This is a list of famous or notable people from the Dominican Republic . The list also includes individuals of Dominican ancestry who reside overseas.
Luis Arambilet Fernando Cabrera Manuel del Cabral Fabio Fiallo Pedro Mir Martha Rivera Garrido Rosa Silverio
Eva Arias Marianne Cruz Oscar de la Renta , prominent fashion designer.Renata Soñé Amelia Vega .
Alex Paez Manny Perez Nuria Piera Dania Ramirez Michelle Vargas Amaury Nolasco – actorMiguel A. Núñez, Jr. – actorRobmariel Olea – actressKaren Olivo – Tony Award-winning actorAlex Paez – American actor of Dominican descentManny Pérez – actor (films Party Monster El Cantante Frank Perozo – actor, producerNuria Piera – television journalistEsmeralda Pimentel – telenovela actress (Dominican father)Jessica Pimentel – actressDascha Polanco – actress (Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black Rosario Prieto – actress and dancerRafael José – Puerto Rican television personality (Dominican father)Dania Ramirez – actress (television series Heroes Entourage Silvestre Rasuk – actorVictor Rasuk – actorMonica Raymund – actressJudy Reyes – actress (television series Scrubs Birmania Ríos – television personality (television show Despierta America )Diana-Maria Riva – actressCarolina Rivas – actressAlfonso Rodríguez – film directorMichelle Rodriguez – actressJulio Sabala – actor, comedianRoberto Salcedo, Jr. – comedianZoe Saldana – actressCarlos Sánchez – comedian, actorNuryn Sanlley – comedianHarmony Santana – actressMerlin Santana – actorRafael Corporán de los Santos – TV hostEnrique Segoviano – producer, directorSharlene Taulé – actress and singer (Dominican father, Puerto Rican mother)Rosanna Tavarez – singer, television personalityShannon Tavarez – Broadway actress and singer; Dominican fatherSamir Saba – journalist, TV presenterJessy Terrero – directorLeticia Tonos – directorCelines Toribio – actress/modelEmily Tosta – actressIsaac Saviñón – actorJulian Scott Urena – actorVielka Valenzuela – talk show hostMichelle Vargas – actress, modelDenise Vasi – actressJamila Velazquez – actressJames Victor – actorJuan Vidal – actorLudo Vika – actress, comedianTristan Wilds – actorCarmen Wong Ulrich – journalistSandra Zaiter – actress and television host
Guillo Perez Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta.
Rebel leader Francisco Caamano. Ramon Caceres Adolfo Alejandro Nouel Ramon Matias Mella Rafael Alburquerque – former vice presidentGeovanny Vicente – political strategist and CNN columnistPedro Franco Badía – former Secretary of the Interior and PoliceBuenaventura Báez Méndez – former presidentJoaquín Balaguer Ricardo – former president (1960–1962, 1966–1978, 1986–1996)Ramón Emeterio Betances – founder of Puerto Rican independence movement (Dominican father)Salvador Jorge Blanco – former president (1982–1986)Tomás Bobadilla – first ruler of the Dominican RepublicJuan Bosch y Gaviño – former presidentFrancisco Domínguez Brito – lawyer, politicianFrancisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó – former presidentFernando Cabrera – New York City CouncilmanRamón Cáceres – former presidentMargarita Cedeño de Fernández – vice-president and former First Lady of the Dominican RepublicDavid Collado – former mayor of Santo Domingo Ricardo de los Santos Polanco – politician, and President of Senate of the Dominican Republic Luis Colón, 1st Duke of Veragua – nobleman, grandson of Christopher Columbus Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez – 65th Secretary of State of New York Juan Pablo Duarte – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican RepublicAdriano Espaillat – New York State Assemblyman; first Dominican American to be elected to a State House in the United StatesRafael Espinal – New York State AssemblymanRafael Estrella Ureña – former presidentCarlos Felipe Morales – former presidentRuy Fernández de Fuenmayor – Colonial governor of VenezuelaLeonel Fernández Reyna – former president (1996–2000, 2004–2008, 2008–2012)Pedro Florentino – hero of the Battle of Jacuba, during the War of Independence from HaitiMaximiliano Gómez – revolutionary political leaderMáximo Gómez – military commander of the Cuban War of Independence Petronila Angélica Gómez – feministAntonio Guzmán Fernández – former presidentUlises Heureaux – former presidentAntonio Imbert Barrera – former presidentGregorio Luperón – former presidentMiguel Martinez – former New York City CouncilmanSabina Matos – lieutenant governor of Rhode IslandDanilo Medina – former president (2012–2016)Lucia Medina – accountant and politicianHipólito Mejía – former presidentRamón Matías Mella – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican RepublicFernando Arturo de Meriño – politician, theologianThe Mirabal sisters – political dissidentsAdolfo Alejandro Nouel – Santo Domingo archbishop and interim presidentJosé Nuñez-Melo – Canadian politicianJosé Francisco Peña Gómez – mayor of Santo Domingo (1982–1986)Joseline Peña-Melnyk – member of the Maryland General Assembly Cesar A. Perales – 67th Secretary of State of New YorkThomas Edward Perez – Chairman of Democratic Party in the U.S.AFor a complete list, please refer to List of presidents of the Dominican Republic
Victor A. Carreno CNN columnist and Columbia University professor Geovanny Vicente Romero. Dr. Arístides Fiallo Cabral Jorge Abraham Hazoury Miguel Canela Lazaro
Alex Bueno El Cata El Prodigio Juan Luis Guerra Heddy Herrera Jose Antonio Molina Héctor Acosta – bachata/merengue singerCyrille Aimée – jazz musician (French father, Dominican mother)[2] Manny Albam – jazz musicianLuis Alberti – merengue musicianJosé Alberto "El Canario" – salsa singerCardi B – rapper (Dominican father, Trinidadian mother)El Alfa – rapperJuan Bautista Alfonseca – military officer, composerAnaís – pop singerAndy Andy – singerIce Spice – rapper (African-American father, Dominican mother)Arcángel – reggaeton artistAventura – bachata groupAZ – rapper (African-American mother, Dominican father)José Peña Suazo – Merengue singer070 Shake – rapperSexappeal – salsa singerLope Balaguer – singerKirko Bangz – rapper (African American, Mexican and Dominican)Ivan Barias – music producerEduardo Brito – baritone singerNinón Lapeiretta de Brouwer – female composerAlex Bueno – merengue/bachata singerNini Caffaro – singerJosé Manuel Calderón – bachata musicianMichel Camilo – jazz pianistAngela Carrasco – singerIsrael Casado – merengue instrumentalistAisha Syed Castro – violinistBonny Cepeda – merengue singerLas Chicas del Can Javier Colon – singer and winner of the first season of U.S. reality series The Voice Charles Connor – rhythm and blues drummerCoro – freestyle singer/actor (American born Cuban and Dominican)Cristal Marie – Latin pop singer-songwriterDamirón – pianist and composerCasandra Damirón – folk singerKat DeLuna – singerJoe Blandino – singer-songwriterDJ Prostyle – hip hop DJDanielle Balbuena – rapperDaniLeigh – singerDon Miguelo – reggaeton artistDave East – rap artistEl Cata – merengue musicianEl Jeffrey – merengue singerEl Prodigio – accordionistJackeline Estevez – pop singerBienvenido Fabian – composerFabolous – rapper (Dominican mother, African American father)Zacarías Ferreira – bachata singerXiomara Fortuna – singerOmar Franco – singer/composerBillo Frómeta – singerJuan Francisco García – merengue composerJhene Aiko – singer (Dominican, Spanish, Japanese mother)Vicente García – singer-songwriterTeodora Ginés – composerLilly Goodman – singerIrv Gotti – producerLeslie Grace – singer-songwriterJuan Luis Guerra – merengue/bachata/salsa musicianLuichy Guzman – film composerIvonne Haza – soprano singerTatico Henriquez – merengue musicianMartha Heredia – singerJulio Alberto Hernández – composerMaridalia Hernández Vinylz Hernandez – music producerEddy Herrera – merengue singerNicky Jam – reggaeton artist (Dominican mother, Puerto Rican father)Porfi Jimenez – trumpeter, composer and conductorAlih Jey – singerKrisspy – merengue singerBullumba Landestoy – pianist, composerÑico Lora – known as the "Father of Merengue" music, singerMargarita Luna de Espaillat – composerAnthony Ríos – ballad singerLos Hermanos Rosario – merengue groupRomeo Santos – bachata/reggaeton singer (Dominican father, Puerto Rican mother)Luny Tunes – reggaeton producers/artistsMaffio – music producerDomenic Marte – bachata singerMelanie Martinez – pop singer (Dominican mother, Puerto Rican father)La Materialista – singerHenry Mendez – reggaeton artistJosé Antonio Molina – classical composerMunchi – DJNatti Natasha Prince Royce Grammy award-winning DJ, Roger Sanchez. Jose Rufino Reyes Toño Rosario Rolf Sanchez Dominican Merengue singer Fernando Villalona.
Rafael Calventi , diplomat and architect.Johnny Marines – music executive 
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