Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
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Cecilio Báez
Cecilio Báez González (January 1, 1862 – June 18, 1941) was provisional President of Paraguay from December 8, 1905 to November 25, 1906. He was a member of the Liberal Party.
Early life and career
Dr. Cecilio Báez González was born in As ...
Chaco War
The Chaco War ( es, link=no, Guerra del Chaco, gn, Cháko ÑorairõChaco War
The Chaco War ( es, link=no, Guerra del Chaco, gn, Cháko ÑorairõKarina Buttner, beauty queen and model
tennis
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José Cardozo
José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (; born 19 March 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former professional footballer. He played as a striker and spent 10 years of his career playing for Toluca and is the club's all-time top goalscorer. H ...
José Luis Chilavert
José Luis Félix Chilavert González (; born 27 July 1965) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sportivo Luqueño, Guaraní, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Real Zaragoza, Vélez Sarsfield, RC Strasbourg, ...
, former professional footballer
* Julio Correa, playwright
* Raúl Cubas Grau, politician and former president
Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga
Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 19 May 1944) is a contemporary Paraguayan poet and novelist. She is Secretary General of the Board of Governors of the twenty-member Academia Paraguaya de la Lengua Española. Her novel ''Los nudos del silencio ...
Carlos Franco
Carlos Daniel Franco (born 24 May 1965) is a Paraguayan professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He is the brother of golfer Ángel Franco.
Franco was born in Asunción, Paraguay. He comes from a poor background and ...
, professional golfer
* Julio César Franco, politician and former vice-president
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Leryn Franco
Leryn Dahiana Franco Steneri (born 1 March 1982 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan model, actress and former athlete who currently works for the athletics department of Club Sol de América. Franco participated at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics com ...
, track and field athlete
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Carlos Filizzola
Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés (born 24 July 1959, in Asunción) is a Paraguayan politician. He has been a member of the Senate of Paraguay since 2003, and the President of the political party Party for a Country of Solidarity since its creati ...
Herminio Giménez
Herminio Giménez (February 20, 1905 – July 6, 1991) was a Paraguayan composer.
Life
At the early age of 11 he was already part of the Paraguarí music band and two years later he was hired to be part of the Asunción marching band. While ...
Yanina González
Yanina Alicia González Jorgge (born 6 December 1979) is a Paraguayan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universo Paraguay 2004 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2004
Miss Universe 2004, the 53rd ...
Indonesia
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Juliana
Juliana (variants Julianna, Giuliana, Iuliana, Yuliana, etc) is a feminine given name which is the feminine version of the Roman name Julianus.
Juliana or Giuliana was the name of a number of early saints, notably Saint Julian the Hospitaller, wh ...
Carlos Antonio López
Carlos Antonio López Ynsfrán (November 4, 1792 – September 10, 1862) served as leader of Paraguay from 1841 to 1862.
Early life
López was born at Manorá (Asunción) on November 4, 1792, as one of eight children. He graduated from Real C ...
, politician and former president
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Francisco Solano López
Francisco Solano López Carrillo (24 July 1827 – 1 March 1870) was President of Paraguay from 1862 until his death in 1870. He was the eldest son of Juana Pabla Carrillo and of President Carlos Antonio López, Francisco's predecessor.
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Lino Oviedo
Lino César Oviedo Silva (23 September 1943 – 2 February 2013) was the leader of the National Union of Ethical Citizens, which split from the Colorado Party (Paraguay), Colorado Party in 2002.
Life and work
Early career
Oviedo was born in po ...
Josefina Pla Josefina is a female name, a feminine form of Joseph. It may refer to:
*Josefina Passadori, Argentine writer
* Josefina Lopez, Chicana playwright
* Josefina Pla, Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist
*Josefina Ayerza, writer ...
Larissa Riquelme
Larissa Mabel Riquelme Frutos (born 22 February 1985) is a Paraguayan model and actress. She is one of the highest-paid models in Paraguay.
Biography
A famous model and actress in Paraguay, Riquelme rose to international prominence during t ...
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco () (6 January 1766 – 20 September 1840) was a Paraguayan lawyer and politician, and the first dictator (1814–1840) of Paraguay following its 1811 independence from the Spanish Viceroyalty of ...
, first Paraguayan head of government
* Yren Rotela (born 1981), activist for rights of LGBT people and sex workers
Clara Sosa
María Clara Sosa Perdomo (born 25 September 1993) is a Paraguayan model, TV Host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Grand Paraguay 2018 and was later crowned Miss Grand International 2018 in Yangon, Myanmar. She is the first Paraguayan woman ...
beauty queen and model, winner of
Miss Grand International
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Alfredo Stroessner
Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan army officer and politician who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989.
Stroessner led a coup d'état on 4 May 1954 with t ...
, dictator of Paraguay
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* Tsiweyenki (Gloria Elizeche), leader of indigenous Maká people
Juan Carlos Wasmosy
Juan Carlos Wasmosy Monti (born December 15, 1938) was the president of Paraguay from August 15, 1992 until August 15, 1998. He was a member of the Colorado Party, and the country's first freely elected president, as well as the first civilian ...