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This is a list of notable Mexican-Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.


Contents

List

Athletes

Baseball players

Boxers

Oscar de la Hoya

Football players

Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys

Golfers

Martial artists

Soccer players

Wrestlers

Mysterio during his reign as World Heavyweight Champion.

Other fields of sports

Gonzales practicing in Australia in 1954

Business people

Entertainment

Actors and actresses

Actress Jessica Alba
Dolores del Rio
Eva Longoria
Ricardo Montalban
Actors Lupe Velez and Ramon Novarro
Actor Anthony Quinn

Directors/filmmakers

Models

Musicians and music groups

Carlos Santana
Joan Baez
Linda Ronstadt
Robert Trujillo
Hope Sandoval
Zack de la Rocha

Authors and poets

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Mexican American writers

Journalists

Visual arts

Xavier Martinez

Military

Medal of Honor recipient, Roy Benevidez

Political figures

Romualdo Pacheco Governor of California

Civil rights leaders and community activists

César Chávez at a United Farmworkers rally, 1974

Religion

Science and technology

Ellen Ochoa

Scholars and educators

Pornography

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