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Gregory Diaz IV
Actor · Musician
Puerto Rican [African, Spanish]
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Howie D.
Actor · Musician
Father: Irish, English · Mother: Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, Taíno]
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Iann Dior
Musician
Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, possibly other], small amount of Martiniquais
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Javier Colón
Musician · TV Personality
Father: Dominican Republic · Mother: Puerto Rican
Stratford, Connecticut, U.S.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Musician
Father: Haitian · Mother: African-Puerto Rican
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Jennifer Lopez
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
Puerto Rican [Spanish, likely Taíno and African]
The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Joan Smalls
Actor · TV Personality · Model
Father: African-Virgin Islander, Irish · Mother: Puerto Rican [Spanish, Taino, Indian]
Hatillo, Puerto Rico
John Frusciante
Musician
* paternal grandfather – Italian * paternal grandmother – Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, more distant Portuguese], distant Mexican * maternal grandfather – mix of English, Irish, distant Dutch and German * maternal grandmother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
La La Anthony
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
Puerto Rican [African, Spanish, possibly other]
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Laurie Hernandez
Actor · Athlete · TV Personality
Puerto Rican [African, Spanish]
Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Actor · Musician
Puerto Rican [Spanish, as well as Taíno and African], along with approximately one quarter Mexican, more distant African-American and English
New York City, New York, U.S.
Liza Colón-Zayas
Actor
Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, as well as Indigenous], small amount of Basque and Guadeloupean
The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Luis Fortuño
Politician
Puerto Rican (Spanish [including Canary Islander, Catalan, and Galician], some African), 1/16 Corsican
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Melanie Iglesias
Actor · Model
Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, Indigenous], Italian, some Filipino
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Mishel Prada
Actor
Puerto Rican, Dominican Republic, and Mexican [Spanish, Portuguese, African, Indigenous], some French
Hialeah, Florida, U.S.
