baseball player Winston Llenas – former baseball player Al Alburquerque – baseball player Víctor Díaz – baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles Leo Garcia – former baseball player Robinson Checo – former baseball player Rudy Hernández – former baseball player Victor Martinez – IFBB bodybuilder, runner-up many years for Mr. Olympia Marcos Diplan – Major League Baseball pitcher Victor Estrella Burgos – tennis player, first Dominican to win an ATP tournament, first Dominican on the ATP top 100 Luis Silverio – former baseball player who is now a coach Alfredo Simón – baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles Julián Tavárez – baseball player Carlos Triunfel – baseball for the Seattle Mariners organization Carlos Villanueva – MLB player for the Toronto Blue Jays Ramon Antonio Nery – boxer Politicians Joaquín Balaguer – Dominican President Salvador Jorge Blanco – Dominican President, lawyer and a writer Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly – Dominican President, lawyer, scholar and diplomat Ulises Francisco Espaillat – Dominican President, and author Rafael Estrella Ureña – Dominican President Antonio Guzmán Fernández – Dominican President Hipólito Mejía – Dominican President Francisco Augusto Lora – Dominican Vice President, Ambassador to Washington, USA, lawyer Other Rosa Smester Marrero – educator and feminist writer, who founded a hospice and school in the city. Miguel Cocco – businessman Martha Heredia – Latin American Idol Amelia Vega – Miss Dominican Republic 2002, Miss Universe 2003 Mons. Agripino Núñez Collado – former rector of Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra Clarissa Molina – Miss Dominican Republic 2015 - Nuestra Bellaza Latina VIP 2016 Twin towns – sister cities Santiago has twinning agreements with the following sister cities: Fort Myers, Florida (United States) Havana (Cuba) Santiago de Compostela (Spain) San Juan, Puerto Rico (United States) Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (United States) Photo gallery See also Santiago Province Cibao region List of cities in the Dominican Republic Dominican War of Independence History of the Dominican Republic References External links Official site of the Santiago City Council Populated places in Santiago Province (Dominican Republic) Municipalities of the Dominican Republic 1495 establishments in the Spanish West Indies Populated places established in the 1490s Populated places established in 1506