List of Puerto Ricans

This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico ("Borinquen"), people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican background. It should be noted that the Government of Puerto Rico has been issuing "Certificates of Puerto Rican Citizenship" to anyone born in Puerto Rico or to anyone born outside of Puerto Rico with at least one parent who was born in Puerto Rico since 2007. Also, included in the list are some long-term continental American and other residents and/or immigrants of other ethnic heritages who have made Puerto Rico their home and consider themselves to be Puerto Ricans.

The list is divided into categories and, in some cases, sub-categories, which best describe the field for which the subject is most noted. Some categories such as "Actors, actresses, comedians and directors" are relative since a subject who is a comedian may also be an actor or director. In some cases a subject may be notable in more than one field, such as Luis A. Ferré, who is notable both as a former governor and as an industrialist. However, the custom is to place the subject's name under the category for which he/she is most noted.

Actors, actresses, comedians and directors



 * Kirk Acevedo,
 * José Miguel Agrelot (a.k.a. "Don Cholito"), comedian
 * Jorge Alberti, actor
 * Trini Alvarado, actress
 * Miguel Ángel Álvarez, actor and comedian
 * La La Anthony, actress, MTV VJ
 * Marc Anthony, singer and actor
 * Victor Argo, actor
 * Yancey Arias, actor
 * Raymond Arrieta, comedian and television host
 * Miguel Arteta, film/television director
 * Rick Aviles, actor and comedian
 * Charlotte Ayanna, actress

B
 * Ivonne Belén, documentary director and producer
 * Rosa Blasi, theatrical actress
 * Giselle Blondet, actress and television host
 * Diego Boneta, actor, singer-songwriter (Puerto Rican grandfather)
 * Lucy Boscana, television and theatrical actress
 * Paul Bouche, comedian and television host

C
 * Paul Calderón, actor
 * Armando Calvo, actor
 * Norma Candal, actress and comedian
 * Irene Cara, actress and singer
 * Awilda Carbia, actress and comedian
 * Carmen Carrera, transgender reality television personality
 * Braulio Castillo, actor
 * Braulio Castillo, hijo, actor
 * David Castro, actor (Puerto Rican father)
 * Raquel Castro, actress (Puerto Rican father)
 * Melwin Cedeño, comedian
 * Iris Chacón, Puerto Rican singer and dancer
 * Abdiel Colberg, film director and television producer
 * Ivonne Coll, actress
 * Míriam Colón, actress and founder of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre
 * Liza Colón-Zayas, film and theatrical actress
 * Paquito Cordero, comedian and television producer
 * Mapita Cortés, actress
 * Mapy Cortés, actress
 * Mara Croatto, actress
 * Alexis Cruz, actor
 * Wilson Cruz, actor
 * Ismael Cruz Cordova, actor

D


 * Dagmar, actress, singer and television host
 * Henry Darrow, actor
 * Raúl Dávila, actor
 * Rosario Dawson, actress
 * Blanca de Castejón, actress
 * Kamar de los Reyes, actor
 * Joey Dedio, actor, writer, producer
 * Idalis DeLeón, actress, former MTV VJ, singer (Seduction)
 * Benicio del Toro, Academy Award-winning actor
 * Sylvia del Villard, actress, choreographer and dancer
 * Michael DeLorenzo, actor
 * Alba Nydia Díaz, actress
 * Melonie Diaz, actress

E


 * Lydia Echevarría, actress (convicted for her role in the death of producer Luis Vigoreaux)
 * Héctor Elizondo, actor
 * Erik Estrada, actor

F


 * Antonio Fargas, actor
 * José Ferrer, first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award
 * Miguel Ferrer, actor
 * Rafael Ferrer, actor
 * Nina Flowers, female impersonator and singer

G


 * Gloria Garayua, actress
 * Aimee Garcia, actress
 * Mayte Garcia, actress, dancer
 * Luis Gatica, actor
 * Marilyn Ghigliotti, actress
 * Julián Gil, television and film actor, model
 * Joyce Giraud, actress, former Miss Puerto Rico Universe titleholder
 * Ian Gómez, actor
 * Marga Gomez, actress, playwright
 * Reagan Gomez-Preston, actress
 * Rick Gonzalez, actor
 * Meagan Good, actress
 * Javier Grillo-Marxuach, television and film producer
 * Luis Guzmán, actor
 * Luis Roberto Guzmán, television and film actor

H
 * April Lee Hernández, actress
 * Juano Hernández, actor
 * William Hernández, actor
 * Lillian Hurst, comedian, actress (television series Dharma and Greg)

I
 * Mark Indelicato, actor
 * Vincent Irizarry, actor

J
 * Shar Jackson, actress/singer (Puerto Rican father)
 * Raúl Juliá, actor
 * Victoria Justice, singer, television actress (Victorious) (Puerto Rican mother)

L
 * Eva LaRue, actress
 * Sunshine Logroño, comedian
 * Adamari López, actress
 * Jennifer Lopez, singer, actress, and dancer
 * Priscilla Lopez, actress, singer, and dancer

M


 * Justina Machado, actress
 * Sonia Manzano, actress
 * Eddie Marrero, actor
 * Elizabeth Marrero, male impersonator and performance artist/actress
 * Tony Martínez (1920–2002) actor, singer, and bandleader;remembered for having played Pepino Garcia in The Real McCoys television series
 * Alexis Mateo, female impersonator, reality television personality
 * Claribel Medina, actress
 * Jorge Merced, theatre actor and director
 * Ángela Meyer, actress, comedian and producer
 * Ari Meyers, actress
 * Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor, composer, rapper and writer, best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, two Grammys, an Emmy, a MacArthur "Genius" Award, and three Tony awards, among others.
 * René Monclova, actor and comedian
 * Mario Montez, female impersonator/actor; member of Warhol Superstars
 * Esai Morales, actor
 * Jacobo Morales, director, actor
 * Alicia Moreda, actress, comedian
 * Rita Moreno, actress, first Hispanic woman to win the following four major awards: an Oscar, a Tony Award, an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award
 * Frankie Muniz, actor (Puerto Rican father)
 * Tommy Muñiz, television producer, comedian
 * Rafo Muñiz, comedian and producer

N
 * Lymari Nadal, actress
 * Taylor Negron, actor/comedian
 * Frances Negrón-Muntaner, filmmaker, writer, and scholar
 * Micaela Nevárez, actress; first Puerto Rican to win a Goya Award
 * Amaury Nolasco, actor

O
 * Tony Oliver, voice actor
 * Karen Olivo, actress (Puerto Rican father); winner of 2009 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress
 * Ana Ortiz, actress
 * Elin Ortiz, actor, television producer
 * John Ortiz, actor

P
 * Marian Pabón, actress, singer and comedian
 * Antonio Pantojas, drag queen
 * Lana Parrilla, actress (Puerto Rican father)
 * Rosie Perez, actress
 * Aubrey Plaza, actress
 * Freddie Prinze, Jr., actor (Puerto Rican grandmother)
 * Freddie Prinze, comedian, actor (Puerto Rican mother)

Q
 * Adolfo Quiñones, actor, dancer, choreographer

R


 * Luis Antonio Ramos, actor
 * Gina Ravera, actress
 * Carmen Belen Richardson, comedian/actress
 * Armando Riesco, actor
 * Osvaldo Ríos, actor and singer
 * Chita Rivera, actress, singer and dancer; winner of two Tony Awards
 * José Rivera, playwright; first Puerto Rican nominated for an Oscar in "Best Adapted Screenplay" category
 * Luis Antonio Rivera, a.k.a. "Yoyo Boing", comedian
 * Marquita Rivera, first Puerto Rican actress to appear in a major Hollywood motion picture
 * Naya Rivera, actress (Puerto Rican father)
 * Ramón Rivero, also known as "Diplo", comedian; organized the world's first known Walk-A-Thon in 1953.
 * Adalberto Rodríguez, a.k.a. "Machuchal", comedian
 * Adam Rodríguez, actor
 * Elizabeth Rodríguez, actress
 * Freddy Rodríguez, actor
 * Gina Rodriguez, actress
 * Gladys Rodríguez, comedian, actress
 * Michelle Rodriguez, actress
 * Ramón Rodríguez,
 * Marta Romero, actress and singer
 * Johanna Rosaly, actress

S


 * Zoe Saldana, actress (Puerto Rican mother)
 * Olga San Juan, film actress and dancer
 * Jaime Sánchez, actor (musical West Side Story, film The Wild Bunch)
 * Kiele Sanchez, actress
 * Marcelino Sánchez, actor
 * Roselyn Sánchez, actress
 * Esther Sandoval, actress
 * Renoly Santiago, actor
 * Saundra Santiago, actress
 * Ruben Santiago-Hudson, actor and playwright
 * Jon Seda, actor
 * Jimmy Smits, actor (Puerto Rican mother)
 * Yara Sofia, female impersonator, reality television personality
 * Talisa Soto, actress, model
 * Miguel Ángel Suárez, actor, playwright, stage director

T
 * Rachel Ticotin, actress
 * Liz Torres, actress
 * Rose Troche, film/television director

U
 * Alanna Ubach, actress (Puerto Rican mother)

V
 * Joseph Vásquez, film director, screenwriter
 * Nadine Velazquez, actress
 * Eddie Velez, actor, Traffic, White Chicks, etc.
 * Lauren Vélez, actress
 * Loraine Vélez, actress
 * Christina Vidal, actress and singer
 * Lisa Vidal, actress
 * Juan Emilio Viguié, pioneer movie producer; produced Romance Tropical, the first Puerto Rican film with sound

W
 * Otilio Warrington, also known as "Bizcocho", comedian
 * Jessica Wild, female impersonator, reality television personality
 * Holly Woodlawn, female impersonator, actor

Z
 * David Zayas, actor
 * Marcos Zurinaga, film director/screenwriter

Adult film entertainers

 * Vanessa del Rio, adult film actress
 * Carmen Luvana, adult film actress
 * Gina Lynn, adult film actress

Hosts/presenters

 * Alfred D. Herger, television host, psychologist
 * Daisy Martinez, host of PBS cooking show Daisy Cooks!
 * John Melendez, once known as "Stuttering John" (Howard Stern Show and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)
 * Rogelio Mills, television host, author and recording artist
 * Eddie Miró, television host, comedian; hosted El Show de las 12 (The 12 pm Show) for over 40 years
 * Silverio Pérez, show host, musician and author
 * Antonio Sánchez, radio and television personality
 * Alani Vázquez, also known as "La La"; MTV veejay
 * Luis Vigoreaux, created ¡Sube, Nene, Sube! (Go up, Man, Go up!) and ¡Pa'rriba, Papi, Pa'rriba! (Higher, Daddy, Higher!)
 * Luisito Vigoreaux, hosted Sábado en Grande (Big Saturday, also with Roberto), El Show del Mediodía (The Midday Show) and De Magazin
 * Roberto Vigoreaux, hosted Parejo, Doble y Triple (Square, Double and Triple)