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Jimmy Smits
Actor
Father: Dutch-Surinamese · Mother: Puerto Rican
Brooklyn, 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
Joaquín Phoenix
Actor · Musician
Father: English, with some Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Irish, Welsh, and French Huguenot · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish
San Juan, 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.
John Melendez
Actor · Politician · TV Personality
Father: Puerto Rican · Mother: Danish
Massapequa, New York, U.S.
Jorma Taccone
Actor · Musician
Father: Italian, Puerto Rican · Mother: Swedish, Norwegian, Scottish, German, English, Irish, distant Dutch
Alameda, California, United States
Josh McDermitt
Actor
Father: Puerto Rican, Portuguese · Mother: German, as well as English, Dutch, Irish, Polish
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
José Ferrer
Actor
Puerto Rican [Spanish, including Canary Islander, Catalan, possibly other]
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Julio Iglesias
Musician · Athlete
Galician, Puerto Rican/Spanish [Andalusian, Castilian, Valencian], French
Madrid, Spain
Karen Olivo
Actor · Musician
Father: Puerto Rican [Spanish, Indigenous, possibly other] · Mother: Dominican Republic, Chinese
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Karrion Kross
Athlete · TV Personality
Father: Puerto Rican, other · Mother: German, smaller amounts of English, Scottish, Dutch, French, likely Polish
Nyack, Rockland, New York, U.S.
Kayli Carter
Actor
English, Welsh, one eighth Cuban, one eighth Puerto Rican, distant French
Oviedo, Florida, U.S.
Kelis
Musician
Father: African-American · Mother: Chinese, Puerto Rican
Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.
Keshia Chanté
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
African-Trinidadian, Puerto Rican, Portuguese
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
