List of Puerto Ricans

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This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican descent. Puerto Rican citizens are included, as the government of Puerto Rico has been issuing "Certificates of Puerto Rican Citizenship" to anyone born in Puerto Rico or to anyone born outside of Puerto Rico with at least one parent who was born in Puerto Rico since 2007.<ref name="estado.gobierno.pr">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="terra.com.pr">Template:Cite web</ref> Also included in the list are some long-term continental American and other residents or immigrants of other ethnic heritages who have made Puerto Rico their home and consider themselves to be Puerto Ricans.

The list is divided into categories and, in some cases, sub-categories, which best describe the field for which the subject is most noted. Some categories such as "Actors, actresses, comedians and directors" are relative since a subject who is a comedian may also be an actor or director. In some cases a subject may be notable in more than one field, such as Luis A. Ferré, who is notable both as a former governor and as an industrialist. However, the custom is to place the subject's name under the category for which the subject is most noted.

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Actors, actresses, comedians and directors

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Henry Darrow
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Benicio del Toro
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Erik Estrada
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José Ferrer
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Juano Hernández
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Jennifer Lopez
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Rita Moreno
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Lymari Nadal
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Rosie Perez
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Joaquin Phoenix
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Osvaldo Ríos
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Marquita Rivera
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Jon Seda
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Jimmy Smits
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Liz Torres
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  • Ivy Queen (born 1972), singer, lyricist, rapper, musician, fashion icon; one of the early founders and creators of the reggaeton style
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  • Jesús Eduardo Amaral (1927–2020), architect, educator; first director of the School of Architecture at the University of Puerto Rico; Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
  • Félix Benítez Rexach (1886–1975), architect and engineer; designed the Normandie Hotel, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Segundo Cardona FAIA (born 1950, San Juan, PR), architect, developer; Fellow of the American Institute of Architects since 2006<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Pedro Adolfo de Castro y Besosa (1895–1936), architect; first Puerto Rican to graduate from an American architecture university; work highlights include Casa de España, Castillo Serrallés<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Toro Ferrer, pioneering Puerto Rican architectural firm led by Osvaldo Toro FAIA and Miguel Ferrer FAIA, both Fellows of the American Institute of Architects and responsible for such landmarks as the Caribe Hilton, the Supreme Court, the Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport and the Hotel La Concha<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Henry Klumb (1905–1984), German-born architect responsible for many Puerto Rico designs from 1944 to 1984; Fellow of the American Institute of Architects<ref>Vivoni, Enrique. Klumb: Una arquitectura de impronta social/An Architecture of Social Concern, Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 2007. Template:ISBN</ref>
  • Andrés Mignucci (1957–2022), architect, urbanist; Fellow of the American Institute of Architects; Henry Klumb Award 2012<ref>"AIA Elevates 66 to Fellow; 5 to Honorary Fellow". AIArchitect. American Institute of Architects. February 28, 2005. Retrieved on October 8, 2007.</ref>
  • Antonio Miró Montilla (born 1937), architect, educator; first architect appointed head of a government agency, the Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, 1969 to 1971; first dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, 1971 to 1978; Chancellor of the Río Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, 1978 to 1985<ref name="estudios.universia.net">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Antonin Nechodoma (1877–1928), Czech architect working in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic at the turn of the 20th century; major works include the Georgetti Mansion, the Casa Korber in Miramar, and Casa Roig in Humacao<ref>Marvel, Thomas S. (1994). Antonin Nechodoma: Architect, 1877–1928: The Prairie School in the Caribbean. University Press of Florida. Template:ISBN</ref>
  • Francisco Porrata-Doria (1890–1971), designed the Ponce Cathedral, Banco de Ponce, and Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño<ref>Mariano G. Coronas Castro, Certifying Official, and Felix J. del Campo, State Historian and Jorge Ortiz, Architect. Puerto Rico Historic Preservation Office. (San Juan, Puerto Rico) April 27, 1987. In National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Banco Credito y Ahorro Ponceño. United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. (Washington, D.C.) Section 8, p. 3. Listing Reference Number 87001002. June 25, 1987.</ref>
  • Blas Silva (1869–1949), creator of the Ponce Creole architectural style; designed, among many others, the Casa de la Masacre, Font-Ubides House, and the Subira House<ref>Mariano G. Coronas Castro, Certifying Official; Felix Juan del Campo, State Historian; and Hector F. Santiago, State Architectural Historian, Puerto Rico Historic Preservation Office. (San Juan, Puerto Rico) August 1987. In National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form. United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. (Washington, D.C.) p. 3. Listing Reference Number 87001826: Residencia Subira/Residencia Frau. October 29, 1987.</ref>
  • Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti (1881–1964), early 20th-century architect from Ponce; designed many historical buildings now listed in the National Register of Historic Places, including his own home (the Wiechers-Villaronga Residence) in the Ponce Historic Zone, which today is home to the Puerto Rico Museum of Architecture<ref>Armando Morales Pares, State Architect, S.H.P.O., Abelardo Gonzalez Aviles, Architect, Centro de Investigaciones Folkloricas de Puerto Rico (Ponce, Puerto Rico), State Historic Preservation Officer, Certifying Officer. May 18, 1984. In National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form – Villaronga Residence. United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. (Washington, D.C.) p. 3. Listing Reference Number 84003151. August 24, 1984.</ref>

Authors, playwrights and poets

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Nelson Denis
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  • Sandra María Esteves (born 1948), Nuyorican poet<ref>Estill, Adriana. "Sandra María Esteves", Latino and Latina Writers (vol. 2), ed. Alan West Duran, pp. 873–83. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004; Template:ISBN</ref>

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  • Víctor Hernández Cruz (born 1949), poet; in 1969, became the first Hispanic to be published by a mainstream publishing house when Random House published his poem "Snaps;"<ref>Aparicio, Frances R. "Victor Hernández Cruz" profile, Heath Anthology of American Literature, Fifth Edition. Paul Lauter, General Editor. Cengage Online Study Center; accessed January 10, 2010.</ref> in 1981, Life Magazine named him one of America's greatest poets<ref name="HF">Nicolas Kanellos, "Hispanic Firsts", Visible Ink Press; Template:ISBN; p. 40</ref>

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  • Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016), poet, writer and essayist; in 1994, became the first Hispanic to win the O. Henry Prize for her story "The Latin Deli"; in 1996, she and illustrator Susan Guevara became the first recipients of the Pura Belpre Award for Hispanic children's literature<ref name="HF"/><ref name="joc">Template:Cite web</ref>
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Zuleyka Rivera, Miss Universe
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Valeria Vazquez Latorre, Miss Supranational 2018

Business people and industrialists

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José Ramon Fernández, "Marqués de La Esperanza"
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Juan Serrallés, industrialist, founder of Destilería Serralles, makers of Don Q rum
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Eduardo Georgetti, wealthy sugar baron

Cartoonists

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John Rivas
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George Pérez

Civil rights and political activists

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Sylvia Mendez
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Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
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Elías Beauchamp
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Olga Viscal Garriga

Nationalists

Political activists who were members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party:

  • Elías Beauchamp (1908–1936), political activist and nationalist; in 1936, assassinated Elisha Francis Riggs, the United States-appointed police chief of Puerto Rico; considered a hero by the members of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement<ref name="WAPR">"War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony"; Author: Nelson Antonio Denis; Publisher: Nation Books (2015); Template:ISBN.</ref>
  • Blanca Canales (1906–1996), political activist; nationalist leader who led the Jayuya Uprising in 1950 against US colonial rule of Puerto Rico
  • Rafael Cancel Miranda (1930–2020), political activist; member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and advocate of Puerto Rican independence who attacked the United States House of Representatives in 1954
  • Óscar Collazo (1914–1994), political activist; one of two nationalists who attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman
  • Rosa Collazo (1904–1988) a.k.a. Rosa Cortéz Collazo, political activist and treasurer of the New York City branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party<ref name="LUS">Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia,By Vicki Ruíz, Virginia Sánchez Korrol, Inc NetLibrary; Published by Indiana University Press, 2006; p. 164; Template:ISBN</ref>
  • Raimundo Díaz Pacheco (1906–1950), political activist; Commander-in-Chief of the Cadets of the Republic (Cadetes de la República), a quasi-military organization and official youth organization within the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party<ref name="FBI">"FBI Files"; "Puerto Rico Nationalist Party"; SJ 100-3; Vol. 23; pp. 104–34 Template:Webarchive, pr-secretfiles.net; accessed April 4, 2016.</ref>
  • Andrés Figueroa Cordero (1924–1979), political activist; member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party; one of four nationalists who attacked the United States House of Representatives in 1954<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Irvin Flores Ramírez (1925–1994), political activist; Nationalist leader and activist; one of four nationalists who attacked the United States House of Representatives in 1954<ref name="LAT">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Lolita Lebrón (1919–2009), political activist; Nationalist leader and activist; the leader of four nationalists who attacked the United States House of Representatives in 1954<ref name="LAT"/>
  • Tomás López de Victoria (1911–?), political activist and Sub-Commander of the Cadets of the Republic; the captain in charge of the cadets who participated in the peaceful march which ended up as the Ponce massacre, he led the Nationalists in the Arecibo revolt in the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolt of 1950<ref name="TV">Template:Usurped</ref>
  • Isolina Rondón (1913–1990), political activist and Treasurer of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party; one of the few witnesses of the October 24, 1935 killing of four Nationalists by local police officers in Puerto Rico during a confrontation with the supporters of the Nationalist Party, known as the Río Piedras massacre<ref name="Bosque Pérez">Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Hiram Rosado (1911–1936), political activist and nationalist; in 1936 participated in the assassination of Elisha Francis Riggs, the United States-appointed police chief of Puerto Rico; he and his comrade Elías Beauchamp are considered heroes by the members of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement<ref name="WAPR"/>
  • Isabel Rosado (1907–2015), political activist; imprisoned multiple times<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Vidal Santiago Díaz (1910–1982), political activist; barber of Pedro Albizu Campos and uncle of the novelist Esmeralda Santiago; made Puerto Rican media history when numerous police officers and National Guardsmen attacked him at his barbershop during the 1950 Nationalist Revolt; this was the first time in Puerto Rican history that such an attack was transmitted via radio to the public<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Griselio Torresola (1925–1950), political activist; Nationalist who died in an attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman in 1950
  • Carlos Vélez Rieckehoff (1907–2005), political activist, former President of the New York chapter of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in the 1930s; in the 1990s was among the pro-independence activists who protested against the United States Navy's use of his birthplace, Vieques, as a bombing range<ref name="CVR">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Olga Viscal Garriga (1929–1995), political activist, member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party; in the late 1940s became a student leader at the University of Puerto Rico and spokesperson of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party's branch in Río Piedras<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Clergy, religion

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Painting of Alejo de Arizmendi

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Composers, singers, musicians and opera performers

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Marc Anthony, singer
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José Feliciano, singer and composer of "Feliz Navidad"
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Felipe Rose, Village People
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Jim Jones, rapper
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Bruno Mars
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Ricky Martin, singer
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Melanie Martinez, singer
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Elsa Miranda, singer
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Yolandita Monge, singer
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Carli Muñoz, pianist
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Nedra Talley
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Rubén Colón Tarrats, orchestra conductor

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Antonio Paolí

Criminals and outlaws

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Antonio Correa Cotto

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  • Roberto Cofresí (1791–1825), a.k.a. '"El Pirata Cofresí"' (Cofresí the Pirate); his exploits as a pirate are part of Puerto Rico's folklore

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  • Salvador Agrón (1943–1986), a.k.a. "The Capeman", criminal and poet
  • Antonio Correa Cotto (1916–1952), bandit/outlaw<ref>"Wanted Dead or Alive, $10,000 reward for the capture of the escaped convict Correa Cotto"; Newspaper "El Imparcial"; May 3, 1952.</ref>
  • Jose Garcia Cosme (1957–2019), a.k.a. "Papo Cachete", drug kingpin<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Antonio García López (1943–1995), a.k.a. "Toño Bicicleta", outlaw
  • Raymond Márquez (born 1930), a.k.a. "Spanish Raymond", Harlem numbers kingpin<ref>"Gambling Kingpin is Acquitted"; New York Daily News; July 3, 2001</ref><ref>"Longtime Numbers King of New York Goes Public to Clear His Name"; New York Times; July 6, 1997; by: Selwyn Raab.</ref>
  • Isabel la Negra (1901–1974), madam of a brothel
  • Edsel Torres Gómez, a.k.a. "Negri", drug kingpin
  • Tony Tursi (1901–1989), mobster

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Diplomats

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Hans Hertell

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Educators

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Rafael Cordero
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Eugenio María de Hostos
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Angel M. Ramos
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Juan Ponce de León II

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First Ladies of Puerto Rico

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First Gentleman of Puerto Rico

Historians

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Salvador Brau
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Tony Santiago Rodríguez, a.k.a. Tony "the Marine" Santiago

Journalists

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Geraldo Rivera

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Judges

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Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Laws in the U.S. inspired by Puerto Ricans

  • Briana's Law – Briana Ojeda was an 11-year-old girl who died in the summer of 2010 when a police officer did not perform CPR on her after she suffered from an asthma attack. Briana's Law, which requires that every police officer and member of the State Police, including police officer trainees and state police cadets, receive CPR training prior to employment as well as during employment every two years, was named in her honor.<ref name="APL">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Gonzales v. Williams – Isabel González was a Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans to be given United States citizenship. González challenged the Government of the United States in the groundbreaking case Gonzales v. Williams (192 U.S. 1 (1904)). Her Supreme Court case is the first time that the Court confronted the citizenship status of inhabitants of territories acquired by the United States. González actively pursued the cause of U.S. citizenship for all Puerto Ricans by writing letters published in The New York Times.<ref name="JAEH">Template:Cite journal</ref>
  • Mendez v. Westminster – Felicitas Gomez Mendez was a pioneer of the American civil rights movement. In 1946, Mendez and her husband led an educational civil rights battle that changed California and set an important legal precedent for ending de jure segregation in the United States. Their landmark desegregation case, known as Mendez v. Westminster, paved the way for meaningful integration, public school reform, and the American civil rights movement.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Sauceda" />

Law enforcement

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Ariel Rios
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Nick Estavillo

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Military

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Miguel Enríquez
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Demetrio O'Daly
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Antonio Valero de Bernabé
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Manuel Rojas
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Augusto Rodríguez
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Juan Ríus Rivera
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José Semidei Rodríguez
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Ángel Rivero Méndez
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Luis R. Esteves
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Teófilo Marxuach
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Fernando E. Rodríguez Vargas
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Mihiel Gilormini
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Frederick Lois Riefkohl
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Joseph B. Aviles Sr.
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Carmen Dumler
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Virgil R. Miller
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Pedro del Valle
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Agustin Ramos Calero
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Marion Frederic Ramírez de Arellano
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Carmen Contreras-Bozak
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José Antonio Muñiz
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Modesto Cartagena
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Rose Franco
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Fernando Luis García
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Horacio Rivero Jr.
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Carlos James Lozada
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Antonio Maldonado
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Angel Mendez
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Héctor Andrés Negroni
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Héctor Santiago-Colón
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Jorge Otero Barreto
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Humbert Roque "Rocky" Versace
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Eurípides Rubio
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Lizbeth Robles
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Frances M. Vega
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Rafael O'Ferrall
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Maritza Sáenz Ryan
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Brigadier General Marta Carcana
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Brigadier General Irene M. Zoppi

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  • Juan de Amézqueta, Captain, Puerto Rican Militia; defeated Captain Balduino Enrico (Boudewijn Hendricksz), who in 1625 was ordered by the Dutch to capture Puerto Rico<ref name="Miller">Historias de Puerto Rico by Paul G. Miller (1947), pp. 221–37.</ref>

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  • Rafael Conti, Colonel, Spanish Army; in 1790, captured 11 enemy ships involved in smuggling stolen goods. In 1797, he helped defeat Sir Ralph Abercromby and defend Puerto Rico from a British invasion in his hometown, Aguadilla. In 1809, he organized a military expedition fight with the aim of returning Hispaniola, which now comprise the nations of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, back to Spanish rule.<ref>"Historia de Puerto Rico" de Paul G. Miller, Rand McNally, editor, 1947, p. 237.</ref>
  • Antonio de los Reyes Correa, Captain, Spanish Army; Puerto Rican hero who defended the town Arecibo in 1702 from an invasion by defeating the British; was awarded La Medalla de Oro de la Real Efigie (The Gold Medal of the Royal Image), by King Philip V of Spain and given the title "Captain of Infantry"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • José and Francisco Díaz, Sergeants, Puerto Rican militia; cousins in the Toa Baja Militia who helped defeat Sir Ralph Abercromby and defend Puerto Rico from a British invasion in 1797<ref name="AS">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Miguel Henríquez, Captain, Spanish Navy; in 1713, defeated the British in Vieques and was awarded the La Medalla de Oro de la Real Efigie (The Gold Medal of the Royal Effigy)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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  • Ricardo Aponte, Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force; fighter pilot in F-111s, politico-military affairs, former Director of the Innovation and Experimentation Directorate, United States Southern Command; first Puerto Rican to hold this position<ref>Ricardo Aponte afrc.af.mil Template:Dead link</ref>
  • Félix Arenas Gaspar, Captain, Spanish Army; posthumously awarded the Cruz Laureada de San Fernando (Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand – Spain's version of the Medal of Honor) for his actions in the Rif War<ref name="FAG">Pando Despierto, Juan (1999). Historia secreta de Annual. Madrid: Ediciones Temas de Hoy. Colección: Historia, 424 p. Template:ISBN. (Spanish)</ref>
  • Joseph (José) B. Aviles Sr., CWO2, U.S. Coast Guard; on September 28, 1925, became the first Hispanic Chief Petty Officer in the United States Coast Guard; during World War II received a wartime promotion to Chief Warrant Officer, becoming the first Hispanic to reach that level as well<ref name="HA">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Rafael Celestino Benítez, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy; a highly decorated submarine commander who led the rescue effort of the crew members of the Template:USS, which was involved in the first American undersea spy mission of the Cold War<ref name="Sontag">Sontag, Blind Man's Bluff.</ref>
  • Carlos Betances Ramírez, Colonel, U.S. Army; first Puerto Rican to command a battalion in the Korean War; in 1952, he assumed the command of the 2nd Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment<ref name="PRS">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • José M. Cabanillas, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy; in World War II he was Executive Officer of the Template:USS and participated in the invasions of Africa and Normandy (D-Day)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Richard Carmona, Vice Admiral, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; served as the 17th Surgeon General of the United States under President George W. Bush<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Modesto Cartagena, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army; the most decorated Hispanic soldier in history; distinguished himself in combat during the Korean War as a member of Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry and is being considered for the Medal of Honor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Carlos Fernando Chardón, Major General, Puerto Rico National Guard; Secretary of State of Puerto Rico 1969–73; Puerto Rico Adjutant General 1973–75<ref name="Graces2">Archivo General de Puerto Rico: Documentos Template:Webarchive, Retrieved August 3, 2007</ref>
  • Félix Conde Falcón, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army; received the Medal of Honor posthumously on March 18, 2014, for his courageous actions while serving as an acting Platoon Leader in Company D, 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment, 3d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division during combat operations against an armed enemy in Ap Tan Hoa, Republic of Vietnam on April 4, 1969<ref name="BOMoH">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
  • Carmen Contreras-Bozak, Tech4, U.S. Women's Army Corps; first Hispanic to serve in the U.S. Women's Army Corps; served as an interpreter and in numerous administrative positions during World War II<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Virgilio N. Cordero Jr., Brigadier General, U.S. Army; a Battalion Commander of the 31st Infantry Regiment who documented his experiences as a prisoner of war and his participation in the infamous Bataan Death March of World War II.<ref name="TN">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Juan César Cordero Dávila, Major General, U.S. Army; commanding officer of the 65th Infantry Regiment during the Korean War, thus becoming one of the highest ranking ethnic officers in the Army<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Encarnación Correa, Sergeant, U.S. Army; the person who fired the first warning shots in World War I on behalf of the United States against a ship flying the colors of the Central Powers, when on March 21, 1915, under the orders of then-Lieutenant Teófilo Marxuach, he manned a machine gun and opened fire on the Odenwald, an armed German supply ship trying to force its way out of the San Juan Bay<ref name="HMPR">"Historia Militar de Puerto Rico"; by Héctor Andrés Negroni; p. 370; Template:ISBN</ref>
  • Ruben A. Cubero, Brigadier General U.S. Air Force; of Puerto Rican descent; highly decorated member of the United States Air Force; in 1991 became the first Hispanic graduate of the United States Air Force Academy to be named Dean of the Faculty of the Academy<ref name="AF">Brigadier General Ruben A. Cubero, Official biography, United States Air Force; retrieved November 1, 2006.</ref>
  • Pedro del Valle, Lieutenant General, U.S. Marine Corps; first Hispanic three-star Marine general; his military career included service in World War I, Haiti and Nicaragua during the so-called Banana Wars of the 1920s, and in the seizure of Guadalcanal and later as Commanding General of the U.S. 1st Marine Division during World War II played an instrumental role in the defeat of the Japanese forces in Okinawa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Carmelo Delgado Delgado, Lieutenant, Abraham Lincoln International Brigade; first Puerto Rican and one of the first U.S. citizens to fight and to die in the Spanish Civil War against General Francisco Franco and the Spanish Nationalists<ref name="Carmelo">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Alberto Díaz Jr., Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy; first Hispanic to become the Director of the San Diego Naval Medical District<ref name="NN">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Luis R. Esteves, Major General, U.S. Army; in 1915, became the first Puerto Rican and therefore the first Hispanic to graduate from the United States Military Academy; organized the Puerto Rican National Guard<ref name="Esteves">Luis R. Esteves profile Template:Webarchive, Bellsouthpwp.net; retrieved November 6, 2007.</ref>
  • Salvador E. Felices, Major General, U.S. Air Force; first Puerto Rican general in the U.S. Air Force; in 1953, he flew in 19 combat missions over North Korea during the Korean War; in 1957, he participated in a historic project that was given to Fifteenth Air Force by the Strategic Air Command headquarters known as "Operation Power Flite", the first around the world non-stop flight by all-jet aircraft<ref name="Jan16">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Michelle Fraley (née Hernández), Colonel, U.S. Army; became in 1984 the first Puerto Rican woman to graduate from West Point Military Academy; former chief of staff of the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Rose Franco, CWO3, U.S. Marine Corps; first female Hispanic Chief Warrant Officer in the Marine Corps; in 1965 was named Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, Paul Henry Nitze by the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Edmund Ernest García, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy; during World War II he was commander of the destroyer Template:USS and saw action in the invasions of Africa, Sicily, and France<ref name="USSS">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Fernando Luis García, Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps; first Puerto Rican awarded the Medal of Honor; posthumously awarded the medal for his actions against enemy aggressor forces in the Korean War on September 5, 1952.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Linda Garcia Cubero, Captain, U.S. Air Force; of Mexican-Puerto Rican heritage; in 1980 became the first female Hispanic graduate of any of the U.S. military academies when she graduated from the United States Air Force Academy<ref name="Latina Style Magazine">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
  • Carmen García Rosado, Private First Class, U.S. Women's Army Corps; was among the first 200 Puerto Rican women to be recruited into the WAC's during World War II; author of Las WACS-Participacion de la Mujer Boricua en la Segunda Guerra Mundial (The WACs – The participation of the Puerto Rican women in the Second World War), the first book which documents the experiences of the first 200 Puerto Rican women to participate in said conflict as members of the armed forces of the United States<ref>Carmen García Rosado, "Las WACS"-Participacion de la Mujer Boricua en la Seginda Guerra Mundial, p. 60; 1ra. Edicion publicada en Octubre de 2006; 2da Edicion revisada 2007; Regitro tro Propiedad Intectual ELA (Government of Puerto Rico) #06-13P-)1A-399</ref>
  • Mihiel Gilormini, Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force; World War II hero, recipient of 5 Distinguished Flying Crosses; together with Brig. General Alberto A. Nido and Lt. Col. Jose Antonio Muñiz, founded the Puerto Rico Air National Guard; previously flew for the Royal Canadian Air Force (1941) and the Royal Air Force (1941–1942)<ref>Negroni, Héctor Andrés. Historia Militar de Puerto Rico (A Military History of Puerto Rico), Turner Publishing. 1992; Template:ISBN. p. 486.</ref>
  • Manuel Goded Llopis, General, Spanish Army; a Puerto Rican in the Spanish Army; one of the first generales to join General Francisco Franco in the revolt against the Spanish Republican government (also known as Spanish loyalists) in the Spanish Civil War; previously distinguished himself in the Battle of Alhucemas of the Rif War<ref name="History">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • César Luis González, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Force; first Puerto Rican pilot in the United States Army Air Force; first Puerto Rican pilot to die in World War II.<ref name="TA">"Un tributo a los precursores de la aviacion en la Isla"; El Mundo; May 21, 1944</ref>
  • Diego E. Hernández, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy; first Hispanic to be named Vice Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command; flew two combat tours in Vietnam during the Vietnam War; in 1980, took command of the aircraft carrier Template:USS<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Haydee Javier Kimmich, Captain, U.S. Navy; highest ranking Hispanic female in the Navy; Chief of Orthopedics at the Navy Medical Center in Bethesda and she reorganized Reservist Department of the medical center during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm<ref name="womensmemorial.org">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Orlando Llenza, Major General, U.S. Air Force; second Puerto Rican to reach the rank of Major General (two-star General) in the United States Air Force; Adjutant General of the Puerto Rico National Guard<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Carlos Lozada, Private First Class, U.S. Army; posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on November 20, 1967, at Dak To in the Republic of Vietnam<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Carmen Lozano Dumler, 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Women's Army Corps; one of the first Puerto Rican women Army officers; in 1944, she was sworn in as a 2nd Lieutenant and assigned to the 161st General Hospital in San Juan<ref name="womensmemorial.org"/>
  • Antonio Maldonado, Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force; in 1965, became the youngest person to pilot a B-52 aircraft; his active participation in the Vietnam War included 183 air combat missions<ref name="López">Ildelfonso López, Tras las Huellas de Nuestro Paso, p. 34, AEELA, 1998; retrieved June 6, 2007.</ref>
  • Joseph (José) R. Martínez, Private First Class, U.S. Army; destroyed a German Infantry unit and tank in Tuniz by providing heavy artillery fire, saving his platoon from being attacked in the process; received the Distinguished Service Cross from General George S. Patton, becoming the first Puerto Rican recipient of said military decoration<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Lester Martínez López, MPH, Major General, U.S. Army; first Hispanic to head the Army Medical and Research Command<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Gilberto José Marxuach, Colonel, U.S. Army<ref name="GMA">"Gilberto Marxauch Acosta profile", El Mundo, June 7, 1957.</ref>
  • Teófilo Marxuach, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army; fired a hostile shot from a cannon located at the Santa Rosa battery of El Morro fort, in what is considered to be the first shot of World War I fired by the regular armed forces of the United States against any ship flying the colors of the Central Powers,<ref name="USNI">Lt. Isaiah Olch, US Navy, US Naval Institute Proceedings ("A Breach of Neutrality"), Vol. 62; July–December 1936.</ref> forcing the Odenwald to stop and to return to port where its supplies were confiscated<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • George E. Mayer, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy; first Hispanic Commander of the Naval Safety Center; led an international naval exercise known as Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2003 from his flagship, the Template:USS; this was the first time in the 31-year history of BALTOPS that the exercise included combined ground troops from Russia, Poland, Denmark and the United States<ref>George E. Mayer profile Template:Webarchive, BALTOPS (2003), eucom.mil; retrieved July 5, 2007.</ref>
  • Angel Mendez, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps; of Puerto Rican descent; was awarded the Navy Cross in Vietnam and is being considered for the Medal of Honor; saved the life of his lieutenant, Ronald D. Castille, who went on to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania<ref name="AM">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Enrique Méndez Jr., Major General, U.S. Army; first Puerto Rican to assume the positions of Army Deputy Surgeon General, Commander of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Virgil R. Miller, Colonel, U.S. Army; Regimental Commander of the 442d Regimental Combat Team (RCT), a unit which was composed of "Nisei" (second generation Americans of Japanese descent), during World War II; led the 442nd in its rescue of the Lost Texas Battalion of the 36th Infantry Division, in the forests of the Vosges Mountains in northeastern France<ref name=Education>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • José Antonio Muñiz Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force; together with then-Colonels Alberto A. Nido and Mihiel Gilormini, founded the Puerto Rico Air National Guard; in 1963, the Air National Guard Base, at the San Juan International airport in Puerto Rico, was renamed "Muñiz Air National Guard Base" in his honor<ref name="EM">El Mundo; "La carrera de Jose Antonio Muñiz en las fuerzas aéreas de los EEUU; April 26, 1944; Number 9986 (in Spanish)</ref>
  • William A. Navas Jr., Major General, U.S. Army; first Puerto Rican named Assistant Secretary of the Navy; a veteran of the Vietnam War; nominated in 2001 by President George W. Bush to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Juan E. Negrón, Master Sergeant, U.S. Army; received the Medal of Honor posthumously on March 18, 2014, for courageous actions while serving as a member of Company L, 65th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy in Kalma-Eri, Korea, on April 28, 1951<ref name="BOMoH"/>
  • Héctor Andrés Negroni, Colonel, U.S. Air Force; first Puerto Rican graduate of the United States Air Force Academy; a veteran of the Vietnam War; was awarded the Aeronautical Merit Cross, Spai'ns highest Air Force peacetime award for his contributions to the successful implementation of the United States-Spain Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation<ref name="NF">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Alberto A. Nido, Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force; a World War II war hero who together with Lt. Col. Jose Antonio Muñiz, co-founded the Puerto Rico Air National Guard and served as its commander for many years; served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, the British Royal Air Force and in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II<ref name="EM 2">El Mundo; "La carrera de Alberto A. Nido en las fuerzas aéreas de los EEUU; April 26, 1944; No. 9986.</ref>
  • Jorge Otero Barreto, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army; with 38 decorations, which includes 2 Silver Star Medals, 5 Bronze Star Medals with Valor, 4 Army Commendation medals, 5 Purple Heart Medals and 5 Air Medals, has been called the most decorated Puerto Rican soldier of the Vietnam War.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Dolores Piñero, U.S. Army Medical Corps; despite the fact that she was not an active member of the military, she was the first Puerto Rican woman doctor to serve in the Army under contract during World War I; at first she was turned down, but after writing a letter to the Army Surgeon General in Washington, D.C. she was ordered to report to Camp Las Casas in Santurce, Puerto Rico; in October 1918, she signed her contract with the Army.<ref>Women Doctors in War (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series); by: Judith Bellafaire and Mercedes Herrera Graf; Publisher: Texas A&M University Press; Template:ISBN</ref>
  • José M. Portela, Brigadier General U.S. Air Force; served in the position of Assistant Adjutant General for Air while also serving as commander of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard; in 1972, became the youngest C-141 Starlifter aircraft commander and captain at age 22; the only reservist ever to serve as director of mobility forces for Bosnia<ref name="NGB">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Marion Frederic Ramírez de Arellano, Captain, U.S. Navy; first Hispanic submarine commander; awarded two Silver Stars and a Bronze Star for his actions against the Japanese Imperial Navy during World War II<ref>"The Submarine Forces Diversity Trailblazer – Capt. Marion Frederick Ramirez de Arellano" (Summer 2007), Undersea Warfare magazine; p. 31</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Antonio J. Ramos, Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force; first Hispanic to serve as commander, Air Force Security Assistance Center, Air Force Materiel Command, and dual-hatted as Assistant to the Commander for International Affairs, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command<ref name="USAF BIO Ramos">Antonio J. Ramos profile, af.mil; accessed February 16, 2008.</ref>
  • Agustín Ramos Calero, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army; with 22 military decorations, was the most decorated soldier in all of the United States during World War II<ref name="PRS"/>
  • Fernando L. Ribas-Dominicci, Major, U.S. Air Force; one of the pilots who participated in the Libyan air raid as member of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing; his F-111F was shot down in action over the disputed Gulf of Sidra off the Libyan coast. Ribas-Dominicci and his weapons systems officer, Capt. Paul Lorence, were the only U.S. casualties of Operation El Dorado Canyon<ref name="Time">Profile, Time.com; accessed April 4, 2016.</ref>
  • Frederick Lois Riefkohl, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy; born Luis Federico Riefkohl Jaimieson; one of the first Puerto Ricans to graduate from the United States Naval Academy; in World War I became the first Puerto Rican to be awarded the Navy Cross<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Rudolph W. Riefkohl, Colonel, U.S. Army; played an instrumental role in helping the people of Poland overcome the 1919 typhus epidemic<ref>Alfred E. Cornebise, "Typhus and Doughboys: The American Polish Typhus Relief Expedition, 1919–1921", pp. 23, 25, 119–20. Template:ISBN?</ref>
  • Demensio Rivera, Private, U.S. Army; received the Medal of Honor posthumously on March 18, 2014, for his courageous actions while serving as an automatic rifleman with 2d Platoon, Company G, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy in Changyong-ni, Korea on May 23, 1951<ref name="BOMoH"/>
  • Manuel Rivera Jr., Captain, U.S. Marine Corps; of Puerto Rican descent; first U.S. serviceman to die in Operation Desert Shield<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Pedro N. Rivera, Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force; in 1994, became the first Hispanic to be named medical commander in the Air Force; responsible for the provision of health care to more than 50,000 patients<ref>Ildelfonso López, Tras las Huellas de Nuestro Paso, p. 40, Publisher: AEELA, 1998. Retrieved June 25, 2007.</ref>
  • Horacio Rivero, Admiral, U.S. Navy; in 1964, became the first Puerto Rican and second Hispanic Admiral (four-star) in the U.S. Navy; participated in World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War; commander in 1962 of the American fleet sent by President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis to set up a quarantine (blockade) of the Soviet ships in an effort to stop the Cold War from escalating into World War III<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Barlow, NHC 2003.</ref>
  • Pedro Rodríguez, Master Sergeant, U.S. Army; member of Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry; earned two Silver Stars within a seven-day period during the Korean War<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Antonio Rodríguez Balinas, Brigadier General, U.S. Army; first commander of the Office of the First U.S. Army Deputy Command; during the Korean War he fought with Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment and was awarded the Silver Star<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Fernando E. Rodríguez Vargas, Major, U.S. Army; odontologist (dentist), scientist and a Major in the U.S. Army who in 1921 discovered the bacteria which causes dental caries<ref>Highlights in the History of U.S. Army Dentistry (see "16 March 1940" entry).</ref><ref name="SFCD"/>
  • Eurípides Rubio, Captain, U.S. Army; posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Tây Ninh Province in the Republic of Vietnam on November 8, 1966<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Héctor Santiago-Colón, Specialist Four, U.S. Army; posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam as member of Company B of the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Antulio Segarra, Colonel, U.S. Army; in 1943, became the first Puerto Rican Regular Army officer to command a Regular Army Regiment when he assumed the command of Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment, which was conducting security missions in the jungles of Panama<ref name="FCO">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Carmen Vazquez Rivera, First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force. Vazquez was an early Puerto Rican female officer of the United States Army and Air Force who served in both World War II and the Korean War.<ref name="Biscayne Bay Tribune">Template:Cite web</ref> Wife of Leopoldo Figueroa. Awarded the American Theater Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Overseas Service Bars (3), and National Defense Service Medal. Following her 100th birthday, Vazquez was awarded the League of United Latin American Citizens Presidential Medal of Freedom and honored by the United States Congress.<ref name="Biscayne Bay Tribune" /><ref name="Congressional Record">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Miguel A. Vera, Private, U.S. Army; was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his courageous actions while serving as an automatic rifleman with Company F, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division in Chorwon, Korea, on September 21, 1952<ref name="BOMoH"/>
  • Humbert Roque Versace, Captain, U.S. Army; of Italian and Puerto Rican descent; posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions while a prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War; first member of the U.S. Army to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions performed in Southeast Asia while in captivity<ref name=MOH_PresidentRemarks>Template:Cite web Remarks by the President Bush at the Presentation of the Medal of Honor in the East Room of the White House.</ref>
  • Raúl G. Villaronga, Colonel, U.S. Army; first Puerto Rican to be elected as mayor of a Texas city (Killeen)<ref>Raúl G. Villaronga Newsletter Template:Webarchive, classof1959.aggienetwork.com; accessed April 4, 2016.</ref>

21st century

Physicians, scientists and inventors

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Agustin Stahl
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Fermín Tangüis
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Joseph Acaba
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Antonia Novello – Surgeon General of the United States
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Joxel García – Assistant Secretary of Health for President George W. Bush
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Olga D. González-Sanabria – member of the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame

Politicians

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José de Diego – the "father of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement"
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Juan Cancel Ríos - was a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer who served as the 7th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
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Federico Degetau – writer, author, and resident commissioner
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Pedro Albizu Campos – President and principal leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
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Nydia Velázquez – Congresswoman from New York City
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Luis Gutiérrez – Congressman from Chicago
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Kenneth McClintock – Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
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José Coll y Cuchí – founder of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, representing parts of The Bronx and Queens, is the youngest woman ever to be elected to Congress in November 2018.

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Sports

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Alex Ríos is an American former professional baseball player.
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Santos "Sandy" Alomar – Cleveland Indians baseball player
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Orlando Cepeda – MLB first baseman, second Puerto Rican in Baseball Hall of Fame
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J. J. Barea – professional basketball player with the Dallas Mavericks
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Carlos Delgado – MLB player, New York Mets
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Reggie Jackson – Major League Baseball right fielder
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Maritza Correia
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Edgar Martínez – MLB player with the Seattle Mariners
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Jorge Posada – New York Yankees catcher
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Iván Rodríguez – MLB catcher for the Washington Nationals
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Alfredo L. Escalera – Kansas City Royals outfielder; youngest player ever drafted
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Monica Puig – Olympic gold medalist
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Juan Evangelista Venegas – Olympic medalist

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  • Gigi Fernández, tennis player, in 1992 became the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico win an Olympic gold medal; first female athlete from Puerto Rico to turn professional;<ref>Hispanic Magazine, 1988</ref> first Puerto Rican woman inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Lisa Fernandez, softball player, Olympic gold medalist (Puerto Rican mother)
  • Orlando Fernández, a.k.a. "the Puerto Rican Aquaman"; swimmer; first Puerto Rican to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Ed Figueroa, baseball pitcher, first Puerto Rican to win 20 games in Major League
  • Enrique Figueroa, sailing

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  • Reggie Jackson, baseball player, member of Baseball Hall of Fame (Puerto Rican father)

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  • Luis Olmo, first Puerto Rican to hit a home run in the World Series
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  • John Orozco, Olympic gymnast
  • Carlos Ortiz, boxer, former, junior welterweight and lightweight champion; member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame
  • José Ortiz, former basketball player, PDP candidate for elective office in 2008
  • Luis Ortiz, boxer, first Puerto Rican to win a silver Olympic medal

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  • Carlos Quintana, professional boxer, former World Boxing Organization's welterweight champion

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Agüeybaná II (The Brave)

Visual artists

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José Campeche
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Francisco Oller

Miscellaneous

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Félix Rigau Carrera

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