Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U. S. territory with a landscape of mountains, waterfalls and the El Yunque tropical rainforest. In San Juan, the capital and largest city, the Isla Verde area is known for its hotel strip, beach bars and casinos. Its Old San Juan neighborhood features colorful Spanish colonial buildings and El Morro and La Fortaleza, massive, centuries-old fortresses.
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Fritz Henle
Photographer
Gilberto José Marxuach
Hugo Margenat
Poet
Adolfo de Hostos
Historian
Concha Meléndez
Educator
Elías Beauchamp
Puerto Rican legislator
Evaristo Ribera Chevremont
Poet
Félix Córdova Dávila
Political leader
Félix Benítez Rexach
Engineer
Francisco Vázquez Díaz
Spanish sculptor
Guillermo Irizarry
Politician
Inés Mendoza
Former First Spouse of Puerto Rico
Jesús María Sanromá
Pianist
José S. Alegría
Poet
Jorge Mañach
Cuban writer
Juan Cancel Ríos
Politician
Juan Mari Brás
Advocate
Leopoldo Figueroa
Former Member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Luis Aponte Martínez
Archbishop of San Juan in Puerto Rico
Luis Muñoz Marín
Former Governor of Puerto Rico
Luis Palés Matos
Puerto Rican poet
Clemente Soto Vélez
Poet
Manela Bustamante
Cuban actress
Manuel A. Alonso Pacheco
Writer
Manuel Ramos Otero
Puerto Rican author
Mapy Cortés
Puerto Rican film actress
María Bibiana Benítez
Poet
Mariano Abril y Ostalo
Former Member of the Puerto Rico Senate
Muna Lee
American olympic athlete
Nilita Vientós Gastón
Educator
Augusto Rodríguez
Military personnel
Pedro Flores
Composer
Bailey Ashford
American physician
Cayetano Coll y Cuchí
Politician
Fredesvinda García
Cuban singer
Alonso Manso
Juan Alejo de Arizmendi
Puerto Rican priest
Juan Damián López de Haro
Rafael Ríos Rey
Puerto Rican artist
Ramón Peón
Cuban actor
René Marqués
Puerto Rican short story writer
Ricardo Alegría
Puerto Rican scholar
Roberto Cofresí
Salvador Brau
Puerto Rican journalist
Samuel R. Quiñones
Former President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
Luis Raúl
Puerto Rican actor
Amilcar Tirado
Film director
