The Most Famous

Athletes from Argentina

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This page contains a list of the greatest Argentineans Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 138 of which were born in Argentina. This makes Argentina the birth place of the 27th most number of Athletes behind Switzerland and Jamaica.

Top 10 Argentinean Athletes

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Argentineans Athletes of all time. This list of famous Argentineans Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Argentineans Athletes.

  1. #1
    Photo of Juan Carlos Zabala

    Juan Carlos Zabala

    1911 - 1983

    HPI 59.7728 langs

    Argentine distance runner (1911–1983)

  2. #5
    Photo of Reinaldo Gorno

    Reinaldo Gorno

    1918 - 1994

    HPI 55.0817 langs

    athletics competitor (1918–1994)

  3. #6
    Photo of Miguel Ángel López

    Miguel Ángel López

    b. 0

    HPI 54.1618 langs

    Wikimedia disambiguation page

  4. #9
    Photo of Roberto Larraz

    Roberto Larraz

    1898 - 1978

    HPI 52.9516 langs

    Argentine fencer (1898–1978)

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Argentineans Athletes grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Athletes were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 9 most globally memorable Athletes since 1700.

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