prize in Literature
- Template:Flagicon Mario Benedetti (1920–2009), novelist and poet
- Template:Flagicon Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–1999), novelist, Cervantes Prize
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003), novelist, Rómulo Gallegos Prize
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), Cervantes Prize
- Template:Flagicon Giannina Braschi (born 1953), poet, novelist, and essayist
- Template:Flagicon Alfredo Bryce (born 1939), novelist and short story writer
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987) poet and writer
- Template:Flagicon Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929–2005), novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize
- Template:Flagicon Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980), novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), New Age and Shamanism author
- Template:Flagicon Julio Cortázar (1914–1984), novelist and short story writer
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648/1651–1695), poet and dramatist
- Template:Flagicon Rubén Darío (1867–1916), modernist poet
- Template:Flagicon Virgilio Dávila (1869–1943), poet
- Template:Flagicon Julia de Burgos (1914–1953), poet
- Template:Flagicon João Guimarães Rosa(1908-1967), novelist, considered by many to be the greatest Brazilian writer of the 20th century and a of the greatest of all time
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Edwards (born 1931), Cervantes Prize
- Template:Flagicon Laura Esquivel (born 1950), novelist
- Template:Flagicon Rosario Ferré (1938–2016), poet, novelist, and essayist
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012), novelist and essayist, Rómulo Gallegos Prize, Cervantes Prize and Prince of Asturias Award
- Template:Flagicon Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969), novelist
- Template:Flagicon João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920-1999), poet
- Template:Flagicon Gabriel García Márquez (1928–2014), novelist and journalist, Nobel Prize Laureate
- Template:Flagicon Nicolás Guillén (1902–1989), poet
- Template:Flagicon José Hernández (writer) (1834–1886), poet and journalist
- Template:Flagicon Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948), poet, initiator of Creacionismo movement
- Template:Flagicon José Lezama Lima (1910–1976), novelist
- Template:Flagicon Amelia Denis de Icaza (1836–1911), romantic poet
- Template:Flagicon Clarice Lispector (1925–1977), novelist
- Template:Flagicon Luis Lloréns Torres (1878–1944), poet
- Template:Flagicon Luis López Nieves (born 1950), best-selling novelist and tale writer
- Template:Flagicon Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate
- Template:Flagicon Leopoldo Lugones (1874–1938), poet
- Template:Flagicon Mário de Andrade (1893–1945), poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, he was a pioneer of the field of ethnomusicology
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- Template:Flagicon Alejandra Pizarnik (born 1936), poet
- Template:Flagicon Machado de Assis (1839–1908), realist novelist, poet and short-story writer
- Template:Flagicon Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948), novelist and short story writer, One of the greatest names in children's literature of all time
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Jorge Majfud (born 1970), novelist and essayist
- Template:Flagicon José Martí (1853–1895), poet and essayist
- Template:Flagicon Gregório de Matos (1636–1696), baroque poet
- Template:Flagicon Leopoldo Minaya (born 1963), Cervantes Cultural Association Award
- Template:Flagicon Pedro Mir (1913–2000), poet and writer, Poet Laureate of Dominican Republic
- Template:Flagicon Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), poet, Nobel Prize
- Template:Flagicon Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003), short story writer, Prince of Asturias Award
- Template:Flagicon Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984), novelist, essayist, journalist and short story writer
- Template:Flagicon Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013), poet, novelist, and essayist, Cervantes Prize, Prince of Asturias Award
- Template:Flagicon Ana Maria Machado (born 1941), writer, She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000 for her "lasting contribution to children's literature"
- Template:Flagicon Pablo Neruda (1904–1973), poet, Nobel Prize
- Template:Flagicon Amado Nervo (1870–1919), modernist poet
- Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1994), novelist and short-story writer, Cervantes Prize
- Template:Flagicon Nicanor Parra (1914–2018), anti-poet
- Template:Flagicon Fernando del Paso (1935–2018), novelist, essayist and poet, Rómulo Gallegos Prize
- Template:Flagicon Octavio Paz (1914–1998), Cervantes Prize and Nobel Prize
- Template:Flagicon Sergio Pitol (1933–2018), novelist, short story writer and translator, Cervantes Prize
- Template:Flagicon Elena Poniatowska (born 1932), novelist
- Template:Flagicon Manuel Puig (1932–1990), novelist
- Template:Flagicon Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937), short story writer
- Template:Flagicon José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928), poet and novelist
- Template:Flagicon Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005), novelist, Cervantes Prize
- Template:Flagicon Gonzalo Rojas (born 1917), poet, Cervantes Prize
- Template:Flagicon Juan Rulfo (1917–1986), novelist, Prince of Asturias Award
- Template:Flagicon Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011), novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize
- Template:Flagicon Jaime Sabines (1926–1999), poet
- Template:Flagicon Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), postmodernist poet
- Template:Flagicon Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923–2022), novelist and short-story writer, Camoens Prize
- Template:Flagicon Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001), novelist, Prince of Asturias Award
- Template:Flagicon César Vallejo (1892–1938), poet
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Vallejo (born 1942), novelist, Rómulo Gallegos Prize
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936), novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize, Nobel Prize
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616), first mestizo author in Spanish language
- Template:Flagicon Xavier Villaurrutia (1903–1950), poet
Others
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- Josué de Castro (1908–1973), physician
- Silvia Renate Sommerlath (born 1943), Queen of Sweden
- Óscar González-Quevedo (1930–2019), parapsychologist
- Egon Albrecht-Lemke (1918–1944), Luftwaffe fighter pilot
- Luigi Cani (born 1970), skydiver
- Ali Lenin Aguilera (born 1967), businessman
- Frei Galvão (1739–1822), saint
- Eike Batista (born 1956), businessman
- José Antonio Bowen (born 1952), jazz musician and college president
- Antonio Divino Moura, meteorologist
- Enrique Gratas (1944–2015), television journalist
- Chico Xavier (1910–2002), philanthropist and spiritist medium
- María Julia Mantilla (born 1983), Miss World 2004
- Graças Foster (born 1953), business person
- Denise Quiñones (born 1980), Miss Universe 2001
- Sebastião Salgado (born 1944), photographer
- Geraldo Rivera (born 1943), television journalist
- Amyr Klink (born 1955), explorer
- Mike Krieger (born 1986), entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Instagram
- Ricardo Salinas Pliego (born 1956), businessman
- Alex Kipman (born 1979), engineer
- Carlos Slim (born 1940), businessman and billionaire
- Gérard Moss (1955-2022), pilot
- Alex Atala (born 1968), cook
- Ademar José Gevaerd (1962–2022), ufologist
- Karol Meyer (born 1968), diver
- Maria da Conceição (d. 1798), alleged witch
- Roche Braziliano (1630–1671), pirate
- Eduardo Saverin (born 1982), co-founder of Facebook
Lists by nationality
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- Template:Flagicon Bolivians
- Template:Flagicon Brazilians
- Template:Flagicon Chileans
- Template:Flagicon Colombians
- Template:Flagicon Costa Ricans
- Template:Flagicon Cubans
- Template:Flagicon Dominicans
- Template:Flagicon Ecuadorians
- Template:Flagicon Guatemalans
- Template:Flagicon Hondurans
- Template:Flagicon Mexicans
- Template:Flagicon Nicaraguans
- Template:Flagicon Panamanians
- Template:Flagicon Paraguayans
- Template:Flagicon Peruvians
- Template:Flagicon Puerto Ricans
- Template:Flagicon Salvadorans
- Template:Flagicon Uruguayans
- Template:Flagicon Venezuelans
- Template:Flagicon List of people by nationality