Musicians, Writers and Artists
- Alberto Vargas, Peruvian painter of pin-up girls and erotica
- Álvaro Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, son of Mario Vargas Llosa
- Andrés de Vargas, Spanish painter
- Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican singer
- Fred Vargas, French writer
- Gabriel Vargas, Mexican painter and cartoonist
- Jose Antonio Vargas, Filipino-American journalist
- Luis de Vargas (1502–1568), Spanish painter of the late-Renaissance period
- Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, politician and Nobel Prize laureate
- Mary Belle de Vargas, American artist
- Pedro Vargas, Mexican singer
- Wilfrido Vargas, Dominican musician
- Antonio Vargas, actor ("Strictly Ballroom").
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