List of Spanish Americans

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Spanish Americans are European Americans who have predominantly Spanish (European) ancestry. Also, people who claim "Spanish" or "Spaniard" as one of their two ethnic ancestries are also included in this list, e.g.: Martin Sheen.
There are also many people in the United States of another Hispanic "national" origin, eg: Cuban Americans, Mexican Americans and Puerto Rican Americans who ultimately trace all of their heritage back to Spain and form part of the ethnic "Spanish"-American population, e.g.: Andy Garcia.

This is a list of notable Spanish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

This list is ordered by surname within section.

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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Spanish American or must have references showing they are Spanish American and are notable.

Contents 1 List 1.1 Artists and Designers 1.2 Business 1.3 Entertainment 1.3.1 Actors and Actresses 1.3.1.1 Models 1.3.2 Music 1.4 Government and Military 1.5 Scientists, Inventors, Engineers and Academics 1.6 Sports 1.7 Writers 1.8 Other 2 References 3 See also

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[edit] Artists and Designers

• Mabel Alvarez - Prominent American artist.
• Federico Castellon - Painter and sculptor born in Almeria, Spain
• Marisol Deluna - American fashion designer, family lineage traces to Spanish-Basque and Castilian origin.

[edit] Business

• John Arrillaga - real estate businessman.
• John Casablancas - Founder and Chairman of Elite Modeling Agency and the world's largest modeling school. Spanish parents.
• Frank Lorenzo - Airline executive who founded Continental Airlines.
• Andy Unanue - Former vice president of Goya Foods
• Joseph A. Unanue - Served 27-year tenure as president of Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States.
• Vicente Martinez Ybor (September 7, 1818 - December, 1896) was a Spanish-American industrialist and Cuban cigar manufacturer.

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Actors and Actresses

• Trini Alvarado - American Actress, Spanish father.
• Stella del Carmen Banderas - actress, Daughter of Antonio Banderas.
• Lynda Carter - Actress best known as the title character in popular 1970 television series Wonder Woman. Born Linda Jean Córdova Carter.
• Imogene Coca - American actress of Spanish descent.
• Cameron Diaz - Father born to Spanish parents via Cuba.
• Héctor Elizondo - born in New York City, the son of Spanish (Basque)-Puerto Rican parents.
• Emilio Estévez - American actor, director, writer. Spanish father from Galicia, Spain.
• Mel Ferrer - Cuban father of Spanish descent.
• Daisy Fuentes - Spanish mother.
• Joanna García - mother of Spanish descent.
• Camille Guaty - family is originally from the Canary Islands.
• Leo Carrillo - actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist.
• Greg Giraldo American Stand-up comic
• Rita Hayworth - American actress and icon. Spanish father born in Seville, Spain.
• Lainie Kazan (born May 15, 1940) is an American actress and singer of half Spanish ancestry.
• Adele Mara - is an American actress, active in the mid 20th-century.
• Kyndra Mayo- actor on Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County (part Hispanic)
• Antonio Moreno - Spanish-born American educated actor; he was a leading silent film star of the 1920s.
• Margaret O'Brien - Renowned child actress, Spanish mother.
• Anita Pomares, better known as Anita Page - was an American film actress primarily in the 1920s and 1930s and later.
• Nathalia Ramos - American actress and singer. Spanish father. Played the leading role of Yasmin in Bratz: The Movie.
• Sarah Shahi - is an American actress, model has Spanish mother.
• Martin Sheen - Born 'Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez', father from Galicia, Spain.
• Charlie Sheen - American actor, Spanish grandfather.
• Alanna Ubach - American actress of Spanish descent.
• Raquel Welch - Born 'Jo Raquel Tejada', American actress of Spanish-Bolivian descent.
• Elena Verdugo - 1940s Spanish-American actress.
• Ricardo Montalban - Mexican-American actor, parents were both from Castilla España (Spain).

[edit] Models

• Alley Baggett- American model and presenter. Half Spanish.
• Jo Collins - Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1964 and Playmate of the Year for 1965. Half Spanish.
• Danielle Gamba - is an American model and dancer of Italian and Spanish descent.
• Jenna Haze - American Pornographic actress of Spanish heritage.
• Paulina James - is an American pornographic actress of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry.
• Pilar Lastra - American model and presenter, Spanish father.
• Dillan Lauren - American Pornographic actress of Spanish heritage.
• D'Nika Romero - Model and former basketball player of Spanish descent.
• Nadia Styles - American Pornographic actress of Spanish ancestry.

[edit] Music

• David Archuleta - father of Spanish (Basque) descent.
• Julian Casablancas - The vocalist and songwriter of the New York band The Strokes.
• Nichole Cordova - is a singer and dancer. Cordova is a member of the musical group Girlicious.
• Gloria Estefan - Mothers parents were born in Pola de Siero, Asturias and Logroño, La Rioja, Spain .
• Lilian García is an American singer and ring announcer born in Spain. Spanish descent via Puerto Rico.
• Jerry Garcia - Guitarist and singer for the Grateful Dead. Father was born in La Coruña, Spain.
• Kaci - (prounounced Kah-chee), is a singer, dancer and occasional actress.
• Craig Mabbitt - The current vocalist of the band Escape The Fate. Mother was of Spaniard descent.
• Alcide Nunez - Isleño American jazz clarinetist.
• Kenny Ortega - Emmy-award winning producer, director and choreographer. Most known for directing the High School Musical series and Michael Jackson's This Is It. Spanish grandparents.
• Irvan Perez - Isleño Singer
• Matthew Santos - rock and folk singer-songwriter, musician and painter, father of part-Spanish descent.

[edit] Government and Military

• Polly Baca - Colorado Legislature from 1975-1986, of Spanish descent.^[1]
• Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr. - Major General, U.S. Army. Decorated World War II Division commander.
• Terry de la Mesa Allen, Jr. - Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army. Killed in Vietnam War.
• Juan José Carrillo - the first mayor of Santa Monica, California
• Linda Chavez - father's family came to New Mexico from Spain in 1601.
• David Farragut - First senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. Coined phrase "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
• Joseph Montoya - Democratic U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.
• Bob Martinez - Former and first Hispanic Governor of Florida, grandson of Spanish immigrants.
• Sammy Nunez - Louisiana politician of Canarian, or Isleño descent.
• Leander Perez - Louisiana judge and politician of Isleño descent.
• Junior Rodriguez - Politician from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, of Isleño descent.
• Manuel Lujan Jr. - Republican Congressman from New Mexico & Secretary of Interior.
• Jerry Apodaca - Democratic Governor of New Mexico (1974-78).
• Dennis Chavez - Democratic U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.

[edit] Scientists, Inventors, Engineers and Academics

• Luis F. Alvarez - Developed diagnosis for macular leprosy.
• Luis W. Alvarez - Nobel Prize-winning physicist and key participant in the Manhattan Project.
• Walter Alvarez - Geologist who first proposed the asteroid-impact theory to explain the extinction of the dinosaurs.
• Walter C. Alvarez - Referred to as "America’s Family Doctor" for his syndicated medical column in hundreds of newspapers.
• Severo Ochoa - Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who worked on the synthesis of RNA
• Rodolfo Llinás - Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine. Born in Bogotá (Colombia), with Spanish grandfather.

[edit] Sports

• Mary Joe Fernández - Professional tennis player and two-time Olympic gold medal winner. Father from Spain.
• Lefty Gomez - Born Vernon Louis Gomez, New York Yankees Hall of Fame pitcher.
• Keith Hernandez - MVP-winning baseball player, grandfather from Malaga, Spain.
• Manuel Hernandez - Spanish-American soccer player. Born in Spain.
• Al Lopez - Hall-of-Fame baseball player and manager. Spanish parents.
• Lou Piniella - Baseball player and manager, Asturian grandparents

[edit] Writers

• Mercedes de Acosta - Poet and playwright, also known for her lesbian affairs with Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich.
• George Santayana- Spanish born, philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.

[edit] Other

• Michael Lopez-Alegria - American astronaut. Holds American record for most EVA hours (spacewalks or moonwalks) Born in Madrid.
• Raymond Fernandez - and his common-law wife Martha Beck became known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers".
• Wenceslao Moreno - Known to his American fans as "Senor Wences," Moreno was for decades a top ventriloquist in Spain, elsewhere in Europe, as well as in Latin America and the United States. In the US, he was a favorite in vaudeville and, later, television, especially on "The Ed Sullivan Show." He was born in Salamanca and died at the age of 103 in New York City.
• Yasmin Aga Khan - philanthropist with Spanish blood from her mother, Rita Hayworth

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Hispanic American
• List of Cuban Americans
• Californio

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