Galician Americans ( gl, galegos americanos) are

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of Galician descent. The

Galicians Galicians ( gl, galegos, es, gallegos, link=no) are a Celtic-Romance ethnic group from Spain that is closely related to the Portuguese people and has its historic homeland is Galicia, in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. Two Romance la ...

(Galician: ''Galegos''; Spanish: ''Gallegos'') are a nationality, cultural and ethnolinguistic group whose historic homeland is Galicia, in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula (Europe). Galician and Castilian are the official languages of the Autonomous Community of Galicia. Galician migration to North America took place mainly between 1868 and 1930, although there was a second smaller wave in the late 1940s and 1950s, when Galicians managed to form a small community in

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. There are some notable Galician-born persons who have lived or are now residing in the US, such as musician Cristina Pato or teacher Anxo Brea, but they may do so temporarily and without being naturalized American. The list below refers to US-born or US citizens of Galician ancestry.

Notable people

* Estevez family **

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(born 1946) **

Martin Sheen Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films ''The Subject Was Roses'' (1968) and ''Badlands'' (1973), and later achieved wid ...

(born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez, 1940) ***

Emilio Estevez Emilio Estevez (; born May 12, 1962) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the son of actor Martin Sheen and the older brother of Charlie Sheen. Emilio Estevez started his career as an actor and is known for being a member of the acting Br ...

(born 1962; son of Martin) ***

Ramon Estevez Ramón Luis Estévez (born August 7, 1963), sometimes billed as Ramón Sheen, is an American actor and director who runs Estevez Sheen Productions. Early life Estevez is the second of four children born to actor Martin Sheen and artist Janet T ...

(born 1963; son of Martin) ***

Charlie Sheen Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He has appeared in films such as ''Platoon'' (1986), ''Wall Street'' (1987), '' Young Guns'' (1988), '' The Rookie'' (1990), ''The Thr ...

(born Carlos Irwin Estévez, 1965; son of Martin) ***

Renée Estevez Renée Pilar Estevez (born April 2, 1967) is an American former actress and screenwriter. Early years Estevez was born in New York City, the youngest child and only daughter of artist Janet (née Templeton) and actor Martin Sheen (legally Ramón ...

(born 1967; daughter of Martin) * Jerry Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) musician and songwriter. *

Ramón Verea Ramón Silvestre Verea Aguiar y García ( Curantes, 11 December 1833 – Buenos Aires, 6 February 1899) was a Galician journalist, engineer and writer, known as the inventor of a calculator with an internal multiplication table (1878). Works No ...

Spanish journalist, engineer and writer. Inventor of a calculator with an internal multiplication table *Yglesias family. **

Jose Yglesias Jose Yglesias (November 29, 1919November 7, 1995) was an American novelist and journalist. Life and career Yglesias was born in the Ybor City district of Tampa, Florida. His father was from the Spanish region of Galicia and his mother was a nat ...

(November 29, 1919 – November 7, 1995) American novelist and journalist. Yglesias was born in the Ybor City section of Tampa, Florida, and was of Cuban and Spanish descent. His father was from Galicia. ***

Rafael Yglesias Rafael Yglesias is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novels, Hide Fox, And All After, A Happy Marriage, and the 1993 movie '' Fearless'', which he adapted from his own novel of the same name. He is the father of Nicholas an ...

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Matthew Yglesias Matthew Yglesias (; born May 18, 1981) is a liberal American blogger and journalist who writes about economics and politics. Yglesias has written columns and articles for publications such as ''The American Prospect'', ''The Atlantic'', and ''Sla ...

Matthew Yglesias (born May 18, 1981) American economics journalist and political blogger. *

Perez Hilton Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. (born March 23, 1978), known professionally as Perez Hilton, is an American blogger, columnist, and media personality. His blog is known for posts covering gossip items about celebrities, and for posting tabloid ph ...

(Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr.) (born March 23, 1978) known professionally as Perez Hilton, American blogger and television personality. * Carmen Fariña teacher and politician. *

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(born 1972) composer and professor at

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. *

Richard Fariña Richard George Fariña ( Spanish IPA: ) (March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966) was an American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist. Early years and education Fariña was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, the son of an Irish mother, ...

(March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966) American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist.

References

External links

Centre for Galician Studies CUNYGalician Studies Research Group UWCasa Galicia NYCCasa Galicia de Nova York (Unidade galega de EE.UU)Galicia Restaurant NYCCasa Galicia's St. Patrick's Day Parade

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