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.

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, 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);

(4,250);

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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, 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, politician *Luis Brezzo, politician *Diego Cánepa (politician), Diego Cánepa, lawyer and politician *Roberto Canessa, medical student and one of the survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 *Lorenzo Carnelli, lawyer and politician *:es:Mario Cassinoni, Mario Cassinoni, medic, deputy, rector of the national university *César Charlone (politician), César Charlone Rodríguez, former vice president *Juan Vicente Chiarino, lawyer and politician *Alberto Demicheli, former president * Emilio Frugoni, socialist politician *Reinaldo Gargano, former foreign minister of Uruguay *Luis Giannattasio, Luis Giannattasio Finocchietti, political figure *Isabelino Canaveris, patriot of the National Party (Uruguay), National Party *Telmo Languiller, Telmo Languiller-Tornesi, Australians, Australian politician born in Uruguay *Paulina Luisi, leader of the Uruguayan feminist movement *Antonio Marchesano, lawyer and politician *Aparicio Méndez, Aparicio Méndez Manfredini, political figure *Rafael Michelini, politician *Zelmar Michelini, father of Rafael Michelini, and reporter *José Mujica, José Mujica Cordano, former president *Benito Nardone, journalist *Didier Opertti, lawyer *Sergio Previtali, politician *Víctor Rossi, politician *Julio María Sanguinetti, former president *Jorge Sapelli, former vice president *Raúl Sendic, Raúl Sendic Antonaccio, Marxist lawyer and founder of the Tupamaros, Tupamaros National Liberation Movement *Líber Seregni, military officer and politician *Héctor Martín Sturla, lawyer *Enrique Tarigo, jurist

Religious figures

*Juan Francisco Aragone, cleric *Antonio María Barbieri, cardinal *Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, Carlos María Collazzi, bishop of Mercedes *Pablo Galimberti, cleric *José Gottardi, José Gottardi Cristelli, 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, physicist and professor of the Universidad de la Republica *Juan Giambruno, cardiac surgeon *Esmeralda Mallada, Esmeralda Mallada Invernizzi, astronomer *

, mathematician *Enrique Loedel Palumbo, physicist

Sports

*Nelson Abeijón, Nelson Abeijón Pessi, footballer *Edgardo Adinolfi, footballer *Peregrino Anselmo, footballer *Claudio Arbiza, Claudio Arbiza Zanuttini, footballer *Felipe Avenatti, footballer *Daniel Baldi, footballer and writer *Raúl Banfi, footballer *Deivis Barone, footballer *Daniel Bartolotta, footballer *:es:Fausto Batignani, Fausto Batignani, footballer *:es:Víctor Manuel Battaini, Víctor Manuel Battaini, footballer *:es:José Benincasa, José Benincasa, footballer *:es:Víctor Hugo Berardi, Víctor Hugo Berardi, basketball coach *Felipe Berchesi, rugby player *Mario Ludovico Bergara, footballer *Francisco Bertocchi, footballer *Adrián Bertolini, basketball player *:es:Nicolás Biglianti, Nicolás Biglianti, footballer *Joe Bizera, footballer *Mariano Bogliacino, footballer *Fiorella Bonicelli, tennis player *Juan Boselli, footballer *Juan Manuel Boselli, footballer *Miguel Bossio, footballer *Juan Bregaliano, boxer *Nicolas Brignoni, rugby union player *Marcelo Broli, footballer *Francisco Bulanti, rugby union player *Fabrizio Buschiazzo, footballer *Wilmar Cabrera, Wilmar Cabrera Sappa, footballer *Washington Cacciavillani, footballer *Mathías Calfani, basketball player *Antonio Campolo, footballer *Adhemar Canavesi, footballer *Agustín Canobbio, footballer *Carlos Canobbio, footballer *Fabián Canobbio, footballer *Osvaldo Canobbio, footballer *Eitel Cantoni, racing driver *Mariano Cappi, footballer *Miguel Capuccini, footballer *Alberto Cardaccio, footballer *Mathías Cardaccio, footballer *Fabián Carini, footballer *Fernando Carreño, Fernando Carreño Colombo, footballer *Jorge Daniel Casanova, footballer *Martín Cauteruccio, footballer *Edinson Cavani, footballer *Gastón Cellerino, Gastón Cellerino Grasso, footballer *Pablo Cepellini, footballer *Aníbal Ciocca, footballer *Ignacio Conti, rugby union player *Juan Carlos Corazzo, footballer *Walter Corbo, footballer *:es:Erardo Cóccaro, Erardo Cóccaro, footballer *Sergio Cortelezzi, footballer *Francisco Costanzo, boxer *Claudio Dadómo, Claudio Dadómo Minervini, footballer *José Luis Damiani, tennis player *Luis de Agustini, footballer *Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Giorgian De Arrascaeta Benedetti, footballer *Fabián Estoyanoff, Fabián Estoyanoff Poggio, footballer *Ricardo Faccio, footballer *Mónica Falcioni, jumper *César Falletti, footballer *Maximiliano Faotto, footballer *Damián Frascarelli, footballer *Daniel Fascioli, footballer *Francisco Fedullo, footballer *Sebastián Fernández, Sebastián Fernández Miglierina, footballer *Fabricio Ferrari, cyclist *Juan Ferreri, footballer *Mateo Fígoli, footballer *Alfredo Foglino, footballer *Marcelo Filippini, tennis player *Sebastián Flores, Sebastián Flores Stefanovich, footballer *Daniel Fonseca, footballer *Alejandro Foglia, sailor *Diego Forlán, Diego Forlán Corazzo, footballer *Bruno Fornaroli, footballer *Jorge Fossati, footballer *Enzo Francescoli, footballer *Damián Frascarelli, footballer *Víctor Frattini, footballer *Francisco Frione, footballer *Ricardo Alberto Frione, footballer *Jorge Fucile, footballer *Pablo Gaglianone, footballer *Jhony Galli, footballer *Schubert Gambetta, footballer *Juan Manuel Gaminara, rugby union player *Walter Gargano, footballer *Leandro Gelpi, footballer *Eduardo Gerolami, footballer *Alcides Ghiggia, footballer *Guillermo Giacomazzi, footballer *Jorge Giordano, footballer *Wilson Graniolatti, footballer *Walter Guglielmone, footballer *Gianni Guigou, footballer *Nelson Gutiérrez, Nelson Gutiérrez Luongo, footballer *Pablo Fernando Hernández, Pablo Fernando Hernández Roetti, footballer *:es:Juan Legnazzi, Juan Legnazzi, footballer *Alejandro Lembo, footballer *Roberto Leopardi, footballer *:es:Mario Lorenzo, Mario Lorenzo, footballer *Maximiliano Lombardi, footballer *Adesio Lombardo, basketball player *Diego Lugano, footballer *Damián Macaluso, footballer *Carlos Macchi, footballer *Héctor Macchiavello, footballer *Stefanía Maggiolini, footballer *Ildo Maneiro, Ildo Maneiro Ghezzi, footballer *Walter Mantegazza, footballer *Williams Martínez, Williams Martínez Fracchia, footballer *Ernesto Mascheroni, footballer *Juan Cruz Mascia, footballer *Roque Máspoli, footballer *Roberto Matosas, Roberto Matosas Postiglione, footballer *Gonzalo Mastriani, footballer *Andrés Mazali, footballer *Nicolás Mazzarino, basketball player *Leonardo Melazzi, footballer *Ángel Melogno, footballer *Bruno Méndez (footballer), Bruno Méndez Cittadini, footballer *Ana Lucía Migliarini de León, tennis player *Leonardo Migliónico, footballer *Facundo Milán, footballer *:es:Franco Milano, Franco Milano, footballer *Oscar Moglia, basketball player *Paolo Montero, footballer *José Nasazzi, footballer *Ignacio Nicolini, footballer *Martín Osimani, basketball player *Jorge Ottati (Junior), sports announcer *Jorge Ottati (Senior), sports announcer *Antonio Pacheco D'Agosti, footballer *Walter Pandiani, footballer *Luciano Parodi, basketball player *Joaquin Pastore, rugby union player *Rodrigo Pastorini, footballer *Alberico Passadore, rugby union player *Ricardo Pavoni, footballer *Luis Alberto Pedemonte, footballer *Waldemar Pedrazzi, cyclist *Pedro Pedrucci, footballer *Walter Pelletti, footballer *Diego Perrone, footballer *Alfredo Petrone, boxer *Pedro Petrone, footballer *Paulo Pezzolano, footballer *:es:Miguel Ángel Piazza, Miguel Ángel Piazza, footballer *Luis Pierri, basketball players *:es:Víctor Pignanelli, Víctor Pignanelli, footballer *Rodolfo Pini, footballer *:es:Nitder Pizzani, Nitder Pizzani, footballer *Gonzalo Pizzichillo, footballer *Inti Podestá, Inti Podestá Mezzetta, footballer *Diego Polenta, Diego Polenta Musetti, footballer *Richard Porta, Richard Porta Candelaresi, footballer *Roberto Porta, footballer *Gastón Puerari, footballer *Ettore Puricelli, footballer *Carlos Riolfo, footballer *Federico Ricca, footballer *Eduardo Risso (rower), Eduardo Risso, rower *Pedro Rocha (Uruguayan footballer), Pedro Rocha Franchetti, footballer *Cristian Rodríguez, Cristian Rodríguez Barotti, footballer *Leandro Rodríguez, Leandro Rodríguez Telechea, footballer *Luis Romero (Uruguayan footballer), Luis Romero, footballer *Bernardo Roselli, chess master *Diego Rossi, footballer *:es:Marcelo Rotti, Marcelo Rotti, footballer *José Luis Russo, footballer *Jonathan Sabbatini, footballer *:es:Antonio Sacco, Antonio Sacco, footballer *Mario Sagario, rugby union player *Guillermo Sanguinetti, footballer *Mateo Sanguinetti, rugby union player *Raffaele Sansone, footballer *Federico Sansonetti, tennis player *Sergio Santín, footballer *Cayetano Saporiti, footballer *Marcelo Saracchi, footballer *Carlos Scanavino, freestyle swimmer *Héctor Scarone, footballer *Juan Alberto Schiaffino, footballer *:es:Raúl Schiaffino, Raúl Schiaffino, footballer *Andrés Scotti, footballer *Diego Scotti, footballer *Robert Siboldi, footballer *Marcelo Signorelli, basketball coach *Gastón Silva, Gastón Silva Perdomo, footballer *Martín Silva, footballer *Gustavo de Simone, footballer *Cristhian Stuani, footballer *Alberto Suppici, football coach *José Luis Tancredi, footballer *Pablo Tiscornia, football coach *Humberto Tomasina, footballer *Lucas Torreira, Lucas Torreira Di Pascua, footballer *Marco Vanzini, footballer *Ernesto Vidal, Ernesto Servolo Vidal, footballer *Nicolás Vigneri, footballer *:es:Pedro Vigorito, Pedro Vigorito, footballer *Tomaso Luis Volpi, footballer *Javier Zeoli, footballer *Jorge Zerbino, rugby union player *Alfredo Zibechi, footballer *Pedro Zingone, footballer

References

Sources

* 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

External links

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