10 FAMOUS PUERTO RICANS

YADIER MOLINA

• MLB catcher who helped lead the St. Louis Cardinals to World Series Championship
• His brothers Bengi and Jose also played catcher in the MLB
• He won two World Series titles with friend and teammate Albert Pujols.

DON OMAR

• He is a rapper and singer best known for King of Kings
• He WAS an occasional preacher at his local church in Puerto Rico.
• He was featured on Daddy Yankee's song

DADDY YANKEE

• The first album he released received enormous success
• He was a strong supporter of John McCain
• He married Mireddys Gonzalez and they had a daughter when he was seventeen

RAFAEL TUFINO

• Known for painting the Goyita paintings
• The Goyita paintings are paintings of his mother

MIGUEL COTTO

• Puerto Rican boxer who won world championship titles in three different weight divisions.
• He married Melissa Guzman in 2008.
• He competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics as an amateur.

ANGEL PAGAN

• Used baseball to escape what he described as a bad neighborhood.
• His mother played in a men's fastpitch softball league.
• He became the starting right fielder for the Mets in 2010.

CARLOS BELTRAN

• He gave up playing volleyball at seventeen so that he could focus on baseball.
• He was selected for 8 All-Star games from 2004 to 2013.
• He married Jessica Lugo on November 6, 1999.

RICKY MARTIN

• The Puerto Rican pop star gained widespread success
• He began his acting career in advertisements for soft drinks and fast food
• He has released over five #1 hit Billboard albums and sold over 70 million albums.

LUIS MIGUEL

• Award-winning Mexican singer and Latin American icon
• He received his first Grammy Award when he was fifteen years old
• He had three children
• He won four Latin Grammy Awards and five Grammy Awards.

Felix Trinidad

• Champion Puerto Rican professional boxer.
• He won his first fight by knockout.
• He made his professional debut when he was only seventeen.
• He defeated Oscar De La Hoya in a championship fight.