Political and Military Figures
- Rafael Alburquerque – former vice president
- Buenaventura Báez Méndez – former president
- Joaquín Balaguer Ricardo – former president (1960–1962, 1966–1978, 1986–1996)
- Salvador Jorge Blanco – former president (1982–1986)
- Juan Bosch y Gaviño - former president
- Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó - former president
- Fernando Cabrera - New York City Councilman
- Margarita Cedeño de Fernández – 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
- 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
- Gregorio Luperón – former president
- Miguel Martinez – former New York City Councilman
- 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 Nunez-Melo - 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
- Francisco del Rosario Sánchez – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
- José Santana – former government minister
- Pedro Santana Familias – first president (1844)
- Angel Taveras - mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
- Rafael Leónidas Trujillo – dictator (1930–1961)
- Ramfis Trujillo – general and son of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
- Elias Wessin y Wessin – former general
For a complete list, please refer to List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic
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