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This is a list of notable Puerto Ricans of significant African ancestry, including visually mixed-race individuals, which represents a significant portion of the Puerto Rican population. It includes people born in or living in the mainland United States, some of whom may be of full Puerto Rican ancestry while others only partially Puerto Rican ...
One Puerto Rican politician of African descent who distinguished himself during this period was the physician and politician José Celso Barbosa (1857–1921). On July 4, 1899, he founded the pro-statehood Puerto Rican Republican Party and became known as the "Father of the Statehood for Puerto Rico" movement.
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg – Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in the United States; founder of the Schomberg Center for Black Research; Sech (singer) – Panamanian Reggaeton artist; Shyne – Belizean rapper; Luis Guillermo Solís – Costa Rican president and mulatto; Pop Smoke – American rapper of Afro-Panamanian descent (1999 ...
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Rogelio Mills – television personality; Puerto Rican/Black Hispanic American [1] Antonio Sánchez – radio and television personality, show host and producer; Fernando Allende – (Mexican/Puerto Rican host)hosts Miss World international live telecast to 153 countries for the fourth time in a row. Also hosted Buscando Estrellas; Spanish ...
Juan Bernardo Huyke, second Puerto Rican native to serve as temporary Governor of Puerto Rico; in 1923, he served as interim governor between the administrations of Emmet Montgomery Reily and Horace Mann Towner [349] Jesús T. Piñero, first Puerto Rican to be named governor of the Island by a U.S. President (1946–1949)
Puerto Rican-born actress and former Miss Teen USA. Omar Avila - (1979–) Cuban-born American actor; Rosa Blasi (1972–) American actress and therapist of partial Puerto Rican descent; Lillo Brancato (1976–) Colombian-born American actor, although raised in an Italian-American family (A Bronx Tale, The Sopranos).
The name Elizabeth has consistently been one of the most popular names for girls in the U.S. for over a century, rarely leaving the top 20 most popular names. In the 1990s, it was the eighth most ...