List of Famous Afro-Latinos
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[edit] Brazil
| Seu Jorge | |
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 Seu Jorge playing at the 2006 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jorge Mário da Silva |
| Born | June 8, 1970 |
| Origin | Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genre(s) | Samba |
| Occupation(s) | Musician Singer-songwriter Actor |
| Associated acts | Farofa Carioca |
| Website | Official website |
- Seu Jorge - Singer
- Elza Soares - Singer
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia - Composer
- Milton Gonçalves
- Pixinguinha - Clisical Musician
- Chico César - Musician
- Alexandre Pires
- Clara Nunes - Singer
- Racionais MC's - Hip-Hop Group
- Alex Pereira Barbosa
- Jorge Ben-Jor
- Jorge Aragão
- Jair Oliveira
- Milton Nascimento - Guitarist
- Djavan
- Paula Lima - Composer
- Celso Pitta
- Benedita da Silva
- Abdias do Nascimento
- Machado de Assis
- Carlinhos Brown - Musician
- Lima Barreto
- João da Cruz e Sousa
- Paulo Leminski
- André Rebouças engineer
- Aleijadinho sculptor
- Helvécio Martins religious
- Milton Santos geographer
- Paula Lima - Singer
[edit] Models
[edit] Futbol (soccer)
- Pelé
- Arthur Friedenreich
- Romário
- Ronaldo
- Adriano
- Carlos Alberto
- Dida
- Cafu
- Denílson
- Rivaldo
- Leônidas
- Jairzinho
- Júlio Baptista
- Juan
- Luís Fabiano
- Ronaldinho
- Robinho
- Zé Roberto
- Luís Fabiano
- Vágner Love
- Gilberto Aparecido da Silva
- Mineiro
- Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa
- Kléber
- Gilberto
- Helton
- Garrincha
[edit] Other sports
- Adhemar Ferreira da Silva – Athlete, he won two olympic gold medals on the triple jump
- Daiane dos Santos – Gymnast
- Anderson Silva – Mixed martial arts fighter, current UFC middleweight champion
- Leandro Barbosa – Basketball player
- Nenê – Basketball player
- Janeth Arcain – Basketball player
- Jadel Gregório – Athlete
- Nelson Prudêncio – Athlete
- Zuluzinho – Wrestler
- Pedro Pinto – Swimmer
- Diogo Silva – Taekwondo gold medal in 2007 Panamerican Games
[edit] Colombia
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| Real name | Edison Miranda |
| Rated at | Super middleweight |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Birth date | January 7, 1981 |
| Birth place | Buenaventura, Colombia |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 32 |
| Wins | 30 |
| Wins by KO | 26 |
| Losses | 2 |
- Faustino Asprilla - Soccer Player
- Vanessa Mendoza - Model
- Fulgencio Zúñiga - Boxer
- Eleider Alvarez - Singer
- Alejandro Berrio - Boxer
- Totó la Momposina - Singer
- Bernardo Mercado - Boxer
- Orlando Cabrera - MLB
- Irene Pacheco - Boxer
- Edwin Congo - Soccer
- Juan Urango - Boxer
- Jolbert Cabrera - MLB
- Rodrigo Valdez - Boxer
- Tressor Moreno - Soccer
- Emiliano Fruto - MLB
- Elkin Murillo - Soccer
- Edgar Rentería - MLB
- Luis Amaranto Perea - Soccer
- Juan Palacios - Baskettball Player
- Hamilton Ricard - Soccer
- Antonio Cervantes - Boxer
- Jhon Viáfara - Soccer
- Joel Julio - Boxer
- Róbinson Zapata - Soccer
- Edison Miranda - Boxer
- Mabel Mosquera - Weight Lifter
- María Isabel Urrutia - Weight Lifter
[edit] Cuba
| Christina Milian | |
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 Christina at snowglobe premiere.
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| Birth name | Christine Flores |
| Born | September 26, 1981 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
| Genre(s) | R&B, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Website | www.christinamilian.org |
- Sammy Davis, Jr. - Singer
- Celia Cruz - Salsa Singer
- Christina Milian - Singer
- Joel Casamayor - Boxer (WBC Lightweight Champion)
- Fantasia Barrino - Singer (American Idol winner)
- Rita Marley - Singer (Wife of Bob Marley)
- Ibrahim Ferrer - Singer (Buena Vista Social Club)
- Afro-Cuban All Stars
- Mellow Man Ace - Rapper
- Gilbert Arenas - NBA
- Andres Serrano - Photographer
- Javier Sotomayor - Holds World Record in High Jump
- Sen Dog of Rap Group Cypress Hill
- Tony Pérez - MLB (Hall of Fame)
- Gina Torres - Actress
- Brayan Peña - MLB
- Renny Arozarena - Actor
- Sugar Ramos - Boxer (Former WBA Featherweight Champion)
- Sergio Oliva - Boby Builder (Only bodybuilder to have ever beaten Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Mr Olympia competition)
- Cristóbal Torriente - Negro League Baseball Hall of Fame
- Martín Dihigo - Negro League Baseball Hall of Fame
- Addys D'Mercedes - Singer
- Cubanito 20.02 - Band
- Benny Moré - Singer
- Yotuel Romero - Singer
- Vida Guerra - Model
- Matt Cedeño - Actor/Model
- Georg Stanford Brown - Actor
[edit] Dominican Republic
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| Born | Zoe Yadira Zaldaña Nazario June 19, 1978 New York City, U.S.A.[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
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- Alex Rodriguez - MLB
- Sammy Sosa - MLB
- Alfonso Soriano - MLB
- Zoe Saldana - Actress
- Fabolous - Rapper
- Joan Guzmán - Boxer (Little Tyson)
- Merlin Santana - Actor
- Nelson de la Rosa - World's Shortest Man
- Irv Gotti - Hip-Hop Producer (Murder Inc.)
- Lourdes Benedicto - Actress
- Amaury Nolasco - Actor (Prison Break)
- Mark Jackson - NBA
- AZ - Rapper
- Cassidy - Rapper
- Judy Reyes - Actress (Scrubs)
- Denny Méndez - Miss Italy
- Omar Minaya - General Manager, NY Mets
- Julissa Bermudez - VJ for BET
- Dania Ramírez - Actress (Heroes)
- Francisco Garcia - NBA
- Claudia Cruz - Miss Universe Contestant
- Karina Pasian - Singer
- Al Horford - NBA
- Juelz Santana - Rapper
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. - Actor (Juwanna Man)
- Anaís - Singer
- Tito Horford - NBA
- Kat DeLuna - Singer
- Johnny Pacheco - Musical Producer
- Vladimir Guerrero - MLB
- David Ortiz - MLB
- Félix Sánchez - Olympic Hurdler
[edit] Ecuador
- Monica Chala - 1996 Miss Ecuador
- Augustin Delgado - Soccer Player
- Jaime Hurtado - Activist
- Eduardo Hurtado - Soccer
- Ivan Hurtado - Soccer
- Nelson Estupiñán Bass - Writer
- Ulises de la Cruz - Soccer
- Edison Méndez - Soccer
- Antonio Valencia - Soccer
[edit] Haiti
| Wyclef Jean | |
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 Wyclef Jean performing at a UNAIDS concert.
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| Birth name | Nelust Wyclef Jean |
| Also known as | Wyclef |
| Born | October 17, 1972 Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti |
| Origin | South Orange, New Jersey, United States |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop, reggae, kompa, R&B |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano, drums |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Label(s) | Ruffhouse, Columbia, J, Koch |
| Associated acts | Fugees |
| Website | www.wyclef.com |
[edit] Artists
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, acclaimed painter (Haitian father)
- Rigaud Benoit
- Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue
- Alexandre Gregoire
- Hector Hyppolite
- Philomé Obin
- Prosper Pierre-Louis
- Petion Savain
[edit] Athletes
- Joachim Alcine
- Josmer Altidore, professional soccer player
- D'Anthony Batiste
- Andre Berto
- Samuel Dalembert, basketball player
- Rudy Doliscat
- Dudley Dorival
- Elvis Dumervil
- Mario Elie
- Nadine Faustin-Parker
- Shad Gaspard professional Wrestler
- Joe Gaetjens, professional soccer player
- Rashad Jeanty
- Max Jean-Gilles professional football player
- Carlos Joseph
- Davin Joseph
- William Joseph
- Jerrod Laventure, professional soccer player
- Georges Laraque, professional hockey player
- David Loiseau, martial-arts expert
- Vernand Morency
- Olivier Occean, professional soccer player
- Jean-Philippe Peguero, professional soccer player
- Olden Polynice
- Bruny Surin
- Jonathan Vilma
[edit] Authors
- Lylah M. Alphonse
- Carl Brouard
- Edwidge Danticat
- Rene Depestre
- Jean Dominique, murdered journalist
- Roger Dorsinville
- Alexandre Dumas, père
- Franck Étienne
- Dany Laferrière
- Jacques Roumain
[edit] Historical figures
- John James Audubon, French-American naturalist (born in Haiti)
- Georges Biassou
- Boukman
- Jean-Pierre Boyer
- Henri Christophe
- Jean-Jacques Dessalines
- W.E.B. Du Bois, Educator/Civil Rights Leader
- Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, First settler to Chicago
- Jean François
- Jeannot
- Toussaint Louverture
- François Mackandal
- Vincent Ogé
- Charlemagne Péralte, Haitian nationalist leader who opposed the US Invasion
- Alexandre Pétion, President of Haiti
- Julien Raimond
- Sylvain Salnave
[edit] Motion picture and television personalities
- Garcelle Beauvais, television actress (NYPD Blue)
- Alex Désert, actor
- Daphnee Duplaix Samuel, actress (Passions)
- Jimmy Jean-Louis, actor (film Phat Girlz; television series Heroes)
- Trina McGee-Davis, actress (Boy Meets World)
- Raoul Peck, Movie director
- Quddus, television host
- Lela Rochon, actress (film Waiting to Exhale)
- Marsha Regis, actress
- Arnold Antonin, Movie director
- Jamie Hector, Actor
[edit] Musicians and singers
- Toto Bissainthe, Haitian folk music artist
- Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu
- Manno Charlemagne
- Régine Chassagne, singer and multi-instrumentalist for the Arcade Fire
- DJ Whoo Kid
- Tony Yayo, rapper
- Nicolas Geffrard
- Kery James, French rapper
- Wyclef Jean, singer for The Fugees
- David Jude Jolicoeur, rapper from De La Soul
- Kangol Kid, rapper
- MC Tee, rapper
- Luck Mervil
- Pras Michel, singer for The Fugees
- Emerante Morse
- Delisa Newton
- Dawn Angelique Richard, singer (group Danity Kane)
- Pastor Troy
- Melky Sedeck
- Smitty, rapper
- Sweet Micky, musician
- Torch (rapper)
- Joanne Borgella singer, songwriter, actor
[edit] Noteworthy figures
- Gerard A. Alphonse
- André Apaid
- Marc Bazin
- Jacques Bernard
- Marlie Casseus
- Jean Dominique
- Simone Duvalier
- Tyrone Edmond, model
- Ralph Gilles
- Antoine Izméry
- Gérard Jean-Juste
- Mother Mary Lange
- Abner Louima
- Charlemagne Péralte
- Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable
- Pierre-Richard Prosper
- Dumas M. Simeus
- Charles Terres Weymann
- Mildred Trouillot
- Louis William Valentine Dubourg
- Rev. Dr. Soliny Védrine
- Reginald Victor-Louis
[edit] Political Figures
- Jacques-Édouard Alexis, Prime Minister of Haiti (2006 - Present)
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former president
- François Duvalier
- Jean-Claude Duvalier
- Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada
- René Préval, President of Haiti (2006-present)
- Jacques Roumain
- Kwame Raoul
- Claudette Werleigh
[edit] Honduras
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| Born | Raquel Roxanne Diaz November 17, 1981 Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Other name(s) | Lady of 106; Rocsi |
| Years active | 2006 - present |
- America Ferrera – Actress
- Carlos Pavón - Soccer Player
- Rocsi - Host of 106 and Park
- China Shavers - Actress
- David Suazo - Soccer Player
- Maynor Suazo - Soccor Player
- Hype Williams - Film Director
- Gilberto Yearwood - Soccer Player
[edit] Mexico
- Gaspar Yanga founded the first free African township in the Americas in 1609.[2]
- Vicente Guerrero - Politician
- José María Morelos y Pavón - Politician
- Pío Pico - Governor of California
- Mario Marcel Salas - Councilman, San Antonio
- Toña La Negra - Singer
- Kalimba Marichal - Singer
- M'Balia Marichal - Singer
- Johnny Laboriel - Singer
- María del Sol - Singer
- Veronika con K - Singer
- Nicole Richie
[edit] Peru
- Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro - Former President of Peru
- Eva Ayllón - popular Peruvian musician
- Caitro Soto - composer of famed Toro Mata rhythm, popularized by Celia Cruz in salsa style
- Teófilo Cubillas - considered the greatest Peruvian footballer of all time
- María Elena Moyano - civil leader
- Immortal Technique - hip-hop artist and activist
- Jefferson Farfan - leading scorer and star of PSV team.
- Julio Melendez - named the greatest Boca Juniors stopper
- Mauro Mina - boxer
- Cecilia Tait - the greatest smash in volleyball (Hall-Famer)
- Ronaldo Campos - one of the original founders of Peru Negro and preserver of Afro-Peruvian rhythms played on the cajon
[edit] Puerto Rico
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- Arturo Alfonso Schomburg - "Father of Black Studies"
- Roberto Clemente - baseball player
- Félix "Tito" Trinidad - boxer
- Carmelo Anthony - basketball player
- Rosie Perez - actress
- Lloyd Banks - Rapper
- Rosario Dawson - actress
- La-La - VJ (MTV)
- Vanessa del Rio - Porn Star
- Antonio Fargas - Actor (I'm Gonna Git You Sucka)
- Shar Jackson - Actress
- Eva LaRue - Actress
- N.O.R.E. - Rap/Reggaeton Artist
- Rick Aviles - comedian and actor
- Juan Morel Campos - composer
- Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos - lawyer, Nationalist leader
- Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa - medical doctor, sociologist, and politician
- Wilfred Benitez - boxer
- Carmen Belen Richardson - actress
- Paul Calderon - Actor
- Jose Campeche - painter
- Dr. Jose Ferrer Canales - educator, writer and activist
- Bobby Capo - musician, composer
- Irene Cara - actress/singer
- Orlando "Peruchin" Cepeda - baseball player
| Félix Trinidad, Jr. | |
.jpg/200px-Trinidad,_Félix_(2007).jpg) Trinidad during a visit to a military facility |
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| Real name | Félix Juan Trinidad García |
| Rated at | Middleweight |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Birth date | January 10, 1973 |
| Birth place | Fajardo, Puerto Rico |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 45 |
| Wins | 42 |
| Wins by KO | 35 |
| Losses | 3 |
- Rafael Cepeda - folk musician and composer
- Jesús Colón - writer and politician
- Rafael Cordero - educator
- Jose "Cheo" Cruz - baseball player
- Wilson Cruz - actor
- Tite Curet Alonso - composer
- Carlos Delgado - baseball player
- Sylvia Del Villard - activist and actress
- Cheo Feliciano - salsa singer
- Ruth Fernandez - singer and actress
- Pedro Flores - composer
- Rick Gonzalez - Actor
- Juano Hernandez - actor / the first Puerto Rican star in the Negro Film Industry
- Rick Aviles - actor
- Rafael Hernandez - musician and composer
- Emilio "Millito" Navarro - baseball player
- Amaury Nolasco - Actor
- Victor Pellot - baseball player
- Ernesto Ramos Antonini - Speaker of the House
- Pedro Rosa Nales - News anchor/ Reporter
- Mayra Santos-Febres - writer, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and college professor
- Lauren Vélez - Actress (New York Undercover)
- Juan Evangelista Venegas - boxer
- Otilio "Bizcocho" Warrington - comedian and actor
- Bernie Williams - baseball player
[edit] Venezuela
- Hugo Chávez - President
- Mariah Carey - Singer
- Carl Herrera - NBA
