List of Hispanics from the United States
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 playerChi 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
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