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ARGENTINEAN
PERSONALITIES
Proudly Argentinian, they have been famous in their
activities, their art, sports, science. The world has
spoken about them and still does it. They are our history
and our present.
Dr Luis Federico
Leloir
Nobel Prize of Chemistry
Dr Bernardo Alberto
Houssay
Nobel Prize of Medicine
Dr Carlos Saavedra
Lamas
Nobel Prize of Peace
Dr Cesar Milstein
Nobel Prize of Medicine
Dr Adolfo Perez
Esquivel
Nobel Prize of Peace
Dr René
Favaloro
Cardiolog, inventor of By Pass and other
things for heart chirurgy.
Malvinas heroes
They fought for our country in the Malvinas
( Falkland ) war against United Kingdom in 1982..
Astor Piazzolla
Eximious musician, Univeral patrimonium.
The world admires his music
Dr
Luis Agote
Researcher,
discover and promote the method
of blood transfusion (preserve blood without
coagulate). It's the major contribution of
argentinian medicine to human kind.
Juan Manuel Fangio
Five times world champion of Formule 1,
only surpass by M. Schumacher. .
Eva Peron
Political leader.
The most influence argentine political woman
Diego Armando
Maradona
Simply the best soccer
player in history.
Carlos Gardel
Icon and ambassador
of our music: Tango. .
General Don Jose
de San Martin
Father of our Country and Liberator
of Chile and Peru from Spanish dominion.
Jorge Luis Borges
One of the best writers from the
XXth century
Che Guevara
Physician, ex rugby player
and leader of the Cuban revolution.
Guillermo Vilas
Idol of tennis worldwide
Gabriela Sabattini
Wonderful tennis player with victories
worldwide.
Soccer World
Champions
Soccer world champions. Argentinian
soccer is amongst the best in the world.
Polo World Champions
From the beginning to nowadays.
Polo, horses and riders are
amongst the best in the world.
50 World Champions
of Yachting
Argentine Yachting is one of the
best
in the world. Please click
here
to know more about it.
German
Frers
One of the most famous
Yacht designers in the world. .
World champions
of Female Hockey
called Las Leonas (the she lions)
Princess Maxima
Zorreguieta
Princess of The Netherlands and
mother
of the future Queen of The Netherlands..
Julio Cortazar
Renown writer.
Arch. Cesar Pelli
Architect, the guru of skyscrapers
in the world. Vanguardist, creator
of the Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpurr.
Quino
writer
and illustrator of Mafalda,
translated in many languages. .
Quirino Cristiani
Invented
in 1917 the technology to
reproduce cartoons, and made the first
movie with cartoons in history
Juan Vucetich
Discover the identification of
persons by their finger prints
Manuel Ginobili
and Basket Argentine Team
Gold Olympic medal
Alfredo Ginastera
master, composer and songwriter of classic music.
Lalo Schiffrin
Famous composer, the sound of
Mission Impossible.
Oscar Aleman
Famous jazz guitarist
Martha
Argerich
Master,
piano concertist.
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