Famous People from Argentina

29 notable historical figures from Argentina, including leaders, artists, scientists, and other influential people.

association football player (10)politician (7)association football coach (4)essayist (2)lawyer (2)military officer (2)Latin Catholic bishop (1)Catholic theologian (1)revolutionary (1)partisan (1)

Pope Francis

1936 – 2025

266th pope of the Catholic Church (2013–2025)

Latin Catholic bishopCatholic theologianautobiographerchemical technologistphilosopheruniversity teacherLatin Catholic priestchemistpreacherpoliticianwriter
Born December 17Wikipedia →

Lionel Messi

1987 – Present

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

association football player
Born June 24Wikipedia →

Jorge Luis Borges

1899 – 1986

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

short story writeressayistopinion journalistliterary critictranslatorlibrarianpoetwriterscreenwriter
Born August 24Wikipedia →

Diego Maradona

1960 – 2020

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

association football playerassociation football coachactor
Born October 30Wikipedia →

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

1953 – Present

president of Argentina from 2007-2015, vice president of Argentina since 2019 to 2023

lawyer
Born February 19Wikipedia →

Eva Perón

1919 – 1952

Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)

women's rights activistsuffragisttrade unionistfilm actorstage actorpolitician
Born May 7Wikipedia →

Sergio Agüero

1988 – Present

Argentine association football player

online streamerassociation football playerbusinessperson
Born June 2Wikipedia →

Alfredo Di Stéfano

1926 – 2014

Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014)

association football playerassociation football coach
Born July 4Wikipedia →

Javier Milei

1970 – Present

economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023

presenterradio personalitypunditassociation football playercivil servanteconomistpoliticianteacherwriter
Born October 22Wikipedia →

José de San Martín

1778 – 1850

Argentine general and independence leader (1778–1850)

soldierpoliticianmilitary personnel
Born February 25Wikipedia →

Mauricio Macri

1959 – Present

president of Argentina from 2015 to 2019

sports executivebridge playercivil engineerpoliticianbusinessperson
Born February 8Wikipedia →

Hernán Crespo

1975 – Present

Argentine footballer

futsal playerassociation football playerassociation football coach
Born July 5Wikipedia →

Alberto Fernández

1959 – Present

president of Argentina from 2019 to 2023

university teacherpoliticianlawyer
Born April 2Wikipedia →

Juan Manuel Fangio

1911 – 1995

Argentine racing driver (1911–1995)

Formula One driverracing automobile driverentrepreneur
Born June 24Wikipedia →

Carlos Tevez

1984 – Present

Argentine association football player

association football playerassociation football coach
Born February 5Wikipedia →

Javier Mascherano

1984 – Present

Argentine association football player and manager

association football playerassociation football coach
Born June 8Wikipedia →

Carlos Menem

1930 – 2021

Argentinean president between 1989 and 1999

politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
Born July 2Wikipedia →

Ernesto Sabato

1911 – 2011

Argentine writer, painter and physicist (1911-2011)

essayistnovelistpainterphysicistpoetteacherwriter
Born June 24Wikipedia →

Gabriel Batistuta

1969 – Present

Argentine association football player

polo playerjournalistassociation football player
Born February 1Wikipedia →