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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 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 ...
Another famous Mexican-American Vietnam War ... Time magazine listed Ramos among the 100 most influential people in the world as well as one of the 25 most influential Hispanics in the United ...
James Vasquez (born 1972) American actor and director to a Mexican father; Ray Vasquez (1924–2019) American singer, musician, and actor; Randy Vasquez (born 1961) American actor and director; brother of James Vasquez; Lupe Vélez (1908–1944) one of the first successful Latin American actresses in the United States, began her career in the ...
On the 2020 United States census, 20.3% of Hispanics selected "White" as their race. This marked a large drop when compared to the 2010 United States census in which 53.0% of Hispanics identified as "White". [80] These Hispanics make up 12,579,626 people or 3.8% of the population. Over 42% of Hispanic Americans identify as "some other race". [81]
In 1993, the first Hispanic-American woman astronaut was Ellen Ochoa. The Los Angeles, California native went to space on a 9-day mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
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 ...
Nov. 30—When Richard White received a call from The New Mexican, he thought he was in trouble. In fact, the call was to inform White he had been named one the newspaper's 10 Who Made a ...