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The Most Famous

CELEBRITIES from Argentina

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This page contains a list of the greatest Argentinean Celebrities. The pantheon dataset contains 181 Celebrities, 1 of which were born in Argentina. This makes Argentina the birth place of the 36th most number of Celebrities behind Democratic Republic of the Congo and Afghanistan.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Argentinean Celebrities of all time. This list of famous Argentinean Celebrities is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Norma Cappagli (1939 - 2020)

With an HPI of 49.70, Norma Cappagli is the most famous Argentinean Celebrity.  Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.

Norma Gladys Cappagli (20 September 1939 – 22 December 2020) was an Argentine model and beauty queen who won the 1960 Miss World contest, after being crowned Miss Argentina World 1960. She was the first model from Argentina to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom. Her prize was £500 and a sports car. After her reign as Miss World ended, Cappagli worked as a model. In 1962, she recorded the song "Sexy World" with Armando Sciascia. The song is featured in the T.V. show Velvet. She died in Fernández Hospital in Buenos Aires on 22 December 2020 after being run over by a bus on December 17.

Pantheon has 1 people classified as celebrities born between 1939 and 1939. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased celebrities include Norma Cappagli. As of April 2022, 1 new celebrities have been added to Pantheon including Norma Cappagli.

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