The following is a list of people from Paraguay.
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Cecilio Báez, politician and writer
Agustín Barboza, singer and composer
Agustín Barrios-Mangoré, guitarist and composer
Edgar Baumann, track and field athlete
Yohana Benítez, beauty queen and model
Emilio Bigi, musician
Luis Bordón, harp player
José Bozzano, military engineer who led the Paraguayan war effort during the Chaco War designed gunboats for the Chaco War Karina Buttner, beauty queen and model
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Victor Caballero, former tennis player
Gabriel Casaccia, writer
José Cardozo, former professional footballer
Leonor Cecotto, artist
Feliciano Centurión, painter
Teresio Centurión, footballer
José Luis Chilavert, former professional footballer
Julio Correa, playwright
Raúl Cubas Grau, politician and former president
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Rogelio Delgado, former professional footballer
Nicanor Duarte Frutos, former President of Paraguay
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Egni Eckert, beauty queen and model
Arsenio Erico, soccer player
Víctor Espínola, harp player
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Nadia Ferreira, Miss Universe Paraguay & Vice Miss Universe 2021
Buenaventura Ferreira, former professional footballer
Diego Ferreira, track and field athlete
Nadia Ferreira beauty queen and top model
Diego Martínez Ferreira, professional footballer
Ramona Ferreira, Paraguayan journalist and feminist
Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga, writer
José Asunción Flores, director and composer
Carlos Franco, professional golfer
Julio César Franco, politician and former vice-president
Leryn Franco, track and field athlete
Carlos Filizzola, politician and major of Asunción
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Carlos Gamarra, former professional footballer
Herminio Giménez, composer
Sila Godoy, guitarist and composer
Juan Natalicio González, former president and writer
Yanina González, beauty queen and model
Guadalupe González beauty queen and model
Luis González Macchi, politician and former president
Julieta Granada, golfer
Cesar Grillon, former Paraguayan ambassador to Indonesia
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Ramón Jiménez Gaona, track and field athlete
Juliana, 16th-century Guaraní rebel
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Nery Kennedy, track and field athlete
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Nicolás Léoz, CONMEBOL president
Carlos Antonio López, politician and former president
Francisco Solano López, politician and former president
Aníbal Lovera, composer and singer
Lourdes Arévalos beauty queen and model
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María Maldonado, beauty queen, model and singer
Fiorella Migliore beauty queen, model and actress
Ricardo Migliorisi, painter, costume designer, scenery designer and architect
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Jorge Daniel Núñez (born 1984), professional football player
Jorge Martín Núñez (born 1978), professional football player
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Christian Ovelar, professional footballer
Lino Oviedo, general and coup leader
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Víctor Pecci, tennis player
Silvio Pettirossi, aviator
Josefina Pla, poet and artist
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Andrea Quattrocchi, actress and ballerina
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Gabriela Rejala, beauty queen and model
Alba Riquelme, beauty queen and model. Blas Riquelme, politician, businessman and landowner Larissa Riquelme, model and actress, named "Girl of the FIFA 2010 World Cup" Augusto Roa Bastos, writer, novelist Andrés Rodríguez, army general and former president Guido Rodríguez Alcalá, writer Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá, writer José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, first Paraguayan head of government Yren Rotela (born 1981), activist for rights of LGBT people and sex workers