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.

Latin America

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List

(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
  • List of people by nationality