Roberto Canessa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Roberto Canessa

Uruguayan rugby union player

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1953

Place of Birth: Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay

Profession: writer, physician, politician, rugby player

Nationality: Uruguay

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta, M.D., (born 17 January 1953) is one of the 16 survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972, and a Uruguayan political figure.
He was portrayed by Josh Hamilton in the 1993 feature film, Alive.