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  2. List of Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Juan Bernardo Huyke, second Puerto Rican native to serve as temporary Governor of Puerto Rico; in 1923, he served as interim governor between the administrations of Emmet Montgomery Reily and Horace Mann Towner [349] Jesús T. Piñero, first Puerto Rican to be named governor of the Island by a U.S. President (1946–1949)

  3. List of Stateside Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Fernando Allende (Mexican/Puerto Rican) – With more than 100 songs recorded in 16 different projects in English and Spanish and having been the songwriter of many of these songs Fernando Allende is an icon named the ambassador to the mariachis for perpetuity in Mexico by its government.

  4. Stateside Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Rican migration trends since 2006 have been highly complex: New York State gained more Puerto Rican migrants from Puerto Rico (31% of the mainland total) as well as from elsewhere on the mainland (20% of interstate moves) between 2006 and 2012 than any other U.S. state, in absolute numbers, even while the southern United States gained ...

  5. List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico

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    The first sanctioned baseball game in the island was played on January 9, 1898, in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where two teams composed of Puerto Rican, American and Cuban players participated. [3] After this game, baseball became a widespread sport and professional and amateur leagues were organized.

  6. Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Ricans (Spanish: Puertorriqueños), [11] [12] most commonly known as Boricuas, [a] [13] but also occasionally referred to as Borinqueños, Borincanos, [b] or Puertorros, [c] [14] are an ethnic group native to the Caribbean archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, and a nation identified with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through ancestry, culture, or history.

  7. List of Stateside Puerto Rican communities - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of communities known for possessing a large number of Stateside Puerto Ricans.Over 38 percent of Stateside Puerto Ricans live in just two states, namely Florida and New York, although large numbers can also be found in the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

  8. List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States ...

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    Puerto Rican: Democratic: Virgin Islands: Jan 3, 1973: Jan 3, 1979: Retired to run unsuccessfully for Governor of the Virgin Islands: Jan 3, 1981: Jan 3, 1995: Retired Baltasar Corrada del Río (1935–2018) Puerto Rican: New Progressive: Puerto Rico: Jan 3, 1977: Jan 3, 1985: Retired to run successfully for Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico ...

  9. List of Puerto Rican women - Wikipedia

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    First Puerto Rican female athlete to turn professional, [56] first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal, and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. [57] Lisa Fernández, softball player. Olympic gold medalist. Maritza Correia, athlete. First black Puerto Rican woman in the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team.