List of Portuguese Americans
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This is a list of famous Portuguese Americans.
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[edit] Portuguese-Americans
[edit] Entertainment
- Krista Allen - model
- Joaquim de Almeida - actor (24)
- Nuno Bettencourt - guitarist
- Ray Bolger - an actor (most famous for role as the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz)
- Kate Botello - TV host
- Brooke Burke - Model/TV Show host: "Wild On..." (Portuguese-Jewish mother)
- Charles Reis Felix - writer
- James Franco - actor (Annapolis)[1]
- Tom Hanks - actor
- Bobbie Gentry - country singer
- Emeril Lagasse - chef and host of LIVE! Cooking with Emeril
- Emma Lazarus - a Sephardi New Yorker poet
- Vincent Lopez - one of the top bandleaders of the Roaring Twenties
- Joe Madureira - comics artist
- Glenn Medeiros - Hawaiian singer
- Jason Everhart - television host ( mtv/nickelodeon)
- Carmen Miranda - an actress
- Mordecai Manuel Noah - playwright, diplomat, journalist, and utopian
- Nestor Paiva - Actor
- Kevin Pereira
- John dos Passos - writer
- Piper Perabo - actress (Portuguese father)
- Harold Peary
- Joe Perry (1950 - ) lead guitarist and contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith[2]
- Linda Perry - songwriter, former lead singer of defunct rock band 4 Non Blondes
- John Reis - rock musician, member of Rocket From The Crypt and Drive Like Jehu
- Alan Silva - jazz musician
- Daniel Silva
- Frank Silva - dresser and actor
- John Philip Sousa - composer of many marching band songs (Portuguese father)
- Danielle Steel - Writer (Portuguese mother)
- Jesse Metcalfe - actor
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas - teen idol (Portuguese-Jewish)
- Meredith Vieira - ABC's The View host
- Miguel Vieira - rock musician, singer/guitarist of Fugitive Radio
- Patricia Ford - Model and actress (Hawaiian)
- Steve Perry - Former lead singer of the rock band Journey and solo-artist
- Frank Delima - comedian
[edit] Politicians
- Judah P. Benjamin - politician and lawyer
- Benjamin Cardozo - a Sephardi Supreme Court Justice.
- Dennis Cardoza
- Tony Coelho
- Dinesh d'Souza conservative Luso-Goan writer
- Benjamin F. Jonas
- André Heinz – politician and one of the heirs of H.J. Heinz Company (Portuguese on mother’s side)
- Christopher Heinz - politician, André's brother, and one of the heirs of H.J. Heinz Company (Portuguese on mother’s side)
- Teresa Heinz Kerry - Philanthropist, heiress of H.J. Heinz Company, widow of Henry John Heinz III, and wife of John Kerry (Mozambican-born Portuguese)
- Richard Pombo
- Francis Salvador
- John Vasconcellos - California senator
- Dina Matos (McGreevey) - Former New Jersey First lady
[edit] Religion
- Stephen Peter Alencastre - Hawaiian Roman Catholic prelate
- George DeCosta
- William Joseph Levada - Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros - Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Clarence Richard Silva - Roman Catholic Bishop of Hawaii
- Moisés Silva - author and Biblical scholar
[edit] Sportspeople
- Mark Teixeira - baseball player for the Texas Rangers
- Ticha Penicheiro - basketball player for the Sacramento Monarchs
- Billy Martin - former Yankee/A's manager
- Billy Andrade - Pro Golf player
- Davey Lopes - former star w/ LA Dodgers (Cape Verdean)
- Ana Rocha - Female professional wrestler
[edit] Other
- Joe "The Animal" Barboza - East Boston mobster
- João Rodrigues Cabrilho - first European to arrive in California
- Peter Francisco - patriot
- William Pereira - Architect
- Henry John Heinz IV - André's and Christopher's brother, and one of the heirs of H.J. Heinz Company (Portuguese on mother’s side)
- Craig C. Mello - Medicine 2006 Nobel Prize
