List of Paraguayans

The following is a list of people from Paraguay.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Lourdes Arévalos (born 1984), beauty queen and model

B

• Cecilio Báez (1862-1941), politician, writer and president
• Agustín Barboza (1913-1998), singer and composer
• Agustín Barrios-Mangoré (1885-1944), guitarist and composer
• Edgar Baumann (born 1970), former track and field athlete
• Yohana Benítez (born 1987), beauty queen and model
• Emilio Bigi (1910-1969), musician
• Luis Bordón (1926-2006), harp player
• José Bozzano (1895-1969), military engineer who designed gunboats for the Chaco War
• Karina Buttner (born 1983), beauty queen and model

C

• Victor Caballero (born 1960), former tennis player
• Agustín Cañete (1844-1902), minister of finance
• Gabriel Casaccia (1907-1980), writer
• José Cardozo (born 1971), former professional footballer
• Leonor Cecotto (died 1982), artist
• Feliciano Centurión (1962-1996), painter
• Juan Crisóstomo Centurión (1840-1902), military officer and minister of foreign affairs
• Teresio Centurión (born 1958), former footballer
• José Luis Chilavert (born 1965), former professional footballer
• Julio Correa (1890-1953), playwright
• Raúl Cubas Grau (born 1943), politician and former president

D

• José Segundo Decoud (1848-1909), former President of the Supreme Court
• Juan Francisco Decoud (1813-1897), leader of the Paraguayan Legion
• Rogelio Delgado (born 1959), former professional footballer
• Nicanor Duarte Frutos (born 1956), former President of Paraguay

E

• Egni Eckert (born 1987), beauty queen and model
• Arsenio Erico (1915-1977), soccer player
• Víctor Espínola, harp player

F

• Amilcar Ferreira (born 1971), economist and politician
• Buenaventura Ferreira (born 1960), former professional footballer
• Diego Ferreira (born 1975), former track and field athlete
• Nadia Ferreira (born 1999), Miss Universe Paraguay & Miss Universe 2021 first runner-up
• Diego Martínez Ferreira (born 1980), former professional footballer
• Ramona Ferreira, Paraguayan journalist and feminist
• Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944), writer
• José Asunción Flores (1904-1972), director and composer
• Carlos Franco (born 1965), professional golfer
• Julio César Franco (born 1951), politician and former vice-president
• Julio César Franco (born 1965), former footballer
• Leryn Franco (born 1982), former track and field athlete
• Carlos Filizzola (born 1959), politician and former mayor of Asunción

G

• Carlos Gamarra (born 1971), former professional footballer
• Herminio Giménez (1905-1991), composer
• Juan Silvano Godoi (1850-1926), writer and museum director
• Sila Godoy (1919-2014), guitarist and composer
• Guadalupe González (born 1992), beauty queen and model
• Juan Natalicio González (1897-1966), president and writer
• Luis González Macchi (born 1947), politician and former president
• Yanina González (born 1979), beauty queen and model
• Julieta Granada (born 1987), golfer
• Cesar Grillon (born 1957), former Paraguayan ambassador to Indonesia

H

• Juan Carlos Herken Krauer (born 1953), writer and economist

J

• Ramón Jiménez Gaona (born 1969), former track and field athlete
• Juliana (died c. 1542), 16th-century Guaraní rebel

K

• Nery Kennedy (born 1973), former track and field athlete
• Eduard Klassen, harpist

L

• Nicolás Léoz (1928-2019), CONMEBOL president
• Carlos Antonio López (1792-1862), politician and president
• Francisco Solano López (1827-1870), politician and president
• Venancio López (1830-1870), minister of war and navy
• Venancio Víctor López (1862-1927), attorney and minister of justice
• Aníbal Lovera (1926-1994), composer and singer
• Rafael Lovera (1952-2023), professional boxer

M

• María Maldonado (born 1985), beauty queen, model and singer
• Fiorella Migliore (born 1989), beauty queen, model and actress
• Ricardo Migliorisi (1948-2019), painter, costume designer, scenery designer and architect

N

• Jorge Daniel Núñez (born 1984), former professional football player
• Jorge Martín Núñez (born 1978), former professional football player

O

• Domingo Antonio Ortiz (1832-1889), naval officer
• Christian Ovelar (born 1985), former professional footballer
• Lino Oviedo (1943-2013), general and coup leader

P

• Raúl Sapena Pastor (1908-1989), diplomat
• Víctor Pecci (born 1955), former tennis player
• Silvio Pettirossi (1887-1916), aviator
• Josefina Plá (1903-1999), poet and artist

Q

• Andrea Quattrocchi (born 1989), actress and ballerina
• Fabio Queirolo (1861-1901), foreign minister

R

• Gabriela Rejala (born 1989), beauty queen and model
• Alba Riquelme (born 1991), beauty queen and model.
• Blas Riquelme (1929-2012), politician, businessman and landowner
• Larissa Riquelme (born 1985), model and actress, named "Girl of the FIFA 2010 World Cup"
• Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-2005), writer, novelist
• Andrés Rodríguez (1923-1997), army general and president
• Guido Rodríguez Alcalá (born 1946), writer
• Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá (1917-2007), writer
• José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766-1840), first Paraguayan head of government
• Yren Rotela (born 1981), activist for rights of LGBT people and sex workers

S

• Roque Santa Cruz (born 1981), professional footballer
• Oscar Vicente Scavone (born 1955), businessman
• Clara Sosa (born 1993), beauty queen and model, winner of Miss Grand International 2018
• Alfredo Stroessner (1912-2006), dictator of Paraguay

T

• Tsiweyenki (Gloria Elizeche) (born 1951), leader of the indigenous Maká people

V

• Héctor Velázquez (1864-1945), ophthalmologist
• Pablo Medina Velázquez (1961-2014), journalist

W

• Juan Carlos Wasmosy (born 1938), former president of Paraguay

Z

• Pablo Zeballos (born 1986), professional footballer

See also

• List of people by nationality
• List of presidents of Paraguay
• Hispanics