List of Famous people born in Puerto Rico

McWilliams Arroyo Acevedo is a Puerto Rican professional boxer who has challenged twice for a world flyweight title, in 2014 and 2016. As an amateur, Arroyo represented Puerto Rico in numerous international events.

José Benjamin Molina is a Puerto Rican professional baseball coach for the Los Angeles Angels and former catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for four teams in MLB, and for the Puerto Rican national team in the World Baseball Classic (WBC). Noted for his abilities in pitch-framing and in handling pitching staffs, Molina is a two-time World Series champion in MLB and a two-time silver medalist with Puerto Rico.

Lymari Nadal Torres is a Puerto Rican actress, film producer and scriptwriter. She has performed different roles in several films including American Gangster and Battlestar Galactica: The Plan. In 2011, she also produced her own film, America, which she also wrote.

Orlando Bruno Román is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher.

Edwin Orlando Díaz Laboy is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his major league debut in June 2016 with the Seattle Mariners, where he played between 2016 and 2018.

Ángel Ramos Torres was a Puerto Rican industrialist. He entered El Mundo during high school years as a typesetter, and went on to become the owner of the newspaper. He also founded Radio El Mundo and WKAQ-TV Telemundo.

Víctor Manuel Caratini is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Chicago Cubs where his nickname was “Chompers”. After catching Joe Musgrove’s no-hitter he was given the nickname “The Scientist”. Listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 215 pounds (98 kg), he throws right-handed and is a switch hitter.

Juan González is an American progressive broadcast journalist and investigative reporter. He was also a columnist for the New York Daily News from 1987 to 2016. He frequently co-hosts the radio and television program Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman.

Santos "Sandy" Alomar Conde Sr., is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves (1964–66), New York Mets (1967), Chicago White Sox (1967–69), California Angels (1969–74), New York Yankees (1974–76), and Texas Rangers (1977–78). Alomar was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He is the father of former Major League catcher and current Cleveland Indians coach Sandy Alomar Jr. and Hall of Fame second baseman Roberto Alomar.

Alejandro Javier García Padilla is a Puerto Rican politician and attorney who served as governor of Puerto Rico from 2013 to 2017. Prior to this position, García Padilla held various roles in the political landscape of Puerto Rico; first as Secretary of Consumer Affairs, and then as a member of the 24th Senate of Puerto Rico and as president of the Popular Democratic Party. Locally, he is a staunch advocate for maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of an unincorporated territory of the United States with self-government, while at the national level he is allied with the Democratic Party.