List of Mexican Americans

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By US state
By ethnicity

Mexican Americans are residents of the United States who are of Mexican descent. The list includes Mexican immigrants and those who lived in the southwestern United States when the territory was incorporated in 1848.

Sports

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American football

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Tom Fears
Two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Jim Plunkett
Tony Romo

Baseball

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Nomar Garciaparra

Basketball

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Devin Booker

Boxing

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Solomon Garcia Smith became the first world champion of Latino ancestry in 1897.
Oscar De La Hoya was the first boxer to win major titles in six divisions.
World champion Mia St John
Olympic medalist Marlen Esparza

Football (soccer)

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Carlos Bocanegra served as the US team captain for six years
Stephanie (Lopez) Cox, U.S. Woman's National Team Olympic gold medalist

Golf

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Lee Trevino

Ice hockey

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NHL No. 1 pick Auston Matthews

Mixed martial arts

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Cain Velasquez
Dominick Cruz

Wrestling

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Rey Mysterio
Three-time WWE Women's Champion Melina Perez

Other sports

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Pancho Gonzales was the World No. 1 tennis player for an all-time record eight years from 1952 to 1960.
Tony Alva is regarded among the most influential skateboarders of all time.
U.S. Olympian Brenda Villa, the most decorated athlete in the world of women's water polo.
Guillermo Gracida Jr. is considered one of the greatest polo players of all-time, along with his brother Carlos.

Arts and entertainment

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Actors and media personalities

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Myrtle Gonzalez
Gilbert Roland
Anthony Quinn
Ricardo Montalbán
Danny Trejo
Gabriel Iglesias
Selena Gomez
Mario Lopez
Jacob Vargas
Michael Peña
Eva Longoria
Jenna Ortega
Jessica Alba
Alexis Bledel
Gabriel Luna
Emily Rios
Christian Serratos

Directors and filmmakers

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Edward James Olmos
Paul Weitz
Robert Rodriguez
Chris Weitz
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Adrian Molina

Models

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Musicians, singers and music groups

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María Grever was a prolific Mexican-born and U.S.-based composer who achieved crossover success.
Andy Russell (born Andrés Rábago) is recognized as the first Latino crossover singer in the U.S.
Joan Baez
Linda Ronstadt has sold more than 100 million records, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time
Carlos Santana
Jenni Rivera
Dave Navarro
Lead singer Zack De La Rocha of Rage Against the Machine
Julieta Venegas
Esperanza Spalding
Fergie
Paty Cantú
G-Eazy
Selena Gomez
Chicano Batman
Ally Brooke
Los Angeles born singer-songwriter Cuco
Ángela Aguilar

Authors and poets

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of Mexican-American writers.
Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street (1983)
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Rudolfo Anaya

Visual arts

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Edgar de Evia
Carmen Lomas Garza
Mark Vallen
Natalia Anciso

Dance

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Tina Ramirez
  • Michael Balderrama (born 1973) – choreographer, Broadway dancer, and producer
  • Corky Ballas (born 1960) – ballroom dancer, holds several Latin dance championship titles
  • Mark Ballas (born 1986) – Emmy nominated choreographer, dancer, and musician
  • Evelyn Cisneros (born 1958) – ballerina, instructor
  • René Elizondo Jr. (born 1962) – dancer, music video director
  • Rosa Ramirez Guerrero (born 1934) – founder of the International Folklorico Dance Group
  • Cynthia Harvey (born 1957) – former American Ballet Theatre and Royal Ballet principal dancer, artistic director of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
  • Tina Landon (born 1963) – choreographer who has worked with numerous musical performers
  • José Limón (1908–1972) – influential dancer and choreographer, active between 1929 and 1969
  • Nicholas Magallanes (1922–1977) – principal dancer for the New York City Ballet
  • Viktor Manoel (born 1957) – choreographer, writer, and actor
  • Tony Meredith (born 1958) – ballroom dancer, choreographer, and US Latin dance Champion
  • Tina Ramirez (1929–2022) – dancer and choreographer, founder of Ballet Hispanico, the leading Hispanic dance company in the United States.
  • Maclovia Ruiz (1910–2005) – dancer with the San Francisco Ballet in the 1930s
  • Eva Tessler (born 1955) – director, playwright, and dancer

Drag performers

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Journalists

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Jorge Ramos
Lauren Sanchez

Political figures

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Romualdo Pacheco, Governor of California
Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca, Governor of New Mexico
Raúl Castro, Governor of Arizona
Brian Sandoval, Governor of Nevada
Bill Richardson, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary
Susana Martinez, first Hispanic female governor in the United States.
Michelle Lujan Grisham, first Democratic Hispanic female governor
Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General
Manuel Lujan Jr.
Federico Peña
Rosa Rios
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Lucille Roybal-Allard

Military

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General Richard E. Cavazos
Guy Gabaldon
Army Major General Alfred Valenzuela
World War II Medal of Honor recipient Marcario Garcia

Singers

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Scholars and educators

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Lauro Cavazos
Alberto Ríos
J. Michael Ortiz

Science and technology

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Ellen Ochoa
Jose Hernandez

Civil rights leaders and community activists

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César Chávez at a United Farmworkers rally, 1974
Vilma Martinez

Religious figures

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José Horacio Gómez, Archbishop of Los Angeles. Hispanics are predominantly Roman Catholic.
Methodist Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs

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Dan Peña
Hector Ruiz
LA Angels owner Arte Moreno
Hector Barreto Jr.
Jovita Carranza

Historical figures

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Food

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Marcela Valladolid

Other

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George Lopez
  • Andre “Big A” – mechanic known for changing his last name to a blank character to protest the Vietnam War
  • Blaire White (born 1993) – YouTuber, political commentator, Internet personality
  • Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952) – American poet and writer of Apache and Chicano descent
  • Johnny Canales (born 1947) – talk show host
  • Gregorio Cortez (1875–1916) – Mexican-born and a folk hero to the border communities of the United States and Mexico
  • Nick Fuentes (born 1998) – far-right political commentator and live streamer
  • Mark Hugo Lopez (born 1967) – Director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center
  • Oscar Ozzy Lusth (born 1981) – 1st runner-up on Survivor; Cook Islands
  • Jair Marrufo (born 1977) – professional soccer referee
  • Edmund McMillen (born 1980) – video game designer and artist
  • Raul Melgoza (1975–2020) – fashion designer
  • Cesar Millan (born 1969) – TV personality, dog trainer, and author
  • Carmen Osbahr (born 1962) – puppeteers Rosita in the children's series Sesame Street
  • Albert Pissis (1852–1914) – architect who introduced the Beaux-Arts architectural style to San Francisco
  • Richard Ramirez (1960–2013) – serial killer
  • Dionicio Rodriguez (1891–1955) – architect
  • John Romero (born 1967) – American director, designer, programmer, and developer in the video game industry; co-founder of id Software
  • Baldomero Toledo (born 1970) – professional soccer referee
  • Edgar Valdez Villarreal (born 1973) – drug lord
  • Luis Velador (born 1964) – two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner
  • Eric Volz (born 1979) – entrepreneur, author, and managing director of an international crisis resource agency
  • Eduardo Xol (born 1966) – mostly known for his work as a designer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

See also

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