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Ethnic Dominicans are people who are not only born in Dominican Republic (and have legal status) or born abroad with ancestral roots in the country, but more importantly have family roots in the country going back several generations and descend from a mix of varying degrees of Spanish, Taino, and African, the three principal foundational roots ...
Pages in category "Fictional Dominican Republic people" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
Plácido Polanco – Dominican born Major League Baseball player, plays for the Philadelphia Phillies and has also played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers; in 2008, he became a naturalized American citizen; Albert Pujols – Dominican-American professional baseball first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball
Dominic de Guzmán, recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church, founded the Dominican Order which was approved by Pope Innocent III in 1215. This list of saints and beati of the Dominican Order is alphabetical. It includes Dominican saints from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
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.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a 2007 novel written by Dominican American author Junot Díaz.Although a work of fiction, the novel is set in New Jersey in the United States, where Díaz was raised, and it deals with the Dominican Republic's experience under dictator Rafael Trujillo. [1]
The Master of the Order of Preachers is the Superior General of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans. [1]The Master of the Order of Preachers is ex officio Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, Italy, and of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.
List of Dominican Americans This page was last edited on 23 November 2019, at 20:10 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...