Notable Hispanic Americans

Learn about the lives of notable Hispanic Americans in such fields as music and dance, literature, art, sports, politics, science, education, and more, by visiting the links below. Are you having trouble looking for a particular biography? Stop by the IMC and ask a staff member for help, or send an email message to Mrs. O'Keefe (joanneokeefe@salem.k12.ma.us).

Biographies: Notable Hispanic Americans, A-Z
In addition to an alphabetical list of well-known Hispanic Americans, this terrific resource also organizes these famous individuals into the following categories: athletes, film, television and theater personalities, leaders and activists, musicians and visual artists, scientists, and writers.

Biography Resource Center
This outstanding database features biographical information about more than 275,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and all disciplines and subject areas. More than 400,000 biographies are included from 90 highly regarded Gale Group publications. (To access this database, you will need to use your public library barcode.)

CultureGrams
This comprehensive collection features information about the history, culture, and daily life of 187 countries and territories, including famous people from each of these countries and territories. Click on "Expanded Famous People", and select a country of interest to access a list of brief biographies of notable people from that country. (Visit the IMC to obtain the Username and Password you'll need to access this database.)

Famous Hispanic Americans in the Humanities: 20th Century
This lengthy annotated list includes links to biographies of notable Hispanic American artists, educators, novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, essayists, philosophers and religious leaders, and other notable individuals. Be sure to visit the links to other related sites included at the end of this list.

Famous Hispanics in the World and History
This site features an alphabetical list of notable Hispanics, and has also organized these people into the following categories: antiquity, musicians, Nobel Prizes, painters, scientists, sports, U.S. military, women, and writers.

Famous Latinos and Latinas
This site features links to biographical and other information about actors, actresses, authors, historical figures, musicians, and more.

Government Documents Library: Famous Hispanic Firsts
Click "Biographical Sources on the Internet" for links to biographies of Lauro Cavazos, Franklin Chang Diaz, Luis Gutierrez, Octaviano Larrazolo, Antonia Novello, Ellen Ochoa, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Hispanic Americans in Congress
This comprehensive site was developed from Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995, a print publication prepared by the Government Printing Office. In addition to detailed biographical information, each entry includes a photograph. (To search for Members who have served in Congress since 1995, use the Geographical Location and Chronological Order lists.)

Latino Legends in Sports
This site features biographies (available in some cases in both English and Spanish) of baseball players and boxers, as well as statistics, and audio and video clips.

Latinos in History
This Scholastic.com site features biographies of 25 individuals of Hispanic heritage from throughout history.

Wikipedia
This outstanding resource, searchable and offering its articles in Spanish as well as several other languages, features detailed biographies of many notable Hispanic Americans from many differents fields of work. Each informative article also includes links to other great information sources.