COMPANIONS from Argentina

Top 3

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

1. Alberto Granado (1922 - 2011)

With an HPI of 60.93, Alberto Granado is the most famous Argentinean Companion.  His biography has been translated into 36 different languages on wikipedia.

Alberto Granado Jiménez (August 8, 1922 – March 5, 2011) was an Argentine–Cuban biochemist, doctor, writer, and scientist. He was also the youthful friend and traveling companion of Che Guevara during their 1952 motorcycle tour in Latin America. Granado later founded the University of Santiago de Cuba School of Medicine. He authored the memoir Traveling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary, which served as a reference for the 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries, in which he was played by Rodrigo de la Serna. An elderly Alberto Granado makes a short appearance at the end of the film.

2. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (b. 1971)

With an HPI of 58.13, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is the 2nd most famous Argentinean Companion.  Her biography has been translated into 50 different languages.

Máxima (born Máxima Zorreguieta on 17 May 1971) is Queen of the Netherlands as the wife of King Willem-Alexander. Argentinian by birth, she worked in finance when she met Willem-Alexander, eldest son and heir apparent of Queen Beatrix, in 1999. They married in 2002, and became king and queen on the abdication of her mother-in-law on 30 April 2013. Máxima has promoted social integration of immigrants, LGBTQ rights, and financial inclusion. She and Willem-Alexander have three daughters, Princesses Catharina-Amalia, Alexia, and Ariane, who are first, second, and third, respectively, in the line of succession.

3. Juliana Awada (b. 1974)

With an HPI of 41.09, Juliana Awada is the 3rd most famous Argentinean Companion.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

María Juliana Awada (born 3 April 1974) is an Argentine businesswoman who served as the first lady of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. She is the first woman in this role to have received the distinction of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic in 70 years and the second in history after Eva Perón in 1947. In 2016, she was chosen as the most elegant First Lady in the world by ¡Hola! magazine.