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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 ...
Hispanic or Latino ancestry Party State Term start Term end Notes Dominique Bouligny (1773–1833) Spanish Democratic-Republican (1824–1828) Louisiana: Nov 19, 1824: March 4, 1829: Retired National Republican (1828–1829) David Levy Yulee (1810–1886) Spanish [1] Democratic: Florida: July 1, 1845: March 4, 1851: Lost reelection March 4 ...
There are also many people in the United States of various Latin American "national" origin, (e.g. Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, Venezuelan American etc.) or other Latin Americans, who self-identify their heritage or origins as being Spaniard in census data.
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we took a look at some of those influential figures who have brought important innovations to a variety of fields.
National Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off September 15. In honor of the festivities, here are 15 famous Hispanic people who are trailblazers in their fields. Rita Moreno, 91, Is an EGOT Legend.
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 ...
Chances are, your high school history teacher skipped right over this Hispanic hero, who played a big role in the Revolutionary War. Born in Spain in 1746, Gálvez had a successful career in the ...