- List of Spanish Americans
Spanish Americans are
European American s who have predominately Spanish (Europe an)ancestry . Also, people who claim "Spanish" or "Spaniard " as one of their two ethnic ancestries will be included in this list.."eg:Martin Sheen "
There are also many people of other Hispanic "national" origin, "eg:Cuban American s,Mexican American s andPuerto Rican American s" who ultimatly trace their roots toSpain and form part of theSpanish American population.."eg:Marquita Rivera ,Héctor Elizondo ,Joanna García orRita Moreno ". This article includesIsleño s orCanary Island ers and Belearic Islanders.This is a list of notable
Spanish American s, ordered bysurname within section.List
Artists and Designers
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Mabel Alvarez - Prominent American artist.
*Fred Castellon , or Federico Castellón - Painter and sculptor born inAlmeria ,Spain
*Marisol Deluna - American fashion designer, family lineage traces to Spanish-Basque and Castilian origin.Business
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John Arrillaga - real estate businessman.
*John Casablancas - Founder and Chairman of Elite Modeling Agency and the world's largest modeling school. Spanish parents.
*Frank Lorenzo - Airline executive who founded Continental Airlines.
* DonPrudencio Unanue Ortiz - and Doña Carolina Casal Unanue, founders ofGoya Foods
*Andy Unanue - Former vice president of Goya Foods
*Joseph A. Unanue - Served 27-year tenure as president ofGoya Foods , the largestHispanic -owned food company in the United States.
*Vicente Martinez Ybor (September 7, 1818 - December, 1896) was a Spanish-American industrialist andCuban cigar manufacturer.
*Andres Soriano III - former Chairman of San Miguel Corporation, the leading food and beverage conglomerate in the Philippines.Entertainment
Actors and Actresses
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Trini Alvarado - American Actress, Spanish father.
* Stella del Carmen Banderas - actress, Daughter ofAntonio Banderas .
*Lynda Carter - Actress best known as the title character in popular 1970 television series "Wonder Woman ". Born Linda Jean Córdova Carter.
*Héctor Elizondo - born inNew York City , the son of Spanish (Basque)-Puerto Rican parents.
*Emilio Estévez - American actor, director, writer. Spanish father from Galicia, Spain.
*Mel Ferrer - Cuban father of Spanish descent.
*Joanna García - Cuban parents of Spanish descent.
*Leo Carrillo -actor ,vaudevillian ,political cartoonist , andconservationist .
*Greg Giraldo American Stand-up comic
*Cork Graham - actor,war correspondent , and author. Mother Spanish (m.n.: Troncoso) originally from Valencia. [The Bamboo Chest: An Adventure in Healing the Trauma of War; DPP Inc. 2004]
*Rita Hayworth - American actress and icon. Spanish father born inSeville , Spain.
*Lainie Kazan (bornMay 15 ,1940 ) is an American actress andsinger of half Spanish ancestry.
*Adele Mara - is an American actress, active in the mid 20th-century.
*Kyndra Mayo - actor on (part Hispanic)
*Antonio Moreno - Spanish born ,American educated actor; he was a leading silent film star of the 1920s.
*Margaret O'Brien - Renowned child actress, Spanish mother.
*Joaquin Phoenix - American actor, 1/4 Spanish from father's side
*River Phoenix - American actor, father of Spanish/Irish descent.
*Nathalia Ramos - AmericanActress & Singer . Spanish father. Played the leading role of Yasmin in "".
*Nicole Richie - American actress, author, and celebutante.
*Marquita Rivera -Puerto Rican American Hollywood actress of Spanish descent.
*Sarah Shahi - is an American actress, model has Spanish mother.
*Martin Sheen - Born 'Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez', father from Galicia, Spain.
*Charlie Sheen - American actor, Spanish grandfather.
*Raquel Welch - Born 'Jo Raquel Tejada', American actress of Spanish-Bolivian descent.
*Elena Verdugo - 1940s Spanish-American actress.Models
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Alley Baggett - American model and presenter, Half Spanish.
*Jo Collins - "Playboy " magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1964 andPlaymate of the Year for 1965. Half Spanish.
*Danielle Gamba - is an American model and dancer of Italian and Spanish descent.
*Paulina James - is an American pornographic actress of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry.
*Ali Landry - a formerMiss USA (1996), model and actress. French and Spanish (Cajun ) descent.
*Pilar Lastra - American model and presenter, Spanish father.
*Dillan Lauren - AmericanPornographic actress with Spanish heritage.
*Nina Mercedez AmericanPornographic actress with Spanish heritage.
*Nadia Styles - AmericanPornographic actress of Spanish ancestry.Music
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Julian Casablancas - The vocalist and songwriter of theNew York band The Strokes.
*Nichole Cordova - is asinger anddancer . Cordova is a member of the musical group "Girlicious ".
*David Archuleta - father of Spanish (Basque) descent.
*Jerry Garcia - Guitarist and singer for theGrateful Dead . Father was born in La Coruña, Spain.
*Kaci - (prounounced Kah-chee), is asinger ,dancer and occasionalactress .
*Irvan Perez -Isleño Singer
*Val Ramos - NuevoFlamenco guitarist, "Puerto Rican American " of Spanish descent.
*Joey Vilchez Nardone - Singer, Songwriter and Actor, Mothers family from Malaga, Spain.Government and Military
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Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr. - Major General, U.S. Army. Decorated World War II Division commander.
*Terry de la Mesa Allen, Jr. - Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army. Killed in Vietnam War.
*Juan José Carrillo - the first mayor of Santa Monica, California
*David Farragut - First senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. Coined phrase "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
*Joseph Montoya - Democratic U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.
*Bob Martinez - Former and first HispanicGovernor of Florida , grandson of Spanish immigrants.
*Sammy Nunez - Louisiana politician of Canarian, orIsleño descent.
*Leander Perez - Louisiana judge and politician of Isleño descent.
*Pío Pico - was the last MexicanGovernor of Alta California .
*Junior Rodriguez - Politician fromSt. Bernard Parish, Louisiana , of Isleño descent.
*Manuel Lujan Jr . - Republican Congressman from New Mexico & Secretary of Interior.
*Fernando C. De Baca - First Assistant to the President of the US (Nixon/Ford) of Hispanic descent.
*Esequiel C. De Baca - Second Governor of New Mexico after statehood (1915-17)
*Jerry Apodaca - Democratic Governor of New Mexico (1974-78).
*Dennis Chavez - Democratic U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.Inventors, Engineers and Academics
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Luis F. Alvarez - Developed diagnosis for macular leprosy.
*Luis W. Alvarez - Nobel Prize-winning physicist and key participant in the Manhattan Project.
*Walter Alvarez - Geologist who first proposed the asteroid-impact theory to explain the extinction of the dinosaurs.
*Walter C. Alvarez - Referred to as "America’s Family Doctor" for his syndicated medical column in hundreds of newspapers.
*Severo Ochoa - Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who worked on the synthesis of RNAports
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Mary Joe Fernández - Professional tennis player and two-time Olympic gold medal winner. Father from Spain.
*Lefty Gomez - Born Vernon Louis Gomez, New York Yankees Hall of Fame pitcher.
*Keith Hernandez - MVP-winning baseball player, grandfather from Malaga, Spain.
* Manuel Hernandez - Spanish-US soccer player. Born in Spain.
*Al Lopez - Hall-of-Fame baseball player and manager. Spanish parents.
*Lou Piniella - Baseball player and manager, Asturian grandparentsWriters
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Mercedes de Acosta - Poet and playwright, also known for her lesbian affairs with Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich.
*George Santayana - Spanish born,philosopher ,essayist ,poet , andnovelist .Other
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Michael Lopez-Alegria - American astronaut. Holds American record for most EVA hours (spacewalks or moonwalks) Born in Madrid.
*Wenceslao Moreno - Known to his American fans as "Senor Wences," Moreno was for decades a top ventriloquist in Spain, elsewhere in Europe, as well as in Latin America and the United States. In the US, he was a favorite in vaudeville and, later, television, especially on "The Ed Sullivan Show." He was born in Salamanca and died at the age of 103 in New York City.References
ee also
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Hispanic American
*List of Cuban Americans
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