- Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975, in New York, New York), commonly nicknamed "A-Rod", is a Dominican-American baseball infielder. He is the starting third baseman for the New York Yankees, having played shortstop for the Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners. Since (his first full season) through he leads the major leagues in home runs (HR), runs scored, runs batted in (RBI), total bases and extra-base hits. - Catherine Of Siena
Saint Catherine of Siena (March 25, 1347 - April 29, 1380) was a Dominican Tertiary (lay affiliate) of the Dominican Order. Catherine was the 23rd child out of 25 (her twin sister, the 24th, died at birth); her parents were Giacomo di Benincasa, a cloth-dyer, and his wife, Lapa Piagenti, daughter of a local poet. A native of Siena, Catherine received no formal education. - Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus (b. 1193/1206 - d. November 15, 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican friar who achieved fame for his comprehensive knowledge and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of science and religion. He is considered to be the greatest German philosopher and theologian of the Middle Ages. He was the first medieval scholar to apply Aristotle's philosophy to Christian thought at the time. - Martin de Porres
Saint Martín de Porres was a Dominican friar who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized on May 6 1962 by Pope John XXIII. Martin was born in Lima, Peru, as the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a young freed slave woman, possibly Afro-Peruvian, born in Panama. He had a sister Juana born in 1581. He grew up in poverty, and at the age of 11 was taken in by the Dominicans as a servant boy. As his duties grew he was promoted to almoner, … - Philip Neri
St. Philip Romolo Neri, was an Italian churchman, noted for founding a society of secular priests called the "Congregation of the Oratory". - Antony Santos
Antony Santos is a bachata musician from the Dominican Republic, renowned for his role in redefining the genre to include romantic music. - Adrian Dominican Sisters
The Adrian Dominican Sisters are a Roman Catholic religious order of Dominican sisters, in the U.S. state of Michigan. Their motherhouse is in Adrian. Their official title is the Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary. - Vincent Ferrer
Saint Vincent Ferrer (in Valencian: Sant Vicent Ferrer) (January 23, 1350 - April 5, 1419) was a Valencian Dominican missionary and logician; born in Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia (modern day Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain), as one of the sons of William Stewart Ferrer (sometimes spelled William Stuart Ferrer), an Anglo-Scottish nobleman descended from the English (de) Ferrer family and the Scottish Stewart (Stuart) family, and his Spanish wife, … - Milly Quezada
Milagros Quezada (born May 21, c. 1955), much better known in the musical entertainment world as Milly Quezada, is a Latin Grammy winner Dominican Merengue music singer. Quezada refuses to reveal her real age. She is a famous singer in Latin America; especially in those Latin American countries bordered by the Caribbean Sea, and in the eastern seaboard region of the United States. - Fernando Villalona
Fernando VillalonaThe first artist named "El Mayimbe" (Born Ramon Fernando Villalona Evora On May 7, 1955, aged 52) is a Dominican merengue singer whose popularity started to grow in the early 1980s and has not declined ever since. Fernando began singing at a very early age and became popular after participating in "El Festival de la Voz", an amateur TV talent show. - Andy Andy
Andy Andy or Andy "Fan" (born Angel Villalona in Azua de Compostela) is a Dominican musician from the famed Villalona family. He first started as a merenguero. He Struggled with this type of music and decided to cross over to bachata at first with the nickname "Andy Fan". His first music album, "Aquí Conmigo" ("Here With Me"), was released in 2002. His second album, "Necesito Un Amor" ("I Need A Love"), … - Junot Díaz
Junot Díaz is a contemporary Dominican-American writer whose collection of short stories featured in the book "Drown" became an overnight literary sensation. The stories in "Drown" are: "Ysrael", "Fiesta, 1980", "Aurora", "Drown", "Boyfriend", "Edison, New Jersey", "How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie", "No Face", "Negocios". Diaz is the first Dominican-born man to become a major writer in the United States. - Joan Guzman
Joan Guzman (born May 1, 1976) is a Dominican boxer who is the WBO's former world super-bantamweight champion. His nickname is "The little Tyson", and he is trained by Don House. Guzman stands 5 feet, 7 inches tall, which is a relatively tall size for a fighter of his division. - Nicky Jam
Nick Rivera Caminero (born February 25, 1980 in the Dominican Republic) is known artistically as Nicky Jam. He was born to a Puerto Rican father and a Dominican mother. He is a reggaeton artist known for such hits as "Me Voy Pa'l Party", "En la Cama", "Descontrol", "Buscarte", "Guayando", "Vive Contigo" among others. - Ronnie Belliard
Ronnie Belliard (born April 7 1975 in Bronx, New York) is a second baseman of Dominican descent who currently plays for the Washington Nationals. Belliard, an All-Star in 2004, is well known for playing out on the outfield grass. Belliard was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1994 MLB Amateur Draft, and is a cousin of former major-league shortstop Rafael Belliard. - Don Miguelo
Don Miguelo is a Dominican rapper in the Reggaeton genre. He became famous with his smash hit "La Cola De Motora" or "Ay Que Tu Quiere". He has recently traveled to the United States in hopes that his new album will be an even better seller than before. - Pedro Santana
Pedro Santana Familias was a Dominican soldier and politician born in the border community of Hincha (now in Haiti). He was the first constitutional president of the Dominican Republic, as well as the first Marqués de las Carreras. - Timothy Radcliffe
Timothy Radcliffe, OP (1945, London-) is a Catholic priest and Dominican friar of the English Province, and former Master of the Order of Preachers from 1992-2001. He is the only member of the English Province of the Dominicans to have held the office since the Order's foundation in 1216. Before Radcliffe became Master of the Dominican Order, he had been the Prior Provincial of the Dominicans in England. - Amelia Vega
Victoria Amelia Vega Polanco (born November 7, 1984 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago, Dominican Republic), known simply as Amelia Vega, is a Dominican woman who won the Miss Universe contest held in Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003, becoming the first Dominican woman ever to win the Miss Universe title, at only age 18. She had been mentioned by many in the press as one of the favorite candidates to win the crown before the big event. - Anthony Fisher
Anthony Colin Fisher OP (born 10 March 1960, Mater Hospital, Crows Nest) is an Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Sydney and Titular Bishop of Buruni. A Dominican since 1985, he was the foundation Director of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne. A scholar, he was dux of St Ignatius' College, Riverview, before attaining degrees in law, philosophy, theology, history (honours) and a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. - Yoskar Sarante
Yoskar Sarante is a prominent Dominican bachatero. He works with the nueva bachata movement, and has been on compilations such as Bachata Tipico and The Rough Guide to Bachata. During his career, he was invited to sing for the Mayor at the New York Mets Stadium, which gained him some acclaim in the United States. He is now widely known internationally, and his music deals with romantic topics. - Armageddon
Armageddon (born John Eaddy) is a rapper from The Bronx and was a member of The Terror Squad. He is African-American, Dominican and Puerto Rican, though he said he is often mistaken for being full Hispanic, especially of Dominican descent. He has appeared on numerous albums from Fat Joe and on Big Pun's "Capital Punishment" and "Endangered Species", as well as both Terror Squad albums. Often referred to as "Geddy" by his fans, … - Yves Congar
Yves Marie Joseph Cardinal Congar (April 8, 1904-June 22, 1995) was a French Dominican priest and theologian. Born in Sedan, in northeast France, in 1904, Congar's home was occupied by the Germans for much of World War I. During this time he kept extensive diaries recording the occupation. He spent several years as a prisoner of war during World War II after being drafted into the French army as a chaplain. - Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola (September 21, 1452 - May 23, 1498), also translated as Jerome Savonarola or Hieronymus Savonarola, was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498. He was known for religious reformation, anti-Renaissance preaching, book burning, and destruction of art. He vehemently preached against what he saw as the moral corruption of the clergy, … - Herbert McCabe
Herbert McCabe (1926-2001) was a Dominican priest, theologian and philosopher. After studying chemistry and philosophy at Manchester University, he joined the Dominicans in 1949, where under Victor White he began his life-long study of the works of Thomas Aquinas. He became editor of the journal New Blackfriars in 1965 but was removed in 1967 following a now-famous editorial in that journal in which he criticised the theologian Charles Davis for leaving the Church. - Angel Berroa
Ángel Berroa is a Dominican baseball player for the Kansas City Royals. - Krisspy
Krisspy (also "Krisspi", real name Antonio Cocina) is a well-known Dominican Merengue singer who has appeared on a number of compilations, including 100% Dominicano: La Nueva Sangre del Reggaeton and Bachata Tipico. He has also performed with Ingco Crew, a prominent Dominican reggaeton group, and Grupo Aguakate, another merengue tipico gorup. His lyrics are usually light, humorous (e.g. "Los Limones"), and somewhat raunchy, … - Angela Carrasco
Angela Carrasco is a Dominican singer. Carrasco was one of a group of Latin American divas in the 1970s. This group also included Susana Gimenez, Charytin, Iris Chacon, Ednita Nazario, Yolandita Monge and Rocío Dúrcal. Carrasco moved to Spain from her native country. In Spain, she enjoyed wild success. - Judy Reyes
Judy Reyes (born November 5, 1968 in The Bronx, New York) is a Dominican American television and film actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Nurse Carla Espinosa on the NBC sitcom "Scrubs" (2001-present) and had a short stint on "The Sopranos" as the girlfriend of Paulie Walnuts. "I really admire Carla - she's smart and sassy and a very good nurse," says Reyes. - Gregorio Luperón
Gregorio Luperón, born at Puerto Plata, was a Dominican military and state leader who is better remembered as the main leader in the restoration of the Dominican Republic after the Spanish annexation in 1863. The Gregorio Luperón International Airport in Puerto Plata and the Gregorio Luperon High School for Math & Science in New York are named after him. - Roger Sanchez
Roger Sanchez, also known as Roger S. and The S Man, (born on June 1, 1967, in Queens, New York) is a popular Dominican-American house DJ who has scored many hits in the European and World Charts. He is considered by many to be "the DJ's DJ" for his innovative mixing techniques and his ability to connect with the crowd through his sets. The eldest of two sons born to Angela Almonte and Hugo Sanchez, immigrants from the Dominican Republic, … - Ana Bárbara
Ana Bárbara, is a Mexican singer. Her maternal grandparents are of Italian origin. Her sister, Viviana Ugalde, was a teenaged singer of some notoriety across San Luis Potosi when Ana Barbara was a little girl. Ana Bárbara usually attended her sister's concerts, which made her want to become a singer herself. Ana Barbara would become a beauty queen before she reached stardom as a singer: in 1988, she became "Miss San Luis Potosí", … - Lorenzo Ruiz
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz or Laurence Ruiz or Lawrence Ruiz was born in Binondo, Manila. His Chinese father taught him Chinese, and his Filipino mother taught him Tagalog. Both of his parents were Catholic. - Rafael Bejarano
Rafael Bejarano (born June 23, 1982 in Arequipa, Peru) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He trained at the Peruvian national riding school before embarking on his professional career in 1999. Having met with success, including winning the apprentice riding title at Hippodromo de Monterrico in Lima, he emigrated to the United States in the spring of 2002 and settled in Louisville, Kentucky. - Pedro Mir
Pedro Julio Mir Valentín was a Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent poets of the 1940s" in Dominican poetry. His father, a Cuban mechanical engineer, migrated from Cuba to the Dominican Republic in the early years of the Twentieth Century to be hired as Chief of Engineers of the Cristóbal Colón Sugar Refinery. - James Arthur
James Arthur was a Dominican friar and theologian. He was born in Limerick, Ireland, early in the 17th century and died most likely in 1670. He became a member of the Dominican Order in the convent of St. Stephen at Salamanca, Spain, and taught theology in different convents of his order, especially at Salamanca, with great credit to himself and profit to his numerous students. In 1640 he was called to the University of Coimbra as first professor of theology, … - Johann Tetzel
Johann Tetzel was a German Dominican friar remembered for selling indulgences using the catchy line, "As soon a coin in coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs." Tetzel even went as far as creating a chart that listed a price for each type of sin and claiming that the indulgences he sold could save a soul who violated the Virgin Mary. In 1517, Tetzel was trying to raise money for the ongoing construction of St. - Coro
Coro is a Latin freesyle singer and actor of Dominican heritage, who first had roles in numerous episodes of the star's hit television series, "Miami Vice". While appearing on "Vice", Coro struggled to put together a group to get his singing career off the ground. His first efforts never took off, but in 1987, Coro met freestyle sensation Stevie B, who was enjoying the success of his first hit record and getting ready to tour. - Fabolous
John David Jackson (born November 18 1977), better known as Fabolous, is a Grammy-nominated rapper of African american and Dominican descent from Brooklyn who became a mainstream star after his debut single "Can't Deny It" (a remake of Tupac Shakur's "Ambitionz Az a Ridah" from "All Eyez on Me") from 2001. Fabolous' first popular single, "Can't Deny It", was released in late summer 2001. - Louis Bertrand
Louis Bertrand, born at Valencia, Spain, 1 January 1526; died 9 October, 1581. His parents were Juan Bertrand and Juana Angela Exarch. Through his father he was related to the illustrious St. Vincent Ferrer, the great thaumaturgus of the Dominican Order. The boyhood of the saint was unattended by any of the prodigies that frequently forecast heroic sanctity. At an early age he conceived the idea of becoming a Dominican Friar, …
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