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This is a list of notable Hispanic and Latino Americans: citizens or residents of the United States with origins in Latin America or Spain. [1] The following groups are officially designated as "Spanish/Hispanic/Latino": [2] Mexican American, (Stateside) Puerto Rican, Cuban American, Dominican American, Costa Rican American, Guatemalan American, Honduran American, Nicaraguan American ...
Hispanic or Latino ancestry Party State Term start Term end Notes Alcée la Branche (1806–1881) Spanish Democratic: Louisiana: March 4, 1843: March 4, 1845: Retired John Edward Bouligny (1824–1864) Spanish American (Know-Nothing) (1859–1860) Louisiana: March 4, 1859: March 4, 1861: Retired [20] Constitutional Union (1860–1861) Romualdo ...
The following is an alphabetically ordered list of notable Latino members of the United States ... musician, band leader, producer) Bryan Avila (Florida state ...
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) pays tribute to the contributions and culture of Latinx and Hispanic people. To commemorate the occasion, here are 54 of the most influential ...
Augusto César Sandino (1985–1934), guerilla leader and revolutionary; Pancho Villa (1878–1923), guerrilla leader of the Mexican Revolution; Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919), guerrilla leader of the Mexican Revolution; Lula da Silva (born 1945), President of Brazil; Pedro Albizu Campos (1891–1965), president of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Because of his sway among politically active Latinos and Hispanics in the United States and beyond, Time magazine listed Ramos among the 100 most influential people in the world as well as one of ...
Mimi Lozano (born 1933) – co-founded the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research; Angel G. Luévano (born 1949) – labor leader and activist; Rueben Martinez (born 1940) – activist and businessman; Vilma Socorro Martínez (born 1943) – civil rights activist, lawyer and diplomat; Eliseo Medina (born 1946) – labor activist
The Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC) selected Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) as its leader for the 119th Congress. The organization, which was founded in 2003, on Wednesday elected Gonzales ...