List of Ecuadorians

This is a list of notable Ecuadorians.

Arts

Literature and journalism

See also: List of Ecuadorian poets and List of Ecuadorian women writers

• 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

Main article: List of Ecuadorian artists

• 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

Main article: List of Ecuadorian musicians

• 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
• Augusto Nicolás Martínez - agronomist, geologist
• Plutarco Naranjo Vargas - doctor and scientific researcher
• Luis Sodiro - botanist, priest; born in Italy
• Presley Norton Yoder - archeologist

Medicine

• José Amén-Palma - surgeon and researcher
• Germán Abad Valenzuela - doctor, radiologist
• Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795) - physician, journalist, writer, philosopher
• Rodrigo Fierro Benítez - physician, researcher, writer
• Fernando Jurado Noboa - physician, genealogist
• Alejo Lascano Bahamonde - physician, surgeon
• Juan Tanca Marengo - physician, minister

Politics and military

• Pamela Aguirre Zambonino (born 1984) - member of Andean Parliament
• Belisario Albán Mestanza (1853–1925) - notable role in the Liberal Revolution of Guayaquil
• Humberto Albornoz (1894–1959) - member of a provisional government junta in 1926
• Francisco Arízaga Luque - member of a provisional junta in 1925
• Ana Lucía Armijos (born 1949) - first female interior minister
• Pedro José de Arteta (1797–1893) - vice-president
• Leopoldo Benites (1905–1996) - diplomat, writer, president of the United Nations General Assembly
• Diego Borja - Coordination Minister for Economic Policy, president of the Poder Ciudadano Movement
• Diana Coloma - blind disability activist and politician
• Dolores Cacuango - left-wing indigenous activist
• Abdón Calderón Garaycoa - soldier in the war of independence
• Manuela Cañizares (1769–1814) - early leader of the independence movement
• Rafael Carvajal (1819–1878) - politician, minister
• Galo Chiriboga - minister, prosecutor, felon
• Pacífico Chiriboga (1810–1886) - politician, legislator, vice president
• Carlos Cueva Tamariz (1898–1991) - politician, senator, legislator, councilman to the city of Cuenca, Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Labor
• Alberto Dahik (born 1953) - vice president, professor and businessman
• José Javier Eguiguren - politician, minister
• Freddy Ehlers (born 1945) - journalist, minister, presidential candidate
• Fander Falconí (born 1962) - public servant
• Juan Falconí Puig - public servant, diplomat
• Luis Félix López (1932–2008) - prominent politician, minister
• Manuel Félix López (1937–2004) - prominent politician in Manabí province
• José Fernández Salvador - politician, jurist
• Guillermo Franco (1811–1873) - self-proclaimed dictator, major figure in the Ecuadorian political and military scene
• Jorge Glas - vice president, convicted felon
• Luisa Gómez de la Torre Páez (1887–1976) - socialist activist
• Susana González Rosado (born 1973) - assembly member, vice prefect of Guayas Province
• Matilde Hidalgo (1889–1974) - activist, physician, first Ecuadorian woman to finish secondary education, first Ecuadorian woman to complete a degree in medicine and first Ecuadorian woman to cast a vote in a national election
• Francisco Illingworth (1905–1982) - Vice President of Ecuador
• María Leonor Jiménez (born 1939) - candidate, public servant
• María Cristina Kronfle (born 1985) - member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly for Guayas Province
• José de La Mar - Independentist military leader, president of Peru (born in what is now Ecuador)
• Gustavo Larrea (born 1956) - politician
• Lidice Larrea (born c. 1973) – Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion
• Francisco León - minister, Vice president
• Richelieu Levoyer - Army general, proposed the "Return to the Constitution Plan" that ended the 1976–1979 dictatorship
• Guadalupe Llori - public servant
• Guillaume Long - French-born minister
• Luis Macas - legislator, minister
• Federico Malo Andrade - governor, entrepreneur
• Eduardo Maruri - assembly member for the Guayas Province
• Paco Moncayo - Army general, former mayor of Quito, Congressman
• Mayra Montaño - ex radio presenter, National assembly member, councillor
• Carlos de Montúfar (1780-1816) - military leader during the independence struggle
• Juan Pío Montúfar, marquis of Selva Alegre - President of the First Government Junta of independent Quito
• Debbie Mucarsel-Powell - Ecuadorian-born member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida; first person born in South America to reach the United States Congress
• Jaime Nebot - political leader, major of Guayaquil
• Xavier Neira Menéndez - legislator, presidential candidate
• Alexandra Ocles - politician and educator
• Nina Pacari - minister, congresswoman, indigenous activist
• Álvaro Noboa - millionaire, political leader, frequent presidential candidate
• Ricardo Paredes Romero - communist politician
• Antonio Parra Velasco - Ambassador to France and Great Britain
• Ricardo Patiño - politician
• Rodrigo Paz - mayor of Quito, minister, entrepreneur, sports executive
• Pedro Pinto Rubianes - minister, vice president
• Rafael Pólit - diplomat, governor
• León Roldós Aguilera - former vice president of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement
• Manuela Sáenz - involved in the independence movement, Simón Bolívar's lover and confidant
• Julio Teodoro Salem - politician
• Jorge Salvador Lara - Ambassador to the Vatican, Peru, Chile, and France, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
• Juan de Salinas y Zenitagoya - early independence leader
• José Serrano - president of the Legislature, minister
• Andrés Vallejo (born 1942) - prominent politician, president of the National Congress
• Luis Vargas Torres (1844–1887) - politician, guerrilla
• Alexandra Vela - minister, legislator
• Alfredo Vera Arrata - politician and architect, minister of education, councilman to the city of Quito, Anti-Corruption Secretary
• Alfredo Vera Vera (1910–1999) - politician
• José de Villamil - a leader of the struggle for independence, considered the father of the Ecuadorian Navy; born in Louisiana
• Rosa Zárate - independentist leader

Indigenous leaders

• Atahualpa - Inca emperor, perhaps born in what is today Ecuador
• Rumiñawi - high-ranking Incan warrior around the time of the Spanish conquest
• Chalcuchima - high-ranking Incan warrior
• Fernando Daquilema - indigenous rebel from the 19th century

Presidents

• Juan José Flores - first president (1830–1835; 1839–1843; 1843–1845), Venezuelan-born
• Vicente Rocafuerte - president (1834–1839)
• José Joaquín de Olmedo - president (1845–1845)
• Vicente Ramón Roca - president (1845–1849), first vice president (1830–1831)
• Manuel de Ascásubi - interim president (1849–1850, 1869)
• Diego Noboa - president (1850–1851)
• José María Urvina - supreme chief and president (1851–1856)
• Francisco Robles - president (1856–1859)
• Gabriel García Moreno - president (1860–1865; 1869–1875)
• Jerónimo Carrión - president (1865–1867)
• Javier Espinosa - president (1868–1869)
• Antonio Borrero - president (1875–1876)
• Ignacio de Veintemilla - dictator and president (1876–1883)
• José Plácido Caamaño - president (1883–1888)
• Antonio Flores Jijón - president (1888–1892)
• Luis Cordero Crespo - president (1892–1895)
• Vicente Lucio Salazar - president (1895)
• Eloy Alfaro - supreme chief and president (1895–1901)
• Leonidas Plaza - president (1901–1905; 1912–1916)
• Lizardo García - president (1905–1906)
• Emilio Estrada Carmona - president (1911)
• Carlos Freile Zaldumbide - interim president (1911–1912)
• Francisco Andrade Marín - interim president (1912)
• Alfredo Baquerizo - president (1916–1920)
• José Luis Tamayo - president (1920–1924)
• Gonzalo Córdova - president (1924–1925)
• Isidro Ayora - president (1926–1931)
• Luis Larrea Alba - general, president de facto in 1931
• Alberto Guerrero Martínez - provisional president (1932)
• Juan de Dios Martínez - president (1932–1933)
• Abelardo Montalvo - president (1933–1934)
• José María Velasco Ibarra - president (1934–1935; 1944–1947; 1952–1956; 1968–1972)
• Federico Páez - supreme chief and president (1935–1937)
• Alberto Enríquez Gallo - military dictator (1937–1938)
• Manuel María Borrero - interim president (1938)
• Aurelio Mosquera - president (1938-1939)
• Andrés Córdova - president (1939-1940)
• Julio Enrique Moreno - interim president (1940)
• Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río - president (1940–1944)
• Carlos Mancheno Cajas - military dictator for a brief period (1947)
• Mariano Suárez - president for a brief period (1947)
• Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola - president (1947-48)
• Galo Plaza Lasso - president (1948–1952)
• Camilo Ponce Enríquez - president (1956–1960)
• Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy - president (1961–1963)
• Ramón Castro Jijón - president of the military junta (1963–1966)
• Clemente Yerovi - president (1966)
• Otto Arosemena - president (1966–1968)
• Guillermo Rodríguez Lara - military dictator (1972–1976)
• Jaime Roldós Aguilera - president (1979–1981)
• Osvaldo Hurtado - president (1981–1984)
• Leon Febres Cordero - president (1984–1988)
• Rodrigo Borja Cevallos - president (1988–1992)
• Sixto Durán Ballén - president (1992–1996)
• Abdalá Bucaram - president (1996–1997), convicted felon
• Jamil Mahuad - president (1998–2000)
• Gustavo Noboa - president (2000–2003)
• Lucio Gutiérrez - president (2003–2005)
• Alfredo Palacio - president (2005–2007)
• Rafael Correa - president (2007–2017), convicted felon
• Lenin Moreno - president (2017–2021), former vice president (2007–2013)
• Guillermo Lasso - president (2021–)

First ladies

• Mercedes Jijón - wife of Juan José Flores
• Corina del Parral - wife of José María Velasco Ibarra, born in Argentina
• Lucila Santos Trujillo - wife of Otto Arosemena
• Martha Bucaram - wife of Jaime Roldós
• Ximena Bohórquez - wife of Lucio Gutiérrez
• María de Lourdes Alcívar - wife of Guillermo Lasso

Religious figures

• Catalina de Jesús Herrera – Dominican prioress, nun, writer
• Carlos María de la Torre - cardinal
• Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz - archbishop of Guayaquil
• Leonidas Proaño - bishop of Riobamba
• José Mario Ruiz Navas - archbishop of Portoviejo
• Mariana de Jesús Torres - abbess of Conceptionist Monastery of Quito, Servant of God
• Luis Alberto Luna Tobar - archbishop of Cuenca
• Pedro Bedón - priest, painter, polemicist

Saints

• Mariana de Jesús de Paredes - mystic, saint
• Mercedes de Jesús Molina - mystic, blessed
• Miguel Febres Cordero - religious brother, saint
• Narcisa de Jesús - mystic, saint

Sports

• Álex Aguinaga - footballer and coach
• Jordy Alcívar - footballer
• Alexander Alvarado - footballer
• Nilson Angulo - footballer
• Rorys Aragón - footballer
• Robert Arboleda - footballer
• Samantha Arévalo - swimmer
• Xavier Arreaga - footballer
• Walter Ayoví - footballer
• Mimi Barona - surfer
• Christian Benítez - footballer
• Shirley Berruz - footballer
• Andrea Bonilla - long-distance runner
• Chico Borja - Ecuadorian-American footballer and coach
• Ramiro Borja - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
• Elizabeth Bravo - triathlete
• Beder Caicedo - footballer
• Carina Caicedo - footballer
• Felipe Caicedo - footballer
• Jean Caicedo - boxer
• Jonathan Caicedo - cyclist
• Jordy Caicedo - footballer
• Moisés Caicedo - footballer
• Leonardo Campana - footballer
• Pablo Campana - tennis player and public servant
• Alfredo Campo - BMX cyclist
• Richard Carapaz - cyclist, winner of the Giro d'Italia, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
• Byron Castillo - footballer
• Julio Castillo - boxer
• Miler Castillo (born 1987) - football player
• Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda - cyclist
• Rosa Chacha - long-distance runner
• Vanessa Chalá - judoka
• Andrés Chocho - race walker
• José Cifuentes - footballer
• Juan Manuel Correa - racing driver
• Neisi Dájomes - weightlifter, gold medal winner at the 2020 Olympics
• Daniela Darquea - golfer
• Ulises de la Cruz - footballer and politician
• Agustín Delgado - footballer and politician, scored first Ecuadorian goal in a World Cup
• Anicka Delgado - swimmer
• Diana Durango - sport shooter
• Iván Enderica Ochoa - swimmer
• Alexandra Escobar - weightlifter
• Gonzalo Escobar - tennis player
• Adriana Espinosa - archer
• Michael Estrada - footballer
• Pervis Estupiñán - footballer
• Alan Franco - footballer
• Hernán Galíndez - footballer (born in Argentina)
• Estefania García - judoka
• Fricson George - footballer
• Andrés Gómez - tennis player, French Open winner
• Emilio Gómez - tennis player
• Carlos Góngora - boxer, IBO world champion
• Doménica González - tennis player
• Carlos Gruezo Arboleda - footballer
• Carlos Gruezo Quiñónez - footballer
• Piero Hincapié - footballer
• Romario Ibarra - footballer
• Eduardo Hurtado - footballer
• Elías Jácome - football referee, the first Ecuadorian to officiate in a World Cup
• Karla Jaramillo - race walker
• Iván Kaviedes - footballer
• Fausto Klinger - footballer
• Martin Klinger - footballer
• Orly Klinger - footballer
• Nicolás Lapentti - tennis player
• Giovanni Lapentti - tennis player
• Juan Madruñero - footballer
• Ángel Mena - footballer
• Édison Méndez - footballer
• Sebas Méndez - footballer
• Alberto Miño - table tennis player
• Glenda Morejón - race walker
• Jhonatan Narváez - cyclist
• Christian Noboa - footballer
• Alfonso Obregón - footballer
• Joel Ordóñez - footballer
• Érika Pachito - boxer
• Joffre Pachito - footballer
• Willian Pacho - footballer
• Angie Palacios - weightlifter
• Diego Palacios - footballer
• Andrea Pérez Peña - sport shooter
• Jefferson Pérez - race walker, gold medal winner of the 20 km race walk at the 1996 Olympics
• Paola Pérez - race walker
• Tomas Peribonio - swimmer
• Brian Pintado - race walker, Olympic champion
• Gonzalo Plata - footballer
• Joao Plata - footballer
• Jackson Porozo - footballer
• Angelo Preciado - footballer
• Ayrton Preciado - footballer
• Lenin Preciado - judoka
• Álex Quiñónez - sprinter
• Roberto Quiroz - tennis player
• Cristian Ramírez - footballer
• Djorkaeff Reasco - footballer
• Kevin Rodríguez - footballer
• Tamara Salazar - weightlifter, medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Jeremy Sarmiento - footballer, born in Spain
• Hugo Savinovich - professional wrestler in the United States and Puerto Rico
• Pancho Segura - Ecuadorian-American tennis player, among the top players in his generation
• Alberto Spencer - footballer, best remembered for his time at Peñarol. Top all-time Copa Libertadores scorer.
• Abraham Suárez - diver
• Nelson Suarez - diver
• Ángela Tenorio - sprinter
• Carlos Tenorio - footballer
• Félix Torres - footballer
• Patricio Urrutia - footballer and politician, captained the successful L.D.U. Quito team which won Copa Libertadores
• Anthony Valencia - footballer
• Antonio Valencia - footballer, best known for his time at Manchester United F.C., only Manchester United captain from outside Europe
• Enner Valencia - footballer
• Joel Valencia - footballer, has also represented Spain on youth levels
• Iván Vallejo - mountaineer and public servant
• Luisa Valverde - freestyle wrestler
• Marlon Vera - mixed martial arts fighter
• Rolando Vera - long-distance runner
• Claudio Villanueva - race walker
• Petter Villegas - footballer, Ecuadorian-born, represented Puerto Rico internationally
• Nicolas Wettstein - eventing rider (born in Switzerland, represented Ecuador internationally)
• Lucía Yépez - wrestler
• Octavio Zambrano - football coach, known mostly for his career at Major League Soccer

Other

• Lorena Bobbitt - Ecuadorian-American woman made famous after assaulting her husband
• María Capovilla (1889–2006) - supercentenarian, at one time the oldest living person in the world
• Mariana Carcelén (1805–1861) - aristocrat, Marchioness, wife of independence leader Antonio José de Sucre and as such First Lady of Bolivia
• Martina Carrillo - 18th-century anti-slavery activist
• Blanca Chancoso (born 1955) - indigenous activist
• Magdalena Dávalos y Maldonado - aristocrat, intellectual, patron of the arts
• Nexar Antonio Flores (born 1978) - Ecuadorian-Finnish fashion stylist and makeup artist
• Geraldina Guerra Garcés (born 1975) - campaigner against femicide
• Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño - aristocrat, archaeologist, politician
• Yolanda Kakabadse - environmentalist activist
• Hortensia Mata - socialite and philanthropist
• Manuel Muñoz Borrero - diplomat, considered Righteous Among the Nations for his role in saving Jewish people during the Holocaust
• Zonia Palán Tamayo (1954–2003) - economist and women's rights activist
• Faustino Rayo - Colombian-born merchant and assassin, known for murdering Gabriel García Moreno
• Nelson Serrano - Ecuadorian-American businessman convicted of murder
• Delary Stoffers - beauty pageant winner, Miss Ecuador 2023
• Hernán Crespo Toral - architect, archaeologist
• Isabel Godin des Odonais - traveler