List of Afro-Latin Americans

This is a list of Afro-Latin Americans. An Afro-Latin American is someone born in Latin America of black African decent.

List

  • Arturo Alfonso Schomburg - Considered the "Father of Black history"
  • Pedro Albizu Campos - Puerto Rican freedom fighter
  • Tais Araujo - Brazilian actress/model
  • Susana Baca - Peruvian singer
  • Leandro Barbosa – Brazilian basketball player
  • Garcelle Beauvais - Haitian-American actress/model
  • George Bell- Dominican baseball player
  • Rubén Blades- Panamanian Singer, Song writer, lawyer, actor, and politician
  • Nando Boom - Panamanian Reggae singer
  • Tego Calderon - Puerto Rican musician
  • José Campeche - Puerto Rican poet
  • Roberto Clemente - Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Celia Cruz - Cuban singer
  • Samuel Dalembert - Haitian-Canadian basketball player
  • Edwidge Danticat - Haitian-American Author
  • El Chombo - Panamanian Reggaeton producer and artist
  • El General - Panamanian musical artist and is considred the father of reggaeton
  • Ibrahim Ferrer - Cuban singer
  • Pedro Guerrero – Dominican baseball player
  • Vicente Guerrero - Second Mexican President
  • Vladimir Guerrero – Dominican baseball player
  • Nicolás Guillén - Cuban poet
  • Jaime Hurtado, from Guayaquil, was notorious for fighting for the rights of the working people of Ecuador and the founder and leader of the Democratic Popular Party (MPD).
  • Edoardo Isella - Mexican soccer player
  • Wyclef Jean - Haitian-American musician/producer
  • LDA - Dominican reggaeton duo
  • Lorna - Panamanian rapper and reggaeton artist
  • Kalimba Marichal - Mexican singer/actor
  • Pedro Martínez - Dominican baseball player
  • Nenê – Brazilian basketball player
  • Miguel A. Núñez Jr. - actor of Dominican heritage
  • David Ortiz - Dominican baseball player
  • Pelé - Brazilian football (soccer) player/statesman
  • Danilo Pérez - Panamanian pianist and composer
  • Pras - musician/actor -Haitian-American musician/producer
  • Juan de la Rosa - Mexican professional boxer
  • Alfonso Ribeiro - actor of Dominican heritage
  • Ismael Rivera - Puerto Rican musician
  • Ronaldinho - Brazilian football (soccer) player
  • Jacques Roumain - Haitian writer
  • Luis Russell - Panamanian jazz pianist and bandleader
  • Giovanni dos Santos- Mexican-Brazilian soccer player
  • Félix Savón – Cuban boxer
  • Sen Dog and Mellow Man Ace - Hip-Hop musicians who are brothers
  • W. E. B. Du Bois - Haitian-American was an civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar.
  • Zoe Saldaña - actress of Dominican heritage
  • Arturo Alfonso Schomburg - considered the "Father of Black history"
  • Sammy Sosa - Dominican baseball player
  • Javier Sotomayor – Cuban high jumper
  • Teófilo Stevenson – Cuban boxer
  • Félix Trinidad - Puerto Rican boxer
  • Zion & Lennox - Puerto Rican reggaeton duo