List of Puerto Ricans - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

• José Enrique Arrarás
  Educator, politician, attorney, public servant and sports leader.
• Miguel Arteta,
  Film/television director (film The Good Girl; television series Six Feet Under).
• Arthur Aviles
  dancer/choreographer.
• Jose Baez
  criminal defense attorney; notable for his defense of accused child murderer Casey Anthony
• Marie Haydée Beltrán Torres
  Nationalist and a former political prisoner.
• Wilo Benet
  Celebrity chef, owner of Payá and Pikayo restaurants.
• Félix Benítez
  Engineer who designed the Normandie Hotel.
• Felipe Birriel
  "El Gigante de Carolina", was the tallest Puerto Rican.
• David Blaine
  Illusionist/magician (Puerto Rican father).
• Edgardo Díaz
  Founder of Menudo.
• Inez García
  Cause celebre of the feminist movement.
• Juan Manuel García Passalacqua
  Political commentator, lawyer.
• Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan
  formerly world's oldest person.
• Ángel Juarbe, Jr.
  Reality television contest winner/New York City firefighter who died in 11 September attacks.
• Crazy Legs
  Breakdancer, president of Rock Steady Crew.
• Clara Livingston
  Puerto Rico's first female aviator.
• Oscar López Rivera
  Nationalist and a political prisoner.
• Eliana Martínez
  young AIDS activist in notable Florida court case regarding the rights of HIV+ children in public schools.
• Walter Mercado
  Astrologer.
• Emiliano Mercado del Toro
  formerly world's oldest person and oldest verified military veteran ever.
• Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
  "Commander in chief" ("Responsible General") of the Boricua Popular Army.
• Richard Peña
  film festival organizer (New York Film Festival) and professor of film studies at Columbia University
• Jai Rodríguez
  Actor Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
• José Rodríguez
  Head of CIA division (2004–2008).
• Xavier Romeu
  controversial PRIDCO Executive Director.
• Antulio "Kobbo" Santarrosa
  "La Cháchara", "La Condesa", "La Comay"
• Jock Soto
  principal ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet.
• Filipo Tirado
  "Pepe Locuaz"
• Alejandrina Torres
  Nationalist and former political prisoner.
• Carlos Alberto Torres
  Nationalist and political prisoner.
• Manuel A. Torres
  Puerto Rico's first Electoral Comptroller, and longest serving modern Secretary of the Senate of Puerto Rico
• Rose Troche,
  Film/television director (film Go Fish; television series Six Feet Under, The L Word))
• Daryl Vaz,
  Minister of Information and Telecommunication for Jamaica (Puerto Rican mother)