Who is a famous deceased latino/a?

Question

I am going to have to build an altar for dia de los muertes (Day of the Dead) in my spanish class. i cant choose walf disney and whoever played ricky ricardo. Could you tell me their name and how they are famous?? Purty Please.

O and BTW Selena wasnt shot by her manager, she was killed by the president of her fan club

Answer 1

i'm not sure if all of these people are deceased (many are though), but here's some people to choose from. My favorite is the artist Salvador Dali'.

Abderraman III -- Statesman
Adriano, Publio Elio -- Roman Emperor
Aguirre, Lope de -- Explorer
Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de -- Writer
Alarcón, Juan Ruiz de -- Writer
Alba, Duke of -- Statesman
Albéniz, Isaac -- Musician
Alberti, Rafael -- Poet
Albucarsis -- Scientist
Aleixandre, Vicente -- Poet
Alfonso X "El Sabio" -- King
Allende, Isabel -- Writer
Alonso, Dámaso -- Poet
Alvarado, Pedro de -- Explorer
Alvarez Quintero, Serafín y Joaquín -- Writers
Asturias, Miguel Angel -- Writer
Austria, Don Juan de -- Admiral
Avenzoar -- Scientist
Avicena, Ibn-Sina -- Scientist
Balboa, Vasco Núñez -- Explorer
Ballesteros, Severiano -- Sportsman
Baroja, Pío -- Writer
Bécquer, Gustavo Adolfo -- Poet
Benavente y Martínez, Jacinto -- Writer
Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente -- Writer
Bolívar, Simón -- Statesman
Borges, Jorge Luis -- Writer
Buero Vallejo, Antonio -- Playwright
Bustamante, Sir Alexander -- Statesman
Bustamante, Anastasio -- Statesman
Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Núñez -- Explorer
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro -- Writer
Calles, Plutarco Elías -- Statesman
Capablanca, José Raúl - Sportsman
Casals, Pablo -- Musician
Cela, Camilo José -- Writer
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de -- Writer
Chávez, César -- Activist
Cisneros, Cardenal -- Writer, Statesman
Clemente Orozco, José -- Painter
Colón, Cristóbal -- Explorer
Coronado, Pedro Vázquez de -- Explorer
Cortázar, Julio -- Writer
Cortés, Hernán -- Explorer, conqueror
Cruz, Celia - Musician
Cugat, Xavier -- Musician
Dalí, Salvador -- Painter
Darío, Rubén -- Poet
DeAnza, Juan Bautista -- Explorer
De la Cierva, Juan -- Scientist
De la Cruz, Sor Juana Inés -- Writer
De la Cruz, San Juan -- Writer
De la Vega, Garcilaso -- Writer
De las Casas, Bartolomé -- Writer
De León, Fray Luis -- Writer
De Jesús, Teresa -- Mystic
De Rojas, Fernando -- Writer
De Soto, Hernando -- Explorer
Diego, Gerardo -- Poet
Disney, Walt -- Artist
Domingo, Plácido -- Musician
Echegaray, José -- Writer
Elcano, Juan Sebastián -- Explorer
"El Greco", Domenico Theotocopoulos -- Painter
Espinel, Vicente -- Writer/Musician
Falla, Manuel de -- Musician
Farragut, David -- U.S. Military
Felipe II -- King
Finlay, Carlos -- Scientist
Franco, Francisco -- Statesman
Fuentes, Carlos -- Writer
Gabriel y Galán, José María -- Poet
Gálvez, Bernardo de -- Statesman
García Robles, Alfonso -- Statesman
García Márquez, Gabriel -- Writer
García Lorca, Federico -- Poet
Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca -- Writer
Gardel, Carlos -- Musician
Gaudí, Antoni -- Arquitect
Góngora, Luis de -- Writer
Goya, Francisco de -- Painter
Gracián, Baltasar -- Writer
Granados, Enrique -- Musician
Gris, Juan -- Painter
Guevara, Ernesto "Ché" -- Revolutionary
Hayworth, Rita -- Actress
Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel -- Cleric and Statesman
Houssay, Bernardo -- Scientist
Ibarruri, Dolores -- Politician
Infante, Pedro -- Singer
Ingenieros, José -- Writer
Jiménez, Juan Ramón -- Writer
Jobim, Antonio Carlos -- Musician
Juárez, Benito -- Statesman
Kahlo, Frida -- Painter
Lara, Agustín -- Musician
Lecuona, Ernesto - Musician
Leloir, Luis Federico -- Scientist
Llorens Torres, Luis -- Writer
Llull, Ramón -- Writer
Lope de Vega, Francisco -- Writer
López, Ruy -- Sportsman
Loyola, San Ignacio de -- Writer
Lucano -- Writer
Machado, Antonio -- Poet
Madariaga, Salvador de -- Writer
Maimónides -- Writer, philosopher
Maradona, Diego -- Sporstman
Marañón, Gregorio -- Writer
Martí, José -- Writer, revolutionary
Menchú, Rigoberta -- Activist
Menéndez Pelayo, Marcelino -- Writer
Menéndez Pidal, Ramón -- Writer
Miró, Joan -- Painter
Milstein, César -- Scientist
Mistral, Gabriela -- Writer
Molina, Mario -- Scientist
Montalbán, Ricardo -- Actor
Monturiol, Narciso -- Scientist
Moreno, Rita -- Actress
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban -- Painter
Nebrija, Elio Antonio de -- Writer
Negrete, Jorge -- Musician
Neruda, Pablo -- Poet
Nerva -- Writer
Ochoa, Severo -- Scientist
Ochoa, Ellen -- Scientist
Oñate, Juan de -- Explorer
Ortega, Juan -- U.S. Military
Ortega y Gasset, José -- Writer
Pardo Bazán, Emilia -- Writer
Paz, Octavio -- Writer
Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier -- Statesman
Pérez Esquivel, Adolfo -- Statesman
Pérez Galdós, Benito -- Writer
Perón, Juan Domingo -- Statesman
Picasso, Pablo -- Painter
Pinzón, Martín Alonso -- Explorer
Pizarro, Francisco -- Explorer
Ponce de León, Juan -- Explorer
Puente, Tito -- Musician
Queen Isabella of Castille -- Queen
Quevedo, Francisco de -- Writer
Quintiliano -- Writer
Ramón y Cajal, Santiago -- Scientist
Rivera, Diego -- Painter
Rodrigo, Joaquín -- Musician
Roland, Gilbert -- Actor
Romero, César -- Actor
Rojas Zorrilla, Francisco de -- Writer
Ruiz, Juan -- Writer
Saavedra Lamas, Carlos -- Statesman
Salinas, Angela -- U.S. Military
San Martín, José de -- Statesman
Sánchez-Vicario, Arantxa -- Sportswoman
San Isidoro de Sevilla -- Bishop, Statesman
Santana, Carlos -- Musician
Santayana, George -- Writer
Segovia, Andrés -- Musician
Séneca, Lucio Anneo -- Writer
Serra, Fray Junípero -- Priest and Explorer
Servet, Miguel -- Scientist
Siqueiros, David Alfaro -- Painter
Tapies, Antoni -- Painter
Tárrega, Francisco de -- Musician
Teodosio I the Great-- Roman Emperor
Tirso de Molina, (Fray Gabriel Téllez) -- Writer
Trajano, Marco Ulpio -- Roman Emperor
Treviño, Jesse -- Painter
Treviño, Lee -- Sportsman
Unamuno, Miguel de -- Writer
Valdivia, Pedro de -- Explorer
Valenzuela, Fernando -- Sportsman
Valle Inclán, Ramón del -- Writer
Vargas Llosa, Mario -- Writer
Velázquez, Diego -- Painter
Villa, Pancho -- Revolutionary
Viriato -- Statesman
Zapata, Emiliano -- Statesman
Zorrilla, José -- Writer
Zurbarán -- Painter

Answer 2

Selena Quitanilla Perez

Answer 3

I would do an altar for either Frida Khalo or Diego Rivera. Both were hugely talented artists and you might even be able to find some "Frida muertos" online.
If you wanted to do someone who had political influence, try Che Guevarra or Pancho Villa. Both were men who died for the causes about which they were passionate.

By the way, Walt Disney was not Latino.

Answer 4

Selena

Answer 5

Ricky Ricardo was played by Desi Arnes. Celia Cruz is another famous deceased Latino. Jose Marti, there's a bunch of them.

Answer 6

Selena

Answer 7

Selena

Answer 8

Ricky Ricardo was played by Desi Arnez..... Luicille Ball's husband in real life AND on the old I Love Lucy show. You could use Ricardo Montalbaln---he played Mr. Roark the proprietor of FANTASY ISLAND on the old TV show called FANTASY ISLAND.... he was also a Movie actor ---last famous role was that of Khan in the Star Trek Movie---The Wrath of Khan... There is also Julio and Enrique Igesias who are both very famous singers.... (father and son)...these men are all still alive however....except of COURSE Desi Arnez.... FERNANDO LAMAS was a famous actor married to Esther Williams who was also a famous actress and swimmer and they had a son who is a famous actor---Lorenzo Lamas...Fernando was in MANY old movies--he died many years ago...

Answer 9

Selena, a pop singer, was killed by her "manager" (gun shot) because she (the manager) was caught embezzling money from Selena's business and was fired. The manager went "postal". There is a book and a movie about her. She would be well known to the Hispanic community.

Answer 10

Freddy Prinze- he was an actor on the show "Chico & the Man" in the 1970's.

Oh, and Desi Arnaz played Ricky Ricardo.