List of Hispanics from the United States

 

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This article contains a list of notable Hispanic Americans, considering Hispanic Americans as people of Hispanic American ancestry born or naturalized in the United States.

Film and TV

• Sergio D. Acosta, Award Winning Film Producer
• Jessica Alba, actress
• Francia Almendarez actress
• Moises Arias actor
• Silvana Arias, actress
• Desi Arnaz, actor
• Adrienne Bailon singer and actress
• Adrian Bellani, actor
• Camilla Belle actress
• Julissa Bermudez, actress and VJ
• Alexis Bledel, actress
• Benjamin Bratt, actor
• Sabrina Bryan actress,singer and dancer
• Lynda Carter, actress
• Ricardo Chavira, actor from Desperate Housewives
• Sammy Davis, Jr., singer, actor
• Michael DeLorenzo, actor
• Dolores Del Rio actress
• Cameron Diaz, actress
• Emilio Estevez, actor
• Charlie Sheen, actor
• Martin Sheen, actor; father of Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez
• Rita Hayworth, actress
• Joaquin Phoenix, actor
• Hector Elizondo, actor
• Erik Estrada, actor
• José Ferrer, actor
• Miguel Ferrer, actor
• America Ferrera, actress
• Edward Furlong, actor
• Daisy Fuentes, actress, model
• Andy Garcia, actor
• Selena Gomez actress
• Reagan Gomez-Preston, actress
• Julie Gonzalo, actress
• Salma Hayek, actress
• Kristin Herrera actress
• Stella Hudgens actress
• Vanessa Anne Hudgens, actress and singer
• Oscar Isaac, actor
• Raul Julia, actor and playwright
• Victoria Justice actress
• John Leguizamo, actor, comedian
• Fernando Lamas, actor
• Lorenzo Lamas, actor
• Eva Longoria, actress
• George Lopez, comedian and actor
• Jennifer Lopez, actress, singer
• Vanessa Marcil, actress
• Eddie Marrero, actor
• Ricardo Montalban, actor
• Esai Morales, actor, brother of Director Sylvia Morales
• Sylvia Morales, Director Film and Television, sister of actor Esai Morales
• Rita Moreno, actress, singer, dancer
• Soledad O'Brien, newscaster (Cuban from her maternal side)
• Edward James Olmos, actor
• Sara Paxton actress and singer
• Rosie Perez, actress
• Satcha Pretto, Journalist and TV News Presenter
• Freddie Prinze, comedian
• Freddie Prinze Jr., actor
• Madison Pettis actress
• Anthony Quinn, actor
• José Quintero, theater director
• Juan Bautista Rael, ethnographer and folklorist
• Nathalia Ramos actress
• Geraldo Rivera, talk-show host, journalist
• James Roday, actor
• Paul Rodríguez, actor
• César Romero, actor
• Zoë Saldaña, actress
• Roselyn Sanchez, actress
• Neyda Sandoval, Journalist and TV News Presenter
• Cristina Saralegui, journalist and TV show host
• Jimmy Smits, actor
• Eva Tamargo, actress
• Wilmer Valderrama, actor
• Bob Vila, Home-improvement TV show host
• Nadine Velazquez, actress
• Lupe Velez, actress
• Raquel Welch, actress
• Daphne Zuniga, actress
• José Zúñiga, actor

Fashion

• Oscar de la Renta, fashion designer
• Marisol Deluna, fashion designer
• Carolina Herrera, fashion designer
• Jaslene Gonzalez, fashion model

Music

See Latin music in the United States

• Jeannie Ortega singer
• Ashley, Merengue Singer
• Daddy Yankee, Hip Hop/Reggaeton recording artist
• Ivy Queen, Reggaeton Rapper
• Jim Jones (rapper), Rapper
• Nina Sky, twin sister Singers
• Lumidee, Singer
• Jennifer Lopez, Singer
• Marc Anthony, Salsa Singer
• Victor Manuelle, Salsa Singer
• Gilberto Santa Rosa, Salsa Singer
• Ricky Martin, singer
• Angie Martinez, radio personality
• N.O.R.E, Hip Hop Recording Artist
• Don Omar, Reggaeton Rapper
• Carlos Ponce, Singer
• Gabriel Rios, pop Singer
• Tony Touch, DJ
• Albita, Grammy-winning singer
• Irene Cara, Grammy-nominated singer
• Willy Chirino, singer
• Cuban Link, Rapper
• Celia Cruz, multiple Grammy-winning singer
• Emilio Estefan, five-time Grammy-winning producer
• Gloria Estefan, singer
• La Lupe, singer and gay icon
• Martika, Grammy-nominated singer
• Christina Milian, singer and actress
• Pitbull (rapper), rapper
• Olivia Longott, rapper
• Jon Secada, two-time Grammy-winning singer
• B-Real. Rapper from Cypress Hill
• Melody Thornton, singer,from the female group Pussycat Dolls
• Aundrea Fimbres, singer,from the female group Danity Kane
• Joan Baez, folk singer
• Paula DeAnda, R&B,Pop singer
• Ingrid Chavez, vocalist and songwriter
• Lalo Guerrero, musician
• Mack 10, rapper
• Carlos Santana, musician
• Selena, singer
• Shakira, singer (emigrated from Colombia).
• Ryan Cabrera, singer
• Christina Aguilera, pop singer
• Ruben Blades, singer and actor
• La Ley, pop/rock band
• Lisa Lopes, singer from group TLC
• Hype Williams, Music Video and Film Director
• Lucybell, rock band
• Kat DeLuna, pop singer
• Luny Tunes, production duo
• Gustavo Santaolalla, composer, winner of two Oscars for Brokeback Mountain and Babel

Art

• Judy Baca, artist
• Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist
• Teresita Fernández, sculptor and MacArthur Fellow
• Rupert Garcia, artist
• Oswaldo Guayasamín, painter
• Antonio Roybal, painter and sculptor
• Richard Serra, sculptor
• John August Swanson, painter
• Aldo Amador , pianter

Literature

• Isabel Allende, writer
• Julia Alvarez, writer
• Rudolfo Anaya, writer
• Jimmy Santiago Baca, poet
• Fray Angelico Chavez poet, historian, painter
• Sandra Cisneros, writer
• Sandra María Esteves, poet
• Francisco Goldman, writer
• Oscar Hijuelos, writer
• Maria Hinojosa, journalist
• Gabriel García Márquez, writer
• David Unger
• Cheryl Gomez, (mom of actress Reagan Gomez), author, artist creative development consultant

Others

• Rudy Galindo, figure skater
• Jose Limon, modern dancer and choreographer
• Shane Ruttle Martinez, human rights journalist
• Elizabeth Vargas
• Rafa marquez, soccer player

Business

• Mark Cuban, Internet entrepreneur and basketball team owner
• Roberto Goizueta, former CEO of Coca Cola; Goizueta Business School at Emory University named in his honor.

Civil rights and activists

• Oscar Zeta Acosta, activist, attorney, author
• Carlos Cadena, activist
• Sal Castro, activist
• Cesar Chavez, labor leader
• Linda Chavez-Thompson, labor leader
• Angelo Falcón, political scientist; President and Founder, National Institute for Latino Policy
• Ernesto Galarza, labor organizer, author
• Hector P. Garcia, activist
• Gustavo C. Garcia, activist
• Rodolfo Gonzales, activist
• John J. Herrera, activist
• Dolores Huerta, labor leader
• Nativo Lopez, activist
• Angel G. Luévano, labor leader
• Lloyd Monserratt - California political and community leader
• Eugene Nelson, labor leader
• Jesus Salas, labor leader
• Baldemar Velasquez, activist

Government and politics

• Ben Fernandez, first Hispanic to Run for President of the United States, Former Chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly
• Cristobal Aguilar, former Mayor of Los Angeles
• Joe Baca, United States Representative
• Herman Badillo, United States Representative
• David B. Barkley, soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Xavier Becerra, United States Representative
• Henry Bonilla, United States Representative
• Fidel Castro, President of Cuba
• Dennis Chavez, senator
• Linda Chavez, conservative commentator
• Henry Cisneros, former Mayor of San Antonio and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Clinton
• Lincoln Diaz-Balart, United States Representative
• Kika de la Garza, United States Representative
• David Farragut, American Civil War Hero
• Benigno C. Hernández, United States Representative
• Luis Gutiérrez, United States Representative
• Ruben Garcia Jr., Assistant Executive Director FBI
• Alberto Gonzales, US Attorney General
• Henry B. Gonzalez, former United States Representative
• Joseph Marion Hernandez, U.S. congressman
• Eliot B. Jardines, Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence
• Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, former Governor of New Mexico
• Manuel Lujan Jr., former United States Secretary of the Interior and former United States Representative
• Matthew G. Martinez, former United States Representative
• Mel Martinez, United States Senator
• Bob Menendez, United States Senator
• Joseph Montoya, former United States Senator
• Rosario Marin, United States treasurer
• Melquiades Martinez, U.S. Secretary for Housing and Urban Development
• Antonia Novello, U.S. Surgeon General
• Solomon P. Ortiz, United States Representative
• Romualdo Pacheco, former Governor of California
• Ed Pastor, United States Representative
• Edward R. Roybal, former United States Representative
• Lucille Roybal-Allard, United States Representative
• Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, former U.S. Secretary of Energy, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., former U.S. Representative
• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, United States Representative
• Ricardo Sanchez, Lieutenant General
• Esteban Edward Torres, former United States Representative
• José Serrano, United States Representative
• Ken Salazar, United States Senator
• Frank Tejeda, former United States Representative
• Nydia Velázquez, U.S. Representative
• Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Mayor

Religious

• Elias Gabriel Galvan, Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Junípero Serra, missionary
• Jose Rojas, Seventh Day Adventist minister

Sciences

• Luis Alvarez, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• Walter Clement Alvarez medicine doctor, author of books on medicine
• Walter Alvarez, geologist, postulator of the asteroid-impact theory for the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event
• Elsa Salazar Cade, entomologist and educator
• Fernando Caldeiro, astronaut
• Joseph De Soto, physician, scientist, cancer researcher
• Franklin Chang-Diaz, astronaut
• Fernando Del Bosque, explorer
• John Garcia, psychologist
• Sidney M. Gutierrez, astronaut
• Jose Hernandez, astronaut
• Michael Lopez-Alegria, astronaut
• Christopher Loria, astronaut
• Todd Martinez, Theoretical Chemist and MacArthur Fellow
• Mario Molina, Nobel Prize-winning chemist
• Adriana Ocampo, geologist for NASA
• Ellen Ochoa, astronaut
• Severo Ochoa, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist
• John D. Olivas, astronaut
• George D. Zamka, astronaut

Sports

• Benjamin Agosto, figure skater
• Mark Aguirre, basketball player
• Roberto Alomar, baseball player
• Sandy Alomar, baseball player, older brother of Roberto Alomar
• Chris Armas, soccer player
• Marcelo Balboa, soccer player
• Fernando Gonzalez, tennis player
• Carlos Bocanegra, soccer player
• Jose Canseco, baseball player
• Roberto Clemente, baseball player
• Oscar de la Hoya, boxer
• Scott Gomez, hockey player
• Pancho Gonzalez, tennis player
• Roberto Guerrero, racing driver
• Keith Hernandez, baseball player
• Nancy Lopez, golfer
• Tony Lema, golfer
• Marcelo Rios, tennis player
• Rebecca Lobo, basektball player
• Juan Marichal, baseball player
• Pedro Martinez, baseball player
• Melina Perez, wrestler
• Jim Plunkett, football player (Mexican, but carries an Irish name).
• Manny Ramirez, baseball player
• Alex Rodriguez, baseball player
• Chi Chi Rodriguez, golfer
• Claudio Reyna, soccer player
• Tab Ramos, soccer player
• John Ruiz, boxer
• Alberto Salazar, marathoner
• Sammy Sosa, baseball player
• Ted Williams, baseball player
• Eddie Guerrero, Wrestler
• Maverick, Movie star

See also

• List of Cuban Americans
• List of Mexican Americans
• History of Mexican-Americans
• List of Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients
• Hispanic Admirals in the United States Navy

External links

• Hispanic Americans in the U.S. Army

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