List of Latin Americans of Spanish descent

Since the vast majority of Latin Americans from Spanish-speaking countries have at least partial Spanish descent, this is a list of important people in Latin America who have at least one parent or two grandparents who were born in Spain.

Artists, photographers and fashion designers

Humberto Castro (born 1957), Cuban painter
Carlos Enríquez Gómez (1900–1957), Cuban painter, illustrator and writer of the Vanguardia movement (the Cuban Avant-garde).
Raúl Martínez (1927–1995), pop artist and Cuban painter
Mario Perez (born 1943), painter
Tomás Sánchez (born 1948), Cuban painter

TV and Cinema

Angelines Fernández (1922–1994), Spanish actress settled in Mexico.
Mirtha Legrand (born 1927), Argentine actress and TV host.
Guillermo del Toro (born 1964), Mexican director and film producer.
Velia Martínez (1920–1993), American singer and actress.
Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), Mexican actor of Spanish parentage.

Music

Miguel Bosé (born 1956), Spanish singer with Colombian citizenship
Gloria Estefan (born 1957), Cuban singer, all four grandparents born in Spain.
Juanes (born 1972), Colombian singer, Basque ancestry from his father.
Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963), Cuban composer and pianist.^[1]
Ricky Martin (born 1971), Puerto Rican singer, part Catalan ancestry.
Luis Miguel (born 1970), Puerto Rican by birth, raised in Mexico, Spanish father, Italian mother.
Shakira (born 1977), Colombian singer, part Catalan ancestry.

Government and military

José Gervasio Artigas (1764–1850)
Simón Bolívar (1783–1830)^[2]^[3]
José Núñez de Cáceres (1772–1846) politics and liberator of Dominican Republic
Juan Carrasco (1878–1922)
Fidel Castro (1926–2016), Father was an immigrant to Cuba from Galicia and his mother was also of Spanish origin. ^[4]
Manuel Domínguez (1803–1882)
Juan Manuel Santos (born 1951), President of Colombia
José Martí (1853–1895)^[5]
Agustín de Iturbide (1783–1824), Liberator of Mexico
Juan Leal (1676–1742)
Juan Ponce de León (1474–1521)
Juan Ponce de León II (1524–1591)
Francisco de Miranda (1750–1816), Liberator of Venezuela
José Antonio Páez (1790–1873)
Carlos Soublette (1789–1870), Libertador of Venezuela
Antonio José de Sucre (1795–1830)
Jorge Quiroga (born 1960), President of Bolivia
Alvaro Garcia Linera (born 1962), Vice President of Bolivia

Writers

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
Pablo Neruda (1904–1973)
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)

Others

Juanita García Peraza (1897–1970), Founder of the "Mita congregation", the only Protestant religion of Puerto Rican origin.

References

^ Orovio, Helio 2004. Cuban music from A to Z. Revised by Sue Steward. ISBN 0-8223-3186-1 A biographical dictionary of Cuban music, artists, composers, groups and terms. Duke University, Durham NC; Tumi, Bath.
^ ""Simón Bolívar" at GeneAll".
^ The Ten Most Influential Latin Americans in History
^ The Castropedia: Fidel's Cuba in facts and figures, Belfast Telegraph
^ Alborch Bataller, Carmen, ed. (1995), José Martí: obra y vida, Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Ediciones Siruela, p. 15, ISBN 978-84-7844-300-0

[1] Orovio, Helio 2004. Cuban music from A to Z. Revised by Sue Steward. ISBN 0-8223-3186-1 A biographical dictionary of Cuban music, artists, composers, groups and terms. Duke University, Durham NC; Tumi, Bath.

[2] ""Simón Bolívar" at GeneAll".

[3] The Ten Most Influential Latin Americans in History

[4] The Castropedia: Fidel's Cuba in facts and figures, Belfast Telegraph

[alborch15-5] Alborch Bataller, Carmen, ed. (1995), José Martí: obra y vida, Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Ediciones Siruela, p. 15, ISBN 978-84-7844-300-0

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