1. Orlando Canizales (1965)

American Boxer

Won the International Boxing Federation bantamweight title and defended it a record 16 times.

2. Audrey Esparza (1986)

Actress

Series regular on NBC's hit action drama Blindspot as Tasha Zapata who previously starred on ABC's Black Box. She also had a recurring part in Power.

3. Chelsea Morgensen (1994)

Pageant Contestant

Pageant contestant and model who was named one of Sports Illustrated's Lovely Ladies of the Day in 2017. This exposure led to her garnering more than 40,000 followers on her eponymous...

4. Federico Peña (1947)

U.s. Secretary Of Transportation

Politician who served the Clinton White House as both the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Energy. He was elected the first Hispanic Mayor of Denver in 1983.

5. Tom DeLay (1947)

American Republican Politician

United States Congressman who represented Texas' 22nd district from 1984 until 2006 and served as House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005. His memoir -- No Retreat, No Surrender: One...

6. Freddie Benavides (1966)

American Baseball Player

Utility infielder who made his big league debut in 1991 with the Cincinnati Reds and joined the Montreal Expos in 1994.

7. Tony Dalton (1975)

Mexican Actor

He first made a name for himself with roles in the telenovelas Ramona as Tom, Clase 406 as Dagoberto Garcia, and Rebelde as Gaston Diestro.

8. Santos Benavides (1823)

Confederate Army Officer

Santos Benavides was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. Benavides was the highest-ranking Tejano soldier in the Confederate military.

9. Megan Frazee (1987)

American Basketball Player

Megan Frazee is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played for Samsun of the Turkish Women's League where she averaged 18. 7 points and 7. 4 rebounds per...

10. Betty Flores (1944)

American Mayor

Elizabeth Garcia Flores better known as Betty Flores is a businesswoman who was the first female mayor of Laredo Texas. She served a brief unexpired mayoral term followed by two...

11. Elma Salinas Ender (1953)

American Judge

Elma Teresa Salinas Ender is an attorney who holds the record as the youngest woman and the first Hispanic female to serve as a state district court judge in the...

12. Louis H. Bruni (1949)

American Businessman And Politic

Louis Henry Bruni is a businessman rancher politician and the scion of a pioneer family in his native Laredo Texas. From 2003 to 2006 he was the elected administrative County...

13. Walter Frank Woodul (1892)

American Politician

ul was a Texas politician who was an early proponent of a state highway system. He served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Texas from 1935 to 1939 under Governor...

14. Quico Canseco (1949)

American Businessman And Politic

sco Raul Quico Canseco is an attorney businessman and former U. S. Representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party.

15. Gina M. Benavides (1962)

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Georgina Gina Martinez Benavides is a justice at the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals based in Corpus Christi and Edinburg. She was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2012....

16. Oscar M. Laurel (1920)

American Politician

Oscar Manuel Laurel Sr. was an attorney businessman and Hispanic Democratic politician from Laredo Texas whose legendary oratory excited his party's faithful. He had a great talent for words...

17. Esther Buckley (1948)

American Educator And Politician

Esther Gonzalez-Arroyo Buckley was an educator in Laredo Texas USA who served from 1983 to 1992 as one of the eight members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights....

18. Judith Zaffirini (1946)

Texas Politician

Judith Pappas Zaffirini is a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate from the 21st District which includes her home city of Laredo in south Texas. On January 9 2007...

19. Julio A. Garcia (1941)

Texas Lawyer And Politician

Julio Arnoldo Garcia Sr. was a prominent attorney from Laredo Texas defined by a headline writer as a legal lion known for his passion shrewdness and theatrics in the...

20. Kaleb Canales (1978)

American Basketball Coach

Victor Kaleb Canales is an American basketball assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA.

21. Clark Moore (1991)

Actor

Clark Moore is an American actor.

22. Albert Huffstickler (1927)

American Writer

Albert Huffstickler was an American poet. He was born in Texas and lived in Austin during his later years contributing to the poetry scene there and further afield. Huffstickler published...

23. Barrie Karp (Unknow)

American Activist

Barrie Karp is an artist independent scholar and academic. She has been an educator in philosophy cultural studies humanities and arts from a feminist and anti-racist perspective in New York...

24. Ana Rodriguez (Miss Texas USA) (1986)

American Model

Ana Christina Rodriguez holds the title of Miss Texas USA 2011 and was 3rd runner-up to Miss USA 2011.

25. Tano Tijerina (1974)

American Baseball Player Rancher

Cayetano Eduardo Tijerina known as Tano Tijerina is a rancher and diversified businessman from his native Laredo Texas who is the incoming County Judge of Webb County in South Texas...

26. Edgar Valdez Villarreal (1973)

Mexican Drug Trafficker

Edgar Valdez Villarreal also known as La Barbie is a Mexican-American born and raised in the United States who was arrested near Mexico City in August 2010 on charges related...

27. Pete Astudillo (1963)

American Songwriter

Pedro Pete Astudillo is a Mexican American songwriter.