List of Ecuadorians
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Literature
- Alejandro Carrión Aguirre - Writer and Journalist
- Fanny Carrión de FierroFanny Carrión de FierroFanny Carrión de Fierro is a poet, literary critic, essayist and university professor.She received a Doctorate in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador , as well as a Master of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Bachelor's degree in Education...
- Writer, Poet, Essayist and Professor - Benjamín Carrión Mora - Writer
- Iván CarvajalIván CarvajalIván Carvajal Aguirre is an Ecuadorian poet, philosopher and writer. In 1984 he received Ecuador's National Prize for Literature, the "Aurelio Espinosa Pólit" prize, for his work entitled "Parajes"....
(1948-) - Poet, philosopher, writer - Luis Alberto CostalesLuis CostalesLuis Alberto Costales Cazar was a poet, writer, philosopher, teacher, speaker and Ecuadorian politician. In Spanish, he was an ecuatoriano....
- Poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician - Karina GalvezKarina GalvezKarina Galvez is an Ecuadorian poet. She was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 7, 1964. She has lived in California, U.S.A. since 1985. In 1995, she published her book “Karina Galvez – Poetry and Songs”, which includes both English and Spanish versions of her poems and a prologue written by León...
- Poet - Enrique Gil GilbertEnrique Gil GilbertEnrique Gil Gilbert , born in the coastal city of Guayaquil, was an Ecuadorian novelist.Gil Gilbert was the youngest of the so-called "Grupo de Guayaquil" . The "Grupo de Guayaquil" was one of the most recognized literary groups in Ecuador in 1930-1940...
- Writer - Jorge Icaza CoronelJorge Icaza CoronelJorge Icaza Coronel was a writer from Ecuador, best known for his novel Huasipungo, which brought attention to the exploitation of Ecuador's Native Americans by Ecuadorian whites.-Playwright:Jorge Icaza’s literary career began as a playwright...
- Writer - Juan Manuel RodríguezJuan Manuel RodríguezJuan Manuel Rodríguez was a Salvadoran revolutionary against Spain and later president of the State of El Salvador within the Federal Republic of Central America .He was born in San Salvador to Pedro Delgado and Josefa Rodríguez...
- Writer - Juan MontalvoJuan MontalvoJuan María Montalvo Fiallos was an Ecuadorian author and essayist.Born in Ambato to José Marcos Montalvo and Josefa Fiallos, he studied philosophy and law in Quito before returning to his hometown in 1854. He held diplomatic posts in Italy and France from 1857 to 1859...
- Writer - Alfredo Pareja DiezcansecoAlfredo Pareja DiezcansecoAlfredo Pareja Diez Canseco — born Alfredo Pareja y Diez Canseco — was a prominent Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, journalist, historian and diplomat. An innovator of the 20th century Latin American novel, he was a member of the literary Grupo de Guayaquil...
- Writer - Juan Larrea Holguín - Writer and Lawyer
- Adalberto OrtizAdalberto OrtizAdalberto Ortiz was a novelist, poet and diplomat born in Esmeraldas, a province of Ecuador.Among his most important literary works we find his novel Juyungo, his poetry collection Earth, Sound and Drum, and the short story collection called Entundada; His most defining feature as a writer was the...
- Writer, Poet and Diplomat - Isacovici Salomon - Writer
- Benjamín UrrutiaBenjamín UrrutiaBenjamin Urrutia is an author and scholar. With Guy Davenport, Urrutia edited The Logia of Yeshua, which collected what Urrutia and Davenport consider to be Jesus' authentic sayings from a variety of canonical and non-canonical sources...
- Writer - Pedro Jorge VeraPedro Jorge VeraPedro Jorge Vera was an Ecuadorian writer and Communist Party of Ecuador politician. He contributed to several newspapers and magazines of controversial character "La Calle", with the writer Alejandro Carrión, as well as "La Mañana". He remained throughout his life a close friend of Cuban...
- Writer - Emanuel XavierEmanuel XavierIn 2005, Suspect Thoughts Press published Bullets & Butterflies: queer spoken word poetry, a collection Emanuel Xavier edited. The anthology featured the work of thirteen openly queer spoken word artists and new work by the editor himself including: "Legendary", "Outside" and "A Simple Poem." The...
- Writer and Poet
Visual Arts
- Carlos Andrés Tinoco Tinoco - Photographer
- Félix ArauzFélix ArauzFélix Arauz is a very important Latin American painter from Ecuador. Arauz is among the art circles of Enrique Tábara, Aníbal Villacís, Jose Carreño and Juan Villafuerte. In 1957, Arauz began studying under Caesar Andrade Faini at the School of Fine Arts. During his second year his father died...
- Painter - Hugo CifuentesHugo CifuentesHugo Gilberto Cifuentes Navarro was a pioneering Latin American photographer.Cifuentes began studying drawing and painting in the 1940s, before turning to photography. Cifuentes received his first prize for photographic composition in 1949...
- Photographer and Painter - Theo ConstantéTheo ConstantéTheo Constanté is a master Latin American painter who is a part of the Abstract Informalist Movement in Ecuador. In 2005, Constanté won the country's most prestigious award for art, literature and culture, the Premio Eugenio Espejo National Award, presented by the President of Ecuador...
- Painter - Patricio Cueva JaramilloPatricio Cueva JaramilloPatricio Cueva Jaramillo was a Latin American painter and journalist.Cueva was born in Cuenca. He was the second son of Carlos Cueva Tamaríz and his wife Rosa Esther Jaramillo Montesinos. Cueva's family was middle-class; nevertheless his father was a distinguished politician and professor at the...
- Painter - Gonzalo Endara CrowGonzalo Endara CrowGonzalo Endara Crow was a master Latin American painter.From an early age he was very interested in art and as a young man he studied painting at the Central University in Quito. Endara Crow's work took on a distinct style early in his career that stayed with him throughout his life...
- Painter - Camilo EgasCamilo EgasCamilo Egas was an Ecuadorian master painter and teacher, who was also active in the United States and Europe.-Early life:...
- Painter - Caesar Andrade FainiCaesar Andrade FainiCaesar Andrade Faini was a master Ecuadorian painter and teacher who studied at the School of Fine Arts of Quito under the painter Victor Mideros.He was born in Quito, Ecuador...
- Painter - Araceli GilbertAraceli GilbertAraceli Gilbert was an Ecuadorian artist.Gilbert enrolled in the School of Fine Arts in Santiago de Chile in 1936, studying under Jorge Caballero and Hernán Gazmurri, well-known encouragers of the Chilean plastic rebellion that later transformed into the Montparnasse group...
- Painter - Oswaldo GuayasamínOswaldo GuayasamínOswaldo Guayasamín was a Quechua native and Ecuadorian master painter and sculptor.-Early life:...
- Painter - Judith GutierrezJudith GutierrezJudith Gutiérrez a master Latin American painter who worked in Ecuador and Mexico....
- Painter - Eduardo KingmanEduardo KingmanEduardo Kingman was one of Ecuador's greatest artists of the 20th century, among the art circles of other master artists such as Oswaldo Guayasamin and Camilo Egas.-Background:...
- Painter - Washington IzaWashington IzaWashington Iza, is an Ecuadorian artist known chiefly for his radical surrealistic style of painting that contrasted sharply with more traditional styles used by fellow Ecuadorian painters such as Oswaldo Guayasamin, Eduardo Kingman and Bolivar Mena Franco.Iza was born in Quito, Ecuador, but...
- Painter - Bernardo de LegardaBernardo de LegardaBernardo de Legarda was an Ecuadorian sculptor of the 18th century.He was an artist who best personifies the art of sculpture in the capital of Quito during this period. His first artwork dated from 1731, when he restored an image of San Lucas...
- Sculptor - Estuardo MaldonadoEstuardo MaldonadoEstuardo Maldonado is a Latin American sculptor and painter inspired by the Constructivist movement. Maldonado is a member of VAN , the group of Informalist painters founded by Enrique Tábara. Other members of VAN included, Aníbal Villacís, Luis Molinari, Hugo Cifuentes and Gilberto Almeida...
- Sculptor and Painter - Luis Miranda - Painter
- Luis MolinariLuis MolinariLuis Molinari was a member of VAN , a group of informal constructivist artists founded by Enrique Tábara....
- Painter - Ramón PiaguajeRamón PiaguajeRamón Piaguaje was born in 1962 in the Cuyabeno Reserve in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. He is the son of Cecilio Piaguaje, the Chief of the Secoya Indians. He lives with his wife and four children deep in the rainforest in Secoya territory, close to the Aguarico River. From an early age, he drew...
- Painter - Grace PolitGrace PolitGrace Polit is an Ecuadorian artist. She was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.In 1974, Polit began her arts creation called "Universal Heritage". Her painting "Yo soy la Luz del Mundo" is exhibited in the Vatican Museum in Rome. Her art has won several awards and has been exhibited in Sweden, France,...
- Painter - Manuel Rendón - Painter
- Marcos RestrepoMarcos RestrepoMarcos Restrepo Restrepo is a Latin American painter who is a member of the artist group Artefactoría, founded by Xavier Patiño. Artefactoría formed in 1982 by a group of painters from the School of Fine Arts in Guayaquil who are inspired by the surrealists and the unconscious...
- Painter - Enrique TábaraEnrique TábaraLuis Enrique Tábara is a master Ecuadorian painter and teacher representing a whole Hispanic pictorial and artistic culture....
- Painter - Jorge VelardeJorge VelardeJorge Velarde is a Contemporary Latin American painter from Ecuador. Velarde has been drawing and painting since he was a child. At the age of 15 Velarde knew that he was meant to be a painter....
- Painter - Aníbal VillacísAníbal VillacísAníbal Villacís is a master painter from Ecuador who used raw earthen materials such as clay and natural pigments to paint on walls and doors throughout his city when he could not afford expensive artist materials. As a teenager, Villacís taught himself drawing and composition by studying and...
- Painter - Juan VillafuerteJuan VillafuerteJuan Villafuerte was an artist known for his transmutated drawings and paintings...
- Painter - Oswaldo ViteriOswaldo ViteriOswaldo Viteri is a neo-figurative artist. Viteri gained recognition for his assemblage work but has worked in a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, printmaking and mosaics. He began his education as a student of architecture at the Central University of Quito in 1951...
- Painter - Jaime ZapataJaime ZapataJaime Zapata is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor.He was the Reading Clerk of the U.S. House of Representative during the period July 2008 – June 2009, and the first ever Hispanic in this position. he has also worked as a spokesman for NABE and the...
- Painter
Dance
- Noralma VeraNoralma Vera ArrataNoralma Vera Arrata is a former Ecuadorian prima ballerina and choreographer.Vera Arrata was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador where she grew up as the only daughter among three sons of the distinguished politician and former Culture minister Alfredo Vera Vera and his wife, Baltita Arrata Macias.She...
- Director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza)
Theater/Movie
- Sebastián CorderoSebastián CorderoSebastián Cordero is a film director, writer and editor, often recognized for his work in Ratas, Ratones, Rateros, his debut film which portrays the life in a poverty-stricken Ecuador...
- Singer - Mike JudgeMike JudgeMichael Craig Judge is an American animator, film director, writer and voice actor, best known as the creator and star of the animated television series Beavis and Butt-head , King of the Hill , and The Goode Family .He also wrote, directed and in some instances produced the films Beavis and...
- Animator - Jenn Pinto - Actress - Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American
- Michael StegerMichael StegerMichael Mateus Steger is an American film and television actor.-Biography:Steger is the third out of four sons. Michael is the son of an accountant mother and an operations manager family. He is of Ecuadorian, Austrian and Norwegian descent. He grew up in a middle-class family...
- Actor - Ricardo HoyosRicardo HoyosRicardo Hoyos is a Canadian teen actor, best known for his role as Ricardo in the TV series Dino Dan. He will also portray the new character "Zig" on Degrassi: The Next Generation for the upcoming season.-Filmography:...
- Actor
Change Sebastian Cordero - Singer, by, Sebastian Cordero, Film director
Music
- Adrienne BailonAdrienne BailonAdrienne Eliza Bailon is an American actress, singer-songwriter, dancer, and television personality. She was a member of former girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls, and is also known for her roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name and latter sequels which brought the group to...
- Singer 3LW -Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican - Boris CepedaBoris CepedaBoris Cepeda is a German-Ecuadorian Pianist and Diplomat.- Biography :Boris Cepeda got his first piano lessons at four...
- Pianist - Beatriz Parra DurangoBeatriz Parra DurangoEcuador's foremost classical soprano, Beatriz Parra Durango was born in Guayaquil, 1940. Her mother was the journalist Dora Durango Lopez. Parra Durango was married to Enrique Gil with whom had her only daughter, the vedette Beatriz Gil Parra, born in 1959...
- Classical soprano - GerardoGerardoGerardo Mejía , better known as simply Gerardo, is a Latin rapper and singer who later became a recording industry executive. Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, he has based his career in Los Angeles, California since his family moved to Glendale, California, when he was 12 years old. He became known for...
- Singer - Sebastian J.Sebastian J.Sebastian Jacome, better known as Sebastian J., is a record producer, composer and songwriter who resides in Los Angeles, California.Jacome's production, programming, arranging, and remixing credits include artists such as: Ines Gaviria, Ozomatli, Huecco, The Cheetah Girls, Jorge Villamizar , Laura...
- Music Producer, Songwriter - Julio JaramilloJulio JaramilloJulio Alfredo Jaramillo Laurido was a notable Ecuadorian "Pasillo" performer. Jaramillo performed throughout Latin America where he achieved fame performing and recording boleros, valses, pasillos, tangos and rancheras. He recorded more than 4,000 songs in total.He recorded his most famous song...
- Folklore and romantic music singer - Mesias MaiguashcaMesías MaiguashcaMesías Maiguashca , is an Ecuadorian composer, an advocate of the new music, especially electroacoustic music.-Biography:...
- Classical composer - Fausto MiñoFausto MiñoFausto Miño won the Quinde de Oro Award-Biography:Fausto Miño was born in 1981 in Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador, son of a Quiteño father and a manabita mother. He began to compose and play music at the age of 15, thanks to a neighbor's influence, with whom he learned to play the guitar. With only...
- Singer, Song-Writer - Arturo RodasArturo Rodas- Biography:Rodas studied at the National Conservatory in Quito, took private composition lessons with Gerardo Guevara, and also graduated in Law at the Universidad Central del Ecuador. Between 1978 and 1980 he was assistant to the French composer José Berghmans in Quito and Paris. He studied at...
- Classical composer - Roland RubyRoland RubyRoland Ruby , is an American composer, lyricist and playwright. As a singer/musician, is best known for hiring the Harlem Gospel Choir to perform his composition Mass for Mankind on his press kit and turning it into the feature film Whatever Happened to Roland Ruby? A Docudramedy Featuring the 9...
- Singer, Song-Writer, Musical Theatre composer - Jorge SaadeJorge SaadeJorge Saade is violinist.-Background:Mr. Saade is a "Gold Medal" graduate of the “Antonio Neumane” National Conservatory of Music. He is a “Cum Laude” graduate from the University of Miami where he received his Bachelors Degree in Music...
- Violinist - Luis Humberto SalgadoLuis H. SalgadoLuis Humberto Salgado Ecuadorian composer regarded as one of the most influential and prolific of his country.-Biography:...
- Classical composer - Juan Fernando VelascoJuan Fernando VelascoJuan Fernando Velasco is an Ecuadorian musician.-Biography:Juan Fernando Velasco was born January 17, 1972 in Quito, Ecuador. He never planned to be a musician, he was preparing to become an economist like his father...
- Singer, Songwriter - Enrique Espín YépezEnrique Espín YépezEnrique Espín Yépez was an Ecuadorean composer and violinist. Born in Quito, he moved to Mexico in 1969, where he established himself as a professor of Violin. He was a student of Maestro Henryk Szeryng, who declared him heir of his technique. In December 1975 Szeryng bestowed Espín with a Ceruti...
Composer and violinist
Academic
- Luis FierroLuis FierroLuis Alberto Fierro is an economic and social development practitioner from Ecuador.- Economist :...
- Economist, economic and social development expert - Santiago Gangotena - Chancellor USFQ
- Carlos Ortega - Maldonado - President UEESUEESUniversidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo is a non-profit private university located in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Founded by Dr. Carlos Ortega Maldonado, it was accredited by CONESUP, then the Ecuadorian higher education governing agency. Its modern campus is located in Samborondon...
- Sonia Roca - Chancellor - UPACIFICO
Science
- Clodoveo Carrión Mora , Paleontologist and naturalist
- Pedro Vicente MaldonadoPedro Vicente MaldonadoPedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores, was a South-American scientist who collaborated with the members of the French Geodesic Mission...
- Geographer
Medicine
- Eugenio EspejoEugenio EspejoFrancisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and writer, he stands out as a polemicist who inspired the separatist movement in Quito. He is regarded as one of the most important...
(1747–1795) - Physician, Journalist, Writer, Philosopher - Alejo Lascano BahamondeAlejo Lascano BahamondeAlejo Lascano Bahamonde graduated as doctor-surgeon on July 17, of 1864 in the Sorbona of Paris. Alejo Lascano brought the first forceps to Ecuador and founded the Medicine Faculty in Guayaquil,Ecuador.-Early years:...
- Physician, surgeon - Rodrigo FierroRodrigo FierroRodrigo Fierro Benítez, M.D., Ph.D., is an Ecuadorean M.D., writer and politician. He was Minister of Public Health of the Republic of Ecuador during the government of Jaime Roldós Aguilera, 1979-1981....
Benítez - Physician, researcher, writer - Germán Abad ValenzuelaGermán Abad ValenzuelaGermán Abad Valenzuela was an Ecuadorian radiologist. He served as the doctor to 20 Ecuadorian presidents.Abad was born August 10, 1919 in Guayaquil to Juana Valenzuela Garaycoa and mariner Benigno Abad Lara. He attended primary school in Quito and later in Guayaquil. In high school, he was an...
- Doctor-radiologist
Politics
- Diego BorjaDiego BorjaDiego Borja Cornejo is an Ecuadorian economist and politician. He was born in Quito, Ecuador, on May 1, 1964. He was elected member of the National Constitutional Assembly on September 30, 2007...
- Coordination Minister for Economic Policy, President of the Poder Ciudadano Movement - Carlos Cueva TamarízCarlos Cueva TamarízCarlos Cueva Tamariz was an Ecuadorian politician, lawyer and university professor.- Early life :Carlos Cueva was born on November 5, 1898 the first son of Agustín Cueva Muñoz and his wife Domitila Tamariz Larrea in Cuenca...
(1898-1991) - Politician, Senator, Legislator, Councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Labor - Eduardo MaruriEduardo MaruriEduardo Maruri Miranda is an entrepreneur and politician.Eduardo Maruri earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1986 and a Certificate in Communications degree from Harvard University in 1989.In 1992 he and his father Jimmy Maruri, former President...
- Assembly Member for the GuayasGuayasGuayas may refer to:*Ecuador:**Guayas River**Guayas Province**Guayas **Guayas *The fruit of the mamoncillo tree...
Province - Paco MoncayoPaco MoncayoPaco Rosendo Moncayo Gallegos is a former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador and a retired General of the Army.During his military career, he was involved in the Alto Cenepa War between Ecuador and Perú. In 2000 Paco Moncayo was elected Mayor of Metropolitan Quito on behalf of the Party of the Democratic...
- Army General, Former Mayor of Quito, Congressman - León Roldós AguileraLeón Roldós AguileraLeón Roldós Aguilera is an Ecuadorian politician. He was born in Guayaquil in 1942. His mother died during his birth. He studied law at the state University of Guayaquil . He became Secretary of the Municipality of Guayaquil under Mayor Asaad Bucaram , of the populist party Concentración de...
- Former Vicepresident of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement - Alfredo Vera ArrataAlfredo Vera ArrataAlfredo Vera Arrata was the Minister of Interior of Ecuador from January 2011 to June 2011.Born to the politician and lawyer Alfredo Vera Vera and his wife, Baltita Arrata Macías, Alfredo Vera Arrata was born in Guayaquil as the second of four children...
- Politician and Architect, Minister of Education, Councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary
Presidents
- Juan José FloresJuan José FloresJuan José Flores y Aramburu was a Venezuelan military general who became Supreme Chief, and later the first President of the new Republic of Ecuador. He later served two more terms from 1839 to 1843 and from 1843 to 1845, and is often referred to as "The founder of the Republic".-Biography:Flores...
- First President (1830–1835) (1839–1843) (1843–1845) - José Joaquín de Olmedo y Maruri - Ex-President (1845-1845)
- Vicente Ramón RocaVicente Ramón RocaVicente Ramón Roca Rodríguez was President of Ecuador from 8 December 1845 to 15 October 1849. He was a member of the Liberal Party. He led the revolution that overthrew Juan José Flores, along with José Joaquín de Olmedo and Diego Noboa. He ruled under the Constitution of 1845.-External links:*...
- Ex-President (1845–1849) - Diego NoboaDiego NoboaDiego de Noboa y Arteta was President of Ecuador 8 December 1850 to 26 February 1851 and 26 February 1851 to 17 July 1851.-External links:*...
- Ex-President (1850–1851) - Gabriel García MorenoGabriel García MorenoGabriel Gregorio Fernando José María García y Moreno y Morán de Buitrón was an Ecuadorian statesman who twice served as President of Ecuador and was assassinated during his second term, after being elected to a third term...
- Ex-President (1869–1875) - Eloy AlfaroEloy AlfaroJosé Eloy Alfaro Delgado was the President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911. He became one the strongest opponents of pro-Catholic conservative President Gabriel Garcia Moreno...
- Ex-President (1895–1901) - Leonidas PlazaLeónidas PlazaLeónidas Plaza Gutiérrez was an Ecuadorian political figure. He served as the President of Ecuador between 1901 and 1905 and again from 1912 until 1916. He was the father of Galo Plaza Lasso.-External links:*...
- Ex-President (1901–1905)(1912–1916) - Isidro AyoraIsidro AyoraIsidro Ayora Cueva was an Ecuadorian political figure. He served as the president of Ecuador from 1926 to 1931. Isidro Ayora, a town in Guayas, and Puerto Ayora, are named after him. Some people name coins ayora because this were introduced by him.-External links:...
- Ex-President (1926–1931) - José María Velasco IbarraJosé María Velasco IbarraJosé María Velasco Ibarra was an Ecuadorian political figure. He served as the president of Ecuador from 1934–1935, 1944–1947, 1952–1956, 1960–1961, and 1968-1972. He only served one of those terms without being ousted by the army, from 1952-1956.-Early life and career:Velasco Ibarra was born on...
- Ex-President (1934–1935) (1944–1947) (1952–1956) (1968–1972) - Galo Plaza Lasso - Ex-President (1948–1952)
- Jaime Roldós AguileraJaime Roldós AguileraJaime Roldós Aguilera was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1979 to 24 May 1981. In his short tenure, he became known for his firm stance on human rights. His death in a plane crash gave rise to speculation of involvement by the United States government in the accident.-Early life and...
- Ex-President - Leon Febres CorderoLeón Febres CorderoLeón Esteban Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra was President of Ecuador for a four-year term from 10 August 1984 to 10 August 1988...
- Ex-President (1984–1988) - Rodrigo Borja CevallosRodrigo Borja CevallosRodrigo Borja Cevallos was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1988 to 10 August 1992.-Biography:Borja was born in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. He helped to found the Party of the Democratic Left, a socialist political party which quickly gained strength. He served several terms in Congress,...
- Ex-President (1988–1992) - Sixto Durán BallénSixto Durán BallénSixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez is an U.S.-born Ecuadorian political figure and architect. He served as Mayor of Quito between 1970 and 1978, and as president of Ecuador between 1992 and 1996...
- Ex-President (1992–1996) - Abdalá BucaramAbdalá BucaramAbdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortíz is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who briefly occupied the Presidency of Ecuador...
- Ex-President (1996–1997) - Jamil MahuadJamil MahuadJorge Jamil Mahuad Witt is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician and the 51st President of Ecuador from August 10, 1998 to January 21, 2000. There was a severe economic crisis in Ecuador , which had led to a 60% cut in the armed forces budget...
- Ex-President (1998–2000) - Gustavo NoboaGustavo NoboaGustavo José Joaquín Noboa Bejarano is an Ecuadorian politician, former President of Ecuador and Vice President during Jamil Mahuad's government.- Education :...
- Ex-President (2002–2003) - Lucio GutiérrezLucio GutiérrezLucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa served as President of Ecuador from January 15, 2003 to April 20, 2005.- Political rise :Gutiérrez was prominent in a popular uprising that replaced President Jamil Mahuad for three hours in January 2000...
- Ex-President (2003–2005) - Alfredo PalacioAlfredo PalacioLuis Alfredo Palacio González served as President of Ecuador from April 2005 to January 2007. From January 15, 2003 to April 20, 2005, he served as vice president, after which he was appointed to the presidency when the Ecuadorian Congress removed President Lucio Gutiérrez from power following a...
- Ex-President (2005–2007) - Rafael CorreaRafael CorreaRafael Vicente Correa Delgado born is the President of the Republic of Ecuador and was the president pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations. An economist educated in Ecuador, Belgium and the United States, he was elected President in late 2006 and took office in January 2007...
- Current President (2007–Present)
Sports
- Álex AguinagaÁlex AguinagaÁlex Dario Aguinaga Garzón is a Ecuadorian retired footballer midfielder and former mananger. As a player, he is one of the all-time cap leaders for Ecuador with 109 matches, scoring 23 goals. Aguinaga is known as one of the best Ecuadorian footballers of all time...
- Soccer player - Ulises de la CruzUlises de la CruzUlises Hernán de la Cruz Bernardo is a Ecuadorian footballer currently with LDU Quito.De la Cruz has set up a charity, Friends of FundeCruz, in his home village to fund a number of projects serving the local community....
- Soccer player - Agustín DelgadoAgustín DelgadoAgustín Javier Delgado Chalá is a retired Ecuadorian footballer. Nicknamed Tín, Delgado is the all-time top scorer for the Ecuadorian national team with 31 goals in 71 games. He played professional club football in Ecuador, Mexico and England.-Southampton:Delgado moved to Southampton in 2001...
- Soccer player - Martha FierroMartha FierroMartha Lorena Fierro Baquero is a chess player. She holds the FIDE player titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster and the FIDE training title of FIDE Trainer, acquired after successful examination at the FIDE Seminar for Coaches in Vung Tau on 29.10.2008. She has represented Ecuador...
- Chess player - Edison MendezEdison MéndezÉdison Vicente Méndez Méndez is an Ecuadorian football midfielder who plays for Emelec and the Ecuadorian national team.-Playing style:...
- Soccer player - Iván KaviedesIván KaviedesJaime Iván Kaviedes Llorenty is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for El Nacional. He is one of the leading players in Ecuadorian football.-Playing style:...
- Soccer player - Antonio Valencia - Soccer player
- Andrés GómezAndrés GómezAndrés Gómez Santos is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990.-Career:...
- Tennis player - Eduardo HurtadoEduardo HurtadoEduardo Estíguar Hurtado Roa is a footballer who play as a striker. He has the record of being the 2nd all-time leading scorer for the Ecuador national football team with 26 goals in 74 caps.-Early history:...
- Soccer player - Iván HurtadoIván HurtadoIván Jacinto Hurtado Angulo is an Ecuadorian professional football central defender for Barcelona as well as captaining the Ecuadorian national team. He is currently one of the most capped male footballers of all time....
- Soccer player - Nicolás LapenttiNicolás Lapentti----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th...
- Tennis player - Giovanni LapenttiGiovanni LapenttiGiovanni Lapentti Gómez is a Ecuadorian tennis player. His brother is Nicolás Lapentti, another professional tennis player, while a third brother, Leonardo, has also been active at the lower levels of professional tennis....
- Tennis player - Jefferson PérezJefferson PérezJefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada is a retired Ecuadorian race walker. He specializes in the 20 km event, in which he has won the only two medals his country has ever achieved in the Olympic Games....
- Race walker - Pancho SeguraPancho SeguraPancho Segura, born Francisco Olegario Segura , was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional. In 1950 and 1952, as a professional, he was the World Co-No. 1 player...
- Tennis player - Alberto SpencerAlberto SpencerAlberto Pedro Spencer Herrera was an Ecuadorian football player, regarded as the best of his country. He is probably best known for his still-standing record for scoring the most goals in the Copa Libertadores, the most important club tournament in South America...
- Soccer player - Hugo SavinovichHugo SavinovichHugo Savinovich is a former Ecuadorian professional wrestler, formerly employed with WWE, where he was one half of the Spanish announce team for the company's TV shows and pay-per-view events. He was a color commentator and partner of Carlos Cabrera and occasionally Marcelo Rodríguez. When he...
- Professional Wrestler - Byron PiedraByron PiedraByron Efrén Piedra Ávilés is an Ecuadorian middle distance and long-distance runner.He won the 2007 edition of the Guayaquil Marathon...
- Athlete - Silvio GuerraSilvio GuerraSilvio Román Guerra Burbano is a well-regarded Ecuadorian athlete and olympic participant.A member of Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha he represented Ecuador at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the 2004 Summer Olympics in...
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- Sand vball, co-ed softball, cornhole player - Lawrie SanchezLawrie SanchezLawrence Philip "Lawrie" Sanchez is a former Northern Irish football manager, and a former player. He is currently the manager of League Two side Barnet...
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