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Famous Hispanics
Famous Hispanics
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The date range that Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated.
What is September 15- October 15?
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These dates represent the _______ of the following countries:
September 15 - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
September 16 – Mexico.
September 18 – Chile
What is Independence? Hispanic Heritage Month takes place over 30 days starting on the 15th of Sept – a nod to the anniversaries of national independence for a number of Latin American countries.
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The approximate number of Hispanics living in America?
What is about 60 million?
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Born in Jalisco, Mexico in 1947, this American musical (Guitar) icon recently relaunched his popular line of women's fashion footwear. He (along with his namesake band) was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. 
Who is Carlos Santana? Santana has won 10 Grammys and 3 Latin Grammy awards. He is known for his fusion of Latin American jazz with other genres including pop, rock and r&b.
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This ageless and talented Colombian-American "Modern" woman was the second highest paid actress in the U.S. in 2019.
Who is Sofia Vegara? Vergara played Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the ABC comedy series Modern Family, for which she was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. 
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Those whose heritage is only from Spanish-speaking Central and Latin America, including those countries/territories of the Caribbean or from Spain.
Who are Hispanics? It is important to clarify that the term "Hispanic" (and the terms Latino/a) refer only to a person's origin and ancestry. A Latino/a or Hispanic person can be any race or color.
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Hispanic Heritage Month always has a _____.
What is Theme? The 2023 National Hispanic Heritage Month theme is “Todos Somos, Somos Uno: We Are All, We Are One."
200
The Hispanic population is the ______ fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S.
What is Second? Asians are the fastest growing ethnic population.
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This American songwriter, actor, filmmaker and playwright of Puerto Rican, Mexican and African-American descent, composed and directed the Broadway musical "Hamilton".
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda? 
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This California Frito-Lay janitor who became an executive at the company, says that he invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
Who is Richard Montanez? Montañez was born to a Mexican-American family in Ontario, California. Montanez's claim served as the basis for the 2023 film Flamin' Hot, directed by Eva Longaria and starring Jesse Garcia.
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These are 2 of the many ways that Hispanic Heritage month is celebrated.
What are Festivals and Educational events?
300
While Spanish is the official language in Hispanic countries, there are more than ____ hundred other languages spoken by people across Latin America.
What is three-hundred (300)?
300
The Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1, 2022, was 63.7 million or _____ % of the population.
What is 19.1%? This made Hispanics the nation’s largest minority ethnic group in the U.S.
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The first Hispanic woman to become an astronaut. She previously worked as an engineer and was the former Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.
Who is Ellen Ochoa?
300
Born in Yuma, Arizona to a Mexican-American family, this labor leader and civil rights activist worked to improve working conditions for farm workers.
Who is Ceasar Chavez? Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union.
400
In general, ______ refers to (almost) anyone born in or with ancestors from Latin America and living in the U.S., including Brazilians.
What is Latino/Latina?
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The year Hispanic Heritage month began?
What is 1988?
400
From 2010 to 2020, the United States saw a __% increase in its Hispanic population.
What is 23%?
400
Female Mexican-American molecular and cellular biologist.
Who is Lydia Villa-Komaroff?
400
Hailing from New Jersey, this gymnast won a Gold medal in the team event and Silver on the balance beam at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
Who is Lauren Zoe Hernandez?
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He began the observation of Hispanic Heritage WEEK.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson? The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under then President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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In 1988, he signed a law to expand Hispanic Heritage Week to a Month-long celebration.
Who is Ronald Reagan? President Reagan signed the law in response to Congressman Esteban Torres' 1987 proposal to observe Hispanic Heritage for a Month.
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The top 3 states in terms of Hispanic Population.
What is California, Texas and Florida? 
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Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973? 
Who is Roberto Clemente?
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Born and raised in the Bronx, New York this Puerto Rican-American actress/singer is one of the most influential Hispanic entertainers in North America. She says she's still that girl "from the Block."
Who is Jennifer Lopez aka J-Lo ("Jenny from the Block")? 