List of Famous people born in Dominican Republic
Carlos Peña
Carlos Felipe Peña is a Dominican former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, and Kansas City Royals.
Maffio
Carlos Ariel Peralta Mendoza, known by his stage name Maffio, is a Dominican urban music producer, composer and artist.
Lourdes Stephen
Lourdes Stephen is Dominican journalist and television host. She is best known for being the anchor, and moderator, for Sal y Pimienta, the show broadcast by Univision. For eight years, Stephen served as a national correspondent, for the news magazine, Primer Impacto, on the Univision Network.
Ozzie Virgil, Sr.
Osvaldo José Virgil Pichardo is a former professional baseball player and coach who was the first Dominican to play in Major League Baseball. He was a utilityman who played in MLB between 1956 and 1969 for the New York Giants (1956–57), Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics (1961), Baltimore Orioles (1962), Pittsburgh Pirates (1965) and San Francisco Giants. Basically a third baseman, Virgil played all positions except pitcher and center field. He batted and threw right-handed, was 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 174 pounds (79 kg).
Javier Fortuna
Javier Fortuna Francisco is a Dominican professional boxer. He held the WBA (Regular) super featherweight title from 2015 to 2016; the WBA interim featherweight title from 2012 to 2013; and challenged for the IBF lightweight title in 2018.
Jack Veneno
Jack Veneno is a Dominican retired professional wrestler and politician.
Ronny Rodríguez
Ronny Rodríguez Martinez is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers. Rodríguez has also played for the Dominican Republic national baseball team.
Alfonso Soriano
Alfonso Guilleard Soriano is a Dominican former professional baseball left fielder and second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Washington Nationals, and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
Raquel Peña de Antuña
Raquel Peña de Antuña is a Dominican politician and academic who currently serves as Vice President of the Dominican Republic since 2020.
Enrique Segoviano
Enrique Segoviano is a Dominican-born Mexican television producer and director. He is best known as director of Chespirito's various 1970s television series as well as for producing and directing the late 1980s-early 1990s variety series Anabel.