List of Ecuadorians

This is a list of notable Ecuadorians.

Arts

Literature and journalism

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
Víctor Manuel Albornoz (1896–1975) - writer and historian
Gabriela Alemán (b. 1968) - novelist and short story writer
Carlos Altamirano Sánchez (b. 1926) - poet and journalist
Vicente Amador Flor (1903–1975) - poet
María Fernanda Ampuero (b. 1976) - journalist, short story writer
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 (1904–1984) - novelist and playwright
Juan Bautista Aguirre (1725–1786) - poet and writer from colonial South America
Pablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904–1999) - writer, journalist
Alfonso Barrera Valverde (1929–2013) - writer, diplomat
María Helena Barrera (b. 1971) - writer
Ana Cecilia Blum (b. 1972) - writer
Arturo Borja (1892–1912) - poet
Luz Elisa Borja (1903–1927) - 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
José Antonio Campos (1868–1939) - journalist
Eliécer Cárdenas (1950–2021) - novelist
Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972) - writer, suffragist
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
María Piedad Castillo de Levi (1888–1962) - journalist, suffragist
Oswaldo Castro (1902-1992) - writer
Gabriel Cevallos García (1913–2004) - writer and historian
Fernando Chaves (1902-1999) - writer
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, short story writer
Agustin Cueva (1937–1992) - writer and sociologist
César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967)- poet
Jorge Dávila Vázquez (b. 1947) - writer
Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013) - poet, novelist, short story writer
Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015) - poet, novelist, short story writer
Marcelo Dotti (1942-2026) - journalist, politician
Bolívar Echeverría (1941-2010)- philosopher
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
Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros (b. 1941) - TV journalist, holder of a Guinness Record for longest continuous time as a news anchor
Aurora Estrada y Ayala (1901–1967) - poet
Jenny Estrada (b. 1940) - writer and journalist
Ulises Estrella (1939–2014) - 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 (1935–2018) - 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
Janet Hinostroza (b. 1971) - journalist and TV presenter
Gilda Holst (1952–2024) - writer
Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978) - writer
María Angélica Idrobo (1890–1956) - writer, educator
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
Pedro Moncayo (1807–1888) - political journalist
Juan Montalvo (1832–1889) - writer
Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927) - poet
Jorge Núñez Sánchez (1947–2020) - writer
José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780–1847) - poet, politician
Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003) - writer and poet
Elisa Ortiz de Aulestia (1909–1991) - teacher and writer
Emilio Palacio (b. 1954) - journalist
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993) - writer, historian, academician, politician and diplomat
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
Ismael Pérez Pazmiño (1876–1944) - journalist, businessman
Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (b. 1939) - biographer
Victoria Puig de Lange (1916–2008) - journalist
Aleyda Quevedo (b. 1972) - writer
Ernesto Quiñonez (b. 1969) - novelist
Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004) - writer
Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940) - writer
Óscar Efrén Reyes (1896–1966)
Miguel Riofrío (1822–1879) - writer
Juan Manuel Rodríguez (b. 1945) - Spanish-Ecuadorian writer
Gonzalo Rubio Orbe (1909–1994) - Anthropologist and 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
Natasha Salguero (b. 1952) - writer, journalist
Isacovici Salomon (1924–1998) - writer
Filoteo Samaniego (1928–2013) - novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat
Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919) - poet
Dolores Sucre (1837–1917) - poet
Fernando Tinajero (b. 1940) - writer
Francisco Tobar García (1928–1997) - poet, novelist, and playwright
Mercedes González Tola (1860–1911) - poet and feminist
Abdón Ubidia (b. 1944) - novelist
Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969) - journalist
Benjamín Urrutia (b. 1950) - writer
Juan Valdano Morejón (1939–2021) - 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 (1949–2021) - writer
Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999) - writer
Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999) - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist
Gaspar de Villarroel (1587–1665) - bishop, apologist
Humberto Vinueza (1942–2017) - poet
Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928) - novelist
Gonzalo Zaldumbide (1884–1965) - poet

Visual arts

Alba Calderón - painter
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 Aráuz - painter
Galo Galecio - painter
Gonzalo Amancha - painter
Gonzalo Endara Crow - painter
Hugo Cifuentes - photographer and painter
Jaime Andrade Moscoso - sculptor
Joaquín Pinto - 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 Cadena - painter
Luis Miranda - painter
Luis Molinari - painter
Manuel Chili "Caspicara" - sculptor
Manuel Rendón - painter
Marcelo Tejada - painter
Marcos Restrepo - printer
Miguel Betancourt - painter
Olga Fisch - artist, collector, folklorist, born in Hungary
Oswaldo Guayasamín - painter
Oswaldo Moreno - painter
Oswaldo Muñoz Mariño - painter and architect
Oswaldo Viteri - painter
Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - painter
Ramón Piaguaje - painter
Theo Constanté - painter
Washington Iza - painter
Yela Loffredo - sculptor

Dance

Frederick Ashton - Ecuadorian born British ballet dancer and choreographer
Noralma Vera - director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza)
Esperanza Cruz Hidalgo - ballerina

Theater, TV and film

Ernesto Albán - vaudeville and television actor
Danilo Carrera - actor
Enrique Chediak - cinematographer in Hollywood
Camilo Coba - filmmaker
Sebastián Cordero - film director/writer/editor
Paola Farías - actress, model
Katty García - actress
Ricardo Hoyos - actor
Carolina Jaume - actress, TV host
Mike Judge - Ecuadorian born American animator
Camilo Luzuriaga - film director, writer, and producer
Priscilla Negrón - actress
Flor María Palomeque - actress, model
Albert Paulsen - actor
Jenn Pinto - actress; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American
Fatima Ptacek - actress and model
Marián Sabaté - TV personality; born in Spain
Diego Spotorno - actor, host
Michael Steger - actor
Juan Emilio Viguié - pioneering Puerto Rican movie producer (Ecuadorian mother)

Music

Adrianne León - singer-songwriter, American of Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican descent, lived in Ecuador.
Adrienne Bailon - singer 3LW; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican
Ángel Leonidas Araújo Chiriboga - composer
Antonio Neumane - French, lived and worked in Ecuador, composed the music of the National Anthem of Ecuador
Arturo Rodas - classical composer
Beatriz Parra Durango - classical musician
Boris Cepeda - pianist
Carlos Bonilla Chávez - guitarist, composer
Carlos Rubira Infante - singer-songwriter
Celia Zaldumbide Rosales - pianist
Christopher Vélez - 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
Fausto Miño - singer-songwriter
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 Araujo Chiriboga - composer
Jorge Saade - violinist
Juan Fernando Velasco - singer-songwriter
Hilda Murillo - singer
Fresia Saavedra - singer
Carlota Jaramillo - singer
Julio Jaramillo - folklore and romantic music singer
Wendy Vera - singer, politician
Leo Rojas - musician
Leslie Wright - pianist
Luis Humberto Salgado - classical composer
Luis Silva Parra - saxophonist of classical jazz
Mesias Maiguashca - classical composer
Nicasio Safadi - songwriter, popular musician, born in Lebanon
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

Antonio de Alcedo - Spanish geographer and military leader, born in what is today Ecuador
Eugenia Del Pino - developmental biologist
Pedro Vicente Maldonado - geographer
Clodoveo Carrión Mora - paleontologist and naturalist
Misael Acosta Solís - naturalist
William Jameson - physician, naturalist; born in Scotland
Augusto Nicolás Martínez - agronomist, geologist
Plutarco Naranjo Vargas - doctor and scientific researcher
Luis Sodiro - botanist, priest; born in Italy
Presley Norton Yoder - archeologist

Medicine

José Amén-Palma - surgeon and researcher
Germán Abad Valenzuela - doctor, radiologist
Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - physician, journalist, writer, philosopher
Rodrigo Fierro Benítez - physician, researcher, writer
Fernando Jurado Noboa - physician, genealogist
Alejo Lascano Bahamonde - physician, surgeon
Juan Tanca Marengo - physician, minister

Politics and military

Pamela Aguirre Zambonino (born 1984) - member of Andean Parliament
Belisario Albán Mestanza (1853–1925) - notable role in the Liberal Revolution of Guayaquil
Humberto Albornoz (1894–1959) - member of a provisional government junta in 1926
Francisco Arízaga Luque - member of a provisional junta in 1925
Ana Lucía Armijos (born 1949) - first female interior minister
Pedro José de Arteta (1797–1893) - vice-president
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
Diana Coloma - blind disability activist and politician
Dolores Cacuango - left-wing indigenous activist
Abdón Calderón Garaycoa - soldier in the war of independence
Manuela Cañizares (1769–1814) - early leader of the independence movement
Rafael Carvajal (1819–1878) - politician, minister
Galo Chiriboga - minister, prosecutor, felon
Pacífico Chiriboga (1810–1886) - politician, legislator, vice president
Carlos Cueva Tamariz (1898–1991) - politician, senator, legislator, councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Labor
Alberto Dahik (born 1953) - vice president, professor and businessman
José Javier Eguiguren - politician, minister
Freddy Ehlers (born 1945) - journalist, minister, presidential candidate
Fander Falconí (born 1962) - public servant
Juan Falconí Puig - public servant, diplomat
Luis Félix López (1932–2008) - prominent politician, minister
Manuel Félix López (1937–2004) - prominent politician in Manabí province
José Fernández Salvador - politician, jurist
Guillermo Franco (1811–1873) - self-proclaimed dictator, major figure in the Ecuadorian political and military scene
Jorge Glas - vice president, convicted felon
Luisa Gómez de la Torre Páez (1887–1976) - socialist activist
Susana González Rosado (born 1973) - assembly member, vice prefect of Guayas Province
Matilde Hidalgo (1889–1974) - activist, physician, first Ecuadorian woman to finish secondary education, first Ecuadorian woman to complete a degree in medicine and first Ecuadorian woman to cast a vote in a national election
Francisco Illingworth (1905–1982) - Vice President of Ecuador
María Leonor Jiménez (born 1939) - candidate, public servant
María Cristina Kronfle (born 1985) - member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly for Guayas Province
José de La Mar - Independentist military leader, president of Peru (born in what is now Ecuador)
Gustavo Larrea (born 1956) - politician
Lidice Larrea (born c. 1973) – Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion^[1]
Francisco León - minister, Vice president
Richelieu Levoyer - Army general, proposed the "Return to the Constitution Plan" that ended the 1976–1979 dictatorship
Guadalupe Llori - public servant
Guillaume Long - French-born minister
Luis Macas - legislator, minister
Federico Malo Andrade - governor, entrepreneur
Eduardo Maruri - assembly member for the Guayas Province
Paco Moncayo - Army general, former mayor of Quito, Congressman
Mayra Montaño - ex radio presenter, National assembly member, councillor^[2]
Carlos de Montúfar (1780-1816) - military leader during the independence struggle
Juan Pío Montúfar, marquis of Selva Alegre - President of the First Government Junta of independent Quito
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell - Ecuadorian-born member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida; first person born in South America to reach the United States Congress
Jaime Nebot - political leader, major of Guayaquil
Xavier Neira Menéndez - legislator, presidential candidate
Alexandra Ocles - politician and educator
Nina Pacari - minister, congresswoman, indigenous activist
Álvaro Noboa - millionaire, political leader, frequent presidential candidate
Ricardo Paredes Romero - communist politician
Antonio Parra Velasco - Ambassador to France and Great Britain
Ricardo Patiño - politician
Rodrigo Paz - mayor of Quito, minister, entrepreneur, sports executive
Pedro Pinto Rubianes - minister, vice president
Rafael Pólit - diplomat, governor
León Roldós Aguilera - former vice president of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement
Manuela Sáenz - involved in the independence movement, Simón Bolívar's lover and confidant
Julio Teodoro Salem - politician
Jorge Salvador Lara - Ambassador to the Vatican, Peru, Chile, and France, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
Juan de Salinas y Zenitagoya - early independence leader
José Serrano - president of the Legislature, minister
Andrés Vallejo (born 1942) - prominent politician, president of the National Congress
Luis Vargas Torres (1844–1887) - politician, guerrilla
Alexandra Vela - minister, legislator
Alfredo Vera Arrata - politician and architect, minister of education, councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary
Alfredo Vera Vera (1910–1999) - politician
José de Villamil - a leader of the struggle for independence, considered the father of the Ecuadorian Navy; born in Louisiana
Rosa Zárate - independentist leader

Indigenous leaders

Atahualpa - Inca emperor, perhaps born in what is today Ecuador
Rumiñawi - high-ranking Incan warrior around the time of the Spanish conquest
Fernando Daquilema - indigenous rebel from the 19th century

Presidents

Juan José Flores - first president (1830–1835; 1839–1843; 1843–1845), Venezuelan-born
Vicente Rocafuerte - president (1834–1839)
José Joaquín de Olmedo - president (1845–1845)
Vicente Ramón Roca - president (1845–1849), first vice president (1830–1831)
Manuel de Ascásubi - interim president (1849–1850, 1869)
Diego Noboa - president (1850–1851)
José María Urvina - supreme chief and president (1851–1856)
Francisco Robles - president (1856–1859)
Gabriel García Moreno - president (1860–1865; 1869–1875)
Jerónimo Carrión - president (1865–1867)
Javier Espinosa - president (1868–1869)
Antonio Borrero - president (1875–1876)
Ignacio de Veintemilla - dictator and president (1876–1883)
José Plácido Caamaño - president (1883–1888)
Antonio Flores Jijón - president (1888–1892)
Luis Cordero Crespo - president (1892–1895)
Vicente Lucio Salazar - president (1895)
Eloy Alfaro - supreme chief and president (1895–1901)
Leonidas Plaza - president (1901–1905; 1912–1916)
Lizardo García - president (1905–1906)
Emilio Estrada Carmona - president (1911)
Carlos Freile Zaldumbide - interim president (1911–1912)
Francisco Andrade Marín - interim president (1912)
Alfredo Baquerizo - president (1916–1920)
José Luis Tamayo - president (1920–1924)
Gonzalo Córdova - president (1924–1925)
Isidro Ayora - president (1926–1931)
Luis Larrea Alba - general, president de facto in 1931
Alberto Guerrero Martínez - provisional president (1932)
Juan de Dios Martínez - president (1932–1933)
Abelardo Montalvo - president (1933–1934)
José María Velasco Ibarra - president (1934–1935; 1944–1947; 1952–1956; 1968–1972)
Federico Páez - supreme chief and president (1935–1937)
Alberto Enríquez Gallo - military dictator (1937–1938)
Manuel María Borrero - interim president (1938)
Aurelio Mosquera - president (1938-1939)
Andrés Córdova - president (1939-1940)
Julio Enrique Moreno - interim president (1940)
Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río - president (1940–1944)
Carlos Mancheno Cajas - military dictator for a brief period (1947)
Mariano Suárez - president for a brief period (1947)
Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola - president (1947-48)
Galo Plaza Lasso - president (1948–1952)
Camilo Ponce Enríquez - president (1956–1960)
Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy - president (1961–1963)
Ramón Castro Jijón - president of the military junta (1963–1966)
Clemente Yerovi - president (1966)
Otto Arosemena - president (1966–1968)
Guillermo Rodríguez Lara - military dictator (1972–1976)
Jaime Roldós Aguilera - president (1979–1981)
Osvaldo Hurtado - president (1981–1984)
Leon Febres Cordero - president (1984–1988)
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos - president (1988–1992)
Sixto Durán Ballén - president (1992–1996)
Abdalá Bucaram - president (1996–1997), convicted felon
Jamil Mahuad - president (1998–2000)
Gustavo Noboa - president (2000–2003)
Lucio Gutiérrez - president (2003–2005)
Alfredo Palacio - president (2005–2007)
Rafael Correa - president (2007–2017), convicted felon
Lenin Moreno - president (2017–2021), former vice president (2007–2013)
Guillermo Lasso - president (2021–)

First ladies

Mercedes Jijón - wife of Juan José Flores
Corina del Parral - wife of José María Velasco Ibarra, born in Argentina
Lucila Santos Trujillo - wife of Otto Arosemena
Martha Bucaram - wife of Jaime Roldós
Ximena Bohórquez - wife of Lucio Gutiérrez
María de Lourdes Alcívar - wife of Guillermo Lasso

Religious figures

Catalina de Jesús Herrera – Dominican prioress, nun, writer
Carlos María de la Torre - cardinal
Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz - archbishop of Guayaquil
Leonidas Proaño - bishop of Riobamba
José Mario Ruiz Navas - archbishop of Portoviejo
Mariana de Jesús Torres - abbess of Conceptionist Monastery of Quito, Servant of God
Luis Alberto Luna Tobar - archbishop of Cuenca
Pedro Bedón - priest, painter, polemicist

Saints

Mariana de Jesús de Paredes - mystic, saint
Mercedes de Jesús Molina - mystic, blessed
Miguel Febres Cordero - religious brother, saint
Narcisa de Jesús - mystic, saint

Sports

Álex Aguinaga - footballer and coach
Jordy Alcívar - footballer
Alexander Alvarado - footballer
Nilson Angulo - footballer
Rorys Aragón - footballer
Robert Arboleda - footballer
Samantha Arévalo - swimmer
Xavier Arreaga - footballer
Walter Ayoví - footballer
Mimi Barona - surfer
Christian Benítez - footballer
Shirley Berruz - footballer
Andrea Bonilla - long-distance runner
Chico Borja - Ecuadorian-American footballer and coach
Ramiro Borja - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
Elizabeth Bravo - triathlete
Beder Caicedo - footballer
Carina Caicedo - footballer
Felipe Caicedo - footballer
Jean Caicedo - boxer
Jonathan Caicedo - cyclist
Jordy Caicedo - footballer
Moisés Caicedo - footballer
Leonardo Campana - footballer
Pablo Campana - tennis player and public servant
Alfredo Campo - BMX cyclist
Richard Carapaz - cyclist, winner of the Giro d'Italia, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
Byron Castillo - footballer
Julio Castillo - boxer
Miler Castillo (born 1987) - football player
Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda - cyclist
Rosa Chacha - long-distance runner
Vanessa Chalá - judoka
Andrés Chocho - race walker
José Cifuentes - footballer
Juan Manuel Correa - racing driver
Neisi Dájomes - weightlifter, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
Daniela Darquea - golfer
Ulises de la Cruz - footballer and politician
Agustín Delgado - footballer and politician, scored first Ecuadorian goal in a World Cup
Anicka Delgado - swimmer
Diana Durango - sport shooter
Iván Enderica Ochoa - swimmer
Alexandra Escobar - weightlifter
Gonzalo Escobar - tennis player
Adriana Espinosa - archer
Michael Estrada - footballer
Pervis Estupiñán - footballer
Alan Franco - footballer
Hernán Galíndez - footballer (born in Argentina)
Estefania García - judoka
Fricson George - footballer
Andrés Gómez - tennis player, French Open winner
Emilio Gómez - tennis player
Carlos Góngora - boxer, IBO world champion
Doménica González - tennis player
Carlos Gruezo Arboleda - footballer
Carlos Gruezo Quiñónez - footballer
Piero Hincapié - footballer
Romario Ibarra - footballer
Eduardo Hurtado - footballer
Elías Jácome - football referee, the first Ecuadorian to officiate in a World Cup
Karla Jaramillo - race walker
Iván Kaviedes - footballer
Fausto Klinger - footballer
Martin Klinger - footballer
Orly Klinger - footballer
Nicolás Lapentti - tennis player
Giovanni Lapentti - tennis player
Juan Madruñero - footballer
Ángel Mena - footballer
Édison Méndez - footballer
Sebas Méndez - footballer
Alberto Miño - table tennis player
Glenda Morejón - race walker
Jhonatan Narváez - cyclist
Christian Noboa - footballer
Alfonso Obregón - footballer
Joel Ordóñez - footballer
Érika Pachito - boxer
Joffre Pachito - footballer
Willian Pacho - footballer
Angie Palacios - weightlifter
Diego Palacios - footballer
Andrea Pérez Peña - sport shooter
Jefferson Pérez - race walker, gold medal winner of the 20 km race walk at the 1996 Olympics
Paola Pérez - race walker
Tomas Peribonio - swimmer
Brian Pintado - race walker, Olympic champion
Gonzalo Plata - footballer
Joao Plata - footballer
Jackson Porozo - footballer
Angelo Preciado - footballer
Ayrton Preciado - footballer
Lenin Preciado - judoka
Álex Quiñónez - sprinter
Roberto Quiroz - tennis player
Cristian Ramírez - footballer
Djorkaeff Reasco - footballer
Kevin Rodríguez - footballer
Tamara Salazar - weightlifter, medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Jeremy Sarmiento - footballer, born in Spain
Hugo Savinovich - professional wrestler in the United States and Puerto Rico
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.
Abraham Suárez - diver
Nelson Suarez - diver
Ángela Tenorio - sprinter
Carlos Tenorio - footballer
Félix Torres - footballer
Patricio Urrutia - footballer and politician, captained the successful L.D.U. Quito team which won Copa Libertadores
Anthony Valencia - footballer
Antonio Valencia - footballer, best known for his time at Manchester United F.C., only Manchester United captain from outside Europe
Enner Valencia - footballer
Joel Valencia - footballer, has also represented Spain on youth levels
Iván Vallejo - mountaineer and public servant
Luisa Valverde - freestyle wrestler
Marlon Vera - mixed martial arts fighter
Rolando Vera - long-distance runner
Claudio Villanueva - race walker
Petter Villegas - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
Nicolas Wettstein - eventing rider (born in Switzerland, represented Ecuador internationally)
Lucía Yépez - wrestler
Octavio Zambrano - football coach, known mostly for his career at Major League Soccer

Other

Lorena Bobbitt - Ecuadorian-American woman made famous after assaulting her husband
María Capovilla (1889–2006) - supercentenarian, at one time the oldest living person in the world
Mariana Carcelén (1805–1861) - aristocrat, Marchioness, wife of independence leader Antonio José de Sucre and as such First Lady of Bolivia
Martina Carrillo - 18th-century anti-slavery activist
Blanca Chancoso (born 1955) - indigenous activist
Magdalena Dávalos y Maldonado - aristocrat, intellectual, patron of the arts
Nexar Antonio Flores (born 1978) - Ecuadorian-Finnish fashion stylist and makeup artist
Geraldina Guerra Garcés (born 1975) - campaigner against femicide
Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño - aristocrat, archaeologist, politician
Yolanda Kakabadse - environmentalist activist
Hortensia Mata - socialite and philanthropist
Manuel Muñoz Borrero - diplomat, considered Righteous Among the Nations for his role in saving Jewish people during the Holocaust
Zonia Palán Tamayo (1954–2003) - economist and women's rights activist
Faustino Rayo - Colombian-born merchant and assassin, known for murdering Gabriel García Moreno
Nelson Serrano - Ecuadorian-American businessman convicted of murder
Delary Stoffers - beauty pageant winner, Miss Ecuador 2023
Hernán Crespo Toral - architect, archaeologist
Isabel Godin des Odonais - traveler

References

↑ Ponce, Santiago (May 25, 2016). "Lídice Larrea: 'Se pagará los bonos con crédito del BID'". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-06-14.
↑ "Radiografía Política". www.radiografiapolitica.org. Retrieved 2024-04-11.

[1] Ponce, Santiago (May 25, 2016). "Lídice Larrea: 'Se pagará los bonos con crédito del BID'". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-06-14.

[2] "Radiografía Política". www.radiografiapolitica.org. Retrieved 2024-04-11.

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