However, the custom is to place the subject's name under the category for which the subject is most noted.Īs of 2019, this list will be carefully maintained, and adding or deleting a name without first discussing the change on the article's talk page is likely to be reverted. Ferré, who is notable both as a former governor and as an industrialist.
In some cases a subject may be notable in more than one field, such as Luis A. Some categories such as 'Actors, actresses, comedians and directors' are relative since a subject who is a comedian may also be an actor or director. The list is divided into categories and, in some cases, sub-categories, which best describe the field for which the subject is most noted. Also included in the list are some long-term continental American and other residents or immigrants of other ethnic heritages who have made Puerto Rico their home and consider themselves to be Puerto Ricans. The Government of Puerto Rico has been issuing 'Certificates of Puerto Rican Citizenship' to anyone born in Puerto Rico or to anyone born outside of Puerto Rico with at least one parent who was born in Puerto Rico since 2007. This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican descent.
Location of the island of Puerto Rico (green)
