The following provides a starter index, by category, of some of the most notable Puerto Ricans. For a more comprehensive list, sorted by categories ranging from arts and science to politics and religion, click here.
Music
Bad Bunny, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Daddy Yankee, Rita Moreno (also acting), Tito Puente, José Feliciano, Ivy Queen.
Sports
Roberto Clemente (baseball), Félix “Tito” Trinidad (boxing), Wilfredo Gómez (boxing), Monica Puig (tennis, Puerto Rico’s first Olympic gold medalist, 2016), Iván “Pudge” Rodríguez (baseball).
Film and Television
Rita Moreno, Benicio del Toro, Raúl Juliá, Jimmy Smits.
Politics and Law
Sonia Sotomayor (U.S. Supreme Court Justice, first Hispanic on the Court), Luis Muñoz Marín (first elected governor of Puerto Rico), José Celso Barbosa (physician and statehood-movement founder).
Literature
Julia de Burgos, Esmeralda Santiago, Antonio S. Pedreira, Pedro Pietri.
Science
Antonia Coello Novello (first Hispanic U.S. Surgeon General).