Famous Argentine Men

Ask anyone to define Argentina by a few names today and almost instantly the answer would be Lionel Messi, Pope Francis, Diego Maradona, Che Guevara, Carlos Gardel, and so on - that’s the kind of impact Argentine men have left on the world. Belonging to the land of diversely spectacular landscapes and scenic waterfalls, Argentina is one of the most striking countries in South America. Though the land is famous for its food, wine and festival, there is more than meets the eye when it comes to talking about the country. It is its people, or Argentines who have contributed immensely to help the country bag a popular place in the world. While both men and women have excessively impacted the country rich culture and heritage, many a times, Argentine men take an upper hand.

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 1 
Lionel Messi
(One of the Greatest Football Players of All Time)
Lionel Messi
334
Birthdate: June 24, 1987
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 2 
Diego Maradona
(One of the Greatest Football Players in the History of the Sport)
Diego Maradona
167
Birthdate: October 30, 1960
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lanús, Argentina
Died: November 25, 2020
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 3 
Manu Ginóbili
(Argentine Former Professional Basketball Player Who Played at the ‘Shooting Guard' Position)
Manu Ginóbili
43
Birthdate: July 28, 1977
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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 4 
Alfredo Di Stéfano
(Argentine Professional Footballer and Coach Who Played as a Forward)
Alfredo Di Stéfano
23
Birthdate: July 4, 1926
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Barracas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: July 7, 2014
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 5 
Jorge Luis Borges
(Short Story Writer & Essayist Best Known for His Books 'Ficciones' & 'El Aleph')
Jorge Luis Borges
36
Birthdate: August 24, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: June 14, 1986
 6 
Sergio Agüero
(Argentine Former Professional Football Player Who Played as a Striker)
Sergio Agüero
88
Birthdate: June 2, 1988
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 7 
Paulo Dybala
(Argentine Professional Football Player Who Plays as a Forward)
Paulo Dybala
60
Birthdate: November 15, 1993
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Laguna Larga, Argentina
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 8 
Ángel Di María
(One of the Greatest Argentine Football Players of All Time)
Ángel Di María
48
Birthdate: February 14, 1988
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 9 
Javier Zanetti
(Argentine Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Defensive Midfielder)
Javier Zanetti
11
Birthdate: August 10, 1973
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 10 
Mauro Icardi
(Argentine Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Striker)
Mauro Icardi
43
Birthdate: February 19, 1993
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 11 
Emiliano Sala
(Argentine Professional Footballer Who Played as a Striker)
Emiliano Sala
41
Birthdate: October 31, 1990
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cululú, Argentina
Died: January 21, 2019
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 12 
Diego Simeone
(Former Argentine Football Midfielder and Current Football Manager of 'Atlético Madrid')
Diego Simeone
21
Birthdate: April 28, 1970
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 13 
Nicolás Otamendi
(Argentine Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Centre Back)
Nicolás Otamendi
14
Birthdate: February 12, 1988
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 14 
Marcelo Bielsa
(Argentine Professional Football Manager and Former Player Who Played as a Defender)
Marcelo Bielsa
28
Birthdate: July 21, 1955
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 15 
Juan Manuel Fangio
(Argentine Race Car Driver Who Won the World Drivers' Championship Five Times)
Juan Manuel Fangio
10
Birthdate: June 24, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Balcarce, Buenos Aires Balcarce, Argentina
Died: July 17, 1995
 16 
Juan Perón
(President of Argentina)
Juan Perón
20
Birthdate: October 8, 1895
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lobos
Died: July 1, 1974
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 17 
Leandro Paredes
(Argentine Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Defensive Midfielder)
Leandro Paredes
10
Birthdate: June 29, 1994
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: San Justo, Argentina
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 18 
Juan Pablo Di Pace
(Actor, Film actor, Model)
Juan Pablo Di Pace
12
Birthdate: July 25, 1979
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
 19 
Éver Banega
(Argentine Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Central Midfielder)
Éver Banega
12
Birthdate: June 29, 1988
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 20 
Juan Román Riquelme
(Argentine Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Defensive Midfielder)
Juan Román Riquelme
6
Birthdate: June 24, 1978
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: San Fernando, Argentina
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 21 
Ángel Correa
(Argentine Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forward and Winger)
Ángel Correa
11
Birthdate: March 9, 1995
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 22 
Mauricio Macri
(President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019)
Mauricio Macri
13
Birthdate: February 8, 1959
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tandil, Argentina
 23 
Mario Kempes
(Argentine Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Striker / Attacking Midfielder)
Mario Kempes
8
Birthdate: July 15, 1954
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bell Ville, Argentina
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 24 
Julio Cortazar
(Novelist & Translator)
Julio Cortazar
9
Birthdate: August 26, 1914
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ixelles, Belgium
Died: February 12, 1984
 25 
Javier Mascherano
(Argentine Professional Football Coach and Former Center-Back / Defensive Midfielder)
Javier Mascherano
12
Birthdate: June 8, 1984
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: San Lorenzo, Argentina
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 26 
José de San Martín
(Military Leader, Politician)
José de San Martín
17
Birthdate: February 25, 1778
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Yapeyú
Died: August 17, 1850
 27 
Pope Francis
(Pope, Head of the Catholic church (Since 2013))
Pope Francis
72
Birthdate: December 17, 1936
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 28 
Esteban Cambiasso
(Argentine Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
Esteban Cambiasso
8
Birthdate: August 18, 1980
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 29 
Pablo Zabaleta
(Argentine Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Right Back)
Pablo Zabaleta
7
Birthdate: January 16, 1985
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 30 
Daniel Barenboim
(Pianist, Conductor, Music director)
Daniel Barenboim
10
Birthdate: November 15, 1942
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 31 
Fernando Muslera
(Uruguayan Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
Fernando Muslera
18
Birthdate: June 16, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 32 
Neal Maupay
(French Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Striker)
Neal Maupay
5
Birthdate: August 14, 1996
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Versailles, Yvelines Versailles, France
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 33 
René Gerónimo Favaloro
(Cardiovascular Surgeon)
René Gerónimo Favaloro
8
Birthdate: July 12, 1923
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: La Plata, Argentina
Died: July 29, 2000
 34 
Gustavo Santaolalla
(Film Score Composer Known for His Collaboration with Acclaimed Director 'Alejandro González Iñárritu')
Gustavo Santaolalla
4
Birthdate: August 19, 1951
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar, Argentina
 35 
Diego Milito
(Argentine Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Striker and Manager)
Diego Milito
8
Birthdate: June 12, 1979
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bernal, Argentina
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 36 
Luis Scola
(Basketball player)
Luis Scola
10
Birthdate: April 30, 1980
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
Height: 6'9" (206 cm)
 37 
Lucas Matthysse
(Argentine Former Professional Boxer)
Lucas Matthysse
1
Birthdate: September 27, 1982
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Trelew, Argentina
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 38 
Gustavo Cerati
(One of the Most Important and Influential Figures of Ibero-American Rock)
Gustavo Cerati
3
Birthdate: August 11, 1959
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
Died: September 4, 2014
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 39 
Guillermo Vilas
(Legendary Argentine Tennis Player and Former World Number 1 in Singles)
Guillermo Vilas
2
Birthdate: August 17, 1952
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 40 
Leonardo Nam
(Actor)
Leonardo Nam
2
Birthdate: November 5, 1979
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 41 
Erik Lamela
(Argentine Professional Footballer Who Plays as an Attacking Midfielder / Winger)
Erik Lamela
7
Birthdate: March 4, 1992
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 42 
Maxi Rodríguez
(Argentine Former Professional Footballer)
Maxi Rodríguez
8
Birthdate: January 2, 1981
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 43 
Ástor Piazzolla
(Former Composer remembered best for pioneering the classical and jazz-influenced Argentine nuevo tango music genre)
Ástor Piazzolla
5
Birthdate: March 11, 1921
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mar Del Plata, Argentina
Died: July 4, 1992
 44 
Dick Haymes
(Former Actor, singer who was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s)
Dick Haymes
1
Birthdate: September 13, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: March 28, 1980
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 45 
Emiliano Buendía
(Argentine Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger)
Emiliano Buendía
5
Birthdate: December 25, 1996
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 46 
Gerónimo Rulli
(Argentine Footballer Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
Gerónimo Rulli
2
Birthdate: May 20, 1992
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: La Plata, Argentina
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 47 
Mauro Camoranesi
(Italian Football Manager and Former Player Who Played as a Right Midfielder / Right Winger)
Mauro Camoranesi
1
Birthdate: October 4, 1976
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tandil, Argentina
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 48 
Carlos Gardel
(One the Most Popular Tango Singer of All Time)
Carlos Gardel
4
Birthdate: December 11, 1890
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Toulouse, France
Died: June 24, 1935
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 49 
Santiago Giménez
(Argentine Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forward)
Santiago Giménez
1
Birthdate: April 18, 2001
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 50 
Rogelio Funes Mori
(Argentine Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forward)
Rogelio Funes Mori
3
Birthdate: March 5, 1991
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mendoza, Argentina
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Be it the revolutionary Che Guevara the face of counterculture and revolutionary movement in the world across or Lionel Messi the heartthrob of soccer lovers, religious icon and devout Catholic Pope Francis or political leader and current President Mauricio Marci, Argentine men have helped the country make a strong footprint on the world map. Explore this segment and update yourself with the life and works of famous Argentine men.