Top 20 most important and famous people from Argentina

Writer, author of Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph(The Aleph)

Writer, known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom

Pope from 2013

General, the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru

President from 1946 to 1955 and his wife

President from 1966 to 1970. He rose to power as dictator

Dictator one of the most infamous in Latin America during the Cold War, responsable of Desaparecidos

President during the Falklands War

President from 2019

Winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1980 for his opposition to dictatorship, during which he was detained and tortured for 14 months

Physiologist, winner of Nobel Prize in 1947 in Medicine for the discover of the role of pituitary hormones in regulating the amount of glucose in animals

Biochemist, winner of Nobel Prize in 1984 who developed the hybridoma technique for the production of monoclonal antibodies

Tango composer and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango

One of the greatest footballers, world champion with Argentina in 1986, legend of Napoli

Footballer, striker of 1990s, legend of Fiorentina and Roma

GOAT of football, world champion with Argentina in 2022

Basketball player, four times winner of NBA with San Antonio Spurs

Tennis player, winner of US Open in 2009

Driver of 1950s, 5 times Formula One champion

Marxist revolutionary, key figure of the Cuban Revolution