List of Mexican Americans

Mexican Americans are residents of the United States who have Mexican ancestry. The list includes Mexican immigrants and those who lived in the southwestern United States when the territory was incorporated in 1848.

Sports

American football

 Louie Aguiar – NFL punter
 Joe Aguirre – NFL tight end
 Raul Allegre – NFL placekicker
 Roberto Aguayo – NCAA Division I placekicker at Florida State University
 Leo Araguz – NFL kicker and punter
 Joe Arenas – NFL running back, safety, punt returner and kick returner
 Gene Brito – defensive end, 1955 NFL player of the year
 Marc Bulger – NFL quarterback
 Anthony Calvillo – CFL quarterback
 Greg Camarillo – NFL wide receiver
 Joe Cardona – NFL long snapper
 Tony Casillas – NFL defensive lineman
 Jorge Cordova – NFL linebacker
 Frank Corral – NFL placekicker
 Ronnie Cruz – NFL fullback
 Michael Davis – NFL defensive back
 Brian de la Puente – NFL center
 Donnie Edwards – NFL linebacker
 Tom Fears – NFL wide receiver and head coach, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
 Manny Fernandez (American football) – NFL defensive tackle
 Tom Flores – one of two individuals in NFL history to win a Super Bowl as a player, assistant coach and head coach.
 Arian Foster – NFL running back
 Aaron Garcia – college and Arena Football quarterback
 Jeff Garcia – NFL quarterback
 Max Garcia – NFL guard
 Norberto Garrido – NFL offensive lineman
 Roberto Garza – NFL offensive guard
 Zane Gonzalez – NFL placekicker
 Brock Gutierrez - NFL offensive lineman
 Joe Hernandez (wide receiver) – NFL wide receiver
 Will Hernandez - NFL guard
 Efren Herrera – NFL placekicker
 Ziggy Hood – NFL defensive end
 David Diaz-Infante – NFL guard and center
 Matt Kalil – NFL offensive tackle
 Ryan Kalil – NFL center
 Joe Kapp – NFL quarterback
 Victor Leyva – NFL guard
 J. P. Losman – NFL quarterback
 Blake Martinez – NFL inside linebacker
 Max Montoya – NFL 
 Matt Moore – NFL quarterback
 Moses Moreno – NFL quarterback
 Zeke Moreno – NFL linebacker
 Anthony Muñoz – Hall of Fame NFL offensive tackle
 Ricky Ortiz - NFL
 Luis Perez (American football) – NCAA quarterback
 Mike Perez (American football) – NFL quarterback
 Jim Plunkett – NFL quarterback
 Jose Portilla – NFL offensive tackle
 Manny Ramirez – NFL offensive lineman
 Aldo Richins – NFL wingback
 Ron Rivera – NFL linebacker and coach
 Pete Rodriguez – NFL special teams coach
 Ruben Rodriguez (American football) – NFL punter
 Tony Romo – NFL quarterback
Tony Gonzalez – NFL tight end
 Juan Roque – NFL offensive tackle
 Aldrick Rosas – NFL placekicker
 Eddie Saenz – NFL running back
 Mark Sanchez – NFL quarterback
 Rigoberto Sanchez – NFL punter
 Zack Sanchez – NFL cornerback
 Andrew Sendejo – NFL strong safety
 Rafael Septién Michel - NFL placekicker
 Daniel Sepulveda – NFL punter
 Louis Vasquez – NFL offensive lineman
 Danny Villa – NFL guard
 Danny Villanueva – NFL punter/place kicker
 Tony Zendejas – NFL placekicker

Baseball
 

 Alfredo Aceves – MLB pitcher
 Mike Adams – MLB pitcher
 Hank Aguirre – MLB all-star pitcher
 Mike Aldrete – MLB First Baseman and Outfielder
 Mel Almada – MLB outfielder
 Armando Almanza – MLB pitcher
 Abe Alvarez – MLB pitcher
 Héctor Ambriz – MLB pitcher
 Rubén Amaro, Jr. – MLB outfielder
 Bob Apodaca – MLB pitcher and coach
 Frank Arellanes – MLB pitcher
 Fernando Arroyo – MLB pitcher
 Rod Barajas – MLB catcher
 Cuno Barragan – MLB catcher
 Freddie Benavides – MLB infielder
 Quintin Berry – MLB outfielder and pinch runner 
 Matt Bush – MLB pitcher 
 Jorge Cantú – MLB infielder
 Cam Carreon – MLB catcher
 Mark Carreon – MLB first baseman
 Cisco Carlos – MLB pitcher
 Jason Castro – MLB catcher
 Cesar Carrillo – MLB pitcher
 Bobby Castillo – MLB pitcher
 Frank Castillo – MLB starting pitcher
 Marty Castillo – MLB catcher and third baseman
 Jaime Cerda – MLB pitcher
 Eric Chavez – MLB third baseman
 Jesse Chavez – MLB pitcher
 Matt Chico – MLB pitcher
 Chad Cordero – MLB relief pitcher
 Pat Corrales – MLB catcher and coach
 Dan Cortes – MLB pitcher
 Jacob Cruz – MLB outfielder
 Bobby Cuellar – MLB pitcher and coach
 Khris Davis – MLB outfielder 
 Chris Dominguez – MLB infielder
 Matt Dominguez – MLB infielder
 Chuck Estrada – MLB pitcher
 Johnny Estrada – MLB catcher
 Marco Estrada – MLB pitcher
 Fernando Cortez – MLB infielder
 Danny Espinosa – MLB infielder
 Andre Ethier – MLB outfielder
 Phillip Evans – MLB Infielder
 Carlos Fisher – MLB pitcher 
 Jesse Flores – MLB pitcher
 Randy Flores – MLB pitcher
 Ron Flores – MLB pitcher
 Brian Fuentes – MLB all-star relief pitcher
 Yovani Gallardo – MLB pitcher
 Mike Gallego – MLB outfielder and coach
 Greg Garcia – MLB infielder
 Kiko Garcia – MLB infielder
 Mike Garcia – MLB all-star pitcher
 Nomar Garciaparra – MLB all-star shortstop
 Matt Garza – MLB pitcher
 Eddie Gamboa – MLB pitcher
 Chris Gomez – MLB infielder
 Luis Gómez – MLB infielder
 Adrián González – MLB first baseman
 Edgar Gonzalez – MLB infielder
 Michael Gonzalez – MLB closer/pitcher
 Bob Greenwood – MLB pitcher
 Eddie Guardado – MLB all-star pitcher
 Javy Guerra – MLB closer/pitcher
 Carlos Guevara – MLB pitcher
 Jerry Hairston, Jr. – MLB Infielder 
 Scott Hairston – MLB outfielder
 Dan Haren – MLB all-star pitcher
 Gil Heredia – MLB spot starting pitcher
 David Hernandez – MLB starting pitcher
 Jeremy Hernandez – MLB pitcher
 Daniel Herrera – MLB relief pitcher
 Rudy Jaramillo – Hitting coach
 Jason Jaramillo – MLB catcher
 Jason Jiménez – MLB pitcher
 Joe Kelly – MLB pitcher
 Brandon Laird – MLB Third baseman
 Gerald Laird – MLB catcher
 Adam LaRoche – MLB first baseman
 Andy LaRoche – MLB infielder
 Dave LaRoche – MLB pitcher
 Eddie Leon – MLB infielder
 Nick Leyva – MLB manager
 Evan Longoria – MLB all-star infielder, 2008 rookie of the year
 Albie Lopez – MLB pitcher
 Rafael Martin – MLB relief pitcher
 Buck Martinez – MLB manager, catcher and commentator
 Alfonso Márquez – MLB Umpire
 Alex Mejia – MLB infielder
 Sergio Mitre – MLB pitcher
 Sid Monge – MLB all-star relief pitcher
 Carlos Muñiz – MLB relief pitcher
 Sandy Nava – MLB infielder
 Efren Navarro – MLB first baseman
 Vidal Nuño – MLB pitcher
 Ricky Nolasco – MLB pitcher
 Edgar Olmos – MLB pitcher
 Augie Ojeda – MLB infielder
 Steve Ontiveros (infielder) – MLB infielder
 Jesse Orosco – MLB all-star pitcher
 Jorge Orta – MLB all-star second baseman
 Russ Ortiz – MLB pitcher
 Jordan Pacheco – MLB infielder/catcher
 Manny Parra – MLB pitcher
 James Pazos – MLB pitcher
 Óliver Pérez – MLB pitcher
 Chris Prieto – MLB outfielder
 Carlos Quentin – MLB all-star outfielder
 Omar Quintanilla – MLB shortstop
 Erasmo Ramirez – MLB relief pitcher
 Horacio Ramírez – MLB pitcher
 Noe Ramirez – MLB pitcher
 A.J. Ramos – MLB closer pitcher
 Cesar Ramos – MLB relief pitcher
 Rudy Regalado – MLB infielder
 Rick Renteria – MLB infielder and coach
 Anthony Rendon – MLB infielder
 Anthony Reyes – MLB pitcher
 Jo-Jo Reyes – MLB pitcher
 Fernando Rodriguez – MLB pitcher
 Rich Rodriguez – MLB pitcher
 Stefen Romero – MLB Outfielder
 Ricky Romero – MLB starting pitcher
 Sergio Romo – MLB pitcher
 Rio Ruiz – MLB infielder
 Adam Rosales – MLB infielder
 Leo Rosales – MLB relief pitcher
 Mark Salas – MLB catcher
 Jeff Salazar – MLB outfielder
 Alex Sanabia – MLB pitcher
 Aaron Sanchez – MLB pitcher
 Freddy Sanchez – MLB all-star infielder and batting champion
 Sergio Santos – MLB relief pitcher
 Rudy Seánez – MLB pitcher
 José Silva – MLB pitcher
 Tyler Skaggs – MLB pitcher
 Frank Snyder – MLB pitcher
 Carlos Torres – MLB relief pitcher
 Mike Torrez – MLB pitcher
 Jason Vargas – MLB pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela – MLB pitcher
 Anthony Vasquez – MLB pitcher
 Randy Velarde – MLB infielder
 Gil Velazquez – MLB infielder
 Vince Velasquez – MLB pitcher
 Alex Verdugo – MLB outfielder
 Ryan Verdugo – MLB pitcher
 Pedro Villarreal – MLB pitcher
 Fernando Viña – MLB all-star second baseman
 Taijuan Walker – MLB pitcher
 Ted Williams – MLB left fielder and Hall of Fame legend
 Michael Young – MLB all-star MVP, shortstop and batting champion
 Joel Zumaya – MLB pitcher

Basketball
 Mark Aguirre – USBWA college basketball player of the year, 3-time NBA all-star, and 2-time NBA champion
 Devin Booker – NBA guard
 Kaleb Canales – NBA coach
 Cedric Ceballos – NBA forward
 Rene Herrerias – college coach
 Lorenzo Mata – center 
 Elijah Millsap – forward
 Anthony Pedroza – guard
 Paul Stoll – guard
 Juan Toscano – forward 
 Orlando Méndez-Valdez – guard
 Earl Watson – guard

Boxing

 Oscar Albarado – light middleweight champion
 Saúl Álvarez – light Middleweight division
 Art Aragon – lightweight boxer
 Baby Arizmendi – title holder, Hall of Famer
 Chris Arreola – heavyweight boxer
 Paulie Ayala – WBA bantamweight champion
 Tony Ayala, Jr. – junior middleweight boxer
 Tony Baltazar – professional boxer
 David Benavidez – WBC super middleweight champion
 José Benavidez – WBA interim light welterweight champion
 Norberto Bravo – professional boxer
 Gaby Canizales – bantamweight world champion boxer
 Orlando Canizales – bantamweight world champion boxer, Hall of Famer
 Michael Carbajal – four-time light flyweight champion boxer, Hall of Famer
 Ruben Castillo – professional boxer
 Bobby Chacon – two-time champion boxer, Hall of Famer
 Jesús Chávez – two division world champion
 Jackie Chavez – female boxer and IFBA World super bantamweight champion
 Rudy Cisneros – boxer, Contender contestant
 Diego Corrales – super featherweight and lightweight champion
 Steve Cruz – featherweight champion
 Alberto Dávila – bantamweight champion
 Oscar De La Hoya – ten-time world champion, Hall of Famer
 David Díaz – WBC lightweight champion
 Juan Díaz – WBA and WBO and IBF World lightweight champion
 Marlen Esparza – 2012 women's boxing bronze medalist
 Louie Espinoza – WBA featherweight champion
 B. J. Flores – professional boxer
 Arturo Frias – world champion
 Alex García – heavyweight boxer
 Roberto Garcia – IBF super featherweight champion
 Miguel Ángel García – featherweight, super featherweight and lightweight champion, brother of Roberto Garcia
 Frankie Gómez – lightweight prospect
 Jaime Manuel Gómez – Mexican-American professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division
 Delia Gonzalez – flyweight female boxer
 Jesús González – an amateur champion and Super middleweight contender
 Paul Gonzales – flyweight Olympic gold medalist
 Rodolfo Gonzales – boxer, poet, and leader of the Chicano civil rights movement
 Robert Guerrero – IBF featherweight and super featherweight champion
 Genaro Hernández – WBA and WBC super featherweight champion, Hall of famer
 Jesse James Leija – world champion boxer
 Don Jordan – world welterweight champion
 Willie Jorrín – WBC super bantamweight champion
 Rocky Juarez – Olympic silver medalist
 Danny Lopez – world featherweight champion, Hall of Famer
 Tony Lopez – three-time world champion
 Steven Luevano –  WBO featherweight champion
 Jesse Magdaleno – WBO super bantamweight champion
 Raúl Márquez – world champion boxer and boxing announcer
 Abner Mares – bantamweight, super bantamweight and featherweight champion
 Sergio Mora – WBC super welterweight world champion
 Manuel Ortiz – world bantamweight champion, Hall of Famer
 Victor Ortiz – WBC welterweight champion
 Bobby Pacho – professional boxer
 Zack Padilla – light welterweight champion
 Carlos Palomino – WBA welterweight champion, Hall of Famer
 Robert Quiroga – IBF superflyweight champion
 José Carlos Ramírez – WBC light welterweight champion
 Mando Ramos – lightweight champion
 Daniel Roman (boxer) – WBA super bantamweight champion
 Andy Ruiz Jr. –  WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion
 Danny Romero – world champion boxer
 Brandon Ríos – WBA lightweight champion
 David Rodriguez – undefeated heavyweight boxer
 Raul Rojas – WBA featherweight champion
 Joseph Salas – featherweight Olympic silver medalist
 Martha Salazar – WBC heavyweight boxing champion
 Richie Sandoval – bantamweight champion
 Maureen Shea – professional boxer, known as the "Real Million Dollar Baby"
 Solly Smith – first Latino featherweight champion of the world 
 Mia St. John – WBC champion, professional female boxer
 Johnny Tapia – five-time flyweight, bantamweight and featherweight champion, Hall of famer
 Jesse Valdez – Olympic bronze medalist (1972)
 Óscar Valdez – WBO featherweight champion
 Fernando Vargas – two-time light middleweight champion
 Jessie Vargas – WBA super lightweight and WBO welterweight champion

Football (soccer)

 Jackie Acevedo – striker
 Isaac Acuña – midfielder
 Emily Alvarado – goalkeeper
 Mónica Alvarado – defender, international footballer 
 Ventura Alvarado – defender
 Carlos Alvarez (soccer) – midfielder
 Daniel Antúnez – midfielder
 Fernando Arce Jr. – midfielder
 Esteban Arias – defender
 Eder Arreola – midfielder
 Paul Arriola – midfielder
 Eric Avila – midfielder
 Ivan Becerra – forward
 Carlos Bocanegra – center back and captain of the US National Team
 Carlos Borja (soccer) – defender
 Jonathan Bornstein – defender and midfielder
 Jose Burciaga Jr. – defender
 Christina Burkenroad – forward
 Ariana Calderón – striker
 Edgar Castillo – defender
 Bri Campos – defender
 Servando Carrasco – midfielder
 Joe Corona – midfielder
 Antonietta Collins – sports commentator and soccer player, daughter of the well-known television reporter María Antonieta Collins
 Chris Cortez – forward
 Ramiro Corrales – midfielder
 Stephanie Cox – defender, Olympic gold medalist
 Renae Cuéllar – forward
 Daniel Cuevas – winger
 A. J. DeLaGarza – defender
 Marco Delgado (soccer) – midfielder
 David Estrada (soccer) – defender
 Marco Farfan – defender
 Janelly Farias – defender
 Vidal Fernandez – midfielder
 Dennis Flores – midfielder
 Jorge Flores – midfielder
 Monica Flores – leftback
 Jaime Frías – defender
 Joe Gallardo (soccer) – forward
 Freddie Garcia – forward
 Irving Garcia – midfielder
 Natalie Garcia – defender
 Nick Garcia – defender
 Poli Garcia – midfielder
 Rafael Garcia (soccer) – midfielder
 Alina Garciamendez – defender
 Greg Garza – defender
 Monica Gerardo – coach and former player
 Luis Gil – midfielder
 Alejandro Guido – attacking midfielder
 Elizabeth Gómez – defender
 Francisco Gomez – midfielder
 Herculez Gomez – forward
 Daniel Gonzalez (soccer) – midfielder
 Jesse González – goalkeeper
 Jonathan González (soccer) – midfielder
 Miguel Gonzalez – midfielder
 Mónica González (soccer) – forward
 Omar Gonzalez – defender
 Antonio De La Torre – defender
 Luis Gil – midfielder
 Sonny Guadarrama – midfielder
 Anisa Guajardo – striker
 Nancy Gutiérrez – defender
 Bianca Henninger – goalkeeper
 Alonso Hernández – attacking midfielder
 Daniel Hernández – defender
 Jorge Hernandez (soccer) – midfielder
 Laurie Hill – midfielder
 Sofia Huerta – forward
 Miguel Ibarra – midfielder
 Hector Jiménez (soccer) – defender
 Benji Joya – midfielder
 Freddy Juarez – defender
 Kiki Lara – midfielder, coach
 Aaron Lopez – defender
 Mikey Lopez – midfielder
 Rodrigo López – midfielder
 Christian Lucatero – midfielder
 Richie Marquez – defender
 Jair Marrufo – referee
 Alma Martínez (footballer) – defender
 Antonio Martínez – midfielder
 John Matkin – midfielder
 Annia Mejia – defender
 Martha Moore (footballer) – defender
 Susana Mora – defender
 Julio César Morales – forward
 Amando Moreno – forward
 Mike Muñoz – midfielder
 Christina Murillo – defender
 Lisa Nanez – forward
 Teresa Noyola – attacking midfielder, international player
 Ernest Nungaray – forward
 Juan Pablo Ocegueda – left back
 Gina Oceguera – defender
 Sammy Ochoa – forward
 Emilio Orozco – defender
 Michael Orozco Fiscal – defender
 Jesús Padilla – forward, Striker
 Miguel Palafox – defender
 Amanda Perez (footballer) – midfielder 
 Orlando Perez – defender
 Veronica Perez – forward
 Bruno Piceno – striker
 Miguel Ángel Ponce – defender, Olympic gold medalist
 Linnea Quinones – goalkeeper
 Nick Rimando – goalkeeper
 Mario Rodríguez (soccer) – forward 
 Memo Rodríguez – midfielder 
 Arianna Romero – defender
 César Romero (soccer) – forward
 Rubio Rubin – forward
 Adrián Ruelas – striker
 Jennifer Ruiz – midfielder, defender
 Katie Johnson – forward, international footballer 
 Jorge Salcedo – defender
 Hugo Salcedo – forward, coach
 Omar Salgado – forward and midfielder
 Shea Salinas – winger
 Tanya Samarzich – forward
 Keri Sanchez – defender, coach
 Maria Sánchez (footballer) – midfielder
 Richard Sánchez – goalkeeper
 Marlene Sandoval – defender
 Sebastian Saucedo – midfielder 
 Bianca Sierra – defender, international footballer
 Luis Silva – midfielder
 Jonathan Top – forward
 Antonio de la Torre (soccer) – midfielder
 Arturo Torres – defender
 José Francisco Torres – midfielder
 Dioselina Valderrama – midfielder 
 Jose Vasquez (soccer) – defender
 Martin Vasquez – midfielder and head coach
 Brandon Vazquez – forward
 Jesús Antonio Vázquez – left back
 Marco Vidal – midfielder
 Jorge Villafaña – defender
 Jose Villarreal – forward
 Natalie Vinti – defender
 William Yarbrough – goalkeeper
 Carlos Zavala – midfielder
 Adrian Zendejas – goalkeeper
 Alejandro Zendejas – winger

Golf
 Alex Aragon – professional golfer
 Homero Blancas – PGA tour winner
 Sam Chavez – professional golfer
 Abe Espinosa – first Hispanic-American to win a championship
 Al Espinosa – PGA tour winner
 Robert Gamez – PGA tour winner
 Ernie Gonzalez – PGA tour winner
 Tony Holguin – PGA tour winner
 Joe Jimenez – PGA Senior's champion
 Pat Perez – PGA tour winner
 Nancy Lopez – Hall of Fame American professional golfer
 Lizette Salas – LPGA tour winner
 J. J. Spaun – PGA tour winner
 Lee Trevino – Hall of Fame American professional golfer

Ice hockey

 Scott Gomez – NHL center
 Max Pacioretty – NHL left wing
 Auston Matthews – NHL center
 Matthew Nieto – NHL left wing
 Rhett Rakhshani – NHL right wing

Martial arts

 Brian Ortega – mixed martial arts
 Joseph Benavidez – mixed martial arts
 Eddie Bravo – mixed martial arts, Brazilian jiu-jitsu
 Paul Buentello – UFC, mixed martial arts
 Graciela Casillas – kickboxing and boxing title holder, martial arts practitioner 
 Carlos Condit – UFC champion, mixed martial arts
 Dominick Cruz – UFC champion, mixed martial arts
 Nathan Diaz – UFC, mixed martial arts TUF Winner
 Nick Diaz – UFC, mixed martial arts
 Efrain Escudero – mixed martial arts TUF Winner
 Carla Esparza – UFC champion, mixed martial arts
 Tony Ferguson – mixed martial arts TUF Winner
 Kelvin Gastelum – mixed martial arts TUF Winner
 Edgar Garcia – UFC, mixed martial arts
 Roger Huerta – UFC, mixed martial arts
 Juanito Ibarra – mixed martial arts and boxing trainer
 Ricardo Lamas – mixed martial arts
 Rob McCullough – Muay Thai kickboxing, mixed martial arts
 Gilbert Melendez – Strikeforce champion, UFC mixed martial arts
 Tito Ortiz – UFC champion, mixed martial arts
 Damacio Page – UFC, mixed martial arts
 Anthony Pettis – UFC champion, mixed martial arts
 Sergio Pettis – UFC, mixed martial arts
 Hector Ramirez – mixed martial arts
 Ricco Rodriguez – UFC champion, mixed martial arts
 Mia St. John – tae kwon do champion
 Diego Sanchez – UFC, mixed martial arts TUF 1 Winner 
 Frank Shamrock – UFC champion, mixed martial arts
 Joe Soto – Bellator champion, UFC mixed martial arts
 Jeremy Stephens – UFC, mixed martial arts
 Joe Stevenson – UFC, mixed martial arts
 Cub Swanson – UFC, mixed martial arts
 Manny Tapia – mixed martial arts
 Josh Thomson – Strikeforce champion, UFC mixed martial arts
 Miguel Torres – WEC champion, UFC mixed martial arts
 Charlie Valencia – mixed martial arts
 Cain Velasquez – UFC heavyweight champion, mixed martial arts
 Joey Villasenor – mixed martial arts

Wrestling

 Aaron Aguilera – professional wrestler
 The Bella Twins – professional wrestlers
 Bayley - professional wrestler
 Sin Cara – professional wrestler
 Manny Fernandez – professional wrestler
 Pepper Gomez – professional wrestler
 Chavo Guerrero Sr. – professional wrestler
 Chavo Guerrero Jr. – professional wrestler
 Eddie Guerrero – professional wrestler
 Gory Guerrero – professional wrestler
 Hector Guerrero – professional wrestler
 Mando Guerrero – professional wrestler
 Gino Hernandez – professional wrestler
 Shawn Hernandez – professional wrestler
 Incognito – professional wrestler
 Kaitlyn – professional wrestler
 Kalisto (wrestler) – professional wrestler
 Paul London – professional wrestler
 Eva Marie – professional wrestler
 Rey Mysterio Jr. – professional wrestler
 Magno – professional wrestler
 Shelly Martinez – professional wrestler
 Misterioso – professional wrestler
 JoJo Offerman – professional wrestler
 Melina Perez – professional wrestler
 Johnny Rodz – professional wrestler
 Ricky Romero – professional wrestler
 Tito Santana – professional wrestler
 José Luis Jair Soria – professional wrestler
 Enrique Torres – professional wrestler
 Lady Victoria – professional wrestler
 Chris Youngblood – professional wrestler
 Jay Youngblood – professional wrestler

Other sports

 David Aldana – professional motorcycle racer
 Tony Alva – professional skateboarder, founding member of the Z-Boys.
 Anita Alvarez – Olympic synchronized swimmer
 Olga Appell – Olympic Track and Field Athlete, winner of the LA Marathon
 Inaki Basauri – rugby union player, member the U.S. national team
 Crystl Bustos – softball player, two-time Olympic Gold and silver medalist
 Steve Caballero – professional skateboarder, pioneer of vertical skating
 Miguel de Capriles – fencer, two time Olympic medalist, and President of the FIE
 Patricia Cardenas – world champion water polo gold medalist
 Rene Carrasco - WFSA Freestyle Skateboarding Hall of Fame, Captain Pepsi Cola Professional Skateboard Team - 5 years
 Henry Cejudo – freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
 Michael Chacon – professional fixed gear freestyle bike rider
 Antonio Cruz (cyclist) – cyclist, US National Criterium Champion
 Ronnie Deleon – two-time World kickboxing champion
 Erica Dittmer – swimmer
 Ernesto Escobedo – tennis player
 David R. Flores – jockey
 Gary Gabelich – motorsport driver, set the Land Speed Record
 Rudy Galindo – figure skater, U.S. National champion
 Jackie Galloway – taekwondo competitor, Olympic medalist
 Martin Garcia (jockey) – jockey
 Angélica Gavaldón – tennis player
 Memo Gidley – race car driver
 Mark Gonzales – skateboarder, named by the Transworld Skateboarding magazine as the "Most Influential Skateboarder of all Time"
 Pancho Gonzales – professional tennis player, regarded as one of the greatest of all-time. 
 Carlos Gracida – polo player, hall of fame member
 Guillermo Gracida Jr. – polo player, hall of fame member
 Jesus Hernandez (racing driver) – race car driver
 Danny Herrera – Weightlifting Powerlifter
 Jessa Khan –  ju-jitsu practitioner, international gold medalist
 Ricardo Laguna – professional BMX rider and television personality.
 Arlene Limas – taekwondo, Olympic gold medalist
 Andy Lopez – college baseball coach
 Rob Machado – surfer 
 Leonel Manzano – middle distance runner, Olympic silver medalist
 Bobby Martinez – professional surfer
 Brenda Martinez – track and field athlete
 Mario Martinez – Weightlifting Powerlifter Olympic silver medalist (1984)
 Rachel McLish – bodybuilder, first Ms. Olympia champion
 Marten Mendez –  badminton player, U.S national title winner
 Jessica Mendoza – softball player and Olympic Gold and silver medalist
 Marc Frank Montoya – professional snowboarder
 Juan Moreno (taekwondo) – taekwondo, two-time Olympic silver medalist
 Sylvia Mosqueda – long distance runner
 Derek Parra – professional speed skater and Olympic gold medalist
 Kevin Peraza – BMX freestyle rider, two-time X Games gold medalist
 Cruz Pedregon – two-time drag racing champion
 Tony Pedregon – two-time drag racing champion
 Tori Pena – pole vaulter
 Stacy Peralta – professional skateboarder, founding member of the Z-Boys.
 Sarah Robles – weightlifter, Olympic medalist
 Paul Rodriguez Jr. – professional skateboarder
 Rico Roman – ice sledge hockey player, Paralympics gold medalist and Purple Heart recipient
 Gene Romero – professional motorcycle racer, winner of the 1970 A.M.A. Grand National Championship and the 1975 Daytona 200.
 Leo Romero – professional skateboarder
 Sierra Romero – softball player, first player to record 300 runs, 300 hits and 300 RBI in NCAA history.
 Jesse Ruíz – wrestler
 Oz Sanchez – handcyclist and triathlete, six-time Paralympic Games medalist
 Cristian Soratos – middle distance runner
 Tracee Talavera – gymnast, Olympic silver medalist
 Jorge Torres (athlete) – long distance runner
 Vanessa Torres – professional skateboarder
 Tony Trujillo – professional skateboarder
 Benny Urquidez – World kickboxing champion
 Ismael Valenzuela – Kentucky Derby winner
 Patrick Valenzuela – Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner
 Brenda Villa – World Class water polo player, Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist

Arts and entertainment

Actors and media personalities

 Rodolfo Acosta – (1920–1974) Mexican character actor of Western films
 Rico Alaniz – character actor, active during the 1950s and 1990s.
 Jessica Alba – Golden Globe nominated actress (father of Mexican descent)
 Pedro Armendáriz - (1912-1963) Mexican-born American actor
 Cecy B – rapper, singer, actress (Both parents of Mexican descent)
 Edward Albert – (1951-2006) Golden Globe winning actor
 Kevin Alejandro – actor
 Ana Alicia – actress
 Francia Almendárez – actress
 Don Alvarado – actor and director who began his career during the silent film era
 Armida – actress, singer and dancer
 Joe Arquette – actor
 Alexis Ayala – actor
 Catherine Bach – actress (mother of Mexican descent)
 Crash Barrera – television personality and actress
 Alma Beltran – actress, appeared in 82 films between 1945 and 2002.
 Robert Beltran – actor
 Demián Bichir – actor
 Summer Bishil – actress
 Alexis Bledel – actress
 Daniela Bobadilla – actress
 Diego Boneta – actor
 Jesse Borrego – actor
 Shelbie Bruce – actress (mother of Mexican descent)
 Richard Cabral – Emmy nominated actor
 Christian Camargo – actor
 Ralph Camargo – actor
 Charlie Cannon – singer, theater performer
 Steve Cardenas – actor
 Leo Carrillo – actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist and conservationist.
 Enrique Castillo – actor
 Lynda Carter – actress and singer best known as the title character in popular 1970s television series Wonder Woman (mother of Mexican and Spanish descent)
 Movita Castaneda – actress
 Teresa Castillo – actress
 Julio Cedillo – actor
 Laura Cerón – ALMA Award-winning actress
 Damian Chapa – actor, Film director and producer
 Ricardo Antonio Chavira – actor
 Louis C.K. – actor, comedian, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director (Mexican father)
 Gary Clarke – TV actor active during the 1950s-1960s
 Clifton Collins Jr. – Emmy Award nominated actor (mother of Mexican descent)
 Mark Consuelos – actor
 Ana Brenda Contreras – Mexican based television actress
 Margarita Cordova – actress, most known for her various TV appearances during the '60s
 Sophie Simone Cortina - actress, reporter, TV host
 Raymond Cruz – actor
 Kid Cudi - musician and actor (father was of partial Mexican descent)
 Stacey Dash – actress
 Ethan Cutkosky – actor
 Alana de la Garza – actress
 Gonzalo de la Torre – singer and producer
 Emilio Delgado – actor; best known for his role of Luis Rodriguez on Sesame Street
 Grey DeLisle – singer-songwriter and voice actress
 Rosanna DeSoto – film and television actress
 Aarón Díaz - actor (father of Mexican descent)
 Alyssa Diaz – actress
 Julia Louis-Dreyfus – multiple Emmy award-winning actress (grandmother of Mexican and German-Brazilian ancestry)
 Ayiiia Elizarraras – TV personality and model
 Jade Esteban Estrada – actor and comedian
 Felipe Esparza – actor and comedian
 Tamara Feldman – actress
 Abel Fernandez – (1930–2016) American actor who played in movies from 1953 to 2002. 
 Michelle Forbes – Emmy nominated and Saturn Award-winning actress
 Edward Furlong – Saturn Award-winning actor (mother of Mexican descent)
 Vic Fuentes – vocalist, guitarist 
 Mike Fuentes – drummer
 Edy Ganem – actress
 Seychelle Gabriel – singer and actress, father of part Mexican descent
 Aimee Garcia – Screen Actors Guild nominated actress
 Al Ernest Garcia – actor and casting director active between 1911–1938, known for his association with Charlie Chaplin
 Jeff Garcia – comedian and Annie Award-winning voice actor
 Jesse Garcia – ALMA Award-winning actor
 Michael Garza - American actor of Mexican descent (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark)
 John Gavin – (1931-2018) actor, politician and head of the Screen Actors Guild
 William Gaxton – (1893–1963) actor of film and theatre
 Selena Gomez – actress, singer, model, spokesperson
 Eiza Gonzalez – actress, model and singer
 Mandy Gonzalez – theater and film actress
 Myrtle Gonzalez – (1891–1918) silent film actress. She is regarded as Hollywood's first Latin and Hispanic movie star.
 Nicholas Gonzalez – actor
 Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez – character actor
 Michele Greene – Emmy nominated actress, best known for the role of Abigail Perkins on the series L.A. Law
 Lita Grey – silent film actress
 Jackie Guerra – actress
 Noel Gugliemi – actor
 Elizabeth Gutierrez
 Ryan Guzman – actor, father of Mexican descent
 Nikki Hahn – actress
 Gabriella Hall – actress and model
 Laura Harring – actress and Miss USA (1985)
 Salma Hayek – Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe nominated actress, TV-Film director and producer
 Callie Hernandez – actress,  singer
 Jay Hernandez – actor
 Kristin Herrera – actress
 Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. – character actor, appeared on TV and film roles from the 1940s to 1980s
 Lane Hughes – actor and musician 
 Gabriel Iglesias – actor and comedian
 Michael Irby – actor
 Rebeca Iturbide – actress during the Mexican Age of Golden cinema
 Shar Jackson – actress
 Anjelah Johnson actress, comedian, and Former NFL Cheerleader
 Susan Kohner – Golden Globe winning and Oscar nominated actress, mother was Lupita Tovar, Mexican actress
 Apollonia Kotero – actress, singer and model
 Angela Lanza – actress
 Samuel Larsen – actor and singer
 Logan Lerman, actor; (Mexican-born paternal grandmother of Russian Jewish descent)
 George J. Lewis (1903–1995) Mexican-born American actor (Zorro (1957 TV series)).
 Sebastián Ligarde – telenovela actor
 Iyari Limón – actress
 Natalia Livingston – Emmy Award-winning actress
 Eva Longoria – Golden Globe nominated and Screen Actors Guild winning actress and model
 George Lopez – actor and comedian
 Mario López – actor and host
 Seidy López – actress and director
 Linda Loredo – actress
 Adrianna Luna – pornographic actress
 Gabriel Luna– actor, best known for his role as Ghost Rider on the series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
 Al Madrigal – actor and comedian
 Angélica María – actress and life-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter. She was one of the main movie and TV attractions in Mexico during the 60s and 70s and the no. 1 record seller in the country during the same period
 Vanessa Marcil – Emmy winning actress
 Constance Marie – actress
 Cheech Marin – actor and comedian
 Ada Maris – actress
 Chrispin Martin – actor
 A Martinez – Emmy Award-winning actor
 Joaquín Martínez – actor, appeared in many Western films
 Kimberly McCullough – actress, best known for her role as Robin Scorpio on the soap opera General Hospital
 Alex Meneses – actress and model
 Alex Meraz – actor
 Yvette Mimieux – actress
 Ricardo Montalbán – (1920-2009) Emmy and Screen Actors Guild award-winning actor
 Carlos Montalbán – actor
 Belita Moreno – actress
 Lindsey Morgan – Emmy nominated actress
 Bethany Mota – social media personality
 Marisol Nichols – actress
 Ramón Novarro – actor, one of the top box office attractions of the 1920s and early 1930s
 Lupita Nyong'o – actress, born in Mexico City to Kenyan parents
 Bodie Olmos – actor
 Edward James Olmos – Golden Globe and Emmy winning actor and director
 Lupe Ontiveros – Emmy nominated actress
 Hayley Orrantia – American actress, singer, and songwriter. Her grandfather is of Mexican descent and she identifies as Latina.
 Joy Page – actress
 Sara Paxton – actress and singer, mother is Mexican, of Mexican-Jewish descent
 Michael Peña – actor
 Walter Perez – actor
 Tony Perry – guitarist 
 Daniella Pineda – actress
 Tyler Posey – actor (mother of Mexican descent)
 J. D. Pardo – actor
 Jaime Preciado – bassist
 Anthony Quinn – two-time Oscar winning actor
 Cierra Ramirez – actress and model
 Efren Ramirez – actor
 Danny Ramirez -  American actor of Colombian and Mexican descent. 
 Marisa Ramirez – actress
 Sara Ramirez – Tony Award-winning actress and singer
 Alex Reymundo – comedian and actor
 Mona Rico – actress
 Emily Rios – actress and model
 Lalo Rios – actor, active during the 1950s and 1960s
 James Roday – actor, father of Mexican descent
 Paul Rodriguez – comedian and actor
 Valente Rodriguez – actor
 Gilbert Roland – two-time Golden Globe nominated actor
 Fernanda Romero – actress
 Tina Romero – Mexico-based actress
 Gabrielle Ruiz – film and theater actress
 Teresa Ruiz – actress, has won multiple international awards
 Andy Russell (1919-1992) – Born Andrés Rábago in Boyle Heights, California, to Mexican immigrant parents, he was a big-band crooner who sang "Bésame Mucho," the first Spanish-English bilingual song in U.S. recording history. He performed in movies, television, radio and stage in the U.S., México, and Latin America. 
 Claudia Salinas – actress and model
 Johnny A. Sanchez – actor and comedian
 Lauren Sánchez – news anchor, entertainment and media personality
 Ref Sanchez – actor and photographer
 Paul Sand – Tony Award-winning actor
 Miguel Sandoval – film and television actor
 Michael Saucedo – actor
 Christian Serratos – actress, model and singer, of part Mexican descent
 Vinessa Shaw – actress 
 Stephanie Sigman – actress
 Zuleyka Silver – actress, model
 Karla Souza – film and television actress
 David Spielberg - film and television actor; mother was Mexican American
 Hilary Swank – two-time Oscar winning actress (grandmother of Mexican descent)
 Scout Taylor-Compton – actress and singer (mother of Mexican descent)
 Julia Goldani Telles – actress
 Tessa Thompson – actress
 Uma Thurman – actress and daughter of actress Nena von Schlebrügge, who was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to German and Swedish parents
 Raquel Torres – actress, active during the 1920s to 1930s 
 Emeraude Toubia – actress, model 
 Elena Tovar – Daytime Emmy Award nominated actress
 Lupita Tovar - actress
 Danny Trejo – actor
 Michael Trevino – actor
 Natividad Vacío – actor
 Jacob Vargas – actor
 James Vasquez - American actor and director to a Mexican father
 Randy Vasquez - American actor and director. He is brother of James Vasquez. 
 Lupe Vélez – (1908-1944) one of the first successful Latin American actresses in the United States, began her career in the silent film era.
 Vanessa Villela - actress
 Nena von Schlebrügge, actress
 Pee Wee (entertainer) – actor and singer
 Victoria Wyndham – two-time Emmy nominated actress
 Carmen Zapata – actress, appeared in over 100 films and TV series

Directors and filmmakers

 Guillermo Del Toro – film director
 Félix Enríquez Alcalá – television and film director
 Natalia Almada – documentary filmmaker
 Robert Alvarez – animator, television director, and writer
 John A. Alonzo – influential cinematographer, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner
 Michael Arias – anime filmmaker based in Japan
 Roberto Benabib – television writer, producer, and film director, Emmy Award nominee
 J. Robert Bren – screenwriter and producers, wrote 30 films between the '30s and '50s
 Edward Carrere – art director, Academy Award winner and two-time nominee
 Natalie Chaidez – writer and producer, Emmy Award nominee
 Fernanda Coppel – screenwriter and playwright
 Julio Hernández Cordón – director and screenwriter 
 Terri Doty – animation voice actress, voice director, and writer
 Mike Elizalde – special makeup effects artist, Academy Award nominee
 Moctezuma Esparza – producer, Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee
 Carlos López Estrada – music video, commercial, and film director
 Hampton Fancher – producer and screenwriter 
 William A. Fraker – cinematographer, director, and producer, six-time Academy Award nominee
 Alfonso Gomez-Rejon – film and television director, two-time Emmy Award nominee
 Neal Jimenez –  screenwriter and film director
 Emile Kuri – set decorator, won two Academy Awards and was nominated for six more in the category Best Art Direction
 William Douglas Lansford – screenwriter, film producer, and author
 Paul Lerpae – special effects artist, Academy Award nominee
 Jenée LaMarque – writer and director
 Bill Meléndez – animator, director, and producer, eight-time Emmy Award winner and Academy Award nominee
 Steven C. Melendez – animator, director, and producer, Emmy Award winner (son of Bill Melendez)
 Linda Mendoza – television and film director
 Lindsay Mendez – Tony Award-winning actress
 Adrian Molina – screenwriter, storyboard artist, and animation director, Emmy Award nominee
 Sylvia Morales – director, writer, and producer, Emmy Award nominee
 Gregory Nava – director, producer and screenwriter, Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee
 Edward James Olmos – director and actor, Emmy and Golden Globe winner
 Roberto Orci – screenwriter and producer
 Manuel Perez (animator) – animator and animation director
 Polish brothers – screenwriters and producers
 Lourdes Portillo – Academy Award-nominated filmmaker
 Georgina Garcia Riedel – filmmaker and scriptwriter 
 Jonas Rivera – producer with Pixar films, Academy Award winner
 Robert Rodríguez – director, producer and screenwriter
 Phil Roman – Animation director, founder of Film Roman animation studio, six-time Emmy Award winner
 Bernardo Ruiz –  documentary filmmaker
 Craig Saavedra – producer and director, two-time Tony Award nominee
 Victor Salva - filmmaker
 Jesús Salvador Treviño – television director, three-time Emmy Award nominee
 Jose Luis Valenzuela – theater and film director 
 Jeff Valdez –  producer, writer, and studio executive 
 Luis Valdez – playwright and director
 Chris Weitz - writer, producer, director; grandmother was Mexican actress Lupita Tovar
 Paul Weitz - writer, producer, director; grandmother was Mexican actress Lupita Tovar
 Rudy Zamora – animator and animation director, Emmy Award nominee

Models
 Arianny Celeste – MMA Ring Girl, model, TV host
 Ayiiia Elizarraras – TV personality and model
 Wendolly Esparza – beauty pageant titleholder
 Yoanna House – model, fashion model, TV host and America's Next Top model Winner (Cycle 2)
 Erika Medina – model
 Christian Monzon – model and actor
 Naima Mora – model, fashion model, America's Next Top model winner (cycle 4)
 Carter Oosterhouse – Nautica and HGTV's Carter Can 
 Nia Sanchez – model, Miss USA 2014
 Mia St. John – professional boxer, model, businesswoman and tae kwon do champion
 Christian Serratos – actress, model and singer
 Ylianna Guerra – model, beauty pageant titleholder

Musicians and music groups

 Cecy B – rapper, singer, actress
 Paula DeAnda – singer 
 Lou Adler – record producer, manager and director
 Pepe Aguilar – singer
 Rikk Agnew – singer, musician
 Santiago Almeida – musician, influential in the development of the musical genres of tejano and conjunto
 Ak'Sent – rapper
 Anacani – singer
 Joan Baez – singer, songwriter, activist*
 Baby Bash – rapper 
 Becky G – pop singer and rapper
 Rebecca Black – singer 
 Tony Bellamy (Yaqui/Mexican) – musician and vocalist of the Native American rock band Redbone. 
 Betzaida – Latin pop singer
 Cedric Bixler-Zavala – singer, musician
 The Blendells – soul band
 Chingo Bling – rapper
 Beau Bokan – lead vocalist
 Ally Brooke – singer, member of Fifth Harmony
 Juan Brujo – lead singer of Brujeria
 Sabrina Bryan – singer, actress
 Chuck Cabot – saxophonist and big band leader
 Carla Dirlikov Canales – mezzo-soprano singer 
 Las Cafeteras – folk and traditional Mexican musical group
 Laura Canales – Tejano singer
 Nati Cano – Grammy Award-winning mariachi musician
 Stephen Carpenter – co-founder and lead guitarist of the band Deftones
 Vicki Carr – Grammy Award-winning singer
 Albert Castillo – music producer
 Emilio Castillo – founding member of Tower of Power
 Carlos Cavazo – lead guitarist of the rock band Quiet Riot
 Dino Cazares – guitarist
 Ingrid Chavez – singer, songwriter, poet
 Mark Chavez – musician
 Vicci Martinez – singer, songwriter
 El Chicano – soul and jazz band
 Lisa Coleman – Grammy and ASCAP Award-winning musician/composer, funk keyboardist, member of Prince and The Revolution and Wendy and Lisa
 Ramiro Cortés – classical composer
 Marcos Curiel – guitarist
 Alfonso D'Artega – songwriter and conductor
 Diana DeGarmo – singer, actress
 Fito de la Parra – drummer of Canned Heat
 Zack De La Rocha – rapper, singer, poet, lead member of Rage Against the Machine
 Gonzalo de la Torre – singer, musician
 Grey DeLisle – singer-songwriter, voice actress
 Andrew Martinez – drummer
 Lhasa De Sela – singer, songwriter
 Dev (singer) – singer, rapper, model and radio host
 Nadir D'Priest – musician
 Sheila E. – musician
 Roberto Enrique – singer, songwriter, actor
 Joe Escalante – musician
 Alejandro Escovedo – singer, songwriter, musician
 Coke Escovedo – percussionist
 Pete Escovedo – percussionist
 Louis Febre – Mexican-born composer
 Freddy Fender – Tejano and country musician
 Fergie – singer-songwriter, actress, member of The Black Eyed Peas
 Rosita Fernández – Tejano singer
 Aundrea Fimbres – singer, member of Danity Kane
 Rosie Flores – rockabilly and country singer
 Mando Fresko – DJ, radio personality, actor
 Frost – rapper
 King Lil G – rapper
 Victoria Galvan – singer, musician
 Andrew Garcia – musician, American Idol (Season 9 contestant)
 Eva Garza - vocalist, film actress
 Vivica Genaux – operatic mezzo-soprano
 Girl In a Coma – rock band
 Selena Gomez – singer, actress
 Gonjasufi – rapper
 Lalo Guerrero – singer, songwriter
 María Grever – prolific Emmy Award-winning composer who achieved international recognition
 Ha*Ash – rock pop duo
 Cenobio Hernandez – composer
 Marcos Hernandez – singer, songwriter
 Miguel – recording artist, songwriter, producer of Mexican and African-American descent 
 Raymond Herrera – drummer
 David Hidalgo – singer, songwriter
 Marques Houston – singer
 Intocable – Tejano band
 Frankie J – singer
 Johnny J – multi-platinum music producer, rapper, songwriter
 Prima J – Pop duo
 Flaco Jiménez – accordionist, musician
 Santiago Jiménez Jr. – folk musician, won the National Heritage Fellowship for lifetime achievement in traditional Tex-Mex/folk music
 Maya Jupiter – DJ, emcee
 DJ Kane – singer
 Joshua Kadison – singer, songwriter
 Apollonia Kotero – actress, singer and model
 Stefano Langone – singer
 Shelly Lares - singer
 A Lighter Shade of Brown – rap group
 The Lennon Sisters – vocal group, popular during the '50s and '60s
 Robert Lopez – musician
 Trini Lopez – singer, guitarist
 Demi Lovato – singer, actress
 Kirstin Maldonado – member of Grammy winning group Pentatonix
 Malo – Latin rock and roll soul band
 Malverde – rapper
 Angélica María – Lifetime Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and actress
 Cruz Martínez – musician, music producer
 Narciso Martínez – musician, influential in the development of the musical genres of tejano and conjunto
 Javier Jose Mendoza – conductor
 Lydia Mendoza – Tejano music singer
 Jorge Mester – conductor
 Roy Mitchell-Cardenas – rock bassist
 Laura Molina – singer, musician, artist, painter, muralist
 Chris Montez – singer, musician
 Manuel Mora - musician 
 Annette Moreno – Grammy nominated Spanish-language Christian music singer
 Chino Moreno – lead singer of Team Sleep and Deftones
 Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon – composer, a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Music
 Myra – singer, songwriter
 Natalie – singer, songwriter
 Los Nativos – rap group
 Emilio Navaira – Tejano singer, Grammy Award winner
 Dave Navarro – guitarist
 Vince Neil – lead vocalist of the band Mötley Crüe
 Asia Nitollano – member of The Pussycat Dolls
 Pete Orta – Grammy Award-winning guitarist Petra
 José Pasillas – drummer
 Sara Paxton – singer, actress
 Pee Wee – singer, songwriter, actor
 Jennifer Peña – Tejano singer
 Amanda Perez – singer, songwriter
 Chris Pérez – singer, operatic soprano
 Chris Pérez – Grammy Award-winning guitarist
 Jay Perez – Tejano singer
 Yolanda Pérez – musician, singer
 Romina Power – singer-songwriter, actress
 A.B. Quintanilla – musician, music producer
 Elida Reyna – Tejano singer
 Johnny Richards – jazz composer active during the 1950s and 1960s
 Jenni Rivera – singer, songwriter
 Lil Rob – rapper
 Roger Rocha – singer-songwriter, guitarist for the group 4 Non Blondes
 Johnny Rodriguez – country music singer
 Robert Xavier Rodriguez – classical composer
 Sixto Rodriguez – folk musician
 Chan Romero – singer, musician
 Linda Ronstadt – Grammy Award-winning musician
 Rick Rosas – singer, musician, bassist for Joe Walsh and Niel Young, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Buffalo Springfield, Crazy horse
 Andy Russell – (1919–1992) vocalist, specializing in traditional pop and Latin music. His parents were Mexican immigrants 
 Sam the Sham – leader of Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
 Adán Sánchez – singer, son of legendary Chalino Sanchez
 Antonio Sanchez – jazz drummer, composed film score for the film Birdman, Golden Globe nominated
 Jessica Sanchez – singer. Her father is a Mexican American, originally from Texas, and is a US Navy veteran.  Her mother is a Filipina from Samal, Bataan in the Philippines.
 Hope Sandoval – singer, songwriter
 Esteban Jordan – singer, songwriter
 Sonny Sandoval – singer, member of P.O.D.
 Carlos Santana – Grammy Award-winning guitarist
 Selena – Tejano superstar / Grammy award-winning singer
 Arban Severin – musician, actress
 Denise Stefanie – singer
 Steve Soto – punk rock guitarist
 Comanche Sound – Grammy nominated producer
 Shakey Graves – Americana musician
 Esperanza Spalding – jazz singer, musician
 Taboo – rapper, member of The Black Eyed Peas
 Abel Talamantez – singer
 John Tejada – electronic musician, music producer
 Thee Midniters – rock and soul band
 Melody Thornton – singer, model, member of The Pussycat Dolls
 Tierra – R&B, soul band
 Randy Torres – guitarist
 Tina Piña Trachtenburg – rock pop band
 Robert Trujillo – bassist
 John Trudell – musician, author, poet, political activist
 Chayito Valdez – singer, actress
 Ritchie Valens – singer, musician
 Patrick and Lolly Vegas – Yaqui/Shoshone/Mexican musicians and vocalists of the Native American rock band Redbone.
 Jaci Velasquez – contemporary Christian Latin pop singer
 Julieta Venegas – singer-songwriter, instrumentalist
 El Vez – singer
 Cassie Ventura – singer, songwriter and dancer
 Angela Via – singer, songwriter
 Jasmine Villegas – R&B, pop singer
 Kyle Vincent – singer, songwriter; producer
 Taco Shop Poets – spoken word and world music band
 The Zeros – punk-rock band

Authors and poets
 Oscar Zeta Acosta – minor novelist, activist, attorney and politician
 Francisco X. Alarcon – author, poet, activist, and college professor
 Alurista – poet, activist, and college professor
 María Amparo Ruiz De Burton – author
 Rudolfo Anaya – author
Nahshon Dion Anderson – activist, actor, award-winning writer, model and producer
 Gloria E. Anzaldúa – author, poet, scholar and activist
 Chloe Aridjis – novelist
 Carmen Beltrán – poet and playwright
 Norma Elia Cantú – writer and professor
 Ana Castillo – author, novelist, poet and essayist
 Lorna Dee Cervantes – poet
 Ingrid Chavez – singer, songwriter and poet
 Sandra Cisneros – author, novelist and poet
 María Antonieta Collins – TV host, journalist and author
 Lucha Corpi – poet and writer
 Carlos Cumpián – author and poet
 María Amparo Escandón – novelist, screenwriter, advertising creative director, and film producer.
 Diana Gabaldon – novelist
 Dana Gioia – writer, chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts
 Guillermo Gómez-Peña – artist, author, poet and activist
 Rigoberto González – author and critic
 Rodolfo Gonzales – political activist, poet and featherweight boxing champion
 Reyna Grande – author, memoirist
 Juan Felipe Herrera – poet, author, translator and activist
 Miriam Herrera – author and poet
 Rolando Hinojosa – author, novelist, poet and essayist
 Luis Leal (writer) – writer and literary critic
 Paul Martínez Pompa – author and poet
 José Montalvo – author, poet and activist
 José Montoya – artist and poet
 Pat Mora – author and poet
 Cherríe Moraga – author, poet, essayist and activist
 Angela Morales – award-winning essayist 
 Julian Nava – author, educator and diplomat
 Daniel Olivas – author and attorney
 Americo Paredes – (1915–1999) novelist
 Tomás Rivera – author, poet and educator
 Alberto Rios – American poet and author
 Luis J. Rodriguez – author, poet, novelist, journalist, critic and columnist
 Richard Rodriguez – author
 Pam Muñoz Ryan – award-winning children's author
 Luis Omar Salinas – author and poet
 Raúl R. Salinas – poet
 Ricardo Sanchez – author and United States Army general
 Jimmy Santiago Baca – author and poet
 John Phillip Santos – author, journalist, and filmmaker 
 Leslie Marmon Silko – writer, key figure in the First Wave of the Native American Literary Renaissance.
 Octavio Solis – award-winning playwright and director
 Gary Soto – author and poet
 Sergio Troncoso – author, novelist, short-story writer and essayist
 John Trudell – musician, author, poet and Political activist
 Luís Alberto Urrea – author, poet, novelist and essayist
 José Antonio Villarreal – author and novelist
 Victor Villaseñor – author and public speaker
 Maria Helena Viramontes – author and professor
 Karen Zacarias – award-winning playwright

Visual arts

 Manuel Gregorio Acosta – artist, painter and illustrator
 Juana Alicia – artist, painter and activist
 Carlos Almaraz – street artist and muralist
 Axel Alonso – American comic book creator (in DC Comics from 1994 to 2000, and at Marvel Comics from 2000 to the present). 
 Pete Alvarado – animation and comicbook artist
 Cecilia Alvarez – artist, painter and muralist
 Natalia Anciso – artist and educator
 Sergio Aragonés – cartoonist, writer
 Don Gregorio Antón – artist, photographer and educator
 Alfonso Arana – artist and painter
 Fortunato Arriola – artist and painter
 Gus Arriola – artist and comic Strip cartoonist
 Judy Baca – artist, painter, muralist and activist
 Patrociño Barela – artist, wood sculptor
 Santa Barraza – artist, painter and activist
 Galo Canote (also known as "Make", "MakeOne" or "LoveGalo") – graffiti artist, painter, muralist and activist
 Mel Casas – artist, painter and activist
 Ako Castuera – artist who is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series Adventure Time
 Yreina Cervantez – artist, painter, activist and muralist
 Jean Charlot – painter and illustrator
 Miguel Condé – artist, painter and print-maker
 Peter Coffin – artist and painter
 Salvador Corona – folk-art style painter
 Enrique Chagoya – artist, painter and print-maker
 Alfredo de Batuc – artist
 Edgar De Evia – photographer
 Jerry De La Cruz – artist and painter
 Roberto De La Rocha – artist, painter and muralist
 Daniel Martin Diaz – artist and painter
 Richard Dominguez – comic book artist and Illustrator.
 Carlos Dorrien – artist and sculptor
 Rodolfo Escalera – artist, painter
 Elsa Flores – Street artist
 Diane Gamboa – artist and painter
 Harry Gamboa, Jr. – performance artist, photographer and essayist
 Carmen Lomas Garza – artist, painter and illustrator
 Guillermo Gómez-Peña – performance artist, author, activist and educator
 David Gonzales – cartoonist
 Gronk – performance artist, painter and print-maker
 Pedro E. Guerrero – photographer, one of the most sought-after architectural photographers of the 1950s
 Ester Hernandez – artist and painter
 Javier Hernandez – comic book artist and radio host
 Judithe Hernández – painter, activist, educator, and public artist
 Luis Jimenez – artist and sculptor
 Yolanda Lopez – artist, painter, print-maker, educator and movie producer
 Gilbert Luján – artist, painter, muralist and sculptor
 James Luna – installation artist
 Alex Martinez – graffiti artist, illustrator, muralist
 Xavier Martínez – artist, painter and teacher
 Bill Melendez - Animator 
 Alberto Mijangos – artist and painter
 Mister Cartoon – tattoo and Graffiti artist
 Laura Molina – artist, painter, muralist, and musician
 Franco Mondini-Ruiz – visual artist
 Rhode Montijo – comic book artist and co-creator of the cartoon Happy Tree Friends.
 Rafael Navarro – comic book artist
Ray Navarro – artist, filmmaker, and HIV/AIDS activist
 Manuel Neri – artist, painter, print-maker and sculptor
 Victor Ochoa – painter, muralist and activist
 Martín Ramírez – self-taught artist
 Michael Ramirez – Pulitzer Award-winning cartoonist
 Daniel "Chaka" Ramos – graffiti artist
 Miguel Angel Reyes – artist, painter, print-maker, muralist, Illustrator and Instructor
 Anita Rodriguez – artist and painter
 Isis Rodriguez – contemporary painter
 Carlos Saldaña – comic book artist and comedian
 John August Swanson – visual artist
 Patssi Valdez – painter, artist and activist
 Mark Vallen – artist, figurative realist painter, activist, curator and blogger
 Kathy Vargas – artist and painter
 Rafael Vargas-Suarez – contemporary artist, painter and photographer
 Emigdio Vasquez – artist and muralist
 Jhonen Vasquez – cartoonist, comic book and author
 Joe Vera – graphic artist
 Esteban Villa – artist and muralist
 Kat Von D – tattoo artist and TV personality
 Estevan Oriol – photographer and director

Dance

 Michael Balderrama – choreographer, Broadway dancer, and producer
 Corky Ballas – ballroom dancer, holds several Latin dance championship titles
 Mark Ballas – Emmy nominated choreographer, dancer, and musician
 Evelyn Cisneros – ballerina, instructor
 René Elizondo Jr. – dancer, music video director
 Rosa Ramirez Guerrero – founder of the International Folklorico Dance Group
 Cynthia Harvey – principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, instructor
 Tina Landon – choreographer who has worked with numerous musical performers
 José Limón – influential dancer and choreographer, active between 1929–1969
 Nicholas Magallanes – principal dancer for the New York City Ballet
 Viktor Manoel – choreographer, writer, and actor
 Tony Meredith – ballroom dancer, choreographer, and US Latin dance Champion
 Tina Ramirez – dancer and choreographer, founder of Ballet Hispanico, the leading Hispanic dance company in the United States.
 Maclovia Ruiz – a dancer with the San Francisco Ballet in the 1930s

Journalists

 Gustavo Arellano – editor at the Los Angeles Times and writer/creator of ¡Ask a Mexican!
 Ron Arias – highly regarded Chicano writer and correspondent
 Jim Avila – TV journalist and correspondent
 Ana Cabrera – television news anchor
 Ricardo Celis – Spanish language sportscaster
 María Antonieta Collins – TV host, journalist, and author
 Mandalit del Barco – award-winning art and culture reporter for National Public Radio
 Laura Diaz – Southern California newscaster and co-anchor of CBS 2 News
 Giselle Fernández – TV journalist and reporter
 Anselmo L. Figueroa – journalist and political figure
 John Carlos Frey – investigative journalist
 Luis De La Garza – TV and radio host
 Christy Haubegger – movie producer and founder of Latina Magazine
 Maria Hinojosa – broadcast journalist and correspondent
 Monica C. Lozano – editor, publisher, and CEO of La Opinión, the largest Spanish language newspaper
 Rubén Martínez (writer) – award-winning journalist and author
 Tony Ortega (journalist) – newspaper editor, blogger
 Raul Peimbert – Spanish-language TV journalist and newscaster
 John Quiñones – News correspondent, award-winning journalist
 Jorge Ramos – Spanish-language TV news anchor and journalist
 Naibe Reynoso – TV journalist and reporter
 Rubén Salazar – TV journalist and reporter
 Juan M. Vasquez – editor on the Miami Herald
 María Elena Salinas – Spanish-Language TV news anchor and journalist
 Lauren Sánchez – Emmy Award-winning journalist

Political figures

 Oscar Zeta Acosta – politician, attorney, minor novelist and activist
 Romana Acosta Bañuelos – former Treasurer of the United States
 Pete Aguilar – U.S. representative (CA-31)
 Mike Aguirre – former city attorney of San Diego, California
 Juan Bautista Alvarado – twice governor of Alta California from 1836 to 1837 and 1838 to 1842
 Toney Anaya – US Democratic Politician and Former Governor of New Mexico
 Jerry Apodaca – former Governor of New Mexico
 Jesse Arreguin – Mayor of Berkeley, California
 Hector Balderas – Attorney General of New Mexico
 Nanette Barragán – U.S. representative (CA-44)
 Rosemary Barkett – Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
 Xavier Becerra – Attorney General of California, U.S. representative (CA-31)
 Jaime Herrera Beutler – U.S Representative (WA 3)
 Polly Baca – served as Chair of the Democratic Caucus of the Colorado House of Representatives
 Gina M. Benavides – justice at the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals 
 George P. Bush – son of Jeb Bush
 Cruz Bustamante – former California lieutenant governor
 Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca – Former Governor of New Mexico
 Anna Escobedo Cabral – 42nd Treasurer of the United States
 Kiki Camarena – undercover agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration
 Salud Carbajal – U.S. representative (CA-24)
 Tony Cárdenas – U.S. representative (CA-29)
 Carlos Antonio Carrillo – (1783–1852), Gobernador of Alta California, (1837–1838). His father, José Raimundo Carrillo, came from Loreto, México.
 José Antonio Carrillo – (1796–1862), Californio ranchero, official and political. He was brother of Carlos Antonio Carrillo.
 Juan José Carrillo – first mayor of Santa Monica, California
 Ruben Castillo – Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
 José Castro (b. California, 1808 – d. February 1860) was acting governor of Alta California in 1835–1836, and Commandante General of the Mexican army in Alta California at the time of the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt and the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848
 Raul Hector Castro – Governor of Arizona
 Lauro Cavazos – secretary of education
 Gabe Cazares – former mayor of Clearwater, Florida
 Dennis Chavez – U.S. senator from New Mexico
 Henry Cisneros – former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and mayor of San Antonio, Texas
 Lou Correa – U.S. House of Representatives (CA 46)
 Henry Cuellar – U.S. House of Representatives Texas's 28th congressional district
 Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar – justice of the Supreme Court of California
 Gonzalo P. Curiel – district judge
 James DeAnda – attorney and United States federal judge, noted for his activities in defense of Hispanic civil rights, particularly as a plaintiff's attorney in Hernandez v. Texas.
 Elena J. Duarte – Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal
 Ben Fernandez (1925 – 2000) - American politician, financial consultant and special ambassador. He was a member of the Republican Party. He ran for President of the United States in 1980, 1984 and 1988, making him America's first major-party presidential contender of Hispanic origin
 Mario Gallegos, Jr. – Texas state senator
 Pete Gallego – former U.S. representative (TX 23)
 Ruben Gallego – U.S. representative (AZ 7)
 Tony Gallegos – Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 Jesus "Chuy" Garcia – Cook County Commissioner, former Member of Illinois State Senate, Mayor Candidate for the city of Chicago
 Ruben Garcia Jr. – former executive assistant director of FBI
 Margarito C. Garza – district judge, comic book creator
 Reynaldo Guerra Garza – first Hispanic judge appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals
 José Antonio de la Garza - (1776-1851?), mayor of San Antonio, Texas (in 1813 and 1832), the first landowner in San Antonio and the first man to create a coin in this state. 
 Tony Garza – U.S. ambassador to Mexico
 Eric Garcetti – Mayor of Los Angeles
 Gil Garcetti – former Los Angeles district attorney
 Alberto Gonzales – United States Attorney General
 Henry Gonzalez (1916–2000) U.S. representative (Texas)
 Irma Elsa Gonzalez – federal judge
 Matt Gonzalez – politician, member of the Green Party
 Rafael Gonzales – (1789–1857) native of San Antonio, Texas, he was governor of Coahuila and Texas.
 Ron Gonzales – former mayor of San José, California
 Steven Gonzalez – Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
 Vicente González – U.S. House of Representatives (TX 15)
 Raúl Grijalva – U.S. House of Representatives (AZ 3)
 Michelle Lujan Grisham - Governor of New Mexico and former U.S. representative (NM 1)
 Philip S. Gutierrez– U.S. district judge
 Eva Guzman – member of Texas Supreme court
 Roger Hernández – Mayor of West Covina, California
 Ruben Hinojosa– U.S. representative (Texas 15)
 Ruben Kihuen– U.S. representative (NV 4)
 Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo – former governor of New Mexico and first Latino to serve United States Senate
 Oscar Leeser – Mayor of El Paso
 Mike Levin - U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district since 2019.
 Sam Liccardo – Mayor of San Jose, California
 Carmen Lomellin – ambassador 
 Marco Lopez – Mayor of Nogales, Arizona
 Manuel Lujan Jr. – U.S. representative from New Mexico
 Roberto de la Madrid – governor of Baja California
 Abel Maldonado – 47th Lieutenant Governor of California
 Rosario Marin – 41st Treasurer of the United States
 Catherine Cortez Masto – U.S. senator
 Harold Medina – Senior Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
 Marina Marmolejo – District judge
 Gloria Molina – Los Angeles County Supervisor and former vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee
 Joseph Montoya – former U.S. senator from New Mexico
 David Sánchez Morales – CIA operative 
 Carlos R. Moreno – Supreme Court Justice, California
 Mary H. Murguia – federal judge
 Ramón Músquiz – Governor of Coahuila and Texas from 1830 to 1831 and in 1835.
 Fabian Núñez – California State Representative, current Speaker of the California State Assembly
 Estevan Ochoa – historic mayor of Tucson, Arizona, he was the first Mexican-American mayor after the Gadsen Purchase of 1854 
 Fernando M. Olguin – district judge from California
 Darleen Ortega – judge on the  Oregon Court of Appeals
 Katherine D. Ortega – 38th Treasurer of the United States
 Solomon Ortiz – U.S. representative (TX-27)
 Mariano S. Otero – Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico
 Miguel Antonio Otero – former Governor of New Mexico
 Romualdo Pacheco – governor of California
 Alex Padilla – California secretary of state, Los Angeles City Council Member
 Steve Padilla – former mayor of Chula Vista, California
 Richard Paez – federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
 Federico Peña – former mayor of Denver, Colorado, former United States Secretary of Transportation and former United States Secretary of Energy
 Francisco Perea – Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico
 Andrés Pico (1810–February 14, 1876) was, as the political administration changed, a mixed-race Californio youth; a successful rancher and commander; and an influential American politician; in 19th century California. He was brother of Pío Pico
 Pío Pico (May 5, 1801 – September 11, 1894) was the last Governor of Alta California (now the State of California) under Mexican rule
 Miguel A. Pulido – mayor Santa Ana, California
 Jose Maria Redondo – mayor of Yuma, Arizona
 Anthony Rendon – Speaker of the California State Assembly. 
 Cruz Reynoso – former judge on the Supreme Court of California, Presidential Medal of Freedom (Recipient)
 Bill Richardson – former governor of New Mexico, former U.S. Secretary of Energy
Rebecca Rios – Arizona state senator
 Rosa Rios – 43rd and current treasurer of the United States, businesswoman, executive and entrepreneur.
 Albert Robles – politician and convicted criminal
 Gloria Romero – Democratic majority leader in the California State Senate, college professor
 Trinidad Romero – Delegate to United States Congress from the Territory of New Mexico
 Edward Roybal – former U.S. representative from California
 Joe Rubio, Jr. – district attorney
 Ernesto Ruffo Appel – politician and former governor of Baja California
 Raul Ruiz (politician) – U.S. representative (CA 36)
 Mary Salas – former California Assembly representative
 John Salazar – U.S. representative (CO-3)
 Ken Salazar – U.S. senator (CO)
 Ezequiel D. Salinas – state court judge from Texas
 Loretta Sanchez – U.S. representative (CA-47)
 Linda Sánchez – U.S. representative (CA-39)
 Brian Sandoval – Governor of Nevada 
 Gerardo Sandoval – judge of the Superior Court of California  
 Hilda Solis – U.S. Secretary of Labor, former U.S. representative (CA-32)
 Raymond Telles – first mayor of a large American city (El Paso, Texas)
 Esteban Edward Torres – former Representatives, U.S. ambassador to UNESCO, and labor activist
 Abelardo L. Valdez – diplomat and lawyer, President and Vice Chair of the Council of American Ambassadors
 Judith Valles – Mayor of San Bernardino, California
 Juan Vargas – U.S. representative (CA-51)
 Gaddi Vasquez – U.S. ambassador and 8th United States representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
 Martha Vázquez – federal judge
 Filemon Vela Jr. – U.S. representative (TX-34)
 Andrew Velasquez – Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
 Antonio Villaraigosa – former mayor of Los Angeles
 Kim McLane Wardlaw – federal judge, US Court of Appeals
 Joe Wardy – former mayor of El Paso, Texas
 Brian Sandoval – governor of Nevada
 Susana Martinez – former governor of New Mexico
 Alicia Garza – founder of Black Lives Matter. Half-Mexican, Half-African American
 Mary Yu – associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court

Military figures

 Anthony Acevedo –  soldier during World War II whose diary was instrumental in documenting Nazi atrocities.
 Bertrand Blanchard Acosta – aviator, fighter pilot
 Lucian Adams – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Michael J. Aguilar – Marine Corps brigadier general
 Everett Alvarez Jr. – Navy LCdr/pilot who endured 8.5 years in Vietnamese captivity and one of the longest periods as a U.S. prisoner of war (POW)
 Juan G. Ayala – two-star General in the U.S. Marine Corps and former Commander of the Marine Corps Installations Command
 Joe R. Baldonado – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
 David B. Barkley – Medal of Honor (World War I)
 Roy Benavidez – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
 Pedro Cano – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Robert Cardenas – U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
 Richard E. Cavazos – first U.S. Army Hispanic 4-star general, Distinguished Service Cross (Korea and Vietnam)
 Kathlene Contres – U.S. Navy
 Emilio A. De La Garza – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
 Ralph Ellis Dias – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
 Jesus S. Duran – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
 Victor H. Espinoza – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
 Santiago J. Erevia – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
 Daniel Fernandez – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
 José María Flores – General and Governor of Alta California (Mexican–American War)
 Guy Gabaldon – Navy Cross recipient, credited with capturing (or persuading to surrender) about 1,500 Japanese soldiers and civilians during the Battle of Saipan (World War II)
 Joe Gandara – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Candelario Garcia – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
 Marcario Garcia – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Edward Gomez – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
 Eduardo C. Gomez – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
 Harold Gonsalves – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 David M. Gonzales (1923–1945) – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Alfredo Cantu "Freddy" Gonzalez – Medal of Honor, KIA in Huế (Vietnam)
 Ambrosio Guillen – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
 Rodolfo P. Hernandez – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
 Silvestre S. Herrera – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Edward Hidalgo – former Secretary of the Navy
 Jose F. Jimenez – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
 Miguel Keith – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
 Salvador J. Lara – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Felix Z. Longoria, Jr. – first Mexican American buried in Arlington National Cemetery (World War II)
 Jose M. Lopez – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Benito Martinez – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
 Joe P. Martinez – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Joseph V. Medina – Brigadier General 
 Louis Gonzaga Mendez, Jr. – highly decorated Colonel, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (World War II). He was born in Mexico.
 Tony Mendez – ex-CIA agent, portrayed in 2012 American film Argo.
 Ernest Medina – Captain of Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry of the 11th Brigade, Americal Division
 Manuel V. Mendoza – Medal of Honor (World War II and Korean War)
 Francisco Mercado, Jr. – Distinguished Service Cross
 Eugene A. Obregon – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
 Ralph Ambrose O'Neill – flying ace during WWI
 Mike C. Pena – Medal of Honor (World War II and Korean War)
 Rafael Peralta – Navy Cross (Iraq War)
 Oscar F. Perdomo – United States Air Force flying ace (World War II)
 Manuel Perez Jr. – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Leroy Petry – Medal of Honor (War in Afghanistan)
 Lori Piestewa (1973–2003) – first woman in the U.S. armed forces killed in the 2003 Iraq war
 Alfred V. Rascon – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
 Eldon Regua – Major General in the US Army reserve
 Louis R. Rocco – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
 Jose Rodela – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
 Cleto Rodriguez – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Joseph C. Rodriguez – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
 Alejandro R. Ruiz – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Ricardo Sanchez – United States Army General and author (Iraq War)
 Marcelino Serna – Distinguished Service Cross (World War I)
 France Silva – Medal of Honor (boxer Rebellion) 
 Eugene Suarez – U.S. Marine, war photographer, World War II, and Korean War
 Jose F. Valdez – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Eugene A. Valencia, Jr. – flying ace (World War II), Navy Cross
 Alfred Valenzuela – Major General, United States Army
 Jay R. Vargas – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
 Ysmael R. Villegas – Medal of Honor (World War II)
 Maximo Yabes – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
 Sam Ybarra – (1945–1982) United States Army soldier who served in the Tiger Force commando unit attached to the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War. He was of Mexican and Apache descent.

Scholars and educators

 Rodolfo Acuña – historian and professor
 Ricardo Ainslie – a psychology professor
 Norma Alarcón – author, professor, and publisher
 Frederick Luis Aldama – university distinguished scholar, writer
 Sofía Espinoza Álvarez – author, researcher, and advocate
 Lena Lovato Archuleta – educator, librarian, and administrator
 Alfred Arteaga – writer, poet, and scholar
 Deborah Berebichez – physicist, data scientist, and educator
 Martha E. Bernal – clinical psychologist 
 Elsa Salazar Cade – entomologist/science educator
 Mariano Velazquez de la Cadena – grammarian, scholar, and author
 Nínive Clements Calegari – educator, founder of national literacy program, 826 National, and The Teacher Salary Project.
 Erika Tatiana Camacho –  mathematical biologist
 Jimena Canales – physicist and engineer, and award-winning historian of science
 Richard Carranza – Chancellor, New York City Public Schools, appointed in March 2018
 David Carrasco – historian of religion, anthropologist, and Mesoamericanist scholar
 Oscar Casares – author and professor 
 Lauro Cavazos – U.S. Secretary of Education (1988–1990)
 Gery Chico – Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, politician and lawyer
 Francisco G. Cigarroa – chancellor of the University of Texas System and president of the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas.
 Miguel Angel Corzo – CEO and president of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
 Maria Cotera – activist, author, researcher, and professor.
 José Cuéllar – professor of Chicano studies
 Robert R. Davila – president of Gallaudet University
 Jorge Calles-Escandón – physician and researcher
 Roberta Fernández – novelist, scholar, critic, and arts advocate professor
 Rosa-Linda Fregoso – professor of Latin American studies
 Miguel García-Garibay – professor of chemistry and the dean of physical sciences at University of California, Los Angeles.
 Alicia Gaspar de Alba – historian, scholar, author
 Ignacio M. Garcia – professor of Western American history
 Juliet V. García – university president
 Jonathon J. Andrew Muñoz – philosopher and educator
 Laura E. Gómez – president of the Law and Society Association and a professor of law and American studies at the University of New Mexico
 Guillermo Gómez-Peña – performance artist, author, activist and educator
 Juan Gómez-Quiñones – professor, historian, poet and activist
 Martin Guevara Urbina – writer, researcher, the professor whose work focuses on Latino issues
 José Ángel Gutiérrez – professor and attorney
 Ralph C. Guzmán – political scientist, professor, author, Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, provost Merrill College UC Santa Cruz
 Esteban Rossi-Hansberg – professor of economics at Princeton University
 Arturo Islas – professor of English and novelist
 Kevin Johnson (academic) – Dean of the UC Davis School of Law 
 Juan L. Maldonado – higher education administrator 
 Elizabeth Martinez (librarian) – professor and Executive Director of the American Library Association
 Ramiro Martinez Jr. – professor of criminology
 Miguel Méndez (legal scholar) – a law professor and political figure
 Rachel Moran – Dean of UCLA School of Law
 William Nericcio – Chicano literary theorist, American Literature scholar, and professor
 J. Michael Ortiz – president emeritus of Cal Poly Pomona
 Juan J. de Pablo – a professor in the Institute for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago
 Pamela Anne Quiroz – professor of sociology
 Alberto Ríos  – Regents' Professor at Arizona State University, educator and author.
 Vicki L. Ruiz – historian, president of the American Historical Association
 Ramón Saldívar – author, professor, and researcher of cultural studies, National Humanities Medal recipient
 Rita Sanchez – academic in the field of Chicano studies
 Richard A. Tapia – mathematician
 Josefina Villamil Tinajero – president of the National Association for Bilingual Education
 John D. Trasviña – dean of the University of San Francisco School of Law, former Assistant Secretary of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 
 Arnulfo Trejo – writer, college professor, and literary activist
 Francisco H. Vázquez – scholar and public intellectual
 María Guillermina Valdes Villalva – scholar and social activist
 Erv Wilson – music theorist
 Leslie Wong – President of San Francisco State University

Science and technology

 Sylvia Acevedo – engineer and businesswoman, worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 Albert Baez – physicist and professor, developed the X-ray microscope
 Elsa Salazar Cade – science educator and entomologist
 Víctor Celorio – inventor of Instabook or book on demand 
 France A. Córdova – former NASA chief scientist
 Jesús A. De Loera – mathematician at UC Davis
 Teofilo F. Gonzalez – computer scientist and professor
 Sidney M. Gutierrez – former astronaut
 José Hernández – former astronaut
 Miguel de Icaza – software programmer
 Lydia Villa-Komaroff – molecular and cellular biologist 
 Ynes Mexia – prominent botanist
 Ricardo Miledi – neuroscientist and professor at University of California, Irvine
 Héctor García-Molina – computer scientist and professor in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
 Mario J. Molina – co-discoverer of decomposition of ozone with CFC aerosols, Nobel laureate in Chemistry
 Ellen Ochoa – astronaut, director for flight crew operations for NASA
 John D. Olivas – NASA astronaut
 Jorge López (physicist) – physicist and professor
 Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa – associate professor of neurosurgery and oncology; director of the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University and brain surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital
 Paulo Lozano – aerospace engineer at MIT and pioneer in the field of micro-propulsion 
 Eloy Rodriguez – biochemist, professor at Cornell University
 Sarah Stewart – pioneered the field of viral oncology research.
 Tedy Taylor – theoretical physicist and nuclear weapon designer
 Ignacio Tinoco Jr. – chemist and professor
 Jorge Gardea-Torresdey – chemist and academic
Edward Velarde -
physician, son of Judge Carlos Velarde.
 Nora Volkow – scientist, physician, psychiatrist, great-granddaughter of Leon Trotsky and director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Civil rights leaders and community activists

 Lucy G. Acosta – civil rights activist
 Gaylon Alcaraz – community organizer, human rights activist
 Lupe Anguiano – civil rights activist
 Norma V. Cantu – civil rights lawyer and college professor
 Carlos Cadena – attorney in the landmark Hernandez v. Texas supreme court case
 Adelfa Botello Callejo – civil rights lawyer
 José Tomás Canales – civil rights activist and politician active during the early 1900s, played key role in the foundation of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
 Aurora Castillo – environmental activist
 Sal Castro – civil rights activist and educator
 Ernesto Chacon – Latino and low income civil rights activist

 César Chávez(1927–1993) – labor leader and activist
 Linda Chavez-Thompson – former executive vice-president of the AFL-CIO
 Miguel Contreras – labor leader
 Jeanne Córdova – lesbian and gay rights activist, writer
 Bert Corona – labor and community organizer
 Ricardo Cruz – attorney, civil rights activist
 Jessie Lopez De La Cruz – labor organizer
 Maria Echaveste – former White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress
 Josefina Fierro de Bright – civil rights activist during The Great Depression
 Ernesto Galarza – labor activist, professor, and writer
 Gustavo C. Garcia – attorney in the landmark Hernandez v. Texas supreme court case
 Hector P. Garcia – physician, veteran, and civil rights advocate
 Eva Carrillo de García – missionary, nurse, and civil-rights activist
 Erika Guevara Rosas – human rights lawyer, Americas director at Amnesty International
 Anna Nieto-Gómez – activist and journalist
 Rodolfo Gonzales – leader of the Chicano civil rights movement, boxer, poet
 José Ángel Gutiérrez – political activist, founder of the Raza Unida party, writer, and professor
 John J. Herrera – civil rights leader
 Dolores Huerta – civil rights leader
 Jovita Idár – journalist, political activist and civil rights worker
 Ralph Lazo – advocated on behalf of Japanese American internment victims.
 Nativo Lopez – civil rights activist
 Raul Loya – civil rights activist
 Mimi Lozano – co-founded the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research
 Angel G. Luévano – labor leader and activist
 Rueben Martinez – activist and businessman
 Vilma Socorro Martínez – civil rights activist, lawyer and diplomat
 Eliseo Medina – labor activist
 Enrique Morones – immigrant human rights activist
 Janet Murguía – civil rights activist
 Ernesto Nieto – founder of the National Hispanic Institute
 Alex Pacheco – activist
 Emiliano Reyes – business executive and humanitarian activist. He is of Mexican and Swedish descent.
 Julian Samora – community activist, teacher, and scholar
 Leila Steinberg – educator dedicated to helping at-risk youth find their voice using an emotional literacy curriculum, best known as mentor of rapper Tupac Shakur.
 Olga Talamante – political activist
 Emma Tenayuca – labor organizer
 Reies López Tijerina – activist, founder of the Alianza Federal de Mercedes
 John Trudell – musician, author, poet, and political activist
 Cristina Tzintzún – organizer, author, and co-founder of the Workers Defense Project
 Baldemar Velasquez – president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee
 Gustavo Velasquez – Secretary of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
 Delia Villegas Vorhauer – activist, social worker, and writer
 Vicente T. Ximenes – civil rights activist, commissioner of EEOC, and chairman of first Presidential Cabinet on Mexican American Affairs
 Raul Yzaguirre – civil rights activist

Religious figures

 Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer – Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle
 Oscar Cantú – auxiliary bishop in San Antonio, Texas.
 Minerva G. Carcaño –  Bishop in the United Methodist Church 
 Arturo Cepeda – auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit
 Gilbert Espinosa Chávez – Roman Catholic bishop
 Virgilio Elizondo – Roman Catholic priest, and theologian
 Cirilo Flores – 5th Bishop of San Diego
 Daniel E. Flores – Bishop of Brownsville
 Patrick Flores – Roman Catholic bishop
 Elias Gabriel Galvan – retired bishop of the United Methodist Church
Naason Joaquin Garcia, current international leader of the La Luz Del Mundo church, and former pastor of several La Luz Del Mundo churches in California and Arizona between 1994 and 2014
 Richard John Garcia – bishop of Monterey, California
 Gustavo García-Siller – Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio
 José Horacio Gómez –  the Archbishop of Los Angeles 
 René Henry Gracida – bishop
 Joel Nestali Martinez –  Bishop in the United Methodist Church 
 Hugo Montoya –  a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 Peter Morales – president of the Unitarian Universalist Association
 Eduardo Nevares – auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix
 Jorge Rodríguez-Novelo – auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Denver
 Armando Xavier Ochoa – Bishop of El Paso, TX
 Ricardo Ramírez – bishop of Las Cruzes, New Mexico.
 Plácido Rodriguez – bishop of Lubbock, Texas
 Alberto Rojas – Auxiliary Bishop and Episcopal Vicar for the Archdiocese of Chicago.
 Jaime Soto – Roman Catholic coadjutor bishop of Sacramento
 James Anthony Tamayo – bishop of Laredo, Texas.
 Ricardo Watty Urquidi – bishop of the Diocese of Tepic in Nayarit, Mexico.
 Joe S. Vásquez – bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Austin, Texas.
 Gabino Zavala – auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs

 Manuel Abud – media, television, and cable executive
 Linda G. Alvarado – President and Chief Executive Officer of a large commercial and industrial general contracting firm, co-owner of the Colorado Rockies baseball team.
 Peter Arguindegui – oilman, politician, civic leader, and philanthropist 
 María Elena Avila –  entrepreneur, philanthropist, and civic leader in California
 Michael Ball – fashion mogul
 Hector Barreto – 21st Administrator of the US Small Business Administration
 Emilio Diez Barroso – Chairman and CEO of NALA Investments, a private investment holding company
 Adolfo Camarillo – businessman, wealthy landowner, and philanthropist
 Juan Camarillo Jr. – businessman, wealthy landowner, and philanthropist.
 Jovita Carranza – President & CEO of the JCR Group, a consulting firm. Former Deputy Administrator for the United States Small Business Administration 
 Rudy Chapa – track runner and businessman
 Anna Maria Chávez – CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA
 Chicano Roy (Roy Suarez Garcia) (1945–2003) – motorbike builder and inventor 
 Maria Contreras-Sweet – 24th Administrator of the Small Business Administration, former executive chairwoman and founder of ProAmérica Bank.
 Mike Curb – record company executive, NASCAR car owner, and former Lieutenant Governor of California. 
 William Davila – first Mexican-American president of a large supermarket chain
 Gérard Louis-Dreyfus – chairman of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services
 Juan Enríquez – Managing Director of Excel Venture Management, academic, and speaker.
 Tavo Hellmund – former racing driver and promoter
 Enrique Hernandez Jr. – business executive, president, and chief executive officer of Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc., and a director of Wells Fargo and McDonald's
 Traci Des Jardins – restaurateur and award-winning chef
 Ninfa Laurenzo – restaurateur
 Bismarck Lepe – information technology CEO and product manager.
 Ignacio E. Lozano Sr. – founder of  La Opinión, the largest Spanish language newspaper in the US
 Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. – newspaper publisher, ambassador, and corporate director. 
 José I. Lozano – executive vice-president of Impremedia LLC
 Daniel Lubetzky – entrepreneur, author, and activist, best known as the Founder and CEO of KIND LLC.
 David Martinez – Managing partner
 Mariano Martinez (entrepreneur) – inventor, entrepreneur, and restaurateur
 Emilio Azcárraga Milmo – CEO, media mogul
 Kate and Laura Mulleavy – fashion designers
 Oscar Munoz (executive) – CEO of United Airlines
 Hugo Morales (radio) – radio executive
 Arturo Moreno – businessman and owner of the Los Angeles Angels
 George Paz – CEO of Express Scripts, the largest pharmacy benefit management organization in the US.
 Lisa Garcia Quiroz – media executive, launched People en Español
 Emilio Romano – managing director of Bank of America Merrill Lynch Mexico
 John Romero – video game developer, co-founder of id Software
 Rosa Rios – 43rd and current treasurer of the United States, businesswoman, executive, and entrepreneur.
 Louis Ruiz – creator of Ruiz Foods, Inc. (Largest Latino owned company in California) 
 Leslie Sanchez – founder and CEO of Impacto Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based market research and consulting firm
 Tony Sanchez – businessman, philanthropist, and Democratic politician
Dr. Tony E. H. Serna - Co-Inventor of the Stored Value Card Technology "Pre Paid Visa/MC cards", Introduced Cryo Therapy Machines to the USA-Mexico-and China, Businessman of the year 2016 by the NHCLC 40,000 churches strong, Oil and Gas Mogul, Marine Corps Veteran
 Felix Tijerina – restaurateur, activist, and philanthropist
 Solomon Trujillo – CEO and businessman
 Louis Verdad – fashion designer
 Sam Zamarripa – entrepreneur, author, and public official
 Oscar J. Zuniga – engineer and businessman
 Sergio Zyman – marketing executive

Historical figures
 Gregorio Cortez (1875–1916) – Mexican-American outlaw and folk hero
 Joaquin Murrieta (1829–1853) – Mexican-American bandit or Robin Hood during the California Gold Rush of the 1850s.

Other

 Gustavo Brambila – winemaker in the Napa Valley
 Johnny Canales – talk show host
 Pati Jinich – Emmy nominated chef, TV personality, cookbook author.
 Oscar Ozzy Lusth – 1st runner-up on Survivor; Cook Islands
 Raul Melgoza – fashion designer
 Cesar Millan – TV personality, dog trainer, and author
 Carmen Osbahr – puppeteers Rosita in the children's series Sesame Street
 Albert Pissis – the architect who introduced the Beaux-Arts architectural style to San Francisco
 Dionicio Rodriguez – architect
 Aarón Sanchez – chef and television personality
 Marcela Valladolid – chef and television host
 Luis Velador – two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner
 Eric Volz –  entrepreneur, author, and managing director of an international crisis resource agency
 Eduardo Xol –  most known for his work as a designer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

See also

 Notable Hispanics
 List of Mexicans
 List of Mexican Britons

References

Category:Lists of American people by ethnic or national origin
Category:Chicano
*List of Mexican Americans
Americans
Category:Lists of American people of Latin American descent
Category:Lists of people by ethnicity