Rafael Muñiz García de la Noceda, better known as Rafo Muñiz is a Puerto Rican actor, comedian, director, and producer of television shows and concerts.
Turey El Taíno is a Puerto Rican publication that remains the most long-standing local comic to date. Originally available in stand-alone magazines and in a strip featured on the now defunct El Mundo newspaper, Turey debuted in news stands on October 26, 1989. Published by Editorial Manos and written and drawn by Ricardo Álvarez-Rivón, Turey shows its readers the way the Taínos used to live before Puerto Rico was discovered by Christopher Columbus and his crew. It also depicts the many different words and instruments they used and how they battled their arch-enemies, the Caribs. Between 1991 and 2006, Turey strips were published in El Nuevo Día. Álvarez-Rivón continues to write and illustrate the Turey comic strips with the collaboration of his wife, Magali Álvarez-Rivón.
Emmanuel Logroño, better known as Sunshine Logroño, is a Puerto Rican actor, radio announcer, television show host, singer, comedy writer, entrepreneur, and comedian. Logroño worked in Puerto Rican media for close to three decades.
Myrta Silva was a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and television producer who was known affectionately as "La Gorda de Oro". She rose to fame in the early 1950s as the lead vocalist for the Cuban ensemble Sonora Matancera.
José Vega Santana a.k.a. "Remi" is a clown from Puerto Rico. A book "Remi, El Clown" describes his adventures as a clown. He has made many presentations in the United States. While he was a student at the Inter-American University he developed the character of "Remi". His group called themselves as "Los Dulces Payasos" or "The Sweet Clowns".
Jesús David "Jesse" Vassallo Anadón is a former competition swimmer and world record-holder who participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics for the United States. In 1997, he became the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. From 2004 to 2009, he served as the president of the Puerto Rican National Swimming Federation.
The Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot is the biggest indoor arena in Puerto Rico dedicated to entertainment. It is located at the Golden Mile of San Juan, the island capital. It is usually referred by Puerto Ricans as the Choliseo, which is a portmanteau of the words "Coliseo" and "Cholito", in reference to Don Cholito, one of José Miguel Agrelot's characters and Agrelot's own adopted nickname.
Otilio Warrington, known popularly as Bizcocho is a comedian, best known for his roles of "Bizcocho" and "Cuca Gómez".
Carlos Ponce is a Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer and television personality. Ponce began his acting career by participating in Spanish language soap operas for Televisa and Telemundo. Ponce continued to expand his acting career by participating in various American television series. He did not limit himself solely to a career in television. Ponce, who is also a singer, is also active in the American movie industry as a character actor. In film, he played Salvadore in Couples Retreat, Matthew Wright in Spy and Rodrigo in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. In television, he played Felix Gonzalez in Cristela, Max Duran in Hollywood Heights, as well as voicing Santiago Santos in Maya and Miguel.
Guillermo Díaz is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Diaz was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA in 2006, becoming the fifth Puerto Rican ever drafted by the NBA and the eighth to play there. Diaz has also played professionally in Europe and in Puerto Rico.
Luis Roberto Guzmán is a Puerto Rican actor known for his performances in Mexican telenovelas like Alborada, and for his title role in Mexican series El Pantera. Guzmán also worked on the film Ladies' Night in 2003.
Ramón Rivero — known as Diplo — was a comedian, actor, composer and a pioneer in Puerto Rico's radio, television and cinema industries. Rivero was an iconic and influential Puerto Rican comedian. Rivero made his television debut in Puerto Rico in the program called "La Taberna India", the first comedy/variety show in Puerto Rican TV where he participated with other local actors. He had a starring role in the movie, Los Peloteros, where Puerto Rican actress Míriam Colón co-starred and made her professional debut as his wife, Lolita. Rivero also organized the world's first known Walk-A-Thon, to raise money for the Liga Puertorriqueña Contra el Cáncer.
Filipo or Filipos is a given name and a surname. The following people have that name:
Idol Puerto Rico is a reality television competition to find new solo singing talent. Part of the Idol franchise, it is based on the British show Pop Idol created by Simon Fuller. The first season of the show debut on August 7, 2011 on WAPA-TV.
Cirilo Tirado Rivera is a Puerto Rican politician and Senator. He has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2000.
Cirilo Tirado Delgado is a Puerto Rican politician and attorney. He served as a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives (1973–1985) and Senate (1988–1996).
Juan Enrique Cortada Tirado (1864—1937) was a Puerto Rican politician, businessman, and landowner. He served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1917 to 1920.
Antulio "Kobbo" Santarrosa is a puppeteer, television producer, journalist, comedian, actor, and author from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Santarrosa produce and puppeteer in La Comay, the highest rated TV show in the history of Television in Puerto Rico. Santarrosa is mostly known for three of his puppets: La Cháchara, La Condesa, and La Comay. Santarrosa is also the author of Detrás de La Comay: biografía semi-autorizada.
Cándido Tirado is a Puerto Rican playwright who moved to the Bronx from Puerto Rico at age 11. Tirado is currently a resident playwright for Teatro Vista in New York City. In the United States his works have been produced by theater companies such as Teatro Vista, Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, and the Goodman Theatre. His works have also been produced outside of the United States, in places such as the Dominican Republic and the Canary Islands. Tirado has taken part in directing and writing for INTAR theater’s annual one-minute play festival.
Tirado is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
