page_title: List of Puerto Ricans
section_title: Miscellaneous
hierarchical_section_title: List of Puerto Ricans / Miscellaneous
caption_attribution_description: 1918 photo of Felix Rigau Carrera, Puerto Rico's first pilot.Image is pre-1923 and therefore free of copyright laws.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican descent. The Government of Puerto Rico has been issuing "Certificates of Puerto Rican Citizenship" to anyone born in Puerto Rico or to anyone born outside of Puerto Rico with at least one parent who was born in Puerto Rico since 2007. Also included in the list are some long-term continental American and other residents and/or immigrants of other ethnic heritages who have made Puerto Rico their home and consider themselves to be Puerto Ricans.
  The list is divided into categories and, in some cases, sub-categories, which best describe the field for which the subject is most noted. Some categories such as "Actors, actresses, comedians and directors" are relative since a subject who is a comedian may also be an actor or director. In some cases a subject may be notable in more than one field, such as Luis A. Ferré, who is notable both as a former governor and as an industrialist. However, the custom is to place the subject's name under the category for which he/she is most noted.
context_section_description: Reynold Alexander, illusionist, magician
  Luis Balbino Arroyo, youngest person ever to finish secondary education in Puerto Rico and to be admitted to a university in Puerto Rico
  Arthur Aviles, dancer and choreographer
  Jose Baez, criminal defense attorney; notable for his defense of accused child murderer Casey Anthony
  Marie Haydée Beltrán Torres, nationalist and former political prisoner
  Felipe Birriel, "El Gigante de Carolina", the tallest Puerto Rican
  David Blaine, illusionist, magician (Puerto Rican father)
  Elisa Colberg, founder of the Puerto Rican Girl Scouts
  Inez García, cause celebre of the feminist movement
  Juan Manuel García Passalacqua, political commentator, lawyer
  Félix Rigau Carrera,  first Puerto Rican pilot; first pilot to fly on air mail carrying duties in Puerto Rico
  Crazy Legs, breakdancer, president of Rock Steady Crew
  Clara Livingston, Puerto Rico's first female aviator
  Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's oldest living person from December 11, 2006 – January 24, 2007; oldest verified military veteran and Puerto Rican ever
  Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, commander in chief ("Responsible General") of the Boricua Popular Army
  Richard Peña, organizer of New York Film Festival; professor of film studies at Columbia University
  José Rodríguez, head of CIA division (2004–2008)
  Antulio "Kobbo" Santarrosa, "La Cháchara", "La Condesa", "La Comay"
  Jock Soto, principal ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet
  Filipo Tirado, nationalist and former political prisoner
  Carlos Alberto Torres, nationalist and former political prisoner
caption: Félix Rigau Carrera
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