







The Most Famous
Athletes from Argentina
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

Juan Carlos Zabala
1911 - 1983
HPI 59.7728 langsArgentine distance runner (1911–1983)
- #2

Luis Brunetto
1901 - 1968
HPI 57.5219 langsArgentine triple jumper
- #3

Noemí Simonetto de Portela
1926 - 2011
HPI 55.6123 langsathletics competitor (1926–2011)
- #4

Eduardo Guerrero
1928 - 2015
HPI 55.0921 langsArgentine rower
- #5

Reinaldo Gorno
1918 - 1994
HPI 55.0817 langsathletics competitor (1918–1994)
- #6

Miguel Ángel López
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HPI 54.1618 langsWikimedia disambiguation page
- #7

Alberto Demiddi
1944 - 2000
HPI 53.7119 langsArgentine rower (1944–2000)
- #8

Víctor Peralta
1908 - 1995
HPI 53.0917 langsboxer (1908–1995)
- #9

Roberto Larraz
1898 - 1978
HPI 52.9516 langsArgentine fencer (1898–1978)
- #10

Delfo Cabrera
1919 - 1981
HPI 52.5425 langsArgentine athlete
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Argentineans Athletes grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
1990s(60)
1980s(35)
1970s(12)
1960s(1)
1940s(1)
1890s(1)
Overlapping Lives
Which Athletes were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 9 most globally memorable Athletes since 1700.













































