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List of Californios people, the Californios (singular Californio) are Hispanic Californians, especially those descended from Spanish and Mexican settlers of the 17th through 19th centuries before California was annexed by the United States.

Californios families

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In art, entertainment, and writing

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Californio in art, entertainment, and writing
Name Image Birth, death Birthplace Occupation Notes
Leo Carrillo 1880–1961 Los Angeles, California, U.S. actor Hollywood move actor and nature conservationist,[1][2] namesake of Leo Carrillo State Park
Angustias de la Guerra 1815–1890 San Diego, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) women's rights activist, writer one of the first writers of Californian history[3]
José Figueroa 1792–1835 writer, military leader, politician General and the Mexican Governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835;[4][5] author of the first book published in California and Governor of Alta California
William Gaxton 1893–1963 San Francisco, California, U.S. actor Vaudeville actor, and president of The Lambs Club[6]
Myrtle Gonzalez 1891–1918 Los Angeles, California, U.S. actress silent-era movie actress[7]
Alejandro Murguía born 1949 poet, short story writer, editor, teacher Poets Laureate of San Francisco in 2012[8][9]
Esteban Munrás 1798–1850 Barcelona, Spain painter religious fresco painter[10]
Agustín V. Zamorano 1798–1842 Spanish Florida military personnel, publisher, printmaker first person to bring a printing press to California and the first publisher in California[11]

In law, military, and politics

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Californios in law and politics
Name Image Birth, death Birthplace Occupation Notes
Cristobal Aguilar 1816–1866 Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, journalist three-term Mayor of Los Angeles[12]
Juan Bautista Alvarado 1809–1882 Monterey, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician served as Governor of Alta California from 1837 to 1842[13]
José María Alviso 1798–1853 Santa Clara, Province of Las Californias, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, ranchero, soldier Alcalde of San José (mayor) in 1836 and was the rancho grantee for Rancho Milpitas; founder of Milpitas, California[14]
Modesta Ávila 1867–1891 San Juan Capistrano, California, U.S. ranchera, protester, folk hero first convicted felon and first state prisoner in Orange County, California[15]
Juan Bandini 1800–1859 Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru (now Peru) politician, ranchero known for his role in the development of San Diego, California in the mid-19th century[16]
Juana Briones de Miranda c. 1802 – 1889 Villa de Branciforte, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Santa Cruz), California ranchera, medical practitioner, merchant founding mother of San Francisco, California, and Mayfield, California (now Palo Alto, California)[17][18]
Carlos Antonio Carrillo 1783–1852 Santa Barbara, Province of Las Californias, Viceroyalty of New Spain politician, military officer,ranchero serve as Governor of Alta California from 1837 to 1838[19]
José Antonio Carrillo 1796–1862 Santa Barbara, Province of Las Californias, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, ranchero signer of the California Constitution in 1849; served three terms as Alcalde of Los Angeles (mayor)[20]
Juan José Carrillo 1842–1916 Santa Barbara, Department of the Californias, Centralist Republic of Mexico (now California, U.S.) politician, judge Mayor of Santa Monica and as the last City Marshal of Los Angeles, California[21]
Gil Cisneros born 1971 Los Angeles, California, U.S. politician [22]
Antonio F. Coronel 1817–1894 Mexico City, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Mexico) politician, ranchero served as Mayor of Los Angeles and California State Treasurer
Ygnacio Coronel 1795–1862 Mexico City, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Mexico) politician, ranchero, military personnel member of the Los Angeles Common Council
José M. Covarrubias c. 1809–1870 France politician signer of the Californian Constitution and California State Assemblyman, Mayor of Santa Barbara
Francisco de Haro 1792–1849 Compostela, New Kingdom of Galicia, New Spain (now Nayarit, Mexico) politician first Mayor of San Francisco
Antonio María de la Guerra 1825–1881 Santa Barbara, Alta California politician, military officer Mayor of Santa Barbara and California State Senator[23]
Pablo de la Guerra 1819–1874 Santa Barbara, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician Lieutenant Governor of California, a California State Senator, and signer of the Californian Constitution
José de la Guerra y Noriega 1779–1858 Novales, Cantabria, Spain military leader, ranchero Commandant of the Presidio of Santa Barbara, the Presidio of San Diego, and the Presidio of Monterey
Reginaldo Francisco del Valle 1854–1938 Los Angeles, California, U.S. politician, lawyer youngest ever President pro tem of the California Senate, and founder of UCLA
Ygnacio del Valle 1808–1880 New Kingdom of Galicia, New Spain (now Jalisco, Mexico) politician, ranchero owned much of the Santa Clarita Valley, Mayor of Los Angeles, and a California State Assemblyman
Miguel de Pedrorena 1808–1850 Madrid, Spain politician, ranchero, merchant Mayor of San Diego and signer of the Californian Constitution
Manuel Dominguez 1803–1882 San Diego, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, ranchero signer of the California Constitution, Mayor of Los Angeles, founder of San Pedro neighborhood, Carson, and Compton; namesake of CSU Dominguez Hills, and Rancho Dominguez
José Antonio Estudillo 1803–1852 Monterey, Province of Las Californias, Viceroyalty of New Spain (California, U.S.) politician, ranchero, soldier Mayor of San Diego, and first San Diego County Assessor
José Guadalupe Estudillo 1838–1917 San Diego, Department of the Californias, Centralist Republic of Mexico (now California, U.S.) politician California State Treasurer
José Joaquín Estudillo 1800–1852 Monterey, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, ranchero 2nd Alcalde of San Francisco (mayor)
José María Estudillo unknown–1830 military officer, ranchero Commandant of the Presidio of San Diego
Lucretia del Valle Grady 1892–1972 Los Angeles, California, U.S. political activist, suffragette, actress vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee, women's suffrage activist
Sam Liccardo born 1970 Saratoga, California, U.S. politician Mayor of San Jose
José Matías Moreno 1819–1869 Baja California Sur, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Mexico) politician, ranchero secretary of state under Pío Pico
José de Jesús Noé 1805–1862 politician, soldier, ranchero 7th and 12th Alcalde of San Francisco (mayor); last Californio to serve as Mayor of San Francisco
Agustín Olvera 1820–1876 politician, judge first elected judge in Los Angeles and namesake of Calle Olvera (Olvera Street)
María Soledad Ortega de Argüello 1797–1874 Santa Barbara, Province of Las Californias, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) ranchera, socialite early developer of Redwood City
Francisco Pérez Pacheco 1790–1860 Guadalajara, Jalisco politician, ranchero, soldier member of the Provincial Deputation of Alta California
Romualdo Pacheco 1831–1899 Santa Barbara, Alta California, First Mexican Empire (now California, U.S.) politician, diplomat only Hispanic to serve as Governor of California since the U.S. conquest
Salvio Pacheco 1793–1876 Monterey, Province of Las Californias, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, ranchero soldier Mayor of San Jose, founder of Concord, California
Andrés Pico 1810–1876 San Diego, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, ranchero, military leader leader of the Californio forces during the American conquest of California
Antonio María Pico 1808–1869 Monterey, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, ranchero Mayor of San Jose, signer of the Californian Constitution
Pío Pico 1801–1894 Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, San Gabriel, Alta California, New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, ranchero, entrepreneur last Mexican Governor of Alta California and namesake of Pico Rivera
Ygnacio Sepúlveda 1842–1916 Pueblo de Los Ángeles, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, judge first judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
Antonio Suñol 1797–1865 Barcelona, Spain politician, businessman, ranchero Mayor of San Jose, and namesake of Sunol, California
Bernardo Yorba 1800–1858 San Diego, Province of Las Californias, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, ranchero, landowner Mayor of Santa Ana, and namesake of Yorba Linda, California

In religion

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Californios in religion
Name Image Birth, death Birthplace Occupation Notes
Joseph Sadoc Alemany 1853–1884 Vic, Catalonia, Spain Spanish Catholic clergyman the first Bishop of Monterey (1850–1853) and then as Archbishop of San Francisco (1853–1884)[24]
Juan Crespí 1721–1782 Palma de Mallorca, Spain Franciscan missionary, explorer Padre-Presidente of the Californian Missions, explorer of Las Californias[25]
Fermín de Lasuén 1736–1803 Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain Basque Franciscan missionary founder of nine of the twenty-one Spanish missions in California[26]
Apolinaria Lorenzana 1793–1884 Mexico City, Mexico teacher, matron, religious leader, nurse [27]
José González Rubio 1804–1875 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Roman Catholic friar last Apostolic Administrator of the Californias[28]
Junípero Serra 1713–1784 Petra, Majorca, Spain Catholic priest, Franciscan missionary founder of eight of the twenty-one Spanish missions in California[29]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Leo Carrillo SP State Park". www.parks.ca.gov.
  2. ^ "Hollywood Star Walk Leo Carrillo". Los Angeles Times. September 17, 1961.
  3. ^ Telgen, Diane (1993). Notable Hispanic American Women. VNR AG. pp. 125–. ISBN 0810375788.
  4. ^ Weber, Francis J. (1991). Prominent Visitors to the California Missions, 1786–1842. Dawson's Book Shop. ISBN 978-0-87461-933-1. Jose Figueroa (1792–1835), an Aztecan mestigo, was a veteran of the Sonora frontier. He was Governor of California between 1833 and 1835
  5. ^ Bush, Sara (1 April 2013). "Santa Barbara Mission crypt undergoes retrofitting". KEYT-TV. Santa Barbara, California.
  6. ^ Soane, Wood (August 24, 1947). "Interview With Gaxton Stirs Critic's Memory of Bay Area's Good Ol' Days". Oakland Tribune. pp. 4C. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Myrtle Gonzales Dead". The Los Angeles Times. 23 October 1918. pp. II 1. ISSN 0458-3035 – via Newspapers.com. Miss Myrtle Gonzales (Mrs. Allen Watt.) one of the famous outdoor girls of motion pictures, daughter of an old Spanish family and native of Los Angeles, died yesterday of heart disease at the home of her parents.
  8. ^ Kanellos, Nicolás (2022-09-20). Latino Almanac: From Early Explorers to Corporate Leaders. Visible Ink Press. p. 718. ISBN 978-1-57859-753-6.
  9. ^ May, Meredith (21 January 2013). "Alejandro Murguía sees poetry in S.F." SFGate.
  10. ^ Averbuck, Alexis; Bing, Alison; Brash, Celeste; Harrell, Ashley; Isalska, Anita; Leon, Megan; Tremaine, Julie; Berkmoes, Ryan Ver; Yanagihara, Wendy (November 2023). Travel Guide California. Lonely Planet. p. 517. ISBN 978-1-83758-243-3.
  11. ^ Smythe, William E. (1907–1909). "part II, chapter VI". History of San Diego, 1542-1908. Los Angeles: Reprinted 2003 by Arthur H. Clark Co.
  12. ^ "Death of Ex-Mayor Aguilar". Los Angeles Daily Herald. April 13, 1886. p. 1 – via Chronicling America.
  13. ^ Jenner, Gail L. (2021-09-15). What Lies Beneath: California Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 324. ISBN 978-1-4930-4896-0.
  14. ^ Ehardt, Joseph. "José Maria de Jesus Alviso Adobe and Rancho Milpitas (one)". Milpitas Historical Society. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  15. ^ Brennan, Paul (October 30, 2003). "The White Lady Was Brown 100 years ago, fighting the Southern Pacific could get you killed in OC". Orange County Weekly. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014.
  16. ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Bandini, Juan" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  17. ^ "Briones, María Juana (1802?–1889)". Latinas in History, Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York (CUNY). 2009.
  18. ^ Kamiya, Gary (August 24, 2013). "Juana Briones - San Francisco's founding mother". SFGate.
  19. ^ Beebe, Rose Marie; Senkewicz, Robert M. (2023-01-26). Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo: Life in Spanish, Mexican, and American California. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-8061-9261-1.
  20. ^ Smythe, William Ellsworth (1907). Jose Antonio Ezequiel Carrillo (1796–1862) from History of San Diego. Archived from the original on January 17, 2001 – via San Diego Historical Society.
  21. ^ Santa Monica Community Book. A.H. Cawston. 1944. p. 75 – via Google Books.
  22. ^ "Cisneros, Gil - Biographical Information". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress.
  23. ^ "Antonio M. De la Guerra". Join California.
  24. ^ Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Alemany, Joseph Sadoc". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. pp. 73–74.
  25. ^ "Fray Juan Crespi: missionary explorer on the Pacific Coast 1769–1774". UBC Library. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  26. ^ Burrus, Ernest J. (1973-11-01). "Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, 1736-1803: A Biography". Hispanic American Historical Review. 53 (4): 681–682. doi:10.1215/00182168-53.4.681. ISSN 0018-2168.
  27. ^ "Apolinaria Lorenzana died". The Morning Press. 1884-04-12. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ Hispanic Catholicism in transitional California: the life of José González Rubio, O.F.M. (1804-1875), by Michael Charles Neri, published 1997 by the Academy of American Franciscan History (v.14, history monograph series).
  29. ^ Hackel, Steven W. (2013). Junipero Serra: California's Founding Father. New York: Hill and Wang. p. 16. ISBN 978-0809095315.
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