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This is a list of famous or notable people from the Dominican Republic. The list also includes individuals of Dominican ancestry who reside overseas. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Olivia Peguero (born 1961), Dominican-born American contemporary landscape and botanical artist; Fernando Peña Defilló (1926–2016), Dominican painter of Canarian descent and Catalan descent; Guillo Pérez (1923–2014), painter; Eligio Pichardo (1929–1984) Dominican-born American painte
Kathleen Teresa Martínez Berry (born 1966) is a Dominican lawyer, archaeologist, and diplomat, best known for her work since 2005 in the search for the tomb of Cleopatra in the Taposiris Magna temple in Egypt. She heads the Egyptian-Dominican mission in Alexandria and is currently minister counselor in charge of cultural affairs at the ...
Sonia Báez-Hernández (born 1958), Dominican-born Puerto Rican interdisciplinary artist. Ada Balcácer (born 1930), multidisciplinary visual artist, whose artistic production ranges from painted works, textile designs, murals, and printmaking; born in Santo Domingo
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.
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.
Winifer María Fernández Pérez (born 6 January 1995) is a Dominican female volleyball player. With her club Mirador she competed at the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship.She became well known after a video and later some photos of her playing and training, and personal photos of her--some of them fake--went viral in July 2016.
Iliana Emilia García (born 1970), Dominican-born, American visual artist and sculptor; Scherezade García (born 1966), Dominican-born American painter, printmaker, and installation artist; Paul Giudicelli (1921–1965), abstract painter; Aurelio Grisanty (born 1949), Dominican-born American painter, graphic artist, muralist, set designer ...