Hispanics Latinos of The USA

LOS HISPANOS DE EEUU
THE HISPANICS OF THE USA
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A partial compilation by
HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

what is Hispanic identity? QU es identidad hispana?
Revision 2, 19 Agosto 2013. Los descendientes de inmigrantes en EEUU, crecen y adoptan una nueva cultura, el idioma Ingls, y varios factores que les distancian de sus ancestros. En qu podemos ubicar la diferencia principal entre los Hispanos de EEUU, y los Hispanos del resto del mundo? D un vistazo a nuestro lbum, y deje sus comentarios en nuestra pgina Facebook de Proyectos Saluda:
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Children and descendants of immigrants in the USA, are raised in a different culture and adopt a new way of life. Apart from the English language, they also adopt new traits which tend to distance them more from their ancestors. How can we define the basic difference between Latinos in the USA, and those from the rest of the world? Browse thru our album, make sure to leave comments at Proyectos Saludas Facebook Page!
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Lynda Carter (born July 24, 1951) is a US American actress. She is best known for the Amazonian title role in the fantasy-adventure TV series Wonder Woman which aired from 1975 to 1979. Carter was born Linda Jean Crdova Carter in Phoenix, Arizona. Her father, Colby Carter is an Irish American, and her mother, Juana Crdova, is of Spanish ancestry.
Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is a Golden Globe-winning American actress who reached fame during the 1960s. She is regarded as one of the most indelible sex symbols in American film history. Welch, oldest of three children, was born Jo Raquel Tejada in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Josepha Sarah (ne Hall) and Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo. Her father, who immigrated from La Paz, Bolivia, was an aerospace engineer of Spanish-Castilian descent; her mother was an Irish-American. Welch is a relative of the only female president of Bolivia, Lydia Gueiler Tejada.
Jessica Alba: Born in Pomona, California, on April 28, 1981, her father is Mexican, her mother is of French and Danish descent. Quotes from Jessica: Ive got cousins galore. Mexicans just spread all their seeds. And the women just pop them out. / My grandfather was the only Mexican at his college, the only Hispanic person at work and the only one at the allwhite country club. He tried to forget his Mexican roots, because he never wanted his kids to be made to feel different in America. He and my grandmother didnt speak Spanish to their children. Now, as a third-generation American, I feel as if I have finally cut loose. / My whole life, when I was growing up, not one race has ever accepted me, So I never felt connected or attached to any race specifically. I had a very American upbringing, I feel American, and I dont speak Spanish. So, to say that Im a Latin actress, OK, but its not fitting; it would be insincere. / My grandfather was the only one in our family to go to college. He made a choice not to speak Spanish in the house. He didnt want his kids to be different.
Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. (February 15, 1907 January 1, 1994) was a Cuban-American film and television actor, known for his portrayal of The Joker in the television series Batman. Romero was born in New York to wealthy Cuban parents.
Jack Guzman (born June 21, 1978) is an actor, originally hailing from Barranquilla, Colombia. His most notable role to date is that of Danny Delgado, the Black Wild Force Power Ranger ("Iron Bison") on Power Rangers Wild Force. Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born on May 12, 1975, in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish pop singersongwriter. He is the son of singer Julio Iglesias and Filipina Isabel Preysler. Isabel Preysler (born Maria Isabel Preysler Arrstia on February 18, 1951 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipina journalist, model and former TV talk show host in Madrid, Spain. She is known in the Spanish press as "La Reina de Corazones" (the Queen of Hearts) ever since a best-selling biography by the same name was published about her. She is the mother of international pop superstar Enrique Iglesias, Julio Jos Iglesias, Chabeli Iglesias, Tamara Falc and Ana Boyer. Preysler was born in the wealthy neighborhood of San Lorenzo, Manila, Philippines, the third of six children to a rich business Filipino family.
Lou Diamond Phillips (born February 17, 1962) is an American film and television actor. Phillips was born Lou Diamond Upchurch at the Subic Bay Naval Station in the Philippines, the son of Lucita and Gerald Upchurch, a naval officer. His father was an American of Scottish-Irish, Hawaiian and Cherokee descent and his mother was a Filipina of Spanish, Chinese and Japanese descent. Phillips was named after Marine legend Lou Diamond and adopted his surname, "Phillips", from his stepfather.
Anthony Quinn was born Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca in Chihuahua, Mexico in the middle of the Mexican revolution. His father, Frank "Francisco" Quinn, was born in Mexico from a Mexican mother and an Irish father. Frank fought alongside Pancho Villa, years later he moved to Los Angeles and became an assistant cameraman at a movie studio called Zelig's.
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Tia Carrere (born January 2, 1967) is an American actress, model, and singer, perhaps most widely known for her role as Cassandra in the feature film Wayne's World and in the TV series Relic Hunter. Carrere was born Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Audrey, a computer supervisor, and Alexander Janairo, a banker. She is of Filipino, Chinese, Spanish and Hawaiian ancestry. Vanessa Joy Minnillo (born November 9, 1980) is an American television personality. A former Miss Teen USA, she is mostly known for hosting Total Request Live (TRL) on MTV from 20032007 as well her past reporting as a New York-based correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. Her father, Vince, is an American of Italian and Irish descent. Her mother, Helen Berecero, is a Filipina from the province of Pampanga on Luzon, that Vince met while based in the Philippines, though Minnillo referred to her mother as Polynesian on at least one occasion. Vanessa has a two years older, adopted brother, Vincent.
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American pop and pop icon R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Carey was born in Huntington, Long Island, New York. She is the third and youngest child of Patricia Hickey, a former opera singer and vocal coach of Irish descent, and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer of AfroVenezuelan descent. As a multiethnic family, the Careys endured racial slurs, hostility, and sometimes violence, causing the family to relocate frequently throughout the New York area
Madeleine Stowe (born August 18, 1958) is an American actress. Madeleine Stowe Mora was born in Eagle Rock, a working class suburb of Los Angeles, California, the eldest of three sisters. Her father was British, while her mother had immigrated from Costa Rica as a young woman.
"...Christina Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York City, New York, to Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera, a Sergeant in the U.S. Army at the time and Shelly Loraine Fidler, a Spanish teacher. Aguilera's father was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, while her mother is of Irish descent..."
Bill Richardson was born at the Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California to William Blaine Richardson Jr. (18911972), a banker who lived and worked in Mexico City for decades, and Mara Luisa LpezCollada Mrquez (born 1914).
Mara Conchita Alonso (born June 29, 1957) better known as Mara Conchita, is a Grammy Awardnominated Cuban-born Venezuelan singer and actress. Mara Alonso was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba to Ricardo Alonso and Conchita Bustillo. She moved to Venezuela with her parents and two brothers when she was 5 years old. She took her first steps in show business when she was crowned Miss Teenager Of The World in 1971 and was 1st runner-up of the Miss Venezuela pageant in 1975; she was also a finalist at the Miss World pageant in 1975 won by Puerto Rico's Wilnelia Merced; thereafter she quickly became a popular actress in Venezuela. Alonso became the front woman of the band mbar in 1979. She made her Hollywood film debut in 1984 in Moscow on the Hudson with Robin Williams, and also appeared in movies like The Running Man, Predator 2, The House of the Spirits,Vampire's Kiss, Colors and the TV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. She also became the first Latinborn actress to star in a Broadway show in 1995, playing Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman.
Alberto Gonzales was born to a Catholic family in San Antonio, Texas, and raised in Humble, a town outside of Houston. He was the second of eight children born to Pablo and Maria Gonzales. His father, who died in 1982, was a construction worker. According to Gonzales, no immigration documentation exists for three of his grandparents and thus they may have entered and resided in the United States illegally
Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban model and actress. When Daisy was three years old, the Fuentes family moved to Madrid, Spain, and finally emigrated to Harrison, New Jersey four years later. Fuentes studied communications and journalism at Bergen Community College, finally being selected as the weather-girl for WNJU Channel 47, a Telemundo station.
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Enrique Jos Martn Morales (born December 24, 1971), better known as Ricky Martin, is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. Martin was born on December 24, 1971, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the only child of Enrique Martn, a psychologist, and Nereida Morales, an accountant, who also had two children from her first marriage. "Jennifer Lopez was born and grew up in the South Bronx, New York to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodrguez, a kindergarten teacher, and David Lopez, a computer specialist" Martin Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estvez in New York City, the son of artist Janet (ne Templeton) and actor Martin Sheen (who was born "Ramn Estvez")
Lea Salonga-Chien (born Maria Ligaya Carmen Imutan Salonga on February 22, 1971 in the Philippines) is a multi-awarded Filipino singer and actress who is best known for her highlyacclaimed portrayal of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon.
Joe Bataan (also spelled Batan) (born 1942 in Spanish Harlem, New York City) is an AfroFilipino American Latin R&B musician from New York. He was born Bataan Nitollano and grew up in the 103rd and Lexington part of East Harlem where he briefly lead the Dragons, a local Puerto Rican street gang before being sent to the Coxsackie Correctional Facility to serve time for a stolen car charge. Upon his release in 1965, he turned his attention to music and formed his first band, Joe Bataan and the Latin Swingers. Bataan was influenced by two musical styles: the Latin boogaloo and African American doo-wop. Though Bataan was neither the first nor only artist to combine doo-wop-style singing with Latin rhythms, his talent for it drew the attention of Fania Records. Erik Estrada (born March 16, 1949 in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States) is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent, known for his co-starring lead role in the 19771983 US television series CHiPs
Fernando Allende, who is Mexican by birth (his father is from Spain, his mother from Cuba and his grandmother was Puerto Rican
Ricardo Montalbn was born in Mexico City, the son of Ricarda (ne Merino) and Jenaro Montalbn, a store manager
Charlie Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estvez in New York City, the son of artist Janet (ne Templeton) and actor Martin Sheen (who was born "Ramn Estvez")
Herv Jean-Pierre Villechaize (April 23, 1943 - September 4, 1993) was a French actor who achieved worldwide recognition for his role as Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, in the television series Fantasy Island (1978 - 1984). He was also well known for playing the evil henchman Nick Nack in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. Villechaize was born in Paris, where he was raised, to English-born Evelyn (Recchionni) and Andre Villechaize, a French surgeon. He also had Filipino ancestry
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Ambassador Gaddi Holguin Vasquez (born January 22 1955) is the 8th United States Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, in Rome, Italy. Born in Carrizo Springs, Texas, Vasquez is a Mexican American and the son of migrant workers. Phoebe Cates (born on July 16, 1963) is an American film actress known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins.. Cates was born Phoebe Belle Katz in New York City, New York to Lily and director and producer Joseph Cates (born "Joseph Katz"). Her uncle is producer/director Gilbert Cates and her stepfather was Marshall Naify, a horse breeder. Cates' maternal grandfather was of Chinese Filipino descent, and her father as well as her maternal grandmother were of Russian Jewish origin.
Allan Pineda Lindo, (b. 28 November 1974) better known as apl.de.ap, is a hip hop musician, record producer, and member of the The Black Eyed Peas. He was born in the Barangay (Barrio) of Sapang Bato, Angeles City, Pampanga, in the Philippines, to a Filipina mother and African American father.
Wilmer Valderrama (born January 30, 1980) is a Venezuelan/American comic actor best known for the role of Fez in the sitcom "That '70s Show" and as the host of the MTV series "Yo Momma."
Lucille Roybal-Allard (born June 12 1941), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 33rd and 34th District of California , which includes downtown Los Angeles. She was born in Boyle Heights, California, the daughter of Representative Edward R. Roybal and Lucille Beserra Roybal
Edward Lopez "Ed" Pastor, American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing .
Dante Basco (Dant Basco) (born August 29, 1975) is a Filipino actor. In his early years, he was part of the Streat Freaks breakdancing crew. When he got into acting, he started taking on minor roles in television. He later appeared in a substantial role in Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, as Rufio, the charismatic red-stripe-haired leader of the Lost Boys. The punk band Rufio is named after this character, as are an L.A street gang who are notorious for their heated clashes with rival gang "the Hooks". He had guest roles on television shows The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and had a recurring role on Moesha. He portrayed characters of different Asian ethnicities, but never Filipino. He did however, star in the independent film The Debut, in which he portrayed a FilipinoAmerican alongside his three brothers and sister. Jon Secada (born Juan Secada, 4 October 1961, Havana, Cuba) is a CubanAmerican singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Hialeah, Florida. In 1991, Secada legally changed his first name from Juan to Jon.
Loretta Sanchez (born January 7 1960), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997. She currently represents the 47th Congressional District of California in central Orange County. A daughter of working-class Mexican immigrants, Sanchez describes herself as growing up a "shy, quiet girl" who did not speak English. Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 May 14, 1987), was an American actress of Spanish and Anglo-Irish descent who reached fame during the 1940s as the era's leading sex symbol. Although there was prejudice against Hispanic actors at the time, Hayworth is now widely regarded to be one of the first Hispanic-American "sex goddess" of "Golden Age" Hollywood with leading roles in film.
Lynda Barry (born January 2, 1956) is an American cartoonist and author. One of the most successful nonmainstream American cartoonists, Barry is perhaps best known for her weekly comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek. She currently lives near Footville, Wisconsin. She is one quarter-Filipina.
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Johnny Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951 in Sabinal,TX) is an American country music singer. He was the first Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. He was born Juan Raoul Davis Rodriguez in Sabinal, Texas, the second youngest in a family of ten children living in a fourroom house in this small town situated ninety miles from Mexico Patricia Gras was born in Houston, Texas on August 12, 1960, of Argentinian parents, Hector Gras, an Cher Calvin is now one of the news anchors of KTLA. Cher took the spot in January, 2005. She was a former news anchor of Studio 23's "News Central" (Studio 23, UHF channel of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, Manila Philippines) and one of the host of a fashion magazine show "F" on ABS-CBN.
George Pabey is the current mayor of East Chicago, Indiana and was elected into office in 2004. One of seven children born to Puetro Rican immigrants, he became the city's first Hispanic mayor.
anesthesiologist, and Salome Gras, a biochemist. In 1962, they moved back to Mendoza, Argentina, where she grew up. In 1972, Patricia moved back to the United States with her parents . Tatyana Marisol Ali (born January 24, 1979) is an American actress and R&B singer, perhaps best known for her role as Ashley Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Her mother is a native of Panama and her father is of mixed Black and Indian descent from Trinidad and Tobago. Emy Coligado (born June 5, 1971) is an American actress, known for her role as Piama on the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. Coligado, a Filipino American, was born in Geneva, Ohio, and raised in Borger, Texas.
Carlos Bulosan (born to Ilocano parents in Pangasinan, Philippines on November 24, 1913, died in Seattle, Washington on September 13, 1956) was a Filipino American novelist best-known for the semiautobiographical America Is in the Heart. Carlos Bulosan was born in the Philippines in a rural village of Mangusmana, near the town of Binaknan (Pangasinan province, Luzon Island).
Patricia Torres Ray (born 1964 in Pasto, Colombia) is a DFL State Senator from Minnesota, representing Senate District 62 in southeast Minneapolis. Ray was elected to the open seat in 2006, replacing the retiring Wes Skoglund. She is the first Hispanic American to be elected to the Minnesota State Senate.
Marilyn Milian, Esq. (born May 1, 1961 in Queens, New York) is a former Florida state circuit court judge and currently presides over the American television program The People's Court. She is the first female judge to preside over the long-running show and the first Hispanic judge to sit on the bench of any English language television court show. On September 20, 2006, she received the "Groundbreaking Latina of the Year" award from Catalina magazine and the National Association of Latina Leaders. Born to Cuban parents, Milian is originally from Queens, NY. Her family moved to Miami when she was eight years old. Cristina Saralegui (born January 29, 1948 in Havana, Cuba) is a journalist, talk show host and actress. Following Fidel Castro's rise to power in Cuba, Saralegui fled with her family to Miami in 1960 at the age of 12.
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September 9, 1965 in East Los Angeles, California) is an American actress best known for her role as Angie Lopez on the sitcom, "The George Lopez Show". Marie, a third-generation Mexican American, started her career as a dancer on David Bowie's The Glass Spider Tour. She later began an acting career and won the role of Nikki Alvarez on the now defunct, 1989 NBC soap opera, "Santa Barbara". Selena Quintanilla-Prez (April 16, 1971 March 31, 1995), best known as Selena, was a Mexican American singer who has been called "the queen of Tejano music". She was born in Lake Jackson, Texas to a MexicanAmerican father, Abraham Quintanilla and a Mexican/Native American mother, Marcella Ophelia Zamora, and was raised as a Jehovah's Witness. Robert Michael Schneider (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider went on to a career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedies Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and The Hot Chick. Schneider was born in San Francisco, California and grew up in the nearby suburb of Pacifica. He is the son of Jewish-American real estate broker Marvin Schneider, and Pilar (ne Monroe), a former kindergarten teacher and ex-school board president; his maternal grandfather was a European-American soldier and his maternal grandmother was Filipina. Richard "Cheech" Marin (born on July 13, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an American comedian and actor, who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech and Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's quick-and-scheme partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez on "Nash Bridges". His nickname "Cheech" is short for "Chicharron", a spicy fried pork skin which is a popular snack amongst Mexicans. Andrs Oppenheimer is an author and award-winning journalist born in Argentina, best known for his analysis of Latin American politics. He is a senior columnist for the Miami Herald and the Argentinian paper "La Nacin", and has published several books. His work has been recognized in the past with several awards including the 1987 Pulitzer Prize as part of the team that covered the IranContra Affair.
Michael Sowell Copon (born November 13, 1982) is an actor, model and singer. He is probably best known for his role of Felix Taggaro in the television series One Tree Hill. Michael Copon was born in Chesapeake, Virginia on November 13, 1982 to a Filipino American father and a German American mother. He was cast by the Fox Kids Network as Blue Power Ranger, Lucas, on Power Rangers Time Force less than a year after he graduated from Deep Creek High School in 2001. During that same time, Copon was also working as a print model in Los Angeles. Copon was named one of People magazines 50 Hottest Bachelors in 2005. Franklin Ramn ChangDaz, Sc.D. (born 5 April 1950) is a Costa RicanAmerican physicist and former NASA astronaut. Before retiring from NASA in August 2005, he participated in seven NASA space shuttle missions. He is one of the first American citizens of Latin American descent to go into space. Chang-Diaz was born in San Jos, Costa Rica to a father of Chinese and Spanish descent and a Spanish Costa Rican mother (both Costa Rican-born) and moved to the United States to finish his high school education. Henry Gabriel Cisneros (born June 11, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and community leader. He was the first person of Hispanic background elected as mayor of a large American city, and later served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 1997. He left public office after pleading guilty to making false statements to federal officials.
Miguel Eladio "LA" Lpez-Alegra is an American astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. Miguel Lpez-Alegra, born in Madrid (Spain) and raised in Mission Viejo, California, joined the United States Navy and earned engineering degrees in 1980 and 1988 from the Naval Academy and the Naval Postgraduate School.
Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. He was the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California, a former Speaker of the State Assembly and a member of the Democratic Party. He served with Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and was succeeded by John Garamendi on January 8, 2007.
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Mark Dacascos (born February 26, 1964, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an actor and martial arts expert, winning numerous karate and kung fu championships between the ages of 9 and 18. He has been featured in many action films such as Only The Strong, Double Dragon, Crying Freeman and Cradle 2 the Grave. He has also appeared in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven which was a follow-up to the 1994 film The Crow. His father, Al Dacascos, is a Filipino martial arts instructor of Malay, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry. His mother, Moriko McVey, is of Irish and Japanese ancestry. Christy Nicole Turlington (born January 2, 1969 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American supermodel best known for representing Calvin Klein fragrances since 1987. She grew up in Danville, California, with a British commercial pilot father and Salvadoran flight attendant mother of British descent, whose name is Maria Elena Parker from Santa Ana, El Salvador. She has also worked on various campaigns for Maybelline Cosmetic and Giorgio Armani, has appeared in several films about the fashion industry and was a co-founder of the now defunct Fashion Caf. Freddie James Prinze (born March 8, 1976) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his leading roles in teen-oriented films. Prinze was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Kathy Elaine Cochran (ne Barber), a real estate agent, and Freddie Prinze, an actor and comedian who killed himself in 1977 after Kathy had left him and had filed a restraining order against him (Prinze Jr. was 10 months old at the time). Prinze's father was of Puerto Rican and German descent and his mother is of Italian ancestry. John Daniel "Danny" Olivas (born May 25, 1965 in North Hollywood, California) is an American engineer of Mexican descent and a NASA astronaut. Born in North Hollywood, California, raised in El Paso, Texas. and sassy and a very good nurse," says Reyes.
Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988), also known simply as Vanessa Hudgens, is an American actress and singer. She made her screen debut in 2003 and appeared in the Hollywood films Thirteen and Thunderbirds, before reaching fame in the 2006 hit Disney Channel film High School Musical. Hudgens also began a music career and released her debut album, entitled V, in 2006. In 2007, Hudgens became the spokesperson for Neutrogena. Hudgens was born in Salinas, California, the daughter of Gina (ne Guangco) and Greg Hudgens. She has a younger sister, Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress. Hudgens's father is an American of Irish and Native American descent, and her mother, who grew up in Manila, is a Filipina of Spanish and Chinese ancestry. Jose Mariano Hernndez (August 4, 1793June 8, 1857) was the first Hispanic American to serve in the United States Congress and was the first Delegate from the Florida Territory. He served from September 1822 to March 1823. Hernndez was born in St. Augustine, Florida when it was still a Spanish colony. After his Congressional service, he joined the United States Army and fought in the (Second) Seminole War in Florida, aiding in the capture of Chief Osceola. He retired with the rank of Brigadier General. He was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for the United States Senate in 1845. He later moved to Cuba and engaged as a planter in the District of Coliseo, near Matanzas and died at the familys sugar estate Zoe Saldana was born in New Jersey to immigrants from the Dominican Republic. Her first languages are Spanish and English. She was raised in Queens, New York
Grace Flores Napolitano (born December 4, 1936), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing California's 38th congressional district. She was born in Brownsville, Texas, was educated at Texas Southmost College and was a member of the Norwalk, California, City Council and a member of the California State Assembly before entering the House.
Judy Reyes (born November 5, 1968 in The Bronx, New York) is a Dominican American television and film actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Nurse Carla Espinosa on the NBC sitcom "Scrubs" (2001-present) and had a short stint on "The Sopranos" as the girlfriend of Paulie Walnuts. "I really admire Carla - she's smart
Cristan Lee Judd (born August 15, 1969, in Abilene, Texas) is an American actor and choreographer, but is probably best known for his failed marriage to Jennifer Lopez. Before Hollywood, Judd spent his early years growing up on Air Force bases in Angeles City in the Philippines and Hawaii. His mother is Filipino, his Father is White.
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"...Marc Anthony was born Marco Antonio Muiz in New York City, the son of Guillermina, a housewife, and Felipe Muiz, a musician and hospital lunchroom worker. His parents were Puerto Rican and named him after Marco Antonio Muiz, a Mexican singer popular in Puerto Rico..." "...Benjamin Bratt was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Eldy (ne Banda), a nurse, and a father who was a sheet metal worker. Bratt's father was an American of German and English descent "..and his mother is a Quechua Native American activist..."
"...John Leguizamo was born in Bogot, Colombia. His father, Alberto Leguizamo, was a Puerto Rican realtor living in Colombia, where he met Leguizamo's mother, Luz. In 1968, the couple immigrated with their children to the United States and settled down in the Jackson Heights section of Queens in New York City where Leguizamo received his primary and secondary education"
"...Desi Arnaz was born as Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Archa III in Cuba. Playing Ricky Ricardo, he would come to America and bring the first bicultural family to television in I Love Lucy..."
"..Edward James Olmos was born in East Los Angeles, California to a Southern Baptist Mexican father with 1/4 Hungarian Jewish ancestry (the family name was originally lmos (pronounced: owlmosh)) and a Mexican American Catholic mother.."
"...Emilio Estvez was born in New York, New York, the eldest child of actor Martin Sheen and artist Janet (ne Templeton). His siblings are Ramn Luis Estvez, Charlie Sheen, and Rene Estvez. Unlike his brother, Emilio did not adopt his father's stage name as he wanted to get roles without relying on his father's success"
"...Jimmy Smits was born in Brooklyn, New York City. His father, Cornelis Smits, was a Spanish Jew from Suriname of Dutch descent who managed a silk-screening factory. His mother, Emilina, was from Puerto Rico who worked as a nurse"
"...Luis Guzmn was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico and was raised in New York City's Greenwich Village and the surrounding Lower East Side neighborhood. His mother, Rosa, was a hospital worker, and his stepfather, Benjamin Cardona, was a TV repairman..." "...Miguel Nunez was born in New York City on August 12, 1964 and was one of eight children. After growing up and graduating high school in Wilson, North Carolina he moved to Los Angeles in hopes of becoming an actor. "
"...Alfred Molina was born Alfredo Molina in London. His father was a Spanish Communist from Madrid who worked as a waiter and chauffeur, while his mother was an Italian housekeeper who also cleaned rooms in a hotel and worked as a cook.."
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Eva Longoria Parker was born Eva Jacqueline Longoria in Corpus Christi, Texas, daughter of Mexican-American Catholic parents, Enrique Longoria, Jr. (born in Rachal, Brooks County, Texas) and Ella Eva Mireles (married in Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas), Eva's ancestry traces to Southern Mexican immigrants who immigrated to the USA. Frankie Muiz was born Francisco Muiz IV in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, the son of Denise and Francisco Muniz III, a restaurant manager
Carmen Electra just an artistic name. Tara Leigh Patrick was born in Sharonville, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati), the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry Patrick, an entertainer and guitarist. Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998. Her older sister Debbie died from a heart attack, also in 1998. Tara graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville. She has Irish, German, and Cherokee ancestry.
Antonio Villaraigosa Born on January 23, 1953 in East Los Angeles to a Mexican immigrant father and a California-born mother of Mexican descent. His birth name was Antonio Villar.
Cameron Diaz was born in San Diego, California to Emilio Diaz and Billie (ne Early). Diaz's father is a second-generation Cuban-American and her mother is Anglo-German.
Alvin Alvarez (born November 5, 1989) is a Mexican-American actor. He is best known for playing Larry Garcia on Nickelodeon's The Brothers Garcia.
Gloria Estefan (born Gloria Mara Fajardo on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban American singer and songwriter. Her single "Don't Wanna Lose You" (1989) was certified Platinum in the U.S. and reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. Gloria also has number one hits on the pop, dance, adult contemporary, latin and salsa charts.
Moiss Arias (b. April 12, 1994 in New York City, New York) is an American actor currently starring as Rico in the Disney Channel television program Hannah Montana.. Moises has one brother and his parents are from Colombia. He speaks fluent English and Spanish. Moises loves to skateboard, play golf, and play basketball with his friends.
Rosario Dawson was born in New York City to Isabel, a Bronx-born professional vocalist, and Greg Dawson, a construction worker. The two are now divorced. She is of Cuban, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Irish and Native American descent.
Stella Banderas (born September 24, 1996) is the daughter of actors Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith. She is also an actress. Stella was born Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith in Marbella, Spain. She is of Norwegian, Swedish, German, and English descent from her mother's side, and Spanish from her father's side. She has 2 siblings a half-sister actress Dakota Johnson and a halfbrother Alexander Bauer.
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Adrian Bellani (born Gerardo Celasco on April 8, 1982 in Miami, Florida) is an American actor. He is best known as the second actor to play the role of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald (a role originated in 1999 by Jesse Metcalfe of Desperate Housewives fame) on the NBC daytime drama, Passions. Of Italian and Salvadoran descent, as a child Bellani moved to El Salvador with his family. He received his schooling at the American School of El Salvador (Escuela Americana), and later returned to the United States to study finance at Southern Methodist University. Maurice Benard (born Mauricio Jose Morales on March 1, 1963) is an American actor of Nicaraguan and Salvadoran ethnicity. Stephen Antonio Cardenas (born May 29, 1974) is an American actor and martial artist, perhaps most noted for playing Rocky DeSantos in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series. Cardenas was born at Langley Air Force Base, in Virginia, U.S. and is of half Mexican descent. Maria Pilar Canals Barrera is an American actress, born in Miami, Florida, September 28, 1966. While casting for the Hawkgirl character on "Justice League", the casting people were looking for someone with an accent to make Hawkgirl sound more unique since she was an alien. Maria was chosen for her Hispanic accent. In addition to the voice of Hawkgirl, she also provided the voice of the Brazillian super-heroine Fire on Justice League Unlimited.
Carlos Bernard Papierski (born October 12, 1962 in Evanston, Illinois), is an American actor, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in 24. Carlos is of Spanish (his mother's family was originally from Spain) and Polish (his father is from Poland) descent. Kimberly Alexis Bledel (born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and former fashion model. Alexis Bledel was born in Houston, Texas. Her father, Martn Bledel, is Argentine and her mother, Nanette, is Mexican. She has one younger brother, Eric, born 1986. Her first language is Spanish, and she did not learn English until she began school. In fact, America Ferrera was surprised during an interview with a Spanish magazine when Bledel started speaking Spanish Lombardo Boyar (born December 1, 1973 in El Paso, Texas) is an American character actor and has been active in television, animation, cinema, and video games since 1996. Some of Boyar's notable performances include a brief part as convenience-store robber Ramon Garcia on Fox's 24 and a starring role as burglar Eddie Tesoro in the movie P.S. Your Cat Is Dead. Fluent in English and Spanish with a very adaptable voice, he has also provided voice-over work for commercials.
Although he played stereotypical Latinos, Leo Carrillo was part of an old and respected Californio family who could trace their roots back to the conquistadores. His great-great grandfather, Jos Raimundo Carrillo (17491809) was an early Spanish settler of San Diego, California. His great-grandfather Carlos Antonio Carrillo (1783-1852) was Governor of Alta California from 1837 to 1838, his great-uncle, Jos Antonio Carrillo, was a Californio defender and threetime mayor of Los Angeles, and his grandfather Pedro Carrillo, educated in Boston, was a writer. Susie Cintron Castillo (born January 6, 1980 in Methuen, Massachusetts), is a beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title and who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. She is also a presenter on the MTV television show Total Request Live. Her father is Dominican and her mother Puerto Rican
Mary Castro was born Mary Antoinette Castro in West Covina, California, and grew up in La Verne, California. She is of Irish, Spanish, and French descent on her mother's side, and Mexican descent on her father's side.
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Roxann Dawson (born September 11, 1958) is an American actress, producer and director, best known as B'Elanna Torres on the television series Star Trek: Voyager. Dawson was born Roxann Caballero in Los Angeles, California. She has no middle name. Guillermo Daz (born 1971) is an Cuban-American actor. He was born in New Jersey, the son of Cuban-born parents. Daz, who grew up in New York City, has starred in movies such as Half Baked (1998), 200 Cigarettes (1999) and Stonewall (1995). Daz has had several TV guest appearances on such shows as Chappelle's Show, Law & Order, Weeds and ER.
Melissa De Sousa is an American actress born on September 25, 1967. She was born in New York City, New York. Melissa's most recent role is as Christine Nelson in the television drama Ghost Whisperer. Melissa was born to parents of Dominican and Panamanian descent.
Mark Everett born Manuel Benitez, (September 28, 1969), also under the alias as Mike Evers & Manuel Velasco is a former American child actor in Hollywood films. He is currently a fugitive wanted by the FBI for the bludgeoning murder of his wife in 2004. He is Caucasian, also of Hispanic/Latino descent and speaks fluent Spanish. He also speaks German, French, and Cantonese
Rosanna DeSoto (born September 2, 1950 in San Jose, California, U.S.) is an American actress who has starred in film and in television. She is best known for her role in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Azetbur, the daughter of Chancellor Gorkon.
Alyssa Elaine Diaz (born September 7, 1985 in Northridge, California) is an American actress. Diaz is best known for playing the role of Celia Ortega on the daytime soap opera As The World Turns from February 9, 2005 until her final appearance on August 10, 2005 when her character left town for Montega to be with her relatives. Oscar de la Hoya (born February 4, 1973) nicknamed the Golden Boy is a Mexican American boxer who won a gold medal for the United States Boxing Team at the Barcelona Olympic Games. Oscar De La Hoya was born on February 4, 1973 in East Los Angeles, California. His parents had immigrated to the United States from Mexico. De La Hoya's family was poor when he was growing up. His father, Joel Sr., worked as a warehouse clerk for a heating and cooling company and his mother, Cecilia, was a seamstress. De La Hoya had two siblings--an older brother named Joel Jr. and a younger sister, Ceci.
America Georgine Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, and Emmy Award-winning role as Betty Suarez on the ABC television comedy-drama series Ugly Betty and for her roles in the films Real Women Have Curves and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Ferrera, the youngest of six siblings, was born in Los Angeles, California, to Honduran parents David Fumero (born Joseph SentieloFumero on December 29, 1972 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban American actor and former male fashion model discovered by Irene Marie Models when he was a high school senior. Fumero is best known for his portrayal of Cristian Vega #2 on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role he played from June 1998 through October 2003 and from November 2004 to February 2005. Fumero recently married his One Life To Live co-star Melissa Gallo (Adriana Cramer). He previously dated another fellow OLTL star Erin Torpey (ex-Jessica).
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Joaquin Garay III (b. October 30, 1968) is a former Latin child actor best known for playing the role of 'Paco' in Herbie Goes Bananas. Now grown up and residing in California, Garay is currently writing, acting and producing sketch comedy at the Improv at the Groundlings and the L.A. Connection in Los Angeles. Garay also appears in the Latin television show Unacceptable Behavior (2006), airing on S TV. Erica F. Gimpel (June 25, 1964 in Manhattan, New York), American television actress, known from the roles on television such as Fame, Profiler, Roswell, ER, JAG, and Veronica Mars. Born on June 25, 1964, she comes from a family background of the theater, and spent much of her early childhood touring with her mother in Australia, Portugal, and the States.
George Lopez (born April 23, 1961) is an American comedian/actor, one of the more prominent Mexican-Americans from within the Latino communities to be recognized in mainstream North American popular culture. Lopez was born on April 23, 1961 in Mission Hills, California and by the age of ten, he was abandoned by both of his parents at which point his grandmother became his sole guardian. Lopez became a stand-up comedian using his Mexican-American heritage as an attraction to Mexicans. Much of his comedy is based on his experiences in childhood, and that of the Mexican-American community in general. Ned Arnel Menca (born October 22, 1967 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras), better known by his stage name Carlos Mencia, is a comedian, writer, and actor in the United States. He is currently the host of his own show on Comedy Central, Mind of Mencia. Ned Arnel Menca was born the seventeenth of eighteen children. At the time of his birth, his mother, Magdelena Menca from Mexico, was engaged in a domestic dispute with his father, Honduran Roberto Holness, and declined to give her son his biological father's last name. The name appearing on his birth certificate is "Ned Arnel Menca", although Mencia has said that out of respect for his biological father he went by the Holness name anyway, and was known as "Ned Holness" until he was eighteen years old. Mencia was raised in East Los Angeles, California by his aunt Consuelo and uncle Pablo Mencia
Joshua Eli Gomez (born November 20, 1975, Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American actor. He is the younger brother of actor Rick Gomez. Gomez appeared in a recurring role in the CBS series Without a Trace as computer tech James Mackeroy. He also appeared in a series of IBM commercials, a series of Wendy's commercials(Ranch Tooth), and a commercial for Garmin.
Rick Gomez was the first son in his family, born on father Rick Sr.'s birthday. In 1987, he moved with his family to South Plainfield, New Jersey, where Gomez attended school. Upon graduation from South Plainfield High School, Gomez moved to New York City to pursue acting.
Selena Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American actress. She is currently starring as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel Original Series, Wizards of Waverly Place. Gomez also has a career as a singer, and has recorded four songs for Walt Disney Records or she can change for Hollywood Records. Selena Gomez was born in New York City, and raised in Mansfield
Luis Armand Garcia (born March 9, 1992) is an American actor, who played George Lopez's son Max on The George Lopez Show on ABC. Garcia is a native of Palos Park, Illinois and is one of six children. He now resides with his family in Los Angeles.
Thomas Gomez (July 10, 1905 June 18, 1971) was an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Born Sabino Tomas Gomez in New York, New York, Gomez began his acting career in theater during the 1920s and was a student of the actor Walter Hampden. He made his first film Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror in 1942 and by the end of his career had appeared in sixty films.
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Robert "Bobby" Gonzalez (born February 23, 1988, in Miami, Florida) is an American actor of Cuban descent. He is best known for playing George Garcia on the Nickelodeon sitcom The Brothers Garcia. He is currently attending the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City, New York. Sharisse "Shar" Jackson (born September 4, 1976) is an American television and film actress and rapper/singer, perhaps best known for her portrayal of Niecy Jackson on the UPN show Moesha. Jackson is of African American and Native American descent on her mother's side, and of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent on her father's side.
Miriam Gonzalez (born 8 July 1977 in Queens, New York) is a Playboy Playmate known for her exceptionally large breasts. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for March 2001. She has appeared in numerous Playboy videos and Playboy Special Editions.
Jason Konopisos is an American awardwinning film and television actor. Konopisos was born in Dallas, Texas. His father is of Greek descent, and his mother is of Mexican descent. Konopisos is related to celebrated artist Dino Konopisos and his uncle is the reclusive Muffopoulus Potterstiniki, the controversial Greek millionaire mogul.
Camille Guaty (born on June 28, 1978) is an American film and television actress. Guaty was born in California of Hispanic descent. Her family is originally from the Canary Islands and she has lived in California and New York City.
Gina La Piana is a Hispanic American actress and pop singer.
Lisa Coles Guerrero (born April 8, 1964) is an American sports broadcaster, actress, host and model. Although she mostly uses Guerrero, her late mother's maiden name, she also is sometimes credited as Lisa Coles, her father's surname. Guerrero was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Walter Coles and Lucy Guerrero. Her mother was from Chile. Guerrero spent her childhood living in San Diego and Huntington Beach
William "Willie" Hernandez (born November 20, 1979 in New York City) is a Puerto Rican actor. Hernandez was a child actor in the PBS television show Ghostwriter from 1993 to 1995 as Hctor Carrero. More recently, he was featured as a roommate on the Philadelphia season of the television show The Real World. At fifteen years old, Hernandez was forced to leave his home because his religious parents rejected him for being gay (though he has since made some amends with his mother.) He and his twin brother Wesley are the oldest of five brothers and one sister, all of whom still remain very close. He also two older half-siblings. His family resides on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Lorenzo Lamas (born on January 20, 1958 in Santa Monica, California) is an American television and film actor, television personality and martial artist, primarily on soap operas, movies and television, playing mostly villainous roles, primarily of Mediterranean and Norwegian descent. He is also sometimes called Lorenzo Lamas y de Santos (or Lorenzo y de Santos Lamas), based on his Argentine father's full name, Fernando Alvaro Lamas y de Santos. Lamas is the son of the late Argentine actor Fernando Lamas and U.S.-born actress of Norwegian descent, Arlene Dahl. He was brought up in Pacific Palisades, California and moved to New York City when he was 13 years old, around 1971 Catalina Larranaga (born in El Paso, Texas, U.S.) is an American actress. Appearing in many Softcore pornographic movies.
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Germn Legarreta (born August 30, 1981) is an American film and television actor. Legarreta was born Germn Legarreta Quiles III in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His father, German Quiles II, was an factory worker, of Puerto Rican ancestry, and his mother, Pamela "Pam" Chanelle Legaretta, who is a receptionist, of Anglo-German ancestry. musical arts, initially as a hobby before entering the professional arena. Judy Marte is a Dominican American actress who can be seen in films such as Raising Victor Vargas and On the Outs
Jeffrey 'Jeff' Licon (born August 29, 1985, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor most notable for his role as Carlos Garcia on the Nickelodeon show, The Brothers Garcia.
Priscilla Lopez is an American singer, dancer, and actress. Born on February 26, 1948 in the Bronx, Lopez has the distinction of having appeared in two Broadway landmarks - one of its greatest hits, the highly-acclaimed, long-running A Chorus Line, and one of its biggest flops, the infamous musical version of Breakfast at Tiffany's, which closed before opening night. Lopez graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts (PA), where she majored in drama; her experience as a drama student are played out in the musical "A Chorus Line." Sonia Manzano (born December 6, 1950) is an American actress and writer. She is perhaps best known for playing Maria on Sesame Street since 1970. She also licenses her image to promote items of baby clothes and plates in Hispanic America. Manzano was born in the South Bronx, New York of Puerto Rican descent, and attended the High School of Performing Arts, where she began her acting career.
A Martinez (born Adolph Larrue Martinez, III September 27, 1948) is an American actor and singer with prominent roles in the daytime soap opera Santa Barbara and the primetime dramas L.A. Law and Profiler. Martinez was born in Glendale, California, his family referred to him as "A", "Little Adolph", and "Little A" as a child to distinguish him from his father and grandfather. Over time, "A" became the name he would use. His heritage is Native American, Spanish, and Mexican Vannessa Martinez (born June 19, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. She has appeared mostly in the films of director John Sayles, in particular Limbo (film), Lone Star (1996 film) and Casa de los babys.
Julito McCullum (born December 16, 1990) is an actor of Afro-Latino descent best known for his role as Namond Brice on the HBO series The Wire. Born Uriel DeJesus Almanza McCullum in Brooklyn, New York, he began acting at the age of 13
Eddie Marrero born 1962 in Spanish Harlem's "El Barrio" New York Cty is of Puerto Rican heritage. He began his acting career as a young child when his mother then worked for the legendary Jack Warner, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros.. Being exposed to such influences growing up, Eddie Marrero instinctively pursued acting and the
Jill Michelle Melen (born June 29, 1979) is an American comic actress. Melen is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv. Melen was
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born in Miami, Florida to a Hispanic family. During her childhood, she often visited Cochabamba, Bolivia, where her father was born. Eva Mendes (born March 5, 1974) is an American actress. She began acting in the late 1990s, and became known after a series of roles in several major Hollywood films, including 2 Fast 2 Furious and Hitch. Mendes was born in Miami, Florida to Cuban-American parents and was raised in Los Angeles by her mother after her parents' divorce Alexandra Estella DeAnna Meneses (born February 12, 1965, in Chicago) is an American television and film actress and model. She is of Mexican descent on her father's side and Ukrainian descent on her mother's. Benny Urquidez (born June 20, 1952) is an American kickboxer, martial arts choreographer and actor. Nicknamed The Jet, Urquidez was a non-contact karate competitor who later pioneered full-contact fighting in the USA. He made the transition from point to full-contact karate in 1974 - the year of its inception in the US - frequently fighting in bouts where the rules were ambiguous and contrasts in styles were dramatic. Jean Casarez is a "Court TV" correspondent of live daytime trial coverage, reporting on courtroom trials across the country. Casarez has covered such cases as the Coral Eugene Watts trial, the Kobe Bryant rape case, and Scott Peterson sentencing hearings. Casarez is also an anchor for Court TV's hourly "Newsbreak".
Ramn (Raymond) Ayala (born on February 3, 1977 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Awardwinning Puerto Rican reggaeton recording artist.
Private France Silva (May 9, 1876-April 10, 1951) born in Hayward, California, was the first Marine of Hispanic heritage who was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his meritorious conduct in China during the Boxer Rebellion
Merlin Santana (March 14, 1976 November 9, 2002), was a Dominican American television and film actor best known for his role as Romeo Santana on the WB series, The Steve Harvey Show.
Michel Jourdain Jr. (born September 2, 1976, Mexico City, Mexico) is a NASCAR driver. Jourdain Jr. started racing cars in the Mexican Formula Junior series at the age of 12. He then moved to the Mexican Formula K and Formula 2 series. In 1996, Jourdain ran several races in the Indy Racing League (IRL) and the CART (now Champ Car) series, including the Indy 500. At the age of 19, he became one of the youngest drivers to race in both Champ Car and the Indy 500.
Rolando Alberto Argueta-Molina (Born August 13, 1971) is an American actor. Molina was born in El Salvador and immigrated to the U.S. at a very young age along with his single mother Ana and younger brother Mario. The family settled in Los Angeles.
Gianella Neyra Magana (born August 3, 1977, Lima, Peru), is an actress and model who is better known plainly as Gianella Neyra. Neyra began her acting at the age of seven, in 1985. As a youngster, she went to study at New York City's prestigious acting school, the Lee Strasberg studio. Back in Peru, she became a famous model, appearing in ads for various important firms. Later on, she would become famous across her home-country as a telenovela actress, starring in many prime-time hits.
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Amaury Nolasco (born Amaury Nolasco Garrido on December 24, 1970 in Puerto Rico) is an actor, best known for the role of Fernando Sucre on the television series Prison Break where he played an escaped convict. Juan Diego Pardo (born circa 1980) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Edward Araujo, Jr./Gwen Amber Rose Araujo in the Lifetime Network Movie called A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story. His most recent roles were on FOX's Drive and The CW's Hidden Palms. Both were shortlived, and were cancelled after their first seasons. He was a model with Ford before he became an actor.
Jacqueline Obradors (b. October 6, 1966 in San Fernando Valley, California), is an American actress. She was born to immigrants from Argentina. She is best known for playing supporting roles in Six Days Seven Nights and A Man Apart, and for her role as Detective Rita Ortiz on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue (2001-2005).
Anthony Pena (February 18, 1947 in San Antonio Bexar County, Texas) is a Hispanic American actor who plays the recurring character of butler Miguel Rodriguez on soap opera The Young and the Restless
Brina M. Palencia (Born February 13, 1984 in Oklahoma) is a Texas-based voice actress who primarily works on the properties of Funimation. Brina is a graduate of the University of North Texas
Hctor Delgado Romn, known as Hctor El Father and previously known as Hctor El Bambino (born September 13, 1978 in Carolina, Puerto Rico) is a well-known Puerto Rican reggaeton artist and producer, that rose to fame as a member of the duo Hctor y Tito. However, he has become a successful entrepreneur and producer by himself. Hector El Father is one of the main exponents in the reggeaton genre. Despite his young age, Hector has had an extensive music career. Maria Pilar Canals is a Hispanic actress, born in Miami, Florida, September 28, 1966. She received her Theatre degree from the University of Miami's drama school, and has worked extensively in theatre in both Miami and Los Angeles. the end of fan She made her network television debut in the 1993 TV series "Key West" and has appeared in such films as "America's Sweethearts" and "The Master of Disguise".
Luny Tunes are a Dominican reggaeton production duo composed of Francisco Saldaa (Luny) (born June 23, 1979) and Vctor Cabrera (Tunes) (born April 12, 1981). Both members were born in Dominican Republic but grew up in the Boston metropolitan area until they moved to Puerto Rico where their success began with the help of DJ Nelson as their executive producer and promoter. They are often compared to The Neptunes because of their versatility with the music genre they produce and their ability to make #1 hits not only in reggaeton, but in other major charts. Luny Tunes still reside in Puerto Rico where they own a studio estimated to be worth around 1.5 million dollars. Marisa Carolina Ramirez (born September 15, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. Her career began at age 13 when she was brought to the attention of a major L.A. modelling agency and begun acting in commercials. Ramirez is possibly best known for her roles in daytime soap operas. After several guest appearances on Days of our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful, Ramirez finally got her big break in July 2000, when she was cast in the contract role of supermodel Gia Campbell on General Hospital. She left this role in December 2002 to star in the short-lived ABC drama, Miracles.
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Michael Anthony Vitar (born December 21, 1978) is an American child actor most notably appearing in The Sandlot as Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez. At the end of that film, the older version of his character was played by his brother, Pablo. Mike started his acting career at the age of twelve, and has been acting ever since. In addition to his brother, Mike has an older sister as well, named Elizabeth. He has recently been seen in 2002 as a successful firefighter in Hollywood. He was also best known as Luis Mendoza in The Mighty Ducks films. He currently lives in California. He attended St. Francis High School (La Canada, California) He was married in 2007, and later that year became a father. John Paul Pitoc (born March 5, 1974), also credited as Jean Paul Pitoc or J. P. Pitoc, is an American actor born in Queens, New York. He is a first-generation American: his mother is Colombian and his father is of Hungarian descent. His film debut was in a popular gay movie Trick, in which he played a role as a go-go boy Mark in a gay bar. Daniel Louis Rivas (born in New York City, New York on January 17, 1977) is an actor, model and painter. He is the brother of actress Sara Rivas. He made his acting debut on Sid & Nancy in 1986. Appeared on ZigZag in 2002. Rivas also costarred in the 2005 film Shackles. He once modeled for Calvin Klein. And was engaged to Dutch actress Georgina Verbaan. Sarah Ramos may also refer to the 34year-old babysitter, who was a victim of the Beltway sniper attacks. Sarah Emily Ramos (born May 21, 1991) is an American child actress. She has starred on the television series American Dreams as Patty Pryor.
Alisa Reyes (born February 3, 1981 in New York City, New York) is an American actress (of Dominican, Italian, Irish, and Caribbean Indian heritage).
Vaneza Leza Pitynski (born September 1, 1988 in Whittier, California, U.S.) is an American actress and singer of GermanRussian-Puerto Rican descent. She is best known for portraying Lorena Garcia on the Nickelodeon family show The Brothers Garcia
David Michael Bautista, Jr. (born January 18, 1969), better known as Dave Batista or by the ring name Batista, is an American professional wrestler. Batista is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its SmackDown! brand. Bautista is of Filipino and Greek heritage.
Stacy Sanches, also known as Stacy Sanchez (born September 4, 1973 in Dallas, Texas) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in March, 1995 and Playboy's Playmate of the Year 1996. In June 1996, she was chosen German Playmate of the Month. Her father was Spanish
Nelson Daz Martinez (born on April 7, 1972 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), known artistically as DJ Nelson is a DJ/producer who played a significant role in the development and popularization of reggaeton. He first made a name for himself as part of the Noise, a club-centered collective that was spawned in 1992.
Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis (born October 13, 1953) is an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California. Solis is the first Filipino-American to be consecrated a bishop. He was ordained a priest in 1979. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles by Pope John Paul II and was consecrated bishop on February 11, 2004.
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DJ Playero is a Puerto Rican producer of reggaeton artists and albums. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of the genre in the island. In the early 90s, most of his underground productions were distributed and sold in housing projects and among fans. Most of those are considered pinacles of the genre and launched the careers of lots of reggaeton artists. Miguel Sandoval (born November 16, 1951) is an American film and television actor. Sandoval was born in Washington, D.C.
Lili Estefan (born March 21, 1966 in Cuba) is a famous Cuban-American model and show host. She is the niece of world famous music producer Emilio Estefan, and the niece-in-law of the even more famous singer, Gloria Estefan. A bond of friendship has united Lili Estefan with her uncle and aunt for a very long time
Christina L. Santiago (born October 15, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois) of Puerto Rican descent, is an American model and actress. She was one of three finalists of the Fox TV special Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold? and was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in August, 2002. She then became Playmate of the Year (PMOY) in 2003. Her PMOY issue in June 2003 was the first to not feature the PMOY on the cover.
Wendy Lauren Sanchez (born December 1969) is an American news anchor, entertainment reporter, and media personality. Sanchez was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nestor Serrano (born November 5, 1955) is an American film and television actor. Nestor Serrano is a native New Yorker whose career as an actor spans more than two decades and includes more than 30 off-Broadway theater productions
William Omar Landrn Garces (born February 10, 1978 in Carolina, Puerto Rico), is a Latin Grammy Awardnominated reggaeton singer/rapper. He is best known as Don Omar. He is one of the best known reggaeton artists in Latin America. His cross over success in the U.S. has given him more exposure to English speaking Reggaetn fans, making him one of the more recognizable faces of Reggaeton.
Jose "Joe" Esteves is the mayor of Milpitas, California. He is ethnically mixed, with both Asian and Latino ancestry. He was born and raised in Dagupan City, Pangasinan in the Philippines.
Marco Sanchez is an American actor born in California. He is probably best remembered as Detective Carlos Sandoval from Walker, Texas Ranger and it's short lived spin off Sons of Thunder, and starred as Chief Petty Officer Miguel Ortiz on NBC's seaQuest DSV. The son of Cuban immigrants, and the youngest of 4 siblings, Marco Sanchez was raised in Palm Desert, California.
Jocelyn Enrquez is a Dance-pop singer from San Francisco (born December 28, 1974). She is of Filipino descent: her parents are from the province of Pangasinan.
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Gregory Sierra (born January 25, 1941) is an American actor known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Chano Amenguale on Barney Miller and Julio Fuentes, the Puerto Rican neighbor on Sanford and Son, where his character was often the brunt of racist insults and jokes via the show's main character, Fred G. Sanford (portrayed by Redd Foxx). Sierra was born in New York City. He also starred as a Jewish radical on the controversial series All in the Family, who was in the Hebrew Defense League, an organization whose goal it was to stop antiSemitism in the neighborhood Jos Solano (born February 22, 1971 in Inglewood, California) is an actor. He is best known for his role as Manny Gutierrez on Baywatch, and being the first minority series regular on that show. He was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by YM magazine after winning their "Man of the Year" contest. Nominated for an "Outstanding Individual Performance in a Nationally Syndicated Drama Series" ALMA award, he later received the Nosotros Margo Albert Golden Eagle Award for Most Promising Actor of 1997, presented to him by Ricardo Montalbn. Eva Tamargo (born December 24, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York) is an Cuban-American actress who plays the role of Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald on the television soap opera Passions. Randy Vasquez (born October 16, 1961 in Escondido, California) is an American actor. Vasquez has made several appearances in TV series, namely Acapulco H.E.A.T. and JAG. In 2005 he directed a film titled Perceptions.
Christopher L. Cabaldon (born November 12, 1965) is an American politician from California who serves as mayor of West Sacramento and President/CEO of EdVoice, a Sacramento based education non-profit advocacy group. Cabaldon is both Filipino-American and openly gay. The LOGO network featured Cabaldon in a documentary as part of their show Coming Out Stories in 2006.
Roberta Vasquez, born February 13, 1963, in Los Angeles, California, is an American model and B-movie actress notable for her prodigious bust. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for November 1984.
Edwin "Eddie" Velez (June 4, 1958 in New York City) is a Hispanic-American actor who stars in films and on television Billy Crawford (born Billy Joe Crawford on May 16, 1982) is a Filipino American musician and actor with musical influences from R&B, Pop, and Soul. Billy Crawford became known around Europe and Asia with song titles such as "When You Think About Me", "Never My Love", "Steamy Nights" and "Bright Lights". Billy is also multilingual, being fluent in two Philippine languages, his native Tagalog as well as Cebuano. Billy Crawford was born in Manila, Philippines to a Filipina mother named Mayette and an American father named Jack.
Jay Tavare is an actor of Native American/Latino descent. He has played a number of Native Americans in movies, including a Seminole in Adaptation, an Apache in The Missing, a Cherokee in Cold Mountain, and a Cheyenne in Into the West. His mother was White Mountain Apache and his father was Navajo.
Lauren Vlez (born November 2, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress of Puerto Rican descent and the twin sister of actress Loraine Vlez. Their father was a New York City police officer who eventually bought a house in the middle class neighborhood of Rockaway Queens and moved there with his wife and eight children
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Robert Cortez "Bobby" Scott (born April 30, 1947) is a Democratic politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia, currently representing the state's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The district takes in most of Richmond, along with parts of Norfolk, Hampton and Scott's home in Newport News. He is of African American, white American and Filipino descent. Scott was born in Washington, D.C.. He graduated from Harvard University and Boston College Law School. Loraine Vlez (born November 2, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress of Puerto Rican descent and the twin sister of actress Lauren Vlez. Their father was a New York City police officer who eventually bought a house in the middle class neighbor Jose Zuniga is an actor. Zuniga was born in Honduras. He has appeared in several television shows including 24, Prison Break, Law & Order, The O.C., CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Bones, and Dexter. Lopez, Marc Anthony, Oscar D'Leon, Gloria Estefan, and the list goes on and on with hundreds of other world famous artist.
Lola Sanchez (born November 28, 1994) is an American film, television and stage actress. Lola Sanchez was born Melanie Lola Kaytia Lopez Sanchez in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Sanchez has four brothers and three sisters. Sanchez has Mexican Puerto Rican ancestry. She is also part Chinese. At the age of 3, Lola Sanchez started acting in the local playhouse for kids in Hong Kong, where she moved to from Australia at age 2. After her big production of Snow White, her family moved to U.S.. At age 4, she voiced a one-scene role of Young Nala in a flash-back scene in The Lion King 2. Lola then joined the cinematic world.
Camilo Meja is a former Staff Sergeant of the Florida National Guard and anti-war activist. Meja is a former student of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he intended to major in psychology and Spanish. Meja spent six months in Iraq, then returned for a 2-week furlough to the US after which he did not return for duty. He was charged with desertion and sentenced to one year in prison for refusing to return to fight in Iraq. Hctor Elizondo (born December 22, 1936) is a Golden Globe-nominated and Emmy Awardwinning American actor. Elizondo, the son of a Basque father, Martin Echevarria Elizondo, who was an accountant and notary public. and a Puerto Rican mother Carmen Medina, was born in New York City. In the 1930s, his father and mother moved to New York City, from Puerto Rico, like so many other Hispanics at the time, with the hope of finding a better way of life.
Julio Iglesias de la Cueva (born September 23, 1943 in Madrid) is the best-selling Spanish singer of all time, having sold over 250 million albums in 14 languages and released 77 albums. Julio is the eldest son of Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga from Galicia and Maria del Rosario de la Cueva y Perignat; his younger brother is Carlos
Jos Luis Rodrguez "El Puma" (born January 14, 1943 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan singer and actor who has recorded many international super hits and participated in a handful of telenovelas. He lost his father (of Canary Islands origin) at the age of six, and was raised by his mother (an illiterate then, learned to read as an adult in order to read the bible) along with 11 brothers and sisters.
And a huge list of too many more. Y una largusima de muchsimos ms.
Jimmy Navarro (September 17, 1965 in Zaragoza, Spain) is a Puerto Rican-Spanish actor. He started his career as a drama student at the University of Puerto Rico, and has appeared in numerous theater productions. Mr. Navarro recently starred in Hroes de Otra Patria (Heroes from Another Country), a film that tells the story of two Puerto Rican soldiers in the middle of the Vietnam War. It won him critical acclaim and a widespread audience.
Electric bass guitarist and upright bassist Salvador "Sal" Cuevas was a member of the legendary salsa music group Fania All-Stars (19781985). He was born and raised in New York City to Puerto Rican parents. Always in demand, he has recorded and performed with the giants of salsa, jazz and beyond, including; Ray Barretto, Tito Puente, Machito, Fania All-Stars, Celia Cruz, Willie Coln, Ruben Blades, Arturo Sandoval, Billy Idol, Kirsty MacColl, Jon Lucien, Angela Bofill, Dave Valentin, Harry Belafonte, Ricky Martin, Jennifer
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Sources - fuentes - Several names at random on the Internet.
- Some taken from: Category:Hispanic American actors From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American Actors and Actresses of Hispanic descent. Pages in category "Hispanic American actors" There are 93 pages in this section of this category. A G cont. P
Alvin Alvarez Moises Arias B
Bobby Gonzalez (Actor) Miriam Gonzalez Camille Guaty
Brina Palencia J. D. Pardo Anthony Pena John Paul Pitoc Vaneza Leza Pitynski R
Stella Banderas Adrian Bellani Maurice Benard Carlos Bernard Alexis Bledel Lombardo Boyar Benjamin Bratt C K J H
Lisa Guerrero Jack Guzman
William Hernndez
Marisa Ramirez Sarah Ramos
Shar Jackson
Alisa Reyes Daniel Louis Rivas Cesar Romero
Jason Konopisos Maria Canals Steve Cardenas Gina La Piana Leo Carrillo Lorenzo Lamas Lynda Carter Catalina Larranaga Susie Castillo Germn Legarreta Mary Castro D John Leguizamo Jeffrey Licon Rosario Dawson Roxann Dawson Melissa De Sousa Rosanna DeSoto Alyssa Diaz Sonia Manzano Guillermo Daz (actor) E Eddie Marrero M L
Stacy Sanches Lauren Snchez Lola Sanchez Marco Sanchez Miguel Sandoval Christina Santiago Nestor Serrano Eva Longoria Parker Pietro Sibille Jennifer Lopez Gregory Sierra Priscilla Lopez Jos Solano Madeleine Stowe T
Eva Tamargo Judy Marte Mark Everett (actor) Jay Tavare A Martinez Vanessa Martinez America Ferrera David Fumero Julito McCullum Jill Michelle Melen Eva Mendes Randy Vasquez Roberta Vasquez Eddie Velez Lauren Vlez V
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Alex Meneses Joaquin Garay, III Merlin Santana Luis Armand Garcia Rolando Molina Erica Gimpel Joshua Gomez Rick Gomez Selena Gomez Thomas Gomez O Jimmy Navarro Gianella Neyra Amaury Nolasco Jose Zuniga N Z Raquel Welch W Loraine Vlez
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LOS HISPANOS DE EEUU

THE HISPANICS OF THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

Gina La Piana is a Hispanic American actress and pop singer.

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

Sources - fuentes - Several names at random on the Internet.

Alvin Alvarez Moises Arias B

Bobby Gonzalez (Actor) Miriam Gonzalez Camille Guaty

Lisa Guerrero Jack Guzman

Marisa Ramirez Sarah Ramos

Alisa Reyes Daniel Louis Rivas Cesar Romero

HISPANIDAD EN EEUU HISPANICITY IN THE USA

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