Category: Outstanding Hispanics

Since first attaining international recognition and fame after winning Miss Teenager of the World...

Antonio Banderas was already a famous Spanish star before making his Hollywood debut in 1992 as a...

One of the greatest doubles players in tennis history, Gigi Fernandez was born in 1964 in Puerto...

In 1995 Carlos Betancourt was named one of People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People in the...

Willie Velasquez developed and organized the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project...

The first and only Hispanic four-star general in the U.S Army, Richard E. Cavazos was born in...

Born during the Depression, which caused rampant hunger and disease in Puerto Rico, Herman Badillo...

N.M., Rudolfo Anaya began working on his first and most famous novel, “Bless Me Ultima” in the...

Born in Mexico in 1875, Gregorio Lira Cortez moved with his family to Texas when he was 12....

On Aug. 5, 1964, U.S naval pilot Everett Alvarez Jr. was shot down over the Gulf of Tokin....

Accomplishing what many aspire to, but few achieve, Arturo Madrid, the Norine R. and T. Frank...

Launching into History on April 9, 1994, on the space shuttle Endeavor, Air Force Academy graduate...