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Listed below are notable people from Uruguay.

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Artists

See also: List of Uruguayan artists

Vedettes, singers, actors, dancers and models

• Alicia Alfonso (born )&#;&#; actress
• Marcelo Buquet&#;&#; actor and former model
• César Campodónico&#;&#; actor
• Eunice Castro&#;&#; fashion-runway model, professional theater dancer, television and runway hostess and actress of stage and screen
• Mateo Chiarino (born )&#;&#; actor, writer, and director
• Mary da Cuña (–)&#;&#; actress and theater director
• George DelHoyo&#;&#; American theater and television actor, born in Canelones
• Virginia Dobrich&#;&#; professional theater and television dancer
• Mónica Farro&#;&#; theatrical supervedette, model and professional theater and television actress
• Tina Ferreira&#;&#; carnival and theater vedette, dancer and journalist
• Delfi Galbiati&#;&#; theatre actor
• Andrea Ghidone&#;&#; vedette, fashion model, professional dancer and actress of theater and television
• Daniel Hendler&#;&#; film, television, and theatre actor
• Osvaldo Laport&#;&#; film and television actor
• Laura Martínez (born )&#;&#; actress, dancer, television star
• María Mendive (born )&#;&#; actress and theater director
• Mónica Mesones&#;&#; model and TV presenter
• Bárbara Mori&#;&#; telenovela and film actress and model
• Natalia Oreiro&#;&#; Latin Grammy-nominated singer, actress and fashion designer
• María Padín (–)&#;&#; actress and producer
• Pelusa Vera (born )&#;&#; theater, radio, and television actress
• Imilce Viñas (–)&#;&#; actress, comedian, teacher, and theater director
• China Zorrilla&#;&#; award-winning theater, film and television actress

Musicians

Main article: List of Uruguayan musicians

Politics and

The national hero of Uruguay is José Gervasio Artigas (&#x;), who led the fight for independence against Brazil and Portugal. Juan Antonio Lavalleja (?&#x;) directed the uprising that established Uruguay&#x;s independence in The nation&#x;s first two presidents were Gen. José Fructuoso Rivera (?&#x;) and Brig. Gen. Manuel Oribe (?&#x;), the founders of the Colorados and Blancos, respectively. One of Uruguay&#x;s greatest citizens was José Batlle y Ordóñez (&#x;), who served twice as president of the country. José Pedro Varela (&#x;79) was Uruguay&#x;s chief educational reformer.

One of the most respected defenders of Latin America&#x;s cultural tradition was José Enrique Rodó (&#x;), whose Ariel and Motivos de Proteo fostered the idea of the superiority of Latin American culture. Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (&#x;) was a 19th-century romantic poet whose finest work, Tabaré, describes Uruguay at the time of the Spanish conquest. Eduardo Acevedo Díaz (&#x;) won fame as the writer of a gaucho novel, Soledad (). Other significant novelists are Carlos Reyles (&#x;) and Javier de Viana (&#x;). Horacio Quiroga (&#x;) is regarded as one of Latin America&#x;s foremost short-story writers. The poets Julio Herrera y Reissig (&#x;) and Juana de Ibarbourou (&#x;) have attained a devoted audience beyond the borders of Uruguay. Emir Rodríguez Monegal (&#x;85) is considered a leading writer and literary scholar.

The painter Juan Manuel Blanes (&#x;) is best known for his Episode of the Yellow Fever. Pedro Figari (&#x;) painted vivid scenes of early 19th-century Uruguay. Joaquín Torres García (&#x;) founded his painting style on the principles of universalism and constructivism. Eduardo Fabini (&#x;) is Uruguay&#x;s best-known composer. Francisco Curt Lange (y, &#x;), Latin America&#x;s foremost musicologist, founded various in