Quiz: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

García was the most common Spanish surname in 2000, with 858,289 people reported to have had it. In the 2020 Census, six Spanish surnames were among the 15 most common last names in the United States: García, Rodríguez, Martínez, Hernández, López and Gonzales (from most common to least common).

José Ferrer won best actor in 1950 for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac. He donated his Oscar to the University of Puerto Rico, which had awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1949.

Joan Baez was on the cover of the magazine’s Nov. 23, 1962, issue. Of Baez, then just 21, Time said: “Her voice is as clear as air in the autumn, a vibrant, strong, untrained and thrilling soprano.”

Roberto Goizueta became the first Hispanic CEO of a Fortune 500 firm when he took the helm of the Coca-Cola Company in 1981. Upon his death in 1997, the New York Times credited Goizueta with “building one of the greatest generators of shareholder wealth in corporate history.”