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Afro-Latinos or
Afro–Latin Americans are Latin Americans who are descended from African slaves brought to Latin America and the
Caribbean region during the
trans-Atlantic slave trade , who made up 95% of all Africans brought to the Americas.
Afro-Brazilians ,
Afro-Cubans ,
Afro-Dominicans ,
Afro-Hondurans ,
Afro-Panamanians ,
Afro–Puerto Ricans ,
Afro-Colombians ,
Afro-Mexicans and other Latin Americans are from these African slaves.
The first Africans brought to the New World arrived on the island of
Hispaniola (now divided between the Dominican Republic and Haiti). The majority were taken to
Brazil . Only 5% of the Africans brought to the Americas went to North America, from whom
African Americans are descended.
Notable Afro–Latin Americans and Afro-Latinos
40 Cal (real name is Calvin Alan Byrd) – American rapper, member of Harlem-based hip-hop group The Diplomats
Jose Acevedo – Venezuelan track-and-field athlete
Elizabeth Acevedo – poet
Miguel Algarín – poet
Roberto Alomar – former Major League Baseball player, regarded highly as a second baseman
Laz Alonso – American film and television actor, best known for playing Tsu'tey in James Cameron-directed sci-fi film Avatar and Fenix Calderon in the film Fast & Furious
Anitta (singer) – Brazilian singer, half Afro-Brazilian
La La Anthony – former MTV VJ, television personality and actress, wife of NBA basketball player
Carmelo Anthony
Karan Ashley – American actress and talk show host, best known for her role as Aisha (Yellow Ranger) on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Taís Araújo – Brazilian actress and model
Eva Ayllón – composer and singer
AZ – rapper
Cardi B – rapper
Josefina Báez – performance artist, theater director, poet, educator, and writer
Lloyd Banks – rapper
Ivan Barias – Dominican music producer and songwriter
Jean-Michel Basquiat – artist, musician
Swizz Beatz – rapper, producer
Aloe Blacc – American singer-songwriter
Elijah Blake – singer-songwriter
Ariana Brown – poet
Karamo Brown – American television host
J.I the Prince of NY – Puerto Rican rapper
Julia de Burgos – poet and activist for Puerto Rican independence
Ursula Burns – business executive
Miguel Cabrera – Venezuelan baseball player
Ilia Calderón – journalist
Tego Calderón – reggaeton singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor
Mariah Carey – American musician and actress
John Carlos – former track and field champion, best known for his 1968 Olympics Black Power salute
Matt Cedeño – actor and former model
Orlando Cepeda – former Puerto Rican baseball player
Keshia Chanté – Canadian singer
Aroldis Chapman – Cuban baseball player
Hugo Chavez – former Venezuelan President
Roberto Clemente – former Puerto Rican baseball player
Jesús Colón – author, founder of Nuyorican movement
Ismael Cruz Córdova – Puerto Rican actor
Kid Cudi – rapper
Celia Cruz – Cuban salsa singer and performer (1925-2003)
Victor Cruz – football player and former NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants
Wilson Cruz – actor
Yaya DaCosta – American model
Rosario Dawson – actress and musician
Kristinia DeBarge – American singer
Ariana DeBose – singer and actress
Melissa De Sousa – actress
Sylvia del Villard – actress, dancer, choreographer and activist
Carlos Delgado – former Puerto Rican baseball player
Kat DeLuna – musician
Rocsi Diaz – American model and former BET television personality (106 & Park)
Samantha Diaz – singer-songwriter (American Idol)
Graciela Dixon – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Panama
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Rudy Duthil – advertising executive
Sheila E. – American percussionist and singer
Dave East – rapper
Dina Ruiz Eastwood – reporter and actress
Alfred Enoch – actor
Arlen Escarpeta – Belizean-born actor, best known for playing Sam Walker in the television drama American Dreams
Adriano Espaillat – New York congressman
Sandra María Esteves – poet
Fabolous – rapper
Antonio Fargas – actor
Cheo Feliciano – Puerto Rican singer of salsa and bolero music
Leonel Fernández – former President of the Dominican Republic
Tony Fernández – former Dominican baseball player
Dom Flemons – American musician and singer-songwriter
Brian Flores - Honduran-American NFL Head Coach (Miami Dolphins 2019-2021)
Juan Flores – historian, professor, Afro-Latino Studies scholar
Shaggy Flores – poet and writer
Arian Foster – NFL football player, running back for the Houston Texans
Antonio Fresco – DJ, record producer and radio personality
Kevin Gates – rapper
O.T. Genasis – Garifuna American rapper
Gilberto Gil – Brazilian singer, political activist and former Minister of Culture
Aracelis Girmay – poet
Meagan Good – American actress
Herizen Guardiola – actress and singer
Gunplay – rapper
Edward W. Hardy – composer and musician
Severiano de Heredia – Cuban-born French politician, president of the municipal council of Paris from 1879 to 1880, first mayor of African descent of a Western world capital
Al Horford – Dominican basketball player and is the son of
Tito Horford
Sunny Hostin – American lawyer, journalist, and television host (The View)
Gwen Ifill – journalist, television newscaster and author
Iza – Brazilian pop singer
Ro James – singer
Reggie Jackson – baseball player
Shar Jackson – American actress, best known for her role as Niecy Jackson on the UPN sitcom Moesha
Skai Jackson – American actress
Jharrel Jerome – actor, best known for his role in
Moonlight
Julissa – former BET television personality (106 & Park)
Kelis – singer-songwriter
Tori Kelly – American musician
Erick Kolthoff – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes – member of R&B girl group
TLC (1971-2002)
Amara La Negra – singer
Toña la Negra – singer
Tato Laviera – poet
Kiana Ledé – American singer and actress
Jorge Lendeborg Jr. – actor
Selenis Leyva – actress
Adriana Lima – model
Olivia Longott – American singer
Sessilee Lopez – model
Faizon Love – Cuban-born actor and comedian
Héritier Lumumba – Australian footballer of Afro-Brazilian descent
La Lupe – singer
Maluca Mala – singer and rapper
EJ Manuel – NFL quarterback
Kalimba Marichal – Mexican singer
Juan Marichal – former Dominican baseball pitcher
Toya Martin – American singer
Pedro Martínez – former Dominican baseball pitcher
Tony Medina – poet and graphic novelist
Jesús Papoleto Meléndez – poet
Miguel – singer-songwriter
Christina Milian – singer and actress
E. Ethelbert Miller – writer and poet
Minnie Miñoso – former Cuban baseball player
Carlos Moore – Cuban writer, journalist and activist
Aja Monet – poet
Naima Mora – model (America's Next Top Model)
Benny Moré – Cuban singer, bandleader and songwriter
Nancy Morejón – Cuban poet, critic, essayist
Lamorne Morris – actor
Rico Nasty – rapper
N.O.R.E. – rapper
Amaury Nolasco – actor
Lupita Nyong'o – Kenyan-Mexican actress
Soledad O'Brien – broadcast journalist, executive producer and philanthropist
Don Omar – reggaeton singer-songwriter and actor
Claudette Ortiz – singer (City High)
David Ortiz – Dominican baseball player
Ozuna (real name is Juan Carlos Rosado) – Puerto Rican Reggaeton and Latin trap singer
Johnny Pacheco – Dominican musician, founder of the Fania All-Stars, coined the term "
Salsa "
Peedi Peedi – rapper
Tony Peña – former Dominican baseball player
Willie Perdomo – writer and poet
Jacob "Princeton" Perez – singer and dancer (Mindless Behavior)
Rosie Perez – actress, dancer, choreographer, director and community activist
Miguel Piñero – playwright and poet, co-founder of the
Nuyorican Poets Café
Dascha Polanco – Dominican actress, best known for her role as Dana Diaz in the Netflix dramedy Orange is the New Black
Reagan Gomez-Preston – American actress
Princess Nokia – rapper
Albert Pujols – Dominican baseball player
Dania Ramirez – actress
Manny Ramirez – Dominican baseball player
Charles Rangel – former New York congressman
Gina Ravera – actress
Judy Reyes – actress
Lais Ribeiro – model
Lauren Ridloff – American deaf actress
Mychal Rivera – football player, tight end, Oakland Raiders
Naya Rivera – American actress, best known for her role as Santana Lopez in the musical comedy Glee (1987-2020)
Alex Rodriguez – Dominican-American baseball player
Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez – Puerto Rican salsa singer
Sabi – singer-songwriter
Zoe Saldaña – actress
Manny Sanguillén – former Panamanian baseball player
Juelz Santana – rapper
Antony Santos – Dominican bachata singer
Neymar Jr – Brazilian footballer
Mayra Santos-Febres – poet
Romeo Santos – singer
Jon Secada – singer
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg – Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in the United States; founder of the Schomberg Center for Black Research
Sech (singer) – Panamanian Reggaeton artist
Shyne – Belizean rapper
Luis Guillermo Solís – Costa Rican president and mulatto
Pop Smoke – American rapper of Afro-Panamanian descent (1999-2020)
Esperanza Spalding – musician
Arlenis Sosa – model
Sammy Sosa – former Dominican baseball player
Vince Staples – rapper
Jeremy Suarez – former child actor
Schoolboy Q – American rapper
Cecilia Tait – politician and former volleyball player
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez – Cuban cosmonaut
Lorenzo Thomas – poet
Piri Thomas – creative writer
Tessa Thompson – American actress
Anuel AA – Puerto Rican Reggaeton artist born to an Afro-Puerto Rican father and White Puerto Rican mother
Melody Thornton – singer-songwriter and dancer (The Pussycat Dolls)
Luis Tiant – former MLB starting pitcher, Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox
Gina Torres – actress
Trina – American female rapper
Karl-Anthony Towns – Dominican-American basketball player
María Urrutia – former weightlifter, athlete and politician
Salvador Valdés Mesa – First Vice President of Cuba, former trade union leader, Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba
Amirah Vann – actress
Danielle Vega – actress
Lauren Velez – actress
Cassie Ventura – American singer and actress
Johnny Ventura – Dominican singer
Fred Warner – Mexican & Panamenian American Football player for the San Francisco 49ers
Tristan Wilds – actor and singer
Hype Williams – music video director
Juan Williams – journalist and political analyst
Joaquín Zihuatanejo – poet
Daddy Yankee – Puerto Rican
Reggaeton artist and pioneer in Reggaeton music born to an
Afro-Puerto Rican father and
White Puerto Rican mother
Rónald Gómez – current Manager for
Gamma Ethniki club
Apollon Smyrnis
See also
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