"El Negro" is a common Spanish language nickname, meaning "The Black".

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Estevanico Estevanico ("Little Stephen"; modern spelling Estebanico; –1539), also known as Esteban de Dorantes or Mustafa Azemmouri (مصطفى الزموري), was the first African to explore North America. Estevanico first appears as a slave in Portu ...

(1500–1539), African explorer of the New World *

Fernando "El Negro" Chamorro Fernando Chamorro Rappaccioli (1933 – September 6, 1994), known as "El Negro" ("Blackie") for his dark complexion, was a longtime Nicaraguan rebel fighting both the Somoza and Sandinista regimes. Efforts to build a Contra Southern Front around hi ...

(1933–1994), Nicaraguan rebel *

Arturo Durazo Moreno Arturo "El Negro" Durazo Moreno (1924 – 5 August 2000) was the Chief of Police in Mexico City for six years, from 1976 to 1982. He was arrested in 1984 and incarcerated on multiple counts of corruption, extortion, tax evasion, smuggling a ...

(1924–2000), Mexican chief of police and convicted criminal *

Roberto Fontanarrosa Roberto Alfredo Fontanarrosa, known popularly as ''El Negro'' Fontanarrosa (November 26, 1944 in Rosario – July 19, 2007), was an Argentine cartoonist, comics artist and writer. During his extended career, Fontanarrosa became one of the m ...

(1944–2007), Argentine cartoonist *

Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu (; American Spanish: ; credited since 2016 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu; born 15 August 1963) is a Mexican filmmaker and screenwriter. He is primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the hum ...

(born 1963), Mexican filmmaker *

Horacio Hernandez The name Horacio is found sporadically throughout all Latinamerica. Historical Figures *Horacio Quiroga, an Uruguayan author and writer. * Horacio Carochi, an Italian Jesuit priest and grammarian *Horacio Pagani (auto executive) Horacio Pagan ...

(born 1963), Cuban drummer *

Juan Matta-Ballesteros ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

(born 1945), Honduran drug lord * Jorge Pabón (194?–1988), close collaborator of

Pablo Escobar Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; ; 1 December 19492 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar is the wealthiest criminal in h ...

Iván Arias {{Infobox officeholder , name = Iván Arias , image = Hernán Iván Arias Durán (Official Photo, 2021) Municipal Government of La Paz. Cropped I.png , caption = Official portrait, 2021 , office ...

(born 1958), Bolivian journalist and politician *

Martín Ramírez (cyclist) Martín Alonso Ramírez Ramírez (born November 8, 1960 in Bogotá) is a Colombian former road bicycle racer. He won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1984. His mother was a homemaker while his father was a construction worker. Feeling ...

(born 1960), a Colombian cyclist

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* ''El Negro en ik'', a book by

Frank Westerman Frank Martin Westerman (born 13 November 1964) is a Dutch writer and a former journalist. He studied tropical agricultural engineering at Wageningen University and worked as a news correspondent for '' de Volkskrant'' in Belgrade and '' NRC Han ...

, about the controversy surrounding Negro of Banyoles and Georges Cuvier

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