1. Lynn Forester

    Lynn Forester de Rothschild (born July 2, 1954 in Oradell, New Jersey) is an entrepreneur and the third wife of Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. She heads the Luxembourg-based wireless broadband company FirstMark Communications Europe, launched in 1998 which raised $1 billion in funding, and has board members including former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Washington power-broker Vernon Jordan as board members.

  2. Bonnie Garcia

    Bonnie Garcia ((R)-Cathedral City) is the representative of California's 80th Assembly District, serving eastern Riverside County and all of Imperial County. Assemblywoman Garcia was elected to the post in 2002, becoming both the first Latina to represent the district and the only Latina Republican in the California State Legislature.

  3. Shabba Doo

    Shabba Doo is an American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director. He has appeared in film and television. The son of a Puerto Rican father and an Ethiopian mother, he became one of the founders of hip hop dancing as a member of "The Original Lockers" with Don "Campbellock" Campbell and Fred "Rerun" Berry and is one of the pioneers the dance style commonly known as "locking." Quiñones' most well known role was the role of "Ozone" in the 1984 hit cult film, …

  4. Stella Diaz

    Stella Diaz (born December 14, 1984) is a Puerto Rican fashion model and contestant on the NBC reality television show "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search". Diaz was the only Latino to participate on the program, which premiered on January 5, 2005 on NBC and ended with the season finale on February 9, 2005. She was the sixth model eliminated, out of 12 contestants, on the second episode.

  5. Angela Kepler

    Angela Kay Kepler is a New Zealand-born naturalist and author. She is a graduate of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and has a Master’s degree from the University of Hawaii and a doctorate from Cornell University, New York. She also studied at Oxford University. She has conducted research in Hawaii, Alaska, Russia and the Caribbean. Two bird species have been named for her, the Elfin-woods Warbler "(Dendroica angelae)", a Puerto Rican endemic, …

  6. Manuel Jiménez

    Manuel A. Jiménez, or "El Canario", is a Puerto Rican musician most famous for his work in the plena style. During the 1930s, he introduced new elements like piano, horns, and bass into plena, spreading its popularity.

  7. Stanley G. Benner

    Stanley Graves Benner was an officer of the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Benner was born on 5 July 1916 in Arlington, Massachusetts. He lived in Boston, Mass., until 1940. Enlisting in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on 21 August 1940, he reported for active duty at Quantico, Va., on 8 November that same year. After training at the Marine Corps' recruit depot at Parris Island, S.C., he arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 21 January 1941.

  8. Miguel Ángel Álvarez

    Miguel Ángel Álvarez, also known as "El Men, is a Puerto Rican comedian and actor. Miguel was born in San Juan; however his family moved to Bayamón where he attended school and finished his primary and secondary education. Álvarez began his artistic career as a radio announcer, working for radio station WENA. He took part in the radio show "El Tremendo Hotel" (The Tremendous Hotel) in which Ramón Rivero "Diplo" starred.

  9. Pedro Aguilar

    Pedro "Cuban Pete" Aguilar is a United States dancer of Puerto Rican origin, referred to as "the greatest Mambo dancer ever", by "Life" magazine and Tito Puente. His nickname, "Cuban Pete" was conferred upon him in 1949 in the famous dance hall "Palladium", New York in reference to the mambo classic song "Cuban Pete" by Desi Arnaz, and it was endorsed by Arnaz himself. Pete won numerous prizes in Latin dancing during the Mambo era.

  10. Luis Canals

    Luis Canals was a Uruguayan soccer player in the 1970's. He played defense for the Uruguayan club team, Liverpool. In the 1980's he married famous Puerto Rican singer and comedian, Rosita Rodruguez.

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