100. Strolling the Hispanic Walk of Fame
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By Miguel Pérez
There are almost 100 Hispanic stars on the Hollywood Walk of fame. The problem is finding them among more than 2,600 stars embedded on a 15-block section of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street - especially since there are hundreds of people usually walking over them! The stars, embedded on the sidewalks on both sides Hollywood and Vine, honor the superstars of American music, movies, television, radio and theater. And there are a good number of Hispanics among them. If they were all together, it would be enough for our own Hispanic Walk of Fame! Administered by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the Walk of Fame consist dark gray terrazzo sidewalks sprinkled with huge, coral-pink terrazzo and brass-rimmed stars. These stars on the ground, spaced at 6-foot intervals, draw millions of tourists to Hollywood every year, as people search for their idols and have their photos taken next to their stars. Unfortunately, The Great Hispanic American History Tour only had time for a swift walk on Hollywood Boulevard. Frankly, I was looking for my queen, Celia Cruz, and I was lucky to find some of my other favorite entertainers along the way. Finding all of the Latinos there (see the list below) would take at least a couple of days. So have you been there? Do you have photos? I need your help! I thought that perhaps I could get some additional photos from one of those "royalty free stock photos" websites, but unfortunately, it turns out they are not free at all! BTW, all of my photos on this website are free for you to copy and use as you please. My interest is to promote Hispanic heritage, not to profit from it. I will keep looking for the so-called "free photos" on the internet, but I'm not very optimistic. So, I'm hoping my readers will help me with this project. If you have a photo of the star for one of the people listed below, please send me a copy at hiddenhispanicheritage@gmail.com and I will add it to this page. And I will give you credit: "Photo by: Your Name" Otherwise, I will have to go back to Hollywood! lol As of November 19, 2021, there are 2,709 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. According to my research, 99 them are Hispanic:
1. ANTONIO AGUILAR 2. PEPE AGUILAR 3. CHRISTINA AGUILERA 4. DON ALVARADO 5. RENÁN ALMENDÁRES COELLO (2014) 6. DESI ARNAZ 7. ANTONIO BANDERAS 8. PEPE BARRETO 9. CANTINFLAS 10. VICKI CARR 11. LEO CARRILLO 12. CARMEN CAVALLARO 13. CELIA CRUZ 14. PENELOPE CRUZ 15. XAVIER CUGAT 16. DOLORES DEL RIO 17. CAMERON DIAZ 18. PLACIDO DOMINGO 19. EMILIO ESTEFAN 20. GLORIA ESTEFAN 21. ERIK ESTRADA 22. JOSE FELICIANO 23. FREDDY FENDER 24. ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ 25. VICENTE FERNANDEZ 26. JOSE FERRER 27. MEL FERRER 28. DON FRANCISCO 29. JUAN GABRIEL 30. ANDY GARCIA 31. LUCHO GATICA 32. PEDRO GONZALES GONZALES 33. DICK HAYMES 34. RITA HAYWORTH 35. JULIO IGLESIAS 36. PEDRO INFANTE 37. JOSE ITURBI 38. JAIME JARRIN 39. JOSE JOSE 40. KATY JURADO 41. GEORGE LOPEZ 42. ISRAEL LOPEZ "CACHAO" 43. JENNIFER LOPEZ 44. VINCENT LOPEZ 45. LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE 46. HUMBERTO LUNA 47. MANÁ 48. RAFAEL MENDEZ 49. LUIS MIGUEL 50. CARMEN MIRANDA 51. RICARDO MONTALBAN 52. ANTONIO MORENO 53. RITA MORENO 54. RAMON NOVARRO 55. EDWARD JAMES OLMOS 56. TONY ORLANDO 57. KENNY ORTEGA 58. ANITA PAGE 59. PITBULL 60. PEREZ PRADO 61. FREDDIE PRINZE 62. TITO PUENTE 63. ANTHONY QUINN 64. GILBERT ROLAND 65. CESAR ROMERO 66. ZOE SALDANA 67. CARLOS SANTANA 68. CRISTINA SARALEGUI 69. LALO SCHIFRIN 70. SHAKIRA-11/8/2011 71. CHARLIE SHEEN 72. MARTIN SHEEN 73. MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS 74. JOHN PHILIP SOUSA 75. YMA SUMAC 76. THALÍA 77. RITCHIE VALENS 78. LUPE VELEZ 79. ELENA VERDUGO 80. SOFIA VERGARA 81. RAQUEL WELCH 82. TICHI WILKERSON KASSEL 83. CARMEN ZAPATA 84. EUGENIO DERBEZ (2015) 85. ANGÉLICA MARÍA (2016) 86. BRUNO MARS (2016) 87. EVA LONGORIA (2017) 88. GUSTAVO DUDAMEL (2017) 89. SELENA QUINTANILLA (2017) 90. GEORGE A. ROMERO (2017) 91. LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA (2018) 92. LYNDA CARTER (2018) 93. LINDA RONSTADT (2019) 94. GUILLERMO DEL TORO (2019 95. ELVIS COSTELLO (2020) 96. ALEJANDRO SANZ (2020) 97. ANA GABRIEL (2021) 98. SALMA HAYEK (2022) 99. LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE (2022) |
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Next stop:The Great Hispanic American History Tour goes to Mission San Fernando Rey de España. (Was I allowed to sit there? lol)
This mission, in the Mission Hills district of Los Angeles and 17th among California's 21 missions, is the namesake of the nearby city of San Fernando and the San Fernando Valley. |
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