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French Argentine
s are Argentines of French descent
. Most of French immigrants came to Argentina in the second half of the 1880s, though considerable immigration continued until the late 1940s. Half of these immigrants came from Southwestern France, especially from the Basque Country
, Béarn
(Basses-Pyrénées
accounted for more than 20% of immigrants), Bigorre
and Rouergue
but also from Savoy
and the Paris region. Today around 6.8 million Argentines have some degree of French descent (up to 17% of the total population).
French Argentine
A French Argentine is an Argentine citizen of full or partial French ancestry. French Argentines form the third or fourth largest ancestry group after Italian Argentines, Spanish Argentines, and perhaps German Argentines...
s are Argentines of French descent
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
. Most of French immigrants came to Argentina in the second half of the 1880s, though considerable immigration continued until the late 1940s. Half of these immigrants came from Southwestern France, especially from the Basque Country
Northern Basque Country
The French Basque Country or Northern Basque Country situated within the western part of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques constitutes the north-eastern part of the Basque Country....
, Béarn
Béarn
Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...
(Basses-Pyrénées
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...
accounted for more than 20% of immigrants), Bigorre
Bigorre
Bigorre is region in southwest France, historically an independent county and later a French province, located in the upper watershed of the Adour, on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees, part of the larger region known as Gascony...
and Rouergue
Rouergue
Rouergue is a former province of France, bounded on the north by Auvergne, on the south and southwest by Languedoc, on the east by Gévaudan and on the west by Quercy...
but also from Savoy
Savoy
Savoy is a region of France. It comprises roughly the territory of the Western Alps situated between Lake Geneva in the north and Monaco and the Mediterranean coast in the south....
and the Paris region. Today around 6.8 million Argentines have some degree of French descent (up to 17% of the total population).
Academia
- Amédée JacquesAmédée JacquesAmédée Jacques , often known as Amadeo, was a Franco-Argentine pedagogue and philosopher and one of the most prestigious educators of his time.-Biography:...
, French-born Argentine pedagogue and philosopher. - Ernesto LaclauErnesto LaclauErnesto Laclau is an Argentine political theorist often described as post-Marxist.He studied History in Buenos Aires, graduating from the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires in 1964, and received a PhD from Essex University in 1977.Since the 1970s he has been Professor of Political Theory at the...
, political theorist.
Business
- Marcela Calvet, founder of luxury fashion label Marcela Calvet.
- Alfredo Fortabat, entrepreneur.
- Federico Lacroze, entrepreneur who created the first railway system in Argentina, born to French father.
- María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, entrepreneur.
- Juan Carlos LectoureJuan Carlos LectoureJuan Carlos Lectoure , nicknamed "Tito," was an Argentine businessman, mainly involved in boxing events and former owner of Buenos Aires' Luna Park stadium....
, businessman.
Entertainment
- Manuel AntínManuel AntínManuel Antín is an Argentine film director and screenwriter.Manuel Antin was born in Las Palmas, Chaco Province, in 1926. He first wrote for Argentine television in 1956 and made his directorial debut in 1962 with his first film: La Cifra Impar based on a tale of Julio Cortázar...
, director. - Carolina ArdohainCarolina ArdohainAna Carolina Ardohain Dos Santos is an Argentine model and television personality. She is widely known by the nickname Pampita, a diminutive for La Pampa, the Argentine province when she was born. She was one of very few people baptised at the monastery of Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Recoleta,...
, model of French Basque ancestry. - Pablo BardauilPablo BardauilPablo Bardauil is a film actor, director, and screenplay writer.He was born in Buenos Aires and works in the cinema of Argentina...
, actor and director. - Sandra Baylac, rock singer.
- Lola BerthetLola BerthetLola Berthet is an Argentine actress.Berthet began acting at a young age, in her hometown of Buenos Aires, eventually becoming a well known telenovela actress in her home country as an adult. She made her first feature film, , in 2000...
, actress. - Héctor BidondeHéctor BidondeHéctor Pastor Bidonde is a noted Argentine theatre, film and television actor.Bidonde was born in La Plata, in 1937. He was a shift worker in a tool & dye factory when, in 1954, he was offered a part in Carlos P. Cabral's play Amarretes...
, actor. - Antonio Birabent, actor and musician.
- Mauricio "Moris" BirabentMauricio "Moris" BirabentMauricio "Moris" Birabent is an Argentine rock musician.-Life and work:Mauricio Birabent was born in Buenos Aires in 1942. He took guitar lessons at age 12 and, in subsequent years, began frequenting local piano bars and jazz clubs. The son of an engineer, he enrolled at the Otto Krause Technical...
, rocker. - Tini de Bocourt, model born to a French father.
- Guillermo Bordarampé, musician.
- Luciano Cazaux, actor.
- Esteban CourtalonEsteban CourtalonPablo Esteban Courtalon is an Argentine cinematographer.From Santa Fe in Argentina, Courtalon was worked on some 20 films in the Cinema of Argentina since 1965 such as El Acomodador , Eversmile, New Jersey and Alambrado in 1991.-Filmography:*Sub terra *Cicatrices *Ladrón y su mujer, Un *Maria Luisa...
, cinematographer. - Teté Coustarot, model and television presenter.
- Lia Crucet, entertainer, actress and singer.
- Ulises DumontUlises DumontUlises Dumont was a prolific Argentine film actor, credited with over 80 appearances in film and countless others in theatre and television from 1964 until his death in 2008.-Life and work:...
, theatre and movie actor. - Carlos GardelCarlos GardelCarlos Gardel was a singer, songwriter and actor, and is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was born in Toulouse, France, although he never acknowledged his birthplace publicly, and there are still claims of his birth in Uruguay. He lived in Argentina from the age of two...
, French-born Argentine tangoTango musicTango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
singer. - Pablo Guyot, musician.
- Víctor (Cournou) HerediaVictor HerediaVíctor Heredia is an Argentine singer songwriter. Author of Taki Ongoy, a symphonic work about Taki Unquy, a millenarian movement against the Spanish conquest.-Biography:...
, singer. - Emmanuel Horvilleur, singer.
- Bernabe Labaronnie, model.
- Claudia Lapacó, actress and singer born to a French mother.
- Lydia LamaisonLydia LamaisonLydia Lamaison is an Argentine actress. She has appeared in 47 films and television shows since 1939. She starred in the film La caída, which was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
, actress. - Libertad LamarqueLibertad LamarqueLibertad Lamarque was an Argentine-Mexican actress and singer. Originally from Argentina, she reached fame throughout Latin America while living in Mexico and working in Mexican cinema.-Career:...
, actress. - Víctor LaplaceVíctor LaplaceVíctor Laplace is an acclaimed Argentine film actor. He has appeared in over 80 films since 1970, such as Eva Perón and Un Amor en Moisés Ville in 2001, as well as extensive local and international theatre credits.-Filmography:#Detrás del sol, más cielo - Antón#Angelelli, la...
, actor. - Victoria MauretteVictoria MauretteVictoria Maurette is an Argentine actress, singer–songwriter, composer and model. She is probably the best known for her performance as Victoria "Vico Paz in the Cris Morena Group series Rebel's Way, and for her roles in Albert Pyun's films Left for Dead, Bulletface and Tales of an Ancient...
, actress. - Bambi Moreno Charpentier, bass guitarist from the band Tan Biónica.
- Chano Moreno Charpentier, singer from the band Tan Biónica.
- Jean-Pierre Noher, French-born actor.
- Eugène PyEugène PyEugène Py was a major early French cameraman, cinematographer and film director and is widely considered the founding pioneer of the Cinema of Argentina....
, cameraman, cinematographer and film director, considered the founding pioneer Argentine cinema. - Gastón Ricaud, actor.
- Mercedes SosaMercedes SosaHaydée Mercedes Sosa, known as La Negra, was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout South America and some countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. She gave voice to songs written by both...
, singer. - Ricardo Soulé, musician.
- Daniel TinayreDaniel TinayreDaniel Tinayre was a French born Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer....
, film director, screenwriter and producer.
Laws and politics
- Juan Agustín Augier.
- Marcelino Augier.
- Uladislao Augier.
- Amado BoudouAmado BoudouAmado Boudou is an Argentine businessman and government policy maker who serves as Minister of the Economy since 2009. He was elected Vice President of Argentina as running mate of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the 2011 general election.-Early life and career:Amado Boudou was born in Mar del...
, economy minister, vice-president (2011-2015) - Federico de BrandsenFederico de BrandsenCarlos Luis Federico de Brandsen was a Coronel of French origin who fought in many of the South American wars of independence and for Argentina in the War with Brazil.-Napoleonic Wars:...
, famous colonel that fought in the wars for independence. - Alejandro Agustín LanusseAlejandro Agustín LanusseAlejandro Agustín Lanusse Gelly was the 38th president of the Argentine Republic between March 22, 1971 and May 25, 1973, during the penultimate military dictatorship.- Career :...
, former president (de facto). - Martín LousteauMartín LousteauMartín Lousteau was the Minister of Economy and Production of Argentina under the administration of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from December 10, 2007, until April 24, 2008...
, former economy minister. - Mario Moine, governor of Entre Ríos from 1991 to 1995.
- Carlos PellegriniCarlos PellegriniCarlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892....
, Argentine president born to French father. - Alejo PeyretAlejo PeyretAlejo Peyret was a French-born Argentine writer, agronomist, colonial administrator, and historian...
, French-born Argentine writer, agronomistAgronomistAn agronomist is a scientist who specializes in agronomy, which is the science of utilizing plants for food, fuel, feed, and fiber. An agronomist is an expert in agricultural and allied sciences, with the exception veterinary sciences.Agronomists deal with interactions between plants, soils, and...
, administrator and historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
. - Juan Martín de PueyrredónJuan Martín de PueyrredónJuan Martín de Pueyrredón y O'Dogan was an Argentine general and politician of the early 19th century. He was appointed Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata after the Argentine Declaration of Independence.-Early life:Pueyrredón was born in Buenos Aires, the fifth of...
, general and politician of the early 19th century. - Alfredo Oscar Saint JeanAlfredo Oscar Saint JeanAlfredo Oscar Saint-Jean was an Argentine army brigade general and politician, who served as President of Argentina in 1982.-President of Argentina:...
, former interim president (de facto). - Juan Vital Sourrouille, former economy minister.
- Hipólito YrigoyenHipólito YrigoyenJuan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Irigoyen Alem was twice President of Argentina . His activism became the prime impetus behind the obtainment of universal suffrage in Argentina in 1912...
, Argentine president born to French father.
Literature
- Carlos Alvarado-LarroucauCarlos Alvarado-LarroucauCarlos Alvarado-Larroucau is a novelist, poet and essayist, born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina in 1964. After he completed his secondary education in the province of Tucumán, he settled in Buenos Aires, where he studied Languages, Philosophy and Law...
, writer. - Augusto BelinAugusto BelinAugusto Belin was an Argentine writer and diplomat, son of printer Julio Belin and Ana Faustina Sarmiento, daughter of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento....
, writer born to French father. - Adolfo Bioy CasaresAdolfo Bioy CasaresAdolfo Bioy Casares was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, and translator. He was a friend and collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges, and wrote what many consider one of the best pieces of fantastic fiction, the novella The Invention of Morel.-Biography:Adolfo Bioy...
, writer. - Eugenio CambaceresEugenio CambaceresEugenio Cambaceres Argentine writer and politician. In the 1880s he wrote four books, with Sin rumbo being his masterpiece. His promising literary career was cut short when he died of tuberculosis....
, writer born to French father. - Andrés ChabrillónAndrés ChabrillónAndrés Chabrillón was an Argentine poet, writer, lecturer and literature professor of French descent.Chabrillón was born in Paraná, Entre Ríos, and later lived in Buenos Aires....
, poet born to French parents. - Julio CortázarJulio CortázarJulio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar, was an Argentine writer. Cortázar, known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, influenced an entire generation of Spanish speaking readers and writers in the Americas and Europe.-Early life:Cortázar's parents, Julio José Cortázar and...
, Argentine writer born to French Argentine mother. - Emilio Daireaux, French-Argentine writer and journalist.
- Paul GroussacPaul GroussacPaul-François Groussac was a French-born Argentine writer, literary critic, historian, and librarian. He was born in Toulouse to Catherine Deval and Pierre Groussac, the scion of an old Languedocian family.-Biography:...
, writer, literary critic, historian and librarian. - José Hernández, writer born to French Argentine mother.
- Arturo JauretcheArturo JauretcheArturo Martín Jauretche was an Argentine writer, politician, and philosopher.-Early years:...
, writer of French Basque ancestry. - Federico Jeanmaire, writer.
- Gregorio de LaferrèreGregorio de LaferrèreGregorio de Laferrère was an Argentine politician and playwright.-Life and work:Gregorio de Laferrère was born in Buenos Aires to Mercedes Pereda, a local heiress, and Alfonso de Laferrère, a prominent French Argentine landowner. One of three brothers, he earned his secondary school education at...
, playwright. - Ana Emilia LahitteAna Emilia LahitteAna Emilia Lahitte is an Argentine writer. Her works include several literature genres, but mainly poetry.-Works:* 1993 "El tiempo, ese desierto demasiado extendido"....
, writer. - Leopoldo MarechalLeopoldo MarechalLeopoldo Marechal was one of the most important Argentine writers of the twentieth century.- Biographical notes :...
, Argentine writer born to French Uruguayan father. - Julio MeinvielleJulio MeinvielleFather Julio Meinvielle was an Argentine priest and prolific antisemitic writer.-Background:Meinvielle studied for his Doctorate in Philosophy and Theology in Rome and soon afterwards became a prolific writer of religious, historical and economic books within the school of Thomism...
, priest and writer. - Ulyses Petit de MuratUlyses Petit de MuratUlyses Petit de Murat was an Argentine poet and screenwriter.He wrote the script for La Guerra Gaucha with Homero Manzi based on the 1905 novel by Leopoldo Lugones....
, poet and screenwriter. - Manuel PeyrouManuel PeyrouManuel Peyrou was an Argentine writer and journalist.-Life and work:Peyrou was born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos in 1902...
, writer.
Science
- Enrique Hermitte, Argentine engineer.
- Bernardo HoussayBernardo Houssay-External links:* * . WhoNamedIt.* . Nobel Foundation....
, Argentine physiologist born to French parents, Nobel Prize winner. - Luis Federico LeloirLuis Federico LeloirLuis Federico Leloir was an Argentine doctor and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was the first Spanish-speaking scientist to ever receive the award...
, Argentine doctor and biochemist, Nobel Prize winner. - Alicia Moreau de JustoAlicia Moreau de JustoAlicia Moreau de Justo was an Argentine physician, politician, pacifist and human rights activist.Born to French parents in London, United Kingdom, the Moreau family moved to Argentina while Alicia was still a child....
, Argentine physician born to French parents.
Sports
- Luciana Aymar, field hockey player.
- Carlos BerlocqCarlos BerlocqCarlos Alberto Berlocq is an Argentine professional male tennis player. He is nicknamed Charly. Berlocq's favourite surface is clay and he is currently coached by Jorge Gerosi.-Career:...
, professional tennis player. - Fernando BonjourFernando BonjourFernando Martín Bonjour is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Liverpool de Montevideo in the Uruguayan Primera División. He was born in Carhué.-External links:* at 90Minut.pl * at FutbolXXI.com...
, football player. - Martín Bonjour, football player.
- Luis Alberto BonnetLuis Alberto BonnetLuis Alberto Bonnet is a former Argentine - Peruvian football striker.-External links:...
, football player. - Jorge BontempsJorge BontempsJorge Alberto Bontemps was an Argentine football defender.-Club career:Bontemps started his career in 1999 with Colón de Santa Fe before moving to Club Atlético Huracán in 2004.-Illness and death:...
, football player. - Héctor de BourgoingHéctor De BourgoingHéctor Adolfo de Bourgoing was a former Argentine footballer who operated as a defender. He played international football for Argentina and France.-Club career:...
, football player. - Mario BoyéMario BoyéMario Emilio Heriberto Boyé Auterio was an Argentine footballer. A powerful striker, he played for Boca Juniors, Racing Club de Avellaneda and Huracán in Argentina, Genoa in Italy and Millonarios in Colombia....
, football player. - Federico Broin, football player.
- Carmelo CametCarmelo CametCarmelo Félix Camet was an Argentine fencer who competed in the Olympic games in 1928. He was the son of Francisco Carmelo Camet, a fencer at the 1900 Summer Olympics who is sometimes considered to be Argentina's first participant at the Olympics...
, fencer. - Eduardo CametEduardo CametFrancisco Carmelo Camet, better known as Eduardo Camet was an Argentine fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and successfully fought his way thorough the preliminary heats, the quarter finals and the...
, fencer. - Jeannette Campbell, French-born Argentine swimmer.
- Héctor Candau, football player.
- José Chamot, football player.
- Nereo ChampagneNereo ChampagneNereo Champagne is an Argentine football goalkeeper currently playing for Ferro in the Argentine second division, on loan from San Lorenzo.-Club:...
, football player. - José Luis ClercJosé Luis ClercJosé Luis Clerc is a former Argentine professional tennis player, and one of the most important Argentine players in history....
, professional tennis player. - Nestor CombinNestor CombinNéstor Combin, is a former football Argentine player in France. He was striker, mainly with Olympique Lyonnais and France national team.-Clubs:*1959 - 1964 : Olympique Lyonnais...
, football player. - Eduardo CoudetEduardo CoudetEduardo Germán Coudet is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League.-Career:...
, football player. - Walter CoyetteWalter CoyetteWalter Gastón Coyette is an Argentine football midfielder who is currently without a club having most recently played for Chacarita Juniors...
, football player. - Alejandro Cremer Roussy, football player.
- Gabriel CuruchetGabriel CuruchetGabriel Ovidio Curuchet is a retired road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics . He won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit at the 1987 Pan American Games, followed by the gold in the Men's Madison in 1999...
, road bicycle racer and track cyclist. - Juan CuruchetJuan CuruchetJuan Esteban Curuchet is a road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina.Curuchet represented Argentina at the Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008....
, road bicycle racer and track cyclist, gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics. - Juan Carlos DasqueJuan Carlos DasqueJuan Carlos Dasque is an Argentine sport shooter who specializes in double trap and trap.At the 2008 Olympic Games he finished in joint thirteenth place in the trap qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round.-References:...
, sport shooter. - Sebastián DecoudSebastian DecoudSebastián Decoud is a professional Argentine tennis player. He is a late-blooming pro who is on the verge of cracking into the top-200 in singles in 2008, and did crack the top-200 in doubles in March, 2008....
, tennis player. - Ceferino Denis, football player.
- Germán DenisGermán DenisGermán Gustavo Denis is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for Serie A club Atalanta on loan from Udinese Calcio...
, football player. - Héctor DesvauxHéctor DesvauxHéctor Martín Desvaux is an Argentine football defender currently playing for Huracán.- Career :Desvaux started his career with Unión de Santa Fe in 2001 while the team played in the Primera División Argentina...
, football player. - Matías DonnetMatias DonnetMatías Donnet is an Argentine football midfielder, who currently plays for Unión de Santa Fe....
, football player. - Sebastián DubarbierSebastián DubarbierSebastián Dubarbier is an Argentine football midfielder currently playing for FC Lorient in the France Ligue 1.-Player: CFR Cluj** Romanian First League – winner 2008...
, football player. - Martín DurandMartín DurandMartín Durand is an Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is at flanker. He currently plays for the Montpellier Hérault RC club in the French Top 14 competition...
, rugby player. - Alberto Etcheverry, football player.
- Ubaldo FillolUbaldo FillolUbaldo Matildo Fillol , nicknamed el Pato , is an Argentine football coach and former goalkeeper. He took part in the 1974, 1978 and 1982 World Cups representing the Argentine national team...
, football player. - Santiago FusilierSantiago FusilierSantiago Fusilier is an Argentine soccer player currently playing for Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.-College and Amateur:...
, football player. - Pablo GarnierPablo GarnierPablo Sebastián Garnier is an Argentine football midfielder currently playing for Quilmes in the Argentine Primera División.-Club career:...
, football player. - Marcos GelabertMarcos GelabertMarcos Agustín Gelabert is an Argentine footballer who plays for Swiss Super League side Neuchâtel Xamax. His position is defensive midfielder.-Career:...
, football player. - Carlos GuimardCarlos GuimardCarlos Enrique Guimard was an Argentine chess Grandmaster. He was born in Santiago del Estero.-Biography:Guimard was thrice Argentine Champion. In 1936, he won the ARG-ch 15 Mayor, and in 1937 a match for the title against Roberto Grau . In 1937/38, he won a match against Luis Piazzini...
, chess player. - Gonzalo HiguaínGonzalo HiguaínGonzalo Gerardo "El Pipita" Higuaín is an Argentine professional footballer. He was born in France, attaining Argentine citizenship in 2007, and now holding dual nationality...
, French-born Argentine football player. - Jonathan Jacquet, football player.
- César-Auguste LaraignéeCésar-Auguste LaraignéeCésar-Auguste Laraignée is a former Argentine football defender who spent most of his career in France.He played internationally for Argentina.-External links:*...
, football player. - Eduardo LausseEduardo LausseEduardo Jorge Lausse was an Argentinian middleweight contender, known for his knockout punch, who boxed from 1947 to 1960. He was a southpaw who fought mainly in South America...
, boxer. - Félix LoustauFélix LoustauFélix Loustau is a former Argentine footballer who was a key player on the River Plate squad known as La Máquina. La Maquina is considered to be one of the greatest team ever assembled in the history of South American football...
, football player. - Juan Carlos LoustauJuan Carlos LoustauJuan Carlos Loustau is a former Argentine football referee. He is known for supervising three matches in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.-References:...
, football referee. - Oscar MalbernatOscar MalbernatOscar Miguel Malbernat is a retired Argentine footballer, who was the captain of Estudiantes de La Plata between 1967 and 1972, when the team won a local championship in 1967, three consecutive Copa Libertadores titles and one Intercontinental Cup , where he marked Manchester United's George...
, football player. - Mercedes MargalotMercedes MargalotMaría Mercedes Margalot is a field hockey defender from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....
, field hockey player. - Juan Ignacio MercierJuan Ignacio MercierJuan Ignacio Mercier is an Argentine football midfielder currently playing for Al Nassr FC.-Club career:Mercier started his playing career in the lower leagues of Argentine football in 2000...
, football player. - Pablo MouchePablo MouchePablo Nicolás Mouche is an Argentine football forward. He currently plays for Boca Juniors of the Primera Division Argentina.-Career:...
, football player. - Ricardo NoirRicardo NoirRicardo Daniel Noir Meyer is an Argentine football striker currently playing for Newell's Old Boys on loan from Boca Juniors....
, football player. - Lucien Petit-BretonLucien Petit-BretonLucien Georges Mazan was a French racing cyclist .He was born in Plessé, Loire-Atlantique , a part of Brittany, now part of Pays de la Loire. When he was six he moved with his parents to Buenos Aires where he took Argentine nationality...
, French-born Argentine racing cyclist. - Agustín PichotAgustín PichotAgustín Pichot is a retired Argentine rugby union player, formerly captain of the Argentine team and the English club Bristol. In addition to Bristol, he played for French sides Stade Français and Racing Métro after leaving Argentine team CASI from San Isidro in 1997...
, rugby player. - Jonathan PhillippeJonathan PhillippeJonathan Phillippe is an Argentine Striker who currently plays for Sportivo Luqueno.He was signed in 2008 from the youth divisions of Boca Juniors and made his debut on August 31, 2008 in a 3-0 win over Huracán.-Honours:...
, football player. - Angel RambertAngel RambertÁngel Rambert was an Argentine-born French footballer. He played for Lanús, Lyon and Avignon Foot 84, as well as the French national side....
, football player. - Sebastián RambertSebastián RambertSebastián Pascual Rambert is a retired Argentine football striker. He was born on January 30, 1974, in the city of Bernal in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina and is the descendant of French immigrants...
, football player. - Juan Carlos TrebucqJuan Carlos TrebucqJuan Carlos "Mandrake" Trebucq is a former Argentine football striker.Trebucq started his career in 1965 with Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. In 1969 he joined Argentine giants River Plate....
, football player. - David TrezeguetDavid TrézéguetDavid Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....
, football player. - Jorge TrezeguetJorge TrezeguetJorge Ernesto Trezeguet is a retired French-Argentine football defender. He is the father of David Trezeguet. He played for Estudiantes , Almagro, Deportivo Español, Deportivo Italiano, El Porvenir and Chacarita Juniors in Argentina, as well as FC Rouen in France.He was provisionally banned for...
, football player. - Carlos TrulletCarlos TrulletCarlos Alberto Trullet is an Argentine football manager and former player. He currently manages Atlético Rafaela in the Argentine Primera División.-Playing career:...
, football player. - María Alejandra TucatMaría Alejandra TucatMaría Alejandra Tucat is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea after having won the gold medal the previous year at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis.-...
, field hockey player. - Alberto Vernet BasualdoAlberto Vernet BasualdoAlberto Vernet Basualdo is an Argentine rugby union player. His position is hooker. He started playing in Buenos Aires team Asociación Alumni and currently plays for Toulouse, in France; he also plays for the Argentine national rugby team, his debut for Los Pumas was on December 4, 2004.In 2005 he...
, rugby player. - Roberto ViauRoberto ViauRoberto Luis Viau was an Argentine basketball player, who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the basketball team which finished fourth. He played all eight games in the 1952 tournament....
, basketball player.
Other
- Numa AyrinhacNuma AyrinhacNuma Ayrinhac was a Franco-Argentine artist. He was born in Aveyron, Occitania, France in 1881 and moved with his parents aged five to the new settlement of Pigüé, Saavedra, Argentina. He is famous for painting portraits of Eva and Juan Domingo Perón....
, French-born Argentine painter. - Adolfo BellocqAdolfo BellocqAdolfo Bellocq was an influential Argentine artist known for his lithographs.Born in Buenos Aires, Bellocq was self-taught in the art of xylography and engraving. He was appointed Director of the Lithography Workshop at Buenos Aires' renowned Ernesto de la Cárcova Fine Arts School, in 1928...
, printmaker. - Pedro BenoitPedro BenoitPedro Benoit was an Argentine architect, engineer and urbanist best known for designing the layout of the city of La Plata.-Life and times:...
, architect. - Norma BessouetNorma BessouetNorma Bessouet is an American Visual artist born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1947.After completing her art education in Argentina she traveled to London, the British Council granted her a fellowship to study at the Slade School of Fine Arts...
, painter. - Louis CazeneuveLouis CazeneuveLuis "Louis" Cazeneuve was an Argentine-born American comic-book artist best-known for co-creating the Marvel Comics character Red Raven and for his prolific work on the DC Comics characters Aquaman, Shining Knight, the Boy Commandos and others during the 1940s period fans and historians call the...
, cartoonist. - Gustavo CochetGustavo CochetGustavo Cochet was a painter, engraver, and writer who worked in Barcelona and Rosario.- Childhood :Cochet was born in Rosario, Argentina, in 1894. His mother was of mestizo heritage, and his father was French, a teacher in a rural elementary school located between Esperanza and San Jerónimo...
, Argentine painter born to French father. - Julio DucuronJulio DucuronJulio Ducuron is an Impressionist landscape painter. He is noted for his depictions of Latin American Life, many of which are in permanent collections around the globe.- Early life :...
, painter. - Gato DumasGato DumasGato Dumas was a celebrated Argentine chef and restaurateur.-Life and work:Carlos Alberto Dumas was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1938...
, chef. - Liniers, cartoonist.
- Patricio PouchuluPatricio PouchuluPatricio Pouchulu is a Futurist contemporary architect.Born in Buenos Aires, he graduated as an Architect at Universidad de Buenos Aires before moving to London to study with Peter Cook at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, where he got a M.Arch...
, architect. - Prilidiano PueyrredónPrilidiano PueyrredónPrilidiano Pueyrredón was an Argentine painter, architect, and engineer. As one of the country's first prominent painters, he was known for his costumbrist sensibility and preference for everyday themes....
, painter, architect, and engineer. - Guillermo RouxGuillermo RouxGuillermo Roux is an Argentine painter known for his watercolors, collages and frescoes.Roux was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and his father, Raúl Roux, was a well-known Uruguayan painter. He studied in the Buenos Aires School of Fine Arts until 1948, and in 1956 he travelled to Rome...
, painter. - Carlos ThaysCarlos ThaysCarlos Thays was a French-Argentine landscape architect, and a student of French landscape architect Édouard André.-Biography:...
, famous landscape architect.