List of Latin Americans

This is a list of notable Latin American people, in alphabetical order within categories.

Actors

Artists and designers
See also List of Latin American artists.
  • Brazil Aleijadinho (1730 or 1738 – 1814), sculptor
  • Colombia Julio Abril (1911–1979), sculptor
  • Brazil Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), painter, considered one of the leading modernist artists in Latin America
  • Colombia Fernando Botero (1932–2023), painter and sculptor
  • Brazil Adriana Melo, comic book artist, notable for her work on the Star Wars: Empire franchise
  • Uruguay Luis Camnitzer (born 1937), conceptual artist
  • Brazil Roger Mello (born 1965), children's book illustrator
  • Puerto Rico José Campeche (1751–1809), painter
  • Brazil Lygia Clark (1920–1988), painter and sculptor
  • Chile Marcela Donoso (born 1961), painter
  • Peru Pancho Fierro (1810–1879), illustrator
  • Venezuela Gego (1912–1994), geometric-abstract sculptor
  • Brazil Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928–2021), architect
  • Mexico José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913), illustrator and cartoonist, printmaker
  • Chile Alfredo Jaar (born 1956), installation artist
  • Mexico Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), realist and symbolist painter
  • Brazil Ruth Kedar (born 1955), artist and designer
  • Argentina Guillermo Kuitca (born 1961), painter
  • Brazil Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon, comic book artist
  • Cuba Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), painter
  • Chile Roberto Matta (1911–2002), painter
  • Brazil Abraham Palatnik (1928–2020), abstract artist and inventor
  • Cuba Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), performance artist
  • Argentina Lola Mora (1866–1936), sculptor
  • Brazil Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980), painter and sculptor
  • Puerto Rico Francisco Oller (1833–1917), impressionist painter
  • Mexico José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), mural painter and lithographer
  • Brazil Candido Portinari (1903–1962), painter
  • Argentina Benito Quinquela Martín (1890–1977), painter
  • Peru Diego Quispe Tito (1611–1681), Cuzco School painter
  • Brazil Eduardo Kobra (born 1976), graffiti artist
  • Venezuela Armando Reverón (1889–1954), painter
  • Mexico Diego Rivera (1886–1957), muralist
  • Cuba United States Emilio Hector Rodriguez (born 1950), painter and photographer
  • Brazil Gustavo Ramos (born 1993), artist and oil painter
  • Peru José Sabogal (1888–1956), indigenist painter
  • Mexico David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974), social realist painter and muralist
  • Venezuela Jesús Rafael Soto (1923–2005), kinetic and op artist
  • Mexico Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991), painter, artist
  • Brazil Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012), architect
  • Uruguay Joaquín Torres-García (1874–1949), constructivist painter
  • Mexico Spain Remedios Varo (1908–1963), surrealist painter
  • Brazil Constantine Andreou (1917–2007), painter and sculptor

Fashion

Film directors

Leaders and politicians

Monarchs
  • Mexico Agustin I (1783–1824), independence leader, Emperor of Mexico
  • Argentina Pope Francis (born 1936), Sovereign of Vatican City State
  • Brazil Pedro I (1798–1834), independence leader, Emperor of Brazil
  • Brazil Pedro II (1825–1891), Emperor of Brazil

Imperial/royal consorts

Musicians
  • Brazil Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist; considered a pioneer in the study and development of the hybrid picking technique for guitar
  • Uruguay United States Miguel del Águila (born 1957), composer
  • Brazil Alok (DJ) (born 1991), musician, DJ, and record producer, considered one of the best dj in the world
  • Dominican Republic Michel Camilo (born 1954), pianist and composer
  • Venezuela Simón Díaz (1928–2014), composer, actor and singer
  • Brazil Gilberto Gil (born 1942), singer and composer, founder of Tropicália
  • Peru Chabuca Granda (1920–1983), singer and composer
  • Puerto Rico Rafael Hernández Marín (1892–1965), composer
  • Brazil Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994), pianist, singer and composer, widely regarded as one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century
  • Mexico Agustín Lara (1900–1970), composer
  • Cuba Ernesto Lecuona (1896–1963), composer, pianist and conductor
  • Brazil Vinicius de Moraes (1913–1980), singer and composer
  • Argentina Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992), tango composer
  • Puerto Rico Tito Puente (1923–2000), Latin jazz and mambo musician
  • Puerto Rico Omar Rodríguez-López (born 1975), guitarist
  • Brazil Rogerio Caetano (born 1977), awarded virtuoso and international reference in 7 string acoustic guitar
  • Mexico United States Carlos Santana (born 1947), composer, songwriter and guitarist
  • Brazil Eloy Casagrande (born 1991) drummer, considered one of the best heavy metal drummers in history
  • Argentina Lalo Schifrin (born 1932), composer and pianist
  • Peru Pedro Suárez-Vértiz (born 1966), pianist, singer and composer
  • Brazil Caetano Veloso (born 1942), singer and composer, founder of Tropicália
  • Argentina Lito Vitale (born 1961), composer and performer
  • Brazil 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
  • Argentina Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908–1992), folk musician
  • Argentina Rosa Antonelli, pianist
  • Brazil 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
  • 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 (born 1927), 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

Philosophers and humanists

Science and technology
  • Brazil Manuel de Abreu (1894–1962), physician, scientist, inventor of abreugraphy(mass radiography of the lungs for screening tuberculosis)
  • Argentina Luis Agote (1868–1954), physician and researcher
  • Puerto Rico Ricardo Alegría (1921–2011), physical anthropologist
  • Brazil Álvaro Alvim (1863–1928), physician, pioneer in radiology and radiotherapy
  • Brazil Carolina Araujo, mathematician, included in a deck of playing cards featuring notable women mathematicians published by the Association of Women in Mathematics
  • Brazil 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.
  • Brazil Francisco João de Azevedo (1814–1880), inventor, best known for his invention of Typewriter
  • Argentina José Antonio Balseiro (1919–1962), nuclear physicist
  • Argentina Gregorio Baro (1928–2012), radiochemist
  • Brazil Geraldo de Barros (1923–1998), painter and photographer, known for his trailblazing work in experimental abstract photography and modernism
  • Brazil 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
  • Venezuela United States Baruj Benacerraf (1920–2011), immunologist, Nobel Prize Medicine
  • Mexico United States Martha E. Bernal (1931–2001), psychologist
  • Brazil 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
  • Brazil 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.
  • Brazil David Joseph Bohm (1917–1992), scientist who has been described as one of the most significant
  • Colombia Francisco José de Caldas (1768–1818), naturalist, mathematician, geographer and inventor
  • Argentina United States Fernando Caldeiro (born 1958), NASA astronaut
  • Puerto Rico Víctor A. Carreño (1911–1967), NASA aerospace engineer
  • Mexico Nabor Carrillo Flores (1911–1967), nuclear physicist
  • Brazil Carlos Chagas (1879–1934), physician and scientist
  • Costa Rica United States Franklin Chang Díaz (born 1950), NASA astronaut
  • Puerto Rico Nitza Margarita Cintrón (born 1950), NASA Chief of Space and Health Care Systems
  • Brazil Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho (1924–2016), biologist, primatologist, pioneer in studies of and conservation of lion tamarins
  • Venezuela Jacinto Convit (1913–2014), medical scientist, discoverer of vaccines
  • Brazil Newton da Costa (born 1929), mathematician, logician, and philosopher, recognised for his works in paraconsistent logic
  • Brazil Luís Cruls(1848–1908), astronomer and geodesist, co-discoverer of the Great Comet of 1882
  • Brazil Oswaldo Cruz (1872–1917), physician, bacteriologist, epidemiologist
  • Brazil Johanna Döbereiner (born 1924), agronomist, pioneer in soil biology
  • Argentina René Favaloro (1923–2000), cardiologist, created the technique for coronary bypass
  • Venezuela Humberto Fernández-Morán (1924–1999), medical research scientist
  • Brazil Sérgio Henrique Ferreira (1934–2016), physician and pharmacologist, discovered the active principle of a drug for hypertension
  • Puerto Rico Orlando Figueroa (born 1955), NASA Director for Mars Exploration and for Solar System Division
  • Cuba Carlos Finlay (1833–1915), medical scientist, researcher
  • Brazil Hércules Florence (1804–1879), pioneer of photography
  • Brazil 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.
  • Colombia Julio Garavito Armero (1865–1920), astronomer
  • Brazil 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.
  • Brazil Otto Richard Gottlieb (1920–2011), chemist and scientist
  • Brazil José Goldemberg (born 1928), physicist, university educator, scientific leader and research scientist, He is a leading expert on energy and environment issues
  • Mexico Guillermo González Camarena (1917–1965), inventor of an early color television system
  • Brazil 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.
  • Cuba Juan Gundlach (1810–1896), naturalist, taxonomist
  • Brazil Bartolomeu de Gusmão(1685–1724), Catholic priest, pioneer of aviation, the inventor of the balloon, became known as the "flying priest"
  • Brazil 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
  • Colombia Salomón Hakim (1922–2011), physician and scientist
  • Mexico Guillermo Haro (1913–1988), astrophysicist, specialist in observational astronomy
  • Argentina Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971), physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • Mexico Miguel de Icaza (born 1972), free software programmer
  • Brazil Roberto Ierusalimschy (born 1960), computer scientist, known for creating the Lua programming language
  • Brazil 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
  • Brazil 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
  • Brazil Roberto Landell de Moura (1861–1928), pioneer of telephony and radio
  • Brazil César Lattes (1924–2005), experimental physicist, one of the discoverers of the pion, a composite subatomic particle made of a quark and an antiquark
  • Argentina Luis Federico Leloir (1906–1987), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Brazil Maria Carmela Lico (1927–1985), produced important insights on the descending control of nociception by limbic structures, specially the septal nuclei
  • Brazil Henrique da Rocha Lima (1879–1956), physician, pathologist and infectologist, discovered Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus
  • Argentina Domingo Liotta (1924–2022), cardiologist, created first artificial heart
  • Brazil Rosaly Lopes (born 1957), planetary geologist, volcanologist, author of numerous scientific papers and several books
  • Brazil 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
  • Brazil Adolfo Lutz (1855–1940), father of tropical medicine and a pioneer epidemiologist and researcher in infectious diseases
  • Chile Humberto Maturana (1928–2021), biologist, co-author of the theory of autopoiesis
  • Brazil 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
  • Brazil Lia Medeiros, astronomer, notable participation in the black hole photo in 2019
  • Cuba Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born 1942), USSR Space Program cosmonaut
  • Argentina César Milstein (1927–2002), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • Mexico Luis E. Miramontes (1925–2004), chemist, co-inventor of the oral contraceptive
  • Mexico Mario J. Molina (born 1943), chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Honduras Salvador Moncada (born 1944), pharmacologist
  • Brazil 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.
  • Brazil Miguel Nicolelis(1961), pioneering work surrounding brain-computer interface
  • Chile Hermann Niemeyer (1919–1991), paediatrician and biochemist, pioneer of biochemistry in Chile
  • Mexico Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 1952), Ph.D, NASA astronaut
  • Brazil 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".
  • Peru United States Carlos I. Noriega (born 1959), NASA astronaut
  • Puerto Rico Antonia Novello (born 1944), 14th Surgeon General of the United States
  • Brazil Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig (1928–2018), immunologist specializing in the development of malaria vaccines
  • Brazil 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
  • Brazil Andreas Pavel, cultural producer and media designer who is generally credited with patenting the personal stereo
  • Colombia Manuel Elkin Patarroyo (born 1947), pathologist, vaccines specialist
  • Brazil Carlos Paz de Araújo, scientist and inventor, holds nearly 600 patents in the area of nanotechnology
  • Dominican Republic Feniosky Peña-Mora (born 1966), engineer and educator
  • Brazil 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
  • Cuba Felipe Poey (1799–1891), zoologist, specialist in ichthyology
  • Brazil Marcos Pontes (born 1963), first AEB/NASA astronaut
  • Peru Aracely Quispe Neira (born 1982), NASA senior astronautical engineer, professor, researcher
  • Brazil Silvano Raia, first surgeon to achieve a successful living donor liver transplantation in July 1989
  • Argentina Eduardo H. Rapoport (1927–2017), ecologist, biogeographer
  • Venezuela L. Rafael Reif (born 1950), engineer, president of MIT
  • Spain Mexico Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849), geologist, chemist
  • Brazil Maurício Rocha e Silva (1910–1983), physician and pharmacologist, discovered bradykinin, an active cardiovascular peptide
  • Puerto Rico United States Helen Rodríguez Trías (1929–2001), pediatrician, early advocate for women's reproductive rights
  • El Salvador United States Francisco Rubio (astronaut) (born 1975), NASA astronaut
  • Brazil Oscar Sala (1922–2010), nuclear physicist and important scientific leader
  • Brazil 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
  • Puerto Rico Wilfredo Santa-Gómez (born 1949), psychiatrist
  • Dominican Republic José Santana (economist) (born 1962), specialist in technology and development
  • Brazil Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), aviation inventor
  • Brazil Nise da Silveira (1905–1999), psychiatrist and mental health reformer
  • Mexico United States Sarah Stewart (cancer researcher) (1905–1976), microbiologist, discovered Polyomavirus
  • Chile Klaus von Storch (born 1962), aerospace engineer
  • Brazil 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.
  • Chile Pablo DT Valenzuela (born 1941), biotechnologist, co-founder of Chiron Corporation and Fundación Ciencias Para la Vida
  • Chile Francisco Varela (1946–2001), biologist, co-author of the theory of autopoiesis
  • Mexico United States Lydia Villa-Komaroff (born 1947), biologist, early Mexican American PhD in the sciences
  • Brazil 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

Sports

Athletics to Cycling
Athletics
  • Mexico Daniel Bautista (born 1952), Olympic race walk gold medalist
  • Brazil Thiago Braz (born 1993), Olympic pole vault gold medalist
  • Argentina Delfo Cabrera (1919–1981), Olympic marathon gold medalist
  • Mexico Ernesto Canto (born 1959), race walk Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
  • Brazil Joaquim Cruz (born 1963), Olympic 800m gold medalist
  • Brazil Adhemar da Silva (1927–2001), Olympic 2x triple jump gold medalist
  • Cuba Anier García (born 1976), Olympic 110 m hurdles gold medalist
  • Mexico Raúl González (racewalker) (born 1952), Olympic gold medalist
  • Cuba Alberto Juantorena (born 1950), Olympic 2x track gold medalist
  • Cuba Iván Pedroso (born 1972), Olympic long jump gold medalist and 4x World Champion
  • Ecuador Jefferson Pérez (born 1974), Olympic 2x race walk gold medalist and 4x World Champion
  • Cuba Dayron Robles (born 1986), Olympic 110 m hurdles gold medalist
  • Panama Irving Saladino (born 1983), Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
  • Dominican Republic United States Félix Sánchez (born 1977), Olympic 400m hurdles gold medalist and 2x World Champion
  • Cuba Javier Sotomayor (born 1967), Olympic high jump gold medalist and World Record holder
  • Argentina Juan Carlos Zabala (1911–1983), Olympic marathon gold medalist
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
  • Nicaragua Rosendo Álvarez (born 1970), World Champion
  • Nicaragua Alexis Argüello (born 1952), World Champion, International Boxing Hall of Fame
  • Puerto Rico United States Wilfred Benítez (born 1958), World Champion in 3x weight divisions, International Boxing Hall of Fame
  • Argentina Jorge Castro (boxer) (born 1967), World Champion
  • Mexico Julio César Chávez (born 1962), World Champion in 3x weight divisions
  • Argentina Juan Martin Coggi (born 1961), World Champion
  • Dominican Republic Carlos Cruz (boxer) (1937–1970), World Champion
  • Mexico United States Oscar De La Hoya (born 1972), World Champion in 6x weight divisions
  • Puerto Rico Carlos De León (1959–2020), World Champion
  • Panama Roberto Durán (born 1951), World Champion in 4x weight divisions
  • Argentina Víctor Galíndez (1948–1980), World Champion
  • Puerto Rico Wilfredo Gómez (born 1956), World Champion
  • Brazil Éder Jofre (born 1936), World Champion
  • Argentina Santos Laciar (born 1959), World Champion
  • Cuba Mexico Raúl Macías (1934–2009), World Champion
  • Peru Kina Malpartida (born 1980), World Champion
  • Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga (born 1973), World Champion
  • Argentina Carlos Monzón (1942–1995), World Champion
  • Mexico José Luis Ramírez (born 1958), World Champion
  • Puerto Rico John Ruiz (born 1972), World Champion
  • Puerto Rico José Torres (1936–2009), World Champion
  • Puerto Rico Félix Trinidad (born 1973), World Champion
Chess
  • Peru Esteban Canal (1896–1981), International Master, honorary International Grandmaster
  • Cuba José Raúl Capablanca (1888–1942), World Champion, International Grandmaster
  • Brazil Henrique Costa Mecking (born 1952), Brazilian chess grandmaster
Cycling
  • Colombia Santiago Botero (born 1972), World Time-Trial Champion
  • Brazil Henrique Avancini (born 1989)
Draughts
  • Brazil 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)
Handball
Golf
  • Puerto Rico Chi-Chi Rodríguez (born 1935), World Golf Hall of Famer
  • Brazil Bento Assis 4 x World Champion US Kids Golf
Horse racing
  • Venezuela Javier Castellano (born 1977), jockey, 3x U.S. Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey
  • Venezuela Ramon Domínguez (born 1976), jockey, 3x U.S. Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey
  • Brazil T. J. Pereira (born 1976)
Motor sports
  • Venezuela Johnny Cecotto (born 1956), 2x Motorcycle World Champion
  • Brazil Eric Granado (born 1996), He was the 2017 FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship winner
  • Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio (1911–1995), 5x Formula One World Champion
  • Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi (born 1946), 2x Formula One World Champion
  • Venezuela Carlos Lavado (born 1956), 2x Motorcycle World Champion
  • Chile Juan Zanelli (1906–1944), Le Mans and European Hill Climb and Formula One race winner
  • Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya (born 1975), 1x CART Champion, 2x Indianapolis 500 winner, Formula One and NASCAR race winner
  • Brazil Nelson Piquet (born 1952), 3x Formula One World Champion
  • Brazil Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), 3x Formula One World Champion
Skateboarding
  • Brazil Bob Burnquist (born 1976), better known as Bob is the most medalist in X Games history, with a total of 30 medals
  • Brazil Letícia Bufoni (born 1993), considered one of the greatest names in the history of the sport
Surfing
  • Peru Sofía Mulánovich (born 1983), 3x World Champion, Surfing Hall of Fame
  • Brazil Phil Rajzman (born 1982), 2x World Champion
  • Brazil Gabriel Medina (born 1993)
  • Brazil Ítalo Ferreira (born 1994)
  • Brazil Filipe Toledo (born 1995)
  • Brazil Adriano de Souza (born 1987)
Tennis
Volleyball
UFC

Writers
See also List of Latin American writers (by country).

A-L

M-Z
  • Brazil Machado de Assis (1839–1908), realist novelist, poet and short-story writer
  • Brazil Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948), novelist and short story writer, One of the greatest names in children's literature of all time
  • Uruguay United States Jorge Majfud (born 1970), novelist and essayist
  • Cuba José Martí (1853–1895), poet and essayist
  • Brazil Gregório de Matos (1636–1696), baroque poet
  • Dominican Republic Leopoldo Minaya (born 1963), Cervantes Cultural Association Award
  • Dominican Republic Pedro Mir (1913–2000), poet and writer, Poet Laureate of Dominican Republic
  • Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), poet, Nobel Prize
  • Guatemala Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003), short story writer, Prince of Asturias Award
  • Argentina Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984), novelist, essayist, journalist and short story writer
  • Colombia Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013), poet, novelist, and essayist, Cervantes Prize, Prince of Asturias Award
  • Brazil Ana Maria Machado (born 1941), writer, She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000 for her "lasting contribution to children's literature"
  • Chile Pablo Neruda (1904–1973), poet, Nobel Prize
  • Mexico Amado Nervo (1870–1919), modernist poet
  • Uruguay Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1994), novelist and short-story writer, Cervantes Prize
  • Chile Nicanor Parra (1914–2018), anti-poet
  • Mexico Fernando del Paso (1935–2018), novelist, essayist and poet, Rómulo Gallegos Prize
  • Mexico Octavio Paz (1914–1998), Cervantes Prize and Nobel Prize
  • Mexico Sergio Pitol (1933–2018), novelist, short story writer and translator, Cervantes Prize
  • Mexico Elena Poniatowska (born 1932), novelist
  • Argentina Manuel Puig (1932–1990), novelist
  • Uruguay Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937), short story writer
  • Colombia José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928), poet and novelist
  • Paraguay Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005), novelist, Cervantes Prize
  • Chile Gonzalo Rojas (born 1917), poet, Cervantes Prize
  • Mexico Juan Rulfo (1917–1986), novelist, Prince of Asturias Award
  • Argentina Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011), novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize
  • Mexico Jaime Sabines (1926–1999), poet
  • Argentina Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), postmodernist poet
  • Brazil Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923–2022), novelist and short-story writer, Camoens Prize
  • Venezuela Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001), novelist, Prince of Asturias Award
  • Peru César Vallejo (1892–1938), poet
  • Colombia Fernando Vallejo (born 1942), novelist, Rómulo Gallegos Prize
  • Peru Spain Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936), novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize, Nobel Prize
  • Peru Spain Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616), first mestizo author in Spanish language
  • Mexico Xavier Villaurrutia (1903–1950), poet

Others
  • 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

See also
  • List of Hispanic and Latin American Britons
  • List of Eastern Caribbean people
  • List of Latin American Jews
  • Notable U.S.A. Hispanics
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