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Biographical topics

... that Dr. Angel Ramos is one of the few deaf Hispanics in the United States to hold a doctorate?
... that Rita Moreno is the first and only Hispanic and one of the few performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony?^[1]
... that José Ferrer was the first Hispanic to win an Academy Award? He won Best Actor for Cyrano de Bergerac in 1950.
... that José Ferrer, Benicio del Toro and Rita Moreno are the only three Puerto Ricans to have won an Academy Award? All three have been for Best Actor/Actress.
... that the mother of Pablo Casals, Pilar Defilló de Casals, was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico?^[2]
... that Juano Hernández was a pioneering Puerto Rican actor of African descent and the first Puerto Rican star in the African-American film industry?
... that Rafael Cancel Miranda was the only Nationalist out of the four who participated on the March 1, 1954 United States Capitol shooting incident to have been jailed in Alcatraz?
... that The Miss Universe Contest of 2003, was the first time in that pageant history that two women of Puerto Rican heritage, Susie Castillo and Carla Tricoli, participated at the same time representing different countries? Castillo represented the United States and Tricoli Puerto Rico.

^ Speakers on healthcare
^ "Proyecto de Recuperación de la Casa Defilló" (in Spanish). Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. Retrieved 2007-01-25.^{[dead link]}