List of Nicaraguan Americans

This is a list of notable Nicaraguan Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Nicaraguan American or must have references showing they are Nicaraguan American and are notable.

List

 * Annette A. Aguilar, American percussionist, bandleader, and music educator
 * Horacio Aguirre Baca, founder of Diario Las Américas of Miami, Florida
 * Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, American playwright, screenwriter and comic-book writer
 * Patrick Argüello, considered a martyr of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
 * Marvin Benard, Major League Baseball player
 * Maurice Benard, actor on American soap operas All My Children and General Hospital
 * Carolina Bermudez, radio personality on Elvis Duran and the Morning Show in New York on WHTZ
 * Alex Blandino, Major League Baseball player
 * Bella Blue, burlesque dancer
 * T-Bone, rapper
 * Randy Caballero, undefeated Nicaraguan American professional boxer in the Featherweight division
 * Róger Calero, ran for U.S. President in the 2004 elections*
 * Barbara Carrera, Nicaraguan-born American film and television actress
 * Oswaldo Castillo, gardener/construction worker-turned-actor.
 * Michael Cordúa, restaurateur, entrepreneur, businessman, award winning self-taught chef
 * DJ Craze, only DJ in history to win 3 consecutive World DMC Champion titles
 * Miguel D'Escoto, Roman Catholic priest and former foreign minister
 * Omar D'León, painter and poet
 * Salomón de la Selva, poet, author of Tropical Town and Other Poems
 * Edward'O, astronalyst and co-host of 12 Corazones
 * Bill Guerin, NHL player (mother from Nicaragua)
 * Ricardo Hurtado, American actor (School of Rock)
 * Bianca Jagger, human rights advocate and ex-wife of Mick Jagger
 * Diana López, Olympic bronze medalist in the sport of taekwondo
 * Mark López, Olympic silver medalist in the sport of taekwondo
 * Steven López, two time Olympic gold medalist in the sport of taekwondo
 * Dennis Martínez, first Nicaraguan-American to be a major league baseball pitcher or player
 * Camilo Mejía, former Staff Sergeant of the Florida National Guard and anti-war activist
 * Tony Meléndez, singer, composer, writer and musician who was born with no arms
 * Christianne Meneses Jacobs, publisher of the only U.S. Spanish-language children's magazine
 * Franck de Las Mercedes, painter
 * Ana Navarro, Republican strategist and political commentator
 * David Obregón, professional boxer
 * Horacio Peña, professor, writer, and poet
 * Eddy Piñeiro, NFL placekicker
 * Claudia Poll, Nicaraguan born swimmer
 * Silvia Poll, Nicaraguan born swimmer
 * Hope Portocarrero, former First Lady of Nicaragua (1967–1972)
 * Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero, son of former Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza Debayle and Hope Portocarrero de Somoza
 * James Quesada, anthropologist and professor
 * Mari Ramos, weather anchor for CNN
 * Michele Richardson, competition swimmer and Olympic silver medalist
 * Tammy Rivera, singer and television personality
 * J Smooth, bilingual hip hop and reggaeton singer
 * Hilda Solis, U.S. congresswoman; of Mexican and Nicaraguan descent
 * Eve Torres, professional wrestler with WWE
 * Torombolo, reggaeton singer
 * Gabriela Revilla, writer, producer, director
 * Gabriel Traversari, actor, director, writer, singer-songwriter and painter
 * Guillermo Wagner Granizo (1923–1995), ceramic tile muralist in Northern California; his mother was from Nicaragua
 * Donald Vega, jazz musician and composer
 * Theo Von, comedian
 * Benny Urquidez, kickboxer, martial arts choreographer; his father was born in Granada, Nicaragua