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This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico ("Borinquen"), people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican background, and some long-term continental American and other residents and/or immigrants of other ethnic heritages who have made Puerto Rico their home.
The list is divided into categories and, in some cases, sub-categories, which best describe the field for which the subject is most noted. Some categories such as "Actors, actresses, comedians and directors" are relative since a subject who is a comedian may also be an actor or director. In some cases a subject may be notable in more than one field, such as Luis A. Ferré, who is notable both as a former governor and as an industrialist. However, the custom is to place the subject's name under the category for which he/she is most noted.
Actors, actresses, comedians and directors[]
Henry Darrow
Erik Estrada
José Ferrer
Juano Hernández
Lymari Nadal
Marquita Rivera
Jon Seda
Jimmy Smits
Liz Torres
David Zayas
- Kirk Acevedo,
- José Miguel Agrelot (a.k.a. "Don Cholito"), comedian
- Jorge Alberti, actor
- Trini Alvarado, actress
- Miguel Ángel Álvarez, actor and comedian
- La La Anthony, actress, MTV VJ
- Marc Anthony, actor and singer
- Victor Argo, actor
- Yancey Arias, actor
- Raymond Arrieta, comedian and television host
- Miguel Arteta, film/television director[1]
- Rick Aviles, actor and comedian
- Charlotte Ayanna, actress
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B
- Ivonne Belén, documentary director and producer
- Rosa Blasi, theatrical actress
- Giselle Blondet, actress and television host
- Diego Boneta, actor, singer-songwriter (Puerto Rican grandfather)
- Lucy Boscana, television and theatrical actress
- Paul Bouche, comedian and television host
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C
- Paul Calderón, actor
- Armando Calvo, actor
- Norma Candal, actress and comedian
- Irene Cara, actress and singer
- Awilda Carbia, actress and comedian[2]
- Carmen Carrera, transgender reality television personality
- Braulio Castillo, actor
- Braulio Castillo, hijo, actor
- David Castro, actor (Puerto Rican father)
- Raquel Castro, actress (Puerto Rican father)[3]
- Melwin Cedeño, comedian
- Iris Chacón, Puerto Rican singer and dancer
- Abdiel Colberg, film director and television producer
- Ivonne Coll, actress
- Míriam Colón, actress and founder of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre
- Liza Colón-Zayas, film and theatrical actress
- Paquito Cordero, comedian and television producer[4]
- Mapita Cortés, actress
- Mapy Cortés, actress
- Mara Croatto, actress
- Alexis Cruz, actor
- Wilson Cruz, actor
- Ismael Cruz Cordova, actor[5]
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D
- Dagmar, actress, singer and television host
- Henry Darrow, actor
- Raúl Dávila, actor
- Rosario Dawson, actress
- Blanca de Castejón, actress
- Kamar de los Reyes, actor
- Joey Dedio, actor, writer, producer[6][7]
- Idalis DeLeón, actress, former MTV VJ, singer (Seduction)
- Benicio del Toro, Academy Award-winning actor
- Sylvia del Villard, actress, choreographer and dancer
- Michael DeLorenzo, actor
- Alba Nydia Díaz, actress
- Melonie Diaz, actress[8]
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E
- Lydia Echevarría, actress (convicted for her role in the death of producer Luis Vigoreaux)
- Héctor Elizondo, actor
- Erik Estrada, actor
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F
- Antonio Fargas, actor
- José Ferrer, first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award
- Miguel Ferrer, actor
- Rafael Ferrer, actor
- Nina Flowers, female impersonator and singer
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G
- Gloria Garayua, actress[9]
- Aimee Garcia, actress
- Mayte Garcia, actress, dancer
- Luis Gatica, actor
- Marilyn Ghigliotti, actress
- Julián Gil, television and film actor, model
- Joyce Giraud, actress, former Miss Puerto Rico Universe titleholder
- Ian Gómez, actor
- Marga Gomez, actress, playwright
- Reagan Gomez-Preston, actress
- Rick Gonzalez, actor
- Meagan Good, actress[10]
- Alexander Gould, actor (father of Puerto Rican descent)
- Emma Gould, actress (father of Puerto Rican descent)
- Kelly Gould, actress (father of Puerto Rican descent)
- Javier Grillo-Marxuach, television and film producer
- Luis Guzmán, actor
- Luis Roberto Guzmán, television and film actor
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H
- April Lee Hernández, actress
- Juano Hernández, actor
- William Hernández, actor
- Lillian Hurst, comedian, actress (television series Dharma and Greg)
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I
- Mark Indelicato, actor
- Vincent Irizarry, actor
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J
- Shar Jackson, actress/singer (Puerto Rican father)
- Raúl Juliá, actor
- Victoria Justice, singer, television actress (Victorious) (Puerto Rican mother)
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L
- Eva LaRue, actress
- Sunshine Logroño, comedian
- Adamari López, actress
- Jennifer Lopez, actress, singer, and dancer
- Priscilla Lopez, actress, singer, and dancer[11]
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M
- Justina Machado, actress
- Sonia Manzano, actress
- Eddie Marrero, actor
- Elizabeth Marrero, male impersonator and performance artist/actress
- Tony Martínez (1920–2002) actor, singer, and bandleader;remembered for having played Pepino Garcia in The Real McCoys television series[12]
- Alexis Mateo, female impersonator, reality television personality
- Claribel Medina, actress
- Jorge Merced, theatre actor and director[13]
- Ángela Meyer, actress, comedian and producer
- Ari Meyers, actress
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor, composer, rapper and writer, best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, two Grammys, an Emmy, a MacArthur "Genius" Award, and three Tony awards, among others.[14]
- René Monclova, actor and comedian
- Mario Montez, female impersonator/actor; member of Warhol Superstars
- Esai Morales, actor
- Jacobo Morales, director, actor
- Alicia Moreda, actress, comedian
- Rita Moreno, actress, first Hispanic woman to win the following four major awards: an Oscar, a Tony Award, an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award
- Frankie Muniz, actor (Puerto Rican father)
- Tommy Muñiz, television producer, comedian
- Rafo Muñiz, comedian and producer
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N
- Lymari Nadal, actress
- Taylor Negron, actor/comedian
- Frances Negrón-Muntaner, filmmaker, writer, and scholar [15]
- Micaela Nevárez, actress; first Puerto Rican to win a Goya Award
- Amaury Nolasco, actor
O
- Tony Oliver, voice actor
- Karen Olivo, actress (Puerto Rican father); winner of 2009 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress[16]
- Ana Ortiz, actress
- Elin Ortiz, actor, television producer
- John Ortiz, actor
P
- Marian Pabón, actress, singer and comedian
- Antonio Pantojas, drag queen
- Lana Parrilla, actress (Puerto Rican father)[17]
- Rosie Perez, actress
- Aubrey Plaza, actress
- Freddie Prinze, Jr., actor (Puerto Rican grandmother)
- Freddie Prinze, comedian, actor (Puerto Rican mother)
Q
- Adolfo Quiñones, actor, dancer, choreographer
R
- Luis Antonio Ramos, actor
- Gina Ravera, actress
- Carmen Belen Richardson, comedian/actress
- Armando Riesco, actor
- Osvaldo Ríos, actor and singer
- Chita Rivera, actress, singer and dancer; winner of two Tony Awards
- José Rivera, playwright; first Puerto Rican nominated for an Oscar in "Best Adapted Screenplay" category
- Luis Antonio Rivera, a.k.a. "Yoyo Boing", comedian
- Marquita Rivera, first Puerto Rican actress to appear in a major Hollywood motion picture
- Naya Rivera, actress[18] (Puerto Rican father)
- Ramón Rivero, also known as "Diplo", comedian; organized the world's first known Walk-A-Thon in 1953.[citation needed]
- Adalberto Rodríguez, a.k.a. "Machuchal", comedian
- Adam Rodríguez, actor
- Elizabeth Rodríguez, actress
- Freddy Rodríguez, actor
- Gina Rodriguez, actress
- Gladys Rodríguez, comedian, actress
- Michelle Rodriguez, actress
- Ramón Rodríguez,
- Marta Romero, actress and singer
- Johanna Rosaly, actress
S
- Zoe Saldana, actress (Puerto Rican mother)[19]
- Olga San Juan, film actress and dancer[20]
- Jaime Sánchez, actor (musical West Side Story, film The Wild Bunch)
- Kiele Sanchez, actress
- Marcelino Sánchez, actor
- Roselyn Sánchez, actress
- Esther Sandoval, actress
- Renoly Santiago, actor
- Saundra Santiago, actress
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson, actor and playwright
- Jon Seda, actor
- Jimmy Smits, actor (Puerto Rican mother)
- Yara Sofia, female impersonator, reality television personality
- Talisa Soto, actress, model
- Jeremy Suarez, actor and comedian (father of Puerto Rican descent)
- Miguel Ángel Suárez, actor, playwright, stage director
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T
U
- Alanna Ubach, actress (Puerto Rican mother)
V
- Joseph Vásquez, film director, screenwriter
- Nadine Velazquez, actress
- Lauren Vélez, actress
- Loraine Vélez, actress
- Christina Vidal, actress and singer
- Lisa Vidal, actress
- Juan Emilio Viguié, pioneer movie producer; produced Romance Tropical, the first Puerto Rican film with sound[23]
W
- Otilio Warrington, also known as "Bizcocho", comedian
- Jessica Wild, female impersonator, reality television personality
- Holly Woodlawn, female impersonator, actor
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Z
- David Zayas, actor
- Marcos Zurinaga, film director/screenwriter
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Adult film entertainers[]
Hosts/presenters[]
- Alfred D. Herger, television host, psychologist
- Daisy Martinez, host of PBS cooking show Daisy Cooks!
- John Melendez, once known as "Stuttering John" (Howard Stern Show and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)
- Rogelio Mills, television host, author and recording artist
- Eddie Miró, television host, comedian; hosted El Show de las 12 (The 12 pm Show) for over 40 years
- Silverio Pérez, show host, musician and author
- Antonio Sánchez, radio and television personality
- Alani Vázquez, also known as "La La"; MTV veejay
- Luis Vigoreaux, created ¡Sube, Nene, Sube! (Go up, Man, Go up!) and ¡Pa'rriba, Papi, Pa'rriba! (Higher, Daddy, Higher!)
- Luisito Vigoreaux, hosted Sábado en Grande (Big Saturday, also with Roberto), El Show del Mediodía (The Midday Show) and De Magazin
- Roberto Vigoreaux, hosted Parejo, Doble y Triple (Square, Double and Triple)
Architects[]
Authors, playwrights and poets[]
Beauty queens and fashion models[]
Business people and industrialists[]
Cartoonists[]
Civil rights and/or political activists[]
Clergy[]
Composers, contemporary singers, musicians and opera[]
Criminals and outlaws[]
Educators[]
Governors of Puerto Rico[]
Historians[]
Journalists[]
Judges, law enforcement and firefighters[]
Military[]
Physicians, scientists and inventors[]
Politicians[]
Sports[]
Taínos[]
Visual artists[]
Miscellaneous[]
See also[]
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- Lists of people by nationality
- List of Stateside Puerto Ricans
- List of Puerto Rican military personnel
- List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program
- List of Puerto Ricans of African descent
- List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico
- List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions
- List of Puerto Rican scientists and inventors
- List of Puerto Rican Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
- List of Puerto Rican Presidential Citizens Medal recipients
- History of women in Puerto Rico
- List of People from Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Cultural diversity in Puerto Rico
- Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico
- French immigration to Puerto Rico
- German immigration to Puerto Rico
- Irish immigration to Puerto Rico
- Jewish immigration to Puerto Rico
References[]
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- ↑ Awilda Carbia obituary, elnuevodia.com; accessed April 4, 2016.
- ↑ 26th Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations/Special Awards: Raquel Castro, youngartistawards.org; accessed April 4, 2016.
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- ↑ "Sesame Street Announces New Latino Character 'Mando' played By Ismael Cruz Córdova", HuffingtonPost.com, May 10, 2013; accessed April 4, 2016.
- ↑ A Surprise at the Door, Joey Dedio Stars as 'Tio Papi', nytimes.com, September 6, 2013; accessed April 4, 2016.
- ↑ New York's International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival set to kick off Nov. 13, nydailynews.com; accessed April 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Melodie Diaz", Paper, September 11, 2009.
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- ↑ Lin-Manuel Miranda Visits Puerto Rico, Compares Himself To A 'Weird Pokemon'
- ↑ Rodríguez-Matos, Carlos. "Frances Negrón-Muntaner" In David William Foster, ed., Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994): pp. 288-90; ISBN 0-313-28479-2
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