Famous Boricuas A-Z

Joseph Michael Acaba (his parents are from Hatillo, Puerto Rico)

Carmelo Anthony (born to a Puerto Rican father and an African American mother)

La La Anthony (Puerto Rican descent)

Victor Argo (both of his parents were born in the town of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico)

Yancey Arias (his mother is Puerto Rican and his father is Colombian)

Wilfred Benitez

Jose A. Cabranes (born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)

Tego Calderon (born in Santurce, Puerto Rico)

Wilmer Calderon (born in Santurce, Puerto Rico)

Pedro Albizu Campos (born in the Tenerías sector of Barrio Machuelo Abajo in Ponce, Puerto Rico)

Susie Castillo (born to a Dominican father and Puerto Rican mother)

Chayanne (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Iris Chacón (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Ivonne Coll (born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico)

Willie Colon

Millie Corretjer (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Miguel Cotto (born in Caguas, Puerto Rico)

Elvis Crespo (born inGuaynabo, Puerto Rico)

Juan R. Cruz (born and raised in Puerto Rico)

Monique Gabriela Curnen (her is from Puerto Rico and her father is of German and Irish descent)

Rosario Dawson (her mother of Puerto Rican and Afro-Cuban descent)

Gigi Fernández (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico)

José Ferrer (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Miguel Ferrer (father was Puerto Rican and mother was Irish and German)

Franky G (parents immigrated from Puerto Rico)

Arturo Gil (of Puerto Rican descent; raised in Puerto Rico)

Joyce Giraud (was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico)

Dr. Janet Alvarez Gonzalez (born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico)

Jaslene Gonzalez (born in Puerto Rico)

Luis Guzmán (born in Cayey, Puerto Rico)

Diego E. Hernandez (born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Lillian Hurst (born in the Villa Palmera section of San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Victoria Justice (Her father is of English, German, and Irish descent, and her mother is of Puerto Rican ancestry)

Germán Legarreta (Born in San Juan Puero Rico)

Hector Lavoe (born and raised in the Machuelito sector of Ponce, Puerto Rico)

Adamari López ( born in Humacao, Puerto Rico)

Gina Lynn (born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico)

Norma Maldonado (mother born in Puerto Rico)

Bruno Mars (His father is of half Puerto Rican and half Hungarian and Ukrainian)

Lisa Mateo (born to Puerto Rican parents)

Orlando Melendez (born in Ponce Puerto Rico)

Rita Moreno (born in Humacao, Puerto Rico) (First Boricua to win an Emmy (1977), a Grammy (1972), an Oscar (1962) and a Tony (1975))

Jonny Moseley (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico) (First Boricua to become a member of the U.S. Ski Team)

Ari Meyers (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Frankie Muniz (Puerto Rican, Italian, Irish descent)

Antonia Novello (born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico)

Don Omar (born and raised in Carolina, Puerto Rico)

Lana Parrilla (born to a Sicilian mother and a Puerto Rican father)

Sam Parrilla (born in Santurce, Puerto Rico)

Carmen Perez (raised in Puerto Rico; of Puerto Rican descent)

Eddie Perez (of Puerto Rican descent)

Rosie Perez (born to Puerto Rican parents)

Audrey Puente (of Puerto Rican descent)

Tito Puente (of Puerto Rican descent)

Denise Quiñones  (born in Ponce, Puerto Rico)

Samuel A. Ramirez (parents from Puerto Rico)

Kamar de los Reyes (Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His mother is Puerto Rican and his father is Cuban)

Osvaldo Ríos (born in Carolina, Puerto Rico)

Geraldo Rivera (father was a Catholic Puerto Rican and his mother is of Ashkenazi Russian Jewish descent)

Mychal Rivera (His father is of Puerto Rican descent and his mother is of half African American and German descent)

Naya Rivera (is of half Puerto Rican, quarter African American, and a quarter German descent)

Michelle Rodriguez (Her mother is Dominican and her father is Puerto Rican)

Vanessa De Roide

Zoe Saldana (Her father was Dominican and her mother Puerto Rican)

Olga San Juan (parents are from Puerto Rico; she was raised in Puerto Rico)

Roselyn Sanchez (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Renoly Santiago (born in Lajas, Puerto Rico)

Daniel Santos (born in Santurce, Puerto Rico)

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (born in Santurce, Puerto Rico)

Myrta Silva

Sonia Sotomayor

Olga Tañon (born in Santurce, Puerto Rico)

Benicio del Toro (born and grew up in Santurce, Puerto Rico)

Jose “Chequi” Torres (born in Ponce, Puerto Rico)

Liz Torres (Parents born in Puerto Rico)

Rafael Tufiño

Javier Vazquez (born in Ponce, Puerto Rico)

Nydia Velazquez (born in Yacuboa, Puerto Rico)

Daddy Yankee (born in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico)