This is a list of notable individuals from the Dominican Republic or who have Dominican ancestry and reside overseas.
Julia Alvarez
Arambilet
Frank Báez
Josefina Baez
Julio Vega Batlle
Rei Berroa
Manuel del Cabral
Aída Cartagena Portalatín
Raquel Cepeda
Tulio Manuel Cestero
Narciso Isa Conde
Hilma Contreras
Angie Cruz
Junot Díaz
León Félix Batista
Fabio Fiallo
Cristino Gómez
José Luis González
Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Federico Henríquez y Carvajal
Angela Hernández Nuñez
Juan Isidro Jiménez Grullón
Mariano Lebrón Saviñón
Andrés L. Mateo
Félix Evaristo Mejía
Miguel D. Mena
Leopoldo Minaya
Pedro Mir
Mateo Morrison
José Núñez de Cáceres
Arturo Rodríguez Fernández
Mu-Kien Adriana Sang
Rosa Silverio
Alfredo Fernández Simó
Salomé Ureña
Jael Uribe
Bernardo Vega
Alanna Lockward
Angel G. Lockward Mella
Marcos Bisonó - businessman
José Blanco - cigar industrialist
Ligia Bonetti - businesswoman
Manuel Díez Cabral - businessman
José Luis Corripio - businessman
The Franjul Family – business family
Bartolomé Gamundi – businessman and government official in Puerto Rico
José León Asensio - businessman
Celso Marranzini - economist
Porfirio Pina - music executive
Frank Rainieri - businessman, chairman and founder of Grupo Punta Cana
Vicini family - business family
Samantha Santos - business woman
Rui Delgado - tech entrepreneur
Fashion and beauty pageant personalities
Mariasela Álvarez – Miss World 1982
Eva Arias – beauty queen and fashion model
Sully Bonnelly – fashion designer
Susie Castillo – Miss USA 2003
Ana Contreras – Miss World Beach beauty semifinalist
Claudia Cruz – Miss World 2004 first runner-up
Marianne Cruz – Miss Universe 2008 second runner-up
Yadira Cury – Miss International 2005 first runner-up
Ada de la Cruz – Miss Universe 2009 first runner-up
Magali Febles – owner of the Miss Dominican Republic pageant franchise
Anea Garcia – Miss Grand International 2015
Gilda Jovine – fashion model
Francisca Lachapel – Nuestra Belleza Latina 2015
Claudette Lali – former model/film wardrobe stylist
Hernan Lander – fashion designer
Dulcita Lieggi – beauty pageant contestant
Jerry Lorenzo - fashion designer
Denny Méndez – Miss Italy 1997
Clarissa Molina - Nuestra Belleza Latina V.I.P 2016 Miss Dominican Republic 2015
Ruth Ocumárez – former beauty queen
Oscar de la Renta - fashion designer
Amell Santana – Miss Earth 2005 first runner-up
Renata Soñé – Miss Universe 2005 second runner–up
Arlenis Sosa – fashion model
Nabila Tapia – Miss Teen International first runner-up
Cris Urena – fashion model
Amelia Vega – Miss Universe 2003, actress and model
Motion picture and television personalities
Irvin Alberti – actor
Nancy Alvarez – psychologist, television talk show host
Tina Aumont – film actress; daughter of Maria Montez
Freddy Beras-Goico – television host, comedian
Julissa Bermudez – television personality
Micky Bretón – director
Francis Capra – actor
Sergio Carlo – actor
Aimee Carrero – actress
Terry Carter – actor
Hosea Chanchez – actor
Charytín – actress, singer, television host
José Guillermo Cortines – actor, musician
Jackie Cruz – actress
Tony Dandrades – TV presenter
Yasmin Deliz – television personality/actress
Akari Endo – actress
Hony Estrella – actress
Iamdra Fermín – TV presenter
Juan Fernández – actor
René Fortunato – film director
J. Teddy Garces – actor
Andrés García – actor
Rick Gonzalez – actor
María Alejandra Guzmán – TV presenter
Oscar Haza – television journalist
Wilson Jermaine Heredia – actor
Wolf Hudson – adult film star
Arthur Lithgow – actor
Yelitza Lora – actress
Yorlin Madera – actor (television series One Life to Live)
Judy Marte – actress
Luisito Martí – comedian
Agliberto Meléndez – film director
Mirtha Michelle – actress
Maria Montez – actress
Rafael Molina Morillo – journalist
Carlos de la Mota – actor
Patrícia Mota – actress
Amaury Nolasco – actor
Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. – actor
Karen Olivo – Tony Award-winning actress
Alex Paez – American actor of Dominican descent
Manny Pérez – actor (films Party Monster and El Cantante)
Frank Perozo – actor, producer
Nuria Piera – television journalist
Dascha Polanco – actress (Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black)
Rafael José – Puerto Rican television personality (Dominican father)
Dania Ramirez – actress (television series Heroes and Entourage)
Silvestre Rasuk – actor
Victor Rasuk – actor
Monica Raymund – actress
Judy Reyes – actress (television series Scrubs)
Birmania Ríos – television personality (television show Despierta America)
Carolina Rivas – actress
Alfonso Rodríguez – film director
Michelle Rodriguez – actress
Roberto Salcedo, Jr. – comedian
Zoe Saldana – actress
Carlos Sánchez – comedian, actor
Nuryn Sanlley – comedian
Merlin Santana – actor
Rafael Corporán de los Santos - TV host
Enrique Segoviano – producer, director
Rosanna Tavarez – singer, television personality
Shannon Tavarez – Broadway actress and singer; Dominican father
Jessy Terrero – director
Leticia Tonos – director
Celines Toribio – actress/model
Julian Scott Urena – actor
Vielka Valenzuela – talk show host
Michelle Vargas – actress, model
Anibis Lockward Sotolongo – Character Animator, Layout Artist
Denise Vasi – actress
Ludo Vika – actress, comedian
Tristan Wilds – actor
Carmen Wong Ulrich – journalist
Sandra Zaiter – actress and television host
Painters and artists
Cándido Bidó
Tito Canepa
Jaime Colson
Paul Giudicelli
Aurelio Grisanty
Gilberto Hernández Ortega
Clara Ledesma
Yoryi Morel
Elsa Núñez
Olivia Peguero
Rigo Peralta
Guillo Pérez
Eligio Pichardo
Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta
Amaya Salazar
Jorge Noceda Sanchez
Darío Suro
Celeste Woss y Gil
Rafael Alburquerque – former vice president
Buenaventura Báez Méndez – former president
Joaquín Balaguer Ricardo – former president (1960–1962, 1966–1978, 1986–1996)
Ramón Emeterio Betances – founder of Puerto Rican independence movement (Dominican father)
Salvador Jorge Blanco – former president (1982–1986)
Tomás Bobadilla – first ruler of the Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch y Gaviño – former president
Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó – former president
Fernando Cabrera – New York City Councilman
Ramón Cáceres – former president
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández – vice-president and former First Lady of the Dominican Republic
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez – 65th Secretary of State of New York
Juan Pablo Duarte – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
Adriano Espaillat – New York State Assemblyman; first Dominican American to be elected to a State House in the United States
Rafael Espinal – New York State Assemblyman
Rafael Estrella Ureña – former president
Leonel Fernández Reyna – former President (1996–2000, 2004–2008, 2008–2012)
Pedro Florentino – hero of the Battle of Jacuba, during the War of Independence from Haiti
Maximiliano Gómez – revolutionary political leader
Máximo Gómez – military commander of the Cuban War of Independence
Antonio Guzmán Fernández – former president
Ulises Heureaux – former president
Antonio Imbert Barrera – former president
Gregorio Luperón – former president
Miguel Martinez – former New York City Councilman
Danilo Medina – current President (2012-2016)
Hipólito Mejía – was and running for president
Ramón Matías Mella – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
The Mirabal sisters – political dissidents
José Nuñez-Melo – Canadian politician
José Francisco Peña Gómez – mayor of Santo Domingo (1982–1986)
Joseline Peña-Melnyk – member of the Maryland General Assembly
Cesar A. Perales – 67th Secretary of State of New York
Thomas Perez – civil rights lawyer
Donald Reid Cabral – former president
Tilo Rivas – government official
Ydanis Rodríguez – New York City councilman
José Antonio (Pepillo) Salcedo – first president after the Restoration of the Dominican Republic
Roberto Salcedo, Sr. – politician
Juan Sánchez Ramírez – military general
Angel G. Lockward Mella – Politician, Ambassador, Secretary of state
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
José Santana – former government minister
Pedro Santana Familias – first president (1844)
José Del Castillo Saviñón – politician
Angel Taveras – mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo – dictator (1930–1961)
Ramfis Trujillo – general and son of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
Francisco Urena – Massachusetts government official
Elias Wessin y Wessin – former general
For a complete list, please refer to List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic
Scientists and scholars
Idelisa Bonnelly – marine biologist
Víctor A. Carreño – NASA aerospace engineer
Marcos Espinal – epidemiologist
Luis Arístides Fiallo Cabral – astronomer
Pedro Francisco Bonó – sociologist
Juan Isidro Jiménez Grullón – historian
Erich E. Kunhardt – physicist
Jose Gabriel Garcia- historian
Miguel Canela Lázaro – anatomist
Frank Moya Pons – historian
Andrés Navarro – architect
Feniosky Peña-Mora – engineer
Margot Taule – architect
Juan Manuel Taveras Rodríguez – radiologist
Héctor Valdez Albizu – economist
Singers and musicians
Héctor Acosta – bachata/merengue singer
Cyrille Aimée – Jazz musician (Dominican mother)
Manny Albam – jazz musician
Luis Alberti – merengue musician
José Alberto (aka El Canario) – salsa singer
Juan Bautista Alfonseca – military officer, composer
Anaís – pop singer
Andy Andy – singer
Arcángel – reggaeton artist
Aventura – bachata group
AZ – rapper
Carmelina Vargas) - singer and songwriter
Kirko Bangz – rapper
Ivan Barias – music producer
Eduardo Brito – baritone singer
Alex Bueno – merengue/bachata singer
Nini Caffaro – singer
José Manuel Calderón – bachata musician
Michel Camilo – jazz pianist
Angela Carrasco – singer
Aisha Syed Castro – violinist
Bonny Cepeda – merengue singer
Las Chicas del Can
Javier Colon – singer and winner of the first season of U.S. reality series The Voice
Charles Connor – rhythm and blues drummer
Coro – freestyle singer/actor
Cristal Marie – Latin pop singer, songwriter
Kat DeLuna – singer
DJ Prostyle – hip hop DJ
Don Miguelo – reggaeton artist
El Cata – merengue musician
El Jeffrey – merengue singer
El Prodigio – accordionist
Jackeline Estevez – pop singer
Bienvenido Fabian – composer
Fabolous – rapper
Zacarías Ferreira – bachata singer
Omar Franco – singer/composer
Billo Frómeta – singer
Juan Francisco García – merengue composer
Vicente García – singer-songwriter
Teodora Ginés – composer
Irv Gotti – producer
Leslie Grace – singer, songwriter
Juan Luis Guerra – merengue/bachata/salsa musician
Tatico Henriquez – merengue musician
Martha Heredia – singer
Julio Alberto Hernández – composer
Maridalia Hernández
Vinylz Hernandez – music producer
Eddy Herrera – merengue singer
Nicky Jam – reggaeton artist
Alih Jey – singer
Krisspy – merengue singer
Ñico Lora – known as the "Father of Merengue" music, singer
Los Hermanos Rosario – merengue group
Luny Tunes – reggaeton producers/artists
Domenic Marte – bachata singer
Melanie Martinez – Pop singer (Dominican parents)
Irka Mateo – folk singer/songwriter
Henry Mendez – regaetton artist
Miguelito – rapper (Dominican father)
Munchi – DJ
Natti Natasha – singer
Nova – singer
Noztra – reggaeton artist
Francisco Núñez – musical conductor
Pavel Nuñez – pop/rock musician
Omega – merenhouse musician
Juan Francisco Ordóñez – guitarist/composer
Ramón Orlando – merengue singer
Shalim Ortiz – singer
Johnny Pacheco – salsa singer/producer/bandleader
Leonardo Paniagua – bachata artist
Karina Pasian – singer/pianist
Chichí Peralta – singer, bandleader, percussionist
Rubby Perez – singer
Geovanny Polanco – merengue singer
Prince Royce – bachata singer
Milly Quezada – singer, dubbed the "Queen of Merengue"
Fausto Rey – singer/composer
Frank Reyes – bachata singer
José Rufino Reyes y Siancas – composer of Dominican national anthem
Trio Reynoso – known as the "kings of merengue tipico" merengue/bachata group
Ariel Rivas – music producer
Mario Rivera – jazz composer/artist
Raulín Rodríguez – bachata singer
Richard Camacho – Pop singer (Dominican Parents)
Tito Rodríguez – singer, bandleader
Rosangela – singer
Toño Rosario – merengue singer
Raulín Rosendo – salsa singer
Roger Sanchez – DJ/house music producer
Daniel Santacruz – singer/songwriter
Lizette Santana (also known as Lizé) – singer/songwriter
Antony Santos – bachata singer
Yoskar Sarante – bachata singer
Luis Segura – singer
Triple Seis – rapper
Twin Shadow – indie musician
Vicky Shell – singer, songwriter
Rafael Solano – songwriter/composer
Ines Thomas Almeida – opera singer
Cuco Valoy – merengue singer/bandleader
Luis Vargas – bachata singer
Sergio Vargas – merengue singer
Wilfrido Vargas – merengue singer
Johnny Ventura – merengue singer
Fernando Villalona – singer
J.R. Writer – rapper
Marcos Yaroide – Christian singer, composer
For a complete list refer to List of Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
Manny Acta – former manager of the Cleveland Indians
Antonio Alfonseca – professional baseball player
Carlos Almanzar – professional baseball player
Felipe Alou – professional baseball manager and player
Jesús Alou – professional baseball player
Matty Alou – professional baseball player
Moisés Alou – professional baseball player
Joaquín Andújar – professional baseball player
Greg Aquino – professional baseball player
Joaquin Arias – professional baseball player
Miguel Batista – professional baseball player
Tony Batista – professional baseball player
Danny Bautista – professional baseball player
Denny Bautista – professional baseball player
José Bautista – professional baseball player
José Bautista – professional baseball player (pitcher)
George Bell – professional baseball player
Ronnie Belliard – professional baseball player
Francis Beltrán – professional baseball player
Adrián Beltré - professional baseball player
Esteban Beltré – professional baseball player
Armando Benítez – professional baseball player
Joaquín Benoit – professional baseball player
Ángel Berroa – professional baseball player
Wilson Betemit – professional baseball player
Tony Blanco – professional baseball player
Pedro Borbón, Jr. – professional baseball player
Yhency Brazobán – professional baseball player
Juan Brito – professional baseball player
Daniel Cabrera – professional baseball player
Francisco Cabrera – professional baseball player
Melky Cabrera – professional baseball player
Robinson Canó – professional baseball player
Fausto Carmona – professional baseball player
Rico Carty – professional baseball player
Bernie Castro – professional baseball player
Fabio Castro – professional baseball player
Starlin Castro – professional baseball player
Alberto Castillo – professional baseball player
Luis Castillo – professional baseball player
César Cedeño – professional baseball player
Jesús Colomé – professional baseball player
Bartolo Colón – professional baseball player
Román Colón – professional baseball player
Francisco Cordero – professional baseball player
Deivi Cruz – professional baseball player
Johnny Cueto – professional baseball player
Octavio Dotel – professional baseball player
Edwin Encarnación - professional baseball player
Juan Encarnación - professional baseball player
Pedro Feliz – professional baseball player
Bartolomé Fortunato – professional baseball player
Rafael Furcal – professional baseball player
Julio Franco – professional baseball player
Jerry Gil – professional baseball player
Carlos Gómez – professional baseball player
Vladimir Guerrero – professional baseball player
José Guillén – professional baseball player
Cristian Guzmán – professional baseball player
Freddy Guzmán – professional baseball player
Félix Heredia – professional baseball player
Runelvys Hernández – professional baseball player
Julián Javier – professional baseball player
Stan Javier – professional baseball player
José Lima – professional baseball player
Francisco Liriano – professional baseball player
Pedro Liriano – professional baseball player
Mendy López – professional baseball player
Julio Lugo – professional baseball player
Ruddy Lugo – professional baseball player
Héctor Luna – professional baseball player
Manny Machado – professional baseball player
Henry Mateo – professional baseball player
Julio Mateo – professional baseball player
Juan Marichal – professional baseball player
Dámaso Marte – professional baseball player
Pedro Martínez – Cy Young Award-winning professional baseball player
José Mesa – professional baseball player
Omar Minaya – General Manager of the New York Mets
Raúl Mondesí – professional baseball player
Agustín Montero – professional baseball player
Juan Morillo – professional baseball player
Abraham Núñez – professional baseball player
Leo Núñez – professional baseball player
José Offerman – professional baseball player
Miguel Olivo – professional baseball player
David Ortiz – professional baseball player
Ramón Ortiz – professional baseball player
Pablo Ozuna – professional baseball player
Ronny Paulino – professional baseball player
Carlos Peña – professional baseball player
Tony Peña – professional baseball player
Wily Mo Peña – professional baseball player
Jhonny Peralta – professional baseball player
Antonio Pérez – professional baseball player
Mélido Pérez – professional baseball player
Neifi Pérez – professional baseball player
Odalis Pérez – professional baseball player
Rafael Pérez – professional baseball player
Timo Pérez – professional baseball player
Hipólito Pichardo – professional baseball player
Plácido Polanco – professional baseball player
Albert Pujols – professional baseball player
Aramis Ramírez – professional baseball player
Hanley Ramírez – professional baseball player
Manny Ramírez – professional baseball player
José Reyes – professional baseball player
Fernando Rodney – professional baseball player
Alex Rodriguez – professional baseball player
Félix Rodríguez – professional baseball player
Henry Rodríguez – professional baseball player
Wandy Rodríguez – professional baseball player
Duaner Sánchez – professional baseball player
Víctor Santos – professional baseball player
Alfonso Soriano – professional baseball player
Jorge Sosa – professional baseball player
Sammy Sosa – professional baseball player
Julián Tavárez – professional baseball player
Oscar Taveras – professional baseball player
Willy Taveras – professional baseball player
Miguel Tejada – professional baseball player
Rubén Tejada – professional baseball player
Robinson Tejeda – professional baseball player
Luis Terrero – professional baseball player
Salomón Torres – professional baseball player
Juan Uribe – professional baseball player
Wilson Valdez – professional baseball player
José Valverde – professional baseball player
Claudio Vargas – professional baseball player
Yordano Ventura – professional baseball player
José Vizcaíno – professional baseball player
Luis Vizcaíno – professional baseball player
Edinson Volquez – professional baseball player
Héctor Wagner – professional baseball player
Jamie Williams - professional baseball player; Astros
Orlando Antigua – professional basketball player
Trevor Ariza – professional basketball player
Luis Flores – basketball player
Francisco García – professional basketball player
Al Horford – professional basketball player
Tito Horford – professional basketball player
Felipe López – professional basketball player
Jack Michael Martínez – professional basketball player
Sammy Mejia – professional basketball player
Carlos Morban – basketball player
Orlando Sanchez – professional basketball player
Edgar Sosa – professional basketball player
Karl-Anthony Towns - professional basketball player
Eloy Vargas – professional basketball player
Charlie Villanueva – professional basketball player
Francisco Contreras – boxer
Carlos Cruz – former professional boxing champion
Leo Cruz – professional boxing champion
Manuel Félix Díaz – professional boxer
Javier Fortuna – professional boxer
Julio Gervacio – professional boxer
Fernando Guerrero – professional boxer
Joan Guzmán – professional boxer
Luis Ernesto José – professional boxer
Eleoncio Mercedes – professional boxer
Juan Carlos Payano – boxer
Delvin Rodriguez – professional boxer
Edwin Rodriguez – professional boxer
Glen Tapia – professional boxer
Raul Aguayo – national sail team member
Juana Arrendel – high jumper
Milagros Cabral – professional volleyball player
José Miguel Cáceres – professional volleyball player
Brenda Castillo – professional volleyball player
Luis Castillo – professional football player
Fany Chalas – sprinter
Stalin Colinet – former professional football player
Yuderqui Contreras – weightlifter
Domingo Cordero – hurdler
Bethania de la Cruz – professional volleyball player
Wendy Cruz – cyclist
Marcos Díaz – ultra-distance swimmer
Karla Echenique – professional volleyball player
Edward Vinicio Espinal – professional soccer player
Jaime Espinal – Olympic wrestler
Víctor Estrella Burgos – tennis player
Lisvel Elisa Eve – professional volleyball player
Mary Joe Fernández – professional tennis player
Alex Garcia – UFC fighter
Iván Ernesto Gómez – elite mountaineer
Aumi Guerra – professional bowler
Dionicio Gustavo – karateka
José Hernández – tennis player
Francia Jackson – professional volleyball player
Jhohanny Jean – taekwondo athlete
Ernesto Jerez – sportscaster
Julio Luciano – high jumper
Víctor Martínez – professional bodybuilder
Gabriel Mercedes – taekwondo practitioner
Juan Núñez – sprinter
Sidarka Núñez – professional volleyball player
Victor Nunez – soccer player
Michael-Ray Pallares-González – tennis player
Alexis Panisse – runner
Domingo Peralta – soccer player
Wanda Rijo – weightlifter
Heidy Rodríguez – karateka
Jeoselyna Rodríguez Santos – professional volleyball player
Cindy Rondón – professional volleyball player
Dante Rosario – professional football player
Félix Sánchez – Olympic gold medal–winning hurdler
Raysa Sanchez – sprinter
Luguelín Santos – Olympic silver medalist-sprinter
Annerys Vargas – professional volleyball player
Jack Veneno – professional wrestler
Ana Villanueva – karateka
DeAndre Yedlin – soccer player
Rolando Acosta – associate justice
Félix Acosta-Núñez – journalist
Danny Almonte – notable Little League player
Carlos Alvarez-Aranyos – political speechwriter
Radhames Aracena – music producer
Rafael Bello – journalist
Billy Berroa – sports broadcaster
Pedro Borrell – architect
José María Cabral – director
Rafael Calventi – architect, diplomat
Claudia Castaños – journalist
Marino Vinicio Castillo – lawyer
Miguel Cocco - politician
Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo – diplomat
Alexandra Cheron – socialite/model
Jose DeCamps – dancer
Nelson de la Rosa – actor, comedian
Mario Alvarez Dugan – journalist
Rudy Duthil - advertizing executive
Emilio Prud’Homme - writer and lawyer
María Isabel Soldevila - journalist
Michele Jimenez – ballet dancer
Paul Luna - restaurateur
Johnny Marines - music executive
Rámon Marrero Aristy - journalist
Jose E. Martinez – lawyer
Ralph Mercado – founder of RMM Records; music producer
Rafael Molina Morillo – journalist
Providencia Paredes - assistant and confidante to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Quirino Paulino – notorious drug smuggler
Arturo Pellerano Alfau - journalist
Ilka Tanya Payán – actress, AIDS/HIV activist
Pedro Saúl Pérez – activist
Oscar Peter - champion figure skater
Domingo Pilarte – evangelist
Elvin Polanco - music promoter
Santiago Luis Polanco Rodríguez – drug dealer
Porfirio Rubirosa – diplomat, polo player, race car driver
Angelo Sosa - restaurateur
Manuel Tarrazo - fashion designer
Jendry J Ventura -Tecnología Electromecánica, Tecnología y Mecánica automotriz
