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He may be a big legend of one America's staple pastimes, but baseball Hall of Fame honorary, Ted Williams, had some Latino blood in him. In fact, the Red Sox's left-fielder was of Mexican descent on his mother's side.
But Williams kept his Mexican roots very private.
"He never made a point of letting it be known," said Williams's nephew, who is also named Ted Williams to the NYTimes. "He didn't promote it. He was very friendly with our Mexican relatives on a private basis, but sometimes he shunned them in public because he didn't want it to be known. His mother led an Anglo life in San Diego."
Actor Frankie Muniz, best known for his role In FOX's hit series "Malcolm In The Middle", was born in New Jersey to a Puerto Rican father and an Italian mother. Since his "Malcolm In The Middle" days (the show stopped airing in 2006) Muniz has stayed below the radar until last October when he popped the question to his longtime girlfriend Elycia Marie Turnbow.
Kid Cudi became a music sensation after his song "Day n' Nite" debuted in 2008. Kid Cudi, whose birth name is Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to an African American mother and a Mexican father, according to Latina. Since his mega hit in 2008, the rapper has also ventured into the acting world. He plays Domingo Brown on the HBO series, "How to Make it in America".
Who would've thought that little Rory Gilmore is a Latina? But Alexis Bledel, who starred as Gilmore in the CW series "Gilmore Girls" has Latino genes coming from both sides of her family. Bledel, who was born in Houston, Texas, is daughter of a Mexican mother and an Argentinian father, according to her official bio on IMDB. Even though she pretended not to be fluent in Spanish in this Gilmore Girls' episode, Bledel's first language is in fact Spanish.
Sara Paxton is Scottish and Irish on her father's side, but her mother Lucia was born In Monterrey, Mexico. This year Paxton, who resides in L.A. turned 24 and got to spend her birthday in her mother's homeland. The star was in Mexico filming the coming of age movie "I Brake for Gringo"
Annabella Avery "Bella" Thorne, star of "Shake It Up!" and Global Ambassador for the Stomp Out Bullying Campaign still has a fear of public speaking after she was bullied at school. But the young Disney Star hasn't let that stop her acting career with some people even labeling her as the next Miley Cyrus. Disney's next big star, was born in Florida and currently lives in California, but her father Renato is originally from Cuba.
Yes, comedian Aubrey Plaza is Latina! Plaza, who plays Amy Poehler's assistant, April, in the NBC comedy "Parks and Recreation" is half Puerto Rican. She grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. "I have a huge family and tons of cousins in Puerto Rico. We actually hung out with them last summer, and it was awesome", she told Latina in 2009.
Plaza had her big Hollywood break when she appeared as Daisy in Judd Apatow's movie "Funny People". This summer she starred in the hit indie film "Safety Not Guaranteed".
Odette Yustman appeared with Megan Fox in the action-thriller "Transformers". But her big break came when she starred in the 2009 horror film "The Unborn". The stunning actress was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Cuban mother and a Colombian father, according to Ethnicelebs.
She appeared regularly on "House" during its eighth and final season, which came to an end May of this year.
Louis C.K. is one of the hottest comedians now. C.K. writes, acts, directs, and edits his sitcom "Louie." He was born to an American mother of Irish ancestry and a Mexican father. The famous comedian lived in Mexico until the age of 7 before moving to the U.S. His first language is Spanish.
Peter Gene Hernandez, better known as Bruno Mars, was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii in a family of musicians. But the Hawaiian native has more mixed blood than you think. His father is from Puerto Rico and his mother from the Philippines. Bruno Mars became the first Latino man and the 10th gent to grace the cover of Playboy back in March.
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