List of Stateside Puerto Ricans

This is a list of Puerto Ricans in the United States, including people born in the US who are of Puerto Rican descent, and Puerto Ricans who live in the US. Since Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the US, Puerto Ricans can migrate to this country more easily than any other ethnic group. Currently, more than four million Puerto Ricans and their descendants live in the US. The following list contains members of the Puerto Rican community.

Television show hosts[]

La La - actress, disc jockey, and television personality
Daisy Martinez - actress, model, chef, television personality and author; host of PBS television series Daisy Cooks!
John Melendez - television writer and former radio personality
Rogelio Mills - television personality; Puerto Rican/Black Hispanic American^[1]
Antonio Sánchez - radio and television personality, show host and producer
Joaquín Santiago - Radio and theatrical producer, international artists' manager, and MC of the renowned Teatro Puerto Rico in New York City.

Business[]

Wilo Benet - celebrity chef, owner of Payá and Pikayo restaurants
Kimberly Casiano - President and Chief Operating Officer of Casiano Communications^[2]
María Elena Holly - Puerto Rican widow of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly; lives in Texas and New York^[3]
Ralph Mercado - promoter of Latin American music, including Latin jazz, Latin rock, merengue and salsa; established a network of businesses
Lisette Nieves - founder of Atrevete Latino Youth, Inc., an organization which focuses on the educational and leadership training of young Latinos
Samuel A. Ramirez, Sr. - first Hispanic to launch a successful investment banking firm
Angel Ramos - founder of Telemundo, the second largest Spanish-language television network in the US
Xavier Romeu - Executive Director of PRIDCO
Herb Scannell - President of BBC Worldwide America
Nina Tassler - television executive; President of CBS Entertainment since September 2004
Angel L. Vega - author, businessman and management consultant; President of Vega Executive Solutions
Richard Velazquez - first Puerto Rican automotive designer for Porsche; first Puerto Rican Xbox product planner; co-founder and President of NSHMBA Seattle
Maria Vizcarrondo-De Soto - President and CEO of the United Way of Essex and West Hudson

Actors and actresses[]

Kirk Acevedo - actor, HBO series Oz, Band of Brothers, Fringe
Daniella Alonso - actress
Trini Alvarado - actress, flamenco dancer, and flamenco singer
Philip Anthony-Rodriguez - actor and singer
Victor Argo - actor
Yancey Arias - American actor of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent
Rick Aviles - stand-up comedian and actor, Ghost
Jake T. Austin - actor, Wizards of Waverly Place
Charlotte Ayanna - actress and former Miss Teen USA
Adrienne Bailon - singer and actress
Rosa Blasi - actress
Diego Boneta - American actor and singer; father is Mexican, mother was born in the US, to a Puerto Rican father and Spanish mother^[4]
Paul Calderón - actor
Nydia Caro - actress and singer
David Castro - actor
Raquel Castro - teen actress and singer
Míriam Colón - actress and founder and director of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in New York City
Liza Colón-Zayas - actress and playwright
Kevin Corrigan - actor
Alexis Cruz - actor
Wilson Cruz - actor

Henry Darrow - actor of stage and film
Raúl Dávila - actor, All My Children
Rosario Dawson - actress
Roxann Dawson - actress, Star Trek: Voyager; producer and director
Idalis DeLeón - actress, singer, and television host
Michael DeLorenzo - actor
Melonie Diaz - actress
Sully Diaz - actress and singer, Coralito
Shabba Doo - actor, dancer, choreographer, and director
Héctor Elizondo - actor
Erik Estrada - actor
Antonio Fargas - actor, 1970s blaxploitation films

José Ferrer - actor
Miguel Ferrer - actor, Crossing Jordan; son of José Ferrer
Rafael Ferrer - actor; son of José Ferrer
Franky G - film and television actor
Gloria Garayua - film and television actress
Aimee Garcia - father is from San Juan^[5]
Mayte García - American dancer, actress, singer, and choreographer
Marilyn Ghigliotti - character actress, Clerks
Ian Gomez - actor, known for his comedic TV work, Felicity, Cougar Town
Marga Gomez - comedian, playwright, and humorist
Reagan Gomez-Preston - American actress of Puerto Rican and African descent^[6]
Rick Gonzalez - actor, film Coach Carter, television series Reaper
Meagan Good - actress
Camille Guaty - actress
Luis Guzmán - actor
April Lee Hernández - actress
Kristin Herrera - actress, Zoey 101
Jon Huertas - American actor, Castle; of Puerto Rican and African descent^[7]
Mark Indelicato - actor and singer, Ugly Betty
Vincent Irizarry - actor
Shar Jackson - American actress; of African, Puerto Rican and Mexican descent^[8]
Cherie Johnson - American actress, Punky Brewster, Family Matters; of African American and Puerto Rican descent
Raúl Juliá (1940–1994) - Puerto Rican actor and playwright
Victoria Justice - American actress, singer, and songwriter; mother is Puerto Rican^[9]
Eva LaRue - American actress, CSI: Miami; of French, Puerto Rican, Dutch, and Scottish ancestries^[10]
Adrianne Leon - American actress, singer-songwriter, guitarist; of Puerto Rican, Italian and Canadian descent^[11]
Sunshine Logroño - actor, radio announcer, television show host, singer, comedy writer, entrepreneur and comedian; American born and of Puerto Rican descent; raised in Puerto Rico
Priscilla Lopez - American singer, dancer, and actress; of Puerto Rican descent^[12]
Gina Lynn - Puerto Rican pornographic actress; raised in New Jersey
Justina Machado - actress, Six Feet Under
Sonia Manzano - American actress and writer
Eddie Marrero - American actor
Tony Martinez (1920–2002) - Puerto Rican actor, singer, and bandleader; The Real McCoys TV series; US resident^[13]
Ricardo Medina, Jr. - American actor, Power Rangers Wild Force; of Puerto Rican descent
Jorge Merced - New York-based Puerto Rican actor, theater director, and gay activist
Esai Morales - American actor, La Bamba^[14]
Rita Moreno - Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress; US resident^[15]
Frankie Muniz - American actor, Malcolm in the Middle; father is Puerto Rican, mother is of Italian and Irish descent^[16]
Taylor Negron - American writer, actor, and stand-up comedian; of Puerto Rican descent^[17]
Micaela Nevárez - Puerto Rican actress; has appeared in independent and European films; family immigrated to the US when she was 10
Amaury Nolasco - Puerto Rican actor, television series Prison Break, film Transformers^[18]
Miguel A. Núñez Jr. - American actor of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent^[19]
Karen Olivo - American actress; of Dominican, Puerto Rican, Native American, and Chinese descent^[20]
Ana Ortiz - American actress and singer; of Puerto Rican and Irish descent^[21]
John Ortiz - American actor and artistic director/co-founder of LAByrinth Theater Company
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro - American television personality and actor; Italian-American father and Puerto Rican mother
Rosie Perez - American actress; Puerto Rican parents^[21]
Miguel Piñero (1946–1988) - Puerto Rican playwright, actor, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café; a leading member of the Nuyorican literary movement; died in New York^[22]
Carlos Ponce - Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer and television personality; lived in Miami, Florida^[23]
Charlotte Prinze - American actress
Freddie Prinze (1954–1977) - American actor and comedian of Puerto Rican and German descent^[24]
Freddie Prinze Jr. - American actor; son of Freddie Prinze^[25]
Rocky Prinze - American actor
Luis Antonio Ramos - Puerto Rican-born American actor, film and television
Kamar de los Reyes - Puerto Rican born and American raised
Armando Riesco - Puerto Rican film and television actor and voice artist
Vanessa del Rio - retired American pornographic actress; of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent
Chita Rivera - American actress, dancer, and singer; known for her roles in musical theater; of Puerto Rican and of Scottish and Italian descent^[26]
José Rivera - Puerto Rican playwright living in Hollywood, California
Marquita Rivera (1922–2002) - Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer; dubbed the "Queen of La Conga," "Queen of Latin Rhythm," and "Latin Hurricane"
Naya Rivera - American actress; of Puerto Rican, African American, and German descent^[27]
Adam Rodriguez - American actor, CSI: Miami; of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent^[28]
Elizabeth Rodriguez - American actress of Puerto Rican parents
Freddy Rodriguez - American actor; of Puerto Rican descent^[29]
Jai Rodríguez - musician and actor, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy; of Puerto Rican and Italian descent^[30]
Michelle Rodríguez - American actress, Lost; father is Puerto Rican, mother is Dominican^[31]
Ramón Rodríguez - American actor of Puerto Rican descent
Zoe Saldana - American actress; of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent^[32]
Olga San Juan (1927–2009) - American actress; of Puerto Rican descent
Kiele Sanchez - American actress; of Puerto Rican and French descent^[33]
Marcelino Sánchez (1957–1986) - Puerto Rican film and television actor
Saundra Santiago - American actress; 1980s television series Miami Vice; of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent^[34]
Ruben Santiago-Hudson - actor and playwright
Jon Seda - American actor; Puerto Rican parents^[35]
Ebonie Smith - Puerto Rican-born American former child actress, The Jeffersons; of African American and Dominican descent
Jimmy Smits - American actor; of Puerto Rican and Surinamese descent^[36]
Talisa Soto - American actress; Canadian father of Puerto Rican descent, Italian mother^[37]
Rachel Ticotin - American film and television actress; of Jewish and Puerto Rican descent^[38]
Benicio del Toro - Puerto Rican actor resident of Pennsylvania^[39]
Liz Torres - actress, singer, and American comedian; of Puerto Rican descent
Rose Troche (born 1964) - film and television director, television producer, and screenwriter; Go Fish; Six Feet Under, The L Word; of Puerto Rican descent^[40]
Alanna Ubach - American actress; of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent^[41]
Nadine Velazquez - American actress; of Puerto Rican descent^[42]
Desiree Marie Velez - American actress
Lauren Vélez - American actress, Dexter; of Puerto Rican descent
Loraine Vélez - American actress; Puerto Rican parents; sister of Lauren Vélez
Christina Vidal - American actress; of Puerto Rican parents^[43]
Lisa Vidal - American actress; of Puerto Rican descent^[44]
Holly Woodlawn - Puerto Rican-born transgender actress and former Warhol superstar
David Zayas - American theatrical, film, and television actor, Dexter; Puerto Rican born and American raised^[45]

Directors, producer and screenwriters of films, theater and TV[]

Miguel Arteta - Puerto Rican film and television director; film The Good Girl; television series Six Feet Under
Ivonne Belén - Puerto Rican documentary film director and producer
Jaime Ledesma - Puerto Rican documentary film director and producer
Richard Peña - American film festival organizer, New York Film Festival; professor of film studies at Columbia University
Tony Taccone - American theater director; of Italian and a Puerto Rican descent^[46]
Joseph Vasquez (1962–1995) - American independent filmmaker

Singers and musicians[]

Alphabetized by surname[]

Agallah, aka "8-Off the Assassin" or "Don Bishop" - Puerto Rican and Filipino-American rapper; former member of The Diplomats-affiliated group Purple City and the group Propain Campaign
Johnny Albino (1919–2011) - Puerto Rican bolero singer
Tite Curet Alonso (1926–2003) - composer of over 2,000 salsa songs
Melanie Amaro - American-born British Virgin Islands singer; won the first season of The X Factor USA in 2011
Marc Anthony - American singer of Puerto Ricans parents^[47]
Adolfo Avellanet - Puerto Rican singer of boleros and tangos
Chucho Avellanet - Puerto Rican singer of ballads and pop music; son of Adolfo Avellanet
Manolo Badrena - Puerto Rican percussionist, known for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977
Adrienne Bailon - American singer and actress; Puerto Rican mother, Ecuadorian father^[48]
Lloyd Banks - American rapper, member of G-Unit; of Puerto Rican and African American descent^[49]
Ray Barretto (1929–2006) - Puerto Rican jazz musician^[50]
Samuel Beníquez - Puerto Rican writer, composer, music producer, businessman, publicist, activist, and philanthropist
Eddie Benitez - Puerto Rican guitarist
John Benitez, better known as "Jellybean Benitez" - American drummer, guitarist, songwriter, DJ, remixer and music producer; of Puerto Rican descent
Obie Bermúdez - Puerto Rican-American R&B and salsa singer and composer
Big Daddy Kane - American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew
Big Pun (1971–2000) - American rapper; of Puerto Rican descent^[51]
Angela Bofill - American R&B vocalist and songwriter; Cuban father, Puerto Rican mother
Tego Calderón - Puerto Rican rapper and actor
Michael Camacho - half of the short-lived 80s dance-pop duo Sly Fox; born in Los Angeles, of Puerto Rican descent
Bobby Capó (1922–1989) - internationally known singer and songwriter from Puerto Rico; usually combined ballads with classical music
Irene Cara - American singer and actress; of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent^[52]
Kevin Ceballo - singer of salsa music of Puerto Rican descent
Chayanne - Puerto Rican singer; resident of Miami^[53]
Cheka - American born-Puerto Rican raised reggaeton artist
Chelo - Puerto Rican hip-hop and pop singer, based in Miami Beach, Florida
Angel Clivillés - American singer founder and member of The Cover Girls
Robert Clivillés - American singer, founder and member of C + C Music Factory
Javier Colon - American singer and songwriter; of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent^[54]
Willie Colón - Nuyorican salsa musician
Federico A. Cordero - Puerto Rican guitarist of classical music
Corina - American singer
Eric "Bobo" Correa - of Cypress Hill, Cultura Londres Proyecto and Sol Invicto
Elvis Crespo - Puerto Rican singer; born in New York City; Puerto Rican parents; raised in Puerto Rico^[55]
Joe Cuba (1931–2009) - Nuyorican musician; considered the "father of Latin Boogaloo"^[56]
Daddy Yankee - Puerto Rican singer of reggaeton
Prince Markie Dee - American rapper, songwriter, producer, and radio personality; member of the Fat Boys; of Puerto Rican descent
Carmen Delia Dipiní - Puerto Rican singer of boleros
Howie Dorough - American musician; oldest member of the Backstreet Boys; Puerto Rican mother^[57]
Huey Dunbar - American former singer of Dark Latin Groove; of Jamaican and Puerto Rican descent^[58]
Fat Joe - American rapper; parents of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent^[59]
Cheo Feliciano - Puerto Rican composer and singer of salsa and bolero music
José Feliciano - Puerto Rican singer, virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits; raised in New York^[60]
Pedro Flores - Puerto Rican composer and bandleader
Héctor Fonseca - house music DJ
Luis Fonsi - Puerto Rican singer of pop-ballad and pop-rock; resident of Florida^[61]
Angelo Garcia - member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo from 1988 to 1990
Mayte Garcia - dancer and American singer; of Puerto Rican ancestry
Sergio George - pianist and American record producer, has worked with many famous performers of salsa music; parents are Puerto Rican
Gisselle - American Merengue singer; Puerto Rican parents^[62]
Jenilca Giusti - Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actress; lived in Florida since age 8^[63]
Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez - American dance musician
Hex Hector - American dance remixer; of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent^[64]
Oscar Hernández - Puerto Rican musician^[65]
Rafael Hernández - Puerto Rican composer, musician and bandleader; considered by many the greatest Puerto Rican composer of popular music
Lee Holdridge - Haitian-born American composer and orchestrator; of Puerto Rican and American descent^[66]
La India - Puerto Rican singer
Nicky Jam - reggaeton singer; Dominican mother, Puerto Rican father
Jim Jones - American rapper; of Puerto Rican and Aruban descent^[67]
Alexis Jordan - American singer and actress; mother is of African American, American Indian, and European descent, father is Puerto Rican^[68]
Kelis - American musical artist; father is African-American, mother is of half Puerto Rican descent^[69]
Tori Kelly, singer father is Puerto Rican and Jamaican descent^[70]
Kurious - American hip hop artist; of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent^[71]
George Lamond - American freestyle music singer, of Puerto Rican descent
Héctor Lavoe (1946–1993) - Puerto Rican singer, resident of New York^[72]
Manny Lehman - American house music DJ and producer
Lil Suzy - half Italian, half Puerto Rican American Latin freestyle, pop-, and dance-music singer
Toby Love - Puerto Rican American singer-songwriter; Puerto Rican parents
Lumidee - American singer-songwriter and rapper

Adrianne León - American singer-songwriter, chef, personal fitness trainer, model and actress; of Puerto Rican, Italian, and Canadian descent^[11]
Lisa Lisa - part of the urban contemporary Cult Jam band
Jennifer López - singer; Puerto Rican parents^[73]
Víctor Manuelle - American salsa singer; of Puerto Rican descent

Bruno Mars - American singer-songwriter and record producer; parents of Puerto Rican and Filipino origin^[74]
Ricky Martin - Puerto Rican resident of Los Angeles
Angie Martínez - American radio personality, actress, and rapper
Paul Masvidal - guitarist, singer, founding member of the progressive metal band Cynic; previously led the alternative rock band Æon Spoke
Maxwell - American R&B, funk and neo soul musician; Puerto Rican father^[75]
Scotty McCreery - American country singer; father is Puerto Rican of American and Puerto Rican descent^[76]
Lisette Meléndez - American freestyle and Latin pop and dance-pop singer
Syesha Mercado - American singer, songwriter, actress and model; of African-American and Puerto Rican descent
Julia Migenes - American mezzo-soprano; of Greek, Irish and Puerto Rican descent
Lin-Manuel Miranda - Puerto Rican-American composer and lyricist and actor^[77]
David Morales - house music DJ and American producer
Flor Morales Ramos - Better known as Ramito, an important singer and composer of música jíbara
Emcee N.I.C.E. - American rapper, songwriter and producer; lead vocalist and rapper of KansasCali & The Rocturnals; has appeared on 28 records since 2000, including Tupac's Thugz Mansion and soundtrack of the Oscar-winning film Crash; of Puerto Rican descent
Chuck Negrón - American singer-songwriter; one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night; Puerto Rican father, British mother
Joe Negroni (1940–1978) - American rock and roll pioneer; founding member of the rock group Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers; a Nuyorican
Tito Nieves - a leading salsa singer of the 1980s and early 1990s
Asia Nitollano - American singer member of The Pussycat Dolls; She is half Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestry^[78]
N.O.R.E - American hip hop recording artist; of Puerto Rican descent
Colby O'Donis - American singer of Puerto Rican parent^[79]
Don Omar - Puerto Rican reggaeton singer and rapper; resident of New Jersey^[80]
Tony Orlando - American show business professional; lead singer of the group Tony Orlando and Dawn in the early 1970s; Greek father, Puerto Rican mother
Jeannie Ortega - American singer of Puerto Rican descent^[81]
Claudette Ortiz - American singer and model, member of R&B group City High
Joell Ortiz - American rapper
Pedro Ortiz Dávila - Better known as Davilita, Puerto Rican singer of boleros, danzas and patriotic songs
Shalim Ortiz - Puerto Rican singer; resident of Miami^[82]
Charlie Palmieri (1927–1988) - bandleader and musical director of salsa music
Eddie Palmieri - American pianist, bandleader and musician; born in New York^[83]

Carlos Ponce - Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer and television personality; lives in Miami
Miguel Poventud, aka "El Niño Prodigio de Guayama" and "Miguelito" (1942–1983) - Puerto Rican musician, singer, actor and composer of boleros; lived in New York
Tito Puente (1923–2000) - Puerto Rican singer and musician^[84]
Ivy Queen - Puerto Rican, reggaeton composer and singer^[85]
Domingo Quiñones - American singer of salsa music
Ismael Quintana - singer and American composer of salsa music
Nieves Quintero - virtuoso cuatro player
Chamaco Ramírez (1941–1983) - Puerto Rican salsa singer and composer; died in New York
Val Ramos - American; Puerto Rican parents
Richie Ray - virtuoso pianist, singer, music arranger, composer and religious minister
Ernestina Reyes - Better known as "La Calandria", one of the great female singers of música jíbara; died in New York City
Ray Reyes - American born and Puerto Rican raised
Ron Reyes - American musician; second singer for the group Black Flag; of Puerto Rican descent
Gabriel Ríos - Puerto Rican pop singer
Graciela Rivera (1921–2011) - first Puerto Rican to sing a lead role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York
Maso Rivera - virtuoso cuatro player
DJ Mighty Mike (Rivera) - DJ producer
Mon Rivera- singer, composer and bandleader who specialized in plnas; known as Mr. Trabalenguas
Robbie Rivera - DJ producer
Chino Rodríguez (1954-) - 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; American-born, of Puerto Rican descent
Daniel Rodríguez (tenor) - American operatic tenor from New York City
Elliott Rodriguez - drummer
Ryder Rodriguez - singer-songwriter
Tito Rodríguez (1923–1973) - Puerto Rican singer and bandleader, known as "El inolvidable"^[86]
Omar Rodríguez-López - Puerto Rican singer and musician lead guitar for At the Drive-In and Mars Volta

Draco Rosa - American musician, dancer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor
Willie Rosario - musician, composer and Puerto Rican bandleader of salsa music
Felipe Rose (born 1954) - American founding member of disco group the Village People; mother is Puerto Rican, father is Native American
Frankie Ruiz (1958–1998) - Puerto Rican salsa singer^[87]
Hilton Ruiz (1952–2006) - Puerto Rican American jazz pianist in the Afro-Cuban jazz mold; resident of Teaneck, New Jersey^[88]
Sa-Fire - American singer
Jimmy Sabater, Sr. (1936–2012) - American Latin musician; parents were Puerto Rican^[89]
Bobby Sanabria - American drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, producer, and writer specializing in Latin jazz; of Puerto Rican descent^[90]
Claudio Sánchez - American writer and musician
Jesús Sánchez - Better known as Chuito, el de Bayamón, one of the great singers of música jíbara
Gilberto Santa Rosa - American salsa singer; of Puerto Rican descent
Herman Santiago - rock and roll pioneer and songwriter; claimed to have written the iconic hit "Why Do Fools Fall In Love"; Puerto Rican born and Nuyorucan raised
Daniel Santos (1916–1992) - Puerto Rican singer and composer of boleros and guarachas; died in Florida
Ray Santos - American Latin Grammy award-winning musician
Romeo Santos - American singer, featured composer and lead singer of the Bachata group Aventura; of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent^[91]
Ray Sepúlveda - Puerto Rican American salsa singer
Myrta Silva - Puerto Rican singer and composer of guarachas as well as television hostess and producer
Paquitín Soto - Former Puerto Rican singer of boleros (he was a member of Trío Los Murcianos and Trío San Juan). He has lived in New York since 1950.
Brenda K. Starr - American singer-songwriter; Jewish American father, Puerto Rican mother^[92]
Olga Tañon - Puerto Rican singer; resident of Orlando, Florida^[93]
Juan Tizol (1900–1984) - Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
Manoella Torres - "the woman who was born to sing"; American singer and actress; of Puerto Rican descent; resident of Mexico^[94]
Tommy Torres - Puerto Rican producer, singer, and songwriter
Tony Touch - American hip hop break dancer, rapper, DJ, producer and actor; of Puerto Rican descent^[95]
Mario Vázquez - pop and R&B American singer; Puerto Rican parents^[96]
Alan Vega - American vocalist
Little Louie Vega - American musician; half of the Masters At Work musical production team
Veronica - American dance music singer and theatrical actress; parents were Puerto Rican^[97]
Vico C - Puerto Rican rapper and reggaeton artist; considered one of the founding fathers of reggaeton; influential in the development of Latin American hip hop; American of Puerto Rican descent and raised in Puerto Rico^[98]
Y-Love - American hip-hop artist; Ethiopian father, Puerto Rican mother^[99]
Yomo - Puerto Rican reggaeton recording artist^[100]

Groups[]

Kane & Abel - rap duo of twin brothers Daniel and David Garcia; of African American and Puerto Rican descent
Nina Sky - twin sister singers; American of Puerto Rican parents^[101]
Sweet Sensation - Puerto Rican female freestyle-dance music trio of New York
TKA - Latin freestyle trio, prominent in the 1980s and early 1990s
Wisin & Yandel - Puerto Rican group

Models and dancers[]

Susie Castillo

Arthur Aviles - dancer and choreographer; of Puerto Rican descent^[102]
Crazy Legs - breakdancer, president of Rock Steady Crew
Susie Castillo - former beauty queen; held the Miss USA title; competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants; Dominican father, Puerto Rican mother^[103]
Carmella DeCesare - American model; Playboy magazine's Miss April 2003 and Playmate of the Year 2004; of Italian and Puerto Rican descent
Michelle Font - beauty queen; Miss Washington USA; competed in the 2008 Miss USA pageant; of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent
Jaslene Gonzalez - Puerto Rican-American model, Puerto Rican born^[104] and American raised^[105]
Melanie Iglesias - American model and actress; of Puerto Rican, Italian, and Filipino heritage^[106]
Danielle Polanco - dancer and choreographer; Dominican-Puerto Rican American
Pam Rodriguez - American glamour model; of Guatemalan and Puerto Rican descent^[107]
Jock Soto - principal ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet

Sports[]

Benjamin Agosto - American figure skater; Puerto Rican father, American mother of Romanian and Russian descent^[108]
Eddie Alvarez - American mixed martial artist; of Puerto Rican and Irish descent^[109]
Carmelo Anthony - NBA player of basketball; American of Puerto Rican and African American descent^[110]
Carlos Arroyo - professional basketball point guard, last played for the Boston Celtics
Harry Arroyo - American former boxer
José Juan Barea - NBA player; Puerto Rican resident of Miami^[111]
Wilfred Benítez - American boxer
Héctor Camacho - Puerto Rican professional boxer
- Héctor Camacho, Jr. - Puerto Rican boxer and son of Héctor
Eddie Casiano - basketball player; American born and Puerto Rican raised; of Puerto Rican descent^[112]
Orlando Cepeda - Puerto Rican born, American raised
Julie Chu - American Olympic ice hockey player; plays forward on the US women's ice hockey team; Chinese and Puerto Rican ^[113]
Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) - Puerto Rican Major League Baseball right fielder; Hall of Fame
Alex Cora, former infielder in Major League Baseball, currently general manager of the Boston Red Sox
Victor Cruz - Wide receiver in the NFL
Guillermo Diaz - Puerto Rican professional basketball player; NBA

Nelson Erazo - American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Homicide"; of Puerto Rican descent
Justin Fargas - American football running back; free agent in the NFL; son of Antonio Fargas
Sunny Garcia - American professional surfer
Herbert Lewis Hardwick, aka "Cocoa Kid" (1914–1966) - boxer, inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012; born in Puerto Rico; Puerto Rican mother, African American father^[114]
James "Chico" Hernandez - American Sambo athlete; a seven-time member of the USA National Team
Oscar Hernandez - musician, musical arranger and American producer; of Puerto Rican descent^[65]
Shawn Hernandez - American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names "Hotstuff Hernandez" and "Hernandez"; of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent
Reggie Jackson - nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the New York Yankees; former American Major League Baseball right fielder; father was Martinez Jackson, half Puerto Rican^[115]
Butch Lee - NBA player; born in Puerto Rico, raised in New York
Michael Lowell - Puerto Rican Major League Baseball third baseman for the Boston Red Sox; Puerto Rican born, American raised^[116]
Edgar Martínez - nicknamed "Gar" and "Papi"; former Major League Baseball third baseman and designated hitter
Vanessa Martínez - Puerto Rican swimmer, represented Puerto Rico at the 2003 Pan American Games
Denise Masino - American professional female bodybuilder from the US

Carlos Ortiz - Puerto Rican three-time world boxing champion, twice in the lightweight division and once in the Jr. Welterweights
Sam Parrilla (1943–1994) - left fielder and pinch-hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1970; played in the minor leagues 1963-1972; father of actress Lana Parrilla
Travis Pastrana - American motorsports competitor and stunt performer
Orlando Perez - American footballer of C.D. Chivas USA
Rico Ramos - American Super Bantamweight boxer and current WBA world super bantamweight champion
Ramón Rivas - Puerto Rican professional basketball player; born in New York, of Puerto Rican descent
Olando Rivera - Puerto Rican professional kickboxer and boxer; five-time world kickboxing champion; youngest martial artist inducted into the World Karate Union Hall of Fame
Jorge Rivera - American mixed martial artist; featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4; of Puerto Rican descent; born in Massachusetts; lived in Puerto Rico for a short time as a child^[117]
Chi Chi Rodriguez - Puerto Rican professional golfer
John Ruiz - former American professional boxer^[118]
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

Criminals[]

Salvador Agrón, aka "The Capeman" (1943–1986) - Puerto Rican gang member who murdered two teenagers in a Hell's Kitchen park in 1959
Raymond Márquez, aka "Spanish Raymond" - a reputed American gangster; parents are from Puerto Rico^[119]
José Padilla, aka Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah - an American convicted of aiding terrorists
Joshua Rosa - American convicted murderer in the state of Florida; parents are Puerto Rican

Diplomats[]

Mari Carmen Aponte - US Ambassador to El Salvador
Adrian A. Basora - American diplomat, and former US Ambassador to the Czech Republic
César Benito Cabrera - former US Ambassador to Mauritius and the Seychelles
Gabriel Guerra-Mondragón - US Ambassador to Chile from 1994-1998
Luis Guinot - former US Ambassador to Costa Rica
Hans Hertell - former US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
Victor Marrero - former US Ambassador to the OAS
Carmen Maria Martinez - former US Ambassador to Zambia
Spencer Matthews King - former US Ambassador to Guyana
Edward G. Miller, Jr. (1911–1968) - lawyer; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs 1949-1952^[120]
Teodoro Moscoso - former US Ambassador to Venezuela and head of Alliance for Progress
Horacio Rivero - Admiral (Ret.), former US Ambassador to Spain

Educators[]

Joseph M. Acabá - educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut; American of Puerto Rican parent^[121]
Edwin David Aponte - educator, author, religious leader, scholar of Latino religions and cultures; born in Connecticut to Puerto Rican parents
Frank Bonilla (1925–2010) - American academic of Puerto Rican descent who became a leading figure in Puerto Rican Studies.
Ramón E. López - American space physicist and author; played an instrumental role in the implementation of a hands-on science program in elementary and middle grades Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland
Andres Ramos Mattei -(1940–1987) - Puerto Rican sugar industry historian; died in New Brunswick, New Jersey^[122]
Carlos Albizu Miranda (1920–1984) - first Hispanic educator to have a North American University renamed in his honor; one of the first Hispanics to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology in the US; Puerto Rican born and American raised^[123]
Antonia Pantoja (1922–2002) - educator, social worker, feminist, civil rights leader; founder of ASPIRA, the Puerto Rican Forum, Boricua College and Producir
Ángel Ramos - founder of the National Hispanic Council of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Superintendent of the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind; one of the few deaf people of Hispanic descent to earn a doctorate from Gallaudet University
Carlos E. Santiago - Puerto Rican American labor economist; 7th chancellor of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Ninfa Segarra - the last President of the New York City Board of Education

Journalism[]

María Celeste Arrarás - journalist and TV news presenter
Lynda Baquero - American correspondent for WNBC news in New York City; of Puerto Rican ancestry^[124]
Marysol Castro - American television journalist and weather anchor for The Early Show on CBS^[125]
Carmen Dominicci - television journalist
Jackie Guerrido - Puerto Rican television weather forecaster and journalist
Juan Gonzalez - Puerto Rican born investigative journalist^[126]
Kimberly Guilfoyle - American cable news personality; one of the rotating co-hosts on The Five on Fox News Channel; host of an Internet-only crime-related program for Fox News; Puerto Rican mother, Irish father
Tai Hernandez - reporter for WNYW; former correspondent for ABC News
Alycia Lane - American television journalist; of Puerto Rican and Welsh descent^[127]
Lynda López - Emmy Award-winning Puerto Rican American journalist; youngest sister of actress and singer Jennifer Lopez
Natalie Morales - television journalist^[128]
Denisse Oller - Puerto Rican broadcaster, journalist, newspaper columnist; former cooking show host and news anchor at WXTV in New York City
Audrey Puente - American meteorologist for WWOR-TV in New York City; daughter of Tito Puente
Carlos D. Ramirez (1946–1999) - American publisher; purchased El Diario La Prensa, the oldest Spanish-language newspaper in the US

Jorge L. Ramos - Puerto Rican announcer of Telemundo's New York City affiliate; moved to New York City in 1976^[129]
Craig Rivera - American television journalist, producer, and correspondent for Fox News Channel; father was a Puerto Rican of Sephardic Jew descent
Geraldo Rivera - American talk-show host, journalist; brother of Craig Rivera^[130]
Darlene Rodriguez - American co-anchor of Today in New York; of Puerto Rican ancestry^[131]
Edna Schmidt - American journalist; former news anchor for Noticiero Univision Edicion Nocturna
Ray Suarez - television and radio journalist
Elizabeth Vargas - television journalist; American of Puerto Rican descent^[132]
Jane Velez-Mitchell - American award-winning television journalist and bestselling author; mother is Puerto Rican,^[133] father is Irish American

Judges and law enforcement[]

Jose Báez - criminal defense attorney; notable for his defense of accused child murderer Casey Anthony
José A. Cabranes - judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; formerly a practicing lawyer, government official, and law teacher; first Puerto Rican appointed to a federal judgeship in the continental US
Albert Díaz - American judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; parents are Puerto Rican^[134]

Nicholas Estavillo - first Puerto Rican and first Hispanic in the history of the NYPD to reach the three-star rank of Chief of Patrol^[135]
Faith Evans - Hawaiian-Puerto Rican; first woman to be named US Marshal
Julio M. Fuentes - Circuit Judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; first Hispanic judge to serve the Third Circuit; Puerto Rican born, American raised^[136]
Juan Manuel García Passalacqua (1937–2010) - political commentator, lawyer; Puerto Rican, died in Ohio^[137]

Dora Irizarry - Puerto Rican federal judge in New York
Irma Lozada - first female police officer to die in action in New York^[138]
José Meléndez-Pérez - Puerto Rican-born US Customs and Border Protection Inspector at Orlando International Airport who became a key figure for the 9/11 Commission when he refused entry to an alleged terrorist prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks
Carmen Ortiz - prosecutor attorney, Boston, Massachusetts; American born
Juan Pérez-Giménez - Puerto Rican born, US federal judge in senior status
Roberto A. Rivera-Soto - associate justice of the Supreme Court of the US state of New Jersey; American born, Puerto Rican raised
Vanessa Ruiz - Puerto Rican associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court for the District of Columbia^[139]
Benito Romano - first American of Puerto Rican heritage to hold the US Attorney's post in New York on an interim basis
Joe Sánchez - American highly decorated former New York City police officer; author whose books give an insight as to the corruption within the department; parents are Puerto Rican^[140]
Sonia Maria Sotomayor - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the US since August 2009; the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice^[141]
Edwin Torres - New York state supreme court judge and author; parents are Puerto Rican^[142]
Juan R. Torruella - Puerto Rican jurist; currently a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; first and to date only Hispanic to serve in that court

Military[]

Domingo Arroyo, Jr. (1971–1993) - US Marine; first Puerto Rican and American serviceman killed in Operation Restore Hope during the Somalian Civil War; his family moved to the US when he was 14, seeking better living conditions
Joseph B. Avilés (1897–1990) -served in the US Navy and later in the Coast Guard; in 1925, became the first Hispanic Chief Petty Officer in the US Coast Guard; Puerto Rican, lived in Maryland^[143]
Rafael Celestino Benítez (1917–1999) - highly decorated submarine commander who led the rescue effort of the crew members of the USS Cochino during the Cold War
José M. Cabanillas (1901–1979) - Puerto Rican executive Officer of the USS Texas, which participated in the invasions of North Africa and the Battle of Normandy (D-Day) during World War II; died in Virginia
Iván Castro - US Army officer who has continued serving on active duty in the Special Forces despite losing his eyesight; parents are Puerto Rican^[144]
Richard Carmona - American physician and public health administrator^[145]
Carmen Contreras-Bozak (born 1919) - first Hispanic to serve in the US Women's Army Corps, where she served as an interpreter and in numerous administrative positions; Puerto Rican; lives in Tampa, Florida^[146]
Linda García Cubero - former US Air Force officer; of Mexican-American-Puerto Rican descent
Rubén A. Cubero - highly decorated member of the US Air Force; first Hispanic graduate of the US Air Force Academy to be named Dean of the Faculty of the academy; parents were Puerto Rican^[147]
Alberto Díaz, Jr. - first Hispanic Director of the San Diego Naval District and Balboa Naval Hospital; Puerto Rican born and raised
Rafael O'Ferrall - United States Army officer; 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) - first Puerto Rican to reach the rank of Major General (two-star) in the US Air Force; died in Florida
Diego E. Hernández - retired US Navy officer; first Hispanic to be named Vice Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command; Puerto Rican resident of Miami
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.
Lester Martínez López, MD, MPH (born 1955) - first Hispanic to head the Army Medical and Research Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland
Carlos Lozada (1946–1967) - member of the USs Army; one of five Puerto Ricans who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for their actions in combat; Puerto Rican born, raised in New York City
Ángel Méndez (1946–1967) - US Marine, posthumously awarded the Navy Cross
Virgil Rasmuss Miller (1900–1968) - US Army officer who served as Regimental Commander of the 442d Regimental Combat Team, a unit composed of "Nisei" (second generation Americans of Japanese descent), during World War II^[148]
Héctor Andrés Negroni - Puerto Rican historian, senior aerospace defense executive, author; first Puerto Rican graduate of the US Air Force Academy; lives in Vienna, Virginia^[149]
Antonia Novello - Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator; US Surgeon General
María Inés Ortiz (1967–2007) - first American nurse to die in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom; first Army nurse to die in combat since the Vietnam War; parents were Puerto Rican
Evelio Otero, Jr. - former officer in the US Air Force who led the establishment of the first ever US Central Command Headquarters in Qatar

Héctor E. Pagán - US Army officer; first Hispanic of Puerto Rican descent to become Deputy Commanding General of the US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
José M. Portela - retired officer of the US Air Force; served in the position of Assistant Adjutant General for Air while also serving as commander of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard
Marion Frederic Ramírez de Arellano (1913–1980) - submarine commander in the US Navy; first Hispanic submarine commanding officer
Frederick Lois Riefkohl (1889–1969) - Puerto Rican officer in the US Navy; first Puerto Rican to graduate from the US Naval Academy and to be awarded the Navy Cross; lived and died in Florida^[150]
Rudolph W. Riefkohl (1885–1950) - US Army officer; instrumental in helping the people of Poland overcome the 1919 typhus epidemic^[151]
Manuel Rivera, Jr. (1959–1991)- first American serviceman of Puerto Rican descent to die in Operation Desert Shield^[152]
Pedro N. Rivera - retired Puerto Rican US Air Force officer; in 1994 became the first Hispanic medical commander in the Air Force; lives in Alexandria, Virginia^[153]
Elmelindo Rodrigues Smith (1935–1967) – US Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War; of Puerto Rican descent
Augusto Rodríguez - Puerto Rican officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War; immigrated to the US in the 1850s^[154]
Pedro Rodríguez (1912–1999) - earned two Silver Stars within a seven-day period during the Korean War; Puerto Rican; died in Washington, D.C.^[155]
Fernando E. Rodríguez Vargas (1888–1932) - Puerto Rican odontologist (dentist), scientist and a Major in the US Army; discovered the bacteria which causes cavities; died in Washington, D.C.
Maritza Sáenz Ryan - US Army officer; head of the Department of Law at the US Military Academy; first woman and first Hispanic West Point graduate to serve as an academic department head; Puerto Rican father, Spanish mother^[156]
Héctor Santiago-Colón (1942–1968) - one of five Puerto Ricans posthumously presented with the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration awarded by the US; Puerto Rican from New York^[157]
Frankie Segarra - first Hispanic to reach the rank of Master Gunnery Sergeant in his military occupational specialty, 0451 air delivery specialist; parents were Puerto Rican^[158]
Frances M. Vega (1983–2003) - first female soldier of Puerto Rican descent to die in a combat zone, in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Pedro del Valle (1893–1978) - US Marine Corps officer; first Hispanic to reach the rank of Lieutenant General; in 1900 his family emigrated to the US and became US citizens^[159]
Humbert Roque Versace (1937–1965) – American US Army officer of Puerto Rican-Italian descent; awarded the US' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his heroic actions while a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War^[160]

Political[]

Herman Badillo - Puerto Rican-born US Representative; first Puerto Rican elected to the US Congress
Roberto Rexach Benítez - Puerto Rican politician; former Senator and Representative
Adolfo Carrión, Jr. - Democratic politician; of Puerto Rican descent, from City Island, New York^[161]
Ruth Noemí Colón - Puerto Rican; 66th Secretary of State of New York
Pedro Cortés - Puerto Rican former Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez - 65th Secretary of State of New York, serving in the Cabinet of Governor David Paterson; of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent^[162]
Nelson Antonio Denis - American former New York politician who represented East Harlem in the New York State Assembly; of Puerto Rican descent
Rubén Díaz, Sr. - Puerto Rican born US politician; Democrat; represents the 32nd District in the New York State Senate^[163]
Rubén Díaz, Jr. - Democratic Party politician from the Bronx in New York City; son of New York State Senator Rubén Díaz, Sr.
Wilda Díaz - Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey in May 2008
Martín Malavé Dilán - member of the New York State Senate representing the 17th Senatorial District
Pedro Espada, Jr. - Democratic member of the New York Senate for the 33rd Senate District; Puerto Rican born, American raised^[164]

Maurice Ferré - Puerto Rican former six-term Mayor of Miami
Bonnie García - former representative of California's 80th Assembly District, serving eastern Riverside County and all of Imperial County
Robert García - former Democratic US Representative who represented New York's 21st district, 1978-1990
Luis Gutiérrez - US Representative; American of Puerto Rican descent^[165]
Raúl Labrador - Puerto Rican born US Representative for Idaho's 1st congressional district^[166]
Margarita López - openly lesbian former New York City Council Member who represented New York City Council's 2nd district from 1998 to 2005
Evelyn Mantilla - American politician from Connecticut who served from 1997 to 2007 as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Melissa Mark-Viverito - elected Speaker of the New York City Council in January 2014
Olga A. Méndez (1925-2009) - first Puerto Rican woman elected to a state legislature in the US mainland
Rosie Méndez - American Democratic Party politician in New York
Tony Méndez - first native-born Puerto Rican to become a district leader of a major political party in New York City
Hiram Monserrate - former member of the New York State Senate
Félix Ortiz - American politician, currently representing New York's 51st Assembly District
George Pabey - former mayor of East Chicago, Indiana
César A. Perales - American Secretary of State of New York; of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent
Eddie Pérez - politician; born in Puerto Rico and raised in the US^[167]
Adam Clayton Powell IV - member of the New York State Assembly
John Quiñones - first Republican of Puerto Rican ancestry elected to the Florida House of Representatives
Charles B. Rangel - US Representative for New York's 15th congressional district, since 1971; son of Puerto Rican father and African American mother ^[168]
Samuel Rivera - Democratic mayor of the US city of Passaic, New Jersey (2001–2008)
Pedro Segarra - politician and Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut; Puerto Rican born and American raised^[169]
José Enrique Serrano - US Representative; Puerto Rican born, American raised
José M. Serrano - American New York State Senator; son of José Enrique Serrano
Darren Soto - Orlando-based attorney and Democratic politician who serves the member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 49
Joey Torres - elected mayor of Paterson, New Jersey in 2014, where he had served two prior terms as mayor
Gloria Tristani - served from 1997 to 2001 as the first Hispanic woman member of the Federal Communications Commission
Miguel del Valle - American politician; former City Clerk of Chicago; Puerto Rican born, American raised^[170]
Nydia Velázquez - Puerto Rican and US Representative^[171]
Raúl G. Villaronga - retired Puerto Rican US Army officer; first Puerto Rican mayor of a Texas city; elected Mayor of Killeen, Texas in 1992^[172]

Visual arts[]

Olga Albizu (1924–2005) - Puerto Rican abstract expressionist painter; emigrated to New York in 1948^[173]
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) - visual artist; African-American of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent^[174]
David Blaine - American illusionist, magician, and endurance artist; of Puerto Rican-Russian Jewish descent^[175]
Rafael Ferrer - Puerto Rican artist; 1993 recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts; 2011 recipient of an Annalee and Barnett Newman Foundation Grant
Juan M. Fuentes Vizcarrondo - Puerto Rican artist, photographer, educator, singer, actor, and photojournalist; founder of Hartford, Connecticut's local Spanish-language community newspaper El Observador; born in Puerto Rico
Elizabeth Marrero - Puerto Rican performance artist, comedian, known as Macha, the "papi chulo drag king," a character she created in 1999; lives in the US
Soraida Martínez - contemporary abstract expressionist artist who creates hard-edge paintings; American of Puerto Rican descent^[176]
Ralph Ortiz - American artist, educator, and founder of El Museo del Barrio
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz - Puerto Rican documentary photographer; lives in the US^[177]
Filipo Tirado, aka "Pepe Locuaz" - Puerto Rican puppeteer

Civil rights and activists[]

Mathias Brugman (1811–1868) - leader in Puerto Rico's independence revolution against Spain known as El Grito de Lares (The Cry of Lares); father was Pierre Brugman from Curaçao of Dutch-Jewish ancestry, mother was from Puerto Rico
Oscar Collazo (1914–1994) - one of two Puerto Ricans who attempted to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman
Angelo Falcón - political scientist; President and founder of National Institute for Latino Policy; Puerto Rican born and American raised
Inéz García - cause celebre of the feminist movement; of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent
Olga Viscal Garriga (1929–1995) - public orator, political activist; descendant of a former governor of Puerto Rico; advocate for Puerto Rican independence
Isabel González (1882–1971) - Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans to be given US citizenship; lived in New York and New Jersey^[178]
Sonia Gutierrez - Puerto Rican-born American educator and Hispanic rights activist.
Marie Haydée Beltrán Torres - nationalist, former political prisoner^[179]
Óscar López Rivera - nationalist and a political prisoner^[180] pardoned by President Barack Obama
Eliana Martínez - young AIDS activist in notable Florida court case regarding the rights of HIV+ children in public schools* Sylvia Méndez - American civil rights activist; of Mexican-Puerto Rican heritage^[181]
Eugene Nelson - American labor leader

Manuel Olivieri Sánchez (born 1888) - Puerto Rican court interpreter and civil rights activist; led the legal battle which recognized US citizenship for Puerto Ricans living in Hawaii
Carmen Pola - Puerto Rican long-time politician and community activist in Boston, Massachusetts; first Latina to run for statewide office; first Director of the Office of Constituent Services
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
Sylvia Rae Rivera (1951–2002) - American transgender activist; founding member of the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance; helped found STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries); of Puerto Rican and Venezuelan descent^[182]
Helen Rodríguez-Trías (1929–2001) - American pediatrician, educator and women's rights activist^[183]
Anthony Romero - American executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874–1938) - Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in the US who raised awareness of the social contributions made by Afro-Latin Americans and Afro-Americans; died in New York^[184]
Alejandrina Torres - nationalist and former political prisoner^[185]
Griselio Torresola (1925–1950) - one of two Puerto Rican Nationalists who attempted to assassinate US President Harry Truman; Puerto Rico born

Physicians and scientists[]

Joseph M. Acabá - American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut; parents are Puerto Rican^[121]
Víctor Manuel Blanco, PhD (1918–2011) - Puerto Rican astronomer; in 1959 discovered "Blanco 1," a galactic cluster; died in Florida^[186]
Rafael L. Brás - American civil engineer; Provost to the Georgia Institute of Technology; Puerto Rican-born
Neil deGrasse Tyson - American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. His mother is of Puerto Rican ancestry.^[187]
Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano, Ph.D., aka "Tali" - astrophysicist and researcher with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; pioneered the development of position-sensitive detectors
Gerónimo Lluberas (1956–2003) - Puerto Rican physician, humanitarian, writer and composer
Ramón E. López - space physicist and author
Lissette Martínez - lead electrical engineer for the Space Experiment Module program at the Wallops Flight Facility
Joseph O. Prewitt Díaz, PhD - retired psychologist; specialized in psychosocial theory; first Puerto Rican recipient of the American Psychological Association; 2008 International Humanitarian Award^[188]
Pedro Rodríguez, Ph.D. - Director of a test laboratory at NASA; inventor of a portable, battery-operated lift seat for people suffering from knee arthritis
Fernando E. Rodríguez Vargas, DDS (1888–1932) - odontologist (dentist), scientist and a Major in the US Army who discovered the bacteria which causes cavities
Gualberto Ruaño, MD, PhD - pioneer in the field of personalized medicine; inventor of molecular diagnostic systems used worldwide for the management of viral diseases

Religious[]

Nicky Cruz (born 1938) - Christian evangelist; founder of Nicky Cruz Outreach, an evangelistic Christian ministry
Alberto Cutié - Puerto Rican Episcopal cleric better known as Padre Alberto; ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1995; became an internationally recognizable name by hosting television and radio programs
José Luis de Jesús - founder and leader of Creciendo en Gracia´s Christian ministry (Growing In Grace International Ministry, Inc.), based in Miami, Florida
Bavi Edna Rivera, aka "Nedi" - American suffragan bishop and Episcopal priest; daughter of the late bishop Victor Manuel Rivera and an Anglo mother^[189]
Víctor Manuel Rivera (1916–2005) - Puerto Rican born American Episcopalian priest and bishop

Writers[]

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Miguel Algarín

Jack Agüeros - community activist, poet, writer, and translator
Quiara Alegría Hudes - American playwright and author, known for writing the book for the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights; of Jewish and Puerto Rican descent^[190]
Miguel Algarín - Puerto Rican poet, writer, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café
Rane Arroyo (1954–2010) - American poet, playwright, and scholar; of Puerto Rican descent
Pura Belpré (1899 or 1903–1982) - author; first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City^[191]
Giannina Braschi - Puerto Rican poet and novelist; lives in New York^[192]
Julia de Burgos (1914–1953) - considered by many as the greatest Puerto Rican poet and one of the greatest female poets of Latin America; died in New York^[193]
Judith Ortiz Cofer (born 1952) - author; Puerto Rican-born and American raised^[194]
Jesús Colón (1901–1974) - Puerto Rican writer, known as the "father of the Nuyorican movement"^[195]
Víctor Hernández Cruz - Puerto Rican poet; New York resident^[196]
Nicholas Dante (1941-1991) - American dancer and writer; Puerto Rican parents^[197]
Nelson Denis (1954-) - Author of War Against All Puerto Ricans, film director, and former New York State Assemblyman
Sandra María Esteves - American poet, playwright, and graphic artist; of Puerto Rican, Dominican and African American descent^[198]
Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes - Puerto Rican author, scholar, and performer; lives in Michigan
Pedro J. Labarthe (1905–1966) - Puerto Rican poet, journalist, essayist, and novelist
Tato Laviera - Nuyorican poet; born in Puerto Rico; moved to New York City with his family in 1960
Muna Lee (1895–1965) - American author and poet; known for her writings that promoted Pan-Americanism and feminism
Érika López - American cartoonist, novelist, and performance artist; of Puerto Rican and German American descent^[199]
Caridad de la Luz, aka "La Bruja" (The "Good" Witch) - poet, actress and activist; parents are Puerto Rican^[200]
Nemir Matos-Cintrón - Puerto Rican author; lives in Florida

John Meléndez, aka "Stuttering John" - American television writer and former radio personality
Nicholasa Mohr - one of the best known Nuyorican writers^[201]
Micol Ostow - American author, editor and educator; Jewish-American father, Puerto Rican mother^[202]
George Pérez - Puerto Rican-American writer and illustrator of comic books; his family moved from Caguas to the New York area in the 1940s^[203]
Pedro Pietri (1944–2004) - Nuyorican poet and playwright; co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Cafe; Puerto Rican born and American raised^[204]
Carmen M. Pursifull - former New York City Latin dance and Latin American music figure of the 1950s, and since 1970 in Illinois; English-language free verse poet; of Puerto Rican and Spanish descent^[205]
Marie Teresa Ríos (1917–1999) - American author of a book which was the basis for the 1960s television sitcom The Flying Nun; of Puerto Rican and Irish descent
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
Tony Santiago - Puerto Rican military historian
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, aka Arthur Schomburg (1874–1938) - Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in the US who raised awareness of the social contributions made by Afro-Latin Americans and Afro-Americans; died in New York; immigrated to New York in 1891^[206]
James Stevens-Arce - novelist, screenwriter, short story writer, and creative director in the advertising business; his first novel, Soulsaver, won the 1997 UPC Award, presented annually to the best short science fiction novel in English, Spanish, French, or Catalán by Spain's Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; lives in North Carolina; mother from Ponce, Puerto Rico, father from Rantoul, Illinois
Piri Thomas (1928–2011) - writer and American poet; memoir Down These Mean Streets became a best-seller; Puerto Rican mother, Cuban father
Edwin Torres - Nuyorican poet
Ed Vega (1936–2008) - Puerto Rican novelist and short story writer^[207]
Irene Vilar - editor, literary agent, author of books dealing with national and generational trauma and women's reproductive rights
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) - American poet, closely associated with modernism and Imagism; of English and Puerto Rican descent^[208]

Others[]

Aída Álvarez - first Hispanic woman and Puerto Rican to hold a US Cabinet-level position; grew up in New York^[209]
Nixzmary Brown (1998–2006) - seven-year-old abused child and murder victim from the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn section of New York City; of Puerto Rican and Pakistanian descent^[210]
Marta Casals Istomin - former president of the Manhattan School of Music; Puerto Rican born^[211]
Angie Martínez - American radio personality
Samuel A. Ramírez, Sr. - first Hispanic to launch a successful investment banking firm; parents are Puerto Rican
Félix Rigau Carrera (1894–1954) - first Puerto Rican pilot^[212]
José Rodríguez (intelligence) - head of CIA division (2004–2008)

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