Notable English Argentines
- Raúl Alfonsín - President of Argentina from December 10, 1983, to July 8, 1989. His mother, Ana María Foulkes, was of English origin.
- Carlos Babington - former footballer. Known as "El Inglés" (The Englishman).
- Susan Barrantes - born Susan Mary Wright, was the mother of Sarah, Duchess of York and the maternal grandmother of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York. Susan was a British citizen who was born and raised in England and only tandentially connected with Argentina through her second Argentine husband who was not the father of Sarah Ferguson.
- Hilda Bernard - actress
- Jorge Luis Borges - author and poet, only his grandmother was of English origin.
- Eduardo Bradley - aviator.
- Lucas Bridges - author and explorer.
- Hector Cuper - football manager
- Donald Forrester - cricketer.
- John Godwin - Sub-Lieutenant in the British Royal Naval Reserve in World War II who was brought up in Argentina.
- Andrew Graham-Yooll - author, currently works for Perfil.
- Soto Grimshaw - naturalist and explorer.
- Diego Hartfield - tennis player.
- Juan Enrique Hayes - football player.
- Leonardo Henrichsen - Photojournalist.
- Mariano Hood - tennis player.
- Juan Carlos Howard - tango pianist and composer.
- Olivia Hussey - actress best known for her role as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet.
- Luisa Mercedes Levinson
- Francisco Moreno - explorer and geographer. His mother, Juana Thwaites, was of English descent.
- Edward Robert Morgan - Rugby union player. Former captain of the national team.
- Isaac Newell - founder or Newell's Old Boys footbal club.
- Olga Casares Pearson - actress.
- Carlos Pellegrini - President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892. His mother, María Bevans Bright, was of English origin.
- Polo Piatti - composer and concert pianist, perhaps best known for his extensive work in the field of classical piano improvisations
- Julio Porter - screenwriter and film director, known for being one of the most prolific screenwriters and film directors in the history of the Cinema of Argentina.
- Jorge Pullin - physicist.
- Collier Twentyman Smithers - was a portrait, figure and rustic painter.
- René Strickler - actor.
- Maria Elena Walsh - children's literature writer and singer.
- Eduardo Wilde - physician, politician and writer.
- Amancio Williams - architect.
- Paradoxally, the Commanding Officer of the Argentines Troops that landed in the Malvinas/Falklands in 1982, was the Argentine Admiral Carlos Büsser, a man with English ascendents.
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