Ovidio Lagos, founder of the oldest Argentine newspaper, La Capital, was one of the strongest defenders of this idea (one of the main avenues in Rosario now carries his name).
It was renamed in 1916 to in honour of politician and journalist Ovidio Lagos (1825–1891), founder and director of La Capital (the oldest still-published newspaper in Argentina).
Lagos | Saks Fifth Avenue | Fifth Avenue | Park Avenue | Madison Avenue | Park Avenue (Manhattan) | Claiborne Avenue | Woodbine Avenue | Fairfax Avenue | Lagos State | Carrollton Avenue | St. Charles Avenue | Seventh Avenue | Ricardo Lagos | Constitution Avenue | Hennepin Avenue | Avenue Q | Vermont Avenue | Michigan Avenue | Cheltenham Avenue | University of Lagos | Shattuck Avenue | Seventh Avenue (band) | Los Lagos Region | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Rustaveli Avenue | Rizal Avenue | Massachusetts Avenue | Lexington Avenue | Lagos Countdown |