List of people from the Dominican Republic

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List of people from the Dominican Republic

This is a list of notable people from the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The 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 List of divided islands, Saint Martin being the other....
. This is not a list of people from Dominica

Dominica

The Commonwealth of Dominica, commonly known as Dominica, is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. To the north/northwest lies Guadeloupe, to the southeast Martinique....
nor members of the Dominican Order

Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic in the early 13th century in France....
nor a list of Dominican American

Dominican American

A Dominican American is any United States who has origins in the Dominican Republic. .Immigration records of Dominicans in the United States date from the late 1800s, and New York City had a Dominican community since the 1930s....
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Authors

Julia Alvarez
Julia Álvarez

Julia Alvarez is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Born in New York City 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....
Arambilet
Arambilet

Angel Luis Arambilet Alvarez [ARAMBILET] is a writer, screenplayer, painter, graphic artist, filmmaker and systems engineer.In the Latin American and Caribbean region, he is considered the creator of the first short story and the first graphical poems using computerized linetext art or ASCII art, a combined technique that used punch...
Aída Cartagena Portalatín
Aída Cartagena Portalatín

A?da Cartagena Portalat?n was a prolific poet, fiction writer and essayist. She wrote in Spanish. Some of her work has been translated into English and other languages....
Hilma Contreras
Hilma Contreras

Hilma Contreras was a Dominican Republic writer, born in San Francisco de Macor?s. In 2002 she was given the National Literature Award....
Junot Diaz
Junot Díaz

Junot D?az is a Dominican Republic-United States writer and professor at MIT. Central to D?az's work is the duality of the immigrant experience....
Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Pedro Henríquez Ureña

Pedro Henr?quez Ure?a was an intellectual, essayist, philosopher, humanist, philologist and literary critic, considered one of the foremost figures of Dominican Republic literature and leading man of letters in the Latin America....
Leopoldo Minaya
Leopoldo Minaya

Leopoldo Minaya is a Dominican Republic poet. He is well known as a member of the Generation of 1980 literary movement in the Dominican Republic....
Pedro Mir
Pedro Mir

Pedro Julio Mir Valent?n was a Dominican Republic poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress of the Dominican Republic in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent poets of the 1940s" in Dominican poetry....
Samuel Nina Ortiz
Samuel Nina Ortiz

Samuel Nina Ortiz is a Dominican Republic writer, best known for his books Qui?n Pudiera Escribir . He has also written El Ensayo de un Ensayista and two unpublished books ? Fundamentos de Gram?tica Aplicada and Isagoge Al Estudio de la L?gica Simb?lica....
Salomé Ureña
Salomé Ureña

Salom? Ure?a de Henr?quez better known as Salom? Ure?a, was a revered poet and pedagogist of the Dominican Republic. Born in Santo Domingo in 1850, she is one of the central figures of lyrical poetry of the 19th century, and an innovator of the feminine education in her country....

Beauty Queens

Amelia Vega
Amelia Vega

Amelia Victoria Vega Polanco became the first List of Dominicans woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003. At the age of 18, she was the youngest winner since 1994....
, Miss Universe 2003
Miss Universe 2003

Miss Universe 2003, the 52nd Miss Universe pageant was held at Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on June 32003. 71 delegates from around the universe who competed for the crown....
, actress/model
Mariasela Alvarez
Mariasela Alvarez

Mariasela ?lvarez Lebr?n was the 1982 winner of the Miss World contest, representing the Dominican Republic. She became the first Dominican woman to win this title....
, Miss World 1982
Miss World 1982

The 32nd Miss World Pageant was held on November 18 1982 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Mariasela Alvarez from the Dominican Republic....
Marianne Cruz
Marianne Cruz

Marianne Cruz Gonz?lez is the 2008 Miss Dominican Republic and was the second runner-up in the Miss Universe 2008. She was born in Salcedo, Hermanas Mirabal, Dominican Republic....
, Miss Universe 2008
Miss Universe 2008

Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe beauty pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14 2008....
, 2nd runner-up, Miss Continente Americano
Miss Continente Americano

Miss Continente Americano, known in English as Miss American Continent, is an international beauty contest held annually. More than 20 contestants from mostly Latin American countries participate every year....
Renata Soñé
Renata Soñé

Renata Mar?a de Jes?s So?? Savery is an model/actress and former beauty queen from the Dominican Republic who has competed at the Miss Universe pageant....
, Miss Universe 2005
Miss Universe 2005

Miss Universe 2005, the 54th Miss Universe pageant, was held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005.At the conclusion of the final telecast, Miss Universe Canada, Natalie Glebova was crowned Miss Universe 2005 by outgoing titleholder Jennifer Hawkins of Australia....
, 2nd runner-up
Claudia Cruz
Claudia Cruz

Claudia Julissa Cruz Rodr?guez , commonly referred to as Claudia Cruz represented Dominican Republic in the Miss World pageant in 2004.After representing Bonao and placing only as a fifth runner-up in the Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2004 pageant , Cruz decided to take another chance at the new revamped and independent Miss Domini...
, Miss World 2004
Miss World 2004

Miss World 2004, the 54th Miss World pageant was held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, People's Republic of China on December 6, 2004. The 2004 pageant marks the second straight year that Sanya played host of the pageant....
, 1st runner-up

Historical Figures

Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez

Francisco Del Rosario S?nchez was a politician and founding father of the Dominican Republic. He is considered by Dominicans as the second leader of the 1844 Dominican War of Independence, after Juan Pablo Duarte and before Ram?n Mat?as Mella....
, one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic.
Juan Pablo Duarte
Juan Pablo Duarte

Juan Pablo Duarte y D?ez was a 19th century visionary and Liberalism thinker along with Francisco del Rosario Sanchez and Ram?n Mat?as Mella, is widely considered the architect of the Dominican Republic and its independence from Haitian rule in 1844....
, one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic.
Pedro Florentino
General Pedro Florentino

General Pedro Florentino was an officer in the army of the Dominican Republic during the struggle to restore Dominican independence from Haiti. He was the hero of the important Battle of Jacuba....
, hero of the Battle of Jacuba in the War of Independence from Haiti.
Máximo Gómez
Máximo Gómez

M?ximo G?mez y B?ez was a Major General in the Ten Years' War and Cuba's military commander in that country's Cuban War of Independence ....
, military commander of Cuban Independence campaign of Dominican origin.
Ramón Matías Mella
Ramón Matías Mella

Mat?as Ram?n Mella, born 25 February 1816, is regarded as a national hero in the Dominican Republic. The Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella is partially named in his honor....
, one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic.
The Mirabal sisters
Mirabal sisters

The Mirabal sisters were four Dominican sisters, three of whom were assassinated by the dictator Rafael Trujillo....
, political dissidents

Motion Picture & Television Personalities

Nancy Alvarez
Nancy Alvarez

Nancy ?lvarez is an Argentina triathlon who represented her country in the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics.Born in Buenos Aires, Nancy ?lvarez is a native of the Buenos Aires Province town of San Justo, Buenos Aires, the capital of La Matanza Partido....
, psychologist/television talk show host
Julissa Bermudez
Julissa Bermudez

Julissa Bermudez is a Dominican Republic actress. She is best known for her work as co-host on BET's most popular music video countdown show 106 & Park....
, television personality (BET
Black Entertainment Television

Black Entertainment Television is an American cable television based in Washington, D.C. and targeted towards young black people and urban audiences in the United States....
)
Lourdes Benedicto
Lourdes Benedicto

Lourdes Benedicto is an United States actor of Philippines and Dominican Republic 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
Monica Boyar
Monica Boyar

Monica Boyar is a Dominican Republic nightclub club singer who was popular in the 1940s and 1950s....
, actress/singer
Juan Castillo
Juan Castillo (filmmaker)

BIOGRAPHY Award-winning filmmaker from the Dominican Republic, grew up in New York City. First Dominican admitted to New York University's graduate film school, where he was Spike Lee's Teaching Assistant and his thesis film, Secuestro, won the Spike Lee Fellowship....
, filmmaker
Charytin
Charytin

Charyt?n Goyco , better known in the show business plainly as Charyt?n, is a singer, TV presenter and actress from the Dominican Republic....
, actress/singer/television host
Nelson de la Rosa
Nelson de la Rosa

Nelson Aquino de la Rosa , a.k.a. Mahow, was one of the shortest men of the twentieth and twenty first centuries and an List of actors from the Dominican Republic....
, actor/comedian
Juan Fernández (actor)
Juan Fernández (actor)

Juan de Jesus Fern?ndez de Alarcon is a Latino actor best known for his roles as the "bad-guy" character in his movies.Fern?ndez was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic....
, actor
Andrés García
Andrés García

Andr?s Garc?a is a Dominican-Mexican known throughout Latin America and among Hispanics in the United States.Born to Spanish people parents, Garcia was born and lived in the Dominican Republic and moved to Mexico in his childhood....
, actor
Arthur Lithgow
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....
, actor
Yorlin Madera
Yorlin Madera

Yorlin Madera is an actor known for his portrayal of the first Cristian Vega on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera One Life to Live from June 1995 to January 1998....
, actor (television series One Life to Live
One Life to Live

One Life to Live is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network since July 15, 1968....
)
Judy Marte
Judy Marte

Judy Marte is a Dominican American actress who can be seen in films such as Raising Victor Vargas and On the Outs! Filmography|-| Five Feet High and Rising - Amanda...
, actress
Agliberto Meléndez
Agliberto Meléndez

Agliberto Melendez is a Dominican film director best known as the director of A One Way Ticket , the Dominican Republic's first feature length film,produced entirely in the Dominican Republic by a Dominican cast and crew....
, film director
Maria Montez
María Montez

Mar?a Montez was a Dominican Republic-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 film....
, actress, The Queen of Technicolor
Omahyra Mota
Omahyra Mota

Omahyra Mota is a Dominican Republic Model and actress. She made a name for herself in the fashion industry as a punk fashion model....
, actress/model
Patricia Mota
Patricia Mota

Patricia Mota is an actress and film producer of Dominican descent. She played the lead role in the critically acclaimed film GI Jesus that premiered at the "Grauman's Egyptian Theatre", on January 23, 2007....
, actress (sister of Omahrya Mota)
Ilka Tanya Payán
Ilka Tanya Payan

Ilka Tanya Pay?n was a Dominican actress and attorney who later became a prominent AIDS/HIV activist in the United States.Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, she immigrated to the United States at the age of thirteen, settling permanently in New York City....
, actress
Manny Perez
Manny Perez

Manuel "Manny" Perez Batista is a Dominican Republic actor, who has appeared in the television series Third Watch and in the film Washington Heights ....
, actor (films Party Monster and El Cantante
El Cantante

El Cantante is an United States 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 ....
)
Dania Ramirez
Dania Ramirez

Dania Ramirez is a Dominican-American television actress film actor.She is most recently known for playing List of characters from The Sopranos - Friends and Family#Blanca Selgado during the last season of The Sopranos and as Maya Herrera in Heroes ....
, actress (television show Heroes
Heroes (TV series)

Heroes is an American science fiction dramatic programming created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. The series tells the stories of ordinary individuals from around the world who inexplicably develop Superpower , and their roles in preventing disasters, usually foreseen in images produced by precognitive painter...
)
Birmania Rios
Birmania Rios

Birmania R?os , 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

?Despierta Am?rica! is a popular Spanish language breakfast television 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 Maria Canseco, Neida Sandoval, and Raul Gonzalez....
)
Alexandra Cheron
Alexandra Cheron

Alexandra Beauvoir Cheron Tavarez is a Dominican Republic actress and model....
, actress/model
Ludo Vika
Ludo Vika

Ludo Vika is a Dominican Republic-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
Sandra Zaiter
Sandra Zaiter

Sandra Zaiter born in 1943 in the Dominican Republic, is a Dominican born actress and well known television children's show host in Puerto Rico....

Notable and Newsworthy Personalities

Felix Acosta-Nunez
Felix Acosta-Nunez

F?lix Acosta-N??ez is a retired journalist, the former sports editor of one of the major newspapers in the Dominican Republic, Listin Diario....
, journalist
Victor A. Carreño
Victor A. Carreño

Dr. Victor A. Carre?o is a NASA Aerospace Engineer and Aerospace Technologist. He holds the patent for the Single Frequency Multitransmitter Telemetry System....
, NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
aerospace engineer
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández

Margarita Cede?o de Fern?ndez is the present First Lady of the Dominican Republic. She is the wife of President Leonel Fern?ndez. As First Lady, she and her staff coordinate social policies for her husband's administration, generating programs of health and education for children, young people, single mothers and the family, in general, as a key el...
, First Lady of the Dominican Republic
Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta is a leading fashion designer....
, famous fashion designer
Magali Febles
Magali Febles

Magali Esperanza Febles Moreta is a Dominican Republic beautician. She is the former owner of two salons, Magali Febles Salon and Spa in San Juan, Puerto Rico....
, owner of the Miss Dominican Republic
Miss Dominican Republic

Miss Rep?blica Dominicana is a Beauty contest where women ranging the ages from 18-25 each represent a Dominican Republic Provinces of the Dominican Republic, List of cities in the Dominican Republic, or Washington Heights, Manhattan....
and Miss Puerto Rico
Miss Puerto Rico

Miss Puerto Rico is the common name or sash used to identify a Puerto Rican representative in an international pageant. Currently, Miss Puerto Rico Universe and Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico are the official national preliminaries to the Miss Universe and Miss World international pageants respectively....
pageant franchises
Victor Martinez
Víctor Martínez

V?ctor Jes?s Mart?nez is a Switch hitter catcher and first baseman for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. He was signed by the Indians as an amateur free agent in and after a pair of Minor League Baseball Most Valuable Player awards and batting average titles in and , he made his debut with Cleveland as a Major League Baseball...
, famous bodybuilder
Providencia Paredes
Providencia Paredes

Providencia Paredes was a former personal assistant to former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.Paredes is a native of San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, arrived in the United States in 1948 with Francisco Thomen, Ambassador to the United States from the Dominican Republic....
, assistant/confidante to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jacqueline "Jackie" 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 John F....
Ilka Tanya Payan
Ilka Tanya Payan

Ilka Tanya Pay?n was a Dominican actress and attorney who later became a prominent AIDS/HIV activist in the United States.Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, she immigrated to the United States at the age of thirteen, settling permanently in New York City....
, actress, AIDS/HIV activist
Pedro Saúl Pérez
Pedro Saúl Pérez

Pedro Sa?l P?rez was a Dominican Republic advocate for the rights of Dominican immigration to Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. P?rez was the founder and president of the Dominican Committee for Human Rights of Puerto Rico....
, activist for Dominican rights in Puerto Rico
Santiago Luis Polanco Rodríguez
Santiago Luis Polanco Rodríguez

Santiago Luis Polanco Rodr?guez is a Dominican American former drug dealer considered to be the first mass marketer of crack cocaine in United States....
, notorious drug dealer
Porfirio Rubirosa
Porfirio Rubirosa

Porfirio Rubirosa Ariza, was a Dominican diplomat, polo player and race car driver who competed in the 1950 and 1954 24 Hour of Le Mans, but was best known as an international playboy for his jet setting lifestyle and legendary prowess with women....
, famous playboy
Ramfis Trujillo
Ramfis Trujillo

Lieutenant General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Mart?nez in Madrid, Spain), better known as Ramfis Trujillo, was the son of Rafael Le?nidas Trujillo Molina and Mar?a Mart?nez....
, general and son of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo

Rafael Le?nidas Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961. Officially, he was president only from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952, ruling for the rest of the time as an unelected military Dictator....
Héctor Valdez Albizu
Héctor Valdez Albizu

H?ctor Valdez Albizu is the current Governor of the Banco Central de la Rep?blica Dominicana , a position he has held since August 31, 1994. He is also a well known economist and author of numerous works relating to economics....
, economist
Jamie Guzman
Jamie Guzman

Jamie Guzman is a Dominican-born American architect, blogger and creator of : an online magazine about design, Architecture, Independent music and other assorted items....
, freelance writer and architect

Prominent Political Figures (past)

Buenaventura Báez Méndez
Buenaventura Báez

Buenaventura B?ez M?ndez was the President of the Dominican Republic five times. He is notable for almost constantly attempting to have his country annexed by other countries....
, former president
Joaquín Balaguer Ricardo
Joaquín Balaguer

Joaqu?n Antonio Balaguer Ricardo was the President of the Dominican Republic from 1960 to 1962, from 1966 to 1978, and again from 1986 to 1996....
, constitutional president 1960-62, 1966-78, 1986-96.
Salvador Jorge Blanco
Salvador Jorge Blanco

Salvador Jorge Blanco is a politician, lawyer and a writer. He was the 41st President of the Dominican Republic, from 1982 –1986. He was a Senator running for the Dominican Revolutionary Party party....
, 41st constitutional president 1982-1986.
Juan Bosch y Gaviño
Juan Bosch

Juan Emilio Bosch Gavi?o was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963....
, former president
Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó, former president
Maximiliano Gómez
Maximiliano Gómez

Maximiliano G?mez Horacio "El Moreno" was the leader of the Maoist Movimiento Popular Dominicano , a militant organization opposed to the Joaqu?n Balaguer government and to U.S....
, revolutionary political leader
Antonio Guzmán Fernández
Antonio Guzmán Fernández

Silvestre Antonio Guzm?n Fern?ndez was a Dominican Republic business man and a politician. He was the 46th List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic of the Dominican Republic, from 1978 to 1982....
, former president
Gregorio Luperón
Gregorio Luperón

Gregorio Luper?n , born at Puerto Plata, was a Dominican Republic military and state leader who is better remembered as the main leader in the Dominican Restoration War of the Dominican Republic after the Spanish annexation in 1863....
, former president
José Francisco Peña Gómez
José Francisco Peña Gómez

Jos? Francisco Pe?a G?mez was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was the leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party , a three-time candidate for president of the Dominican Republic and former Mayor of Santo Domingo....
, mayor of Santo Domingo (1982-1986)
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo

Rafael Le?nidas Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961. Officially, he was president only from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952, ruling for the rest of the time as an unelected military Dictator....
, dictator 1930-1961
José Antonio (Pepillo) Salcedo, first constitutional president after the Restoration of the Dominican Republic.
Jose Santana
José Santana

Jos? Manuel Santana Silvestre, is the Executive Director of the Dominican Republic Presidential Government agency of Science and Technology and Research Associate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
, former government minister
Pedro Santana Familias
Pedro Santana

Pedro Santana Familias was a wealthy cattle rancher, soldier, politician and dictator of the Dominican Republic born in the border community of Hinche ....
, first constitutional president (1844).

For a complete list, please refer to List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic
List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic

This page contains a list of presidents of the Dominican Republic. See also lists of incumbents....

Prominent Political Figures (present)

Salvador Jorge Blanco
Salvador Jorge Blanco

Salvador Jorge Blanco is a politician, lawyer and a writer. He was the 41st President of the Dominican Republic, from 1982 –1986. He was a Senator running for the Dominican Revolutionary Party party....
, former president, author
Adriano Espaillat
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, Manhattan neighborhood of Manhattan....
, New York State Assemblyman (first Dominican-American to be elected to a State House in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
)
Leonel Fernández Reyna - 52nd and 54th Constitutional president 1996-2000, 2004-2008, 2008-2012.
Miguel Martinez
Miguel Martinez

Miguel Martinez is a Dominican-American Democratic politician from northern Manhattan in New York City. Martinez was a fixture with the Northern Manhattan Democrats for Change political club, which he help found and led with New York State Assembly member Adriano Espaillat....
, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
councilman
Hipólito Mejía
Hipólito Mejía

Gerardo Andres Aponte Alvarez, is a former President of the Dominican Republic. He served from August 16, 2000 to August 16, 2004....
, 53rd Constitutional president 2000-2004.
Joseline Peña-Melnyk
Joseline Pena-Melnyk

Joseline Pe?a-Melnyk is an American politician who represents District 21 in the Maryland House of Delegates....
, member of the Maryland General Assembly
Maryland General Assembly

The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is a bicameral body. The upper house, the Maryland State Senate, has 47 representatives and the lower house, the Maryland House of Delegates, has 141 representatives....
Diana Reyna
Diana Reyna

Diana Reyna is currently the New York City Council Member who represents the 34th Council District, which includes Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Bushwick, Brooklyn as well as Ridgewood in Queens, USA....
, New York City councilwoman (first Dominican-American woman elected in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
)
Tilo Rivas
Tilo Rivas

Tilo Rivas represents on the Hudson County, New Jersey, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders, one of nine members who serve in a legislative role administering all county business....
, Union County
Union City, New Jersey

Union City is a City in Hudson County, New Jersey, 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 km? ....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
Commissioner of Public Affairs
Commissioner of Public Affairs

The 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....
and Hudson County
Hudson County, New Jersey

Hudson County is in New Jersey, United States. Its county seat is Jersey City, New Jersey....
, New Jersey politician

Singers and Musicians

AVENTURA
Aventura

| Name= Aventura| Img = Aventura by David Shankbone.JPG| Img_capt = Aventura mural in the East Village, Manhattan of New York....
,Bachata singer
Angel Fernandez, Trumpeter/Producer/Composer/Arranger/Music Director
Manny Albam
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....
, jazz musician
José Alberto
José Alberto

Jos? 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....
(aka El Canario), Salsa singer
Tony Almont of Toque Profundo
Toque Profundo

Toque Profundo, sometimes referred to as TP, is a rock group from the Dominican Republic, the most successful of the local Dominican bands to date in the late 80s and 90s....
, Dominican rock
Dominican rock

Dominican rock, , is Rock created by Dominican Republic groups and soloists. Originating in the 1980s with the start of Luis Dias, successful bands such as Tribu Del Sol, Toque Profundo and Tabu-Tek began to emerge....
band
Anaís
Anais

Anais, or Ana?s , is a female given name derived from the Persian goddess of love, Anaitis. Anais or Ana?s can refer to:...
, pop singer
Andy Andy
Andy Andy

Andy Andy or Andy "Fan" is a Dominican Republic musician from the famed Villalona family. He first started as a merenguero. He struggled with this type of music and decided to cross over to bachata at first with the nickname "Andy Fan"....
, Bachata singer
Arcangel (singer)
Arcangel (singer)

Austin Santos , better known by his stage name Arc?ngel, is an United States singer-songwriter and actor. He was born and raised in New York City, and eventually moved to Puerto Rico in 2002, with hopes of following in the footsteps of the popular musical phenomenon, reggaeton....
, reggaeton artist
Alex Bueno
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....
, Merengue/Bachata singer
Nini Caffaro
Nini Caffaro

Nini C?ffaro, Erasmo Alfonso C?ffaro Dur?n is an international Dominican Republic singer....
, singer
Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo

Michel Camilo is a pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is known as a great jazz, Latin American music and European classical music pianist with superb technical ability, and has played and recorded with many world-famous musicians....
, jazz pianist
Angela Carrasco
Angela Carrasco

Angela Carrasco is a Dominican Republic singer. Carrasco was one of a group of Latin American divas in the 1970s. This group also included Susana Gimenez, Charytin, Iris Chacon, Ednita Nazario, Yolandita Monge and Roc?o D?rcal....
, singer
Angel Clivillés
Angel Clivillés

Angel Clivill?s is the stage name used by Louise Angel Sabater, a Latino dance music singer of Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico descent. She was born in the Bronx New York....
, singer/lead member of The Cover Girls
The Cover Girls

The Cover Girls are a New York City-based Freestyle music / Urban contemporary / dance-pop girl group who achieved the majority of their chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s....
Coro, freestyle
Freestyle rap

Freestyle rap is an improvisational form of rapping, performed with few or no previously composed lyrics, which is said to reflect a direct mapping of the mental state and performing situation of the artist....
singer/actor
Cristal Marie
Cristal Marie

Cristal Marie is a Dominican singer, songwriter, actress and performer who is best known for being the first Dominican to sing the opening theme of a North American telenovela, Telemundo's "Pecados Ajenos" alongside Cuban-American singer Jencarlos Canela....
, Latin Pop Singer, singer/songwriter
Kat DeLuna
Kat DeLuna

Kathleen Emperatriz "Kat" DeLuna is an American pop music/contemporary R&B singer of Dominican Republic heritage. Her mother, born in the Dominican Republic, owns a bakery shop in downtown Newark....
, Singer
El Jeffrey
El Jeffrey

El Jeffrey is a Merengue music and bachata artist from the Dominican Republic. A major album of his is "Mi Tierra".His name is thought to derive from that of a British seaman serving on H.M.S....
, Merengue singer
Jackeline Estevez
Jackeline Estevez

Jackeline Estevez is a popular female singer in the Dominican Republic. She wasborn in San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic. She has been performing for more than 27 years and recently won the 2008 Casandra Award for best female artist....
, Pop Singer
Zacarias Ferreira
Zacarías Ferreira

Zacar?as Ferreira is a Bachata artist from the Dominican Republic. He was born in the 1970s in the Dominican Republic....
, Bachata singer
Billo Frómeta
Billo Frómeta

Billo Fr?meta was a Dominican Republic orchestra conductor, arranger and composer who lived and worked most of his life in Venezuela, where he is remembered....
, International singer
Fulanito
Fulanito

Fulanito, a group of Dominican Republic born in the United States, has received some of the large acclaim in Latin America for being among the first groups to combine Merengue music with Bachata, Reggaeton, Latin rap, and House music, with about 2 million albums sold throughout the world....
, Merengue/Merenhouse group
Irv Gotti, producer
Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra-Seijas is a Dominican Republic singer, songwriter, and record producer who has sold over fourteen million records worldwide and has won numerous awards, including eleven Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards....
, Merengue/Bachata/Salsa singer
Tatico Henriquez
Tatico Henriquez

Tatico Henriquez, considered by many to be the best accordionist of merengue tipico, was an accordionist hailing from Nagua, Dominican Republic whose career was most prominent in the 1960s into the early 1970s....
, godfather of merengue tipico
Julio Alberto Hernández
Julio Alberto Hernandez

Julio Alberto Hern?ndez is a Dominican Republic composer specializing in folk-music based compositions.He was born in Santiago de los Caballeros and is the nephew of P.T....
,
Eddy Herrera
Eddy Herrera

Eddy Jose Herrera de los Rios, also known as Eddy Herrera, is a merengue singer and winner of more than seven Casandra Awards. Born on April 30 1964 in the Dominican Republic, in the city of Santiago de Los Caballeros....
, Merengue singer
Ilegales
Ilegales

Ilegales is a Grammy Award Dominican Republic merenhouse trio, founded in 1995 in music The group is led by singer-songwriter Vladimir Dotel and comprises Dotel, Juan Carlos Campos, and Lumy Pimentel....
, Merenhouse group
Nicky Jam
Nicky Jam

Nick Rivera Caminero is known artistically as Nicky Jam. He was born to a Dominican Republic mother and a Puerto Rican people father. He is a reggaeton artist known for such hits as "Me Voy Pa'l Party", "En la Cama", "Buscarte", "Guayando", "Vive Contigo" among others....
, Reggaeton artist
Krisspy
Krisspy

Krisspy is a well-known Dominican Republic Merengue singer who has appeared on a number of compilations, including 100% Dominicano: La Nueva Sangre del Reggaeton and Bachata Tipico....
, merengue singer
La Banda Gorda
La Banda Gorda

La Banda Gorda is a popular Merengue music group from Dominican Republic directed by Jos? Pe?a Suazo. The band plays fast Merengue from Dominican Republic and some of their albums contains salsa music....
, Merengue group
Las Chicas Del Can
Las Chicas Del Can

Las Chicas Del Can is a famous and extremely successful all-female Merengue music group from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Originally created by Wilfrido Vargas, several teams of female vocalists and musicians have alternately performed under the name Las Chicas del Can throughout the group's history....
, merengue group
Ñico Lora
Ñico Lora

Francisco Antonio Lora Cabrera , popularly known as ?ico Lora is known as the father of Merengue . He was born in Maizal, Santiago de los Caballeros Dominican Republic....
, Father of merengue music/artist
Los Hermanos Rosario
Los Hermanos Rosario

Los Hermanos Rosario is a merengue music band, originally consisting of siblings To?o Rosario, Pepe, Rafa and Luis....
, merengue group
Luny Tunes
Luny Tunes

Luny Tunes is a Dominican Republic reggaeton production duo consisting of Francisco Salda?a and V?ctor Cabrera , who have been known for creating unique musical rhythms for some of the most popular reggaeton artists since the early 2000s....
, reggaeton producers/artists
Mamajuana
Mamajuana

Mamajuana is the name of a Dominican band. Assembled by the Dominican composer/arranger Eddi Gonz?lez, Mamajuana combines Afro-Caribbean and contemporary rhythms with romantic lyrics....
, merengue/bachata group
Don Miguelo
Don Miguelo

Don Miguelo is a Dominican Republic rapper in the Reggaeton genre. He became famous with his smash hit "La Cola De Motora" and "Ay Que Tu Quiere". He has recently traveled to the United States in hopes that his new album will be an even better seller than before....
, reggaeton artist
Monchy y Alexandra
Monchy y Alexandra

Monchy y Alexandra were a bachata musical group from the Dominican Republic. They sang together as a duo beginning in 1999. Their first big hit was "Hoja En Blanco", which they released in 1999....
, Bachata duo
Noztra
Noztra

Martin Rivera , better known as Noztra, is a reggaeton musician. Born in San Francisco de Macor?s, Dominican Republic, his family moved to New York looking for work when he was seven....
, reggaeton artist
Nova from Pacha Massive
Pacha Massive

Pacha Massive , is a creative collaboration between Dominican Republic-born Nova and Colombia-born Maya . The band, from the Bronx, New York City, was Nacional Records? first U.S.-based signing....
, singer
Ramon Orlando
Ramon Orlando

Ram?n Orlando Valoy is a merengue musician and son of Cuco Valoy.He was born in Manoguayabo, then part of Santo Domingo, D.N. and now part of Santo Domingo Province....
, merengue singer (son of Cuco Valoy)
Oro Solido
Oro Solido

Oro Solido is a New-York based music group, who focus on the musical Genre 'merengue'. Oro Solido has sold hundred's of thousands of albums, reaching household name status....
, merengue group
Johnny Pacheco
Johnny Pacheco

Johnny Pacheco is a Dominican producer, musician, bandleader, and one of the most influential figures in salsa music....
, salsa singer/producer/bandleader
Leonardo Paniagua
Leonardo Paniagua

Leonardo Panigua is one of the Dominican Republic most popular bachata musicians. Paniagua emerged from obscurity to overnight stardom in the 1970s when he recorded his first 45rpm record, "Amada, amante" for Discos Guarachita....
, bachata artist
Chichi Peralta
Chichi Peralta

Chichi Peralta is an arranger, producer, musician and singer from the Dominican Republic....
, singer, bandleader, percussionist
Geovanny Polanco
Geovanny Polanco

Geovanny Polanco is a merengue tipico accordionist from Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Nagua, Dominican Republic. He is known for his mastery of the accordion and his rivalry across the Internet and in everyday life with fellow accordionist Krency Garcia, better known as El Prodigio, and also somewhat with Kerube, head of merengue band Kerubanda....
, merengue singer
Milly Quezada
Milly Quezada

"Milagros Quezada Borb?n", much better known in the musical entertainment world as Milly Quezada, is a Latin Grammy-winning Dominican Republic Merengue music singer....
, singer, (dubbed "Queen of Merengue")
Fausto Rey
Fausto Rey

Fausto Rey, Fausto Ram?n Sepulveda, was born December 1, 1950 in Higuey at the east coast of Santo Domingo, the capital of Dominican Republic....
, singer/composer
Frank Reyes, Bachata singer
Mario Rivera
Mario Rivera

Mario Rivera was a musician, composer and arranger. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.References *...
, jazz composer/artist
Raulin Rodriguez
Raulin Rodriguez

Born in San Fernando de Monte Cristi, Monte Cristi Province in the Dominican Republic on June 16 1970,related to the Zapata family of Monte cristi is one of the first major bachata artists to have national success and popularize this style of music in his country....
, Bachata singer
Tito Rodriguez
Tito Rodriguez

Tito Rodr?guez , was a popular 1950s and 1960s singer and bandleader. He is known by many fans as "El Inolvidable" , a moniker based on his most popular interpretation, a song written by Cubans composer Julio Gutierrez....
, singer
Toño Rosario
Toño Rosario

M?ximo Antonio del Rosario , known as To?o Rosario, is a Merengue music singer, of Dominican descent, well-known in his native Dominican Republic and Latin America....
, Merengue singer
Raulin Rosendo
Raulin Rosendo

A Dominican Republic-born singer transplanted to New York City, salsa star Raul?n Rosendo was born in Santo Domingo on August 30, 1957. Steeped in the rhythms of Afro-Antilles music throughout his childhood, he began his performing career at the age of 12 as a member of the merengue group ?El Chivo y Su Banda?, later appearing with acts inclu...
, Salsa singer
Roger Sanchez
Roger Sanchez

Roger Sanchez, also known as Roger S. and The S Man, is a popular Dominican-American House music Disc jockey who has scored many hits in the European and World Charts....
, DJ/House music producer
Daniel Santacruz
Daniel Santacruz

Daniel Santacruz Singer/songwriter born in New Jersey but raised in Dominican Republic. His father is Cuban and his mother Dominican. He started his solo career in 2003, and released his first self produced album Por un beso that year....
, singer/songwriter
Antony Santos
Antony Santos

Antony Santos is a bachata musician from the Dominican Republic, renowned for his role in redefining the genre to include romantic music....
, Bachata Singer
Yoskar Sarante
Yoskar Sarante

Yoskar "El Prabu" Sarante is a prominent Dominican republic bachata. He works with the nueva bachata movement, and has been on compilations such as Bachata Tipico and The Rough Guide to Bachata....
, Bachata singer
Luis Segura
Luis Segura

Luis Segura is a Dominican Republic-born in mao city ;singer known as "The Father of the Bachata." He is considered one the best at his art with hits like Pena por ti, Dicen, and No me celes tanto; and is known worldwide....
, singer
Toque Profundo
Toque Profundo

Toque Profundo, sometimes referred to as TP, is a rock group from the Dominican Republic, the most successful of the local Dominican bands to date in the late 80s and 90s....
, Rock Band
Triple Seis
Triple Seis

Triple Seis, born Sammy Garcia, is a rapper of Dominican Republic descent from The Bronx, New York, who is a former member of the Hip Hop group the Terror Squad....
, rapper
Cuco Valoy
Cuco Valoy

Cuco Valoy is Dominican Republic salsa music and merengue music singer. He is father of Ramon Orlando with whom he formed the band Los Virtuosos....
, Merengue singer/bandleader
Luis Vargas
Luis Vargas

Luis Vargas is a common name in Hispanic countries. Among the persons with this name are:*Luis Vargas - Bachata musician from Dominican Republic...
, Bachata singer
Sergio Vargas
Sergio Vargas

Sergio Vargas is a famous Merengue music singer from the Dominican Republic who became a politician in 2006. Along with Freddie Kenton, Milly Quezada, Tono Rosario, Wilfrido Vargas and Fernando Villalona, Vargas obtained fame in Latin America and Europe during the 1980s and early 1990s....
, Merengue singer
Wilfrido Vargas
Wilfrido Vargas

Wilfrido Radam?s Vargas Mart?nez was born in Altamira, Puerto Plata , Dominican Republic, Vargas began his musical studies early, attending the Municipal Academy of Music beginning at age 10....
, Merengue singer
Johnny Ventura
Johnny Ventura

Johnny Ventura is a Dominican Merengue music composer and singer, the first to achieve widespread fame outside of the Dominican Republic. He is known throughout the world as the legendary Merenguero, "El Caballo"....
, Merengue singer
Fernando Villalona
Fernando Villalona

Fernando Villalona, "The first artist named "El Mayimbe" is a Dominican Republic merengue singer whose popularity started to grow in the early 1980s and has not declined ever since....
, singer

Sports

Manny Acta
Manny Acta

Manuel Elias Acta is the current manager of the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball. In the Dominican Winter League, he managed the Tigres del Licey from 2002–2004, including leading them to victory at the 2003 Caribbean Series....
, Manager, Washington Nationals
Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball based in Washington, D.C., United States. The Nationals are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
Antonio Alfonseca
Antonio Alfonseca

Antonio Alfonseca is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher, who last pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies, and is also known for polydactyly....
, baseball player
Carlos Almanzar
Carlos Almanzar

Carlos Manuel Almanzar Gir?n is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. Previously, he has pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, and Texas Rangers ....
, baseball player
Danny Almonte
Danny Almonte

Danny Almonte Rojas is a former Little League baseball pitcher, the subject of a media circus in 2001. Considered a phenom as he led his Bronx, New York team to third place in the 2001 Little League World Series, Almonte was revealed to have actually been two years too old to play Little League baseball....
scandal-plagued Little Leaguer
Felipe Alou
Felipe Alou

Felipe Rojas Alou , is a former outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball and the former manager of the San Francisco Giants and Montreal Expos....
, baseball manager and player
Jesús Alou
Jesús Alou

Jes?s Mar?a Rojas Alou is a former professional baseball player for the San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, and New York Mets....
, baseball player
Matty Alou
Matty Alou

Mateo Rojas "Matty" Alou is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, and San Diego Padres....
, baseball player
Moisés Alou
Moisés Alou

Mois?s Rojas Alou is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who is currently a free agent. His father Felipe Alou, who managed Moises with the Montreal Expos from 1992 to 1996 and the San Francisco Giants from 2005 to 2006, as well as uncles Matty Alou and Jes?s Alou, and cousin Mel Rojas, all had long careers in Major League Baseball....
, baseball player
Joaquín Andújar
Joaquín Andújar

Joaqu?n And?jar [an-DOO-har] is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Houston Astros , St. Louis Cardinals and Oakland Athletics ....
, baseball player
Greg Aquino
Greg Aquino

Gregori Emilio Aquino Valera is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.Aquino was originally signed as a 16-year-old infielder in , by the Arizona Diamondbacks....
, baseball player
Joaquin Arias
Joaquin Arias

Joaqu?n ?rias is a second baseman for the Texas Rangers .He was acquired by the Rangers from the New York Yankees as part of the deal that sent Alfonso Soriano to the Rangers and Alex Rodriguez to the Yankees in ....
, baseball player
Miguel Batista
Miguel Batista

Miguel Descartes Batista Jerez is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners and author....
, baseball player
Tony Batista
Tony Batista

Leocadio Francisco "Tony" Batista is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball....
, baseball player
Danny Bautista
Danny Bautista

Daniel Bautista Alc?ntara is a former MLB baseball outfielder. He is more commonly known as Danny Bautista.Bautista was signed by the Detroit Tigers in 1989....
, baseball player
Denny Bautista
Denny Bautista

Denny M. Bautista is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization....
, baseball player
George Bell, baseball player
Ronnie Belliard
Ronnie Belliard

Ronald "Ronnie" Belliard is a second baseman of Dominican Republic descent who currently plays for the Washington Nationals. Belliard, an All-Star in , is well known for playing out on the outfield grass....
, baseball player
Francis Beltran
Francis Beltrán

Francis LeBron Beltr?n is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants organization....
, baseball player
Adrián Beltré
Adrián Beltré

Adri?n Beltr? P?rez is a Major League Baseball third baseman who plays for the Seattle Mariners. Previously, he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers ....
, baseball player
Esteban Beltre
Esteban Beltré

Esteban Valera Beltr? is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox , Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox ....
, baseball player
Armando Benitez
Armando Benítez

Armando Germ?n Ben?tez is a free agent relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is known for his once lively fastball, which in the past reached over 100 MPH, and his crafty split-fingered fastball....
, baseball player
Joaquin Benoit
Joaquín Benoit

Joaqu?n Antonio Benoit Pena is a set-up pitcher in Major League Baseball who has played for the Texas Rangers since the season. He bats and throws right-handed....
, baseball player
Angel Berroa
Angel Berroa

?ngel Maria Berroa Selmo is a Dominican Republic Major League Baseball shortstop for the New York Yankees organization. Berroa is notable for having been selected as the MLB Rookie of the Year award....
, baseball player
Wilson Betemit
Wilson Betemit

Wilson Betemit, pronounced Bay-tah-mee , though many broadcasters mispronounce it Bet-uh-mit, is a 6' 3" Switch hitter Major League Baseball infielder for the Chicago White Sox....
, baseball player
Tony Blanco
Tony Blanco

Tony Hemiphere Blanco is a professional baseball third baseman and outfielder, He last played in Major League Baseball for the Washington Nationals....
, baseball player
Yhency Brazoban
Yhency Brazobán

Yhency Jos? Brazob?n is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He throws and bats right-handed....
, baseball player
Juan Brito
Juan Brito

Juan Ramon Brito is a Major League Baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. Brito made his MLB debut with the Kansas City Royals in . He played with the Arizona Diamondbacks in ....
, baseball player
Daniel Cabrera
Daniel Cabrera

Daniel Alberto Cabrera Cruz is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals. He is one of the taller pitchers in the league, standing at 6' 9" and 270 pound ....
, baseball player
Francisco Cabrera
Francisco Cabrera

Francisco Cabrera is a former Major League Baseball catcher/first baseman who played five seasons with two different teams, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Atlanta Braves, from to ....
, baseball player, hero of the 1992 NLCS for the Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
Melky Cabrera
Melky Cabrera

Melky Astacio Cabrera is a Major League Baseball centerfielder for the New York Yankees....
, baseball player
Robinson Canó
Robinson Canó

Robinson Jos? Can? is a second baseman in Major League Baseball, who currently plays for the New York Yankees.He was named after baseball legend Jackie Robinson....
, baseball player
Fausto Carmona
Fausto Carmona

Fausto C. Carmona is a right-handed pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. Carmona made his major league debut with the Indians on April 15, ....
, baseball player
Bernie Castro
Bernie Castro

Bernabel "Bernie" Castro is a Major League Baseball second baseman who is currently a free agent. He has played two major league seasons, one with each the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles....
, baseball player
Fabio Castro
Fabio Castro

Fabio Enrique Castro is a relief pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Castro was the first pick in the Rule 5 Draft. He was selected by the Kansas City Royals, who then traded Castro to the Texas Rangers for second baseman Esteban German....
, baseball player
Alberto Castillo, baseball Player
Luis Castillo, baseball Player
César Cedeño
César Cedeño

C?sar Cede?o Encarnaci?n is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the Houston Astros , Cincinnati Reds , St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers ....
, baseball player
Stalin Colinet
Stalin Colinet

Stalin D. Colinet is a former defensive tackle/defensive end in the NFL. He played for 3 teams over his 6 year career. He played for the Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns, and Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college ball at Boston College....
, Former NFL player
Jesus Colome
Jesús Colomé

Jes?s Colom? de la Cruz is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently plays in the Washington Nationals organization. Colom? bats and throws right-handed....
, baseball player
Roman Colon
Román Colón

Rom?n Benedicto Col?n is a Major League Baseball pitcher with the Kansas City Royals organization. He is 6 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 225 pounds ....
, baseball player
Bartolo Colón
Bartolo Colón

Bartolo Col?n is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. He won the American League Cy Young Award with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in ....
, baseball player
Francisco Cordero
Francisco Cordero

Francisco Javier Cordero is a Major League Baseball Closer for the Cincinnati Reds.Cordero, nicknamed "Coco", throws a hard fastball?capable of reaching the upper 90s, and also has an excellent slider that he can throw for strikes early in the count, and which he uses as his outpitch....
, baseball player
Carlos Cruz (1937-1970), world boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
champion
Deivi Cruz
Deivi Cruz

Deivi Cruz Garcia , is a former baseball shortstop who last played for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent baseball Atlantic League of Professional Baseball....
, baseball player
Leo Cruz
Leo Cruz

Leonardo Cruz , better known in the world of boxing as Leo Cruz, was a world Jr. Featherweight champion from the Dominican Republic....
, world boxing champion (brother of Carlos Cruz)
Octavio Dotel
Octavio Dotel

Octavio Eduardo Dotel is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox....
, baseball player
Edwin Encarnacion
Edwin Encarnación

Edwin Elpidio Encarnaci?n , is a third baseman in Major League Baseball who plays for the Cincinnati Reds. The 6'-1", 195-pound Encarnaci?n bats and throws right-handed....
, baseball player
Juan Encarnacion
Juan Encarnación

Juan De Dios Encarnaci?n is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. His last major league team was the St. Louis Cardinals. Encarnaci?n suffered a potentially career ending injury after getting hit in the eye by a foul ball on August 31, 2007....
, baseball player
Edward Vinicio Espinal
Edward Vinicio Espinal

Eduards Vinicio Espinal Marte is a football player from the Dominican Republic....
, soccer player
Pedro Feliz
Pedro Feliz

Pedro Julio Feliz is a Major League Baseball third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. Feliz has hit 20 or more home runs in four of his first five seasons as a starting third baseman and is an above average fielder at third base....
, baseball player
Bartolome Fortunato
Bartolomé Fortunato

Bartolom? Araujo Fortunato is a Major League Baseball pitcher who currently plays for the St. George Roadrunners of the Golden Baseball League....
, baseball player
Rafael Furcal
Rafael Furcal

Rafael Antonio Furcal , nicknamed "Fookie", is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers....
, baseball player
Mary Joe Fernández
Mary Joe Fernández

Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is of Spanish and Cubans descent. She was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic Games gold medals....
, tennis player
Julio Franco
Julio Franco

Julio C?sar Robles Franco is a retired Major League Baseball infielder. In , Franco was the oldest active player in the major leagues at the age of 49....
, baseball player
Francisco Garcia
Francisco García

Francisco Garc?a is a Dominican Republic professional basketball player who currently plays for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association....
, basketball player NBA
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
Jerry Gil
Jerry Gil

Jerry Bienvenido Gil Manzanillo is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization. Gil made his MLB debut in with the Arizona Diamondbacks....
, baseball player
Carlos Gomez
Carlos Gómez

Carlos Argelis G?mez Pena is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins....
, baseball player
Vladimir Guerrero
Vladimir Guerrero

Vladimir 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 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award....
, baseball player
Jose Guillen
José Guillén

Jos? Manuel Guill?n is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Kansas City Royals....
, baseball player
Cristian Guzman
Cristian Guzmán

Cristian Antonio Guzm?n is a Dominican Republic baseball player who plays shortstop for the Washington Nationals....
, baseball player
Freddy Guzmán
Freddy Guzmán

Freddy Antonio Guzm?n is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Seattle Mariners organization.Guzm?n was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the San Diego Padres on April 17, ....
, baseball player
Joan Guzman
Joan Guzman

Joan Guzm?n is a Dominican Republic professional Boxing who was the WBO's super featherweight champion. His nicknames are "The Little Mike Tyson" and "The Sycuan Warrior." Former boxer Floyd Mayweather, Sr....
, Undefeated two-division world champion
Felix Heredia
Félix Heredia

F?lix Heredia Perez is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher who currently plays for Dorados de Chihuahua of the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol....
, baseball player
Runelvys Hernandez
Runelvys Hernández

Runelvys Antonio Hernandez is a right-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Samsung Lions in the Korean Baseball Organization....
, baseball player
Al Horford
Al Horford

Alfred Joel Horford Reynoso is a Dominican basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks. He is the son of former NBA player Tito Horford and journalist Arelis Reynoso....
, basketball player
Tito Horford
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....
, basketball player
Stan Javier
Stan Javier

Stanley Juli?n Antonio Javier [hah-ve-ERR] is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and switch-hitter who played with the New York Yankees , Oakland Athletics , Los Angeles Dodgers , Philadelphia Phillies , Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim , San Francisco Giants , Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners ....
, baseball player
Luis Ernesto José
Luis Ernesto José

Luis Ernesto Jos? is a lightweight Boxing from the Dominican Republic, who won a bronze medal at the Boxing at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. He made his professional debut on May 14, 2000....
, boxer
Jose Lima
José Lima

Jos? Desiderio Rodriguez Lima is a right-handed pitcher who last pitched in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets. He currently plays for the Camden Riversharks of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball....
, baseball player
Francisco Liriano
Francisco Liriano

Francisco Casillas Liriano is a left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins....
, baseball player
Pedro Liriano
Pedro Liriano

Pedro Antonio Liriano is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies ....
, baseball player
Mendy Lopez
Mendy Lopez

Mendy L?pez Aude is a utility player who has played for many professional baseball teams including in the United States, South Korea, and the Dominican Republic....
, baseball player
Felipe López
Felipe López (basketball)

Luis Felipe L?pez is a Dominican professional basketball player.He starred in United States high school and university basketball. L?pez then played for four seasons in the National Basketball Association , but with far less success....
, NBA
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet high hoop under organized rules....
player
Julio Lugo
Julio Lugo

Julio Cesar Lugo is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Boston Red Sox. He bats and throws right-handed. Lugo is the older brother of baseball pitcher Ruddy Lugo....
, baseball player
Ruddy Lugo
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 Boston Red Sox shortstop Julio Lugo....
, baseball player
Hector Luna
Héctor Luna

H?ctor R. Luna is a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He primarily plays in the infielder defensively, but has played every position at the major league level except pitcher and catcher....
, baseball player
Henry Mateo
Henry Mateo

Henry Antonio Mateo is a shortstop who is currently a free agent. He was released by the Detroit Tigers on April 21, . Later in 2008 signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic Baseball League....
, baseball player
Julio Mateo
Julio Mateo

Julio Cesar Mateo is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. The 6? tall 220 lb Mateo bats and throws right-handed. He made his Major League Baseball debut on May 7, , for the Seattle Mariners against the Toronto Blue Jays....
, baseball player
Juan Marichal
Juan Marichal

Juan Antonio Marichal S?nchez is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, and inductee to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 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' helme...
, baseball player
Damaso Marte
Dámaso Marté

D?maso Sabinon Mart? is a left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. He previously played for the Seattle Mariners , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Chicago White Sox ....
, baseball player
Pedro Martínez
Pedro Martínez

Pedro Jaime Mart?nez is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has won three Cy Young Awards and is considered to be one of the top pitchers of his era....
, Cy Young Award winning baseball player
Victor Martinez
Víctor Martínez (bodybuilder)

Victor Martinez , is an International Federation of BodyBuilders professional bodybuilding, the second Dominican Republic bodybuilder to turn professional....
, professional bodybuilder
Sammy Mejia
Sammy Mejia

Sammy Jose Mejia is a Dominican American professional basketball player who played college basketball at DePaul University....
, basketball player
Eleoncio Mercedes
Eleoncio Mercedes

Eleoncio Mercedes was a Dominican Republic boxing, who was world champion in the Flyweight division....
, world boxing champion in 1985
Jose Mesa
José Mesa

Jos? Ram?n Nova Mesa [MAY-sah] , is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Joe Table", he throws and pitches right-handed....
, baseball player
Omar Minaya
Omar Minaya

Omar Teodoro Antonio Minaya y Sanchez , best known as Omar Minaya, is a baseball executive who is currently the General Manager of the New York Mets....
, General Manager of the New York Mets
New York Mets

The New York Mets are a professional baseball based in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York. The Mets are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
Raúl Mondesí
Raúl Mondesí

Ra?l Ram?n Mondes? Avelino is a former Major League Baseball player. He was the National League MLB Rookie of the Year award in 1994 as a right fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers....
, baseball player
Juan Morillo
Juan Morillo

Juan Bautista Morillo is a Major League Baseball pitcher, who plays for the Colorado Rockies. He played in the All-Star Futures Game in Detroit....
, baseball player
Agustin Montero
Agustin Montero

Agust?n Alcantara Montero is a minor-league pitcher for the Northwest Independent League.On April 20, 2005, Montero became the third player to test positive under Major League Baseball's new steroid policy, and was suspended for 10 days without pay....
, baseball player
Abraham Núñez, baseball player
Jose Offerman
José Offerman

Jos? Antonio Offerman Dono is a professional baseball player who has played professional baseball for nearly 20 years. He has played for 15 seasons in the Major League Baseball, and for 2 years in the independent Atlantic League for the Long Island Ducks....
, baseball player
Miguel Olivo
Miguel Olivo

Miguel Eduardo Olivo is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Kansas City Royals. Olivo is 6'0" tall and weighs 220 pounds. He bats and throws right-handed....
, baseball player
David Ortiz
David Ortiz

David Am?rico Ortiz Arias is a Major League Baseball designated hitter who has played for the Boston Red Sox since . Previously, Ortiz played for the Minnesota Twins ....
, baseball player
Ramon Ortiz
Ramón Ortiz

Ram?n Diogenes Ortiz Ortiz is a professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants organization. He has previously pitched in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals, Minnesota Twins, and Colorado Rockies....
, baseball player
Pablo Ozuna
Pablo Ozuna

Pablo Jose Ozuna is a Major League Baseball Utility player#baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies. During his career he has played for the Florida Marlins the Colorado Rockies , the Chicago White Sox , and the Los Angeles Dodgers....
, baseball player
Ronny Paulino
Ronny Paulino

Ronny Leonel Paulino is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies.Paulino signed as a non-drafted free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization on December 29, , at the age of 16....
, baseball player
Carlos Peña
Carlos Peña

Carlos Felipe Pe?a is a left-handed first baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays....
, baseball player
Tony Peña
Tony Peña

Antonio Francisco Pe?a Padilla, widely known as Tony Pe?a [PAY-nyah] is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He was the manager of the Kansas City Royals between and ....
, baseball player
Wily Mo Peña
Wily Mo Peña

Wilfredo Modesto "Wily Mo" Pe?a , is a Major League Baseball player for the Washington Nationals. At 6 feet, 3 inches in height and 245 pounds, the right-handed Batting and throwing Pe?a is considered a pure power hitter known for his tape-measure home runs and high strikeout rate....
, baseball player
Jhonny Peralta
Jhonny Peralta

Jhonny Antonio Peralta is a baseball player who is currently the starting shortstop for the Cleveland Indians. He signed with the Indians in as an undrafted free agent....
, baseball player
Antonio Perez
Antonio Pérez

Antonio P?rez was a Spain statesman, born in Aragon and secretary of king Philip II of Spain....
, baseball player
Melido Perez
Melido Pérez

M?lido Turpen Gross P?rez , is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher from through for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees....
, baseball player
Neifi Perez
Neifi Pérez

Neifi Neftali P?rez is a Major League Baseball baseball player who most recently played for the Detroit Tigers and is currently a free agent. He has played with the Colorado Rockies , Kansas City Royals , San Francisco Giants , and the Chicago Cubs ....
, baseball player
Odalis Perez
Odalis Pérez

Odalis Amadol P?rez is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who is currently a free agent. Previously, he played with the Atlanta Braves , the Los Angeles Dodgers , the Kansas City Royals , and the Washington Nationals ....
, baseball player
Rafael Perez
Rafael Pérez

Rafael P?rez Pareja was acting List of heads of state of Ecuador of Ecuador 15 October 1883 to 23 November.External links...
, baseball player
Timo Pérez
Timo Pérez

Timoniel M. "Timo" P?rez is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Detroit Tigers organization.P?rez played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Japanese Central League from -....
, baseball player
Plácido Polanco
Plácido Polanco

Pl?cido Enrique Polanco is a Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers who has also played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies....
, baseball player
Albert Pujols
Albert Pujols

Jos? Alberto Pujols Alc?ntara , is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in the game today and was voted the Most Feared Hitter in Baseball in a poll of all 30 big-league managers in 2008....
, baseball player
Aramis Ramirez
Aramis Ramírez

Aramis Nin Ram?rez is an All-Star Major League Baseball third baseman for the Chicago Cubs. Ram?rez has also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates ....
, baseball player
Hanley Ramirez
Hanley Ramirez

Hanley Ram?rez is a shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Florida Marlins. Ram?rez was named NL Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America....
baseball player
Manny Ramírez
Manny Ramírez

Manuel "Manny" Aristides Ram?rez Onelcida is a Dominican American Major League Baseball left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A nine-time Silver Slugger, and one of twenty-four people to have hit over 500 career home runs, he is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities....
, baseball player
José Reyes, baseball player
Roberto A Reyes
Roberto A Reyes

Roberto Antonio Reyes is a retired football striker from Dominican Republic, who obtained a lot of fame in his days as a football player. He was a member of the team that competed at the 1976 FIFA Junior World Cup....
, Soccer player
Fernando Rodney
Fernando Rodney

Fernando Rodney is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. He was signed by Detroit as an amateur free agent in ; his major league debut came in at the age of 25....
, baseball player
Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez

Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez , nicknamed A-Rod, is a Dominican American professional baseball player. He currently plays third baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball....
, baseball player
Felix Rodriguez
Felix Rodriguez

Felix Rodriguez may refer to:* F?lix Rodr?guez , Major League Baseball pitcher* F?lix Rodr?guez , former CIA intelligence operative* Felix Rodriguez , guitar player in the Swedish band, The Sounds...
, baseball player
Henry Rodriguez
Henry Rodriguez

Henry Anderson Rodr?guez Lorenzo is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, and Florida Marlins from 1992 to 2002....
, baseball player
Duaner Sanchez
Duaner Sánchez

Duaner S?nchez is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the New York Mets. He throws right-handed. S?nchez is known for his hard throwing style, as well as his distinctive sports goggles, which he wears while on the mound....
, baseball player
Victor Santos
Víctor Santos

V?ctor Irving Santos is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who is currently a free agent....
, baseball player
Alfonso Soriano
Alfonso Soriano

Alfonso Soriano is a professional Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs. He has previously played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp , New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals....
, baseball player
Edgar Sosa
Edgar Sosa (basketball)

Edgar Sosa is starting point guard for the University of Louisville Louisville Cardinals basketball.Sosa played high school basketball at Rice High School in New York City where he received all-American honors....
, basketball player
Sammy Sosa
Sammy Sosa

Samuel Peralta Sosa is a Major League Baseball right fielder who is currently a free agent.Sosa's Major League career began when he broke in with the Texas Rangers in ....
, baseball player
Jorge Sosa
Jorge Sosa

Jorge Bolivar Sosa is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals organization. Sosa stands at 6'2" tall and weighs well over 200 pounds....
, baseball player
Félix Sánchez
Felix Sanchez

F?lix S?nchez —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invincible and the Dictator— is a track and field sportsperson from New York City, New York ....
, Olympic gold medal winning hurdler
Julian Tavarez
Julián Tavárez

Juli?n Tav?rez Carmen is a free agent Major League Baseball pitcher....
, baseball player
Willy Taveras
Willy Taveras

Willy Taveras is a center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds. He bats and throws right-handed. Many fans refer to him affectionately as "Willy T."...
, baseball player
Miguel Tejada
Miguel Tejada

Miguel 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 MLB consecutive games played streakss, that ended with the Baltimore Orioles on June 22, 2007....
, baseball player
Robinson Tejeda
Robinson Tejeda

Robinson Garcia Tejeda is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.Tejeda was signed as an amateur free agent by the Philadelphia Phillies on November 24, ....
, baseball player
Luis Terrero
Luis Terrero

Luis Enrique Terrero is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. Terrero debuted with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2003 and remained with the team until 2005....
, baseball player
Salomon Torres
Salomón Torres

Salom?n Torres Ramirez is a former Major League Baseball player. He began his career in with the San Francisco Giants, and also played for the Seattle Mariners, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Milwaukee Brewers....
, baseball player
Juan Uribe
Juan Uribe

Juan C. Uribe is a Major League Baseball infielder for the San Francisco Giants organization....
, baseball player
Wilson Valdez
Wilson Valdéz

Wilson Antonio Vald?z is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Cleveland Indians organization.Valdez was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Montreal Expos on February 4, 1997....
, baseball player
Jose Valverde
José Valverde

Jos? Rafael Valverde is a Closer in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros. His nickname is Papa Grande or Big Papa.He throws both 2 and 4-seam fastballs, a Split-finger fastball, and a slider....
, baseball player
Claudio Vargas
Claudio Vargas

File:The moment before it all fell apart.jpgClaudio Vargas Almonte is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the past, he has started games and also pitched in both middle and long relief....
, baseball player
Jack Veneno
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....
, professional wrestler
Jose Vizcaino
José Vizcaíno

Jos? Luis Vizca?no Pimental is a former Major League Baseball player. He was a backup infielder for most of his MLB career. In , he played a significant role with the Chicago Cubs, having 551 at-bats and being 9th in the National League with 131 Single as well as second in the NL with 9 sacrifice flies....
, baseball player
Luis Vizcaino
Luis Vizcaíno

Luis Vizca?no Arias is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.Vizca?no was signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in ....
, baseball player
Hector Wagner
Héctor Wagner

H?ctor 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....
, baseball player