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*[[Jerry Garcia]] - Guitarist and singer for the [[Grateful Dead]]. Father was born in La Coruña, Spain.<ref>{{cite book |title=Garcia: An American Life |last=Jackson |first=Blair |year=1999 |pages=1, 2, 5 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=0140291997}}</ref> |
*[[Jerry Garcia]] - Guitarist and singer for the [[Grateful Dead]]. Father was born in La Coruña, Spain.<ref>{{cite book |title=Garcia: An American Life |last=Jackson |first=Blair |year=1999 |pages=1, 2, 5 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=0140291997}}</ref> |
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* [[Scott Herren]] - [[Record producer|music producer]]His father is [[Catalan people|Catalan]] and his mother is [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[Cuba]]n. <ref name="herrenbio">{{cite web | author=Ryan Allen | title=Prefuse 73 Biography | url=http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004745/Prefuse-73.html}}</ref> |
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*[[Julio Iglesias]] - Spanish singer with American citizenship. |
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*[[Enrique Iglesias]] - Spanish father [[Grammy]] Winning Spanish [[Pop music|pop]] [[singer songwriter]]. |
*[[Enrique Iglesias]] - Spanish father [[Grammy]] Winning Spanish [[Pop music|pop]] [[singer songwriter]]. |
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Spanish Americans are European Americans who claim "Spanish" or "Spaniard" as their ethnic ancestry e.g.: Martin Sheen.
People who have predominantly Spanish (European) ancestry are also included in this list. There are also many people in the United States of another Hispanic "national" origin, e.g.: 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 García.
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.
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.
List
Artists and designers
- Mabel Alvarez - Prominent American artist
- Federico Castellon - (1914 — 1971) Painter and sculptor born in Almeria, Spain
- Beatriz Colomina - Architecture historian Spanish.
- Esteban Munras - (1798 – 1850) was a 19th century Spanish artist, probably best known for the vibrantly-colored frescoes that adorn the chapel interior at Mission San Miguel Arcángel in California.
- Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer. Son of Cuban parents of Canarian descent.[1]
- Richard Serra - American sculptor. His father was Spanish native of Mallorca and mother was Russian, in Odessa [2]
- Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle - Spanish American artist.[3]
- Wenceslao Moreno - (1896 – 1999), 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.[4]
- Carmen Marc Valvo - Fashion designer
- Kat Von D - Tattoo artist of European descent; Spanish ancestry from mom. [5]
Business
- John Arrillaga - real estate businessman
- Frank Lorenzo - Airline executive who founded Continental Airlines. He is of spanish parents.[6]
- 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. [7]
Entertainment
Actors and actresses
- Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born American musician, actor, and television producer.
- Ouida Bergère, Spanish father and English/French mother.[8]
- Luis Alberni - Catalan actor (1886–1962)
- Trini Alvarado - American actress, Spanish father.
- Eduardo Cansino, Jr. - (1919–1974) Actor and brother of Rita Hayworth.
- Nestor Carbonell - American actor of Cuban parents of Spanish ancestries [9] (Lost).
- Carlos Bernard - American actor (24 (TV series)) (His mother is of Madrid) [10]
- Leo Carrillo - actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist.His great-great grandfather, José Raimundo Carrillo[11] (1749–1809), was an spanish settler of San Diego, California.
- 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, her father of Spanish descent.
- Cameron Diaz - Father born to Spanish parents via Cuba.[12]
- Héctor Elizondo - born in New York City, the son of Spanish (Basque)-Puerto Rican parents.[13]
- Joe Estevez- actor and Martin Sheen's brother
- Emilio Estévez - American actor, director, writer. Spanish grandfather from Galicia, Spain.
- Ramón Estévez - American actor, son of Martin Sheen
- Renée Estévez - American actress, daughter of Martin Sheen
- Mel Ferrer - (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) Cuban father of Spanish descent. [14]
- Martin Garralaga - (10 November 1894, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain - 12 June 1981 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California) Spanish-born film and television actor who portrayed more than 200 roles in film and television.
- Jesse Garcia - actor. His parents are Mexican descent and Spanish.[15]
- Joanna García - mother of Spanish descent.[16][17][18][19]
- William Gaxton - (1893–1963) actor of film and theater.
- Greg Giraldo - (1965-2010) American stand-up comic [20]
- Camille Guaty - family is originally from the Canary Islands.[21]
- Salma Hayek - Her mother is of Spanish descent.[22][23]
- Rita Hayworth - American actress and icon. His father was Spanish dancer Eduardo Cansino, Sr., born in Seville, Spain.[24]
- Tom Hernández - (1915–1984) American actor whose characters were always secondary.[25][26]
- Pepe Hern (1927–2009) was an American actor whose characters, usually Spanish and Latin, were always secondary. He was brother of Tom Hernández.
- Paz de la Huerta - indie actress and muse of Zac Posen.[27]
- Vanessa Hudgens - Actress and American singer. His father is American of Irish and Amerindian descent and his mother is Filipino of Chinese, Filipino and Spanish descent [28].
- Lainie Kazan (born May 15, 1940) is an American actress and singer of half Spanish Sephardic ancestry.
- Dorothy Lamour - (1914–1996) Actress of French, Irish and Spanish descent.[29]
- Adele Mara - (April 28, 1923 – May 7, 2010) was an American actress, active in the mid 20th-century.
- Ada Maris - Mexican-American actress
- Velia Martinez (1920–1993) Actress, singer and former nightclub dancer.
- Lea Michele - Actress and singer; Has a Spanish-Sephardi Jews father and Italian mother.[30]
- Maria Montez - (1912–1951) Dominican actress of Isleño father and considered one of the most beautiful women of her time. Her father was Canarian.[31]
- Antonio Moreno - Spanish-born American educated actor; he was a leading silent film star of the 1920s.
- Morris W. Morris (1845–1906) - Civil War soldier of the Louisiana Native Guards & stage actor.
- Marisol Nichols - American actress best known for her role in 24 (TV series).[32]
- Margaret O'Brien - Renowned child actress, Spanish mother.
- Julio Perillán - American actor of Spanish parents.[33]
- Tony Plana - American actor of Cuban parents.
- Anita Pomares, better known as Anita Page - was an American film actress primarily in the 1920s and 1930s and later.[34]
- Génesis Rodríguez - American actress. She is the daughter of Venezuelan singer and actor José Luis Rodríguez. his grandfather from of Canary Island.
- Nathalia Ramos - 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.[35][36]
- Martin Sheen - Born 'Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez', father from Galicia, Spain.[38]
- Charlie Sheen - American actor, Spanish grandfather.
- Bitsie Tulloch - mother of Spanish descent.[39]
- Alanna Ubach - American actress of Spanish descent.
- Raquel Welch - Born 'Jo Raquel Tejada', American actress of part Spanish-Bolivian descent.[40][41]
- Elena Verdugo - 1940s Spanish-American actress.
Models
- Jo Collins - Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1964 and Playmate of the Year for 1965. Half Spanish.[42]
- Devin DeVasquez - Model and American acress.[43]
- Danielle Gamba - is an American model and dancer of Italian and Spanish descent.
- Jenna Haze - American pornographic actress of Spanish heritage.[44]
- Paulina James - is an American pornographic actress of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry.[45]
- Marina Jamieson - fashion model; American father, Spanish mother.[46]
- Dillan Lauren - American pornographic actress of Spanish heritage.
- D'Nika Romero - Model and former basketball player of Spanish descent.
- Samantha Torres - Playboy Playmate a Spanish native, now an American resident, has son with actor Dean Cain.
Music
- Esperanza Spalding - jazz singer and composer.[47]
- David Archuleta - father of Spanish (Basque) descent.
- Leonardo Balada - Spanish composer.
- Kaci Battaglia - (prounounced Kah-chee), is a singer, dancer and occasional actress, half Spanish heritage.
- Cedric Bixler-Zavala - Rock singer of predominately European descent has Spanish ancestry from father.
- Eduardo Cansino, Sr. - (1895–1968) Flamenco dancer and Spanish actor. Father of Rita Hayworth.
- Julian Casablancas - The vocalist and songwriter of the New York band The Strokes.[48]
- Kurt Cobain - (1967–1994) American singer.[49]
- Nichole Cordova - is a singer and dancer. Cordova is a member of the musical group Girlicious.
- Xavier Cugat (1900–1990) - Conductor, American Catalan artist and entrepreneur. He was a key figure in the spread of Latin music in the United States popular music.[50]
- Charo - Spanish-American actress, comedian and Flamenco guitarist. She is best known for her exuberant stage presence and provocative outfits.
- Gloria Estefan - Mothers parents were born in Pola de Siero, Asturias and Logroño, La Rioja, Spain .[51][52]
- 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.[53]
- Scott Herren - music producerHis father is Catalan and his mother is Irish and Cuban. [54]
- Julio Iglesias - Spanish singer with American citizenship.
- Enrique Iglesias - Spanish father Grammy Winning Spanish pop singer songwriter.
- José Iturbi - (1895 – 1980) was a Spanish conductor, harpsichordist and pianist.
- Jeanette (singer) - London-born, American-raised and Isleño and Maltese origin.[55]
- Alcide Nunez - (1884 – 1934) Isleño American jazz clarinetist.
- Robert Nunez - Isleño American jazz clarinetist and grandson of Alcide Nunez.
- 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.[56]
- Irvan Perez - (1923 – 2008) Isleño singer. [57]
- Manuel Perez (musician) (1871–1946), American cornetist and bandleader
- Matthew Santos - rock and folk singer-songwriter, musician and painter, father of part-Spanish descent.
Government and military
- Santiago Argüello - (1791–1862) soldier in the Spanish army of New Spain in Las Californias, a major Mexican land grant ranchos owner, and part of an influential family in Mexican Alta California and post-statehood California. He was son of Spanish soldier José Darío Argüello[58]
- Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr. - Major General, U.S. Army. Decorated World War II Division commander.[59]
- Terry de la Mesa Allen, Jr. - Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army. Killed in Vietnam War.
- Jerry Apodaca - Democratic Governor of New Mexico (1974–78).
- Polly Baca - Colorado Legislature from 1975–1986, of Spanish descent.[60]
- Pierre G. T. Beauregard (1818–1893) American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was born in a Criole family of France and Spanish descent.
- Santos Benavides (1823–1891) - confederate colonel in the American Civil War. He are descendant of Don Tomas Sanchez, the Spanish founder of Laredo, Texas.
- Carlos Lopez-Cantera - Florida Republican politician of Miami, who serves as the representative for District 113 of the House of Representatives of the State of Florida.[61]
- Carlos Antonio Carrillo - (1783–1852), Governor of Alta California, (1837–1838)
- José Antonio Carrillo - (1796–1862), Californio ranchero, official and political.
- Juan José Carrillo - (1842–1916) the first mayor of Santa Monica, California
- Dennis Chavez - (1888 – 1962) Democratic U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.
- Linda Chavez - father's family came to New Mexico from Spain in 1601.[62]
- Henry Cisneros - Politician and businessman[63]
- Page Cortez - (1961), is a businessman from Lafayette, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 23.
- Rudolph B. Davila (April 27, 1916 – January 26, 2002), United States Army officer, of Spanish-Filipino descent who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Italy during World War II.[64]
- Manuel Dominguez - (1804–1882), Mayor of Los Angeles (1832). He was of spanish settlers descent[65]
- Albert Estopinal (1845–1919), Sugar cane planter from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature between 1876 and 1900 and in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st congressional district from 1908 until his death. Their ancestors came from the Canary Islands, Spain.[66]
- Albert Estopinal, Jr. (1869–1952), Attorney and politician from St. Bernard Parish in south Louisiana. He was son of Albert Estopinal.
- José Joaquín Estudillo - (1800–1852) the second alcalde of Yerba Buena, California (the precursor to San Francisco), and whose land holdings, known as Rancho San Leandro, formed the basis of the city of San Leandro.[67]
- Jorge Farragut (1755–1817) - Spanish officer Navy who fought for the American War of Independence. Father of David Farragut.
- David Farragut - (1801 – 1870) First senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. Coined phrase "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
- Joachim Octave Fernández (1896 – 1978) - was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He was a Democrat.
- Antonio Maria de la Guerra (1825 - 1881), Mayor of Santa Barbara, California, several times a member of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, California State Senator and Captain of California Volunteers in the American Civil War. He was son of Spanish soldier José de la Guerra y Noriega.[68]
- José Gonzáles - American politician who was Mayor of Gonzales, Louisiana, in the years twenty and considered the best mayor of that village.[69]
- Joseph Marion Hernández - (1793 – 1857) was an American politician, plantation owner, and soldier. He was the first Delegate from the Florida Territory, becoming the first Hispanic American to serve in the United States Congress. His parents were Spanish settlers of St. Augustine in what was then East Florida.[70]
- Baldomero Lopez - (1925–1950) was a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War.[71]
- Manuel Lujan Jr - Republican Congressman from New Mexico & Secretary of Interior.
- Francisco Antonio Manzanares (1843–1904) - businessman and politician.
- Antonio José Martínez - (1793–1867) priest, educator, publisher, rancher, farmer, community leader, and politician.
- Luis H. Marrero (1847 -1921) was chief of police in Jefferson Parish in New Orleans, president of parish´s government between 1884 and 1916 and senator from Louisiana from 1892 to 1896. He was descend of Spanish settlers from Canary Island.[69]
- Bob Martinez - former and first Hispanic Governor of Florida, grandson of Spanish immigrants.
- Joseph Montoya - Democratic U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.
- Juan Moya (1806–1874), was a prominent landowner Tejano and captain of Mexican army who fought in the Texas Revolution. He was oof Canarian descent.
- Ramón Músquiz - (1797–1867) was governor of Mexican Texas from 1830 to 1831.
- Sammy Nunez - Louisiana politician of Canarian, or Isleño descent.[72]
- Samuel B. Nunez, Jr. - politician and businessman from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. He is the son of Sammy Nunez.
- Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1829) - Spanish politician of the New Mexico Territory.
- Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1859) - Governor of New Mexico Territory (1897–1906).
- Mariano S. Otero (1844–1904) - delegate from the Territory of New Mexico.
- Ignacio Peralta (1791 – 1874) Spanish settler in California and son of Spanish soldier Luís María Peralta.
- Leander Perez - (1891 – 1969) Louisiana judge and politician of Isleño descent.
- Junior Rodriguez - Politician from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, of Isleño descent.
- José de la Cruz Sánchez - (1799–1878) was the eleventh Alcalde of San Francisco in 1845.
- Francisco Sanchez (1805 – 1862) was Commandante of the San Francisco Presidio and the eighth alcalde of San Francisco, California in 1843. He was brother of José de la Cruz Sánchez.
- Luis de Onís y González-Vara (1762–1827) - Spanish minister in Washington, D.C. and negotiating the Adams-Onís Treaty.
- Juan Verde - Political, business and Spanish social entrepreneur that serving as International Co-Chair for the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama and worked also on the political campaigns of Senator Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton. In addition of developing and directing a strategy to mobilize millions of American citizens residing outside of the United States. He is from Canary Island. [73]
- Agustín V. Zamorano (1798 – 1842), was a printer, soldier, and provisional Mexican colonial Governor of Alta California. He was born in Florida, by which him obtained the American citizenship when the territory be joined to United States
Scientists, inventors, engineers and academics
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- 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
- Francisco J. Ayala - Biologist and philosopher, recipient of the 2010 Templeton Prize; born in Madrid
- Pedro Cuatrecasas American biochemist and an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology & Medicine at the University of California, San Diego
- Frank J. Duarte - Laser physicist and author
- Valentin Fuster - Catalan American cardiologist
- 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
Sports
- Mary Joe Fernández - Professional tennis player and two-time Olympic gold medal winner. Father from Spain.[74]
- Santiago Formoso - Spanish-American soccer defender who spent spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League.
- Lefty Gomez - Born Vernon Louis Gomez, New York Yankees Hall of Fame pitcher.
- Keith Hernandez - MVP-winning baseball player, grandfather from Málaga, Spain.
- Manuel Hernandez - Spanish-American soccer player. Born in Spain.
- Al Lopez - Hall-of-Fame baseball player and manager. Spanish parents.[75]
- David López-Zubero - Former college an international swimmer who competed in three Summer Olympics and won an Olympic bronze medal.
- Martin López-Zubero - American born, Spanish Olympian swimmer with dual-citizenship. His father is Spanish[76]
- Lou Piniella - Baseball player and manager, Asturian grandparents [77]
- Glenn Jacobs - Wrestler WWE. He was born in Madrid, Spain. [78]
- Tony La Russa - Baseball player and manager, born to Spanish and Italian parents in Ybor City in Tampa Florida.
Writers
- Alberto Acereda, writer and professor Spanish of Spanish language and literature in USA.
- Mercedes de Acosta - (1893 – 1968) Poet and playwright, also known for her lesbian affairs with Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich.[79]
- Felipe Alfau (1902–1999) - Catalan novelist and poet.
- Sergio Aragonés cartoonist and writer Spanish known for his contributions to Mad Magazine and creator of the comic book Groo the Wanderer."[80]
- Hilario Barrero - Spanish poet and teacher.[81]
- Bill Gallo - (1922 - ) Cartoonist and newspaper columnist for the New York Daily News.[82]
- Jessica Hagedorn - Filipino-American playwright, writer, poet, storyteller, musician, and multimedia performance artist, to a Scots-Irish-French-Filipino mother and a Filipino-Spanish father.
- Odón Betanzos Palacios (1925–2007) - poet, novelist and literary critic Spanish.[83]
- Matthew Randazzo V - American true crime writer and historian. He is of Sicilian-American, Isleño, and Cajun descent.[84]
- George Santayana- (1863 - 1952) Spanish born, philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.
Other
- Aida de Acosta - (1884–1962) the first woman to fly a plane solo motor.
- Concepción Argüello (1791 – 1857) was the daughter of José Darío Argüello, the Spanish governor of Alta California and Presidio Commandante.
- José Antonio Aguirre (industrialist) - (1799–1860) merchant and rancher in Alta California.[85]
- Michael Lopez-Alegria - Spanish-American astronaut. Holds American record for most EVA hours (spacewalks or moonwalks). Born in Madrid.[86]
- Gloria Anzaldúa (1942–2004) She was considered a leading scholar of Chicano cultural theory and Queer theory. She descendant of many of the prominent Basque and Spanish explorers and settlers to come to the Americas in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker - (1825–1912) Wealthy Los Angeles Landowner. She was the granddaughter of the Spanish captain José María Estudillo.[87]
- Francisco Mora y Borrell - (1827 - 1905) Catalan American Roman Catholic priest
- Tony Bouza - 40-year veteran of municipal police, serving as Minneapolis police chief from 1980 to 1989. He was born in Spain[88]
- Thaddeus Amat y Brusi – (1810–1878) Roman Catholic Catalan cleric who eventually became Bishop of Los Angeles, California.
- Anderson Cooper - TV News Reporter. Of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Spanish and Dutch descent.
- Raymond Fernandez - and his common-law wife Martha Beck became known as The Lonely Hearts Killers.[89]
- Manuel Lisa - (1772, New Orleans - 1820), was a Spanish fur trader, explorer, and United States Indian agent. He was among the founders in St. Louis of the Missouri Fur Company, an early fur trading company and he was the first settlers of Nebraska.
- Rita de Acosta Lydig - (1875–1929) Socialite. She was considered "the most picturesque woman in America".
- Suzanne Malveaux - TV News Reporter. She comes from a Creole family in Louisiana of French, Spanish and African origin.[90]
- Xavier Sala-i-Martin - (born June 17, 1962, Cabrera de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia Spain) Catalan-American professor of economics at Columbia University.
- Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné - (1766?-1878) Supercentenarian californo and owner of Rancho del Rincón de San Pascual (Southern California).[91]
- Paul Charles Morphy - (1837–1884) American chess player.[92]
- Juan Bautista Rael - (1900 – 1993) American ethnographer, linguist, and folklorist who was a pioneer in the study of the people, stories, and language of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.
- Geraldo Rivera - American attorney, journalist, writer, reporter. His father was Puerto Rican of Spanish ancestry [93][94]
- Yasmin Aga Khan - philanthropist with Spanish blood from her mother, Rita Hayworth.
- José González Rubio - (1804-1875) Roman Catholic friar prominent in the early history of California.
- Bernardo Yorba - (1800 – 1858), he was one of the most successful ranchers in Alta California, having thousands of cattle and horses grazing on land grants totaling more than 35,000 acres. He was son of Spanish soldier, José Antonio Yorba. [95]
See also
- Catalan American
- Basque-American
- Criollos
- Hispanic American
- List of Puerto Ricans
- Spanish Argentine
- Spanish Mexicans
- Californio
- List of Spanish settlers from the U.S. Hispanic colonies
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- ^ http://www.playboy.com/girls/playmates/directory/196412.html
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- ^ Arlington National Cemetery
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That is why we are proud to honor here today the service of 2nd Lieutenant Rudolph B. Davila, an American of Filipino and Spanish descent, who risked his life to help break through the German lines near Anzio
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{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Poul Morphy Genealogy
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