List of Hispanos

This is a list of Hispanos, both settlers and their descendants (either fully or partially of such origin), who were born or settled, between the early 16th century and 1850, in what is now the southwestern United States (including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, southwestern Colorado, Utah and Nevada), as well as Florida, Louisiana (1763–1800) and other Spanish colonies in what is now the United States. Governors and explorers, who spent time in these places serving the Spanish crown but never settled in them as colonists, are not included, although they also helped shape the history of the present United States. This list shows notable people of Spanish and Mexican origin who lived in the Hispanic colonies now part of the United States.

Colonial era

These are persons who were born and/or lived, and died, in the Spanish or Mexican territories that later were incorporated in the United States. They were never Americans in the sense of persons born, raised or naturalized in the modern United States.

• Nicolas de Aguilar (1627 – c. 1666) Spanish official in New Mexico.
• Rosario E. Aguilar (c. 1792 – 1847) Early settler in San Diego, California.
• Pedro de Alberni (Tortosa, January 30, 1747 – Monterrey, New Spain, March 11, 1802) Spanish soldier and Governor of Alta California.
• Gaspar Flores de Abrego (1781–1836) Tejano who served five terms as the mayor of San Antonio, Texas. He was also a land commissioner and associate of Austin's early colonists.
• Martín de Argüelles (born 1566) First white child (criollo) known to have been born in what is now the United States. His birthplace was St. Augustine, Florida.
• Ignacio Lorenzo de Armas (1706 – after 1764) Spanish politician who served as mayor of San Antonio, Texas in 1738 and 1764.
• Simón de Arocha (1731–1796) Judge presiding over the distribution of public lands and mayor of San Antonio de Béjar (1770 and 1787).
• Diego de Borica, a Basque Spanish explorer and the seventh governor of Las Californias from 1794 to 1800.
• José Raimundo Carrillo (1749–1809) Early Hispanic settler of San Diego, California and founder of the Carrillo family in Spanish California.
• Juan Curbelo (Tejano settler) (1680–1760) Spanish politician who served as mayor of San Antonio, Texas in 1737 and 1739.
• Narciso Durán (December 16, 1776, Empúries, Catalonia, Spain – June 4, 1846, Santa Barbara, Alta California, Mexico) Franciscan friar and missionary.
• Juan José Elguézabal (1781–1840) Spanish (1781–1821), and after Mexican independence, a Mexican (1821–40) military and Presidios attached inspector who served as interim governor of Texas between 1834 and 1835.
• José María Estudillo (died April 8, 1830) Early settler of San Diego, California and a governing official during San Diego's Mexican period.
• Blas María de la Garza Falcón (1712–1767) Spanish settler of Tamaulipas and South Texas.
• José Figueroa (1792 – 9 September 1835) General and the Mexican territorial governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835.

Friar Fermín Lasuén

• Francisco de Haro (1792 – November 28, 1849) First Alcalde (Mayor) of Yerba Buena (later named San Francisco) in 1834.
• Pedro Benedit Horruytiner (1613 – November 20, 1684) Spanish military and settler resident in Saint Augustine, Florida, who served as the Acting Governor and accountant of Florida between 1646 and 1648.
• Fermín Lasuén (Vitoria (Spain) June 7, 1736 – (Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo) June 26, 1803) Basque Spanish missionary to Alta California, the second president and founder of the California Franciscan mission chain.
• Juan Leal (1676–1742/1743) First Mayor of San Antonio, Texas
• Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León II Acting governor of Spanish Florida from 1663 to 1664, and from 1673 to 1675. He was born in Saint Augustine, Florida.
• Gabriel Moraga (1765 – June 14, 1823) Spanish army officer in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, an explorer of Alta California.
• Antonio Rodríguez Medero (1712 – April 10, 1760) Mayor of San Antonio, Texas in 1741. He was one of the first settlers of San Antonio and laid the foundation for the creation of the first inheritable water supply sources (a concept perhaps first developed in the Canary Islands) in America and the architect of the Espada Acequia, consisting of an aqueduct and seven gravity-flow canals to irrigate the lands of the Canarian settlers in San Antonio.
• Manuel Nieto (1734–1804) Soldier from the Presidio of San Diego.
• Antonio de Olivares (1630–1722) a Spanish Franciscan known for officiating at the first Mass celebrated in Texas, and for his exploration of the area where the city was founded.
• Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (4 August 1713 – 4 or 11 April 1785) Csarographer, as well as an artist, particularly as a Santero (wood-carver of religious images).
• José Maria Pico (1764, San Xavier de Cavazan (Sonora, México) – 1819, San Gabriel, California) Established the prominent Pico family of Southern California.
• Luis Manuel Quintero (c. 1725 – 1810) African-Mexican tailor from Guadalajara, Jalisco; who later became one of the 44 original settlers of the Pueblo de Los Angeles (present-day Los Angeles, California) on September 4, 1781.
• Juan Francisco Reyes (soldier) (1749–1809) Soldado de cuero ("leather-jacketed soldier") on the 1769 Portola expedition, alcalde (municipal magistrate) of the Pueblo de Los Angeles for three terms, and recipient of the Spanish land grant for Rancho Los Encinos and later Lompoc.
• Salvador Rodríguez (1688 – after 1796) Spanish politician who served as mayor of San Antonio, Texas, in 1785 and 1796, as well as regidor (councilor) of the city.

Andrés Almonaster y Rojas

• Andrés Almonaster y Rojas (born Mairena del Alcor, June 19, 1728 – died New Orleans, April 25, 1798) Spanish civil servant in New Orleans.
• José Antonio Roméu (c. 1742 – 1792) Governor of Alta California and Baja California from 1791 to 1792.
• Francisco María Ruiz (1754–1839) Early settler of San Diego, California
• José Francisco Ruiz (c. January 28, 1783 – January 19, 1840) Soldier, revolutionary, educator, politician, and Texas Senator.

José Francisco Ruiz

• Don Tomás Sánchez (June 4, 1709 – January 21, 1796) Veteran Spanish captain who founded Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo in Mexico, at the time the only town in the Nuevo Santander Province.
• Vicente Francisco de Sarría (1767 Etxebarri – 1835 Soledad) Basque Spanish missionary to the Americas.
• Manuel de Sandoval - (18th century) New Mexican prominent military and the governor of Coahuila (1729–1733 ) and Texas (1734–1736)
• Vicente de Santa Maria (1742 – July 16, 1806) Spanish Franciscan priest who accompanied explorer Juan de Ayala on the first Spanish naval entry aboard the San Carlos into the San Francisco Bay.
• José Francisco de Paula Señan (March 3, 1760 – August 24, 1823) Spanish missionary to the Americas.
• Juan Jose Sepulveda (1764–1808) Landowner.
• Manuel Antonio Santiago Tarín (1811–1849) Tejano soldier and recruiter and participant in the Texas Revolution on the Texian side. His father was a Spanish military officer.
• Vicente Álvarez Travieso (1705–1779) Spanish judge and politician who served as first alguacil mayor (high sheriff) (1731–79) of San Antonio, Texas.
• José de Urrutia (c. 1678 – 1741) Spanish explorer and settler of Texas who became captain of San Antonio de Béjar Presidio and lived for many years with the Native Americans of East Texas.
• Juan Martin de Veramendi (December 17, 1778 – 1833) Spanish (1778–1821) and after Mexican independence a Mexican (1821–33) Politician who served as governor of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas from 1832 until 1833.
• Jose Maria Verdugo (1751–1831) Recipient of the Rancho San Rafael land grant, San Diego.
• Manuel Victoria (died 1833) Governor of the Mexican territory of Alta California from January 1831 to December 6, 1831.
• Tomás Felipe de Winthuisen Governor of Texas from 1741 to 1743.
• Jose Antonio Yorba (July 20, 1743 – January 16, 1825) Spanish soldier and early settler of Spanish California.

Naturalized Americans of colonial origin

When the Spanish and Mexican territories were incorporated as part of the United States, their inhabitants automatically acquired American citizenship. Louisiana was ceded to the US by France in 1803, Florida was sold by Spain in 1819 and the Southwest passed to the US after the Mexican–American War (1846–48) by the terms of the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty.

Juan Bautista Alvarado

• Cristobal Aguilar Pioneer of 19th-century Los Angeles, California, politics in the early days of American rule. He was the last Hispanic mayor of the city until 2005.
• José Antonio Aguirre (early Californian) (1799–1860) Merchant and rancher in Alta California.^[1]
• Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba (1795–1874) Wealthy New Orleans-born aristocrat, businesswoman and real estate developer, she was a dynamic personality in that city's history.
• Juan Bautista Alvarado, February 14, 1809 – July 13, 1882) Californio and twice governor of Alta California, from 1836 to 1837 and 1838 to 1842
• José María Alviso (November 19, 1798 – June 18, 1853) Grantee of Rancho Milpitas, Alcalde (mayor) of San José.
• Concepción Argüello (February 19, 1791 – December 23, 1857) Alta Californian noted for her romance with Nikolai Rezanov, a Russian promoter of the colonization of Alaska and California.
• Santiago Arguello (1791–1862) Californio soldier in the Spanish army of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in Las Californias.
• Santiago E. Arguello (1813–1857) Son of Santiago Arguello, born August 18, 1813.

Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker

• Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker (1825–1912) Wealthy Los Angeles landowner, she was the granddaughter of the Spanish captain José María Estudillo.^[2]
• Tomas Avila Sanchez (1826-1882) American soldier, sheriff and public official, was on the Los Angeles County, California, Board of Supervisors and was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the legislative branch of the city. He was a descendant of Spanish settlers.
• Juan Bandini (1800 – November 4, 1859) Eearly settler of what would become San Diego, California.
• Santos Benavides (November 1, 1823 – November 9, 1891) Tejano Confederate colonel during the American Civil War
• Berreyesa family Basque Spanish early settlers of Alta California who held extensive land grants (see José de los Reyes Berreyesa).
• Eugene W. Biscailuz (1883–1969) Sheriff of Los Angeles County, his mother was descended from old Spanish settlers in California.
• Dionisio Botiller (1842–1915) Member of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council, the governing body of the city.
• Guillermo Castro (born 1810, date of death unknown) Californio soldier, rancher, surveyor, and magistrate
• José María Jesús Carbajal (1809–1874) Tejano freedom fighter who opposed the Centralist government installed by Antonio López de Santa Anna.
• José Francisco Chaves (June 27, 1833 – November 26, 1904) New Mexican military leader, politician, lawyer and rancher from the New Mexico Territory
• Jacob De Cordova (June 6, 1808 – January 26, 1868) Founder of the Jamaica Gleaner.
• José Antonio Carrillo (1796–1862) a Californio rancher, officer, and politician in the early years of Mexican Alta California and California as part of the United States.
• José Castro (1808 – February 1860) General in the Mexican army of Alta California.
• Víctor Castro (1817–1897) Landowner in an area of Alta California which later became part of Contra Costa County, California.
• Eulogio F. de Celis Largest landowner in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, California in the mid-19th Century.
• Manuel Antonio Chaves (c. 1818 – 1889), known as El Leoncito (the Little Lion) Soldier in the Mexican Army.
• Joseph Chiles (July 16, 1810 – June 25, 1885) Early California pioneer and guide
• Antonio F. Coronel (October 21, 1817 Mexico City – April 17, 1894) Fourth mayor of Los Angeles, served from 1853 to 1854.
• Ygnacio Coronel (1795–1862) Settler in early Los Angeles and a member of the Los Angeles Common Council.
• Leonardo Cota (1816–1887) Captain with the Californios who fought in the Mexican–American War, later a Los Angeles County Supervisor).
• Henriette DeLille (1813–1862) Founded the Catholic order of the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans, which was composed of free women of color. Her mother was a Creole of color of French, Spanish and African ancestry and was born in New Orleans.^[3]
• Manuel Dominguez (1804–1882) Alcalde (mayor) of Los Angeles (1832), he was of Spanish settler descent.^[4]
• José María de Echeandía (died 1871) Mexican governor of Alta California, from 1825 to 1831 and again from 1832 to 1833.
• Albert Estopinal (1845–1919) Sugar cane planter from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature between 1876 and 1900 and in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st Congressional district from 1908 until his death. His ancestors came from the Canary Islands, Spain.^[5]

Jose Maria Estudillo

• José Antonio Estudillo (2 Nov 1803 – July 20, 1852) Californio and an early settler of San Diego, California.
• José Joaquín Estudillo (1800–1852) Second alcalde of Yerba Buena, California (the precursor to San Francisco), whose land holdings, known as Rancho San Leandro, formed the basis of the city of San Leandro.^[6]
• José María Flores (1818, New Spain – 1866) Officer in the Mexican Army
• Juan Flores (c. 1834 – February 14, 1857) Nineteenth-century Californio bandit who, with Pancho Daniel, led an outlaw gang known as "las Manillas" (the Handcuffs) and later as the Flores–Daniel Gang, throughout Southern California during 1856–1857.
• Manuel N. Flores (c. 1801 – 1868) Served as a volunteer in the Texan army in 1835–38.
• Salvador Flores (c. 1806 – 1855) Served as a volunteer in the Texan Army in 1835–1836.

José Antonio Navarro

• José Manuel Gallegos (October 30, 1815 – April 21, 1875) Delegate to the United States Congress from the Territory of New Mexico.
• José Antonio de la Garza (1776 – c. 1851) a Tejano noted for being the first landowner in San Antonio, Texas and the first man to create a coin in the state; elected mayor of San Antonio in 1813 and 1832.
• José de la Guerra y Noriega (March 6, 1779 – February 18, 1858) Soldier and early settler in California.
• Antonio Maria de la Guerra (1825–1881) Mayor of Santa Barbara, California, several times a member of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, California State Senator and Captain of California Volunteers in the American Civil War. He was son of Spanish soldier José de la Guerra y Noriega.^[7]
• Francisco Guerrero (politician) (1811 – 13 July 1851) Alcalde of Yerba Buena (later named San Francisco) in 1836 and 1839.
• Rafael Gonzales (1789–1857) Spanish soldier from 1780–1821; after Mexican independence a Mexican (1821–57) soldier who served as Governor of Coahuila and Texas from 1824 to 1826.
• Joseph Marion Hernández (May 26, 1788 – June 8, 1857) American of Minorcan descent; he was a soldier, politician, and owner of three plantations in Florida.^[8]
• John Horse (c. 1812 – 1882) African-American military adviser to the Seminole Indian chief Osceola and a leader of Black Seminole units fighting against United States troops during the Seminole Wars in Florida. He was a Seminole slave of Spanish, Seminole, and African-American descent.^[9]
• José Joaquin Jimeno (1804–1856) Spanish missionary to the Americas.
• Manuel Lisa (1772, New Orleans - 1820) Spanish fur trader, explorer, and United States Indian agent, he was among the founders in St. Louis of the Missouri Fur Company, an early fur trading company, and was also among the first settlers of Nebraska.^[10]
• José del Carmen Lugo (1813 – c. 1870) Californio landowner in the Los Angeles area.
• Tranquilino Luna (February 25, 1849 – November 20, 1892) Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of New Mexico.
• Francisco Antonio Manzanares (1843–1904) Californio businessman and politician
• Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné (c. 1766 – 1878) Californio supercentenarian and owner of Rancho del Rincón de San Pascual in southern California^[11]
• Paul Charles Morphy (1837–1884) American chess player, he was from a Creole family of French and Spanish descent.^[12]
• Suzanne Malveaux - TV News Reporter; from a Creole family in Louisiana of French, Spanish and African origin.
• Juan María Marrón (February 8, 1808 – September 17, 1853) Early settler of San Diego, California.
• Louis H. Marrero (July 17, 1847 – 1921) Prominent Isleño American politician, businessman, banker, chief of police and landowner who pursued his political career in Louisiana.
• Antonio José Martínez (1793–1867) New Mexican priest, educator, publisher, rancher, farmer, community leader, and politician.
• Antonio Menchaca (1800–1879) Tejano military and politician who fought in the Texas Revolution and was mayor of San Antonio, Texas (1838–39).
• Manuel Micheltorena (1802 – 7 September 1853) Brigadier general of the Mexican Army, adjutant-general of the same, governor, commandant-general and inspector of the department of California.
• Juana Briones de Miranda (1802–1889) Pioneering resident of San Francisco, California who made a name for herself in multiple arenas of activity.
• Joseph Montoya (1915–1978) Democratic United States Senator from the state of New Mexico
• Juan Moya (1806–1874) Prominent Tejano landowner and Mexican army captain who fought in the Texas Revolution.
• Esteban Munras (1798–1850) Nineteenth-century Spanish artist, probably best known for the vibrantly colored frescoes that adorn the chapel interior at Mission San Miguel Arcángel in California.
• Joaquin Murrieta (c. 1829 – c. July 25, 1853) His life provided the basis for the fictional hero Zorro.
• Ramón Músquiz (1797–1867) Governor of Texas from 1830 to 1831 and in 1835.
• Antonio Narbona (1773–1830) Spanish soldier born in Mobile when it was part of Spanish Louisiana. He was governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México between September 1825 and 1827, and fought the Native Americans in the northern part of Mexico (now the southwestern United States) around the turn of the 19th century. He was of Spanish descent.^[13]
• Jose Antonio Navarro (February 27, 1795 – January 13, 1871) Texas statesman, revolutionary, politician, rancher, and merchant.

Miguel Antonio Otero

• Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1829) Spanish politician in the New Mexico Territory
• Mariano S. Otero (1844–1904) a Congressional delegate from the Territory of New Mexico
• Romualdo Pacheco (October 31, 1831 – January 23, 1899) Californio politician and diplomat, he was the 12th Governor of California.
• Luís María Peralta (1759, Sonora, New Spain – August 26, 1851) Soldier in the Spanish Army.
• Ignacio Peralta - April 3, 1791 – May 9, 1874) Spanish settler in California, the eldest son of Luís María Peralta.
• Francisco Perea (January 9, 1830 – May 21, 1913) Union Army officer in the American Civil War and a cousin of Pedro Perea. He was a delegate for the Territory of New Mexico to the 38th United States Congress from Mary 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865.
• Andrés Pico (November 18, 1810 – February 14, 1876) Californio who became a successful rancher, and served as a military commander during the Mexican–American War; he was elected to the state assembly and senate after California became a state, when he was also commissioned as a brigadier general in the state militia.
• Pío Pico (May 5, 1801 – September 11, 1894) Last Mexican governor of Alta California, namesake of Pico Rivera, California.
• Manuel Requena (1802–1876) President of the Los Angeles Common Council in the early 1850s. He served the city in both the Mexican and American periods.
• Louis Robidoux (1796–1868) American of French Canadian descent, an early settler in the area of modern-day Riverside, California.
• José González Rubio (1804–1875) Roman Catholic friar prominent in the early history of California.
• Francisco Antonio Ruiz (c. 1804 – October 18, 1876) Alcalde of San Antonio during the Texas Revolution and was responsible for identifying the bodies of those killed at the Battle of the Alamo.
• José de la Cruz Sánchez (1799–1878) Eleventh alcalde (mayor) of San Francisco in 1845.
• Robert Fortune Sanchez (1934–2012) Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Some of his ancestors were Spanish settlers in New Mexico.
• Francisco Sanchez (politician) (April 11, 1805 – September 8, 1862) Commander of the San Francisco Presidio and the 8th alcalde of San Francisco in 1843
• Julian A. Chavez (January 7, 1808 – July 25, 1879) Rancher, landowner and elected official in early Los Angeles, California, who served multiple terms on the Los Angeles Common Council (the forerunner to the present-day City Council) and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
• Tomas Avila Sanchez (1826–1882) Soldier, sheriff and public official, who served on the Los Angeles County, California, Board of Supervisors and was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the legislative branch of the city.
• Francisco Xavier Sepulveda (1742–1788) Mexican colonial soldier and patriarch of the prominent Spanish Mexican Sepúlveda family in the early days of Las Californias and Alta California in present-day Southern California.
• Francisco Sepulveda (1775–1853) Landowner and progenitor of one of the branches of the prominent Spanish Mexican Sepúlveda family in the early days of California's settlement.

Juan Seguin

• Juan Seguín (October 27, 1806 – August 27, 1890) Nineteenth-century Texas senator, mayor, judge, and justice of the peace; he was a leader of the Texas Revolution.
• Erasmo Seguín - (May 26, 1782 – October 30, 1857) Prominent citizen and politician in San Antonio de Bexar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas) in the 19th century.
• Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo - (4 July 1807 – 18 January 1890) Californio military commander, politician, and rancher.
• Tiburcio Vasquez – (April 11, 1835 – March 19, 1875) a Californio bandit
• Bernardo Yorba (1800–1858) Son of the Spanish soldier, José Antonio Yorba), was one of the most successful ranchers in Alta California, having thousands of cattle and horses grazing on land grants totaling more than 35,000 acres.^[14]
• Agustín Vicente Zamorano (1798–1842) Printer, soldier, and provisional Mexican Governor of Alta California.
• Ignacio Zaragoza (March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862) General in the Mexican army, best known for defeating invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

Descendants of Spanish settlers in the modern United States

These are descendants of Spanish and Mexican settlers who were born in the United States after 1803 in Louisiana, after 1819 in Florida and after 1850 in the Southwest:

Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca

• Rudolfo Anaya American author.
• Gloria Anzaldúa (1942–2004) Scholar of Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory, she was a descendant of many of the prominent Basque and Spanish explorers and settlers who came to the Americas in the 16th and 17th centuries.
• Avila family of California
• Polly Baca American politician who served as chair of the Democratic Caucus of the Colorado House of Representatives (1976–79), being the first woman to hold that office, and the first Hispanic woman elected to the Colorado State Senate as well as first elected to the House and Senate of a state Legislature.
• Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca (1864–1917) First Hispano elected for office as Lieutenant Governor in New Mexico's first election. A member of the Baca Family of New Mexico, he is a descendent of the original Spanish settlers.
• Dionisio Botiller (1842–1915) Member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of the city, in June 1868, December 1868 and in 1869, as well as the city auditor for eight years. His family were Californios.
• Joan Bennett (1910–1990) American stage, film and television actress, her mother was actress Adrienne Morrison, daughter of actor Lewis Morrison, who was of English, Spanish, Jewish, and African ancestry.^[15][16]
• Constance Bennett American actress, sister of Joan Bennett
• Barbara Bennett Actress and dancer, sister of Joan and Constance Bennett
• Leo Carrillo (1881–1961) Actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist, his great-great grandfather, José Raimundo Carrillo (1749–1809)^[17] Spanish settler in San Diego, California.

Leo Carrillo

• Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca (1864–1917) First Hispanic elected for office as Lieutenant Governor in New Mexico's first election, and also a descendant of the Baca Family of New Mexico.
• Angelico Chavez (April 10, 1910 – March 18, 1996) Franciscan priest, historian, author, poet, and painter from New Mexico.
• Denise Chavez New Mexican author, playwright, and stage director.
• Dennis Chavez (1888–1962) Democratic U.S. Senator from New Mexico.
• Linda Chavez Father's family came to New Mexico from Spain in 1601.^[18]
• Henry Cisneros Politician and businessman^[19]
• Page Cortez Isleño Businessman from Lafayette, Louisiana, a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 23.
• Henriette DeLille - (1813–1862) Nun who ounded the Catholic order of the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans, which was composed of free women of color. Her mother was a Creole of color of French, Spanish and African ancestry and was born in New Orleans.
• Albert Estopinal, Jr. (1869–1952) Attorney and politician from St. Bernard Parish in south Louisiana. He was son of Albert Estopinal.
• Joe Falcon (September 28, 1900 – November 19, 1965) Cajun accordion player in southwest Louisiana, best known for the first recording of a Cajun song entitled "Allons à Lafayette" in 1928 . He was descendant of Isleños and Cajuns
• Joachim O. Fernández (August 14, 1896 – August 8, 1978) Isleño politician
• Robert Fortune Sanchez (20 March 1934 – 20 January 2012) Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the United States.
• Leon Gary (1913–1996), Democratic politician who served from 1948 to 1964 as the mayor of Houma, the seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. He is a descendant of Juan Garrido (reduced to "Gary"), who was born c. 1737 in Malaga, Spain.^[20]
• William Gaxton (1893–1963) Film and theater actor
• Joseph Gonzales (politician) (1862–1940) Isleño politician who served as first Mayor of Gonzales, Louisiana.
• Myrtle Gonzalez (September 28, 1891 – October 22, 1918) American actress. Her paternal side comes from a native Hispanic Californio family of Spain.^[21]

Myrtle-Gonzalez

Demi Lovato

• Demi Lovato American actress and singer.
• Louis H. Marrero (1847–1921) Prominent American military, politician, businessman, banker, chief of police and landowner whose political career was played in Louisiana´s state.
• Andrew Jolivétte American author and lecturer who is employed at San Francisco State University as chair and professor in American Indian Studies and an instructor in Ethnic Studies, Educational Leadership, sexuality studies and Race and Resistance Studies. Jolivétte is a Creole whose cultural heritage includes Opelousa, Atakapa-Ishak, French, African and Spanish.
• Morris W. Morris (1845–1906) Soldier in the Louisiana Native Guards during the Civil War and later a stage actor.
• Adrienne Morrison American actress, daughter of actor Lewis Morrison, who was of English, Spanish, Jewish, and African ancestry.

Joseph M Montoya

• Joseph Montoya (1915–1978) Democratic U.S. Senator from New Mexico
• Alcide Nunez (March 17, 1884 – September 2, 1934) Early white American jazz clarinetist, he was of Isleño descent.
• Robert Nunez Musician of Isleño descent.
• Samuel B. Nunez, Jr. Isleño politician from Louisiana
• Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1859) Governor of the New Mexico Territory (1897–1906)
• Pedro Perea (April 22, 1852 – January 11, 1906) Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico, cousin of Francisco Perea.
• Irvan Perez American Isleño décima singer and woodcarver
• Leander Perez (July 16, 1891 – March 19, 1969) Democratic political boss of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes in southeastern Louisiana during the middle third of the 20th century.
• Manuel Perez (1871–1946) American cornetist and bandleader born into a Creole of Color family of Spanish, French and African descent
• Robert Ri'chard Television and film actor of Louisiana Creole (French, African American, Native American, and Spanish) descent
• Edward R. Roybal (February 10, 1916 – October 24, 2005) Member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council for thirteen years and of the U.S. House of Representatives for thirty years.
• Matthew Randazzo V American true crime writer and historian of Isleño, Cajun and Sicilian descent.
• Juan Bautista Rael (1900–1993) Ethnographer, linguist, and folklorist who was a pioneer in New Mexican ethnography, including the stories and language of Hispanics from northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.
• Junior Rodriguez Isleño politician in Louisiana.
• Edward L. Romero Coloradan whose family was originally from New Mexico, he is an entrepreneur and an American diplomat who served as the US Ambassador to Spain and Andorra between 1998 and 2001.
• Trinidad Romero Isleño politician in Louisiana.
• Marin Sais - (1890 – 1971) American actress of the silent film era. She was descended from early Castilian settlers of colonial California.
• Paul Sanchez Isleño musician from Louisiana.
• Jaci Velasquez Tejano singer.
• Adina Emilia De Zavala (November 28, 1861 – March 1, 1955) Tejano teacher, historian and preservationist of Texas history.

See also

• List of Spanish Americans
• List of Mexican Americans
• Cuban Americans
• Hispanic and Latino Americans
• Californio
• Neomexicano
• Tejano
• Louisiana Creole people (Isleños in Louisiana)
• Spanish Empire
• Spanish colonization of the Americas
• Viceroyalty of New Spain
• List of viceroys of New Spain
• List of Governors of California before admission
• List of Spanish governors of New Mexico
• List of Texas Governors and Presidents
• List of colonial governors of Louisiana
• Royal Governor of La Florida
• List of Cajuns

References

External links

• Index to the DeWitt Colony Region under New Spain at Texas A&M University
• Encyclopædia Britannica : Hispanic Heritage in The Americas
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• Index to the DeWitt Colony Region under New Spain at Texas A&M University