List of Paraguayans
The following is a list of people from Paraguay. == A == Lourdes Arévalos (born 1984), beauty queen and model == B == Cecilio Báez (1862-1941), politician, writer and president Agustín Barboza (1913-1998), singer and composer Agustín Barrios-Mangoré (1885-1944), guitarist and composer Edgar Baumann (born 1970), former track and field athlete Yohana Benítez (born 1987), beauty queen and model Emilio Bigi (1910-1969), musician Luis Bordón (1926-2006), harp player José Bozzano (1895-1969), military engineer who designed gunboats for the Chaco War Karina Buttner (born 1983), beauty queen and model == C == Victor Caballero (born 1960), former tennis player Agustín Cañete (1844-1902), minister of finance Gabriel Casaccia (1907-1980), writer Raúl Casal Ribeiro (1887-1956), lawyer and vice president José Cardozo (born 1971), former professional footballer Leonor Cecotto (died 1982), artist Feliciano Centurión (1962-1996), painter Juan Crisóstomo Centurión (1840-1902), military officer and minister of foreign affairs Teresio Centurión (born 1958), former footballer José Luis Chilavert (born 1965), former professional footballer Julio Correa (1890-1953), playwright Raúl Cubas Grau (born 1943), politician and former president == D == José Segundo Decoud (1848-1909), former President of the Supreme Court Juan Francisco Decoud (1813-1897), leader of the Paraguayan Legion Rogelio Delgado (born 1959), former professional footballer Nicanor Duarte Frutos (born 1956), former President of Paraguay == E == Egni Eckert (born 1987), beauty queen and model Arsenio Erico (1915-1977), soccer player Víctor Espínola, harp player == F == Amilcar Ferreira (born 1971), economist and politician Buenaventura Ferreira (born 1960), former professional footballer Diego Ferreira (born 1975), former track and field athlete Nadia Ferreira (born 1999), Miss Universe Paraguay & Miss Universe 2021 first runner-up Diego Martínez Ferreira (born 1980), former professional footballer Ramona Ferreira, Paraguayan journalist and feminist Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944), writer Carlos Filizzola (born 1959), politician and former mayor of Asunción José Asunción Flores (1904-1972), director and composer Carlos Franco (born 1965), professional golfer Julio César Franco (born 1951), politician and former vice-president Julio César Franco (born 1965), former footballer Leryn Franco (born 1982), former track and field athlete == G == Carlos Gamarra (born 1971), former professional footballer Juan Andrés Gelly (1790-1856), diplomat Herminio Giménez (1905-1991), composer Juan Silvano Godoi (1850-1926), writer and museum director Sila Godoy (1919-2014), guitarist and composer Guadalupe González (born 1992), beauty queen and model Juan Natalicio González (1897-1966), president and writer Luis González Macchi (born 1947), politician and former president Yanina González (born 1979), beauty queen and model Julieta Granada (born 1987), golfer Cesar Grillon (born 1957), former Paraguayan ambassador to Indonesia == H == Juan Carlos Herken Krauer (born 1953), writer and economist == J == Juan Antonio Jara (1845-1887), vice-president of Paraguay Ramón Jiménez Gaona (born 1969), former track and field athlete Juliana (died c.