List of Venezuelan Americans
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This is a list of notable Venezuelan Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Venezuelan Americans or must have references showing they are Venezuelan Americans and are notable.
List
- Cristina Abuhazi- Venezuelan model, actress and TV host in Sony Youtube America Latina Network.
- Arthur Albert - Venezuelan born, American cinematographer and television director.
- María Conchita Alonso - three time Grammy Award–nominated singer/songwriter and actress. Cuban born-Venezuelan raised, she is American citizen[1]
- Julio Aguilera - Venezuelan-American painter and sculptor born in Caracas
- Cristina Amon- Venezuelan born, dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering.
- José de Armas - professional tennis player
- Fred Armisen- actor, comedian, musician.[2][3][4] He attended the School of Visual Arts (NYC)[5]
- Antonio Arraiz- Venezuelan writer
- Elizabeth Avellán - American film producer, born in Venezuela.
- Manuel Azpurua Sosa- thoroughbred racehorse trainer
- Devendra Banhart- singer-songwriter
- Daniela Bascopé - Telenovela actress
- Josh Barfield - Venezuelan-born American major league Baseball player
- Baruj Benacerraf- Venezuelan-born American immunologist, 1980 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes
- Renato Beluche- Privateer at service of Simon Bolivar army.
- Jorge Blanco- Venezuelan artist who created the comic strip The Castaway/El Náufrago, which became an overnight success.
- Manuel Blum - born in Caracas, Venezuela, is a computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1995
- Tobias Bluzmanis - Expert in locks and locksmithing
- Horacio Bocaranda- film director
- Luigi Boria- Venezuelan born, mayor of Doral, Florida
- Eli Bravo- journalist, TV host
- Andrea Burns - singer
- Carlos López Bustamante- journalist spent part of his life in USA where died in Chicago.
- Miguel Cabrera- Baseball player. In 2012 became the first player since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 to win the Triple Crown in batting.
- Ed Calle - musician from Miami, Florida, born in Venezuela.
- Peter Camejo - (1939–2008) was an American author, activist and politician. He is of Venezuelan descent.[6]
- Tatiana Capote - actress. Cuban born-Venezuelan raised.
- Mariah Carey- singer; her father Alfred Roy Carey was born in Venezuela.
- Teresa Carreño - Venezuelan born, pianist and composer
- Cipriano Castro- President of Venezuela (1899-1908). Expatriated by Juan Vicente Gomez regime in 1908, spent the rest of his life in exile, mostly in Puerto Rico where died in 1928.
- Javier Castellano - jockey, Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey 2014.
- Melchor Centeno Vallenilla- Electrical engineer
- Leoncio Cedeño- Painter
- Eibar Coa - jockey winner of the Breeder's Cup Sprint 2010.
- Grecia Colmenares- actress of telenovelas who gained fame across Latin America, specially during the 1980s.
- Gabriel Coronel- actor of telenovelas, model
- Jesse Corti - Venezuelan-born, American voice actor.
- Alejandro Chaban - Venezuelan-born, telenovela actor.
- Majandra Delfino - Alma Award-nominated Venezuelan born, American actress and singer
- Marieh Delfino - American actress.
- Chiquinquirá Delgado- Venezuelan TV host, model, and actress of Univision network in the United States
- Yasmin Deliz - American singer-songwriter, model and actress. She is daughter of Dominican father and a Colombian-Venezuelan mother.
- Daniel Dhers- BMX ryder
- Andrew Divoff- Venezuela born, actor
- Ramon Dominguez - jockey, recipient of three Eclipse Award in the row (2010, 2011 and 2012)
- Gustavo Dudamel - Orchestra conductor and violinist. He is the principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in Gothenburg, Sweden, and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles, California
- George Duran - American chef and entertainer who is currently a spokesman in commercials for Hunt's tomatoes.
- José Esparza - Virologist
- Pedro Eustache- flautist - "World Music" woodwinds-reeds-wind synthesizers and composer
- Perla Farías Lombardini- Telemundo writer
- Nicolas Felizola- fashion designer
- Humberto Fernandez Moran- Venezuelan research NASA scientist winner of the John Scott Award, for his invention of the diamond knife
- Juan Pablo Galavis - professional footballer
- Philip Giordano - former Republican mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut, and a convicted sex offender. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to Italian parents and his family moved to the United States when he was two years old.
- Wladimir Gessen-psycologist, journalist, politician. Gessen is member of The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ).
- Raúl González - TV host and actor. In Venezuela, he hosted a kids' TV show Supercrópolis. He became one of the hosts on TV show Despierta América of Univisión television network.
- Eva Golinger - Attorney, RT Network TV host and editor of the Correo del Orinoco International
- Ozzie Guillén - former major league professional baseball player and manager of Chicago White Sox and Miami Marlins.
- Brooke Haven - American pornographic actress.
- José Manuel Hernández-A popular Venezuelan caudillo, army general, congressman, presidential candidate and cabinet member who was also involved in numerous insurrections. Live exiliated in USA from 1911 to his dead in 1921.
- Carolina Herrera- fashion designer
- Lorenzo Herrera-former Venezuelan singer
- Enrique Hidalgo- Venezuelan composer.
- Marcy Hinzmann - American pairs figure skater. Her mother was born in Venezuela.
- Perla Haney-Jardine - Brazilian-born American actress. She is best known for her role in Kill Bill Vol. 2 as B.B., the four-year-old daughter of Beatrix "The Bride" Kiddo and Bill. His father is Venezuelan.
- Moisés Kaufman - playwright, director and founder of Tectonic Theater Project.
- Monica Ponce de Leon - Architect with offices in Ann Arbor, New York and Boston. Dean at the University of Michigan. First Hispanic architect to receive the National Design Award in Architecture
- Thor Halvorssen Hellum- Venezuelan-Norwegian businessman who served as CEO and President telephone company, CANTV and later as Special Commissioner for International Narcotic Affairs.
- Thor Halvorssen Mendoza - Venezuelan human rights advocate and film producer
- Ricardo Hausmann- economist, writer.
- Judith Jaimes-pianist
- Betty Kaplan- Venezuelan film director, currntly live in Los Angeles
- Kamala Lopez - Actress, director, and political activist.
- Nicanor Lopez - Venezuelan filibuster.
- T. J. MacGregor - Venezuelan born writer
- AnnMaria De Mars - American judoka
- Leopoldo Martínez Nucete- economist, director of Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas (Miami,Florida)
- Eduardo Marturet - composer, music director and principal conductor of The Miami Symphony Orchestra.
- Gustavo Matamoros- composer-sound artist
- Beatriz Michelena - (1890–1942) was an American actress during the silent film era. She was of Venezuelan descent.[7]
- Gabriela Montero- pianist and composer.
- Lilibeth Morillo- actress
- Chris Moy - singer and a former member of the Menudo teen group.
- Moisés Naím- economist, Foreign Police chief editor, writer, TV-host.
- Alejandra Oraa- Venezuelan television anchor currently working for CNN en Español
- Carlos Pena, Jr. - American actor (Big Time Rush), singer, and dancer. His father is of Spanish and Venezuelan descent.
- Carlos PenaVega - American Film and TV actor and singer
- Julianna Peña American mixed martial artist
- Clara Perez - film and television actress.
- Elizabeth Pérez - Cuban-Venezuelan Emmy-winning television journalist and presenter working for CNN en Español.
- Mariela Pérez Branger - Miss Venezuela 1967.
- C.J. Perry - American professional wrestling valet, professional wrestler, model, actress, dancer, and singer
- William H. Phelps, Jr.- a notable Venezuelan ornithologist and businessman.
- William H. Phelps- Venezuelan American ornithologist and businessman.
- Allan Phillips- music producer, composer, arranger, and musician.
- Antonio Piedra - producer, director, photographer and philanthropist
- Victor Pineda (activist) - social development scholar and disability rights advocate
- Rafael Poleo- a Venezuelan journalist and politician.
- Abraham Pulido- a Venezuelan film director.
- Édgar Ramírez - a Venezuelan actor.
- Tina Ramirez - American dancer and choreographer, best known as the Founder and Artistic Director (1970–2009) of Ballet Hispanico, the leading Hispanic dance company in the United States. She is a Venezuelan born, American raised.[8]
- L. Rafael Reif - President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Sylvia Rivera - American bisexual transgender activist and trans woman.
- Génesis Rodríguez- actress.
- Jose Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"- singer and actor.
- Aldemaro Romero Jr.- biologist,dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
- Gustavo Adolfo Romero- biologist, curator of Herbarium of Harvard University.
- Devorah Rose - Editor-in-Chief of Social Life Magazine,[1] a New York City socialite, a television personality and entrepreneur
- Susana Rotker- writer, essaist
- Ronda Rousey - American mixed martial artist, judoka and actress.
- Jennifer Rovero - Playboy's Playmate of the Month for July 1999 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos.
- Juan Carlos Salazar- Singer, Cuatro-player and songwriter/composer in addition to being an engineer with an MBA, and university instructor
- Luis José Santander- actor
- Angel Sanchez- fashion designer
- Al Santos (mayor) - Mayor of Kearny, New Jersey, and a Democrat, born in Venezuela.
- Daniel Sarcos- Venezuelan TV host, model, and actor of Telemundo network in the United States
- Giovanni Savarese- Venezuelan head coach of the newly formed New York Cosmos soccer club
- Santiago Schnell is a biophysical chemist and computational physiologist who holds an Associate Professorship in Molecular & Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan.
- Marger Sealey is a singer, composer and actress
- Jeanmarie Simpson - American peace activist and theatre artist. His father is Venezuelan.[9][10]
- Sonya Smith, actress
- Patricia Spanic- twin sister of soap opera actress Gabriela Spanic, she is a Captain in the US Army.
- Monica Spear- Miss Venezuela 2004- actress of Telemundo network
- Laura Termini - Venezuelan born American actress, producer, writer, and a Board Certified Health/Beauty Counselor AADP.
- Tammy Trull - American actress of Venezuelan and Cuban descent.
- Orlando Urdaneta- actor
- Ron van Dongen- photographer
- Edwin Valero- was an undefeated southpaw Venezuelan boxer and former two weight world champion who fought up to light welter weight.
- Wilmer Valderrama- actor
- Angelina Valentine - American pornographic actress
- Jhonen Vasquez - American comic book writer, cartoonist, and music video director
- Patricia Velásquez- is a Venezuelan actress and fashion model.
- Juan Vene- Journalist
- Nick Verreos - American fashion designer, fashion commentator and former Project Runway contestant.
- Rita Verreos - Venezuelan born beauty pageant contestant, image consultant, model, actress, and reality television contestant.
- Franklin Virgüez- actor
- Jules Waldman- Founder of The Daily Journal an English newspaper edited in Caracas.
- Zamora- is a Venezuelan pianist and composer nominated on Grammy Award 2010 in the "New Age" music category.
- Eglantina Zingg- actress, model and television host
See also
References
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- ^ Muther, Christopher. "'SNL' star Armisen drums up a career in comedy", Boston Globe, January 30, 2004 (fee required for full article)
- ^ Karni, Annie (2010-12-02). "Painting the Town Fred | New York Post". NYPOST.com. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ AP Photo (2012-01-05). "Photo from AP Photo - Fred Armisen, Hildegardt Gemer News, photos, topics, and quotes". 1click.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ "Fred Armisen: Biography," TV Guide, accessdate=2009-11-10.
- ^ "Ancestry of Peter Camejo". Wargs.com. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ "Fernando Michelena, photograph by Theodore C. Marceau". University of Louisville work=Libraries: Digital Collections. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
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