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Dominicans Don't PlayDominicans Don't Play is a Dominican American gang which started in Manhattan, New York in the early 1990s. New York City, particularly in Brooklyn and The Bronx, but have expanded to Miami as well as Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Spain....
gang have been involved in many acts of violence throughout the United States
http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/news/pr021804.htm and Spain
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:lIXbUoegBpUJ:observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1922745,00.html+dominicans+don%27t+play+gang&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=16&gl=us, particularly in New York City
https://secure.nypost.com/seven/10282007/news/regionalnews/gangs_of_new_york.htm?&page=7 The DDP rival gang
http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/features/n_8118/ known as the Trinitarios which has its origins in the New York Prison system who currently operate as a drug traffickingring according to the
United States Department of JusticeThe United States Department of Justice is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans...
http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs27/27506/dtos.htm. There have been cases of dominican victims who were not gang members
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01142008/news/regionalnews/schools_gang_scourge_128917.htm
. There has also been cases of Dominican sports players who have had their signing bonus' stolen.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/sports/baseball/22dominican.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Notable Dominican Americans
Dominicans and Dominican Americans have made great strides in the field of
baseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond...
, the top
sportSport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome , but the term is also used to include activities such as...
in the Dominican Republic.
Sammy SosaSamuel Peralta Sosa is a retired Major League Baseball right fielder.Sosa's Major League career began when he broke in with the Texas Rangers in . After a stint with the Chicago White Sox, Sosa became a member of the Chicago Cubs in 1992 and subsequently became one of the league's best hitters...
,
Moisés AlouMoisés Rojas Alou is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball. His father Felipe, who managed Moises with the Expos from 1992 to 1996 and the Giants from 2005 to 2006, as well as uncles Matty and Jesús, and cousin Mel Rojas, all had long careers in Major League Baseball...
,
Alex RodriguezAlexander Emmanuel Rodriguez is a Dominican and American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Alex" or "A-Rod," he currently plays third base for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He previously played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers.Rodriguez is considered...
,
Alfonso SorianoAlfonso Soriano is a professional Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs....
,
Pedro MartínezPedro Jaime Martínez is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. He is a three time Cy Young Award winner. At the time of his 200th win in April , Martínez had the highest winning percentage of any 200-game winner in modern baseball history...
,
Vladimir GuerreroVladimir Alvino Guerrero is a Major League Baseball right fielder who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In , he was voted the American League MVP...
,
David OrtizDavid Ortiz is a Dominican Major League Baseball designated hitter who has played for the Boston Red Sox since . Previously, Ortiz played for the Minnesota Twins . Nicknamed "Big Papi," Ortiz is a five-time All-Star and holds the Red Sox single-season record for home runs with 54, set during the ...
,
Miguel TejadaMiguel Odalis Tejada Martinez is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Houston Astros. He began his first six seasons of his career with the Oakland Athletics, where he began his streak of 1,152 consecutive games, that ended with the Baltimore Orioles on June 22, 2007...
,
Albert PujolsJosé Alberto Pujols Alcántara , better known as Albert Pujols , is a professional baseball player who has played his entire career in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals...
,
Manny RamírezManuel "Manny" Aristides Ramírez Onelcida is a Dominican-American Major League Baseball left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A nine-time Silver Slugger, and one of 25 people to have hit over 500 career home runs, he is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities...
, and
Hall of FameThe National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of...
member
Juan MarichalJuan Antonio Marichal Sánchez is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Playing for the San Francisco Giants most of his career, Marichal was known for his high leg kick, dominating stuff and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters'...
are just a few of the many famous current or former Dominican baseball players.
Baseball isn't the only sport with Dominican American figures. The
National Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America . It is an active member of USA Basketball , which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body for basketball in the United States...
(NBA) has
Charlie VillanuevaCharlie Alexander Villanueva is an American-Dominican National Basketball Association player who currently plays for the Detroit Pistons....
, born and raised in
Elmhurst, QueensElmhurst is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Roosevelt Avenue on the north; Corona to the northeast; Junction Boulevard on the east; Rego Park to the southeast; the Long Island Expressway on the south; Middle Village to the south and southwest; and Maspeth...
, New York; and
Francisco GarciaFrancisco García is a Dominican professional basketball player who currently plays for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. A 6'7", 195-pound guard–forward from the University of Louisville, García was selected by the Kings in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft...
and
Al HorfordAlfred Joel Horford Reynoso is a Dominican basketball player for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. He is the son of former NBA player Tito Horford and journalist Arelis Reynoso. Horford played collegiately for the University of Florida Gators...
, Dominican immigrants both.
Felipe LópezLuis Felipe López is a Dominican professional basketball player.He starred in United States high school and university basketball. López then played for four seasons in the National Basketball Association , but with far less success...
was a star at
Rice High SchoolRice High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, New York. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.-Background:...
and St. John's University, both in New York, and played several seasons in the NBA. Luis Flores attended
Manhattan CollegeManhattan College is a Roman Catholic liberal arts college in the Lasallian tradition in New York City. Despite the college's name, it is no longer located in Manhattan but in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, roughly 10 miles north of Midtown. Manhattan College offers undergraduate programs in...
and later played one season in the NBA before going to Europe. In the
National Football LeagueThe National Football League is the largest professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922. The league currently consists of...
(NFL) there is Luis Castillo of the
San Diego ChargersThe San Diego Chargers are an American Professional Football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . The club began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League...
and
Tutan ReyesTutankhamen Marqués Reyes is an American football guard for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft...
of the New York Football Giants.
Dominican Americans have also contributed major literary works on their experiences in the U.S. and the
Dominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are occupied by two countries...
.
Junot DiazJunot Díaz is a Dominican-American writer and creative writing professor at MIT. Central to Díaz's work is the duality of the immigrant experience. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in 2008.-Early years:Díaz was born in Villa Juana, a...
is the author of
Drown and
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a best-selling novel written by Dominican-American author Junot Díaz. Although a work of fiction, the novel is set in New Jersey where Díaz was raised and deals explicitly with his ancestral homeland's experience under dictator Rafael Trujillo...
, which won him the
Pulitzer Prize for FictionThe Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. It replaced the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel.* 1948: Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener...
in April 2008 and made him the first Dominican American and the second Latino in U.S. history to win the
Pulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by Hungarian-American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City....
.
Julia AlvarezJulia Alvarez is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Born in New York of Dominican descent, she spent the first ten years of her childhood in the Dominican Republic, until her father's involvement in a political rebellion forced her family to flee the country.Alvarez rose to...
is the nationally-recognized author of
In the Time of the ButterfliesIn the Time of the Butterflies is a novel by Julia Alvarez, fictionalizing the lives of the Mirabal sisters from their personal accounts of what happened during the time. It recounts the rebellion against Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, the dictator of the Dominican Republic. The main characters are the...
and
How the García Girls Lost Their AccentsHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents is a 1991 novel written by Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist Julia Alvarez. Told in reverse chronological order and narrated from shifting perspectives, the text possesses distinct qualities of a bildungsroman novel...
. Nelly Rosario, born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New York City, also won critical acclaim for her debut novel
Song of the Water Saints.
Oscar de la RentaOscar de la Renta is one of the world's leading fashion designers.-Early years:Oscar de la Renta was born in Santiago de los Caballeros in Dominican Republic, to a Dominican mother and a Puerto Rican father...
is one of the most recognized names in the fashion industry.
Dominican Americans have increasingly made a presence in the financial industry. Cid Wilson was ranked #1
Wall StreetWall Street is a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. It runs east from Broadway to South Street on the East River, through the historical center of the Financial District. It is the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange; over time Wall Street became the...
financial analyst in the Specialty Retailing category by
ForbesForbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, Forbes magazine, is published fortnightly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published fortnightly, and Business Week...
in 2006.
Among Dominican American politicians are former New York City Council Member and Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs for the City of New York
Guillermo LinaresDr. Guillermo Linares is the Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs of the City of New York. He was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2004....
; New York State Assemblyman
Adriano EspaillatAdriano Espaillat was born in the Dominican Republic and emigrated to New York City. In 1996, he became the first Dominican to be elected to the New York State Assembly, representing the Washington Heights and Inwood neighborhoods of Manhattan. This also made him the first Dominican American...
; New York State Assemblyman Jose Peralta; New York City Council Member
Diana ReynaDiana Reyna is currently the New York City Council Member who represents the 34th Council District, which includes Williamsburg and Bushwick as well as Ridgewood in Queens, USA. Council Member Reyna was born and raised in New York City...
; Rhode Island State Senator Juan Pichardo; Rhode Island State Representative Grace Diaz;
Passaic, New JerseyPassaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 67,861. Located north of Newark on the Passaic River, it was first settled in 1678 by Dutch traders, as Acquackanonk Township...
Mayor Dr. Alex D. Blanco;
Trenton, New JerseyTrenton is the capital of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. As of 2007, the United States Census Bureau estimated that the City of Trenton had a population of 82,804....
Councilman Manuel Segura;
Allentown, PennsylvaniaAllentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 106,632...
Councilman Julio Guridy; Massachusetts State Representative William Lantigua; first Dominican American New York County Supreme Court Judge Rolando T. Acosta; and many more.
There is a history of Dominican Americans serving in state-level gubernatorial cabinet positions or positions requiring Senatorial confirmation. Dr. Rosa Perez-Perdomo was Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, from 2005 to 2008. Dr. Eduardo J. Sanchez was Commissioner of Health for the state of Texas from 2001 to 2006. New York Secretary of State
Lorraine Cortés-VázquezLorraine A. Cortés-Vázquez is the 65th Secretary of State of New York, serving in the Cabinet of Gov. David Paterson. She originally served in the Cabinet of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and remained in office following Paterson's taking over the governorship on March 17, 2008...
is of both Puerto Rican and Dominican descent and has served in her post since March 2007.
In March 2009, New Jersey Governor
Jon CorzineJon Stevens Corzine is the Governor of New Jersey and a former United States Senator. A Democrat, Corzine served five years of a six-year Senate term before being elected Governor in 2005. He is a candidate for re-election in 2009....
nominated Camelia Valdes as Passaic County
ProsecutorThe prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...
, thus making her the first Dominican American to become a head Prosecutor or
District AttorneyIn many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is the appointed public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged offense criminals. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...
in U.S. history. She was sworn-in on August 2009 by Gov. Corzine.
President Barack Obama made his first major Dominican American appointment on March 13, 2009 when he nominated Thomas E. Perez to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Perez was the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation for the State of Maryland before his nomination by President Obama. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 6, 2009.
María MontezMaría Montez was a Dominican-born motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a hot-blooded Latin seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling...
was an actress in 1940s Hollywood.
Zoe SaldanaZoe Saldaña is an American actress. She is also known as Zoë Saldana, Zoe Saldaña, and Zoë Saldaña...
is an actress born in New Jersey to a Dominican father and Puerto Rican mother.
Michelle Rodriguez Mayte Michelle Rodriguez , better known as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress, mostly known for playing tough-girl roles and starring in Hollywood blockbusters such as The Fast & the Furious, Resident Evil, and S.W.A.T. as well as her role as Ana Lucia Cortez in the television series Lost...
, born of a Dominican mother and a
Puerto RicanPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands...
father, is well known for her roles in the television series
LostLost is an American serial drama television series. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, United States, crashes somewhere in the South Pacific...
and the movies
The Fast and the FuriousThe Fast and the Furious is a 2001 car film starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster. It was directed by Rob Cohen. The Fast and the Furious was the first mainstream film to feature the Asian automotive import scene in North America. It is the first film in The...
,
S.W.A.T.S.W.A.T. is a 2003 action crime film and is based on the 1975 television series of the same name. It was directed by Clark Johnson and stars Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, LL Cool J and Michelle Rodriguez. It was released in the United States on August 8, 2003.- Plot :The film begins with a...
, and
Resident EvilResident Evil is a 2002 science fiction horror film based on the same titled series of Survival horror games developed by Capcom. Borrowing elements from the Resident Evil 1 and 2 video games, the film follows an amnesiac heroine Alice, and a band of Umbrella Corporation commandos, as they attempt...
.
Merlin SantanaMerlin Thomas Santana was an American actor best known for his role as Romeo Santana on the WB series, The Steve Harvey Show.-Early life:...
was a well-known actor from New York City whose parents are Dominican. His most notable role was as
Romeo on
The Steve Harvey ShowThe Steve Harvey Show is an American sitcom that aired for six seasons from August 25, 1996 to February 24, 2002 on The WB Television Network. It was directed by Stan Lathan.-Synopsis:...
. He died in November 2002.
Fashion, modelling, and beauty pageants
- Susie Castillo
Susie Cintron Castillo , is a former beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title and who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants...
– Miss USA 2003
- Magali Febles
Magali Esperanza de Jesus Moretta Febles is a beautician and beauty pageant circuit personality...
– owner of the Miss Dominican RepublicMiss Dominican Republic, or Miss República Dominicana in Spanish, is a pageant where women ranging the ages from 18 to 26 compete and each get to represent a Dominican province, city, or community. Miss Dominican Republic organization is managed by Magali Febles...
and Miss Puerto RicoMiss Puerto Rico is the common name or sash used to identify a Puerto Rican representative in an international pageant. Currently, Miss Universe Puerto Rico and Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico are the official national preliminaries to the Miss Universe and Miss World international pageants respectively...
pageant franchises
- Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta is one of the world's leading fashion designers.-Early years:Oscar de la Renta was born in Santiago de los Caballeros in Dominican Republic, to a Dominican mother and a Puerto Rican father...
– fashion designer
- Sessilee Lopez
Sessilee Lopez is an American model. She has appeared in Vogue Italia numerous times and graced one of the four covers of its "All Black"-issue, while Naomi Campbell, Liya Kebede, and Jourdan Dunn graced the alternative ones...
- fashion model
- Arlenis Sosa
Arlenis Sosa is an Dominican model. She appeared in the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.-Early Life and Discovery:She was born in Montecristi, Dominican Republic, she moved to New York when she finished high school. Arlenis was discovered when she was walking with her family, and a designer...
- fashion model
- Amelia Vega
Amelia Vega Polanco became the first Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003. At the age of 18, she was the youngest winner since 1994....
– Miss Universe, 2003
Motion picture and television
- Nancy Alvarez
Nancy Alvarez is a Dominican and Latin American television personality who, as a psychologist, sexologist and family therapist, is best known for hosting the talk show ¿Quién Tiene La Razón? [Who's Right?]...
– psychologist, television talk show host
- Tina Aumont
Maria Christina Aumont , best known as Tina Aumont, was an American actress of French, and Dominican descent.She was born in Hollywood, California, the daughter of actors Jean-Pierre Aumont and Maria Montez...
– FrenchFrench people can refer to:* The legal residents and citizens of France, regardless of ancestry. For a legal discussion, see French nationality law.* People whose ancestors lived in France or the area that later became France....
/Dominican actress
- Lourdes Benedicto
Lourdes Benedicto is an American actress of Filipino / Dominican descent. She is most well known for her starring role as Eva Rios on The Nine, and for her role as Alicia Lawson on the short-lived series Cashmere Mafia...
– actress
- Julissa Bermudez
Julissa Bermudez is a Dominican actress. She is best known for her work as co-host on BET's most popular music video countdown show 106 & Park.- Early life :...
– television personality (BETBet or BET may refer to:* A wager in gambling* Basic Economics Test *Bet , the second letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician and Syriac...
)
- Monica Boyar
Monica Boyar is a Dominican nightclub club singer who was popular in the 1940s and 1950s.-Musical Influence:Boyar became a United States citizen after residing in the country from the age of six. She is a dedicated student of the folk music of all countries....
– actress, singer
- Francis Capra
Francis Capra is an American actor. He is best known for the roles of Max Connor in Kazaam and Eli "Weevil" Navarro in the TV series Veronica Mars.-Personal life:...
– actor
- Charytin
Charytín Goyco , better known in the show business plainly as Charytín, is a singer, TV presenter and actress from the Dominican Republic...
– actress, singer, and television host
- Juan Fernández
Juan de Jesus Fernández de Alarcon is a Latino actor best known for his roles as the "bad-guy" character in his movies....
– actor
- Rick Gonzalez
Rick Gonzalez is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Old School, Coach Carter, Biker Boyz, Pulse and Roll Bounce, and in the TV show Reaper.-Early life:...
– actor
- Wilson Jermaine Heredia
Wilson Jermaine Heredia is a Dominican-American actor best known for his portrayal of Angel Dumott Schunard in the musical Rent, for which he received a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor....
– actor (Angel, from the film RentRent is a American film adaptation of the Broadway musical, which was based on Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical. This musical-based movie details of a couple of bohemians and their struggles with sexuality, drugs, living under the shadow of AIDS, and of course, paying...
)
- Wolf Hudson
Wolf Hudson dubbed the "King of Kink", is a Dominican American male pornographic actor, director and street dancer.-Early life:...
– adult film actor
- Rafael Jose
Dr. Rafael José Diaz is a Puerto Rican television show host born in Manatí, Puerto Rico, where his father, a physician born in the Dominican Republic, was the medical director of the local hospital. His family eventually moved to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, where he was raised...
– actor, television personality
- Arthur Lithgow
Arthur Washington Lithgow was an American actor and director.Lithgow was born in the Dominican Republic, the son of Ina Berenice , a nurse, and Arthur Washington Lithgow II, an entrepreneur. Lithgow, the father of actor John Lithgow, helped pioneer the regional theater movement and founded two...
– actor
- Luis Lopez
Luis Lopez or Luis López can mean:People*Luis A. López, Mexican-American poet*Luis Alfredo López , Colombian road cyclist*Luis López Álvarez, Spanish poet *Luis Diego López Breijo , Uruguayan footballer...
– actor (film Dirty Dancing: Havana NightsDirty Dancing: Havana Nights is a musical/romance film directed by Guy Ferland. This film is a prequel to the blockbuster Dirty Dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate New York to Cuba on the cusp of the Cuban Revolution.-Plot:Shy, intelligent, eighteen-year-old...
)
- Yorlin Madera
Yorlin Madera is an actor known for his portrayal of the first Cristian Vega on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live from June 1995 to January 1998....
– actor (television series One Life to LiveOne Life to Live is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15, 1968. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
)
- Judy Marte
Judy Marte is a Dominican American actress who can be seen in films such as Raising Victor Vargas and On the Outs...
– actress
- Maria Montez
María Montez was a Dominican-born motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a hot-blooded Latin seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling...
– actress
- Omahyra Mota
Omahyra Mota is a Dominican model and actress. She made a name for herself in the fashion industry as a chic punk model.-Biography:...
– actress, model
- Patricia Mota
Patrícia Mota is an actress and film producer of Dominican Republic descent. She played a lead role in the critically acclaimed film GI Jesús that premiered at the "Grauman's Egyptian Theatre", on January 23, 2007. GI Jesús took the Grand Jury Prize at CineVegas 06 film festival...
– actress (sister of Omahrya Mota)
- Miguel A. Nuñez – actor
- Karen Olivo
Karen Olivo is a Tony Award–winning stage and television actress, who is known for originating the role of Vanessa in the Tony Award–winning musical In the Heights both on and off Broadway...
, Tony award-winning actresss
- Manny Perez
Manuel "Manny" Perez Batista is a Dominican actor, who has appeared in the television series Third Watch and in the film Washington Heights. Perez was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic, and currently resides in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood.Perez is one of 6 siblings...
– actor (films Party Monster and El CantanteEl Cantante is a American film released in the United States on August 3, 2007. The biopic stars real life couple singer Marc Anthony and his wife, actress-singer Jennifer Lopez . The film is based on the life story of salsa singer Héctor Lavoe...
)
- Dania Ramirez
Dania Ramirez is a Dominican TV film actress.She is most recently known for playing a recurring character during the last season of The Sopranos and as Maya Herrera in Heroes. She also played female antagonist Callisto in X-Men: The Last Stand.-Early life:Ramirez was born in Santo Domingo,...
– actress
- Victor Rasuk
Victor Rasuk is an American actor.Rasuk was born in Harlem, New York to Dominican parents. He has one brother, Silvestre. Rasuk attended performing arts school as a teenager, and began acting at 14...
– actor (film Raising Victor VargasRaising Victor Vargas is a 2002 film directed by Peter Sollett, written by Sollett and Eva Vives. The film follows Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother who completely idolizes him...
)
- Alisa Reyes
Alisa Reyes is an American actress , best known for three seasons that she appeared on Nickelodeon's All That...
– actress
- Judy Reyes
Judy Reyes is an American actress of Dominican descent. She is best known for her portrayal of nurse Carla Espinosa on the TV comedy Scrubs for eight seasons.-Career:...
– actress (television show ScrubsScrubs is an American comedy-drama created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced currently by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced dialogue, slapstick, and surreal vignettes presented mostly as the daydreams of the...
)
- Birmania Rios
Birmania Ríos , is a Dominican American television news journalist.Birmania . She resided in New York until the age of four, when her family decided to relocate to Puerto Rico...
– television personality (television show Despierta America¡Despierta América! is a popular Spanish language morning show which has aired on the Univision television network since 1997. It is broadcast from the network's studios in Miami, Florida, and is hosted by Fernando Arau, Ana María Canseco, Neida Sandoval, and Raúl González...
)
- Michelle Rodriguez
Mayte Michelle Rodriguez , better known as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress, mostly known for playing tough-girl roles and starring in Hollywood blockbusters such as The Fast & the Furious, Resident Evil, and S.W.A.T. as well as her role as Ana Lucia Cortez in the television series Lost...
– actress
- Zoe Saldana
Zoe Saldaña is an American actress. She is also known as Zoë Saldana, Zoe Saldaña, and Zoë Saldaña...
– actress
- Merlin Santana
Merlin Thomas Santana was an American actor best known for his role as Romeo Santana on the WB series, The Steve Harvey Show.-Early life:...
– actor
- Julian Scott Urena
Julian Scott Urena is a Latin American actor, who in the early part of his career was credited as Fabio Urena. He was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic, and immigrated with his family to New York City while in grade school....
- actor
- Ludo Vika
Ludo Vika is a Dominican-born actress and comedian.Born in the Dominican Republic, Ludo came from a working middle-class family. At age nine, she and her family relocated to Puerto Rico in search of better opportunities and a new life...
– actress, comedienne
- Tristan Wilds
Tristan Paul Mack Wilds is an American actor known for his portrayal of Michael Lee on the HBO original series The Wire as well as playing Dixon Wilson in the Beverly Hills, 90210 spin off 90210.-Biography:...
- actor
- Sandra Zaiter
Sandra Zaiter is an actress and television children's show host in Puerto Rico. She is also a singer and composer, and is a former athlete....
– Puerto Rican television personality
Music
- Manny Albam
Manny Albam was a jazz baritone saxophone player who eventually put the instrument down in favour of a long and respected career as an arranger, writer, and teacher.-Biography:The son of Lithuanian immigrants, who was born in the Dominican Republic when his mother went into labour en route...
– jazz musician
- José Alberto
José Alberto is a Dominican salsa singer. Jose Alberto moved to Puerto Rico with his family at the age of 7, and inspired by Latin music went on to polish his singing at Las Antillas Military Academy...
(El Canario) – singer
- Alih Jey
Alih Jey is a Latin Grammy nominated Dominican Rock music singer and songwriter.Jey's family is well known in the Dominican show business industry: her father, Anibal de Peña, and her mother, Alida Iluminada Jiménez, are well known musicians there as well...
– rock singer
- Anaís
Anaís is the winner of the second season of Objetivo Fama, a Puerto Rican reality-show-contest that airs on Univision Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico and on the Telefutura network in the U.S. mainland...
– singer
- Aventura
Aventura is a Bachata music group formed in The Bronx, New York in 1994. The group comprises lead singer and featured composer Anthony "Romeo" Santos, guitarist and producer Lenny Santos, bassist Max Santos, and singer and composer Henry Santos Jeter...
– bachata group
- Alex Bueno
Alex Bueno is a Dominican singer and guitarist. He moved from his native San Jose de las Matas to Santo Domingo when he was a teenager, looking for a better chance to get involved in show business....
– singer
- Angel Clivillés
Angel Clivillés is the stage name used by Louise Angel Sabater, a Latina dance music singer of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent. She was born in the Bronx, New York.-Music career:...
– freestyle singer and lead member of The Cover GirlsThe Cover Girls is a New York City-based freestyle-urban-dance-pop girl group that achieved the majority of its chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
- Coro – freestyle singer and actor
- Daniel Cruz Sánchez
Daniel Cruz Sánchez a singer/songwriter born in New Jersey but raised in Dominican Republic. His father is Cuban and his mother Dominican. He was part of a well-known Dominican group called Rikarena, until he decided to start his own solo career...
– singer, songwriter
- Kat DeLuna
Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna is an American Pop and R&B singer of Dominican heritage, better known by her stage name Kat DeLuna. She is currently signed to Universal Motown, after previously being signed to Epic...
– singer
- Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra-Seijas is a Dominican singer, songwriter, and self-producer who has sold 20 million records, and won numerous awards including nine Latin Grammy Awards two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards. He won 5 Latin Grammy awards in 2007 tying him with Juanes for the...
– singer, songwriter, and music producer
- Johnny Pacheco
Johnny Pacheco is a Dominican producer, musician, bandleader, and one of the most influential figures in American salsa music.-Early history:Johnny Pacheco was born on March 24, 1935 in Santiago de los Caballeros. Pacheco inherited his passion for music from his father, Rafael Azarias Pacheco, who...
– singer, godfather of New York salsa
- Proyecto Uno
Proyecto Uno {Project One} is a Dominican and Puerto Rican Merengue hip hop group from New York, composed by Nelson Zapata, Johnny Salgado and Jose Medina. The Original members were Nelson Zapata & Ricky Echavarria. Later, Magic Juan, Johnny Salgado and Erik Morales joined the group. Early...
– merengue hip-hop group
- Karina Pasian
Karina Pasian is an American singer and pianist. She is currently signed to Def Jam.-Biography:Karina is of Dominican descent. She first began taking piano lessons at the age of three from her babysitter, and began classical piano training while in kindergarten...
– singer
- Fausto Rey
Fausto Ramón Sepúlveda, better known by his stage name Fausto Rey, was born December 1, 1950 in the Higuey province, on the east coast of the Dominican Republic....
– singer, songwriter, and music producer
- Roger Sanchez
Roger Sanchez, also known as Roger S. and The S Man, is a Grammy award-winning American House music DJ who has scored many hits in the European and World Charts.-Biography:...
– DJ, house music producer
- Anthony Santos – bachata singer
- Rosanna Tavarez
Rosanna Tavarez is a Dominican American entertainment reporter and presenter on television. Tavarez stars on TV Guide Channel alongside former American Idol contestants Kimberly Caldwell and Justin Guarini. She started off on Mun2, a Telemundo cable channel, hosting a show...
– singer from Eden's CrushEden's Crush was a girl group based in Los Angeles created on the American television series Popstars which aired on The WB Television Network in early 2001...
Politics
- Dr. Alex D. Blanco - Mayor of Passaic, New Jersey
Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 67,861. Located north of Newark on the Passaic River, it was first settled in 1678 by Dutch traders, as Acquackanonk Township...
and the first Dominican American mayor"Mayor" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government....
ever elected in the United States.
- Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
Lorraine A. Cortés-Vázquez is the 65th Secretary of State of New York, serving in the Cabinet of Gov. David Paterson. She originally served in the Cabinet of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and remained in office following Paterson's taking over the governorship on March 17, 2008...
- Secretary of State for the State of New York
- Marcos Devers – first Dominican American to execute the role of mayor
"Mayor" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government....
in the United States, as former Acting Mayor and Councilman of Lawrence, MassachusettsLawrence is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States on the Merrimack River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 72,043. Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north, Andover to the southwest, and North Andover to the southeast. It and Salem are the county...
- Grace Diaz
Grace Diaz is a Democratic State Representative from Rhode Island representing District 11 in the city of Providence, Rhode Island. She was the first Dominican-American woman elected to state office in the history of the United States of America....
– Rhode IslandRhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
state legislatorThe Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Rhode Island. It is composed of 75 Representatives from an equal amount of constituencies, each of whom is elected to a two year term. The Rhode Island...
; first Dominican American female to be elected to a state legislature in the United States
- Adriano Espaillat
Adriano Espaillat was born in the Dominican Republic and emigrated to New York City. In 1996, he became the first Dominican to be elected to the New York State Assembly, representing the Washington Heights and Inwood neighborhoods of Manhattan. This also made him the first Dominican American...
– New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
Assemblyman; first Dominican American to be elected to a state legislature in the United States
- Julio Guridy - Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 106,632...
Councilman
- William Lantigua - Massachusetts State Representative
- Guillermo Linares
Dr. Guillermo Linares is the Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs of the City of New York. He was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2004....
– first Dominican American elected in the United States, as former New York City Council Member
- Miguel Martinez – former New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
Council Member
- Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Joseline Peña-Melnyk is an American politician who represents District 21 in the Maryland House of Delegates.-Background:Born in the Dominican Republic, Joseline Peña attended John F. Kennedy High School and graduated from Buffalo State College with a B.S. in Criminal Justice...
– member of the Maryland General AssemblyThe Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is a bicameral body. The upper chamber, the Maryland State Senate, has 47 representatives and the lower chamber, the Maryland House of Delegates, has 141 representatives...
- Juan Pichardo – Rhode Island
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
State Senator; first Dominican American to be elected State Senator in the United States
- Diana Reyna
Diana Reyna is currently the New York City Council Member who represents the 34th Council District, which includes Williamsburg and Bushwick as well as Ridgewood in Queens, USA. Council Member Reyna was born and raised in New York City...
– New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
Council Member; first Dominican American woman elected to public office in New York State
- Tilo Rivas
Tilo Rivas represents on the Hudson County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders, one of nine members who serve in a legislative role administering all county business. District 6 includes Union City...
– Union City, New JerseyUnion City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. According to the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 67,088, living on a land area of 3.28 km² . It is the most densely populated city in the United States, with a density of 52,977.8 per square mile -...
Commissioner of Public AffairsThe Commissioner of Public Affairs heads one of the departments in those local governments in New Jersey that operate under the Walsh Act form of municipal governance. This is a standalone position in Walsh Act municipalities with a five-member commission...
and Hudson CountyHudson County is in New Jersey, United States. Its county seat is Jersey City.-Geography and topography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 62 square miles , of which, 47 square miles is land and 16 square miles is water...
FreeholderIn New Jersey, the Boards of Chosen Freeholders are the county legislatures in each of that state's 21 counties.- Origin :New Jersey's system of naming county legislators "freeholders" is unique in the United States...
- Manuel Segura - Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. As of 2007, the United States Census Bureau estimated that the City of Trenton had a population of 82,804....
Councilman-At-Large
- Julio Tavarez
Julio Tavarez is a Dominican American politician who represents the 5th Ward in the City of Paterson, NJ.-Background:Born in the Dominican Republic on December 16, 1976, Councilman Julio Tavarez attended Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey and then graduated from Kean University with a ...
– Paterson, New JerseyPaterson is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 149,222. Census population projections indicate a population of 146,545 as of 2007, making it New Jersey's third largest city. It is the county seat of Passaic County...
City Councilman
Baseball
- Denny Almonte-Prospect in the Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League...
organization
- Moisés Alou
Moisés Rojas Alou is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball. His father Felipe, who managed Moises with the Expos from 1992 to 1996 and the Giants from 2005 to 2006, as well as uncles Matty and Jesús, and cousin Mel Rojas, all had long careers in Major League Baseball...
- Former All-Star Outfielder currently retired
- Pedro Alvarez-Third Baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions, in addition to the distinction of playing in the first modern World Series. The Pirates are also often...
- Ronnie Belliard
Ronald "Ronnie" Belliard is a second baseman of Dominican descent who currently plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers...
- Second Baseman for the Los Angeles DodgersThe Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles, California, USA. The team is in the Western Division of the National League. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming the Brooklyn...
- Wilson Betemit
Wilson Betemit is a 6' 3" switch-hitting Major League Baseball infielder who is currently a free agent.-Baseball career:...
-Utility infielder for the Chicago Whitesox
- Julio Borbon
Julio Alberto Borbon is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers.-Baseball career:Borbon attended the University of Tennessee. In , Borbon helped the Volunteers reach the College World Series and was third on the team with a .350 batting average...
- Outfielder for the Texas RangersTexas Rangers may refer to:*The Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety*Texas Rangers , a Major League Baseball team named after the famous Texas lawmen...
- Manny Delcarmen
Manuel "Manny" Delcarmen is a relief pitcher of Dominican descent in Major League Baseball who plays for the Boston Red Sox...
- Relief Pitcher for the Boston Redsox
- Julio Lugo
Julio Cesar Lugo is a major league shortstop who currently plays for the St. Louis Cardinals. He bats and throws right-handed. Lugo is the older brother of baseball pitcher Ruddy Lugo....
-Shortstop/Second Baseman for the St. Louis CardinalsThe St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball...
- Ruddy Lugo
Ruddy Joraider Lugo is a Dominican-American Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization. Lugo is the younger brother of St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Julio Lugo...
- Detroit TigersThe Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in . The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant 10 times...
Relief Pitcher
- David Ortiz
David Ortiz is a Dominican Major League Baseball designated hitter who has played for the Boston Red Sox since . Previously, Ortiz played for the Minnesota Twins . Nicknamed "Big Papi," Ortiz is a five-time All-Star and holds the Red Sox single-season record for home runs with 54, set during the ...
- Boston Redsox All-Star Designated Hitter/ First Baseman
- Carlos Peña
Carlos Felipe Peña is a left-handed first baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays.-Early life:Peña is the eldest of four children born to Felipe and Juana Peña...
- Tampa Bay RaysThe Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St. Petersburg, Florida, and are the defending American League champions. The Rays are a member of the Eastern Division of MLB's American League...
All-Star First Baseman
- Tony Peña, Jr.-Pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
- Albert Pujols
José Alberto Pujols Alcántara , better known as Albert Pujols , is a professional baseball player who has played his entire career in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals...
- St. Louis CardinalsThe St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball...
All-Star First Baseman
- Manny Ramirez
Manuel "Manny" Aristides Ramírez Onelcida is a Dominican-American Major League Baseball left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A nine-time Silver Slugger, and one of 25 people to have hit over 500 career home runs, he is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities...
-Los Angeles Dodger All-Star Left Fielder
- Jose Reyes
José Bernabé Reyes is a Dominican baseball player, who plays shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He led the major leagues in triples in 2005, 2006 and 2008, and led the National League in stolen bases in 2005, 2006 and 2007...
- New York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. The Mets are a member of the East Division of Major League Baseball's National League....
All-Star Shortstop
- Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez is a Dominican and American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Alex" or "A-Rod," he currently plays third base for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He previously played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers.Rodriguez is considered...
- New York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of Major League Baseball's American League East Division...
All-Star Third Baseman
- Hector Wagner
Héctor Raul Guerrero Wagner is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, from to .Wagner was the youngest player in Major League Baseball in 1990....
-Former MLB player
Basketball
- Trevor Ariza
Trevor Anthony Ariza is an American basketball player in the National Basketball Association who is currently playing for the Houston Rockets...
– National Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America . It is an active member of USA Basketball , which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body for basketball in the United States...
(NBA) player
- Luis Flores
Luis Alberto Flores is a professional basketball player from the Dominican Republic. He is a 6 ft 2 in and 205 lb point guard...
– National Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America . It is an active member of USA Basketball , which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body for basketball in the United States...
(NBA) player
- Francisco Garcia
Francisco García is a Dominican professional basketball player who currently plays for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. A 6'7", 195-pound guard–forward from the University of Louisville, García was selected by the Kings in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft...
– National Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America . It is an active member of USA Basketball , which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body for basketball in the United States...
(NBA) player
- Al Horford
Alfred Joel Horford Reynoso is a Dominican basketball player for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. He is the son of former NBA player Tito Horford and journalist Arelis Reynoso. Horford played collegiately for the University of Florida Gators...
– National Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America . It is an active member of USA Basketball , which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body for basketball in the United States...
(NBA) player
- Tito Horford
Tito Horford is a retired Dominican professional basketball player who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round of the 1988 NBA Draft...
– National Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America . It is an active member of USA Basketball , which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body for basketball in the United States...
Former (NBA) player
- Felipe López
Felipe López may refer to:*Felipe López *Felipe López *Felipe López *Felipe Molas López , president of Paraguay...
– National Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America . It is an active member of USA Basketball , which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body for basketball in the United States...
(NBA) player
- Edgar Sosa- NCAA Basketball Player for the Louisville Cardinals
The Louisville Cardinals are the athletic teams representing the University of Louisville. A member of the Big East Conference since 2005, they are known nationally as traditional powers in men's basketball, women's volleyball, cheerleading and dance team...
Basketball team
- Charlie Villanueva
Charlie Alexander Villanueva is an American-Dominican National Basketball Association player who currently plays for the Detroit Pistons....
– National Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America . It is an active member of USA Basketball , which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body for basketball in the United States...
(NBA) player
Boxing
- Carlos Cruz – world boxing champion
- Leo Cruz
Leonardo Cruz , better known in the world of boxing as Leo Cruz, was a world Jr. Featherweight champion from the Dominican Republic.-Personal:...
– world boxing champion, Carlos' younger brother
- Joan Guzman
Joan Guzmán is a Dominican professional boxer who was the WBO's super featherweight champion. His nicknames are "The Little Tyson" and "The Sycuan Warrior." Former boxer Floyd Mayweather, Sr. is Guzmán's trainer.- Beginnings :...
– world boxing champion
- Juan Guzmán
Juan Guzmán may refer to:* Juan Guzmán , former pitcher in Major League Baseball* Juan José Guzmán, President of El Salvador, 1842–1844* Juan Pablo Guzmán , Argentinian professional tennis player...
– world boxing champion
- Eleoncio Mercedes
Eleoncio Mercedes was a Dominican boxer, who was world champion in the Flyweight division.-Amateur career:As an amateur he competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
– world boxing champion
Other sports
- Luis Castillo – National Football League
The National Football League is the largest professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922. The league currently consists of...
(NFL) player
- Edward Vinicio Espinal
Eduards Vinicio Espinal Marte is a football player from the Dominican Republic.-Club career:Espinal emigrated to Italy in 1991, where he played with Serie A team Atalanta B.C....
– association football (soccer) player
- Mary Joe Fernández
Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is of Spanish and Cuban descent...
– tennis player and television commentator
- Tutan Reyes
Tutankhamen Marqués Reyes is an American football guard for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft...
-NFL Player
- Félix Sánchez
Félix Sánchez —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invincible and the Dictator— is a track and field athlete from New York City, United States...
– OlympicThe Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
gold medal–winning hurdler
- Jack Veneno
Jack Veneno is a famous Dominican wrestler who worked for many years on Colorvision channel 9 during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, on a wrestling show called Lucha Libre Internacional. He was the main star of the show as well as the owner of the production company Dominicana de Espectaculos...
– professional wrestler
Other notable personalities
- Ralph Mercado
Ralph Mercado Jr. was an Puertorrican and Dominican promoter of Latin American music — Latin Jazz, Latin rock, merengue and salsa — who established a network of businesses that included promoting concerts, managing artists, a record label, film company, nightclubs and...
, founder of RMM Records and music producer
- Ilka Tanya Payan
Ilka Tanya Payán was a Dominican actress and attorney who later became a prominent AIDS/HIV activist in the United States....
– AIDS/HIV activist, actress, attorney
- Providencia Paredes
Providencia Paredes was a former personal assistant to former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. A native of San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, Parades arrived in the United States in 1948 with Francisco Thomen, Ambassador to the United States from the Dominican Republic...
– assistant and confidante to Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisJacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was the wife of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. She was later married to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from 1968 until his death in...
- Pedro Saúl Pérez
Pedro Saúl Pérez was a Dominican advocate for the rights of Dominican immigrants and migrants in Puerto Rico. Pérez was the founder and president of the Dominican Committee for Human Rights of Puerto Rico....
, Dominican activist in Puerto Rico
- Santiago Luis Polanco Rodríguez
Santiago Luis Polanco Rodríguez is a Dominican American former drug dealer considered to be the first mass marketer of crack cocaine in United States. Better known by his street name, Yayo, he carries a special distinction among drug dealers, according to experts in the drug trade...
, drug dealer
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