Panamanian American - List of Panamanian Americans

List of Panamanian Americans

• Linda Martín Alcoff - philosopher
• Tatyana Ali - Actress/Singer
• Ra Un Nefer Amen - founder of the Pan-African religious organization Ausar Auset Society, dedicated to providing Afrocentric based spiritual training to people of African descent.
• Nancy Ames - American folk singer and songwriter. She is the granddaughter of former President of Panama Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro.
• Braulio Baeza - American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey
• Uri Berenguer - play-by-play announcer for the Boston Red Sox Spanish Beisbol Network
• A. R. Bernard - Founder, Senior Pastor and CEO of Christian Cultural Center (CCC), in Brooklyn, New York. He born in Panama, but emigrated to New York with his family when he had four.
• Roberto Blades - Panamanian Salsa singer
• Rubén Blades - Salsa Singer
• Jordana Brewster - Actress
• Tyson Beckford - Actor/Model
• Jeff Buckley - (1966 – 1997), American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician. His mother was a Panama Canal Zonian of mixed Greek, French, American and Panamanian descent,
• Rod Carew - Baseball Hall of Famer
• El Chombo - American-born Panamanian producer and artist
• Billy Cobham - Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader. Panamanian born, American raised
• Emayatzy Corinealdi - American film and television actress.
• Ed Cota - American professional basketball player
• Eddie Castro - Panamanian-born jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing
• Ruben Douglas - professional basketball player
• Billy Cobham - Jazz Fusion Drummer
• Adrian Fenty - American politician who served as the sixth mayor of the District of Columbia
• Gary Forbes - Panamanian professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets.
• Brooke Hogan - American singer, actress, model, socialite, and television personality, and the eldest child of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.
• Hulk Hogan - Professional Wrestler. He is of Italian, French and Panamanian descent.
• Sam Hoger - American mixed martial artist
• David Iglesias (attorney) - American attorney from Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Shoshana Johnson - Panamanian-born former United States soldier, and was the first black or Hispanic female prisoner of war in the military history of the United States. She is Panamanian born, and American raised.
• Clark Kent (producer)
• Olga F. Linares - Panamanian–American academic anthropologist and archaeologist
• Sigrid Nunez - American writer.
• J. August Richards - American actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of vampire hunter Charles Gunn on the WB cult television series Angel. He is of Panamanian descent.
• Mariano Rivera - New York Yankees pitcher
• Michele Ruiz - Broadcaster and Founder of SaberHacer.com
• Sacario - American rapper and songwriter
• Clarence Samuels - (1900–1983), was the first Hispanic American of African descent photographer in the United States Coast Guard and to command a cutter.
• Melissa De Sousa - Actress
• Demitrius Omphroy - American-born Panamanian footballer. He is of Panamanian and Filipino descent.
• Jorge Velásquez - thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.
• Nick Verreos - American fashion designer and contestant on the second season of the reality television program Project Runway. He is to a Greek-American father and a Panamanian mother.
• Josephine Wayne - (1908 - 2003) was the first wife of American film actor John Wayne. She was born in Consul General of Panama in the United States
• Juan Williams - Journalist/Political Analyst