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In this post: Celebrate your Hispanic heritage with this round-up of inspirational, kid-friendly biographies about famous Latinos throughout history.
Whether you’re learning Spanish alongside your child or are looking for ways to keep your Hispanic heritage alive at home, learning about important Hispanic and Latino figures throughout history is a must.
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Especially for Latino kids, learning about famous Latinos throughout history has benefits like connecting with their heritage and feeling empowered. Representation is huge, too—it helps kids to identify with these influential men and women and see that they also can do great things.
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23 Influential Hispanic Americans Who Have Made History
Hispanic Americans have long contributed to politics, science, movies and TV, the arts, and sports, among many other industries. Latin American talent includes musicians who have exploded onto the scene like Bad Bunny did in the mids and politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who became the youngest woman elected to Congress.
Famous Hispanic actors have taken on beloved fictional roles, like Jenna Ortega did with the iconic character Wednesday Addams, and made Emmys history as Pedro Pascal did after becoming the first Latino to be nominated in the lead actor category in 25 years. And some Hispanic Americans are known for creating masterful works of art like Lin-Manuel Miranda did with his Broadway hit Hamilton.
All of these accomplishments center the stories and experiences of the Latinx community to entertain mass audiences and, in some cases, help shape American history. To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, whic
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Dia de la Raza, an alternative celebration to Columbus Day for those of Hispanic heritage, falls within the Hispanic Heritage Month observance calendar (October 12)
People of Mexican origin accounted for just over 60% of the total U.S. Hispanic Population. Individuals of Puerto Rican origin were the next largest Hispanic group, at nearly 10% of all Hispanic Americans.
Half of all "Hispanic" individuals (where Spanish would be the official language of their country of origin) would prefer to identify themselves by their country of origin.
Many Latin American countries celebrate their national days of independence in September:
- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (September 15)
- Mexico (September 16)
- Chile (September 18)
data found that 81% of Latinos living in the country were U.S. citizens.