title: List of Latin Americans of Spanish descent
text: # List of Latin Americans of Spanish descent
  
  Since the vast majority of Latin Americans from Spanish-speaking countries have at least partial Spanish descent, this is a list of important people in Latin America who have at least one parent or two grandparents who were born in Spain.
  
  ## Artists, photographers and fashion designers
  
  * Humberto Castro (born 1957), Cuban painter
  * Carlos Enríquez Gómez (1900–1957), Cuban painter, illustrator and writer of the Vanguardia movement (the Cuban Avant-garde).
  * Raúl Martínez (1927–1995), pop artist and Cuban painter
  * Mario Perez (born 1943), painter
  * Tomás Sánchez (born 1948), Cuban painter
  
  ## TV and Cinema
  
  * Angelines Fernández (1922–1994), Spanish actress settled in Mexico.
  * Mirtha Legrand (born 1927), Argentine actress and TV host.
  * Guillermo del Toro (born 1964), Mexican director and film producer.
  * Velia Martínez (1920–1993), American singer and actress.
  * Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), Mexican actor of Spanish parentage.
  
  ## Music
  
  * Miguel Bosé (born 1956), Spanish singer with Colombian citizenship
  * Gloria Estefan (born 1957), Cuban singer, all four grandparents born in Spain.
  * Juanes (born 1972), Colombian singer, Basque ancestry from his father.
  * Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963), Cuban composer and pianist.
  * Ricky Martin (born 1971), Puerto Rican singer, part Catalan ancestry.
  * Luis Miguel (born 1970), Puerto Rican by birth, raised in Mexico, Spanish father, Italian mother.
  * Shakira (born 1977), Colombian singer, part Catalan ancestry.
  
  ## Government and military
  
  * José Gervasio Artigas (1764–1850)
  * Simón Bolívar (1783–1830)
  * José Núñez de Cáceres (1772–1846) politics and liberator of Dominican Republic
  * Juan Carrasco (1878–1922)
  * Fidel Castro (1926–2016), Father was an immigrant to Cuba from Galicia and his mother was also of Spanish origin.
  * Manuel Domínguez (1803–1882)
  * Juan Manuel Santos (born 1951), President of Colombia
  * José Martí (1853–1895)
  * Agustín de Iturbide (1783–1824), Liberator of Mexico
  * Juan Leal (1676–1742)
  * Juan Ponce de León (1474–1521)
  * Juan Ponce de León II (1524–1591)
  * Francisco de Miranda (1750–1816), Liberator of Venezuela
  * José Antonio Páez (1790–1873)
  * Carlos Soublette (1789–1870), Libertador of Venezuela
  * Antonio José de Sucre (1795–1830)
  * Jorge Quiroga (born 1960), President of Bolivia
  * Alvaro Garcia Linera (born 1962), Vice President of Bolivia
  
  ## Writers
  
  * Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
  * Pablo Neruda (1904–1973)
  * Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)
  
  ## Others
  
  * Juanita García Peraza (1897–1970), Founder of the "Mita congregation", the only Protestant religion of Puerto Rican origin.
  