List of Ecuadorians
This is a list of notable Ecuadorians .
Arts
Literature and journalism
Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006) - poet and writerJorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009) - poet and novelistLuis Aguilar-Monsalve (b. 1942) - writerDemetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981) - writerVíctor Manuel Albornoz (1896–1975) - writer and historianGabriela Alemán (b. 1968) - novelist and short story writerCarlos Altamirano Sánchez (b. 1926) - poet and journalistVicente Amador Flor (1903–1975) - poetMaría Fernanda Ampuero (b. 1976) - journalist, short story writerJuan Andrade Heymann (b. 1945) - novelist, poet, playwright, short story writerRaúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983) - journalist and playwrightCésar E. Arroyo (1887–1937) - poet, novelist, journalist, playwright and diplomatEnrique Avellán Ferrés (1904–1984) - novelist and playwrightJuan Bautista Aguirre (1725–1786) - poet and writer from colonial South AmericaPablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904–1999) - writer, journalistAlfonso Barrera Valverde (1929–2013) - writer, diplomatAna Cecilia Blum (b. 1972) - writerArturo Borja (1892–1912) - poetLuz Elisa Borja (1903–1927) - poetRosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964) - poet and essayistVicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014) - writerJorge Luis Cáceres (b. 1982) - writer, editorOswaldo Calisto Rivera (1979–2000) - poet and artistJosé Antonio Campos (1868–1939) - journalistEliécer Cárdenas (1950–2021) - novelistHipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972) - writer, suffragistJorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978) - poetAlejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915–1992) - writer and journalistFanny Carrión de Fierro (b. 1939) - writer, poet, essayist and professorBenjamín Carrión Mora (1897–1979) - writerIván Carvajal (b. 1948) - poet, philosopher, writerMaría Piedad Castillo de Levi (1888–1962) - journalist, suffragistGabriel Cevallos García (1913–2004) - writer and historianOctavio Cordero Palacios (1870–1930) - writer, playwright, poet, mathematician, lawyer, professor and inventorSimón Corral (b. 1946) - poet and playwrightMary Corylé (1894–1976) - poetLuis Alberto Costales (1926–2006) - poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politicianRemigio Crespo Toral (1860–1939) - poet, journalist, politicianJosé de la Cuadra (1903–1941) - novelist and short story writerAgustin Cueva (1937–1992) - writer and sociologistCésar Dávila Andrade (1918–1967)- poetJorge Dávila Vázquez (b. 1947) - writerRafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013) - poet, novelist, and short story writerMiguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015) - poet, novelist, and short story writerJosé María Egas (1896–1982) - poetGonzalo Escudero (1903–1971) - poet and diplomatEugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - writerIleana Espinel (1933–2001) - poetAurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961) - writer, poet, and translatorAlfonso Espinosa de los Monteros (b. 1941) - TV journalist, holder of a Guinness Record for longest continuous time as a news anchorAurora Estrada y Ayala (1901–1967) - poetJenny Estrada (b. 1940) - writer and journalistUlises Estrella (1939–2014) - poet, film expertNelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002) - poetJacinto de Evia (1625–1700s) - poet, priestÁngel Felicísimo Rojas (1909–2003) - writer, novelist, and poetHumberto Fierro (1890–1929) - poetLuis Enrique Fierro (b. 1936) - poet and medical doctorJaime Galarza Zavala (b. 1930) - writer, poet, journalist and politicianJoaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947) - novelist and short story writerKarina Galvez (b. 1964) - poetAlfredo Gangotena (1904–1944) - poet who wrote in French and SpanishEnrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973) - writerFederico González Suárez (1844–1917) - bishop, historianEuler Granda (1935–2018) - novelistFrancisco Granizo Ribadeneira (1925–2009) - poetYanna Hadatty (b. 1969) - short story writer and essayistHoracio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931–2012) - poet and writerHoracio Hidrovo Velásquez (1902–1962) - poet, novelist and short story writerJanet Hinostroza (b. 1971) - journalist and TV presenterGilda Holst (b. 1952) - writerJorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978) - writerMaría Angélica Idrobo (1890–1956) - writer, educatorEdna Iturralde (b. 1948) - writerEfraín Jara Idrovo (1926–2018) - poet and writerCarlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (b. 1932) - poetNicolás Kingman Riofrío (1918–2018) - journalist, writer and politicianJuan Larrea Holguín (1927–2006) - writer and lawyerNuma Pompilio Llona (1832–1907) - poetSonia Manzano Vela (b. 1947) - writer and pianistLuis A. Martínez (1869–1909) - novelistNela Martínez (1912–2004) - writerJosé Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008) - playwrightHugo Mayo (1895–1988) - poet and writerJosé Trajano Mera (1862–1919) - poet and playwrightJuan León Mera (1832–1894) - writerPedro Moncayo (1807–1888) - political journalistJuan Montalvo (1832–1889) - writerErnesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927) - poetJorge Núñez Sánchez (1947–2020) - writerJosé Joaquín de Olmedo (1780–1847) - poet, politicianAdalberto Ortiz (1914–2003) - writer and poetElisa Ortiz de Aulestia (1909–1991) - teacher and writerEmilio Palacio (b. 1954) - journalistAlfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993) - writer, historian, academician, politician and diplomatJulio Pazos Barrera (b. 1944) - poet and writerGalo René Pérez (1923–2008) - biographer, poet, and essayistJorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995) - writer and historianIsmael Pérez Pazmiño (1876–1944) - journalist, businessmanRodolfo Pérez Pimentel (b. 1939) - biographerVictoria Puig de Lange (1916–2008) - journalistAleyda Quevedo (b. 1972) - writerErnesto Quiñonez (b. 1969) - novelistEdmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004) - writerVíctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940) - writerÓscar Efrén Reyes (1896–1966)Miguel Riofrío (1822–1879) - writerJuan Manuel Rodríguez (b. 1945) - Spanish-Ecuadorian writerGonzalo Rubio Orbe (1909-1994) - Anthropologist and writerAlfonso Rumazo González (1903–2002) - writer, historian, essayist and literary criticJosé Rumazo González (b. 1904) - poetHugo Salazar Tamariz (1923–1999) - poet, novelist and playwrightNatasha Salguero (b. 1952) - writer, journalistIsacovici Salomon (1924–1998) - writerFiloteo Samaniego (1928–2013) - novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomatMedardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919) - poetDolores Sucre (1837–1917) - poetFernando Tinajero (b. 1940) - writerFrancisco Tobar García (1928–1997) - poet, novelist, and playwrightAbdón Ubidia (b. 1944) - novelistZoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969) - journalistBenjamín Urrutia (b. 1950) - writerJuan Valdano Morejón (1939–2021) - writerLeonardo Valencia (b. 1969) - writerEduardo Varas (b. 1979) - novelist and journalistFray José María Vargas O.P. (1902–1988) - writer and historianJavier Vásconez (b. 1946) - novelist and short story writerMarieta de Veintemilla (1855–1907) - writer, politicianDolores Veintimilla (1829–1857) - poetJuan de Velasco (1727–1792) - poet, historianJorge Velasco Mackenzie (1949–2021) - writerPedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999) - writerRaquel Verdesoto (1910–1999) - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activistGaspar de Villarroel (1587–1665) - bishop, apologistHumberto Vinueza (1942–2017) - poetAlicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928) - novelistGonzalo Zaldumbide (1884–1965) - poet
Visual arts
Dance
Music
Adrianne León - singer-songwriter, American of Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican descent, lived in Ecuador.Adrienne Bailon - singer 3LW; Ecuadorian/Puerto RicanAntonio Neumane - French, lived and worked in Ecuador, composed the music of the National Anthem of EcuadorArturo Rodas - classical composerBeatriz Parra Durango - classical musicianBoris Cepeda - pianistCarlos Rubira Infante - singer-songwriterCelia Zaldumbide Rosales - pianistChristopher Vélez - singer-songwriter and dancer (CNCO)Christina Aguilera - singer and pop icon (half Ecuadorian, half German, Irish, Welsh, and Dutch ancestry)Diego Luzuriaga - composerEdgar Palacios Rodriguez - composerEnrique Espín Yépez - composer, violinistFausto Miño - singer-songwriterGabriela Villalba - singerGerardo - singerGuillermo Ayoví Erazo , aka Papá Roncón - Afro-Ecuadorian musician, singer, and marimba playerIsabel Rosales Pareja - pianistJinsop - Korean/American singer, Ecuadorian nationality by naturalizationJorge Araujo Chiriboga - composerJorge Saade - violinistJuan Fernando Velasco - singer-songwriterHilda Murillo singerFresia Saavedra singerPaulina Tamayo singerMercedes M. Suastisinger Carlota Jaramillosinger Julio Jaramillo - folklore and romantic music singerWendy Vera - singer, politicianLeo Rojas - musicianLeslie Wright - pianistLuis Humberto Salgado - classical composerLuis Silva Parra - saxophonist of classical jazzMesias Maiguashca - classical composerNicasio Safadi - songwriter, popular musician, born in Lebanon Paulina Aguirre - Christian singerSebastian J. - music producer, songwriterSixto María Durán Cárdenas - pianist, composer, lawyer, singerLila Álvarez Garcia - pianist, choir director, and musical art teacher
Science
Medicine
Politics and military
Pamela Aguirre Zambonino (born 1984) - member of Andean ParliamentBelisario Albán Mestanza (1853–1925) - notable role in the Liberal Revolution of GuayaquilHumberto Albornoz (1894–1959) - member of a provisional government junta in 1926Ana Lucía Armijos (born 1949) - first female interior ministerPedro José de Arteta (1797–1893) - vice-presidentLeopoldo Benites (1905–1996) - diplomat, writer, president of the United Nations General AssemblyDiego Borja - Coordination Minister for Economic Policy, president of the Poder Ciudadano MovementDiana Coloma - blind disability activist and politicianDolores Cacuango - left-wing indigenous activistManuela Cañizares (1769–1814) - early leader of the independence movementRafael Carvajal (1819–1878) - politician, ministerGalo Chiriboga - minister, prosecutor, felonPacífico Chiriboga (1810–1886) - politician, legislator, vice presidentCarlos Cueva Tamariz (1898–1991) - politician, senator, legislator, councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of LaborAlberto Dahik (born 1953) - vice president, professor and businessmanJosé Javier Eguiguren - politician, ministerFreddy Ehlers (born 1945) - journalist, minister, presidential candidateJuan Falconí Puig - public servant, diplomatLuis Félix López (1932–2008) - prominent politician, ministerManuel Félix López (1937–2004) - prominent politician in Manabí provinceGuillermo Franco (1811–1873) - self-proclaimed dictator, major figure in the Ecuadorian political and military sceneJorge Glas - vice president, convicted felonLuisa Gómez de la Torre Páez (1887–1976) - socialist activistSusana González Rosado (born 1973) - assembly member, vice prefect of Guayas ProvinceMatilde Hidalgo (1889–1974) - activist, physician, first Ecuadorian woman to finish secondary education, first Ecuadorina woman to complete a degree in medicine and first Ecuadorian woman to cast a vote in a national electionFrancisco Illingworth (1905–1982) - Vice President of EcuadorMaría Leonor Jiménez (born 1939) - candidate, public servantMaría Cristina Kronfle (born 1985) - member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly for Guayas ProvinceJosé de La Mar - Independentist military leader, president of Peru (born in what is now Ecuador)Luis Larrea Alba - general, president de facto in 1931Richelieu Levoyer - Army general, who proposed the "Return to the Constitution Plan" that ended the 1976–1979 dictatorshipGuillaume Long - French-born ministerLuis Macas - legislator, ministerFederico Malo Andrade - governor, entrepreneurEduardo Maruri - assembly member for the Guayas Province Paco Moncayo - Army general, former mayor of Quito, CongressmanMayra Montaño - ex radio presenter, National assembly member, councillor[ 1] Debbie Mucarsel-Powell - Ecuadorian-born member of the United States House of Representatives , representing Florida ; first person born in South America to reach the United States Congress Jaime Nebot - political leader, major of GuayaquilXavier Neira Menéndez - legislator, presidential candidateAlexandra Ocles - politician and educatorNina Pacari - minister, congresswoman, indigenous activistÁlvaro Noboa - millionaire, political leader, frequent presidential candidateRicardo Paredes Romero - communist politicianAntonio Parra Velasco - Ambassador to France and Great BritainRicardo Patiño - politicianRodrigo Paz - mayor of Quito, minister, entrepreneur, sports executivePedro Pinto Rubianes - minister, vice presidentRafael Pólit - diplomat, governorLeón Roldós Aguilera - former vice president of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movementManuela Sáenz - involved in the independence movement, Simón Bolívar 's lover and confidantJulio Teodoro Salem - politicianJorge Salvador Lara - Ambassador to the Vatican, Peru, Chile, and France, former Foreign Minister of EcuadorJuan de Salinas y Zenitagoya - early independence leaderJosé Serrano - president of the Legislature, ministerAndrés Vallejo (born 1942) - prominent politician, president of the National CongressLuis Vargas Torres (1844–1887) - politician, guerrillaAlexandra Vela - minister, legislatorAlfredo Vera Arrata - politician and architect, minister of education, councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption SecretaryAlfredo Vera Vera (1910–1999) - politicianJosé de Villamil - a leader of the struggle for independence, considered the father of the Ecuadorian Navy; born in Louisiana
Indigenous leaders
Atahualpa - Inca emperor, perhaps born in what is today EcuadorRumiñawi - high-ranking Incan warrior around the time of the Spanish conquest
Presidents
First ladies
Saints
Sports
Álex Aguinaga - footballer and coachJordy Alcívar - footballerAlexander Alvarado - footballerNilson Angulo - footballerRorys Aragón - footballerRobert Arboleda - footballerSamantha Arévalo - swimmerXavier Arreaga - footballerWalter Ayoví - footballerMimi Barona - surferChristian Benítez - footballerShirley Berruz - footballerAndrea Bonilla - long-distance runnerChico Borja - Ecuadorian-American footballer and coachRamiro Borja - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationallyElizabeth Bravo - triathleteBeder Caicedo - footballerCarina Caicedo - footballerFelipe Caicedo - footballerJean Caicedo - boxerJonathan Caicedo - cyclistJordy Caicedo - footballerMoisés Caicedo - footballerLeonardo Campana - footballerPablo Campana - tennis player and public servantAlfredo Campo - BMX cyclistRichard Carapaz - cyclist, winner of the Giro d'Italia , gold medal winner at the 2020 OlympicsByron Castillo - footballerJulio Castillo - boxerMiler Castillo (born 1987) - football playerJefferson Alveiro Cepeda - cyclistRosa Chacha - long-distance runnerVanessa Chalá - judokaAndrés Chocho - race walkerJosé Cifuentes - footballerJuan Manuel Correa - racing driverNeisi Dajomes - weightlifter, gold medal winner at the 2020 OlympicsDaniela Darquea - golferUlises de la Cruz - footballer and politicianAgustín Delgado - footballer and politician, scored first Ecuadorian goal in a World CupAnicka Delgado - swimmerDiana Durango - sport shooterIván Enderica Ochoa - swimmerAlexandra Escobar - weightlifterGonzalo Escobar - tennis playerAdriana Espinosa - archerMichael Estrada - footballerPervis Estupiñán - footballerAlan Franco - footballerHernán Galíndez - footballer (born in Argentina)Estefania García - judokaFricson George - footballerAndrés Gómez - tennis player, French Open winnerEmilio Gómez - tennis playerCarlos Góngora - boxer, IBO world championDoménica González - tennis playerCarlos Gruezo Arboleda - footballerCarlos Gruezo Quiñónez - footballerPiero Hincapié - footballerRomario Ibarra - footballerEduardo Hurtado - footballerElías Jácome - football referee, the first Ecuadorian to officiate in a World CupKarla Jaramillo - race walkerIván Kaviedes - footballerFausto Klinger - footballerMartin Klinger - footballerOrly Klinger - footballerNicolás Lapentti - tennis playerGiovanni Lapentti - tennis playerJuan Madruñero - footballerÁngel Mena - footballerÉdison Méndez - footballerSebas Méndez - footballerAlberto Miño - table tennis playerGlenda Morejón - race walkerJhonatan Narváez - cyclistChristian Noboa - footballerAlfonso Obregón - footballerJoel Ordóñez - footballerÉrika Pachito - boxerJoffre Pachito - footballerWillian Pacho - footballerAngie Palacios - weightlifterDiego Palacios - footballerAndrea Pérez Peña - sport shooterJefferson Pérez - race walker, gold medal winner of the 20 km race walk at the 1996 OlympicsPaola Pérez - race walkerTomas Peribonio - swimmerBrian Pintado - race walker, Olympic championGonzalo Plata - footballerJoao Plata - footballerJackson Porozo - footballerAngelo Preciado - footballerAyrton Preciado - footballerLenin Preciado - judokaÁlex Quiñónez - sprinterRoberto Quiroz - tennis playerCristian Ramírez - footballerDjorkaeff Reasco - footballerKevin Rodríguez - footballerTamara Salazar - weightlifter, medalist at the 2020 Summer OlympicsJeremy Sarmiento - footballer, born in SpainHugo Savinovich - professional wrestler in the United States and Puerto RicoPancho Segura - Ecuadorian-American tennis player, among the top players in his generationAlberto Spencer - footballer, best remembered for his time at Peñarol . Top all-time Copa Libertadores scorer.Abraham Suárez - diverNelson Suarez - diverÁngela Tenorio - sprinterCarlos Tenorio - footballerFélix Torres - footballerPatricio Urrutia - footballer and politician, captained the successful L.D.U. Quito team which won Copa Libertadores Anthony Valencia - footballerAntonio Valencia - footballer, best known for his time at Manchester United F.C. , only Manchester United captain from outside EuropeEnner Valencia - footballerJoel Valencia - footballer, has also represented Spain on youth levelsIván Vallejo - mountaineer and public servantLuisa Valverde - freestyle wrestlerMarlon Vera - mixed martial arts fighterRolando Vera - long-distance runnerClaudio Villanueva - race walkerPetter Villegas - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationallyNicolas Wettstein - eventing rider (born in Switzerland, represented Ecuador internationally)Lucía Yépez - wrestlerOctavio Zambrano - football coach, known mostly for his career at Major League Soccer
Other
Lorena Bobbitt - Ecuadorian-American woman made famous after assaulting her husbandMaría Capovilla - supercentenarian, at one time the oldest living person in the worldMariana Carcelén - aristocrat, Marchioness, wife of independence leader Antonio José de Sucre and as such First Lady of BoliviaMartina Carrillo - 18th-century anti-slavery activistBlanca Chancoso - indigenous activistMagdalena Dávalos y Maldonado - aristocrat, intellectual, patron of the artsJacinto Jijón y Caamaño - aristocrat, archaeologist, politicianYolanda Kakabadse - environmentalist activistHortensia Mata - socialite and philanthropistManuel Muñoz Borrero - diplomat, considered Righteous Among the Nations for his role in saving Jewish people during the HolocaustZonia Palán Tamayo (1954–2003) - economist and women's rightsFaustino Rayo - Colombian-born merchant and assassin, known for murdering Gabriel García Moreno Nelson Serrano - Ecuadorian-American businessman convicted of murderDelary Stoffers - Beauty pageant winner, Miss Ecuador 2023
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