Eduardo Acevedo DíazW
Eduardo Acevedo Díaz

Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, was an Uruguayan writer, politician and journalist.

Eduardo Acevedo MaturanaW
Eduardo Acevedo Maturana

Eduardo Acevedo Maturana was a Uruguayan jurist and politician.

Carlos AnayaW
Carlos Anaya

Carlos Anaya (1777–1862) was a Uruguayan politician and historian.

José Gervasio ArtigasW
José Gervasio Artigas

José Gervasio Artigas Arnal is a national hero of Uruguay, sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan nationhood".

Lorenzo Batlle y GrauW
Lorenzo Batlle y Grau

Lorenzo Cristóbal Manuel Batlle y Grau was the president of Uruguay from 1868 to 1872.

Bernardo BerroW
Bernardo Berro

Bernardo Prudencio Berro was the President of Uruguay from 1860 to 1864.

Isabelino CanaverisW
Isabelino Canaveris

Isabelino Canaveris was an Uruguayan patriot, military, revolutionary and politician, who served as president of the National Party in the Argentine. He participated in most of the armed confrontations between the Blancos and Colorados.

José Eugenio EllauriW
José Eugenio Ellauri

Jose Eugenio Ellauri y Obes (1834–1894) was a Uruguayan political figure.

Venancio FloresW
Venancio Flores

Venancio Flores Barrios was a Uruguayan political leader and general. Flores was President of Uruguay from 1854 to 1855 (interim) and from 1865 to 1868.

Juan Francisco GiróW
Juan Francisco Giró

Juan Francisco Giró was a Uruguayan politician and the President of Uruguay from 1852 until 1853.

Tomás Gomensoro AlbínW
Tomás Gomensoro Albín

Tomás José Gomensoro Albín was a Uruguayan political figure.

Trinidad GuevaraW
Trinidad Guevara

Trinidad Guevara (1798-1873) was a Uruguayan stage actress and drama teacher. She belonged to the star attractions of the theater stage of South America and enjoyed great fame.

Lorenzo LatorreW
Lorenzo Latorre

Lorenzo Latorre, full name Lorenzo Antonio Inocencio Latorre Jampen, was a Uruguayan officer and politician, who was a dictator and President of Uruguay from 10 March 1876 until 15 March 1880. During his rule political opponents were oppressed, but at the same time, his reforms greatly improved the economy and state institutions.

Juan Antonio LavallejaW
Juan Antonio Lavalleja

Juan Antonio Lavalleja was a Uruguayan revolutionary and political figure. He was born in Minas, nowadays being located in the Lavalleja Department, which was named after him.

José Benito MonterrosoW
José Benito Monterroso

José Benito Silverio Monterroso Bermúdez was a Roman Catholic priest from the Banda Oriental, the pre-independence name of Uruguay.

Manuel OribeW
Manuel Oribe

Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana was the 2nd Constitutional president of Uruguay.

Fructuoso RiveraW
Fructuoso Rivera

José Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana was a Uruguayan general and patriot who fought for the liberation of Banda Oriental from Brazilian rule, twice served as Uruguay's President and was one of the instigators of the long Uruguayan Civil War. He is also considered to be the founder of the Colorado Party, which ruled Uruguay without interruption from 1865 until 1958. He made a controversial decision to almost completely eliminate the native Charrúa during the 1831 Massacre of Salsipuedes.

Máximo SantosW
Máximo Santos

Máximo Benito Santos Barbosa was a Uruguayan political and military figure.

María Stagnero de MunarW
María Stagnero de Munar

María Stagnero de Munar (1856–1922) was a liberal Uruguayan teacher and feminist. She was a pioneering player in the reform of the Uruguayan school system in the 1880s, establishing the country's first women's teacher training college, Instituto Normal de Señoritas. In 1916, together with her former students, she formed the National Women's Council of Uruguay.

Máximo TajesW
Máximo Tajes

Máximo Tajes Caceres was a Uruguayan political figure.

Pedro VarelaW
Pedro Varela

Pedro José Varela Olivera was a politician and member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. He was president of Uruguay from February to March 1868 and from January 1875 to March 1876, when he resigned from office in favor of defense minister Lorenzo Latorre.

Jacinto VeraW
Jacinto Vera

Jacinto Vera y Durán was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Montevideo. He was an active prelate in Montevideo though his efforts to renew the priesthood and ecclesial initiatives bought him into conflict with the government who exiled him to Buenos Aires in 1862 where he was until 1863. It was at that stage a revolution had taken place and he was invited to return where he was met with a grand welcome. His objectives included visiting rural locations and this increased once he was appointed as the first Montevideo diocesan bishop. There is a barrio of Montevideo that is named after him.

Francisco Antonino VidalW
Francisco Antonino Vidal

Francisco Antonino Vidal (1827–1889) was born in Montevideo, though his birth has also been reported as in 1825, in San Carlos, Uruguay. He was a senator and two-time president of Uruguay.