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The first Latino inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Roberto Clemente!!!
100
Baseball and dominos are this countries national sports.
Cuba!!!
100
This actress, producer, director, activist and businesswoman is best known for her role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, which ran from 2004 to 2012 and for which she received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Eva Longoria!!!
100
Originally a Mexican American farm worker, Chavez became the best known Latino American civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American labor movement, which was eager to enroll Hispanic members. His public-relations approach to unionism and aggressive but nonviolent tactics made the farm workers' struggle a moral cause with nationwide support.
Cesar Chavez!!!
100
Made her screen debut in an episode of Law & Order (1999). Her film career began a year later with Center Stage (2000), where she played a struggling ballet dancer, followed by a role in Crossroads (2002). Her breakthrough came in 2009 with the roles of Nyota Uhura in Star Trek and Neytiri in James Cameron's Avatar (2009). The latter film received widespread acclaim, and is the highest-grossing film of all time. She continued her career with films such as Colombiana (2011), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and both Star Trek sequels, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
Zoe Saldana!!!
200
This performer was the first Cuban-born entertainer to star in a major network television show, I Love Lucy.
Desi Arnaz!!!
200
This nation has had more Miss Universe and Miss Worlds than any other country.
Venezuela!!!
200
Called the Queen of Tejano music, her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. Billboard magazine named her the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and the "best selling Latin artist of the decade". She also ranks among the most influential Latin artists of all-time and is credited for catapulting a music genre into the mainstream market.
Selena!!!
200
A Mexican painter, who mostly painted self-portraits. Inspired by Mexican popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. Her work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and by feminists for what is seen as its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form.
Frida Kahlo!!!
200
Year-end stats from the social media site revealed that with 103 million followers, she’s the most followed celebrity on Instagram. She has eight of the 10 most-liked celebrity photos and seven of the top 10 celebrity videos this year.
Selena Gomez!!!
300
This musician was the first Latino inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
Carlos Santana!!!
300
This country is one of the richest Mayan history locations with over 900 historic locations.
Belize!!!
300
A rock & roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement he had several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which he had adapted from a Mexican folk song. He transformed the song into one with a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in 1958, making him a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
Ritchie Valens!!!
300
This Cuban national hero was a poet, essayist, professor, translator, and revolutionary philosopher in the late 1800s.
José Martí!!!
300
Often cited as one of the only major successes of The Voice. Her music mostly revolves around the protagonist of her concept album, Cry Baby, and discusses themes of family disputes, body image, romance, and coming-of-age. She is known for her two-toned hair.
Melanie Martinez!!!
400
The first Latina Associate Judge chosen to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009 by President Barack Obama.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor!!!
400
The planet’s largest deposit of salt can be found in this country. The Salar de Uyuni or salt flats or Uyuni salt beds hold more than 64 million tons of salt.
Bolivia!!!
400
She has won seven Grammy Awards. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Las Vegas Walk of Fame. In 2015, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contributions to American music. Also won an MTV Video Music Award, and two ACE Awards. She was honored with the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement as well as being named BMI Songwriter of the Year. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has received multiple Billboard Awards. She is also on the list of VH1 top 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and in Billboard's Top 100 Greatest Artists Of All time.
Gloria Estefan!!!
400
She is best known for her first novel The House on Mango Street (1984) and her subsequent short story collection Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991). Her work experiments with literary forms and investigates emerging subject positions, which she attributes to growing up in a context of cultural hybridity and economic inequality that endowed her with unique stories to tell. She is the recipient of numerous awards including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and is regarded as a key figure in Chicana literature.
Sandra Cisneros!!!
400
She is an activist who has dedicated her life to helping the world recognize the plight of Guatemala’s indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War. She has promoted indigenous rights in the country, ran for President of Guatemala in 2007 and 2011 and even received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2991 and the Price of Asturias Award in 1998. Her fight for the people of Guatemala has forever inspired recognition of indigenous rights in South America.
Rigoberta Menchú!!!
500
First Hispanic person to enter the space program, becoming an astronaut in 1981. He is a veteran of six space missions and has spent nearly 1,300 hours in space.
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz!!!
500
The 5th largest country in the world by both land area and population that is home to 60% the Amazon Rainforest. It is the first South American country to host the Summer Olympics.
Brazil!!!
500
Actor, playwright and composer, best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, two Grammy's, an Emmy, a MacArthur Fellowship, and three Tony Awards, among others.
Lin-Manuel Miranda!!!
500
Known as the Latina Oprah, she inspired and motivated for decades with her self-titled hit Univision show. Known for ending each episode with the Spanish phrase, ‘Pa'lante, pa'lante, pa'tras ni pa' coger impulso’ (Move forward and never look back) the Cuban journalist instantly won over the hearts of millions.
Cristina Saralegui!!!
500
As if being the first Latina astronaut isn’t enough, she’s also the co-inventor of three patents related to optical inspection systems. She received her doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University and is currently the director of the Johnson Space Center. Talk about reaching for the stars!
Ellen Ochoa!!!