- Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was one of the leaders of Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain and an early President of Mexico. He was born in the town of Tixtla, some 100 km inland from the port of Acapulco, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. He was from a poor zambo (mixed Amerindian, Spanish, and African descent) family. (See historian William Loren Katz.) He joined in the early revolt against Spain in 1810, …
- Gaspar Yanga
Gaspar Yanga--often simply Yanga or Nyanga--was a leader of a slave rebellion in Mexico during the early period of Spanish colonial rule. Said to be a member of the royal family of Gabon, Yanga came to be the head of a band of revolting slaves near Veracruz, Mexico around 1570. Escaping to the difficult highlands, he and his people built a small free colony.
- Elizabeth Catlett
Elizabeth Catlett Mora (born April 15,1915) is an African American sculptress and printmaker. Catlett is best known for the black, expressionistic sculptures and prints she produced during the 1960s and 1970s, which are seen as politically charged.
- Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán
Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán was a Mexican anthropologist known for his studies of marginal populations. His work has focused on Afro-Mexican populations. He was the director of the National Indian Institute and as Assistant Secretary for Popular Culture and Extra Curricular Education he was responsible for forming policy towards indigenous populations. For this reason he is important in the field of applied anthropology.
- Kalimba Marichal
Kalimba Marichal Ibar is a Mexican singer, born in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. Kalimba is of Afro-Mexican descent, as is his name - "Kalimba" is a musical instrument of African origin composed of a wooden box set with metal bars to be plucked with the fingers. Born in Mexico City, he appeared in local plays and TV shows such as, "Chiquilladas" at a very young age. In 1993 Kalimba got the opportunity to be a part of "La Onda Vaselina" ("OV7"), …
- Mario Marcel Salas
Mario Marcel Salas. (born July 30, 1949 in San Antonio, Texas) is a civil rights leader, author and politician. His parents were an Afro-Mexican father and a mixed race mother. He graduated from Phyllis Wheatley High School, an African American segregated school. It was soon after high school that he joined the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and became a civil rights worker for over 30 years.
- Giovanni dos Santos
Giovanni dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican football striker who plays for FC Barcelona and is part of the Mexican National U-20 Football Team and was a member of the Mexican National U-17 Football team that won the FIFA U-17 World Championship 2005 held in Peru. Dos Santos, also known as "Gio" or "Giova", was a key piece in winning that title.
- María del Sol
María del Sol is a Mexican singer. She is the daughter of the late lawyer Alonso Echánove and the actress/journalist Josefina Echánove and the younger sister of Peggy Echánove and actor Alonso Echánove. In the 1970s she auditioned with music producer Luis de Llano and got married at the age of 16 with Miguel Magaña 14 years her senior but divorced a year later.
- Juan de la Rosa
Juan Pedro de la Rosa (b. August 7, 1986, Tamaulipas, Mexico) is a professional Afromexican boxer. He was a contestant on reality TV show The Contender. On the show, he was placed on the East Coast team and fought Tarick Salmaci in the final First Round fight. This bout of Youth versus Experience was won by the young Mexican, although he later drew criticism for allowing himself to be withdrawn from the competition with apparently minor injuries.
- Jorge Orta
Jorge Orta Nunez (born November 26, 1950 in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a retired professional baseball player. He batted with his left arm, but threw with his right. He made his debut with the Chicago White Sox on April 15, 1972. Through the 1970s, usually second baseman but also third baseman and also some outfield. Over his 16-year career in Major League Baseball, he also played for the Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, and Kansas City Royals.
- Edoardo Isella
Edoardo Isella de Gómez Ventoza is an Mexican footballer who currently plays for Jaguares de Chiapas in Mexico's First Division. Before being loaned to Chiapas he had a successful career with current Mexican League Champion Chivas Rayadas de Guadalajara which included a brief stint with Mexico's National Team. Isella's ethnic background is Portuguese and Honduran.
- Danzy Senna
Danzy Senna, (1970 -) is an American novelist. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is the daughter of the author Carl Senna ("The Black Press and the Struggle for Civil Rights,") an Afro-Mexican poet, and Fanny Howe, an Irish-American. Both were activists during the American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968). She is the niece of the poet, Susan Howe. She lives in Los Angeles with husband, novelist Percival Everett.
- Melvin Brown
Melvin Brown Casados also known as "Melvin el de los Choko Krispis" is an Afromexican football defender, who currently plays for Jaguares of the Primera División de México. Melvin's father is originally from Jamaica. Brown made his debut in the Primera División with Cruz Azul in the 2001 Apertura, and quickly became a mainstay at defense for the club. In his three and a half years with the club, he played in 109 games, scoring five goals.
- Juan Álvarez
Juan N. Álvarez Benítez was a general and interim president of Mexico for a few months in 1855. He fought in all the major wars of Mexico, from the War of Independence through the Pastry War, the Mexican-American War and the War of the Reform to the war against the French Intervention. A liberal reformer, a republican and a federalist, he was the leader of a revolution in support of Benito Juarez's Plan de Ayutla in 1854, …
- M'Balia Marichal
M'Baila Marichal Ibar (born February 3, 1979) is a Mexican singer, and the sister of Kalimba Marichal. She was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She is a former member of the Mexican pop group OV7.
- Liliana Allen
Liliana Allen Doll is a Mexican track and field athlete. She previously represented Cuba. She has participated in the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. At the Pan American Games she has won three gold medals, one silver, and one bronze medal.
- Jonathan dos Santos
Jonathan dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican football midfielder who plays for FC Barcelona B. He is the son of former football player Gerardo dos Santos, who played on the Mexican soccer teams América and CF Monterrey in the early 1990s. Has two older brothers, Eder and Giovanni dos Santos, the FC Barcelona and Mexican football prodigy. Together with his brother Giovanni dos Santos he is one of the most promising FC Barcelona players, both brothers are always being compared, …
- José Damasceno
José Damasceno, also known as Tiba, is a Mexican footballer.
- René Muñoz
René Muñoz was a Mexican actor and scriptwriter of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico. He is most remembered for his role in the Spanish film "Fray Escoba".
- Jean Duverger
Jean Duverger is a Mexican actor and entertainer. He is of French-Haitian ancestry. Since 2000 he has worked for TV Azteca. From 1981 to 1983 he studied in Centro de Educacion Artística. He appeared in many Telenovelas of Televisa from 1989 to 1999.
- Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna and recorded a number of albums with them. However, Fania continued to release recordings compiled from their archives for some years afterwards. In the early 1980s, Blades began his career in films as a composer of soundtracks.
- José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón (September 30, 1765, Valladolid, now Morelia, Michoacán December 22, 1815, San Cristóbal Ecatepec, State of México) was a priest and insurgent who led the independence movement in Mexico from the death of Miguel Hidalgo in 1811 until he was tried and executed in 1815. He was a liberal, advocating far-reaching political and social reforms.
- B-Real
Louis Freese (born June 2 1970), known by stage name B-Real, is a Latin rapper of Mexican and Afro-Cuban heritage. He is best known for being the lead rapper in hip hop group Cypress Hill, who debuted with their self-titled album "Cypress Hill" in 1991.
- Miguel Aceves Mejía
Miguel Aceves Mejía was a Mexican actor, composer, and singer. Miguel Aceves Mejía, or "the king of the falsetto" as he was popularly known, was born in Ciudad Juárez in the state of Chihuahua. He became a popular Mexican film star during its golden age and was widely regarded for his interpretations of various Mexican folkloric genres, particularly the ranchero style of music.
- Ian Hancock
Ian Hancock is a renowned linguist, Romani scholar, and human rights advocate. He was born and raised in England. He is director of the Program of Romani Studies and the Romani Archives and Documentation Center at The University of Texas at Austin, where he has been a professor of English, linguistics and Asian studies since 1972. He has represented the Romani people at the United Nations and served as a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council under President Clinton, …
- Afro Man
My name is LEODAN.
- Andrew
As seen on Break.com.
- Tosha
There is not much to me.. I'm 26, a pisces, was born and raised in Tucson.. I was married for 4 1/2 years, and divorced last year.. I have 2 wonderful kids that keep me grounded..They live with thier dad.. I'm starting my life over and trying soo hard to find out who I really am..I have no regrets about any of it because at one time its what I wanted.
- Johnny Martinez
I like to go out and have a good time weather its partying or just chillin im down for it all.
- Garrett
Ite a lil bout my self.... Names Garrett. Im bout 180 pds 5'8". Dark hair. Green eyes.Im a junior at goshen high. Im CRAZEE CRAZEE CRAZEE bout my gurl! I got men so if anybody wanna stunt and not one on one then beleive they gonna meet the crew. I like Rap, freestyles,some hinder and nickelback and shit like that. Im workin on a couple tracks for a cd.....ill let u know when that is done wit.....u got any more questions then ask about me!
- Tyler
Whats up i'm Tyler. I go to CCC, it really sucks a mean dick. I play guitar a lot. I have an amazing girlfriend who I love haning out with. She's is my everything, plus she's super Hott!!! Paulina also has very very very nice ass. I squeeze the hell out of it like everyday. But It's all good. UP WITH HOPE DOWN WITH DOPE. if u got msn add me wetwilley_34@hotmail.com.
- Butch Cassidy
I am 18 years old. I like to do fun stuff like, make cookies when im drunk, go chillin on the lake with the crew, wakeboarding, cliff jumping, spear fishing and other lake like adventures.
- Mexican Afro Man
- Scott Jones
found this.
- Jarrod Worley
Jarrod Worley here! grew up and graduated from Lawson. I like to hang out with friends, meet new people, go fishing, drive fast (you know you all get the earge to fly a buck 20!)roll around in the fish tank!!!, and every once in awhile knock a few back. Im currently working at Variform in Kearney. Getting ready to get my ass back into school. Not sure what for yet but something that i won't have to be a rough neck my whole life! I live a laid back lifestyle.
- Eric
WELL TO START OUT MY NAME IS ERIC RAUZI I AM 19 I GOT TO RANKEN TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN ST.LOUIS FOR INDUSTRIAL MAINTANCE TECHNOLOGY I GRADUATE IN DECEMBER '08. I WORK AT JOHN HENRY FOSTER IN ST.LOUIS I WORK ON HYDRAULIC AND NUEMATIC PUMPS.
- Daren
Im daren if you didnt already no. i surf, i guess im your classic surf bum, thats all i really care about. and what my life revolves around. I dont work. And would rather be broke and surf all day than work. Im into reggae music and going to shows. reggae on the river is fucking bad ass. i was raised in the town of Yucca Valley, a little shithole town in the desert,and have moved around a shitload, now im posted in Gualala Ca.
- Charles
- Tristan
Snowboarding.
- Erin
My name is Erin, i like to murder dirty internet perverts who join places like this to prey on young children. so if you fit that description feel free to "friend" me....here's the dillio....i think these things are stupid, however, my friend julienne went to Ireland and i wanted to talk to her and this was the only way that was going to happen, ironicly now that she's back in America i think i talk to her less than when she was across an ocean.