List of Uruguayan Americans

This is a list of notable Uruguayan Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Uruguayan American or must have references showing they are Uruguayan American and are notable.

List

 * Arthur Filloy (born 1961 in Uruguay) - Uruguayan-American animator, storyboard artist, director
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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
 * Gabriel Wilensky (born 1964 in Uruguay) - software developer, entrepreneur, and historian of the Holocaust
 * Alejandro Zaffaroni (1923 - 2014) - serial entrepreneur in the biotechnological field