This is a list of notable Americans who self-identify themselves as Americans of Spanish descent, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
There are also many people in the United States of Hispanic "national" origin, (e.g. Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, etc.) or other Latin Americans, who self-identify their heritage as being Spaniard in census data.
The list also includes many settlers and descendants of Spanish settlers who lived in the Spanish colonies south of the current U.S. when those territories were incorporated into U.S. and to his inhabitants were given the U.S. citizenship (Louisiana is incorporated in 1803, Florida in 1819, and the Southwest was incorporated in 1848).
This list is ordered by surname within section.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Spanish American or must have references showing they are Spanish American and are notable.
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Artists and designers
Adela Akers (born February 7, 1933) – American textile artist born in Spain
Mabel Alvarez (1891–1985) – prominent American artist
Carlos Baena – Spanish-born American employee in the Pixar studies
Javier Cabada (born October 25, 1931) – Spanish-born American artist who paints colorful, abstract works Eva Camacho-Sánchez – Spanish raised American fashion designer and maker who is focused in felted decorations, jewelry, housewares, and accessories at her company Lana Handmade. Federico Castellón (1914–1971) – painter and sculptor born in Almeria, Spain Beatriz Colomina (born 1952) – Spanish-born architecture historian Julio de Diego (1900–1979) – Spanish-born American visual artist Anh Duong (born October 25, 1960) – French-American artist, actress, and model, daughter of a Spanish mother and Vietnamese father. John A. Garcia (born 1949) – Spanish-born entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is best known as a pioneer of the modern American computer game industry. Frank Garcia (1927–1993)– American son of Spanish immigrants Xavier Gonzalez (1898–1993) – Spanish-born American artist. Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (born 1961) – Spanish-born American artist Adele Morales (1925–2015) – American painter and memoirist. He is of Spanish and Peruvian descent. Wenceslao Moreno (1896–1999) – known to his American fans as "Señor Wences", Moreno was for decades a top ventriloquist in Spain, elsewhere in Europe, as well as in Latin America and the United States. In the US, he was a favorite in vaudeville and, later, television, especially on The Ed Sullivan Show. He was born in Salamanca, Spain, and died at the age of 103 in New York City. Stephen Mopope (1898–1974) – Kiowa painter, dancer, and flute player of Spanish descent. Victor Moscoso (born 1936) – Psychedelic underground comix cartoonist, born in Galicia and raised in the US. Esteban Munras (1798–1850) – 19th-century Spanish artist, probably best known for the vibrantly-colored frescoes that adorn the chapel interior at Mission San Miguel Arcángel in California.
Antonio Prieto (1912–1967) – Spanish-born American ceramic artist and art professor at Mills College, Oakland, California. He was instrumental in developing an important ceramics collection for the Mills College Art Museum. Faye Resnick (born July 3, 1957) – American television personality, author, and interior designer. She is of Spanish, Italian and English descent Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer. Son of Cuban parents of Canarian (Spanish) descent Richard Serra (born November 2, 1938) – American sculptor. His father was Spanish from Mallorca and mother was Russian, in Odessa Urbici Soler i Manonelles (1890–1953) – American sculptor and art educator. Carmen Marc Valvo – fashion designer Kat Von D (born March 8, 1982) – tattoo artist of European descent; Spanish ancestry from mom