5.) Ricardo Montalbán

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Why he rules: The late Ricardo Montalbán was a man worthy of your respect. Born in Mexico, he worked his way up as an actor, typecast by his ethnicity, but still able to work out a notable career in television and movies from the 1940s through the early 2000s. Particularly aware of how Mexicans were treated in Hollywood, Montalbán helped found Nosotros, an advocacy group for Latinos who worked in film and television.

We all remember him for these cheesetastic ads he did for Chrysler, above all his emphatic praise of the 1975 Chrysler Cordoba's soft Corinthian leather. Also, you know, KAAAAAAAAHN!