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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 ...
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).
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 ...
Ramiro Muñiz, known as Ramsey Muñiz (1942–2022) – first Hispanic whose name appeared on a Texas gubernatorial general election ballot, in 1972 and 1974, each time as the nominee of the Raza Unida Party but lost both elections. [134] Ricardo Munoz (born 1965) – former member of the Chicago City Council
Midajah – American personal trainer, fitness model and former professional wrestling manager. He is the eldest of four children and is of Norwegian, Irish, Spanish, and French descent. Lou Molinet (1904–1976) – first Hispanic-American professional football player to play in the National Football League.
The term Hispanic has been the source of several debates in the United States. Within the United States, the term originally referred typically to the Hispanos of New Mexico until the U.S. government used it in the 1970 Census to refer to "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race."
Additionally, 2.8 million non-Hispanic Americans also speak Spanish at home for a total of 41.1 million. [92] With 40% of Hispanic Americans being immigrants, [152] and with many of the 60% who are US-born being the children or grandchildren of immigrants, bilingualism is the norm in the community at large. At home, at least 69% of all ...
This is a list of Hispanos, both settlers and their descendants (either fully or partially of such origin), who were born or settled, between the early 16th century and 1850, in what is now the southwestern United States (including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, southwestern Colorado, Utah and Nevada), as well as Florida, Louisiana (1763–1800) and other Spanish colonies in what is ...