Alfonso Enrique Domínguez Maidana (born September 24, 1965 in Durazno) is a former Uruguayan footballer.
Antonio Alzamendi Casas (born June 7, 1956 in Durazno) was a Uruguayan football player who retired in 1991.
The town was founded on 12 October 1821, under the name of San Pedro del Durazno, as a homage to Brazilian Emperor Pedro I, at a time when the territory of present-day Uruguay had been annexed to Brazil as the Cisplatine Province.
Héctor Morán Correa (born February 13, 1962 in Durazno) is a retired football midfielder from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Indio".
Ignacio "Nacho" Ithurralde Sáez (born 30 May 1983 in Durazno) is a Uruguayan football centre back who currently plays for Blooming in Bolivia.
Josemir Lujambio Llanes (born 25 September 1971 in Durazno) is a retired Uruguayan football striker
:Not to be confused with La Paloma of Durazno Department
Nelson Sebastián Maz Rosano (born 20 November 1984 in Durazno) is a Uruguayan football striker currently playing for Club León in the Liga MX.
Asociación Atlética Durazno Fútbol Club was founded through the association of many clubs of the department of Durazno.
Born in Durazno, Giménez began his career in Uruguay playing for Centro Atlético Fénix and later in Tacuarembó F.C..
There is also a small sanctuary in the village of El Durazno near the town of Combarbalá in the Coquimbo Region, where Laura spent part of her early childhood.