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This is a list of famous or notable people from the Dominican Republic. ... Claudia Cruz – Miss World 2004 first runner-up; Marianne Cruz – Miss Universe 2008 ...
Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez (January 26, 1813 – July 15, 1876) [1] was a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the Founding Fathers of the Dominican Republic and bears the title of Father of the Nation.
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (/ t r uː ˈ h iː j oʊ / troo-HEE-yoh, Spanish: [rafaˈel leˈoniðas tɾuˈxiʝo moˈlina]; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed El Jefe (Spanish: [el ˈxefe]; meaning the boss), was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. [2]
The National Palace is the president's official workplace, the center of the administration, and a prominent symbol of the office.. Since independence in 1844, the Dominican Republic has counted 54 people in the presidential office, whether constitutional, provisional, or interim, divided into 66 periods of government.
Image credits: Rafal Oleksiewicz / Getty Images #2 Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi is yet another soccer player on this list. Like Ronaldo, the Argentinian megastar started his football career early on ...
De la Renta held dual citizenship in the Dominican Republic and the United States. [5] He was an Ambassador-at-Large of the Dominican Republic. [5] De la Renta served as a board member of the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall and WNET. He served on the boards of several charitable institutions such as New Yorkers for Children, the America's ...
Pedro Mir (1913–2000), poet and writer, Poet Laureate of Dominican Republic; Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), poet, Nobel Prize; Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003), short story writer, Prince of Asturias Award; Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984), novelist, essayist, journalist and short story writer
Rita Indiana Hernández Sánchez (born 11 June 1977) is a Dominican writer and singer-songwriter. In 2011, she was selected by the Spanish newspaper El País as one of the 100 most influential Latino personalities. [1]