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FAMOUS MEXICAN AMERICANS

Christina Aguilera, singer, Grammy winner

Isabel Allende, writer

Roberto Alomar, baseball player

Aida Alvarez, First Women to head the U.S. Small Business Organization

Julia Alvarez, writer

Luis Walter Alvarez, Nobel Prize-winning physicist

Rudolfo Anaya, writer

Marc Anthony, singer

Desi Arnaz, actor, producer

Judy Baca, artist

Joan Baez, folk singer and activist

Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist

Antonio Banderas, actor

Ruben Blades, musician, composer, actor

Jose Canseco, baseball player

Mariah Carey, singer, Grammy winner

Cesar Chavez, Labor leader

Linda Chavez, Conservative commentator

Linda Chavez-Thompson, Labor Leader

Henry Cisneros, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Sandra Cisneros, Critically Acclaimed Writer

Roberto Clemente, baseball player

Celia Cruz, artist

Penelope Cruz, actress

Sammy Davis, Jr., singer, actor, Rat Pack member

Oscar De La Hoya, boxer

Dolores Del Rio, actress

Benicio Del Toro, actor, Oscar nominee

Cameron Diaz, actress

Gloria Estefan, pop singer, Grammy Winner

Emilio Estevez, actor/son; Charlie Sheen, actor/son; Martin Sheen, actor/father

David Glasgow Farragut

Lisa Fernandez, softball player

Andy Garcia, actor

Rupert Garcia, artist

Nomar Garciappara, baseball player

Roberto C. Goizueta, businessman

Scott Gomez, hockey player

Pancho Gonzalez, tennis player

Salma Hayek, actress, Oscar nominee

Rita Hayworth, actress

Antonia Hernández, president and general counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)

Oscar Hijuelos, writer

Maria Hinojosa, journalist

Delores Huerta, Labor Leader

Enrique Iglesias, singer, Grammy nominee

Julio Iglesias, singer, Grammy winner

Raul Julia, actor

John Leguizamo,actor, comedian

Tania León, singer

Jennifer Lopez, actress, singer

Nancy Lopez, golfer

Trini Lopez, singer

Juan Marichal, baseball player

Ricky Martin, singer, Grammy nominee

Melquiades Martinez, U.S. Secretary for Housing and Urban Development

Pedro Martinez, baseball player

Mario Molina, Nobel Prize-winning chemist

Ricardo Montalban, actor

Rita Moreno, actress, singer, dancer

Anthony Munoz, football player

Carlos Noriega, astronaut

Antonia Novello, U.S. Surgeon General

Ellen Ochoa, astronaut

Severo Ochoa, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist

Edward James Olmos, actor

Rosie Perez, actress, dancer, choreographer, activist

Tito Puente, musician

Anthony Quinn, actor

Manny Ramirez, baseball player

Alex Rodriquez, baseball player

Chi Chi Rodriquez, golfer

Michelle Rodriguez, actress

Linda Ronstadt, singer

John Ruiz, boxer

Alberto Salazar, marathoner

Carlos Santana, singer, guitarist, Grammy winner

Selena, singer, Grammy winner

Junipero Serra, missionary

Richard Serra, sculptor

Shakira, singer

Jimmy Smits, actor

Sammy Sosa, baseball player

Gary Soto, writer

Lupe Velez, actress

Nydia Velasquez, U.S. Representative