Famous+Latinas+and+Latinos

=Some famous Latinos and Latinas= =(see bottom of the page for links to find others)=

Severo Ochoa (Mexican American) Nobel Prize for Medicine Cesar Chavez (Mexican American) Union leader Corky Gonzales (Mexican American) Community Organizer Jaime Escalante (Bolivia) Educator Maria Irene Fornes (Cuban American) Playwright Dolores Huerta (Mexican American) Union leader Anonia Novello (Puerto Rican American) US Surgeon General Frederico Pena (Mexican American) US Secretary of Energy Franklin Chang-Diaz (Costa Rican American) Astronaut Sonia Chang-Diaz (Costa Rican American) State Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Cuban American) Congresswoman Fernando Bujones (Cuban American) Dancer Ellen Ochoa (Mexican American) Astronaut Rigoberta Menchu (Guatamala) Nobel Peace Prize Oscar Arias Sanchez (Costa Rica) Nobel Peace Prize Javier Perez de Cuellar Secretary General of the UN Henry Cisneros (Mexican American) US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Baruj Benacerrat (Venezuela) Nobel Prize in Medicine Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina) Writer Cesar Milstein (Argentine) Nobel Prize in Medicine Mario Molina (Mexico) Nobel Prize in Science Garbriel Garcia Marquez (Colombia) Writer and Politician Alfonso Garcia Robles (Mexico) Nobel Peace Prize Carlos Gardel Composer Luis Llorens Torres (Puerto Rico) Poet Adolfo Perez Esquivel (Argentina) Nobel Prize in Architecture Carlos Saavedra Llamas (Argentina), Nobel Peace Prize David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexico) Painter Sandra Benitez (Puerto Rico) Author Luis Leloir (Argentina) Nobel Prize for Chemistry Julia Alverez (Dominican Republic) Poet and novelist Jose Marti (Cuba) Writer and Revolutionary Eugenio Maria de Hostis (Puerto Rico) Educator and writer Violeta Perra (Chile) Folklorist and musical historian Victor Jara (Chile) Activist Lolita Lebron (Puerto Rico) Activist Isabel Allenda (Chile) Writer and Educator Muna Lee (Puerto Rico) Women’s Rights Activist Jula de Burgos (Puerto Rico) Nationalist Antonia Hernandez (Mexican American) Activist Cecelia Munoc (Bolivia) Activist Lydia Villa-Komaroff (Mexico) Biologist Gloria Anzeldua (US) Educator and activist Carmen Abrego (US) Poet and activist Ana Castillo (US) writer Cherrie Moraga (US) writer and activist Emma Tenayuca (US) Labor activist

=Links to more names:=

Famous Latin Americans

Prominent Latin American Authors

Latin American History