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This is a list of notable Puerto Ricans in the United States, including people born in the U.S. who have Puerto Rican descent and Puerto Rican who live to the United States. Due to that Puerto Rico is a state free associated to United States, the Puerto Rican can migrate to this country more easily than any other ethnic group. Now lives in United States more of four million of Puerto Rican and descendents of them. These are his members more highlights of this community.

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List

Business

  • María Elena Holly - Puerto Rican widow of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly. She live in Texas and New York.
  • Kimberly Casiano - American businesswoman to Puerto Rican parents. She is President and Chief Operating Officer of Casiano Communications.
  • Ralph Mercado - (1941 – 2009) - promoter of Latin American music — Latin Jazz, Latin rock, merengue and salsa — who established a network of businesses. He was of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent.
  • Lisette Nieves - founder of "Atrevete Latino Youth, Inc.", an organization who focuses on the educational and leadership training of young Latinos.
  • Samuel A. Ramirez, Sr.- made Wall Street history by becoming the first Hispanic to launch a successful investment banking firm. His parents are Puerto Ricans.
  • Angel Ramos - (1902 – 1960) was the founder of Telemundo, the second largest Spanish-language television network in the United States.
  • Chino Rodriguez - internationally acclaimed music producer, band leader, musician, manager, booking agent, record company executive, business consultant, and American record label owner, specializing in Latin music, most notably Salsa and Latin jazz. He is recognized as one of the top impresarios of the Latin music industry. He is of Chinese and Puerto Rican descent.
  • Herb Scannell - American president of BBC Worldwide America. He is of Irish and Puerto Rican descent.
  • Maria Vizcarrondo-De Soto - President and CEO of the United Way of Essex and West Hudson. She is American of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Nina Tassler - American television executive, and holds the position of President of CBS Entertainment since September 2004. She is daughter of a Jewish father and a Puerto Rican mother.
  • Richard Velazquez - first Puerto Rican automotive designer for Porsche, first Puerto Rican Xbox Product Planner, co-founder and President of NSHMBA Seattle. American of Puerto Rican descent.

Actors and Actresses

Singers and musicians

Alphabetized by surname

  • Natalie and Nicole Albino, "Nina Sky" - American musical duo composed of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Marc Anthony - American singer of Puerto Ricans parents
  • Adrienne Bailon - American singer and actress of Puerto Rican mother and an Ecuadorian father
  • Lloyd Banks - American rapper, member of G-Unit. He is of Puerto Rican and African American descent
  • Ray Barretto - (1929–2006) Puerto Rican jazz musician.
  • Manolo Badrena - Puerto Rican percussionist most noted for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977.
  • John Benitez (better known as "Jellybean Benitez") - American drummer, guitarist, songwriter, DJ, remixer and music producer of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Vico C - Puerto Rican rapper and reggaeton artist. He is considered one of the founding fathers of reggaeton and has played an influential role in the development of Latin American hip hop. He is American of Puerto Rican descent and raiced in Puerto Rico.
  • Kevin Ceballo - singer of Salsa music of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Eric "Bobo" Correa - of Cypress Hill, Cultura Londres Proyecto and Sol Invicto
  • Irene Cara - American singer and actress. She is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent
  • Chayanne - Puerto Rican siger resident in Miami.
  • Angel Clivillés - American singer founder and member of The Cover Girls.
  • Robert Clivillés - American singer and founder and member of C + C Music Factory
  • Elvis Crespo - Puerto Rican singer born in New York City, but of parents Puerto Ricans and raiced Puerto Rico.
  • Javier Colon - American singer and songwriter of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent .
  • Willie Colón - Nuyorican salsa musician.
  • Joe Cuba - (1931 – 2009) - Nuyorican musician who was considered to be the "Father of Latin Boogaloo".
  • Howie Dorough - American musician and the oldest member of the Backstreet Boys. He has a Puerto Rican mother,
  • Huey Dunbar - American former singer of Dark Latin Groove. He is of Jamaican and Puerto Rican descent.
  • Justin Fargas - American football running back who is a Free Agent in the National Football League. He is son of Antonio Fargas
  • Hector Fonseca - internationally acclaimed house music DJ.
  • Luis Fonsi - Puerto Rican of Latin Pop - Ballad and Rock music singer
  • Angelo Garcia - former member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo from 1988 to 1990.
  • Mayte Garcia - dancer and American singer of Puerto Rican and Egyptian ancestry.
  • Gisselle - American Merengue singer of Puerto Rican parents.
  • Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez - American dance musician.
  • Hex Hector - American dance remixer. He is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent.
  • Oscar Hernández - Puerto Rican musician
  • Lee Holdridge - Haitian-born American composer and orchestrator]]. He is of Puerto Rican and American descent.
  • La India - Puerto Rican singer
  • Kane & Abel - rap duo formed by twin brothers Daniel and David Garcia. They are of African American and Puerto Rican descent.
  • Nicky Jam - He was born to a Dominican mother and a Puerto Rican father. He is a reggaeton singer.
  • George Lamond - American Freestyle music singer, who is of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Manny Lehman - American house music DJ and producer.
  • Lumidee - American singer-songwriter and rapper
  • Fat Joe - American Rapper by parents of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent
  • Jim Jones, American Rapper Of Puerto Rican and Aruban descent
  • Héctor Lavoe - (1946–1993) Puerto Rican Singer, resident in New York
  • Kelis - American musical artist. His father is African - American Jazz musician, and his mother is of Chinese half Puerto Rican descent.
  • Kurious - Hip Hop American artist of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent
  • Adrianne Leon, American singer-songwriter, chef, personal fitness trainer, model and actress
  • Lisa Lisa - She was part of Cult Jam band, an urban contemporary band.
  • Jennifer Lopez - Singer of Puerto Rican parents
  • Omar Rodríguez-López, Puerto Rican singer and musician lead guitar for At the Drive-In and Mars Volta
  • Víctor Manuelle - American Salsa singer of Puerto Rican descent and growing up.
  • Bruno Mars - American singer-songwriter and record producer. His parents are of Puerto Rican and Filipino origin
  • Ricky Martin - Puerto Rican resident in Los Angeles.
  • Syesha Mercado - American singer, songwriter, actress and model.She is of African - American and Puerto Rican descent.
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda - Puerto Rican-American composer and lyricist, and actor.
  • Joe Negroni - (1940–1978) was a American rock and roll pioneer and founding member of the rock and roll group Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. He was a Nuyorican.
  • Asia Nitollano - American singer member of The Pussycat Dolls; She is half Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestry
  • N.O.R.E, American hip hop recording artist of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Colby O'Donis, American Singer of Puerto Rican parent
  • Don Omar - Puerto Rican Reggaeton singer and Rapper resident in New Yersey.
  • Jeannie Ortega - American singer of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Shalim Ortiz - Puerto Rican singer resident in Miami.
  • Tito Puentes - (1923–2000)Puerto Rican Singer and musician
  • Big Pun - (1971–2000) American Rapper of Puerto Rican descent
  • Ivy Queen Puerto Rican, reggaeton composer and singer
  • Val Ramos - American of Puerto Rican parents.
  • Ray Reyes - American born and Puerto Rican raiced.
  • Ron Reyes - American musician most noted as the second singer for the group Black Flag. He is of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Gabriel Ríos - Puerto Rican Pop singer
  • Daniel Rodríguez - American operatic tenor from New York City.
  • Tito Rodríguez - (1923–1973), Puerto Rican singer and bandleader, known as "El inolvidable".
  • Felipe Rose - (born January 12, 1954) American founding member of the disco group the Village People. His mother is a Puerto Rican and his father is a Native American.
  • Gilberto Santa Rosa - American Salsa Singer of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Frankie Ruiz - (1958–1998) Puerto Rican salsa singer.
  • Herman Santiago - Puerto Rican born and Nuyorucan raiced. He is a rock and roll pioneer and songwriter who claimed to have written the iconic hit "Why Do Fools Fall In Love".
  • Romeo Santos - American singer, featured composer and lead singer of the Bachata group Aventura. He is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descend.
  • Lil Suzy - half Italian, half Puerto Rican American Latin freestyle, pop-, and dance-music singer
  • Olga Tañon - Puerto Rican singer resident in Orlando, Florida.
  • Manoella Torres - "the woman who was born to sing", is an American singer and actress of Puerto Rican people descent resident in Mexico.
  • Tony Touch - American hip hop break dancer, rapper, DJ, producer and actor of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Mario Vazquez - Pop and R&B American singer of Puerto Rican parents.
  • Yomo - Puerto Rican reggaeton recording artist.
  • Big Daddy Kane - American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew.
  • Daddy Yankee - Puerto Rican singer of Reggaeton

Groups

Sports

  • Eddie Alvarez - American mixed martial artist. He is of Puerto Rican and Irish descent.
  • Benjamin Agosto - figure skater. American of Puerto Rican father and American mother of Romanian and Russian descent.
  • Harry Arroyo - former American boxer who gained international recognition as the IBF Lightweight Champion of the World from 1984 to 1985. He is of Puerto Rican descent,
  • Carmelo Anthony - NBA player of Basketball. American of Puerto Rican and African American descent.
  • Carlos Arroyo - Puerto Rican professional basketball point guard who last played for the Boston Celtics.
  • José Juan Barea, NBA player. He is a Puerto Rican resident in Miami.
  • Wilfred Benítez - American boxer.
  • Héctor Camacho - Puerto Rican professional boxer
  • Héctor Camacho, Jr. - Puerto Rican boxer and son Héctor Camacho
  • Eddie Casiano - American born and Puerto Rican raiced. He is of Puerto Rican descent. He is a basketball player.
  • Orlando Cepeda - Puerto Rican born, but american raiced.
  • Julie Chu - American Olympic ice hockey player who plays the position of forward on the United States women's ice hockey team. She is of Chinese and Puerto Rican.
  • Roberto Clemente - (1934–1972) was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball right fielder Hall of Fame.
  • James "Chico" Hernandez - American Accomplished athlete in the sport of Sambo and a seven-time member of the Team USA National Team.
  • Shawn Hernandez - American professional wrestler of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, better known by his ring names, "Hotstuff Hernandez" and "Hernandez".
  • Oscar Hernandez - musician, musical arranger and American producer of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Guillermo Diaz - Puerto Rican professional basketball player and player of NBA
  • Nelson Erazo - American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent, better known by his ring name, Homicide.
  • Sunny Garcia - American is a surfer profecional.
  • Herbert Lewis Hardwick a.k.a. "Cocoa Kid"
    boxer/ will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame 2012. Born in Mayaguez to a Puerto Rican mother and African American father.
  • Reggie Jackson - nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the New York Yankees, is a former American Major League Baseball right fielder.
  • Michael Lowell - Puerto Rican Major League Baseball third baseman for the Boston Red Sox. He is a Puerto Rican born but American raiced.
  • Travis Pastrana - American motorsports competitor and stunt performer.
  • Butch Lee - NBA player. Born in Puerto Rico but raiced in New York.
  • Edgar Martínez - nicknamed "Gar" and "Papi", is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and designated hitter.
  • Carlos Ortiz - Puerto Rican who was a three time world boxing champion, twice in the lightweight division and once in the Jr. Welterweights.
  • Denise Masino - American professional female bodybuilder from the United States.
  • Orlando Perez - American footballer of C.D. Chivas USA.
  • Rico Ramos - American Super Bantamweight boxer and current WBA world super bantamweight champion
  • Ramón Rivas - He was born in New York and is of Puerto Rican descent. Puerto Rican professional basketball player.
  • Chi Chi Rodriguez - Puerto Rican professional golfer
  • Jorge Rivera (fighter) - American mixed martial artist who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4. Rivera is of Puerto Rican descent and, although, was born in Massachusetts, lived in Puerto Rico for a short time as a child.
  • John Ruiz - former American professional boxer.
  • Daniel Santiago - professional American basketball player of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Lisa Marie Varon - American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and fitness competitor of Puerto Rican and Turkish descent.

Political

Military

  • José M. Cabanillas - (1901–1979) Puerto Rican that died in Virginia. He was a executive Officer of the USS Texas which participated in the invasions of North Africa and the Battle of Normandy (also known as D-Day) during World War II.
  • Iván Castro - U.S. Army officer who has continued serving on active duty in the Special Forces despite losing his eyesight. His parents are Puerto Rican.
  • Richard Carmona - American physician and public health administrator.
  • Rafael O'Ferrall - United States Army officer who is the first Hispanic of Puerto Rican descent to become the Deputy Commanding General for the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
  • Salvador E. Felices - (1923–1987) was the first Puerto Rican to reach the rank of Major General (2-Star) in the United States Air Force. He died in Florida.
  • Diego E. Hernández - Puerto Rican resident in Miami. He is a retired United States Navy officer who was the first Hispanic to be named Vice Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command.
  • Carlos Lozada - ( 1946–1967) Puerto Rican born, but raiced in New York City. Member of the United States Army who was one of five Puerto Ricans who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for their actions in combat.
  • María V. Martínez - Puerto Rican born and American raiced, she was the first Puerto Rican female to reach the rank of Command Sergeant Major in the United States Army.
  • Angel Mendez - (1946–1967) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
  • Héctor Andrés Negroni - Puerto Rican historian, senior aerospace defense executive, author and the first Puerto Rican graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. Currently he reside in Vienna, Virginia.
  • Antonia Novello - Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator.
  • María Inés Ortiz - (1967–2007), was the first American nurse to die in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom and the first Army nurse to die in combat since the Vietnam War. His parents were Puerto Rican.
  • Manuel Rivera, Jr. - (1959–1991), was the first American of Puerto Rican descent serviceman to die in Operation Desert Shield.
  • Pedro N. Rivera - retired Puerto Rican of United States Air Force officer who in 1994 became the first Hispanic to be named medical commander in the Air Force. He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
  • Augusto Rodríguez - Puerto Rican who served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He immigrated to the United States in the 1850s.
  • Pedro Rodríguez (soldier) - (1912–1999), Puerto Rican that died in Washington, D.C. Earned two Silver Stars within a seven day period during the Korean War.
  • Elmelindo Rodrigues Smith - (1935 – 1967) United States Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Fernando E. Rodríguez Vargas - (1888–1932) Puerto Rican odontologist (dentist), scientist and a Major in the U.S. Army who discovered the bacteria which causes dental caries. He died in Washington, D.C.
  • Frances M. Vega - (1983–2003), was the first female soldier of Puerto Rican descent to die in a combat zone in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  • Pedro del Valle - (1893–1978) was a United States Marine Corps officer who became the first Hispanic to reach the rank of Lieutenant General. In 1900 his family emigrated to United States and they became U.S. citizens.
  • Humbert Roque Versace - (1937–1965) American of United States Army officer of Puerto Rican-Italian descent who was awarded the United States' highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his heroic actions while a prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War.

Journalism

Visual arts

  • Olga Albizu - (1924–2005) Puerto Rican abstract expressionist painter that emigrant to New York in 1948.
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat - (1960–1988) Visual artist. He was a African-American of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent.
  • Rafael Ferrer (artist) - Puerto Rican artist. He was a 1993 recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts and a 2011 recipient of an Annalee and Barnett Newman Foundation Grant.
  • Soraida Martinez Contemporary abstract expressionist artist who creates hard-edge paintings. She is american of Puerto Rican descent.
  • Ralph Ortiz - American artist, educator, and founder of El Museo del Barrio.
  • Manuel Rivera-Ortiz - Puerto Rican documentary photographer that lives in United States.

Civil rights and activists

Judges and law enforcement

  • José A. Cabranes - judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Formerly a practicing lawyer, government official, and law teacher, he was the first Puerto Rican appointed to a federal judgeship in the continental United States
  • Nicholas Estavillo - the first Puerto Rican and the first Hispanic in the history of the NYPD to reach the three-star rank of Chief of Patrol.
  • Faith Evans - Hawaiian-Puerto Rican, first woman to be named U.S. Marshal.
  • Dora Irizarry - Puerto Rican that is a Federal Judge in New York.
  • Irma Lozada - the first female police officer to die in action in New York.
  • Vanessa Ruiz - Puerto Rican associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court for the District of Columbia.
  • Benito Romano - The first American of Puerto Rican hereditary to hold the United States Attorney's post in New York on an interim basis.
  • Joe Sánchez - An American highly decorated former New York City police officer and author whose books give an insight as to the corruption within the department. His parents are Puerto Rican.
  • Roberto A. Rivera-Soto - American born, but Puerto Rican raiced, he is an asociate justice on the Supreme Court of the U.S. state of New Jersey
  • Sonia Maria Sotomayor - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice.
  • Edwin Torres - New York state supreme court judge and author. His parents are Puerto Ricans.

Physicians and Scientifics

  • Víctor Manuel Blanco - PhD (1918 – 2011) was a Puerto Rican astronomer who in 1959 discovered "Blanco 1," a galactic cluster. He died in Florida.
  • Rafael L. Bras - Puerto Rican born and American Civil Engineer and currently serves as Provost to the Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano - a.k.a. "Tali", Ph.D., is an astrophysicist and researcher with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center who pioneered the development position-sensitive detectors.
  • Ramón E. López - Space Physicist and author.
  • Gerónimo Lluberas - (1956 - 2003) was a Puerto Rican physician, humanitarian, writer and composer.
  • Lissette Martinez - lead electrical engineer for the Space Experiment Module program at the Wallops Flight Facility
  • Joseph O. Prewitt Díaz - PhD is a retired psychologist who specialized in psychosocial theory.
  • Ronald Rivera - (1948 – 2008) American activist best known for developing an inexpensive ceramic water filter used to treat gray water in impoverished communities and for establishing community-based factories to produce the filters around the world.
  • Pedro Rodriguez - Ph.D., is the Director of a test laboratory at NASA and inventor of a portable, battery-operated lift seat for people suffering from knee arthritis.
  • Fernando E. Rodríguez Vargas - (1888 – 1932) was an odontologist (dentist), scientist and a Major in the U.S. Army who discovered the bacteria which causes dental caries.
  • Gualberto Ruaño - MD, PhD, is a pioneer in the field of personalized medicine and the inventor of molecular diagnostic systems used worldwide for the management of viral diseases.


Writers

  • Jack Agüeros - community activist, poet, writer, and translator.
  • Quiara Alegría Hudes - American playwright and author best known for writing the book for the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights. She is of Jews and Puerto Rican descent.
  • Miguel Algarín - Puerto Rican poet, writer, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café,
  • Rane Arroyo - (1954 – 2010) was an American poet, playwright, and scholar of Puerto Rican descent
  • Pura Belpré - (1899 or 1903–1982) author and first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City.
  • Giannina Braschi - Puerto Rican poet and novelist that lives in New York.
  • Julia de Burgos - (1914–1953) is considered by many as the greatest Puerto Rican poet and one of the greatest female poets of Latin America. She died in New York.
  • Judith Ortiz Cofer - Puerto Rican born and American raiced, es acclaimed author.
  • Jesús Colón (1901–1974) was a Puerto Rican writer known as the Father of the Nuyorican Movement.
  • Victor Hernández Cruz - Puerto Rican poet resident in New York.
  • Nicholas Dante - (1941 – 1991) American dancer and writer to Puerto Rican parents
  • Sandra María Esteves - American poet, playwright, and graphic artist. She is of Puerto Rican, Dominican and African American descent.
  • Pedro J. Labarthe - (1905–1966) Puerto Rican poet, journalist, essayist, and novelist.
  • Tato Laviera - Nuyorican poet. Born in Puerto Rico, but moved to New York City with his family in 1960.
  • Muna Lee - (1895 – 1965) American author and poet who became widely known for her writings that promoted Pan-Americanism and Feminism.
  • Erika Lopez - American cartoonist, novelist, and performance artist of Puerto Rican and German American descent.
  • Caridad de la Luz - a.k.a. "La Bruja" (The "Good" Witch), is a poet, actress and activist. His parents are Puerto Ricans.
  • Nemir Matos-Cintrón - Puerto Rican author who currently resides in Florida.
  • John Melendez - commonly known as "Stuttering John," is an American television writer and former radio personality.
  • Nicholasa Mohr - One of the best known Nuyorican writers.
  • Micol Ostow - American author, editor and educator to a Jewish-American father and a Puerto Rican mother
  • George Pérez - Puerto Rican-American writer and illustrator of comic books. His family moved from Caguas to the New York area in the 1940s.
  • Pedro Pietri - (1944–2004), Puerto Rican born and American raised. He was a Nuyorican poet and playwright who co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
  • Marie Teresa Ríos - (1917 – 1999) American author of a book which was the basis for the 1960s television sitcom, The Flying Nun. She was of Puerto Rican and Irish descend.
  • Mark Koltko-Rivera - American scholar, scientist, social critic, and writer who has published books, articles, and blog posts on a variety of topics. He is of Poland and Puerto Rico descent.
  • Esmeralda Santiago - Puerto Rican author and former actress known for her novels and memoirs
  • Arturo Alfonso Schomburg - a.k.a. as Arthur Schomburg, (1874–1938) Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in the United States who researched and raised awareness of the great contributions that Afro-Latin Americans and Afro-Americans have made to society. Schomburg immigrated to New York on April 17, 1891.
  • Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes - Puerto Rican author, scholar, and performer that lives in Michigan.
  • Piri Thomas - (1928 – 2011) writer and American poet to a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father, whose memoir Down These Mean Streets became a best-seller.
  • Edwin Torres - Nuyorican poet.
  • Ed Vega - (1936 – 2008) Puerto Rican novelist and short-story writer.
  • Irene Vilar - editor, a literary agent and an author of several books dealing with national and generational trauma and women's reproductive rights.
  • William Carlos Williams - (1883–1963) American poet of English and Puerto Rican descent, that was closely associated with modernism and Imagism.

Others

  • Joseph M. Acaba - Educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. American of Puerto Rican parent.
  • Aída Álvarez - the first Hispanic woman and Puerto Rican to hold a United States Cabinet-level position. She grew up in New York
  • David Blaine - American illusionist, magician, and endurance artist. He is of of Puerto Rican Russian Jewish descent.
  • Frank Bonilla - (1925 – 2010)American academic of Puerto Rican descent who became a leading figure in Puerto Rican Studies.
  • Nixzmary Brown - (1998–2006) was a seven-year-old abused child and murder victim from the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn section of New York City, New York. He was of Puerto Rican and Pakastanian descent
  • Carmella DeCesare - American model who was Playboy magazine's Miss April 2003 and Playmate of the Year for 2004. She is of Italian and Puerto Rican descent.
  • Susie Castillo - former beauty queen who held the Miss USA title and competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. to a Dominican father and Puerto Rican mother
  • Nicky Cruz (born December 6, 1938) is a Christian evangelist, the founder of Nicky Cruz Outreach, an evangelistic Christian ministry.
  • Jaslene Gonzalez - Puerto Rican - American model, Puerto Rican born and American raiced
  • Marta Casals Istomin - Puerto Rican born. She is Former president of Manhattan School of Music.
  • Ramón E. López - American Space Physicist and author, who played an instrumental role in the implementation of a hands-on science. program in elementary and middle grades Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland.
  • Elizabeth Marrero - Puerto Rican performance artist, comedian, and drag king who is best known as Macha, the "papi chulo drag king," a character she created in 1999. He live in United States.
  • Angie Martinez - American radio personality.
  • Carlos Albizu Miranda - (1920–1984) first Hispanic educator to have a North American University renamed in his honor and one of the first Hispanics to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology in the United States. Puerto Rican born and American raiced.
  • Miguel Piñero - (1946 – 1988) Puerto Rican playwright, actor, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was a leading member of the Nuyorican literary movement. He died in New York.
  • Danielle Polanco - dancer and choreographer; Dominican-Puerto Rican American
  • Freddie Prinze - (1954–1977) American comedian of Puerto Rican and Germany descent and father of actor Freddie Prinze, Jr..
  • Samuel A. Ramirez, Sr. - He was the first Hispanic to launch a successful investment banking firm. His parents are Puerto Rican people.
  • Joshua Rosa - American convicted murderer in the State of Florida. His parents are Puerto Rican.

See also

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