This is a list of notable Ecuadorians.

Arts

Literature and journalism

Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006) - poet and writer Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009) - poet and novelist Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (b. 1942) - writer Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981) - writer Víctor Manuel Albornoz (1896–1975) - writer and historian Gabriela Alemán (b. 1968) - novelist and short story writer Carlos Altamirano Sánchez (b. 1926) - poet and journalist Vicente Amador Flor (1903–1975) - poet María Fernanda Ampuero (b. 1976) - journalist, short story writer Juan Andrade Heymann (b. 1945) - novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983) - journalist and playwright César E. Arroyo (1887–1937) - poet, novelist, journalist, playwright and diplomat Enrique Avellán Ferrés (1904–1984) - novelist and playwright Juan Bautista Aguirre (1725–1786) - poet and writer from colonial South America Pablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904–1999) - writer, journalist Alfonso Barrera Valverde (1929–2013) - writer, diplomat María Helena Barrera (b. 1971) - writer Ana Cecilia Blum (b. 1972) - writer Arturo Borja (1892–1912) - poet Luz Elisa Borja (1903–1927) - poet Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964) - poet and essayist Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014) - writer Jorge Luis Cáceres (b. 1982) - writer, editor Oswaldo Calisto Rivera (1979–2000) - poet and artist José Antonio Campos (1868–1939) - journalist Eliécer Cárdenas (1950–2021) - novelist Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972) - writer, suffragist Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978) - poet Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915–1992) - writer and journalist Fanny Carrión de Fierro (b. 1939) - writer, poet, essayist and professor Benjamín Carrión Mora (1897–1979) - writer Iván Carvajal (b. 1948) - poet, philosopher, writer María Piedad Castillo de Levi (1888–1962) - journalist, suffragist Oswaldo Castro (1902-1992) - writer Gabriel Cevallos García (1913–2004) - writer and historian Fernando Chaves (1902-1999) - writer Octavio Cordero Palacios (1870–1930) - writer, playwright, poet, mathematician, lawyer, professor and inventor Simón Corral (b. 1946) - poet and playwright Mary Corylé (1894–1976) - poet Luis Alberto Costales (1926–2006) - poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician Remigio Crespo Toral (1860–1939) - poet, journalist, politician José de la Cuadra (1903–1941) - novelist, short story writer Agustin Cueva (1937–1992) - writer and sociologist César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967)- poet Jorge Dávila Vázquez (b. 1947) - writer Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013) - poet, novelist, short story writer Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015) - poet, novelist, short story writer Marcelo Dotti (1942-2026) - journalist, politician Bolívar Echeverría (1941-2010)- philosopher José María Egas (1896–1982) - poet Gonzalo Escudero (1903–1971) - poet and diplomat Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - writer Ileana Espinel (1933–2001) - poet Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961) - writer, poet, and translator Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros (b. 1941) - TV journalist, holder of a Guinness Record for longest continuous time as a news anchor Aurora Estrada y Ayala (1901–1967) - poet Jenny Estrada (b. 1940) - writer and journalist Ulises Estrella (1939–2014) - poet, film expert Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002) - poet Jacinto de Evia (1625–1700s) - poet, priest Ángel Felicísimo Rojas (1909–2003) - writer, novelist, and poet Humberto Fierro (1890–1929) - poet Luis Enrique Fierro (b. 1936) - poet and medical doctor Jaime Galarza Zavala (b. 1930) - writer, poet, journalist and politician Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947) - novelist and short story writer Karina Galvez (b. 1964) - poet Alfredo Gangotena (1904–1944) - poet who wrote in French and Spanish Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973) - writer Federico González Suárez (1844–1917) - bishop, historian Euler Granda (1935–2018) - novelist Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira (1925–2009) - poet Yanna Hadatty (b. 1969) - short story writer and essayist Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931–2012) - poet and writer Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez (1902–1962) - poet, novelist and short story writer Janet Hinostroza (b. 1971) - journalist and TV presenter Gilda Holst (1952–2024) - writer Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978) - writer María Angélica Idrobo (1890–1956) - writer, educator Edna Iturralde (b. 1948) - writer Efraín Jara Idrovo (1926–2018) - poet and writer Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (b. 1932) - poet Nicolás Kingman Riofrío (1918–2018) - journalist, writer and politician Juan Larrea Holguín (1927–2006) - writer and lawyer Numa Pompilio Llona (1832–1907) - poet Sonia Manzano Vela (b. 1947) - writer and pianist Luis A. Martínez (1869–1909) - novelist Nela Martínez (1912–2004) - writer José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008) - playwright Hugo Mayo (1895–1988) - poet and writer José Trajano Mera (1862–1919) - poet and playwright Juan León Mera (1832–1894) - writer Pedro Moncayo (1807–1888) - political journalist Juan Montalvo (1832–1889) - writer Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927) - poet Jorge Núñez Sánchez (1947–2020) - writer José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780–1847) - poet, politician Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003) - writer and poet Elisa Ortiz de Aulestia (1909–1991) - teacher and writer Emilio Palacio (b. 1954) - journalist Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993) - writer, historian, academician, politician and diplomat Julio Pazos Barrera (b. 1944) - poet and writer Galo René Pérez (1923–2008) - biographer, poet, and essayist Jorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995) - writer and historian Ismael Pérez Pazmiño (1876–1944) - journalist, businessman Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (b. 1939) - biographer Victoria Puig de Lange (1916–2008) - journalist Aleyda Quevedo (b. 1972) - writer Ernesto Quiñonez (b. 1969) - novelist Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004) - writer Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940) - writer Óscar Efrén Reyes (1896–1966) Miguel Riofrío (1822–1879) - writer Juan Manuel Rodríguez (b. 1945) - Spanish-Ecuadorian writer Gonzalo Rubio Orbe (1909–1994) - Anthropologist and writer Alfonso Rumazo González (1903–2002) - writer, historian, essayist and literary critic José Rumazo González (b. 1904) - poet Hugo Salazar Tamariz (1923–1999) - poet, novelist and playwright Natasha Salguero (b. 1952) - writer, journalist Isacovici Salomon (1924–1998) - writer Filoteo Samaniego (1928–2013) - novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919) - poet Dolores Sucre (1837–1917) - poet Fernando Tinajero (b. 1940) - writer Francisco Tobar García (1928–1997) - poet, novelist, and playwright Mercedes González Tola (1860–1911) - poet and feminist Abdón Ubidia (b. 1944) - novelist Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969) - journalist Benjamín Urrutia (b. 1950) - writer Juan Valdano Morejón (1939–2021) - writer Leonardo Valencia (b. 1969) - writer Eduardo Varas (b. 1979) - novelist and journalist Fray José María Vargas O.P. (1902–1988) - writer and historian Javier Vásconez (b. 1946) - novelist and short story writer Marieta de Veintemilla (1855–1907) - writer, politician Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857) - poet Juan de Velasco (1727–1792) - poet, historian Jorge Velasco Mackenzie (1949–2021) - writer Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999) - writer Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999) - poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist Gaspar de Villarroel (1587–1665) - bishop, apologist Humberto Vinueza (1942–2017) - poet Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928) - novelist Gonzalo Zaldumbide (1884–1965) - poet

Visual arts

Alba Calderón - painter Alfredo Palacio Moreno - sculptor Aníbal Villacís - painter Araceli Gilbert - painter Bernardo de Legarda - sculptor Caesar Andrade Faini - painter Camilo Egas - painter Eduardo Kingman - painter Enrique Tábara - painter Estuardo Maldonado - sculptor and painter Félix Aráuz - painter Galo Galecio - painter Gonzalo Amancha - painter Gonzalo Endara Crow - painter Hugo Cifuentes - photographer and painter Jaime Andrade Moscoso - sculptor Joaquín Pinto - painter Jorge Velarde - painter Jorge Swett - muralist, painter, lawyer and writer Juan Villafuerte - painter Judith Gutierrez - painter Leonardo Tejada - painter Luigi Stornaiolo Pimentel - painter Luis Cadena - painter Luis Miranda - painter Luis Molinari - painter Manuel Chili "Caspicara" - sculptor Manuel Rendón - painter Marcelo Tejada - painter Marcos Restrepo - printer Miguel Betancourt - painter Olga Fisch - artist, collector, folklorist, born in Hungary Oswaldo Guayasamín - painter Oswaldo Moreno - painter Oswaldo Muñoz Mariño - painter and architect Oswaldo Viteri - painter Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - painter Ramón Piaguaje - painter Theo Constanté - painter Washington Iza - painter Yela Loffredo - sculptor

Dance Frederick Ashton - Ecuadorian born British ballet dancer and choreographer Noralma Vera - director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza) Esperanza Cruz Hidalgo - ballerina

Theater, TV and film Ernesto Albán - vaudeville and television actor Danilo Carrera - actor Enrique Chediak - cinematographer in Hollywood Camilo Coba - filmmaker Sebastián Cordero - film director/writer/editor Paola Farías - actress, model Katty García - actress Ricardo Hoyos - actor Carolina Jaume - actress, TV host Mike Judge - Ecuadorian born American animator Camilo Luzuriaga - film director, writer, and producer Priscilla Negrón - actress Flor María Palomeque - actress, model Albert Paulsen - actor Jenn Pinto - actress; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American Fatima Ptacek - actress and model Marián Sabaté - TV personality; born in Spain Diego Spotorno - actor, host Michael Steger - actor Juan Emilio Viguié - pioneering Puerto Rican movie producer (Ecuadorian mother)

Music

Adrianne León - singer-songwriter, American of Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican descent, lived in Ecuador. Adrienne Bailon - singer 3LW; Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican Ángel Leonidas Araújo Chiriboga - composer Antonio Neumane - French, lived and worked in Ecuador, composed the music of the National Anthem of Ecuador Arturo Rodas - classical composer Beatriz Parra Durango - classical musician Boris Cepeda - pianist Carlos Bonilla Chávez - guitarist, composer Carlos Rubira Infante - singer-songwriter Celia Zaldumbide Rosales - pianist Christopher Vélez - singer-songwriter and dancer (CNCO) Christina Aguilera - singer and pop icon (half Ecuadorian, half German, Irish, Welsh, and Dutch ancestry) Diego Luzuriaga - composer Edgar Palacios Rodriguez - composer Enrique Espín Yépez - composer, violinist Fausto Miño - singer-songwriter Gabriela Villalba - singer Gerardo - singer Guillermo Ayoví Erazo, aka Papá Roncón - Afro-Ecuadorian musician, singer, and marimba player Isabel Rosales Pareja - pianist Jinsop - Korean/American singer, Ecuadorian nationality by naturalization Jorge Araujo Chiriboga - composer Jorge Saade - violinist Juan Fernando Velasco - singer-songwriter Hilda Murillo - singer Fresia Saavedra - singer Carlota Jaramillo - singer Julio Jaramillo - folklore and romantic music singer Wendy Vera - singer, politician Leo Rojas - musician Leslie Wright - pianist Luis Humberto Salgado - classical composer Luis Silva Parra - saxophonist of classical jazz Mesias Maiguashca - classical composer Nicasio Safadi - songwriter, popular musician, born in Lebanon Paulina Aguirre - Christian singer Sebastian J. - music producer, songwriter Sixto María Durán Cárdenas - pianist, composer, lawyer, singer Lila Álvarez Garcia - pianist, choir director, and musical art teacher

Science Antonio de Alcedo - Spanish geographer and military leader, born in what is today Ecuador Eugenia Del Pino - developmental biologist Pedro Vicente Maldonado - geographer Clodoveo Carrión Mora - paleontologist and naturalist Misael Acosta Solís - naturalist William Jameson - physician, naturalist; born in Scotland