Odilio Gonzalez is a famous Puerto Rican singer. He was born in Lares.

The song "Yo Tenia Una Luz" ( I had a light) which gave much fame to Odilio Gonzalez (known as "El Jibarito de Lares) became a poplar Christmas song heard in many Puerto Rican homes around the United States. In the early 1970s and since the has become a traditional Christmas song.