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* [[Danielle Gamba]] - is an American model and dancer of Italian and Spanish descent.
* [[Jenna Haze]] - American [[pornographic actress]] of Spanish heritage.<ref name=villa>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairvilla.com/events/jennahaze.html|title=About Jenna Haze|accessdate=2008-01-13|publisher=Fairvilla.com}}{{dead link|date=July 2010}}</ref>
* [[Paulina James]] - is an American pornographic actress of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry.
* Marina Jamieson - fashion model; American father, Spanish mother.<ref>http://www.somw.org/magazine/read/marina-jamieson-is-unique--_28.html</ref>
* [[Dillan Lauren]] - American [[pornographic actress]] of Spanish heritage.
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*[[Lilian García]] is an American singer and ring announcer born in Spain. Spanish descent via Puerto Rico.
*[[Jerry Garcia]] - Guitarist and singer for the [[Grateful Dead]]. Father was born in La Coruña, Spain.<ref>{{cite book |title=Garcia: An American Life |last=Jackson |first=Blair |year=1999 |pages=1, 2, 5 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=0140291997}}</ref>
*[[Kaci]] - (prounounced Kah-chee), is a singer, dancer and occasional actress, half Spanish heritage.
*[[Alcide Nunez]] - [[Isleño]] American jazz clarinetist.
*[[Robert Nunez]] - Isleño American jazz clarinetist and grandson of Alcide Nunez.
*[[Kenny Ortega]] - Emmy-award winning producer, director and choreographer. Most known for directing the [[High School Musical]] series and [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''[[Michael Jackson's This Is It|This Is It]]''. Spanish grandparents.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/10/23/2008-10-23_kenny_ortega_the_man_behind_every_step_o.html | location=New York | work=Daily News | title=Kenny Ortega: The man behind every step of 'High School Musical 3' | first=Lee | last=Hernández | date=October 23, 2008}}</ref>
*[[Irvan Perez]] - [[Isleño]] singer
* [[Manuel Perez (musician)]] (1871–1946), American cornetist and bandleader
* [[Génesis Rodríguez]] - American actress. She is the daughter of Venezuelan singer and actor [[José Luis Rodríguez (singer)|José Luis Rodríguez]]. his grandfather from of Canary Island.
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*[[Polly Baca]] - Colorado Legislature from 1975–1986, of Spanish descent.<ref>[http://www.cairco.org/events/firstdata2004nov17art.html First Data’s Polly Baca]</ref>
* [[Pierre G. T. Beauregard]] (1818–1893) American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the [[American Civil War]]. He was born in a Criole family of France and Spanish descent.
* [[Santos Benavides]] (1823–1891) - confederate colonel in the [[American Civil War]].He are
*[[Carlos Lopez-Cantera]] - Florida Republican politician of Miami, who serves as the representative for District 113 of the House of Representatives of the State of Florida.<ref>[http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/SEctions/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4357&SessionId=42 Florida House of Representatives Profile]</ref>
* [[Carlos Antonio Carrillo]] - (1783–1852), Governor of Alta California, (1837–1838)
* [[José Antonio Carrillo]] - (1796–1862), Californio ranchero, official and political.
* [[Juan José Carrillo]] - (1842–1916) the first mayor of Santa Monica, California
* [[Dennis Chavez]] - Democratic U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.
*[[Linda Chavez]] - father's family came to New Mexico from Spain in 1601.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E1D7143DF93AA2575BC0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Conservative and Hispanic, Linda Chavez Carves Out Leadership Niche]</ref>
* [[Henry Cisneros]] - Politician and businessman<ref>."Brothers, because we are descended from the same families who, having left the Canary Islands formed a new advancement for the Spanish crown in inhospitable land ..." ,speech to the isleño community than San Antonio, Texas in 1982. Paragraph taken from the book "La odisea de los canarios en Texas y Luisiana (The Odyssey of the Canaries in Texas and Louisiana)", chap. XV, San Fernando, El púlpito de América (The American Pulpit), pag, 99. Balbuema Castellano, José Manuel.</ref>
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* [[José Joaquín Estudillo]] - (1800–1852) the second alcalde of Yerba Buena, California (the precursor to San Francisco), and whose land holdings, known as Rancho San Leandro, formed the basis of the city of San Leandro.<ref name="slho">{{cite web | url=http://www.sanleandrohistoricalsociety.org/Our%20History%205-28-07.html | title=San Leandro's History | publisher=San Leandro Historical Society | date=[[May 28]] [[2007]] | accessdate=2008-01-24}}</ref>
*[[Jorge Farragut]] (1755–1817) - Spanish officer Navy who fought for the [[American War of Independence]]. Father of David Farragut.
* [[David Farragut]] - First senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. Coined phrase "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
* [[Joachim Octave Fernández]] (
* [[Joseph Marion Hernández]] - (1793 – 1857) was an American politician, plantation owner, and soldier. He was the first Delegate from the Florida Territory, becoming the first Hispanic American to serve in the United States Congress. His parents were [[Spanish people|Spanish]] settlers of St. Augustine in what was then [[East Florida]].<ref name=Legal>http://books.google.com/books?id=kezflCVnongC&pg=PA380&dq=%22Jos%C3%A9+Mariano+Hern%C3%A1ndez%22&hl=en&ei=4bAAToykLsy9tgeo1ej0DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%20Hernandez&f=false</ref>
* [[Baldomero Lopez]] - (1925–1950) was a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Xov0PtHvy-QC&pg=PA111#v=onepage&q&f=false First lieutenant Baldomero López]</ref>
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*[[Bob Martinez]] - former and first Hispanic [[Governor of Florida]], grandson of Spanish immigrants.
* [[Joseph Montoya]] - Democratic U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.
* [[Juan Moya]] (1806–1874), was a prominent landowner Tejano and captain of [[Mexican army]] who fought in the [[Texas Revolution]].
* [[Sammy Nunez]] - Louisiana politician of Canarian, or [[Isleño]] descent.<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=[[Social Security Death Index]]|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=November 20, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Samuel B. Nunez, Jr.]] - politician and businessman from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. He is the son of Sammy Nunez.
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* [[Matthew Randazzo V]] is an American true crime writer and historian. He is of Sicilian-American, Isleño, and Cajun descent.<ref>[http://www.mrvbooks.com/bio.htm MRV Bio]</ref>
* [[George Santayana]]- Spanish born, [[philosopher]], [[essayist]], poet, and novelist.
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*[[Gloria Anzaldúa]] (1942–2004) She was considered a leading scholar of Chicano cultural theory and Queer theory. She descendant of many of the prominent Basque and Spanish explorers and settlers to come to the Americas in the 16th and 17th centuries.
*[[Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker]] - (1825–1912) Wealthy Los Angeles Landowner. She was the granddaughter of the Spanish captain [[José María Estudillo]].
* [[Francisco Mora y Borrell]] - (1827 -
* [[Tony Bouza]] - 40-year veteran of municipal police, serving as Minneapolis police chief from 1980 to 1989.
*[[Thaddeus Amat y Brusi]] – (1810–1878) Roman Catholic Catalan cleric who eventually became Bishop of Los Angeles, California.
*[[Federico Castellon]] (1914 — 1971) Painter
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*[[Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck|Raymond Fernandez]] - and his common-law wife Martha Beck became known as ''[[Lonely Hearts (2006 film)|The Lonely Hearts Killers]]''.<ref name="Serial Killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez">{{cite web|url=http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/serialkillers/marthabeck.htm |title=Serial Killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez |publisher=Francesfarmersrevenge.com |date=1951-03-08 |accessdate=2010-09-28}}</ref>
* [[Rita de Acosta Lydig]] - (1875–1929) Socialite. She was considered "the most picturesque woman in America".
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