List of Ecuadorians

This is a list of famous Ecuadorians.

Arts

Literature

* Demetrio Aguilera Malta - Writer
* Alejandro Carrión Aguirre - Writer and journalist
* Fanny Carrión de Fierro - writer, poet, essayist, professor
* José de la Cuadra - Writer
* Benjamín Carrión Mora - Writer
* Ángel Felicísimo Rojas - Writer
* Jorge Icaza Coronel - Writer
* Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco - Writer
* Juan Larrea Holguín - Writer and Lawyer
* Adalberto Ortiz - Writer
* Norma N. Ruiz - Nothing
* Isacovici Salomon - Writer
* Humberto Salvador - Writer
* Benjamín Urrutia - Writer
* Nelson Estupiñán Bass - Writer
* Emanuel Xavier- writer, poet
* Pedro Jorge Vera- writer
* Pedro Enrique Ribadeneira- Poet

Visual Arts

* Gilberto Almeida - Painter
* Félix Arauz - Painter
* Maria Baquerizo - Painter
* Hugo Cifuentes - Photographer/Painter
* Theo Constanté - Painter
* Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - Painter
* Rafael Diaz Gallegos - Painter
* Gonzalo Endara Crow - Painter
* Camilo Egas - Painter
* Caesar Andrade Faini - Painter
* Araceli Gilbert - Painter
* Oswaldo Guayasamín - Painter
* Judith Gutierrez - Painter
* Ramiro Jácome - Painter
* Eduardo Kingman - Painter
* Washington Iza - Painter
* Bernardo de Legarda - Sculptor
* Estuardo Maldonado - Sculptor/Painter
* Bolívar Mena Franco - Painter
* Luis Miranda - Painter
* Luis Molinari - Painter
* Ramón Piaguaje - Painter
* Grace Polit - Painter
* Manuel Rendón - Painter
* Marcos Restrepo - Painter
* Rosy Revelo - Painter
* Leon Ricaurte - Painter
* Enrique Tábara - Painter
* Jorge Velarde - Painter
* Aníbal Villacís - Painter
* Juan Villafuerte - Painter
* Oswaldo Viteri - Painter
* Jose De La Cuadra - Weaver

Dance

* Noralma Vera - Prima Ballerina of Ecuador, Director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza)
* Vilma Pombar - Ballerina
* Inge Brückmann - Ballerina
* Patricia Aulestia - Ballerina

Theater/Movie

* Sebastián Cordero - Director
* Mike Judge - Animator
* Camilo Luzuriaga - Director
* Jenn Pinto - Actress - Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American
* Michael Steger - Actor
* Carlos Valencia - Actor

Music

* Jorge Saade - violinist
* Beatriz Parra Durango - Classical soprano
* Gerardo - Singer
* Julio Jaramillo - Folklore and romantic music singer
* Victor Ribadeneira - Acousmatic-Music composer
* Christina Aguilera - Singer
* Adrienne Bailon - Singer 3LW -Ecuadorian/puertorican
* Esteban Calderón - Bluegrass musician
* Sebastian Jacome - Music Producer
* Juan Fernando Velasco - Singer, Song-Writer
* Soledad Vargas Cueva - Music, Transverse Flute player
* Segundo Cueva Celi - Compositor, pianist, violinist
* Pamela Cortez - Singer
* Mayto Ballede - Guitarist, Singer
* Danilo Arroyo - Drummer, Percussionist, arranger
* Fausto Miño - Singer, Song-Writer

cience

* Ronnie Nader, First Ecuadorian Astronaut
* Clodoveo Carrión Mora , Paleontologist and naturalist
* Pedro Vicente Maldonado - Geographer
* Misael Acosta Solis (1910-1994)- Botanist and naturalist
* Luis A. Coloma- Evolutionary Biologist
* [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/adjudications/080623_Youngest_Person_Microgravity.aspx Jules Nader] Microgravity World Record

Medicine

* Eugenio Espejo (1747-1795) - Physician, Journalist, Writer, Philosopher
* Pablo Arturo Suarez (1889-1945) - Physician, higienist
* Carlos Andrade Marin (1904-1968) - Physician, politician
* Alejo Lascano Bahamonde - Physician, surgeon
* Enrique Garces, Physician
* Luis Vernaza, Physician
* Rodrigo Fierro Benítez - Physician, researcher, writer
* Germán Abad Valenzuela - Doctor-radiologist
* Victor Isaac Ruíz - Doctor-Dentist

Politics

* Alberto Acosta Espinosa - President of the National Constitutional Assembly.
* Diego Borja - Member of the National Constitutional Assembly for Pichincha, National President of the Poder Ciudadano Movement
* Carlos Cueva Tamaríz (1898-1991) - Politician, Senator, Legislator, Councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Labor
* Eduardo Maruri - Assembly Member for the Guayas Province
* Raúl Vallejo - Minister of Education (1991-1992, 2006-present)
* Alfredo Vera Vera (1910-1999) - Politician and Lawyer, Minister of Education, Councilman to the city of Guayaquil, Diplomat to Portugal
* Alfredo Vera Arrata - Politician and Architect, Minister of Education, Councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary
* General Victor F. Aulestia Mier - Minister of Defense

Presidents

* Juan José Flores - First President (1830-1834)(1839-1843) (1843-1845)
* José Joaquín de Olmedo y Maruri - Ex-President (1845-1845)
* Vicente Ramón Roca- Ex-President (1845 -1849)
* Diego Noboa - Ex-President (1850-1851)
* Gabriel García Moreno - Ex-President (1869-1875)
* Eloy Alfaro - Ex-President (1895-1901)
* Leonidas Plaza - Ex-President (1901-1905)(1912-1916)
* Isidro Ayora - Ex-President (1926-1931)
* Galo Plaza Lasso - Ex-President (1948-1952)
* Leon Febres Cordero - Ex-President (1984-1988)
* Rodrigo Borja Cevallos - Ex-President (1988-1992)
* Sixto Durán Ballén - Ex-President (1992-1996)
* Abdalá Bucaram - Ex-President (1996-1997)
* Jamil Mahuad - Ex-President (1998-2000)
* Gustavo Noboa - Ex-President (2002-2003)
* Lucio Gutiérrez - Ex-President (2003-2005)
* Alfredo Palacio - Ex-President (2005-2007)
* Rafael Correa - Current President (2007 - Present)

ports

* Álex Aguinaga - Soccer player
* Ulises de la Cruz - Soccer player
* Agustín Delgado - Soccer player
* Martha Fierro - Chess player
* Edison Mendez - Soccer player
* Iván Kaviedes - Soccer player
* Antonio Valencia - Soccer player
* Andrés Gómez - Tennis player
* Eduardo Hurtado - Soccer player
* Iván Hurtado - Soccer player
* Nicolás Lapentti - Tennis player
* Giovanni Lapentti - Tennis player
* Jefferson Pérez - Race walker
* Pancho Segura - Tennis player
* Alberto Spencer - Soccer player
* Hugo Savinovich - Professional Wrestler
* Byron Piedra - Athlete
* Silvio Guerra - Athlete