There are many many famous people from Ecuador. The following list names many of the most famous:

Adalberto Ortiz - Writer
Adrienne Bailon

- Singer 3LW -Ecuadorian/puertorican
Agustín Delgado - Soccer player
Alberto Spencer - Soccer player
Alejandro Carrión Aguirre - Writer and journalist
Alejo Lascano Bahamonde - Physician, surgeon
Álex Aguinaga - Soccer player
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco - Writer
Andrés Gómez - Tennis player
Ángel Felicísimo Rojas - Writer
Aníbal Villacís - Painter
Antonio Valencia - Soccer player
Araceli Gilbert - Painter
Barbara Vasconez - Actress/stuff
Beatriz Parra Durango - Classical soprano
Benjamín Carrión Mora - Writer
Benjamín Urrutia - Writer
Bernardo de Legarda - Sculptor
Bolívar Mena Franco - Painter
Byron Piedra - Athlete
Caesar Andrade Faini - Painter
Camilo Egas - Painter
Camilo Luzuriaga - Director
Carlos Andrade Marin (1904-1968) - Physician, politician
Carlos Valencia - Actor
Christina Aguilera - Singer
Clodoveo Carrión Mora , Paleontologist and naturalist
Danilo Arroyo - Drummer, Percussionist, arranger
Demetrio Aguilera Malta - Writer
Edison Mendez - Soccer player
Eduardo Hurtado - Soccer player
Eduardo Kingman - Artist
Eduardo Kingman - Painter
Emanuel Xavier- writer, poet
Enrique Garces, Physician
Enrique Tábara - Painter
Esteban Calderón - Bluegrass musician
Estuardo Maldonado - Sculptor/Painter
Eugenio Espejo - scientist and writer.
Fanny Carrion de Fierro - poet, essayist and literary critic.
Fanny Carrión de Fierro - writer, poet, essayist, professor
Fausto Miño - Singer, Song-Writer
Félix Arauz - Painter
Gerardo - Singer
Gilberto Almeida - Painter
Giovanni Lapentti - Tennis player
Gonzalo Endara Crow - Painter
Grace Polit - Painter
Hugo Cifuentes - Photographer/Painter
Hugo Savinovich - Professional Wrestler
Humberto Salvador - Writer
Inge Brückmann - Ballerina
Isacovici Salomon - Writer
Iván Hurtado - Soccer player
Iván Kaviedes - Soccer player
Jefferson Pérez - Race walker
Jenn Pinto - Actress - Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican American
Jorge Icaza Coronel - Writer
Jorge Saade - violinist
Jorge Velarde - Painter
Jose De La Cuadra - Weaver
José de la Cuadra - Writer
Juan Fernando Velasco - Singer, Songwriter
Juan Larrea Holguín - Writer and Lawyer
Juan Villafuerte - Painter
Judith Gutierrez - Painter
Julio Fierro-singer
Julio Jaramillo - Folklore and romantic music singer
Lawrie Sanchez - Soccer player
Leon Ricaurte - Painter
Luis A. Coloma- Evolutionary Biologist
Luis Miranda - Painter
Luis Miranda - world famous painter
Luis Molinari - Painter
Luis Vernaza, Physician
Manuel Rendón - Painter
Marcos Restrepo - Painter
Maria Baquerizo - Painter
Martha Fierro - Chess player
Mayto Ballede - Guitarist, Singer
Michael Steger - Actor
Mike Judge - Animator
Milayo Domida Carido- Author
Misael Acosta Solis (1910-1994)- Botanist and naturalist
Nelson Estupiñán Bass - Writer
Nicolás Lapentti - Tennis player
Noralma Vera - Prima Ballerina of Ecuador, Director of the National Dance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Danza)
Norma N. Ruiz - Nothing
Oswaldo Guayasamín - Painter
Oswaldo Viteri - Painter
Pablo Arturo Suarez (1889-1945) - Physician, higienist
Pamela Cortez - Singer
Pancho Segura - Tennis player
Patricia Aulestia - Ballerina
Patricio Cueva Jaramillo - Painter
Pedro Enrique Ribadeneira- Poet
Pedro Jorge Vera- writer
Pedro Vicente Maldonado - Geographer
Rafael Correa - President of Ecuador
Rafael Diaz Gallegos - Painter
Ramiro Jácome - Painter
Ramón Piaguaje - Painter
Rodrigo Fierro Benítez - Physician, researcher, writer
Rosy Revelo - Painter
Sebastián Cordero - Director
Sebastian J. - Music Producer, Songwriter
Segundo Cueva Celi - Compositor, pianist, violinist
Silvio Guerra - Athlete
Soledad Vargas Cueva - Music, Transverse Flute player
Theo Constanté - Painter
Ulises de la Cruz - Soccer player
Victor Ribadeneira - Acousmatic-Music composer
Vilma Pombar - Ballerina
Washington Iza - Painter