Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 - July 5, 2002), best known as Ted Williams, nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. He played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot, with the Boston Red Sox.

Ricardo Alonso González or Richard Gonzalez, who was generally known as Pancho Gonzales or, less often, as Pancho Gonzalez, was the World No. 1 tennis player for an unequalled 8 years in the 1950s and early 1960s. During that period, he played as a professional. Completely self-taught, he was also a successful amateur player in the late-1940s, twice winning the United States Championships.

Nicholas Robert Diaz (born August 2, 1983) is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is a former WEC and IFC Welterweight champion. He has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and currently fights in the PRIDE Fighting Championships and Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by Cesar Gracie on May 8, 2007.

Joseph Robert Kapp (born March 19, 1939 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) is a former professional American and Canadian football player. Kapp is also a former college football head coach of the University of California, Berkeley, and a former general manager of the British Columbia Lions. Kapp played quarterback primarily with the NFL Minnesota Vikings and the Canadian Football League B.C. Lions during the 1960-70's. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, …

Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz aka "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" (born January 23 1975) is an American mixed martial arts fighter from Huntington Beach, California. As a former Light Heavyweight UFC champion (2000-2003), Ortiz emerged as one of the sport's biggest stars, becoming 2006's hottest consistent ticket seller in the entire pay per view business, and appearing on the covers of various magazines, such as "Black Belt Magazine".

James W. "Jim" Plunkett (born December 5, 1947 in San Jose, California) is a former American football quarterback who played collegiately for Stanford University, where he won the Heisman Trophy, and professionally for three National Football League teams: the New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders.

Nancy Lopez (born January 6, 1957 in Torrance, California) is one of the most accomplished women in the history of professional women's golf. She won the United States Girls Junior Amateur Golf Championship in 1972 and again in 1974. In her rookie year on the LPGA Tour, she won nine tournaments, and was named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the same season. This feat has not been repeated to date. Lopez was inducted in the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1987.

Thomas R. "Tom" Flores (born March 21, 1937 in Fresno, California) is a retired Mexican-American football quarterback and coach. Flores and Mike Ditka are the only two people to win Super Bowls as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach. He is currently a radio announcer.

Antonio Ramiro Romo (born April 21 1980, in San Diego) is a professional football player. He is currently the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and a 2007 Pro Bowler.

Jonathan Paul "J.P." Losman (born March 12, 1981) is a professional football player who starts at quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. Losman grew up in Venice, California, the son of an Caucasian father and Mexican mother, and played quarterback at Venice High School. Losman accepted an athletic scholarship to attend college at the UCLA and enrolled early during the Spring semester of 1999 in order to compete for the starting quarterback position.

Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex".

Jeffrey Jason Garcia (born February 24, 1970) is an American professional quarterback currently employed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Garcia's professional career began in the CFL before becoming one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers in the early 2000s. After disappointing seasons in Cleveland and Detroit, Garcia resurrected his career in Philadelphia. Garcia is of Irish and Mexican descent.

Scott Gomez (born December 23, 1979, in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American professional ice hockey player of both Mexican and Colombian descent. He plays the position of center for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League.

Paul Rodriguez Jr. (born on December 31 1984, in Chatsworth, California, USA), is a professional skateboarder and son of comedian Paul Rodriguez. He goes by the name "Paul Rodriguez", without the "Jr.", and is also referred to by the nickname "P-Rod", which was given to him by his older cousin George Rodriguez (G-Rod).

Arturo "Arte" Moreno (born August of 1946) is an American billionaire of Mexican decent. On May 15, 2003, made history by becoming the first Hispanic to own a major sports team in the United States when he purchased the Anaheim Angels baseball team from the Walt Disney Company

Jesse Russell Orosco (born April 21, 1957 in Santa Barbara, California) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who holds the major league record for career pitching appearances. He pitched most notably for the New York Mets in the 1980s. He won a World Series in 1986 with the Mets and in 1988 with the Dodgers. He threw left-handed, but batted right-handed. He retired in 2003 after having been with the Mets, Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, …

Ronald Eugene Rivera (born January 7, 1962 in Fort Ord, California) is the first American of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent to play in the National Football League (NFL). He was a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears, who won Super Bowl XX. Rivera was the defensive coordinator for the 2006 Chicago Bears, who won the National Football Conference championship. He is currently the linebackers coach for the San Diego Chargers.

José Luis Burciaga Jr is a Hispanic American soccer player, who currently plays left defender for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. Instead of attending college, Burciaga opted to turn professional after finishing high school, signing a Project-40 contract with the MLS. Burciaga was selected 12th overall in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft by the Wizards. Although a star with United States youth national teams, he was not immediately ready for MLS.

Nathan Donald (Nate) Diaz (born April 16, 1985) is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the lightweight division. He is well known as the younger brother of UFC veteran Nick Diaz, and has amassed victories in Strikeforce and the World Extreme Cagefighting promotions. More recently, Diaz was defeated in a WEC Lightweight Championship bout against Hermes Franca. Nate is affiliated with Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Pleasant Hill, California, …

Derek Parra (born March 15, 1970) is a Mexican-American speed skater from San Bernardino, California who won two medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Parra was originally a world champion inline speed skater. Following the lead of KC Boutiette, he switched to ice skating in the late 1990s as it was the only way he would have a chance of going to the Olympics as a speed skater. Parra's most successful season was from 2001 to 2002.

Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo (born September 7, 1969 in San Jose, California) is an American figure skater. He skated pairs with Kristi Yamaguchi, winning the 1988 World Junior Championship and the U.S. senior championships in 1989 and 1990. He also won the 1987 World Junior Championship in singles before temporarily giving up on singles competition in order to concentrate on pairs. After his partnership with Yamaguchi broke up in 1990, Galindo returned to singles competition.

Brenda Villa (born April 18, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is a Mexican-American world-class water polo player for the US National and Olympic teams. Villa started swimming with a club team, Commerce Aquatics, at the age of six, and followed her brother into water polo at eight years old. She made the girls Junior Olympic Team and was a girls' 1st Team All-American all four years she competed at the high school level.

Patrick Valenzuela (born October 17, 1962 in Montrose, Colorado) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles were jockeys. In 1980, 17-year-old Pat Valenzuela became the youngest jockey to ever win the Santa Anita Derby. He was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award by his peers in 1982.

Donna de Varona was an original member and the first President of the Women's Sports Foundation. She helped build this charitable educational organization, which is dedicated to ensuring equal access to participation and leadership opportunities for all girls and women in sports and fitness, into a strong and vital foundation.

Roger Huerta (born May 20, 1983 in Los Angeles, California), nicknamed "El Matador", is a Mexican American mixed martial artist. He competes in the Lightweight division of the UFC. Huerta holds a professional MMA record of 20 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw. His style is that of a ground-and-pound wrestler. Huerta was originally slated to make his UFC debut against Hermes Franca at UFC 61, but he instead withdrew from that fight citing injury.

Bob Greenwood (born as Robert Chandler Greenwood on March 13, 1928 in Cananea, Sonora - September 1, 1994 in Hayward, California) was a Mexican baseball player 6 ft 5 in tall. He attended Saint Mary's College of California and played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1947-1949) and the Mayos of Navojoa, Sonora.

(Rodolfo) "Rudy" Chapa (born 1957) is a Mexican-American businessman who had a successful school career as a runner. Chapa was born November 7, 1957 into humble circumstances in Hammond, Indiana. He is the son of Mexican immigrants. His father Rodolfo Sr. came to the USA as a mechanic through the Bracero program.

Ismael "Milo" Valenzuela (born December 25, 1934 in McNary, Texas) is a retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He was one of 22 children to parents who had immigrated to the United states. Shortly after Ismael Valenzuela's birth, the family returned to their native Mexico. At age 14, Milo Valenzuela came back to the United States where he began working with quarter horses then launched his career as a jockey at a racetrack in Tucson, Arizona.