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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 ...
50+ Influential Latina Women in History. 1. Dolores Huerta. Huerta is a civil rights activist and labor leader. She worked tirelessly to ensure farmworkers received US labor rights and co-founded ...
Lopez in 2014. American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez has had a cultural impact through her films, music, television work, dance, fashion, lifestyle and entrepreneurship. For her contributions to the arts, Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers in the world. [1] She has also been cited as the most influential Latin ...
Retrieved June 12, 2008. [There were 39.5 million Hispanic and Latino Americans aged 5 or more in 2006. 8.5 million of them, or 22%, spoke only English at home, and another 156,000, or 0.4%, spoke neither English nor Spanish at home. The other 30.8 million, or 78%, spoke Spanish at home.
1944-1946. Cesario Estrada Chavez (/ ˈtʃɑːvɛz /; Spanish: [ˈtʃaβes]; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the ...
The history of Hispanics and Latinos in the United States is wide-ranging, spanning more than four hundred years of American colonial and post-colonial history. Hispanics (whether criollo, mulatto, afro-mestizo or mestizo) became the first American citizens in the newly acquired Southwest territory after the Mexican–American War, and remained ...
2021. (93rd) Shaka King. Panama. Judas and the Black Messiah. Nominated. First American producer of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Picture. Born in New York to a Panamanian father and a mother of Panamanian descent. Shared with Ryan Coogler and Charles D. King.
Trixie Friganza (1870–1955) – American actress of Spanish and Irish parents. Martin Garralaga (1894–1981) – Spanish-born film and television actor who portrayed more than 200 roles in film and television. Dominik Garcia-Lorido – American actress who has maternal Spanish-Austrian descent. Jesse Garcia – actor.