List of Uruguayan Americans
This is a list of notable Uruguayan Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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List
- Gisele Ben-Dor (born 1955 in Uruguay) - American-Israeli orchestra conductor
- Juan José Calandria (1902 – 1980) - painter and sculptor
- Luis Camnitzer (born 1937 in Lübeck, raised in Uruguay) - artist and academic
- Michael Chu (born in Kunming, lived in Uruguay) - Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer[1]
- Natalia Cigliuti (born 1978 in Montevideo) - actress
- Fernando Clavijo (born 1956 in Maldonado) - former footballer/soccer player, currently retired
- Hiber Conteris (born 1933 in Paysandú) - writer, playwright, literary critic[2]
- David Cruz Thayne (born 1971 in Manchester, NH) - businessman
- George Davidsohn (born 1936 in Montevideo) - entrepreneur
- Jonathan Del Arco (born 1966 in Uruguay) - actor and LGBT activist
- George DelHoyo (born 1953 in Canelones) - also known as George Deloy, actor
- José L. Duomarco (1905 – 1985) - medical scientist
- Fernando Espuelas (born 1966 in Montevideo) - entrepreneur, author, media personality and philanthropist
- Diego Fagundez (born 1995 in Montevideo) - professional footballer for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer
- Francisco Fattoruso - (born 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada) - musician, son of Hugo Fattoruso
- Cirilo “Pepe” Fernández - (born 1943 in Uruguay) - former soccer forward, current soccer businessman
- Bruno Fonseca (born 1958 in New York) - artist
- Caio Fonseca (born 1959 in New York) - painter, brother of Bruno Fonseca
- Isabel Fonseca (born 1961 in New York) - writer
- Rodolfo Gambini, PhD (born 1946 in Montevideo) - physicist and professor, working on loop quantum gravity
- Jorge Gestoso (born 1951 in Montevideo) - journalist and news anchor at CNN
- Enrique Graf (born 1953 in Montevideo) - musician
- Sebastián Guenzatti (born 1991 in Montevideo) - footballer
- Sampson Lewkowicz (born 1951 in Montevideo)) - boxing promoter and manager
- Ricardo López (1975 – 1996), also known as the "Björk stalker", pest control officer who attempted to kill musician Björk
- Jorge Majfud (born 1969 in Tacuarembó) - writer, professor at Jacksonville University
- Elizabeth Melendez - actress and former model of Cuban and Uruguayan descent.[3]
- Emir Rodríguez Monegal (1921 – 1985) - scholar, literary critic, professor of Latin American contemporary literature at Yale University
- Joseph Jacinto "Jo" Mora (1876 – 1947) - cartoonist and artist
- Martín Núñez (born 1987 in Montevideo) - footballer currently playing for Minnesota Stars FC in the North American Soccer League.[4]
- Jorge Ottati Junior (born in Montevideo) - television and radio sports announcer at beIN SPORTS
- Pedro Piedrabuena (born 1971 in Montevideo) - professional three-cushion billiards player
- Daniel Pontet (born 1957 in Montevideo) - artist
- Jorge Ramos (born in Montevideo) - sports commentator at ESPN
- Tab Ramos (born 1966 in Montevideo) - Former footballer/soccer player, whom also served as co-assistant to U.S. team manager Bob Bradley from 2007-2011.
- Rodrigo Santiago (born 1990 in Montevideo) - footballer
- Gabe Saporta (born 1979 in Montevideo) - vocalist of bands Midtown and Cobra Starship
- José Serebrier (born 1938 in Montevideo) - conductor and composer
- Pedro Sevcec (born 1950 in Montevideo) - television reporter who works for America TV / Miami in the United States
- Martin Sorrondeguy - singer of bands Los Crudos and Limp Wrist, the founder of Lengua Armada Discos, documentary film director
- Miguel Terekhov (1928 – 2012) - ballet dancer and ballet instructor
- Carlos A. Vegh (born 1958 in Montevideo - academic economist and Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, son of former Finance Minister Alejandro Végh Villegas
- Agustín Viana (born 1983 in Chicago) - professional footballer
- Rafael Viñoly (born 1944 in Montevideo) - architect
- Ida Vitale (born 1923 in Montevideo) - prolific writer who played an important role in the Uruguayan art movement "Generation of 1945".
- Adrian Vallarino - TV and film producer and director
- Sienna West (born 1977 in Los Angeles, CA) - porn actress[5]
- Gabriel Wilensky (born 1964 in Uruguay) - software developer, entrepreneur, and historian of the Holocaust
- Alejandro Zaffaroni (1923 - 2014) - serial entrepreneur in the biotechnological field[6]
References
- ↑ "Michael Chu". Hbs.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ↑ "Hiber Conteris en sus ochenta años". Protestantedigital.com. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ↑ "Elizabeth Melendez - Actress . Photographer . Writer . Producer . Entrepreneur". Elizabethmelendez.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ↑ "ALL-STATE SOCCER TEAMS: 6A Boys & Girls". Scout.com. 16 April 2005. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ↑ "Sienna West". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ↑ "Biotechnology Heritage Award". Chemical Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
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