Italian Uruguayans (

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: ''ítalo-uruguayos'';

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: ''italo-uruguaiani'') are

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-born citizens who are fully or partially of

descent or

-born people in Uruguay. It is estimated that more than one third of Uruguayans are of Italian descent. Along with its neighboring country,

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, Italian immigration to Uruguay is one of the largest, if not the largest, ethnic groups towards Uruguay's modern culture and society, along with

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, exhibiting significant connections to Italian culture in terms of language, customs and traditions. Outside of Italy, Uruguay has one of the highest percentages of Italians in the world.

Characteristics

The recorded presence of Italians in Uruguay started with the founding of Montevideo. Nevertheless, Italians began arriving in Uruguay in large numbers in the 1870s, mainly due to economic disturbances. The climax of this wave of Italian immigrants would have occurred from the late XIX century up until the world wars. The migratory continued until the 1960s, when the

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would have helped

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to be in a better position than it was before. According to a group of historians, a calculation concluded that in the generation of Uruguayans born after the year 1990, nearly 68%, or more than two thirds of the total, had Italian roots.

History

The first Italians arrived in Spanish and Portuguese colonies of South America in the 16th century. In what is now Uruguay, the first Italians were primarily from the

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and worked in the business and commerce related to the transoceanic shipping between "old and new world". It is notable that the first settler in Montevideo was an Italian, Giorgio Borghese (who Hispanicized his name to Jorge Burgues). The Italian population continued to grow into the 19th century andwhen the constitution of Uruguay was adopted in 1830, there were thousands of Italian-Uruguayans, mostly in the capital, Montevideo. Immigrants from other areas of Italy followed with Lombardi exiles, craftsmen, farmers, the followers of Garibaldi, Southern Italians of various trades and even those active in many other ways, including a minority of adventurers. From 1875 to 1890, Italians were the largest part of a wave of immigration to Uruguay from Spain and Italy. That continued in the 20th century until the early 1960s but was followed by a sharp reduction, coinciding with economic and political upheavals in both Uruguay and Italy. Then, Italian immigration continued to decline because of greater attraction exerted by Argentina, Brazil and the United States. By the end of the 20th century, the trend finally began to run out. As of 2003, there were only 33,000 first-generation Italians in the South American country , but many Uruguayans were well aware of their Italian ancestry. By 1976, Uruguayans of Italian descent numbered over 1,300,000, almost 45% of the total population, including Italian-Argentine residents in Uruguay. High concentrations are found in Montevideo and the city of Paysandú, where almost 65% of the population is of Italian origin.

Italian community

The first Italian immigrants who arrived in the land were almost all of Genoese, Piedmontese, Neapolitan, Sicilian and Venetian origin. In the first half of the 19th century, Giuseppe Garibaldi was a participant in Uruguay's wars for independence, and many Italian patriots in Uruguay were attracted to the ideas of the leader. The political movement which joined many residents of the Rio de la Plata with Italian was called Current Garibaldina. In recognition of Garibaldi are many tributes to his memory such as a "Avenida" (Course) of Montevideo with its name, a monument to his memory in the city of Salto, and el 'Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires. Between the late the 19th and the early 20th centuries was the third phase of immigration coming from Italy. Those Italians who arrived and in the fourth stage, after the Second World War, gave a great contribution to Uruguayan architecture and gastronomy. There was the foundation of the Italian Hospital of Montevideo in the last decade of the 19th century, which bears the name of King

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. Italians who emigrated to Uruguay in the 19th century worked mainly in construction, trade, and agriculture. Some were able to open the road as politicians and businessmen in the 20th century.

Francisco Piria Fernando Juan Santiago Francisco María Piria de Grossi (Montevideo, 21 August 1847 - 11 December 1933) was a Uruguayan inventor, alchemist, writer, politician and businessman of Italian descent. He was notable for establishing the city and sea ...

, of Genoese ancestors, became one of the leading manufacturers in Uruguay and even created a seaside town that still bears his name,

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. Various Italo-Uruguayans became presidents of Uruguay (Addiego, Demicheli, Gabriel Terra, Baldomir, Sanguinetti) and writers of international renown (such as

Delmira Agustini Delmira Agustini (October 24, 1886 – July 6, 1914) was an Uruguayan poet of the early 20th century. Biography Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, she began writing when she was ten and had her first book of poems published when she was still a tee ...

and

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During the Presidencies of Gabriel Terra and Baldomir Ferrari

During the 1930s, the Italian community became very important in Uruguayan society. That coincided with the rise to power of Italian-Uruguayan Gabriel Terra from 1931 to 1938 and his successor Baldomir Ferrari (1938–1943) and his relatives. President Gabriel Terra was able to obtain land and funding support from Mussolini and Hitler to build a dam on the Rio Negro, creating the largest artificial lake in South America. In addition, Terra promoted the beginning of the process of 'industrialization by means of the Italian companies. He openly appreciated Italian fascism and tried to imitate some characteristics and corporate policies. In Montevideo, for example, was a political Fascio with 1,200 members, and 150 volunteers gave Italian-Uruguayans the Italian conquest of Ethiopia in 1936. The Italian diplomat Mazzolini said that Mussolini considered Uruguay as the most "Italian" state of the Americas with which to make a possible future political and ethnic-racial alliance. The Italian language gained considerable importance in Montevideo in those years and became compulsory in secondary schools in Uruguay in 1942 under Ferrari. Further, around 1938 a certain number of Italian Jews came to Uruguay, feeling rejected in their mother country by the anti-Semitic racial laws.

Demographics

An overall estimate of Italian immigrants to Uruguay from its independence until the 1960s is 350,000 but, given the balance of migration, must be halved. Over a third of the Uruguayan population has an Italian surname. The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 5,541 people who declared Italy as their country of birth. The flow of Italians to Uruguay can be broken into several waves: *From 1830 to 1850 in which at least 20,000 immigrants arrived, almost all from

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. *The 1850s during which an equally-high number landed in Montevideo (about 25,000 from Lombardy and

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). *The 1860s and the 1870s, of about 90,000 Italians from across the country. *The late 19th and the early 20th centuries, characterised by mass migration stimulated by propaganda and prepaid journeys but generally poorly trained and illiterate; 110,000 reached Montevideo. *The 20th century, after the

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(about 15,000). Italians in Uruguay come from 40% Northern Italy, 17% Central Italy, and 34% Southern Italy. The main Italian regions of origin are

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, with 5,231 residents (16% of the total); Lombardy (5,029);

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(3,353); and

(3,018). In 2007, Italian citizens (including those with dual citizenship with Uruguayan) who are resident in Uruguay were 71,115. The entire Italian community is held in high esteem by the Uruguayan population, also by a marked process italianisation in society especially in the local cuisine (like Caruso sauce) and the local dialect (such as Lunfardo, which probably derives from the dialect word "Lumbarda" of immigrants from Lombardy). In Uruguay, the Italian influence was more isolated since only 27% of the Italo-Uruguay reside outside the metropolitan area of the capital, but there were different Italian communities and founded several cultural entities (as in Rivera, the border with Brazil). Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari was the president of Uruguay from 1938 to 1943. In 1942, he made Italian a compulsory subject in secondary schools. Paysandú, near the border with Argentina, has the most Italian influence and is currently estimated that over 60% of its population of about 80,000 inhabitants are of Italian origin. Furthermore, Italian is widely spoken, partly since Italian is taught in all schools. Among the most famous Italian-Uruguayan ties are the EU benevolence, the Scuola Italiana, and the Italian Federation of Paysandú. The Group of Paysandú Lombardi keeps cultural ties with the Italian emigration, especially with Lombardy.

Societies

Italian associations in Uruguay are relatively numerous. These are the main ones: - Scuola Italiana di Montevideo - Circle Lucano - Association of Sons of Tuscany - Association Veneti in Uruguay - Group of Paysandú Lombardi - Group Trentini Rivera - Association of Lombards in Montevideo (Associazione Lombarda di Montevideo)

Italian in education

Italian-Uruguayan President Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari in 1942 required the study of Italian in state secondary schools. That has made Uruguay the only state in the Americas in which Italian has had an official status in education equal to that of the national language. In Montevideo, a private school (''Scuola Italiana di Montevideo'') is attended by the upper-class of the Italian community in the capital. There are also plans to open an Italian university.

Notable people

The following list has well-known Uruguayans who are Italian citizens or have Italian ancestry:

Architecture and engineering

* Luigi Andreoni * Leopoldo Artucio * Francisco Beltrame * Jorge Brovetto * Horacio Carabelli * Mauricio Cravotto *

Román Fresnedo Siri Román Fresnedo Siri (February 4, 1903 – June 26, 1975) was a Uruguayan architect. He is best known for designing major civic buildings throughout South America and the United States, including the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) hea ...

* Juan Giuria * Giulia Guarino * César Loustau Infantozzi * Aurelio Lucchini *

José Luis Massera José Luis Massera (Genoa, Italy, June 8, 1915 – Montevideo, September 9, 2002) was a Uruguayan dissident and mathematician who researched the stability of differential equations. Massera's lemma is named after him. He published over 40 pap ...

Mario Palanti Mario Palanti (September 20, 1885 – September 4, 1978) was an Italian architect who designed important buildings in the capital cities of both Argentina and Uruguay. Life and career Born in 1885 in Milan, Italy, the brother of painter Gius ...

Bernardo Poncini Bernardo Poncini (1814-1874) was a Swiss architect and sculptor. He is notable for his work in Uruguay and Argentina in the mid 19th century. Born in Ticino, he studied in Milan, at the Brera Academy. He was active in Montevideo from 1857 till ...

* Juan Antonio Scasso * Héctor Vigliecca *

Carlo Zucchi Carlo Zucchi (February 1789, in Reggio Emilia – 9 September 1849) was an Italian architect. A nephew of the namesake Italian general, Zucchi studied in Paris. Later he was active in the River Plate basin. Selected works * Mausoleum of Manu ...

Art

* Orestes Acquarone, cartoonist and lithographer *

José Belloni José Belloni (September 12, 1882 – November 28, 1965) was a Uruguayan sculptor of the Realist school. Biography José Belloni was born in Montevideo, in 1882; his father was Swiss from Ticino, and his mother Basque from Spain. His family ...

, sculptor *

Alberto Breccia Alberto Breccia (April 15, 1919 – November 10, 1993) was an Uruguayan-born Argentine artist and cartoonist. A gifted penciller and inker, Breccia is one of the most celebrated and famous comics/ Historieta creators in the world, and specially p ...

, cartoonist * Juan José Calandria, painter and sculptor * José Cuneo Perinetti, painter * Pedro Figari, painter * Antonio Frasconi, xylographist * Giuseppe Maraschini, painter * Virginia Patrone, painter * José Cuneo Perinetti, painter * Amalia Polleri, art critic * Edmundo Prati, sculptor * Luis Queirolo Repetto, painter *

Luis Alberto Solari Luis Alberto Solari (1918–1993) was a Painting, painter and engraver from Uruguay. Background He moved to Montevideo in 1934 to study at the Circulo de Bellas Artes with Professor William Laborde between 1934 and 1937. He pursued his particul ...

, painter and engraver * Eduardo Vernazza, painter * Petrona Viera Garino, painter * Cecilia Vignolo, sculptor and visual artist

Cinema

Luca Barbareschi Luca Barbareschi (born 28 July 1956 in Montevideo) is an Italian-Uruguayan actor, television presenter, and former member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Barbareschi is Jewish. He was one of four actors whom the Italian police believed ha ...

, actor *

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, actor * Rubén W. Cavallotti, film director * Florencia Colucci, film actress *

Eduardo D'Angelo Eduardo Luis D'Angelo Belsito ( Montevideo, 4 January 1939 - 18 October 2014) was a Uruguayan actor, comedian and impressionist.

, film actor and comedian * Mónica Farro, model and actress * Juan Pablo Rebella, film director * Jorge Temponi, actor * Rina Massardi actress and film director * María Noel Riccetto ballet dancer (black swan) * Diego Delgrossi actor * Guillermo Casanova film director

Economy

* Francisco Piria de Grossi, businessman

Literature

* Helena Corbellini *

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* Liber Falco * Emilio Frugoni *

Eduardo Galeano Eduardo Hughes Galeano (; 3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters" and "a literary giant of the Latin American left". Galean ...

* Marosa di Giorgio *

Antonio Lussich Antonio Dionisio Lussich (March 23, 1848 in Montevideo – June 5, 1928 in Punta del Este) was an Uruguayan sailor, arboricultorist and writer. Family background His father was Filip Lukšić, a Croatian Merchant sailor who arrived in Montev ...

* Cristina Peri Rossi * Rodolfo Tálice * Giselda Zani

Music and Opera

Francisco Canaro Francisco Canaro (November 26, 1888 – December 14, 1964) was a Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader. Canaro was born in San José de Mayo, Uruguay, in 1888. His parents were Italian immigrants, and later, when he was less than 10 y ...

, violinist * Mario Canaro, tango musician *

Abel Carlevaro Abel Carlevaro (16 December 1916 – 17 July 2001) was a classical guitar composer and teacher born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He established a new school of instrumental technique, incorporating a fresh approach to seating and playing the guitar, ...

, classic guitar composer * Maika Ceres, soprano singer *

Eduardo Fabini Eduardo Fabini (Solís de Mataojo, 18 May 1882 – 17 May 1950) was a Uruguayan composer and musician. Fabini, along with Alfonso Broqua, Luis Cluzeau Mortet and Vicente Ascone, was representative of the nationalist tendency that emerged in Ur ...

, composer * Sergio Fachelli, singer * Francisco Fattoruso, bass player *

Hugo Fattoruso Hugo Fattoruso was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1943. Fattoruso is a composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and vocalisAs well as developing a career as a soloist, he has participated and performed in many different genres: Trio Fattoruso ...

, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist * Osvaldo Fattoruso, musician * Pablo Minoli, composer *

Julio Sosa Julio María Sosa Venturini (February 2, 1926 – November 26, 1964), usually referred to simply as Julio Sosa or El Varón del Tango, was a Argentines, Uruguayan/Argentinian tango (music), tango singer. Biography Sosa was born in Las Piedras, ...

(Julio María Sosa Venturini), tango singer * Luciana Mocchi, singer *

Los TNT Los TNT () were an Italian-Uruguayan rock 'n' roll band, popular in the 1960s. The band consisted of two brothers and a sister from Udine, Italy: Edelweiss "Tim" Croatto (born 1936), Hermes "Tony" Croatto (1939 - 2005), and Argentina "Nelly" C ...

, rock'n'roll band consisting of three Italian siblings *

Álvaro Pierri Álvaro Pierri (born 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a classical guitarist. He is a professor at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. He received his early musical education from his mother, Ada Estades and aunt, Olg ...

, classical guitarist * Guido Santórsola, composer *

Daniel Viglietti Daniel Alberto Viglietti Indart (24 July 1939 – 30 October 2017) was an Uruguayan folk singer, guitarist, composer, and political activist. He was one of the main exponents of Uruguayan popular song and also of the ''Nueva Canción'' or "New ...

, folk singer * Roberto Musso Focaccio, rock singer(Cuarteto de nos) * Ricardo Musso Focaccio, musician * Santiago Tavella Nazzari, musician(Cuarteto de nos) * Diego Martino, musician * Frankie Lampariello, bass player * Freddy Bessio, singer * Eduardo Pedro Lombardo, musician * Julio Cobelli, guitarist * José María Carbajal Pruzzo, musician * Alberto Mastrascusa Ilario, guitarist * Ana Prada, musician * Donatto Racciatti, musician *

Juan Campodónico Juan Campodónico ( Montevideo, Uruguay, 1971), sometimes working under his stage name Campo, is an Uruguayan musician, producer, composer, creator and former member of El Peyote Asesino, Bajofondo and Campo. He produced albums by Jorge Drexler (F ...

, musician * Fernando Santullo, musician * Alberto Magnone, musician * Estela Magnone, musician * Olga Del Grossi, tango singer * Rina Massardi, singer *

Rosita Melo Clotilde Mela Rosa Luciano, better known as Rosita Melo (July 9, 1897 – August 12, 1981), was an Argentine-Uruguayan pianist, composer and poet. She is the author of the famous ''vals criollo'' (Creole Waltz) ''"Desde el alma"'' for whic ...

, tango musician * Pedro Dalton (Alejandro Fernández Borsani, Buenos muchachos), musician * Juan Casanova, musician * Gustavo Montemurro, musician * Gabriel Peluffo, singer * Gustavo Parodi, guitarist * Guillermo Peluffo, singer * Nicolás Bagattini, musician * Ruben Melogno, singer * Gonzalo Farrugia, drummer * Luis Cesio, guitarist

Politics

* Rafael Addiego Bruno, jurist *

Danilo Astori Danilo Ángel Astori Saragosa (born April 23, 1940) is a Uruguayan retired social democratic politician who served as the 15th vice president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 under President José Mujica. A member of Uruguay Assembly– Broad Front, ...

, former vice president * Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari, soldier *

Jorge Basso Jorge Basso (born 28 April 1956) is a Uruguayan physician and politician of the Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, tho ...

, Minister of Public Health of the Board Front party * Azucena Berrutti, National Defense Minister from 2005 to 2008 * Graciela Bianchi, lawyer *

Eduardo Bonomi Edison Eduardo Bonomi Varela (14 October 1948 – 20 February 2022) was a Uruguayan guerrilla member and politician of the Movement of Popular Participation – Broad Front. He served as Minister of Labour and Social Welfare from 2005 to 2009, ...

, politician * Luis Brezzo, politician * Diego Cánepa, lawyer and politician *

Roberto Canessa Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta, M.D., (born 17 January 1953) is one of the 16 survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972, and a Uruguayan political figure. He was portrayed by Josh Hamilt ...

, medical student and one of the survivors of

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* Lorenzo Carnelli, lawyer and politician * Mario Cassinoni, medic, deputy, rector of the national university * César Charlone Rodríguez, former vice president * Juan Vicente Chiarino, lawyer and politician *

Alberto Demicheli Alberto Pedro Demicheli Lizaso (August 7, 1896 – October 12, 1980) was a Uruguayan political figure. Demicheli was a ''de facto'' President of Uruguay in 1976 as a non-democratically elected authority of the civic-military dictatorship. Ba ...

, former president * Emilio Frugoni, socialist politician *

Reinaldo Gargano Reinaldo Apolo Gargano Ostuni (July 26, 1934 – February 5, 2013) was a Uruguayan political figure. Exile Born in Paysandú, Uruguay on July 26, 1934, Gargano went into exile in Spain in 1974 following a coup d'état. He returned to Urug ...

, former foreign minister of Uruguay * Luis Giannattasio Finocchietti, political figure * Isabelino Canaveris, patriot of the National Party * Telmo Languiller-Tornesi,

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politician born in Uruguay *

Paulina Luisi Paulina Luisi (1875–1950) was a leader of the feminist movement in the country of Uruguay. In 1909, she became the first Uruguayan woman to earn a medical degree and was a firm advocate of sex education in the schools. She represented Uruguay in ...

, leader of the Uruguayan feminist movement * Antonio Marchesano, lawyer and politician * Aparicio Méndez Manfredini, political figure *

Rafael Michelini Rafael Michelini Delle Piane (born 30 October 1958 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan politician. He is currently Senator of the Republic of Uruguay as a member of the Frente Amplio party, and was the founder of New Space party. He was the seventh ...

, politician * Zelmar Michelini, father of Rafael Michelini, and reporter * José Mujica Cordano, former president *

Benito Nardone Benito Nardone Cetrulo (November 22, 1906 – March 25, 1964) was a Uruguayan journalist and political figure. Biography Nardone was born at Montevideo, the son of an Italian immigrant. For many years he was a popular radio commentator at CX 4 ...

, journalist *

Didier Opertti Didier Opertti Badán (born 23 April 1937) is a Uruguayan political figure and lawyer. Political offices in Uruguay Interior Minister Opertti served as the interior minister of Uruguay from 1995 to 1998 in the government of Julio María Sanguin ...

, lawyer * Sergio Previtali, politician *

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, politician *

Julio María Sanguinetti Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (; born 6 January 1936 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan politician, lawyer and journalist, who twice served as President of Uruguay (from March 1985 until March 1990, and again, from March 1995 until Marc ...

, former president * Jorge Sapelli, former vice president * Raúl Sendic Antonaccio, Marxist lawyer and founder of the Tupamaros National Liberation Movement * Líber Seregni, military officer and politician * Héctor Martín Sturla, lawyer * Enrique Tarigo, jurist

Religious figures

Juan Francisco Aragone Juan Francisco Aragone (born 24 May 1883 in Carmelo – deceased 7 May 1953 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan cleric. After over a decade vacancy, on 3 July 1919 Aragone was appointed as the second Roman Catholic archbishop of Montevideo. In his ...

, cleric *

Antonio María Barbieri Antonio María Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. (October 12, 1892 – July 6, 1979), born Alfredo Barbieri, was an Uruguayan cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Montevideo from 1940 to 1976, and was elevated to the cardinalate. Bi ...

, cardinal * Carlos María Collazzi, bishop of Mercedes *

Pablo Galimberti Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri (born 8 May 1941, in Montevideo Montevideo () is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total ...

, cleric *

José Gottardi Cristelli José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. (21 September 1923, in Baselga di Pinè, Trentino – 7 March 2005, in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan cleric. He was ordained on 15 October 1950 as a Salesian of Don Bosco. On 1 March 1972 he was appointed titular ...

, cleric * Carlos Parteli, cleric * Anna Maria Rubatto, nun * Daniel Sturla, archbishop of Montevideo * Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio, cleric

Science and Medicine

* Carlos Aragone, physicist * Alice Armand Ugón, pediatrician *

Rodolfo Gambini Rodolfo Gambini (born 11 May 1946) is a physicist and professor of the Universidad de la Republica in Montevideo, Uruguay and a visiting professor at the Horace Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Louisiana State University. He wo ...

, physicist and professor of the Universidad de la Republica * Juan Giambruno, cardiac surgeon * Esmeralda Mallada Invernizzi, astronomer *

, mathematician * Enrique Loedel Palumbo, physicist

Sports

* Nelson Abeijón Pessi, footballer * Edgardo Adinolfi, footballer * Peregrino Anselmo, footballer * Claudio Arbiza Zanuttini, footballer *

Felipe Avenatti Felipe Nicolás Avenatti Dovillabichus (born 26 April 1993) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian First Division A club Kortrijk. Club career River Plate Avenatti made his professional debut for River Plate ...

, footballer * Daniel Baldi, footballer and writer * Raúl Banfi, footballer * Deivis Barone, footballer * Daniel Bartolotta, footballer * Fausto Batignani, footballer * Víctor Manuel Battaini, footballer * José Benincasa, footballer * Víctor Hugo Berardi, basketball coach * Felipe Berchesi, rugby player *

Mario Ludovico Bergara Mario Luis Bergara de Medina (1 December 1937 – 28 February 2001) was a uruguayan football player from. He played for Uruguay at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, he also played for Racing Club de Montevideo, Club Nacional de Football and Montevideo Wan ...

, footballer * Francisco Bertocchi, footballer * Adrián Bertolini, basketball player * Nicolás Biglianti, footballer * Joe Bizera, footballer * Mariano Bogliacino, footballer * Fiorella Bonicelli, tennis player * Juan Boselli, footballer * Juan Manuel Boselli, footballer *

Miguel Bossio Miguel Angel Bossio Bastianini (born February 10, 1960 in Montevideo) is a retired football midfielder from Uruguay, who obtained a total number of thirty international caps for his national team. Having made his international debut on October ...

, footballer * Juan Bregaliano, boxer * Nicolas Brignoni, rugby union player * Marcelo Broli, footballer * Francisco Bulanti, rugby union player * Fabrizio Buschiazzo, footballer * Wilmar Cabrera Sappa, footballer * Washington Cacciavillani, footballer * Mathías Calfani, basketball player *

Antonio Campolo Antonio Campolo (born 7 February 1897 – 22 May 1959) was a Uruguayan Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward for Peñarol and the Uruguay national football team, Uruguay national team. Career st ...

, footballer * Adhemar Canavesi, footballer * Agustín Canobbio, footballer * Carlos Canobbio, footballer * Fabián Canobbio, footballer *

Osvaldo Canobbio Osvaldo Francisco Canobbio Pittaluga (born 17 February 1973) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is currently the youth team coach of Liverpool Montevideo. Playing career Club Canobbio started his s ...

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Eitel Cantoni Eitel Danilo Cantoni (listed in some sources as Heitel Cantoni, born in Montevideo, 4 October 1906 – died in Montevideo, 6 June 1997) was a racing driver from Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, Repúbli ...

, racing driver * Mariano Cappi, footballer * Miguel Capuccini, footballer * Alberto Cardaccio, footballer * Mathías Cardaccio, footballer * Fabián Carini, footballer * Fernando Carreño Colombo, footballer * Jorge Daniel Casanova, footballer * Martín Cauteruccio, footballer *

Edinson Cavani Edinson Roberto Cavani Gómez (; born 14 February 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Valencia and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed ''El Matador'' ('The Bullfighter'), being known for his i ...

, footballer * Gastón Cellerino Grasso, footballer * Pablo Cepellini, footballer *

Aníbal Ciocca Aníbal Ciocca (born 23 July 1915) was a Uruguayan football-player notably active during the 1930s and 1940s, member of the forward line that conquered the ''Quinquenio de Oro'' (1939-1943) for Nacional. He came to Nacional in 1931 from Monte ...

, footballer * Ignacio Conti, rugby union player *

Juan Carlos Corazzo Juan Carlos Corazzo (14 December 1907 – 12 January 1986) was a Uruguayan football player and manager. Career Corazzo played for Argentine club Independiente in the 1930s. Corazzo later coached Uruguay at the 1962 FIFA World Cup. Corazzo hel ...

, footballer * Walter Corbo, footballer * Erardo Cóccaro, footballer *

Sergio Cortelezzi Sergio Cortelezzi (born 9 September 1994) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Bellinzona in the Swiss Challenge League. Career Born in Florida, Uruguay, Cortelezzi came from the youth system of Nacional. He played in all categories and was ...

, footballer * Francisco Costanzo, boxer * Claudio Dadómo Minervini, footballer *

José Luis Damiani José Luis Damiani (born 21 November 1956) is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. He turned pro in 1977 and retired in 1983. Damiani won two ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the ...

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Luis de Agustini Luis Alejandro Rubén de Agustini Varela (; born April 5, 1976), known simply as Luis de Agustini, is a footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Plaza Colonia in the Uruguayan Segunda División. He formerly played for Al-Ittihad. Born in Urugu ...

, footballer * Giorgian De Arrascaeta Benedetti, footballer * Fabián Estoyanoff Poggio, footballer * Ricardo Faccio, footballer *

Mónica Falcioni Mónica Jacqueline Falcioni Costa (born October 10, 1968) is a retired long and triple jumper from Uruguay. Career Falcioni represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she was the flag bearer A ...

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César Falletti César Alejandro Falletti dos Santos (born 2 December 1992) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Cremonese. Club career He started his career with the C.A. Cerro. In August 2013 he passed to the ...

, footballer * Maximiliano Faotto, footballer * Damián Frascarelli, footballer * Daniel Fascioli, footballer *

Francisco Fedullo Francisco Fedullo, also spelt as ''Francesco'', (27 May 1905 – 30 November 1952) was a footballer who played international football for both Uruguay and Italy. He played as a midfielder or as a defender for Sud América and Bologna. He score ...

, footballer * Sebastián Fernández Miglierina, footballer * Fabricio Ferrari, cyclist * Juan Ferreri, footballer * Mateo Fígoli, footballer *

Alfredo Foglino Alfredo Foglino (1893–1968) was a Uruguayan football player and manager. Playing career Club career Foglino made his debut for Nacional in 1911. In 14 years for Foglino played 409 matches including nine Primera División Uruguaya championsh ...

, footballer * Marcelo Filippini, tennis player * Sebastián Flores Stefanovich, footballer *

Daniel Fonseca Daniel Fonseca Garis (born 13 September 1969) is a Uruguayan former footballer and a current football agent. A former forward, throughout his playing career, he played for Uruguayan side Nacional, as well as Italian clubs Cagliari, Napoli, ...

, footballer * Alejandro Foglia, sailor * Diego Forlán Corazzo, footballer *

Bruno Fornaroli Bruno Fornaroli Mezza (; born 7 September 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Melbourne Victory. Born in Uruguay, he plays for the Australian national team. Club career Fornaroli was born in ...

, footballer * Jorge Fossati, footballer *

Enzo Francescoli Enzo Francescoli Uriarte (; born 12 November 1961), nicknamed "El Príncipe" ("The Prince"), is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a attacking midfielder. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and as one of ...

, footballer * Damián Frascarelli, footballer * Víctor Frattini, footballer * Francisco Frione, footballer * Ricardo Alberto Frione, footballer *

Jorge Fucile Jorge Ciro Fucile Perdomo (; born 19 November 1984) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer. A defender, he was equally at ease on the right or left flank. After starting out at Liverpool Montevideo he moved to Porto in Portugal, going ...

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Pablo Gaglianone Pablo Gaglianone (born 25 April 1976) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career Gaglianone began his professional career with Defensor Sporting and has played for several clubs in Uruguay and South America. He also had b ...

, footballer * Jhony Galli, footballer *

Schubert Gambetta Schúbert Gambetta Saint Léon (14 April 1920 – 9 August 1991) was a Uruguayan footballer. He played as a half-back and was right-footed. Gambetta was a figure in the Maracanazo when he helped keep Zizinho and Ademir out of the game, which h ...

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Juan Manuel Gaminara Juan Manuel Gaminara (born 1 May 1989) is a Uruguayan rugby union player. He was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Personal Gaminara was educated at The British Schools of Montevideo. Honours ;Uruguay U20 *World Rugby U ...

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Walter Gargano Walter Alejandro Gargano Guevara (; born 23 July 1984) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for River Plate. Club career Youth career Gargano started playing football aged three and joined the now defunct youth club ...

, footballer * Leandro Gelpi, footballer * Eduardo Gerolami, footballer *

Alcides Ghiggia Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra (; 22 December 1926 – 16 July 2015) was a Uruguayan-Italian football player, who played as a right winger. He achieved lasting fame for his decisive role in the final match of the 1950 World Cup, and at the ...

, footballer * Guillermo Giacomazzi, footballer * Jorge Giordano, footballer *

Wilson Graniolatti Wilson Edelber Graniolatti Cha (born July 13, 1962 in Nueva Palmira, Uruguay), known as Wilson Graniolatti, is a former Uruguayan footballer that played for clubs of Uruguay, Chile and Mexico. Teams (Player) * Nacional 1985-1986 * Toluca 1986-1 ...

, footballer * Walter Guglielmone, footballer * Gianni Guigou, footballer * Nelson Gutiérrez Luongo, footballer * Pablo Fernando Hernández Roetti, footballer * Juan Legnazzi, footballer * Alejandro Lembo, footballer * Roberto Leopardi, footballer * Mario Lorenzo, footballer * Maximiliano Lombardi, footballer * Adesio Lombardo, basketball player *

Diego Lugano Diego Alfredo Lugano Morena (; (born 2 November 1980) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Nicknamed ''Tota'', Lugano played for a number of clubs in South America and Europe, including Plaza Colonia ...

, footballer * Damián Macaluso, footballer * Carlos Macchi, footballer * Héctor Macchiavello, footballer * Stefanía Maggiolini, footballer * Ildo Maneiro Ghezzi, footballer * Walter Mantegazza, footballer * Williams Martínez Fracchia, footballer * Ernesto Mascheroni, footballer *

Juan Cruz Mascia Juan Cruz Mascia Paysée (born 3 January 1994) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Juan was born in Ottawa to Uruguayan parents, and came through the youth system at Miramar Misiones. He was promoted ...

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Roque Máspoli Roque Gastón Máspoli Arbelvide (12 October 1917 in Montevideo – 22 February 2004 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He was the goalkeeper for the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup. He was also the h ...

, footballer * Roberto Matosas Postiglione, footballer * Gonzalo Mastriani, footballer * Andrés Mazali, footballer * Nicolás Mazzarino, basketball player * Leonardo Melazzi, footballer * Ángel Melogno, footballer * Bruno Méndez Cittadini, footballer * Ana Lucía Migliarini de León, tennis player *

Leonardo Migliónico Leonardo Martín Migliónico (born 31 January 1980) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a defender for 3 de Febrero. Club career Migliónico's previous clubs include JJ Urquiza and Estudiantes (Buenos Aires). He joined Sampdoria ...

, footballer * Facundo Milán, footballer * Franco Milano, footballer * Oscar Moglia, basketball player * Paolo Montero, footballer *

José Nasazzi José Nasazzi Yarza (24 March 1901 – 17 June 1968) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender. He captained his country when they won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930. Career He was born in Bella Vista, Montevideo to Giuseppe ...

, footballer * Ignacio Nicolini, footballer * Martín Osimani, basketball player * Jorge Ottati (Junior), sports announcer * Jorge Ottati (Senior), sports announcer *

Antonio Pacheco D'Agosti Antonio Pacheco d'Agosti (born 11 April 1976) is a Uruguayan retired Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He also held an Italian nationality law, Italian passport. He started his 21-year p ...

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Walter Pandiani Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza (born 27 April 1976) is an Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Albion. His performances for Peñarol earned him a move to Deportivo in Spain, wh ...

, footballer * Luciano Parodi, basketball player * Joaquin Pastore, rugby union player * Rodrigo Pastorini, footballer * Alberico Passadore, rugby union player *

Ricardo Pavoni Ricardo Elvio Pavoni Cúneo (born August 8, 1943 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan former football defender who played the majority of his career for Club Atlético Independiente in the Argentine First Division. Career Club Pavoni began his fo ...

, footballer * Luis Alberto Pedemonte, footballer * Waldemar Pedrazzi, cyclist * Pedro Pedrucci, footballer *

Walter Pelletti Wálter Luis Pelletti Vezzoso (born 31 May 1966) is a former Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward. He was an unused member of squad which won 1987 Copa América. Career Peletti played for Huracán, Banfield and Argentinos Juniors in ...

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Diego Perrone Diego Rafael Perrone Vienes (born 17 November 1979 in Montevideo) is a retired Uruguayan footballer who played as a striker. He is the goalscorer leader of Danubio in all its history with 72 goals. Career Perrone began his career playing with ...

, footballer * Alfredo Petrone, boxer *

Pedro Petrone Pedro Petrone Schiavone (11 May 1905 – 13 December 1964) was a Uruguayan footballer who played in the role of striker. His nickname was ''Artillero'', meaning artilleryman or gunner, in reference to his amazing goalscoring prowess. Club caree ...

, footballer * Paulo Pezzolano, footballer * Miguel Ángel Piazza, footballer * Luis Pierri, basketball players * Víctor Pignanelli, footballer * Rodolfo Pini, footballer * Nitder Pizzani, footballer * Gonzalo Pizzichillo, footballer * Inti Podestá Mezzetta, footballer * Diego Polenta Musetti, footballer * Richard Porta Candelaresi, footballer * Roberto Porta, footballer *

Gastón Puerari Gastón Puerari (born 23 January 1986 in Paysandú) is an Uruguayan footballer who most recently played for Plaza Colonia. Career Uruguay Puerari, a diminutive striker who can play as a left or right winger, started his career with Selección ...

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Ettore Puricelli Héctor "Ettore" Puricelli (; 15 September 1916 – 14 May 2001) was a football player and manager who played as a striker. Born in Uruguay, he represented Italy at international level. As a player, he is most famous for his time with Italian clu ...

, footballer * Carlos Riolfo, footballer * Federico Ricca, footballer *

Eduardo Risso Eduardo Risso (born 23 November 1959) is an Argentine comics artist. In the United States he is best known for his work with writer Brian Azzarello on the Vertigo title '' 100 Bullets'', while in Argentina and Europe he is noted for his collabor ...

, rower * Pedro Rocha Franchetti, footballer * Cristian Rodríguez Barotti, footballer * Leandro Rodríguez Telechea, footballer * Luis Romero, footballer * Bernardo Roselli, chess master *

Diego Rossi Diego Martín Rossi Marachlian (born 5 March 1998) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Uruguay national team. Club career Youth Rossi began playing football as a chil ...

, footballer * Marcelo Rotti, footballer * José Luis Russo, footballer * Jonathan Sabbatini, footballer *

Antonio Sacco Antonio Sacchi (1708–1788) was an Italian improvisational actor, renowned for his performance as the Commedia dell'arte stock character Truffaldino. Sacchi's lasting influence was in requesting playwright Carlo Goldoni to lay a dramatic structu ...

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Mario Sagario Mario Sagario (born 29 June 1986) is a Uruguayan rugby union player who plays as a prop for Carrasco Polo Club and the Uruguayan national rugby union team. Club career Sagario started his career in Uruguay playing for Carrasco Polo Club in 2006 ...

, rugby union player * Guillermo Sanguinetti, footballer * Mateo Sanguinetti, rugby union player * Raffaele Sansone, footballer * Federico Sansonetti, tennis player * Sergio Santín, footballer *

Cayetano Saporiti Cayetano Saporiti (January 14, 1887 – 1954) was a Uruguayan football goalkeeper who played 56 games for the Uruguay national team between 1905 and 1919. Biography He made his debut for the national team at 18 years 179 days making him the th ...

, footballer * Marcelo Saracchi, footballer * Carlos Scanavino, freestyle swimmer *

Héctor Scarone José Juan Héctor Scarone Berreta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as inside forward. Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time,. being nicknamed ''El Mago'' ("the Magic ...

, footballer * Juan Alberto Schiaffino, footballer * Raúl Schiaffino, footballer *

Andrés Scotti Andrés Scotti Ponce de León (born 14 December 1975) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as centre-back and rarely as left-back. Between 2006 and 2013, he made 40 appearances and scored one goal for the Uruguay national ...

, footballer * Diego Scotti, footballer *

Robert Siboldi Robert Dante Siboldi Badiola (born 24 September 1965) is a Uruguayan professional manager and former footballer. During his playing career, he played as a goalkeeper and was nicknamed "Flaco." Playing career Club career Siboldi played profession ...

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Marcelo Signorelli Marcelo Signorelli (born January 8, 1963) is an Italian-Uruguayan professional basketball coach, book author and former player. He has two daughters named Valentina (33) and Paulina (20). His father Americo Signorelli was a journalist recognized ...

, basketball coach * Gastón Silva Perdomo, footballer *

Martín Silva Martín Andrés Silva Leites (born 25 March 1983) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Paraguayan side Club Libertad. Club career Defensor Sporting Silva has played most of his professional career in Defensor S ...

, footballer * Gustavo de Simone, footballer * Cristhian Stuani, footballer * Alberto Suppici, football coach * José Luis Tancredi, footballer *

Pablo Tiscornia José Pablo Tiscornia Baptista (born 15 February 1974, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan manager and former footballer. He is currently assistant manager of River Plate. Club career Born in Montevideo, Tiscornia began playing football with loca ...

, football coach * Humberto Tomasina, footballer * Lucas Torreira Di Pascua, footballer * Marco Vanzini, footballer * Ernesto Servolo Vidal, footballer *

Nicolás Vigneri Nicolás Ignacio Vigneri Cetrulo (born 6 July 1983) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as either a winger or a striker. He is the current manager of Plaza Colonia. Playing career Vigneri began in 2003 at age 18 in ...

, footballer * Pedro Vigorito, footballer * Tomaso Luis Volpi, footballer * Javier Zeoli, footballer * Jorge Zerbino, rugby union player * Alfredo Zibechi, footballer *

Pedro Zingone Pedro Zingone (born 1899) was a Uruguayan footballer. He was member of Uruguay squad which won gold medal at 1924 Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. He was also part of national team which won South American Championship in 1923 and ...

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* Goebel, Michael. "Gauchos, Gringos and Gallegos: The Assimilation of Italian and Spanish Immigrants in the Making of Modern Uruguay 1880–1930," ''Past and Present'' (2010) 208(1): 191–229. * Bresciano, Juan Andrés. "L'Immigrazione Italiana in Uruguay Nella Piu Recente Storiografia (1990-2005)." Italian immigration to Uruguay in the most recent historiography, 1990-2005"''Studi Emigrazione,'' June 2008, Vol. 45 Issue 170, pp 287–299

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