List of Puerto Ricans of African descent

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This is a list of notable Afro Puerto Ricans.

• Don Omar, reggaeton artist
• Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, the Puerto Rican symbol of Identity and Freedom.
• Wilfred Benitez, three-time world boxing champion, youngest world champion in boxing history.
• Carmen Belen Richardson, actor
• Juan Boria, performer, educator
• Tego Calderon, reggaeton artist
• Jose Campeche, painter
• Bobby Capo, musician, composer
• Bobby Capo Hijo, musician, composer, son of Bobby Capo
• Roberto Clemente, only Puerto Rican to reach 3,000 hits in Major League Baseball history.
• Orlando "Peruchin" Cepeda, baseball Hall of Famer
• Carlitos Colon, former WWE wrestler
• Jesús Colón, writer and politician, "Father of Nuyorican Movement"
• Rafael Cordero, educator who set up a school for children of all races
• Rafael Cortijo, percussionist, composer
• Rafael Cepeda, percussionist and composer of the bomba genre
• Eva Cruz, volleyball player
• Jose "Cheo" Cruz, baseball player
• Tite Curet Alonso, composer
• Carlos Delgado,baseball player
• Sylvia Del Villard, actor, choreographer, dancer and producer of Afrocaribbean-themed performances
• Rafael Jose Diaz, actor, television host
• Maria Falcon, television host

• Carlos Fajardo, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Puerto Rico Senate
• Cheo Feliciano, New-York based singer, performer
• Ruth Fernandez, international singer
• Pedro Flores, composer
• Juano Hernandez, Actor, vaudevillian, radio scriptwriter, boxer
• Rafael Hernandez, composer who wrote La Borinqueña
• Eddie Manso, current Mayor of Loiza
• Jerome Mincy, basketball player
• Juan Morel Campos, composer
• Pedro Rosa Nales, television reporter
• Emilio "Millito" Navarro, first Puerto Rican to play in the Negro Leagues
• Santos Ortiz, former mayor of Cabo Rojo, and first Puerto Rican to win an election as an independent candidate
• Luis Pales Matos, poet
• Victor Pellot, baseball player

Rosie Perez, actress and choreographer

• Ismael Rivera, Singer
• Carmelo Anthony, Professional Basketball Player- Denver Nuggets
• ((Catalino Gonzalez Iglesias)), AKA Lino Iglesias - Composer, Radio Producer & Manager (Sirius Satellite Radio (1999 to 2004) & Music Choice (1990 To 1999) Latin Music Division), Voice Talent, Professional Basketball/Volleyball Player & Coach, Singer, Owner/Producer/Leader/vocalist of the Salsa group Rikoson All Stars. Born in N.Y. and raised in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.
• Gabriel Santos, former Mayor of Loiza
• Mayra Santos-Febres, author, poet, critic, professor at UPR RP
• Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, educator and black historian
• Pedro Telemaco, first Black male leading man to star in a Puerto Rican telenovela
• Piri Thomas, writer, author of Down These Mean Streets
• Félix Trinidad, world boxing champion
• Otilio Warrington, better known as Bizcocho, popular television comedian.
• Bernie Williams, NY Yankees center fielder
• Eddie Dee, reggaeton artist
• Alani Vasquez, MTV V.J.
• Ismael Pellot, jobless