List of Ecuadorians

This is a list of notable Ecuadorians. This list needs to be edited. See Presidents section.

Arts

Literature

See also: List of Ecuadorian women writers

• Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006) - poet and writer
• Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009) - poet and novelist
• Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (b. 1942) - writer
• Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909-1981) - writer
• Gabriela Alemán (b. 1968) - novelist and short story writer
• Carlos Altamirano Sánchez (b. 1926) - poet and journalist
• Vicente Amador Flor (1903–1975) - poet
• Juan Andrade Heymann (b. 1945) - novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer
• Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983) - journalist and playwright
• César E. Arroyo (1887–1937) - poet, novelist, journalist, playwright and diplomat
• Enrique Avellán Ferrés (b. 1904) - novelist and playwright
• Juan Bautista Aguirre (1725–1786) - poet and writer from colonial South America
• Ana Cecilia Blum (b. 1972) - writer
• Arturo Borja (1892–1912) - poet
• Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964) - poet and essayist
• Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014) - writer
• Jorge Luis Cáceres (b. 1982) - writer, editor
• Oswaldo Calisto Rivera (1979–2000) - poet and artist
• Eliécer Cárdenas (b. 1950) - novelist
• Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978) - poet
• Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915–1992) - writer and journalist
• Fanny Carrión de Fierro (b. 1939) - writer, poet, essayist and professor
• Benjamín Carrión Mora (1897–1979) - writer
• Iván Carvajal (b. 1948) - poet, philosopher, writer
• Gabriel Cevallos García (1913–2004) - writer and historian
• Octavio Cordero Palacios (1870–1930) - writer, playwright, poet, mathematician, lawyer, professor and inventor
• Simón Corral (b. 1946) - poet and playwright
• Mary Corylé (1894-1976) - poet
• Luis Alberto Costales (1926–2006) - poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician
• Remigio Crespo Toral (1860-1939) - poet, journalist, politician
• José de la Cuadra (1903–1941) - novelist and short story writer
• Agustin Cueva (1937–1992) - writer and sociologist
• César Dávila Andrade (1918-1967)- poet
• Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013) - poet, novelist, and short story writer
• Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015) - poet, novelist, and short story writer
• José María Egas (1896-1982) - poet
• Gonzalo Escudero (1903–1971) - poet and diplomat
• Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - writer
• Ileana Espinel (1933-2001) - poet
• Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961) - writer, poet, and translator
• Jenny Estrada (b. 1940) - writer and journalist
• Ulises Estrella (b. 1939) - poet, film expert
• Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002) - poet
• Jacinto de Evia (1625–1700s) - poet, priest
• Ángel Felicísimo Rojas (1909–2003) - writer, novelist, and poet
• Humberto Fierro (1890–1929) - poet
• Luis Enrique Fierro (b. 1936) - poet and medical doctor
• Jaime Galarza Zavala (b. 1930) - writer, poet, journalist and politician
• Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947) - novelist and short story writer
• Karina Galvez (b. 1964) - poet
• Alfredo Gangotena (1904–1944) - poet who wrote in French and Spanish
• Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973) - writer
• Federico González Suárez (1844-1917 - bishop, historian
• Euler Granda (b. 1935) - novelist
• Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira (1925-2009) - poet
• Yanna Hadatty (b. 1969) - short story writer and essayist
• Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931–2012) - poet and writer
• Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez (1902–1962) - poet, novelist and short story writer
• Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978) - writer
• Edna Iturralde (b. 1948) - writer
• Efraín Jara Idrovo (1926–2018) - poet and writer
• Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (b. 1932) - poet
• Nicolás Kingman Riofrío (1918-2018) - journalist, writer and politician
• Juan Larrea Holguín (1927–2006) - writer and lawyer
• Numa Pompilio Llona (1832–1907) - poet
• Sonia Manzano Vela (b. 1947) - writer and pianist
• Luis A. Martínez (1869-1909) - novelist
• Nela Martínez (1912–2004) - writer
• José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008) - playwright
• Hugo Mayo (1895–1988) - poet and writer
• José Trajano Mera (1862–1919) - poet and playwright
• Juan León Mera (1832–1894) - writer
• Juan Montalvo (1832–1889) - writer
• Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927) - poet
• Jorge Núñez Sánchez (b. 1947) - writer
• José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780–1847) - poet, politician
• Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003) - writer and poet
• Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993) - writer
• Julio Pazos Barrera (b. 1944) - poet and writer
• Galo René Pérez (1923–2008) - biographer, poet, and essayist
• Jorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995) - writer and historian
• Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (b. 1939) - biographer
• Aleyda Quevedo (b. 1972) - writer
• Ernesto Quiñonez (b. 1969) - novelist
• Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004) - writer
• Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940) - writer
• Miguel Riofrío (1822-1879) - writer
• Juan Manuel Rodríguez (b. 1945) - writer
• Alfonso Rumazo González (1903–2002) - writer, historian, essayist and literary critic
• José Rumazo González (b. 1904) - poet
• Hugo Salazar Tamariz (1923–1999) - poet, novelist and playwright
• Isacovici Salomon (1924–1998) - writer
• Filoteo Samaniego (1928–2013) - novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat
• Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919) - poet
• Fernando Tinajero (b. 1940) - writer
• Francisco Tobar García (1928–1997) - poet, novelist, and playwright
• Abdón Ubidia (b. 1944) - novelist
• Benjamín Urrutia (b. 1950) - writer
• Leonardo Valencia (b. 1969) - writer
• Eduardo Varas (b. 1979) - novelist and journalist
• Fray José María Vargas O.P. (1902–1988) - writer and historian
• Javier Vásconez (b. 1946) - novelist and short story writer
• Marieta de Veintemilla (1855-1907) - writer, politician
• Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857) - poet
• Juan de Velasco (1727-1792) - poet, historian
• Jorge Velasco Mackenzie (b. 1949) - writer
• Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999) - writer
• Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999) - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist
• Gaspar de Villarroel (1587-1665) - bishop, apologist
• Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928) - novelist
• Gonzalo Zaldumbide (1884-1965) - poet

Visual arts

Main article: List of Ecuadorian artists

• Alfredo Palacio Moreno - sculptor
• Aníbal Villacís - painter
• Araceli Gilbert - painter
• Bernardo de Legarda - sculptor
• Caesar Andrade Faini - painter
• Camilo Egas - painter
• Eduardo Kingman - painter
• Enrique Tábara - painter
• Estuardo Maldonado - sculptor and painter
• Félix Arauz - painter
• Galo Galecio - painter
• Gonzalo Amancha - painter
• Gonzalo Endara Crow - painter
• Grace Polit - painter
• Hugo Cifuentes - photographer and painter
• Jorge Velarde - painter
• Jorge Swett - muralist, painter, lawyer and writer
• Juan Villafuerte - painter
• Judith Gutierrez - painter
• Leonardo Tejada - painter
• Luigi Stornaiolo Pimentel - painter
• Luis Miranda - painter
• Luis Molinari - painter
• Manuel Rendón - painter
• Marcos Restrepo - printer
• Miguel Betancourt - painter
• Oswaldo Guayasamín - painter
• Oswaldo Moreno - painter
• Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - painter
• Ramón Piaguaje - painter
• Theo Constanté - painter
• Washington Iza - painter
• Jaime Andrade Moscoso - sculptor

Dance

• Noralma Vera - Director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza)
• Esperanza Cruz Hidalgo - ballerina

Theater and film

• Ernesto Albán - vaudeville and television actor
• Camilo Coba - filmmaker
• Sebastián Cordero - film director/writer/editor
• Camilo Luzuriaga - film director/writer/producer
• Mike Judge - animator
• Jenn Pinto - actress; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American
• Michael Steger - actor
• Ricardo Hoyos - actor
• Albert Paulsen - actor
• Fatima Ptacek - actress and model
• Camilo Luzuriaga - film director, writer, and producer
• Danilo Carrera - actor

Music

Main article: List of Ecuadorian musicians

• Adrienne Bailon - singer 3LW; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican
• Antonio Neumane - composed the music of the National Anthem of Ecuador
• Arturo Rodas - classical composer
• Beatriz Parra Durango - classical musician
• Boris Cepeda - pianist
• Carlos Rubira Infante - singer and songwriter
• Celia Zaldumbide Rosales - pianist
• Christopher Velez - singer, songwriter and dancer (CNCO)
• Christina Aguilera - singer and pop icon (Half Ecuadorian, half German, Irish, Welsh, and Dutch ancestry)
• Diego Luzuriaga - composer
• Edgar Palacios Rodriguez - composer
• Enrique Espín Yépez - composer, violinist
• Gabriela Villalba - singer
• Gerardo - singer
• Guillermo Ayoví Erazo, aka Papá Roncón - Afro-Ecuadorian musician, singer, and marimba player
• Isabel Rosales Pareja - pianist
• Jinsop - Korean/American singer, Ecuadorian nationality by naturalization
• Jorge Saade - violinist
• Juan Fernando Velasco - singer, songwriter
• Julio Jaramillo - folklore and romantic music singer
• Leslie Wright - pianist
• Luis Humberto Salgado - classical composer
• Luis Silva Parra - saxophonist of classical jazz
• Mesias Maiguashca - classical composer
• Paulina Aguirre - Christian singer
• Sebastian J. - music producer, songwriter
• Sixto María Durán Cárdenas - pianist, composer, lawyer, singer
• Lila Álvarez Garcia - Pianist, choir director, and musical art teacher

Science

• Eugenia Del Pino - developmental biologist
• Pedro Vicente Maldonado - geographer
• Clodoveo Carrión Mora - paleontologist and naturalist
• Misael Acosta Solís - naturalist
• Plutarco Naranjo Vargas - doctor and scientific researcher

Medicine

• Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - physician, journalist, writer, philosopher
• Alejo Lascano Bahamonde - physician, surgeon
• Rodrigo Fierro Benítez - physician, researcher, writer
• Germán Abad Valenzuela - doctor, radiologist
• José Amén-Palma - surgeon and researcher

Politics

• Pamela Aguirre Zambonino (born 1984) – member of Andean Parliament
• Belisario Albán Mestanza (1853–1925) - notable role in the Liberal Revolution of Guayaquil
• Leopoldo Benites (1905-1996) - diplomat, writer, President of the United Nations General Assembly
• Diego Borja - Coordination Minister for Economic Policy, 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
• Susana González Rosado (born 1973) - Assembly member, viceprefect of Guayas Province
• María Cristina Kronfle (born 1985) - member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly for Guayas Province
• Richelieu Levoyer - Army General, who proposed the "Return to the Constitution Plan" that ended the 1976–1979 dictatorship
• Eduardo Maruri - Assembly Member for the Guayas Province
• Paco Moncayo - Army General, Former Mayor of Quito, Congressman
• Antonio Parra Velasco - Ambassador to France and Great Britain
• León Roldós Aguilera - former Vice President of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement
• Jorge Salvador Lara - Ambassador to the Vatican, Peru, Chile, and France, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
• Alfredo Vera Arrata - politician and architect, minister of education, councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary
• Alfredo Vera Vera (1910–1999), politician.

Presidents

• Juan José Flores - first President (1830–1835; 1839–1843; 1843–1845)
• Vicente Rocafuerte - President (1834-1839)
• José Joaquín de Olmedo y Maruri - ex-President (1845–1845)
• Vicente Ramón Roca - ex-President (1845–1849), first Vice President (1830–1831)
• 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)
• José María Velasco Ibarra - ex-President (1934–1935; 1944–1947 1952–1956; 1968–1972)
• Galo Plaza Lasso - ex-President (1948–1952)
• Jaime Roldós Aguilera - ex-President (1979–1981)
• 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 (2000–2003)
• Lucio Gutiérrez - ex-President (2003–2005)
• Alfredo Palacio - ex-President (2005–2007)
• Rafael Correa - ex-President (2007–2017)
• Lenin Moreno - ex-President (2017-2021), former Vice President (2007–2013)

Sports

• Álex Aguinaga - footballer and coach
• Felipe Caicedo - footballer
• Richard Carapaz - cyclist, winner of the Giro d'Italia
• Miler Castillo (born 1987) – football player
• José Francisco Cevallos - footballer, public servant and sports executive
• Ulises de la Cruz - footballer and politician
• Agustín Delgado - footballer and politician, scored first Ecuadorian goal in a World Cup
• Iván Enderica Ochoa - swimmer
• Pervis Estupiñán - footballer
• Andrés Gómez - tennis player, French Open winner
• Emilio Gómez - tennis player
• Iván Kaviedes - footballer
• Nicolás Lapentti - tennis player
• Giovanni Lapentti - tennis player
• Édison Méndez - footballer
• Alfonso Obregón - footballer
• Jefferson Pérez - Gold medal winner of the 20 km race walk at the 1996 Olympics
• Roberto Quiroz - tennis player
• Pancho Segura - Ecuadorian-American tennis player, among the top players in his generation
• Alberto Spencer - footballer, best remembered for his time at Peñarol. Top all-time Copa Libertadores scorer.
• Carlos Tenorio - footballer
• Patricio Urrutia - footballer and politician, captained the successful L.D.U. Quito team which won Copa Libertadores
• Antonio Valencia - football player, best known for his time at Manchester United F.C., only Manchester United captain from outside Europe
• Enner Valencia - footballer
• Iván Vallejo - mountaineer and public servant
• Marlon Vera - Mixed martial arts fighter
• Rolando Vera - long-distance runner
• Petter Villegas - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally