List of Mexican Americans

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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

American football

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

Baseball

Nomar Garciaparra

Basketball

Devin Booker

Boxing

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)

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

Golf

Lee Trevino

Ice hockey

NHL No. 1 pick Auston Matthews

Mixed martial arts

Cain Velasquez
Dominick Cruz

Wrestling

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

Other sports

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

Actors and media personalities

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

Directors and filmmakers

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

Models

Musicians, singers and music groups

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
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

Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street (1983)
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Rudolfo Anaya

Visual arts

Edgar de Evia
Carmen Lomas Garza
Mark Vallen
Natalia Anciso

Dance

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

Journalists

Jorge Ramos
Lauren Sanchez
  • ¡Ask a Mexican!
  • Ron Arias (born 1941) – highly regarded Chicano writer and correspondent
  • Jim Avila – TV journalist and correspondent
  • Ana Cabrera (born 1982) – television news anchor
  • Ricardo Celis (born 1962) – Spanish language sportscaster
  • María Antonieta Collins (born 1952) – TV host, journalist, and author
  • Mandalit del Barco – award-winning art and culture reporter for National Public Radio
  • Laura Diaz (born 1958) – Southern California newscaster and co-anchor of CBS 2 News
  • Giselle Fernández (born 1961) – TV journalist and reporter
  • Anselmo L. Figueroa (1861–1915) – journalist and political figure
  • John Carlos Frey (born 1969) – investigative journalist
  • Luis De La Garza
    (born 1954) – TV and radio host
  • Christy Haubegger (born 1968) – movie producer and founder of Latina Magazine
  • Maria Hinojosa (born 1961) – broadcast journalist and correspondent
  • Monica C. Lozano (born 1956) – editor, publisher, and CEO of La Opinión, the largest Spanish language newspaper
  • Rubén Martínez (writer) (born 1962) – award-winning journalist and author
  • Tony Ortega (journalist)
    (born 1963) – newspaper editor, blogger
  • Raul Peimbert (born 1962) – Spanish language TV journalist and newscaster
  • John Quiñones (born 1952) – news correspondent, award-winning journalist
  • Jorge Ramos (born 1958) – Spanish-language TV news anchor and journalist
  • Naibe Reynoso (born 1973) – TV journalist and reporter
  • Rubén Salazar
    (1928–1970) – TV journalist and reporter
  • María Elena Salinas (born 1954) – Spanish language TV news anchor and journalist
  • Lauren Sánchez (born 1969) – Emmy Award-winning journalist

Political figures

Romualdo Pacheco, Governor of California
Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca, Governor of New Mexico
Raúl Castro, Governor of Arizona
Brian Sandoval, Governor of Nevada
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

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

Singers

Scholars and educators

Lauro Cavazos
Alberto Ríos
J. Michael Ortiz

Science and technology

Ellen Ochoa
Jose Hernandez

Civil rights leaders and community activists

United Farmworkers
rally, 1974
Vilma Martinez

Religious figures

Roman Catholic
.
Methodist Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs

Dan Peña
Hector Ruiz
LA Angels owner Arte Moreno
Hector Barreto Jr.
Jovita Carranza
  • Manuel Abud – media, television, and cable executive
  • Linda G. Alvarado (born 1951) – president and chief executive officer of a large commercial and industrial general contracting firm, co-owner of the Colorado Rockies baseball team.
  • María Elena Avila (born 1953) – entrepreneur, philanthropist, and civic leader in California
  • Michael Ball – fashion mogul
  • Hector Barreto Jr. (born 1961) – 21st Administrator of the US Small Business Administration
  • Emilio Diez Barroso – chairman and CEO of NALA Investments, a private investment holding company
  • Xochi Birch – computer programmer and entrepreneur
  • Adolfo Camarillo (1864–1958) – businessman, wealthy landowner, and philanthropist
  • Juan Camarillo Jr. (1867–1936) – businessman, wealthy landowner, and philanthropist
  • Jovita Carranza (born 1949) – President & CEO of the JCR Group, a consulting firm; former Deputy Administrator for the United States Small Business Administration
  • Rudy Chapa (born 1957) – track runner and businessman
  • Anna Maria Chávez (born 1968) – CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA
  • Chicano Roy (Roy Suarez Garcia) (1945–2003) – motorbike builder and inventor
  • Maria Contreras-Sweet (born 1955) – 24th Administrator of the Small Business Administration, former executive chairwoman and founder of ProAmérica Bank.
  • Mike Curb (born 1944) – record company executive, NASCAR car owner, and former Lieutenant Governor of California.[171]
  • William Davila (1931–2014) – first Mexican-American president of a large supermarket chain
  • Gérard Louis-Dreyfus (1932–2016) – chairman of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services
  • Juan Enríquez (born 1959) – Managing Director of Excel Venture Management, academic, and speaker
  • Tavo Hellmund (born 1966) – former racing driver and promoter
  • Enrique Hernandez Jr. (born 1955) – business executive, president, and chief executive officer of Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc., and a director of Wells Fargo and McDonald's
  • Traci Des Jardins (born 1967) – restaurateur and award-winning chef
  • Ninfa Laurenzo (1924–2001) – restaurateur
  • Bismarck Lepe – information technology CEO and product manager
  • Ignacio E. Lozano Sr. (1886–1953) – founder of La Opinión, the largest Spanish language newspaper in the US
  • Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. (born 1927) – newspaper publisher, ambassador, and corporate director
  • José I. Lozano (born 1954) – executive vice-president of Impremedia LLC
  • Daniel Lubetzky (born 1968) – entrepreneur, author, and activist, best known as the Founder and CEO of KIND LLC.
  • David Martinez (born 1957) – managing partner
  • Mariano Martinez (entrepreneur) (born 1944) – inventor, entrepreneur, and restaurateur
  • Emilio Azcárraga Milmo (1930–1997) – CEO, media mogul
  • Flamin' Hot Cheetos
  • Kate and Laura Mulleavy (born 1979, born 1980) – fashion designers
  • Oscar Munoz (executive) (born 1960) – CEO of United Airlines
  • Hugo Morales (radio) – radio executive
  • Arturo Moreno (born 1946) – businessman and owner of the Los Angeles Angels
  • Rick Owens – fashion designer
  • George Paz – CEO of Express Scripts, the largest pharmacy benefit management organization in the US.[172]
  • Dan Peña (born 1945) – financial analyst on Wall Street
  • Lisa Garcia Quiroz (1961–2018) – media executive, launched People en Español
  • Emiliano Reyes (born 1984) – American business executive, humanitarian activist, and Wikipedia author
  • Emilio Romano – managing director of Bank of America Merrill Lynch Mexico
  • John Romero (born 1967) – video game developer, co-founder of id Software
  • Rosa Rios
    (born 1965) – 43rd and current treasurer of the United States, businesswoman, executive, and entrepreneur.
  • Louis Ruiz (born 1953) – creator of Ruiz Foods, Inc. (Largest Latino owned company in California) [173]
  • Leslie Sanchez (born 1971) – founder and CEO of Impacto Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based market research and consulting firm
  • Tony Sanchez
    (born 1943) – businessman, philanthropist, and Democratic politician
  • Felix Tijerina (1905–1965) – restaurateur, activist, and philanthropist
  • Solomon Trujillo
    (born 1951) – CEO and businessman
  • Louis Verdad – fashion designer
  • Sam Zamarripa (born 1952) – entrepreneur, author, and public official
  • Sergio Zyman (born 1945) – marketing executive

Historical figures

  • Gregorio Cortez (1875–1916) – Mexican-American outlaw and folk hero
  • California Gold Rush
    of the 1850s.

Food

Marcela Valladolid

Other

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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