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Darío Grandinetti was born on 5 March 1959 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He is an actor, known for Talk to Her (2002), Wild Tales (2014) and Tangos Are for Two (1997). He has been married to Marisa Mondino since 7 April 1995. They have one child. He was previously married to Eulalia Lombarte Llorca.

Lionel Messi is a football player from Argentina who plays for Inter Miami. He has won the Ballon D'Or, the annual award given to the best player in the world, 8 times, 2022 FIFA World Cup winner and an Olympic gold medal winner in 2008. He was born in 1987 in Rosario, Argentina's third-biggest city. He showed an enormous aptitude for football and was in the youth teams for Newell's Old Boys, his local team. Faced with mounting medical expenses to treat a growth hormone condition, Messi's family accepted an offer to move the 13-year-old prodigy to FC Barcelona, who would pay for his treatment. Messi has gone on to become one of the most decorated players in football history and has broken countless records for his club and his country.

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was born to a middle-class family in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, on June 14, 1928. Disgusted by the corrupt Argentine military dictatorship, Guevara became a dedicated Marxist while in his teens. As a student he vowed to devote his life to revolutionary causes, and in 1953 he received a medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires. He left Argentina later that year to take part in a Communist revolt in Guatemala. There he adopted his revolutionary nickname and nom de guerre of "Che", the local slang for "pal." When the revolution in Guatemala failed the following year, Che fled to Mexico where he was introduced to another Communist revolutionary in exile, Fidel Castro.

Joining Castro's July 26 Movement, named after the date of Castro's aborted 1953 revolution in Cuba, Guevara sailed with Castro and over 80 guerrillas to Cuba, where they landed on December 2, 1956, bent on overthrowing Gen. Fulgencio Batista's government. The invasion force was decimated by a combination of fierce attacks by government troops and air strikes, and Castro, Guevara and about 10 others fled to the Sierra Maestra mountains of southern Cuba and established a base there. In July 1957 Che was assigned command of half of Castro's forces and given the rank of Comandante, a title he shared only with Castro himself. For the next year and a half he led his insurgents against government forces in the province of Las Villas, aided by the growing hatred by the population of Batista's corrupt and brutal government. Castro's forces were bolstered by help in both recruits from and material assistance by the local population. Che's attack against and decisive defeat of government forces in Santa Clara in December 1958 sealed the fate of Batista's crumbling government. He fled into exile on January 1, 1959, and Castro's troops marched unopposed into Havana a week later. After Castro assumed power, Che became one of his most trusted advisers and a leading international revolutionary and was appointed Minister of Agriculture. In 1960 he wrote a book titled "Guerilla Warfare," a manual for Third World insurgents, as part of his plan to spread Communism throughout the world. Che resigned his government post in Cuba in 1965 and traveled widely to Africa and other insurgent hot spots in the world, including the Belgian Congo, where he organized local Communists in revolts against the colonial government and trained Cuban contingents there. The training included taking courses in French, it was the language of Belgium, the Congo's colonial power, and was also spoken by many locals. Guevara wanted to make sure his men were able to effectively communicate with the locals in their own language.

In November 1966 he surfaced in Bolivia to organize a revolt by local Communist insurgents. However, the "revolution" there didn't garner much support from the Bolivian peasantry, most of whom were poorly uneducated (or not educated at all) and spoke mostly local Indian dialects rather than Spanish, which made communication with them difficult. They also preferred to support the Bolivian government rather than a group of mostly foreign revolutionaries they neither knew nor trusted, and they often reported the locations and numbers of Che's forces to Bolivian military authorities. After a long and unsuccessful campaign during which Che's men were relentlessly pursued and whittled down by government troops, his "revolt" in Bolivia came to an abrupt end. On October 7, 1967, he and the surviving members of his group were ambushed and captured by government soldiers. Two days later, on October 9, Che was executed by a Bolivian firing squad, supposedly acting under orders from the CIA, which was training the Bolivian army.

Libertad Lamarque was born November 24, 1908 in Rosario, Argentina, the youngest of ten children of Gaudencio Lamarque, an Uruguayan tinsmith who was worked as a contortionist in her youth, and Josefa Bouza, a Spanish immigrant. Since her childhood, Libertad Lamarque demonstrated a great talent for the performance and also for the song. Her debut as actress was at 7 years old and at 12 she was pro. In 1922 the family Lamarque emigrated to Buenos Aires and she began to work in the theater. At 18, she recorded her first LP of tangos (popular music of Argentina), obtaining an immediate success and she married with Emilio Romero (the father of Mirtha, her only daughter), then she played the silent movie "Adios, Argentina" (1930) and "Tango" (1933), which was, by the way, the first sound movie filmed in Argentina, and during the next 65 years all her works were starring with her name. In 1945 Libertad Lamarque was already known as an excellent dramatic actress and singer of tangos, boleros and folkloric songs of Latin America and she was received the nickname of "La Novia de América" (The Bride of the Americas) and also she even stood out as writer (she wrote the script of "Ayúdame a vivir"). However, not everything was happiness: her first husband died after their divorce and she lived an unpleasant incident with the (in this time) actress Eva Duarte (known after as Eva Perón, the famous Argentinean First Lady know nowadays simply as Evita) while they filmed "La cabalgata del circo." So, Libertad Lamarque (like other Argentinean artists of the time), suffered a non-official veto to her movies and while she was in tour for Latin America, she and her second (and last) husband, Alfredo Malerba settled in Mexico and there continued her very successful career, although in 1960 she returned to Argentina to make a movie. During her very extensive career, Libertad Lamarque filmed 65 movies (21 in Argentina, 43 in Mexico and 1 in Spain) and 6 soap operas, recorded more than 800 songs and many musicals and made many theatrical pieces; however, she says: "I am very lazy". When she is not acting or in shows, Lamarque lives between Miami, Florida (where she resides since 1996 with her personal assistant, Irene López) and Buenos Aires, Argentina where she visits her family (daughter, son-in-law, 5 grandsons and 10 great-grandchildren). Libertad Lamarque assures that doesn't have intentions of retiring of the show business: "I will continue working while I have a good pulse to makeup myself" she said.

Luis Machín was born on 10 March 1968 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Padre Coraje (2004), Necrophobia 3D (2014) and El hombre que volvió de la muerte (2007). He has been married to Gilda Scarpetta since 2005. They have two children.

Alberto Olmedo was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, on August 24, 1933. He began to work from 6 years old (at a greengrocer's shop); he had a very hard childhood. Olmedo or "El negro" - this way his family and friends were saying to him, not have time to dream of being an actor. He had to study and help his single mother.

But at the age of 14, Olmedo began to work as tap dancing in the theatre (La Comedia de Rosario), as rented public; his mission was to initiate the plaudits when the people was indifferent. The "Negro" remained fascinated with this universe, and began to frequent clubs and to work as imitator (Lola Flores, Miguel de Molina, between others), small roles in comedies, and some steps of dance.

With twenty years old, Olmedo moved to Buenos Aires, and he obtained employment in Channel 7 as Camera Director. On TV, Olmedo created a very dear personage, the Capital Piluso, and from this moment his reputation grew, turning in a TV star.

Then came "No toca botón" and tons of extraordinary personages like "El Manosanta", "Rogelio Roldán", "Grotovsky and Stalisnavsky", "Chiquito Reyes", and many other, that led to theatre and cinema with equal success.

He died very young after falling from the ninth floor of a building, in Mar del Plata, one evening of March, 1988, leaving all the Argentinians sadder than never, and forever.

Valeria Mazza was born on 17 February 1972 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Paparazzi (1998), Cadena de Sueños (2023) and Sanpellegrino Calze (1996). She has been married to Alejandro Gravier since 9 May 1998. They have four children.

Roccuzzo Antonela was born on 26 February 1988 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. She has been married to Lionel Messi since 30 June 2017. They have three children.

Fito Páez was born on 13 March 1963 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He is a composer and actor, known for Privates Lives (2001), La balada de Donna Helena (1994) and ¿De quién es el portaligas? (2007). He was previously married to Cecilia Roth.

Mauro Icardi was born on 19 February 1993 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He is an actor, known for 2023-2024 Süper Lig (2023), Pepsi: Promo 5x1 (2014) and Lega Serie A (1929). He has been married to Wanda Nara since 27 May 2014. They have two children.

Andrés Quaranta was born on 26 December 1980 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He is an editor and actor, known for Rojo (2018), Roman (2018) and History of Fear (2014).

Luciana Aymar was born on 10 August 1977 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Lucha: Playing the Impossible (2016), London 2012: Games of the XXX Olympiad (2012) and Minute to Win It (2011). She has been married to Fernando Gonzalez since 3 December 2022. They have two children.

Norma Pons was born on 18 August 1943 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Sotto Voce (1996), El palacio de la risa (1992) and Franco Buenaventura, el profe (2002). She died on 29 April 2014 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina.

Silvina Noelia Luna (born June 21, 1980) is an Argentine supermodel and actress born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Silvina Luna wanted to study drama and get a job to help her family. After finishing school at the age of 17, she moved to Buenos Aires and worked as secretary and a model. She studied Acting Theater in that period with the well known actor Julio Chávez. Also was is in the prestige model agency of Ricardo Piñeiro. But it was not until she made it to National TV by being selected for Big Brother 2, achieving international recognition. She guest-starred in some important TV Shows and loves to work on stage as a comedian. Now she is living in New York City and focusing here carrier as a DJ and Actress for Features.

César Luis Menotti was born on 5 November 1938 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He died on 5 May 2024 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Oscar Ruggeri is an Argentinian former professional footballer who played as defender.

Ruggeri achieved success at the international level with the Argentina national team, being part of the teams that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup, two editions of the Copa América and the 1992 King Fahd Cup. At the club level, Ruggeri's most successful stint was with Argentine club River Plate, where he won the 1986 Copa Libertadores (also the club's first win in this tournament) the 1986 Copa Interamericana and the 1986 Intercontinental Cup. Known for his rough style of play when marking opposing players and aerial ability, Ruggeri is considered one of the all-time best defenders to come out of Argentina. Ruggeri played in 21 Copa América games, a national record he shares with José Salomón.

Following his retirement as a player, Ruggeri turned to managing, where he held posts in Argentina, Mexico and Spain. His last job as a manager was in 2006 with Argentine club San Lorenzo. Since then, Ruggeri went on to have a career on Argentine television, as commentator on football shows. He is a member of 90 Minutos de Fútbol, which airs in Fox Sports Latin America.

Marcelo Bielsa was born on 21 July 1955 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He has been married to Laura Bracalenti since 1990. They have one child.

Lucila Vit was born on 28 February 1985 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Mamá Ya Crecí (2014), El club de la comedia (2007) and Vampiras (2011). She was previously married to Benjamín Alvarado.

Éver Banega was born on 29 June 1988 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He has been married to Valeria Juan since 12 May 2016. They have two children.

Newell's Old Boys was born on 3 November 1903 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina.

Kily González was born on 4 August 1974 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He is an actor, known for Quilmes: Aliento (2001), Videomatch (1990) and UEFA Champions League (1992). He has been married to Raquel since 2001. They have one child.

Coti was born on 14 June 1973 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He is a composer and actor, known for Ghost Ship (2002), Enamorarte (2001) and Sos mi vida (2006). He was previously married to Valeria Larrarte.

Juan Carlos Baglietto was born on 14 June 1956 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He is an actor and composer, known for Hasta donde llegan tus ojos (1995), Rock Estrela (1986) and Todo x 2 pesos (1999).

Rosario Central was born on 24 December 1889 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina.