Preceded by an introduction that highlights the importance of acknowledging those who spoke out and led the Argentinian psychiatric field for more than a century, thirty Argentinian psychiatrists are presented and their ideas are summarized in this manuscript. These psychiatrists include: Arturo Ameghino, René Arditi Rocha, Gregorio Bermann, José T. Borda, Gonzalo Bosch, Exequías Bringas Nuñez, Domingo Cabred, Raúl Camino, Lanfranco Ciampi, Juan Dalma, Francisco De Veyga, Noel Feldman, R. Horacio Etchegoyen, Jorge García Badaracco, Mauricio Goldenberg, José Ingenieros, Cristofredo Jakob, Alejandro Korn, Enrique Eduardo Krapf, Osvaldo Loudet, Lucio Meléndez, Braulio Moyano, Juan M. Obarrio, Elpidio R. Olivera, Carlos Rodolfo Pereyra, Enrique Pichón Rivière, José María Ramos Mejía, Telma Reca, Carolina Tobar García, Guillermo Vidal.
Keywords: Argentinian psychiatrists; History of Psychiatry; Argentina.