List of White Latin Americans
This is a list of White Latin Americans. A White Latin American is someone born in Latin America of European descent.
List is ordered by surname within section.
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(No more than 50-75 people can be listed so that the list is at a normal length.)
Authors
- José Martí - was a leader of the Cuban independence movement from Spain and as well a renowned poet and writer.
Entertainment
Actors/Actresses
- Gael García Bernal - is a Mexican actor and director.
- Ana de la Reguera - is a Mexican actress.
- Dolores del Río - was a Mexican film actress.
- Vera Fischer - is a Brazilian actress of long-standing reputation and works in cinema and for the small screen, particularly for telenovelas.
- Danna García - is a Colombian actress and singer.
- Maria Luisa Gil - is a Cuban model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in June, 1998.
- Salma Hayek- is an Academy Award- Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated Mexican actress.
- Luisana Lopilato - is a well known Argentine actress and model.
- Diego Luna - is a Mexican actor
- Christian Meier - is well-known in Peru as an actor and singer.
- Carmen Miranda - was a Portuguese born Brazilian samba singer and motion picture star most active in the 1940s.
- Alinne Moraes - is a Brazilian actress who starred as Mônica Paiva (Nina) on the soap opera Como Uma Onda.
- Benicio Del Toro - is an Academy Award-winning Puerto Rican actor and film producer.
- Leonor Varela - is a Chilean actress.
Musicians
- Carlos Baute - is a singer, occasional TV actor from Venezuela.
- Charytin - is a singer, TV presenter and actress from the Dominican Republic.
- Chayanne is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer.
- Juan Diego Flórez - is a Peruvian operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas.
- Ricky Martin - is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican pop singer.
- Carmen Monarcha - is an opera singer.
- Carlos Ponce - is a Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer and TV personality
- RBD is a Latin Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teenage-oriented telenovela Rebelde.
- Paulina Rubio- is a Latin Grammy-nominated Mexican singer and actress.
- Ivete Sangalo - is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian axé and MPB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host.
- Shakira - is a Colombian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer, dancer, philanthropist and occasional actress
- Natalia Oreiro- is a popular Latin Grammy-nominated Uruguayan singer and actress of Galician origin.
- Thalía - is a successful Latin Grammy-awarded Mexican singer and actress.
Models
- Alessandra Ambrósio (born April 11, 1981) is a Brazilian supermodel.
- Ana Beatriz Barros (born May 29, 1982) is a Brazilian supermodel. She is one of the most successful Brazilian supermodels.
- Cecilia Bolocco - is a Chilean television entertainer and former Miss Universe.
- Gisele Bündchen (born July 20, 1980) is a Brazilian supermodel.
- Catherine Fulop -bis Venezuelan model of Hungarian descent.
- Cynthia Olavarría (born January 28 1982) is a fashion model who has competed in the Miss Universe pageant.
- Ingrid Rivera (born in Luquillo, Puerto Rico on October 8, 1983) is Miss Puerto Rico 2008.
- Mayra Verónica - is a Cuban model.
Presidents & Political figures
- Óscar Arias - is the current President of Costa Rica,
- Michelle Bachelet - is a center-left politician and the current President of Chile—the first woman to hold this position in the country's history.
- Óscar Berger - is the current President of Guatemala.
- Felipe Calderón - is the President of Mexico.
- Alan García - is the current President of Peru
- Fidel Castro - is the current President of Cuba.
- Che Guevara - was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas.
- Cristina Elisabet Fernández - the first woman elected President of Argentina.
- Martín Torrijos - is a Panamanian politician and the current President of the Republic of Panama.
- Tabaré Vázquez - is the current President of Uruguay.
- Aníbal Acevedo Vilá - is the eighth and current Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Religious Figures
- Jorge Bergoglio - is an Argentine Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
- Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa - is a Chilean Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Santiago.
- Cláudio Hummes - is a Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.
- Javier Lozano Barragán - is a Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal and President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers.
- Jorge Urosa - is a Venezuelan Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Caracas.
Sports
- Gabriela Sabatini - is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Journalism
- Patricia Janiot - is a Colombian news anchor.
- Eladio Lárez - is a Venezuelan former news anchor, now President of RCTV.
- Andrés Oppenheimer - is an Argentine news anchor, columnist, and author.
- Ana Paula Padrao - is a Brazilian news anchor.
- Pedro Sevcec - is an Uruguayan news anchor.
- Jacobo Zabludovsky - is a Mexican radio news announcer/commentator, and former news anchor.
Lists by nationality
Argentines
Bolivians
Brazilians
Chileans
Colombians
Costa Ricans
Cubans
Dominicans
Ecuadorians
Guatemalans
Haitians
Hondurans
Mexicans
Nicaraguans
Panamanians
Paraguayans
Peruvians
Puerto Ricans
Salvadorans
Uruguayans
Venezuelans
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