List of Ecuadorians

Literature

Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006) - poet and writer

Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009) - poet and novelist

Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (1942) - writer

Vicente Amador Flor (1903–1975) - poet

Fernando Tinajero (1940) - writer

Juan Andrade Heymann (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) - novelist and playwright

Juan Bautista Aguirre (1725–1786) - poet and writer from colonial South America

Arturo Borja (1892–1912) - poet

Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964) - poet and essayist

Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014) - writer

Jorge Luis Cáceres (1982) - writer, editor

Oswaldo Calisto Rivera (1979–2000) - poet and artist

Eliécer Cárdenas (1950) - novelist

Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978) - poet

Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915–1992) - writer and journalist

Fanny Carrión de Fierro (1939) - writer, poet, essayist and professor

Benjamín Carrión Mora (1897–1979) - writer

Iván Carvajal (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 (1946) - poet and playwright

Luis Alberto Costales (1926–2006) - poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician

José de la Cuadra (1903–1941) - novelist and short story writer

Agustin Cueva (1937–1992) - writer and sociologist

Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013) - poet, novelist, and short story writer

Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931) - poet, novelist, and short story writer

Luis Enrique Fierro (1936) - poet and medical doctor

Gonzalo Escudero (1903–1971) - poet and diplomat

Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - writer

Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961) - writer, poet, and translator

Jenny Estrada (1940) - writer and journalist

Ulises Estrella (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

Jaime Galarza Zavala (1930) - writer, poet, journalist and politician

Karina Galvez (1964) - poet

Alfredo Gangotena (1904–1944) - poet who wrote in French and Spanish

Francisco Tobar Garcia (1928–1997) - poet, novelist, and playwright

Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973) - writer

Euler Granda (1935) - novelist

Yanna Hadatty (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 (1948) - writer

Efraín Jara Idrovo (1926) - poet and writer

Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (1932) - poet

Nicolás Kingman Riofrío (1918) - journalist, writer and politician

Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947) - novelist and short story writer

Juan Larrea Holguín (1927–2006) - writer and lawyer

Nela Martínez (1912–2004) - writer

Hugo Mayo (1895–1988) - poet and writer

Juan León Mera (1832–1894) - writer

Juan Montalvo (1832–1889) - writer

Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927) - poet

Jorge Núñez Sánchez (1947) - writer

José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780–1847) - poet

Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003) - writer and poet

Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993) - writer

Julio Pazos Barrera (1944) - poet and writer

Jorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995) - writer and historian

Numa Pompilio Llona (1832–1907) - poet

José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008) - playwright

Ernesto Quiñonez (1969) - novelist

Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004) - writer

Galo René Pérez (1923) - biographer, poet, and essayist

Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (1939) - biographer

Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940) - writer

Juan Manuel Rodríguez (1945) - writer

Alfonso Rumazo González (1903–2002) - writer, historian, essayist and literary critic

José Rumazo González (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

Carlos Altamirano Sánchez (1926) - poet and journalist

Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919) - poet

José Trajano Mera (1862-1919) - poet and playwright

Abdón Ubidia (1944) - novelist

Benjamín Urrutia (1950) - writer

Eduardo Varas (1979) - novelist and journalist

Fray José María Vargas O.P. (1902–1988) - writer and historian

Javier Vásconez (1946) - novelist and short story writer

Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857) - poet

Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999) - writer

Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999) - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist

Alicia Yánez Cossío (1929) - novelist

Visual arts

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 - painter

Miguel Betancourt - painter

Oswaldo Guayasamín - painter

Oswaldo Moreno - painter

Oswaldo Viteri - painter

Oswaldo Muñoz Mariño - painter and architect

Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - painter

Ramón Piaguaje - painter

Theo Constanté - painter

Washington Iza - painter

Dance

Noralma Vera - Director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza)

Esperanza Cruz Hidalgo - ballerina

Frederick Ashton - Ecuador-born English choreographer

Theater and film

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 - child actress

Camilo Luzuriaga - film director, writer, and producer

Danilo Carrera - actor

Music

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

Christopher Velez - Singer; Ecuadorian/American

Christina Aguilera - singer; Ecuadorian/American

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

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

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

Wilson Araujo - FMF corpsman

Politics

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

Eduardo Maruri - Assembly Member for the Guayas Province

Paco Moncayo - Army General, Former Mayor of Quito, Congressman

León Roldós Aguilera - former Vice President of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement

Alfredo Vera Arrata - politician and architect, minister of education, councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary

Antonio Parra Velasco - Ambassador to France and Great Britain

Jorge Salvador Lara - Ambassador to the Vatican, Peru, Chile, and France, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador

Presidents

Juan José Flores - first President (1830–1835; 1839–1843; 1843–1845)

José Joaquín de Olmedo y Maruri - ex-President (1845–1845)

Vicente Ramón Roca - ex-President (1845–1849)

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

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 (2002–2003)

Lucio Gutiérrez - ex-President (2003–2005)

Alfredo Palacio - ex-President (2005–2007)

Rafael Correa - current President (2007–present)

Vice presidents

Lenín Moreno - ex-Vice President (2007–2013)

Sports

Álex Aguinaga - footballer

Ivan Vallejo - mountaineer

Ulises de la Cruz - footballer

Agustín Delgado - football player

Martha Fierro - chess player

Edison Mendez - footballer

Iván Kaviedes - footballer

Antonio Valencia - footballer

Andrés Gómez - tennis player

Eduardo Hurtado - footballer

Iván Hurtado - footballer

Nicolás Lapentti - tennis player

Giovanni Lapentti - tennis player

Jefferson Pérez - race walker

Pancho Segura - tennis player

Alberto Spencer - footballer

Hugo Savinovich - professional wrestler

Byron Piedra - athlete

Silvio Guerra - athlete

Trotzky Yepez - chess player

Marlon Vera - MMA fighter

Jose Yepez - MMA fighter

Jinson Padilla - footballer