List of Latin Americans of Spanish descent

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

## Artists, photographers and fashion designers[edit]

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

## TV and Cinema[edit]

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

## Music[edit]

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

## Government and military[edit]

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

## Writers[edit]

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

## Others[edit]

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

## See also[edit]

* Latin Americans
* White Hispanic and Latino Americans
* List of Criollos
* List of Cubans

## References[edit]

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