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This is a list of notable Latin American people, in alphabetical order within categories.
Laurindo Almeida (1917–1995), guitarist and composer in classical, jazz, and Latin music, He and Bud Shank were pioneers in the creation of bossa nova, Almeida was the first guitarist to receive Grammy Awards for both classical and jazz performances
Antônio Meneses (born 1957), cellist, he won the first Prize at the International Competition in Munich and in 1982 he was awarded first Prize and gold Medal at the Tchaikowsky Competition in Moscow
Álvaro Alvim (1863–1928), physician, pioneer in radiology and radiotherapy
Carolina Araujo, mathematician, included in a deck of playing cards featuring notable women mathematicians published by the Association of Women in Mathematics
Artur Avila (born 1979), Brazilian mathematician; one of the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal, being the first Latin American and lusophone to win such an award.
Geraldo de Barros (1923–1998), painter and photographer, known for his trailblazing work in experimental abstract photography and modernism
Ana Bedran-Russo, Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Chair of the Department of General Dental Sciences in Restorative Dentistry at Marquette University School of Dentistry
Baruj Benacerraf (1920–2011), immunologist, Nobel Prize Medicine
Fernando Brandão (born 1983), physicist and computer scientist, He was awarded the 2013 European Quantum Information Young Investigator Award for "his highly appraised achievements in entanglement theory, quantum complexity theory, and quantum many-body physics, which combine dazzling mathematical ability and impressive physical insight", He was awarded the 2020 American Physical Society Rolf Landauer and Charles H. Bennett award for his contributions to entanglement theory
Vital Brazil (1865–1950), physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist, known for the discovery of the polyvalent anti-ophidic serum used to treat bites of venomous snakes of the Crotalus, Bothrops and Elaps genera, He went on to be also the first to develop anti-scorpion and anti-spider serums.
David Joseph Bohm (1917–1992), scientist who has been described as one of the most significant
Leopoldo Penna Franca (1959-2012), mathematician, received in 1999 the Gallagher Young Investigator Award for "outstanding accomplishments in computational mechanics, particularly in the published literature, by a researcher 40 years old or younger".He was listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Engineering by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson Scientific Company.
Marcelo Gleiser (born 1959), physicist and astronomer. He is currently Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College and was the 2019 recipient of the Templeton Prize.
José Goldemberg (born 1928), physicist, university educator, scientific leader and research scientist, He is a leading expert on energy and environment issues
Hilário de Gouvêa (1843–1929), ophthalmologist, noted for being the first person to document a case of hereditary cancer, The cause of the recessive familial retinoblastoma he described was later further investigated and resulted in the first reported example of a tumor suppressor gene, RB.
Bartolomeu de Gusmão(1685–1724), Catholic priest, pioneer of aviation, the inventor of the balloon, became known as the "flying priest"
Celso Grebogi (born 1947), theoretical physicist who works in the area of chaos theory. He is one among the pioneers in the nonlinear and complex systems and chaos theory
Roberto Ierusalimschy (born 1960), computer scientist, known for creating the Lua programming language
Madeleine M. Joullié (born March 29, 1927) organic chemist, first woman to join the University of Pennsylvania chemistry faculty as well as the first female organic chemist to be appointed to a tenure track position in a major American university, Joullié has received numerous awards, including the 1978 Garvan Medal from the American Chemical Society, in recognition of her accomplishments in teaching and research
Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922–2018), agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist, professor and scientific leader, notable for his discoveries in the genetics and sex determination of bees
Maria Carmela Lico (1927–1985), produced important insights on the descending control of nociception by limbic structures, specially the septal nuclei
Henrique da Rocha Lima (1879–1956), physician, pathologist and infectologist, discovered Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus
Domingo Liotta (1924–2022), cardiologist, created first artificial heart
Rosaly Lopes (born 1957), planetary geologist, volcanologist, author of numerous scientific papers and several books
Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880), first to describe dozens of species of pre-historic Pleistocene megafauna, including the fabled Saber-toothed cat Smilodon populator. He also made the then ground-breaking discovery that humans co-existed with the long-extinct animal species
Adolfo Lutz (1855–1940), father of tropical medicine and a pioneer epidemiologist and researcher in infectious diseases
Humberto Maturana (1928–2021), biologist, co-author of the theory of autopoiesis
Peter Medawar (1915–1987), biologist and writer, whose works on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance have been fundamental to the medical practice of tissue and organ transplants
Lia Medeiros, astronomer, notable participation in the black hole photo in 2019
Nélio José Nicolai (1940–2017), electrotechnician, inventor of caller ID, theoretical physicist of the 20th century who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind. Among his many contributions to physics is his causal and deterministic interpretation of quantum theory, now known as De Broglie–Bohm theory.
Miguel Nicolelis(1961), pioneering work surrounding brain-computer interface
Hermann Niemeyer (1919–1991), paediatrician and biochemist, pioneer of biochemistry in Chile
Carlos Nobre (scientist) (born 1951), scientist and meteorologist who is mainly highlighted in global warming-related studies. Nobre spearheaded the multi-disciplinary, multinational Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia, a program noted to have “revolutionized understanding of the Amazon rainforest and its role in the Earth system".
Antonia Novello (born 1944), 14th Surgeon General of the United States
Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig (1928–2018), immunologist specializing in the development of malaria vaccines
Diltor Opromolla (1934–2004), physician and dermatologist respected due to his lifetime work with leprosy patients and leprosy research, Among other things, he was the first to introduce rifamycin in the treatment of leprosy, in 1963
Andreas Pavel, cultural producer and media designer who is generally credited with patenting the personal stereo
Sérgio Pereira da Silva Porto (1926–1979), pioneering physicist who became notable for his research in spectroscopy and for the use of laser radiation in medicine
Felipe Poey (1799–1891), zoologist, specialist in ichthyology
Oscar Sala (1922–2010), nuclear physicist and important scientific leader
Roberto Salmeron (1922–2020), electrical engineer and experimental nuclear physicist and an emeritus Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the largest fundamental science agency in Europe
Sérgio Trindade (1940–2020), chemical engineer and researcher, specialist in renewable energies and consultant in sustainable business; coordinating lead author for a chapter of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Methodological and Technical Issues in Technology Transfer (2000); the IPCC as an organization won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as a result of its contributors' work.
Francisco Varela (1946–2001), biologist, co-author of the theory of autopoiesis
Lydia Villa-Komaroff (born 1947), biologist, early Mexican American PhD in the sciences
Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini (1912–1993), physician and cardiac surgeon, internationally known for performing the first heart transplantation in Latin America in 1968
Lourival Mendes França (died 2012), world champion in draughts-64,(1993), International grandmaster (GMI) in draughts-64, International master (MI) in International draughts
Football to Volleyball
Football (soccer)
Pelé (born 1940), co-winner FIFA Player of the 20th Century, Named athlete of the 20th century
Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926–2014), chosen one of Spain's Golden Anniversary Players
Diego Maradona (born 1960), co-winner FIFA Player of the 20th Century
Lionel Messi (born 1987), 6x World Footballer of the Year
Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003), short story writer, Prince of Asturias Award
Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984), novelist, essayist, journalist and short story writer
Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013), poet, novelist, and essayist, Cervantes Prize, Prince of Asturias Award
Ana Maria Machado (born 1941), writer, She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000 for her "lasting contribution to children's literature"
Aleijadinho (1730 or 1738 – 1814), sculptor
Julio Abril (1911–1979), sculptor
Luis Camnitzer (born 1937), conceptual artist
José Campeche (1751–1809), painter
Marcela Donoso (born 1961), painter
Pancho Fierro (1810–1879), illustrator
Gego (1912–1994), geometric-abstract sculptor
José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913), illustrator and cartoonist, printmaker
Guillermo Kuitca (born 1961), painter
Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), painter
Emilio Hector Rodriguez (born 1950), painter and photographer
Remedios Varo (1908–1963), surrealist painter
Nayib Bukele (born 1981), President of El Salvador
Óscar Arias (born 1940), statesman, Nobel Peace Prize
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766–1840), Supreme Dictator of Paraguay
Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959), activist, Nobel Peace Prize
Augusto César Sandino (1985–1934), guerilla leader and revolutionary
Evo Morales (born 1959), president of Bolivia
Rubén Blades (born 1948), salsa singer
Salvador Moncada (born 1944), pharmacologist
Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), aviation inventor
Haitians
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