Machado de Assis – Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer
Mellow Man Ace – Afro-Cuban American Rapper
Cardi B – Grammy Award-winning American rapper, songwriter, and actress.
Susana Baca – Peruvian singer-songwriter, teacher, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and Latin Grammy Award winner
Maria Bethânia – Brazilian MPB singer
Pedro A. Campos – Puerto Rican attorney, politician, and leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement
Celia Cruz – Cuban singer of Latin music
Raúl Cuero – Colombian professor of microbiology
Oscar D'Leon – Venezuelan musician of salsa music
Rosario Dawson – Actress, of Afro-Cuban heritage
Anténor Firmin – Haitian anthropologist, journalist, and politician
Hanna Gabriel – Costa Rican junior middleweight boxer with several international victories
Gilberto Gil – Brazilian singer and politician
Juan Gualberto Gómez – Afro-Cuban revolutionary leader in the Cuban War of Independence against Spain
Lt. General José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales – second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence
Vicente Guerrero – leading revolutionary general of the Mexican War of Independence who later served as President of Mexico
Wifredo Lam – Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the Afro-Cuban spirit and culture
Edwin Honoret – Dominican- American singer and boy and member of PRETTYMUCH
Amara La Negra- Dominican singer, reality star and activist
Selenis Leyva – Cuban-American actress
Clara Nunes – Brazilian singer
Kalimba Marichal – Mexican singer/songwriter
Margareth Menezes – Brazilian singer from Salvador, Bahia
Christina Milian – Cuban-American singer, songwriter, and actress
Dianne Morales (born 1967) - American non-profit executive and political candidate
José María Morelos – Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader in the Mexican War of Independence
David Ortiz – former MLB player for the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins
Nilo Peçanha – Brazilian politician, Governor of Rio de Janeiro State,Vice-President of Brazil then President of Brazil
Pelé – Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward
Dania Ramirez – Dominican-American actress
Ronaldinho – Brazilian professional footballer who played as a midfielder and as a forward
Dascha Polanco – Dominican actress
Saint Martin de Porres, O.P. – lay brother of the Dominican Order, beatified and later canonized
Yasiel Puig – Cuban-born American MLB baseball player
Rubén Rada – Afro-Uruguayan percussionist, composer and singer
Julio Teherán – MLB baseball player
Gina Torres – Cuban-American actress.
Johnny Laboriel -Singer
Immortal Technique – Afro-Peruvian Rapper & Activist.