This is a list of notable Ecuadorians.

Arts

Literature and journalism

  • Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006) - poet and writer
  • Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009) - poet and novelist
  • Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (b. 1942) - writer
  • Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981) - writer
  • Víctor Manuel Albornoz (1896–1975) - writer and historian
  • Gabriela Alemán (b. 1968) - novelist and short story writer
  • Carlos Altamirano Sánchez (b. 1926) - poet and journalist
  • Vicente Amador Flor (1903–1975) - poet
  • María Fernanda Ampuero (b. 1976) - journalist, short story writer
  • Juan Andrade Heymann (b. 1945) - novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer
  • Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983) - journalist and playwright
  • César E. Arroyo (1887–1937) - poet, novelist, journalist, playwright and diplomat
  • Enrique Avellán Ferrés (1904–1984) - novelist and playwright
  • Juan Bautista Aguirre (1725–1786) - poet and writer from colonial South America
  • Pablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904–1999) - writer, journalist
  • Alfonso Barrera Valverde (1929–2013) - writer, diplomat
  • María Helena Barrera (b. 1971) - writer
  • Ana Cecilia Blum (b. 1972) - writer
  • Arturo Borja (1892–1912) - poet
  • Luz Elisa Borja (1903–1927) - poet
  • Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964) - poet and essayist
  • Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014) - writer
  • Jorge Luis Cáceres (b. 1982) - writer, editor
  • Oswaldo Calisto Rivera (1979–2000) - poet and artist
  • José Antonio Campos (1868–1939) - journalist
  • Eliécer Cárdenas (1950–2021) - novelist
  • Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972) - writer, suffragist
  • Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978) - poet
  • Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915–1992) - writer and journalist
  • Fanny Carrión de Fierro (b. 1939) - writer, poet, essayist and professor
  • Benjamín Carrión Mora (1897–1979) - writer
  • Iván Carvajal (b. 1948) - poet, philosopher, writer
  • María Piedad Castillo de Levi (1888–1962) - journalist, suffragist
  • Oswaldo Castro (1902-1992) - writer
  • Gabriel Cevallos García (1913–2004) - writer and historian
  • Fernando Chaves (1902-1999) - writer
  • Octavio Cordero Palacios (1870–1930) - writer, playwright, poet, mathematician, lawyer, professor and inventor
  • Simón Corral (b. 1946) - poet and playwright
  • Mary Corylé (1894–1976) - poet
  • Luis Alberto Costales (1926–2006) - poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician
  • Remigio Crespo Toral (1860–1939) - poet, journalist, politician
  • José de la Cuadra (1903–1941) - novelist, short story writer
  • Agustin Cueva (1937–1992) - writer and sociologist
  • César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967)- poet
  • Jorge Dávila Vázquez (b. 1947) - writer
  • Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013) - poet, novelist, short story writer
  • Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015) - poet, novelist, short story writer
  • Marcelo Dotti (1942-2026) - journalist, politician
  • Bolívar Echeverría (1941-2010)- philosopher
  • José María Egas (1896–1982) - poet
  • Gonzalo Escudero (1903–1971) - poet and diplomat
  • Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - writer
  • Ileana Espinel (1933–2001) - poet
  • Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961) - writer, poet, and translator
  • Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros (b. 1941) - TV journalist, holder of a Guinness Record for longest continuous time as a news anchor
  • Aurora Estrada y Ayala (1901–1967) - poet
  • Jenny Estrada (b. 1940) - writer and journalist
  • Ulises Estrella (1939–2014) - poet, film expert
  • Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002) - poet
  • Jacinto de Evia (1625–1700s) - poet, priest
  • Ángel Felicísimo Rojas (1909–2003) - writer, novelist, and poet
  • Humberto Fierro (1890–1929) - poet
  • Luis Enrique Fierro (b. 1936) - poet and medical doctor
  • Jaime Galarza Zavala (b. 1930) - writer, poet, journalist and politician
  • Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947) - novelist and short story writer
  • Karina Galvez (b. 1964) - poet
  • Alfredo Gangotena (1904–1944) - poet who wrote in French and Spanish
  • Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973) - writer
  • Federico González Suárez (1844–1917) - bishop, historian
  • Euler Granda (1935–2018) - novelist
  • Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira (1925–2009) - poet
  • Yanna Hadatty (b. 1969) - short story writer and essayist
  • Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931–2012) - poet and writer
  • Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez (1902–1962) - poet, novelist and short story writer
  • Janet Hinostroza (b. 1971) - journalist and TV presenter
  • Gilda Holst (1952–2024) - writer
  • Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978) - writer
  • María Angélica Idrobo (1890–1956) - writer, educator
  • Edna Iturralde (b. 1948) - writer
  • Efraín Jara Idrovo (1926–2018) - poet and writer
  • Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (b. 1932) - poet
  • Nicolás Kingman Riofrío (1918–2018) - journalist, writer and politician
  • Juan Larrea Holguín (1927–2006) - writer and lawyer
  • Numa Pompilio Llona (1832–1907) - poet
  • Sonia Manzano Vela (b. 1947) - writer and pianist
  • Luis A. Martínez (1869–1909) - novelist
  • Nela Martínez (1912–2004) - writer
  • José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008) - playwright
  • Hugo Mayo (1895–1988) - poet and writer
  • José Trajano Mera (1862–1919) - poet and playwright
  • Juan León Mera (1832–1894) - writer
  • Pedro Moncayo (1807–1888) - political journalist
  • Juan Montalvo (1832–1889) - writer
  • Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927) - poet
  • Jorge Núñez Sánchez (1947–2020) - writer
  • José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780–1847) - poet, politician
  • Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003) - writer and poet
  • Elisa Ortiz de Aulestia (1909–1991) - teacher and writer
  • Emilio Palacio (b. 1954) - journalist
  • Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993) - writer, historian, academician, politician and diplomat
  • Julio Pazos Barrera (b. 1944) - poet and writer
  • Galo René Pérez (1923–2008) - biographer, poet, and essayist
  • Jorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995) - writer and historian
  • Ismael Pérez Pazmiño (1876–1944) - journalist, businessman
  • Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (b. 1939) - biographer
  • Victoria Puig de Lange (1916–2008) - journalist
  • Aleyda Quevedo (b. 1972) - writer
  • Ernesto Quiñonez (b. 1969) - novelist
  • Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004) - writer
  • Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940) - writer
  • Óscar Efrén Reyes (1896–1966)
  • Miguel Riofrío (1822–1879) - writer
  • Juan Manuel Rodríguez (b. 1945) - Spanish-Ecuadorian writer
  • Gonzalo Rubio Orbe (1909–1994) - Anthropologist and writer
  • Alfonso Rumazo González (1903–2002) - writer, historian, essayist and literary critic
  • José Rumazo González (b. 1904) - poet
  • Hugo Salazar Tamariz (1923–1999) - poet, novelist and playwright
  • Natasha Salguero (b. 1952) - writer, journalist
  • Isacovici Salomon (1924–1998) - writer
  • Filoteo Samaniego (1928–2013) - novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat
  • Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919) - poet
  • Dolores Sucre (1837–1917) - poet
  • Fernando Tinajero (b. 1940) - writer
  • Francisco Tobar García (1928–1997) - poet, novelist, and playwright
  • Mercedes González Tola (1860–1911) - poet and feminist
  • Abdón Ubidia (b. 1944) - novelist
  • Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969) - journalist
  • Benjamín Urrutia (b. 1950) - writer
  • Juan Valdano Morejón (1939–2021) - writer
  • Leonardo Valencia (b. 1969) - writer
  • Eduardo Varas (b. 1979) - novelist and journalist
  • Fray José María Vargas O.P. (1902–1988) - writer and historian
  • Javier Vásconez (b. 1946) - novelist and short story writer
  • Marieta de Veintemilla (1855–1907) - writer, politician
  • Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857) - poet
  • Juan de Velasco (1727–1792) - poet, historian
  • Jorge Velasco Mackenzie (1949–2021) - writer
  • Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999) - writer
  • Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999) - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist
  • Gaspar de Villarroel (1587–1665) - bishop, apologist
  • Humberto Vinueza (1942–2017) - poet
  • Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928) - novelist
  • Gonzalo Zaldumbide (1884–1965) - poet

Visual arts

  • Alba Calderón - painter
  • Alfredo Palacio Moreno - sculptor
  • Aníbal Villacís - painter
  • Araceli Gilbert - painter
  • Bernardo de Legarda - sculptor
  • Caesar Andrade Faini - painter
  • Camilo Egas - painter
  • Eduardo Kingman - painter
  • Enrique Tábara - painter
  • Estuardo Maldonado - sculptor and painter
  • Félix Aráuz - painter
  • Galo Galecio - painter
  • Gonzalo Amancha - painter
  • Gonzalo Endara Crow - painter
  • Hugo Cifuentes - photographer and painter
  • Jaime Andrade Moscoso - sculptor
  • Joaquín Pinto - painter
  • Jorge Velarde - painter
  • Jorge Swett - muralist, painter, lawyer and writer
  • Juan Villafuerte - painter
  • Judith Gutierrez - painter
  • Leonardo Tejada - painter
  • Luigi Stornaiolo Pimentel - painter
  • Luis Cadena - painter
  • Luis Miranda - painter
  • Luis Molinari - painter
  • Manuel Chili "Caspicara" - sculptor
  • Manuel Rendón - painter
  • Marcelo Tejada - painter
  • Marcos Restrepo - printer
  • Miguel Betancourt - painter
  • Olga Fisch - artist, collector, folklorist, born in Hungary
  • Oswaldo Guayasamín - painter
  • Oswaldo Moreno - painter
  • Oswaldo Muñoz Mariño - painter and architect
  • Oswaldo Viteri - painter
  • Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - painter
  • Ramón Piaguaje - painter
  • Theo Constanté - painter
  • Washington Iza - painter
  • Yela Loffredo - sculptor

Dance

  • Frederick Ashton - Ecuadorian born British ballet dancer and choreographer
  • Noralma Vera - director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza)
  • Esperanza Cruz Hidalgo - ballerina

Theater, TV and film

  • Ernesto Albán - vaudeville and television actor
  • Danilo Carrera - actor
  • Enrique Chediak - cinematographer in Hollywood
  • Camilo Coba - filmmaker
  • Sebastián Cordero - film director/writer/editor
  • Paola Farías - actress, model
  • Katty García - actress
  • Ricardo Hoyos - actor
  • Carolina Jaume - actress, TV host
  • Mike Judge - Ecuadorian born American animator
  • Camilo Luzuriaga - film director, writer, and producer
  • Priscilla Negrón - actress
  • Flor María Palomeque - actress, model
  • Albert Paulsen - actor
  • Jenn Pinto - actress; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American
  • Fatima Ptacek - actress and model
  • Marián Sabaté - TV personality; born in Spain
  • Diego Spotorno - actor, host
  • Michael Steger - actor
  • Juan Emilio Viguié - pioneering Puerto Rican movie producer (Ecuadorian mother)

Music

  • Adrianne León - singer-songwriter, American of Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican descent, lived in Ecuador.
  • Adrienne Bailon - singer 3LW; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican
  • Ángel Leonidas Araújo Chiriboga - composer
  • Antonio Neumane - French, lived and worked in Ecuador, composed the music of the National Anthem of Ecuador
  • Arturo Rodas - classical composer
  • Beatriz Parra Durango - classical musician
  • Boris Cepeda - pianist
  • Carlos Bonilla Chávez - guitarist, composer
  • Carlos Rubira Infante - singer-songwriter
  • Celia Zaldumbide Rosales - pianist
  • Christopher Vélez - singer-songwriter and dancer (CNCO)
  • Christina Aguilera - singer and pop icon (half Ecuadorian, half German, Irish, Welsh, and Dutch ancestry)
  • Diego Luzuriaga - composer
  • Edgar Palacios Rodriguez - composer
  • Enrique Espín Yépez - composer, violinist
  • Fausto Miño - singer-songwriter
  • Gabriela Villalba - singer
  • Gerardo - singer
  • Guillermo Ayoví Erazo, aka Papá Roncón - Afro-Ecuadorian musician, singer, and marimba player
  • Isabel Rosales Pareja - pianist
  • Jinsop - Korean/American singer, Ecuadorian nationality by naturalization
  • Jorge Araujo Chiriboga - composer
  • Jorge Saade - violinist
  • Juan Fernando Velasco - singer-songwriter
  • Hilda Murillo - singer
  • Fresia Saavedra - singer
  • Carlota Jaramillo - singer
  • Julio Jaramillo - folklore and romantic music singer
  • Wendy Vera - singer, politician
  • Leo Rojas - musician
  • Leslie Wright - pianist
  • Luis Humberto Salgado - classical composer
  • Luis Silva Parra - saxophonist of classical jazz
  • Mesias Maiguashca - classical composer
  • Nicasio Safadi - songwriter, popular musician, born in Lebanon
  • Paulina Aguirre - Christian singer
  • Sebastian J. - music producer, songwriter
  • Sixto María Durán Cárdenas - pianist, composer, lawyer, singer
  • Lila Álvarez Garcia - pianist, choir director, and musical art teacher

Science

  • Antonio de Alcedo - Spanish geographer and military leader, born in what is today Ecuador
  • Eugenia Del Pino - developmental biologist
  • Pedro Vicente Maldonado - geographer
  • Clodoveo Carrión Mora - paleontologist and naturalist
  • Misael Acosta Solís - naturalist
  • William Jameson - physician, naturalist; born in Scotland
  • Augusto Nicolás Martínez - agronomist, geologist
  • Plutarco Naranjo Vargas - doctor and scientific researcher
  • Luis Sodiro - botanist, priest; born in Italy
  • Presley Norton Yoder - archeologist

Medicine

  • José Amén-Palma - surgeon and researcher
  • Germán Abad Valenzuela - doctor, radiologist
  • Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - physician, journalist, writer, philosopher
  • Rodrigo Fierro Benítez - physician, researcher, writer
  • Fernando Jurado Noboa - physician, genealogist
  • Alejo Lascano Bahamonde - physician, surgeon
  • Juan Tanca Marengo - physician, minister

Politics and military

  • Pamela Aguirre Zambonino (born 1984) - member of Andean Parliament
  • Belisario Albán Mestanza (1853–1925) - notable role in the Liberal Revolution of Guayaquil
  • Humberto Albornoz (1894–1959) - member of a provisional government junta in 1926
  • Francisco Arízaga Luque - member of a provisional junta in 1925
  • Ana Lucía Armijos (born 1949) - first female interior minister
  • Pedro José de Arteta (1797–1893) - vice-president
  • Leopoldo Benites (1905–1996) - diplomat, writer, president of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Diego Borja - Coordination Minister for Economic Policy, president of the Poder Ciudadano Movement
  • Diana Coloma - blind disability activist and politician
  • Dolores Cacuango - left-wing indigenous activist
  • Abdón Calderón Garaycoa - soldier in the war of independence
  • Manuela Cañizares (1769–1814) - early leader of the independence movement
  • Rafael Carvajal (1819–1878) - politician, minister
  • Galo Chiriboga - minister, prosecutor, felon
  • Pacífico Chiriboga (1810–1886) - politician, legislator, vice president
  • Carlos Cueva Tamariz (1898–1991) - politician, senator, legislator, councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Labor
  • Alberto Dahik (born 1953) - vice president, professor and businessman
  • José Javier Eguiguren - politician, minister
  • Freddy Ehlers (born 1945) - journalist, minister, presidential candidate
  • Fander Falconí (born 1962) - public servant
  • Juan Falconí Puig - public servant, diplomat
  • Luis Félix López (1932–2008) - prominent politician, minister
  • Manuel Félix López (1937–2004) - prominent politician in Manabí province
  • José Fernández Salvador - politician, jurist
  • Guillermo Franco (1811–1873) - self-proclaimed dictator, major figure in the Ecuadorian political and military scene
  • Jorge Glas - vice president, convicted felon
  • Luisa Gómez de la Torre Páez (1887–1976) - socialist activist
  • Susana González Rosado (born 1973) - assembly member, vice prefect of Guayas Province
  • Matilde Hidalgo (1889–1974) - activist, physician, first Ecuadorian woman to finish secondary education, first Ecuadorian woman to complete a degree in medicine and first Ecuadorian woman to cast a vote in a national election
  • Francisco Illingworth (1905–1982) - Vice President of Ecuador
  • María Leonor Jiménez (born 1939) - candidate, public servant
  • María Cristina Kronfle (born 1985) - member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly for Guayas Province
  • José de La Mar - Independentist military leader, president of Peru (born in what is now Ecuador)
  • Gustavo Larrea (born 1956) - politician
  • Francisco León - minister, Vice president
  • Richelieu Levoyer - Army general, proposed the "Return to the Constitution Plan" that ended the 1976–1979 dictatorship
  • Guadalupe Llori - public servant
  • Guillaume Long - French-born minister
  • Luis Macas - legislator, minister
  • Federico Malo Andrade - governor, entrepreneur
  • Eduardo Maruri - assembly member for the Guayas Province
  • Paco Moncayo - Army general, former mayor of Quito, Congressman
  • Mayra Montaño - ex radio presenter, National assembly member, councillor
  • Carlos de Montúfar (1780-1816) - military leader during the independence struggle
  • Juan Pío Montúfar, marquis of Selva Alegre - President of the First Government Junta of independent Quito
  • Debbie Mucarsel-Powell - Ecuadorian-born member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida; first person born in South America to reach the United States Congress
  • Jaime Nebot - political leader, major of Guayaquil
  • Xavier Neira Menéndez - legislator, presidential candidate
  • Alexandra Ocles - politician and educator
  • Nina Pacari - minister, congresswoman, indigenous activist
  • Álvaro Noboa - millionaire, political leader, frequent presidential candidate
  • Ricardo Paredes Romero - communist politician
  • Antonio Parra Velasco - Ambassador to France and Great Britain
  • Ricardo Patiño - politician
  • Rodrigo Paz - mayor of Quito, minister, entrepreneur, sports executive
  • Pedro Pinto Rubianes - minister, vice president
  • Rafael Pólit - diplomat, governor
  • León Roldós Aguilera - former vice president of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement
  • Manuela Sáenz - involved in the independence movement, Simón Bolívar's lover and confidant
  • Julio Teodoro Salem - politician
  • Jorge Salvador Lara - Ambassador to the Vatican, Peru, Chile, and France, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
  • Juan de Salinas y Zenitagoya - early independence leader
  • José Serrano - president of the Legislature, minister
  • Andrés Vallejo (born 1942) - prominent politician, president of the National Congress
  • Luis Vargas Torres (1844–1887) - politician, guerrilla
  • Alexandra Vela - minister, legislator
  • Alfredo Vera Arrata - politician and architect, minister of education, councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary
  • Alfredo Vera Vera (1910–1999) - politician
  • José de Villamil - a leader of the struggle for independence, considered the father of the Ecuadorian Navy; born in Louisiana
  • Rosa Zárate - independentist leader

Indigenous leaders

  • Atahualpa - Inca emperor, perhaps born in what is today Ecuador
  • Rumiñawi - high-ranking Incan warrior around the time of the Spanish conquest
  • Fernando Daquilema - indigenous rebel from the 19th century

Presidents

  • Juan José Flores - first president (1830–1835; 1839–1843; 1843–1845), Venezuelan-born
  • Vicente Rocafuerte - president (1834–1839)
  • José Joaquín de Olmedo - president (1845–1845)
  • Vicente Ramón Roca - president (1845–1849), first vice president (1830–1831)
  • Manuel de Ascásubi - interim president (1849–1850, 1869)
  • Diego Noboa - president (1850–1851)
  • José María Urvina - supreme chief and president (1851–1856)
  • Francisco Robles - president (1856–1859)
  • Gabriel García Moreno - president (1860–1865; 1869–1875)
  • Jerónimo Carrión - president (1865–1867)
  • Javier Espinosa - president (1868–1869)
  • Antonio Borrero - president (1875–1876)
  • Ignacio de Veintemilla - dictator and president (1876–1883)
  • José Plácido Caamaño - president (1883–1888)
  • Antonio Flores Jijón - president (1888–1892)
  • Luis Cordero Crespo - president (1892–1895)
  • Vicente Lucio Salazar - president (1895)
  • Eloy Alfaro - supreme chief and president (1895–1901)
  • Leonidas Plaza - president (1901–1905; 1912–1916)
  • Lizardo García - president (1905–1906)
  • Emilio Estrada Carmona - president (1911)
  • Carlos Freile Zaldumbide - interim president (1911–1912)
  • Francisco Andrade Marín - interim president (1912)
  • Alfredo Baquerizo - president (1916–1920)
  • José Luis Tamayo - president (1920–1924)
  • Gonzalo Córdova - president (1924–1925)
  • Isidro Ayora - president (1926–1931)
  • Luis Larrea Alba - general, president de facto in 1931
  • Alberto Guerrero Martínez - provisional president (1932)
  • Juan de Dios Martínez - president (1932–1933)
  • Abelardo Montalvo - president (1933–1934)
  • José María Velasco Ibarra - president (1934–1935; 1944–1947; 1952–1956; 1968–1972)
  • Federico Páez - supreme chief and president (1935–1937)
  • Alberto Enríquez Gallo - military dictator (1937–1938)
  • Manuel María Borrero - interim president (1938)
  • Aurelio Mosquera - president (1938-1939)
  • Andrés Córdova - president (1939-1940)
  • Julio Enrique Moreno - interim president (1940)
  • Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río - president (1940–1944)
  • Carlos Mancheno Cajas - military dictator for a brief period (1947)
  • Mariano Suárez - president for a brief period (1947)
  • Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola - president (1947-48)
  • Galo Plaza Lasso - president (1948–1952)
  • Camilo Ponce Enríquez - president (1956–1960)
  • Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy - president (1961–1963)
  • Ramón Castro Jijón - president of the military junta (1963–1966)
  • Otto Arosemena - president (1966–1968)
  • Guillermo Rodríguez Lara - military dictator (1972–1976)
  • Jaime Roldós Aguilera - president (1979–1981)
  • Osvaldo Hurtado - president (1981–1984)
  • Leon Febres Cordero - president (1984–1988)
  • Rodrigo Borja Cevallos - president (1988–1992)
  • Sixto Durán Ballén - president (1992–1996)
  • Abdalá Bucaram - president (1996–1997), convicted felon
  • Jamil Mahuad - president (1998–2000)
  • Gustavo Noboa - president (2000–2003)
  • Lucio Gutiérrez - president (2003–2005)
  • Alfredo Palacio - president (2005–2007)
  • Rafael Correa - president (2007–2017), convicted felon
  • Lenin Moreno - president (2017–2021), former vice president (2007–2013)
  • Guillermo Lasso - president (2021–)

First ladies

  • Mercedes Jijón - wife of Juan José Flores
  • Corina del Parral - wife of José María Velasco Ibarra, born in Argentina
  • Lucila Santos Trujillo - wife of Otto Arosemena
  • Martha Bucaram - wife of Jaime Roldós
  • Ximena Bohórquez - wife of Lucio Gutiérrez
  • María de Lourdes Alcívar - wife of Guillermo Lasso

Religious figures

  • Catalina de Jesús Herrera – Dominican prioress, nun, writer
  • Carlos María de la Torre - cardinal
  • Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz - archbishop of Guayaquil
  • Leonidas Proaño - bishop of Riobamba
  • José Mario Ruiz Navas - archbishop of Portoviejo
  • Mariana de Jesús Torres - abbess of Conceptionist Monastery of Quito, Servant of God
  • Luis Alberto Luna Tobar - archbishop of Cuenca
  • Pedro Bedón - priest, painter, polemicist

Saints

  • Mariana de Jesús de Paredes - mystic, saint
  • Mercedes de Jesús Molina - mystic, blessed
  • Miguel Febres Cordero - religious brother, saint
  • Narcisa de Jesús - mystic, saint

Sports

  • Álex Aguinaga - footballer and coach
  • Jordy Alcívar - footballer
  • Alexander Alvarado - footballer
  • Nilson Angulo - footballer
  • Rorys Aragón - footballer
  • Robert Arboleda - footballer
  • Samantha Arévalo - swimmer
  • Xavier Arreaga - footballer
  • Walter Ayoví - footballer
  • Mimi Barona - surfer
  • Christian Benítez - footballer
  • Shirley Berruz - footballer
  • Andrea Bonilla - long-distance runner
  • Chico Borja - Ecuadorian-American footballer and coach
  • Ramiro Borja - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
  • Elizabeth Bravo - triathlete
  • Beder Caicedo - footballer
  • Carina Caicedo - footballer
  • Felipe Caicedo - footballer
  • Jean Caicedo - boxer
  • Jonathan Caicedo - cyclist
  • Jordy Caicedo - footballer
  • Moisés Caicedo - footballer
  • Leonardo Campana - footballer
  • Pablo Campana - tennis player and public servant
  • Alfredo Campo - BMX cyclist
  • Richard Carapaz - cyclist, winner of the Giro d'Italia, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
  • Byron Castillo - footballer
  • Julio Castillo - boxer
  • Miler Castillo (born 1987) - football player
  • Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda - cyclist
  • Rosa Chacha - long-distance runner
  • Vanessa Chalá - judoka
  • Andrés Chocho - race walker
  • José Cifuentes - footballer
  • Juan Manuel Correa - racing driver
  • Neisi Dájomes - weightlifter, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
  • Daniela Darquea - golfer
  • Ulises de la Cruz - footballer and politician
  • Agustín Delgado - footballer and politician, scored first Ecuadorian goal in a World Cup
  • Anicka Delgado - swimmer
  • Diana Durango - sport shooter
  • Iván Enderica Ochoa - swimmer
  • Alexandra Escobar - weightlifter
  • Gonzalo Escobar - tennis player
  • Adriana Espinosa - archer
  • Michael Estrada - footballer
  • Pervis Estupiñán - footballer
  • Alan Franco - footballer
  • Hernán Galíndez - footballer (born in Argentina)
  • Estefania García - judoka
  • Fricson George - footballer
  • Andrés Gómez - tennis player, French Open winner
  • Emilio Gómez - tennis player
  • Carlos Góngora - boxer, IBO world champion
  • Doménica González - tennis player
  • Carlos Gruezo Arboleda - footballer
  • Carlos Gruezo Quiñónez - footballer
  • Piero Hincapié - footballer
  • Romario Ibarra - footballer
  • Eduardo Hurtado - footballer
  • Elías Jácome - football referee, the first Ecuadorian to officiate in a World Cup
  • Karla Jaramillo - race walker
  • Iván Kaviedes - footballer
  • Fausto Klinger - footballer
  • Martin Klinger - footballer
  • Orly Klinger - footballer
  • Nicolás Lapentti - tennis player
  • Giovanni Lapentti - tennis player
  • Juan Madruñero - footballer
  • Ángel Mena - footballer
  • Édison Méndez - footballer
  • Sebas Méndez - footballer
  • Alberto Miño - table tennis player
  • Glenda Morejón - race walker
  • Jhonatan Narváez - cyclist
  • Christian Noboa - footballer
  • Alfonso Obregón - footballer
  • Joel Ordóñez - footballer
  • Érika Pachito - boxer
  • Joffre Pachito - footballer
  • Willian Pacho - footballer
  • Angie Palacios - weightlifter
  • Diego Palacios - footballer
  • Andrea Pérez Peña - sport shooter
  • Jefferson Pérez - race walker, gold medal winner of the 20 km race walk at the 1996 Olympics
  • Paola Pérez - race walker
  • Tomas Peribonio - swimmer
  • Brian Pintado - race walker, Olympic champion
  • Gonzalo Plata - footballer
  • Joao Plata - footballer
  • Jackson Porozo - footballer
  • Angelo Preciado - footballer
  • Ayrton Preciado - footballer
  • Lenin Preciado - judoka
  • Álex Quiñónez - sprinter
  • Roberto Quiroz - tennis player
  • Cristian Ramírez - footballer
  • Djorkaeff Reasco - footballer
  • Kevin Rodríguez - footballer
  • Tamara Salazar - weightlifter, medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics
  • Jeremy Sarmiento - footballer, born in Spain
  • Hugo Savinovich - professional wrestler in the United States and Puerto Rico
  • Pancho Segura - Ecuadorian-American tennis player, among the top players in his generation
  • Alberto Spencer - footballer, best remembered for his time at Peñarol. Top all-time Copa Libertadores scorer.
  • Abraham Suárez - diver
  • Nelson Suarez - diver
  • Ángela Tenorio - sprinter
  • Carlos Tenorio - footballer
  • Félix Torres - footballer
  • Patricio Urrutia - footballer and politician, captained the successful L.D.U. Quito team which won Copa Libertadores
  • Anthony Valencia - footballer
  • Antonio Valencia - footballer, best known for his time at Manchester United F.C., only Manchester United captain from outside Europe
  • Enner Valencia - footballer
  • Joel Valencia - footballer, has also represented Spain on youth levels
  • Iván Vallejo - mountaineer and public servant
  • Luisa Valverde - freestyle wrestler
  • Marlon Vera - mixed martial arts fighter
  • Rolando Vera - long-distance runner
  • Claudio Villanueva - race walker
  • Petter Villegas - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
  • Nicolas Wettstein - eventing rider (born in Switzerland, represented Ecuador internationally)
  • Lucía Yépez - wrestler
  • Octavio Zambrano - football coach, known mostly for his career at Major League Soccer

Other

  • Lorena Bobbitt - Ecuadorian-American woman made famous after assaulting her husband
  • María Capovilla (1889–2006) - supercentenarian, at one time the oldest living person in the world
  • Mariana Carcelén (1805–1861) - aristocrat, Marchioness, wife of independence leader Antonio José de Sucre and as such First Lady of Bolivia
  • Martina Carrillo - 18th-century anti-slavery activist
  • Blanca Chancoso (born 1955) - indigenous activist
  • Magdalena Dávalos y Maldonado - aristocrat, intellectual, patron of the arts
  • Nexar Antonio Flores (born 1978) - Ecuadorian-Finnish fashion stylist and makeup artist
  • Geraldina Guerra Garcés (born 1975) - campaigner against femicide
  • Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño - aristocrat, archaeologist, politician
  • Yolanda Kakabadse - environmentalist activist
  • Hortensia Mata - socialite and philanthropist
  • Manuel Muñoz Borrero - diplomat, considered Righteous Among the Nations for his role in saving Jewish people during the Holocaust
  • Zonia Palán Tamayo (1954–2003) - economist and women's rights activist
  • Faustino Rayo - Colombian-born merchant and assassin, known for murdering Gabriel García Moreno
  • Nelson Serrano - Ecuadorian-American businessman convicted of murder
  • Delary Stoffers - beauty pageant winner, Miss Ecuador 2023
  • Hernán Crespo Toral - architect, archaeologist
  • Isabel Godin des Odonais - traveler

References