This is a list of notable

Cubans Cubans () are the citizens and nationals of Cuba. The Cuban people have varied origins with the most spoken language being Spanish. The larger Cuban diaspora includes individuals that trace ancestry to Cuba and self-identify as Cuban but are n ...

, ordered alphabetically by first name within each category.

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List of Cuban Americans This is a list of notable Cuban Americans, including immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. Athletes * Aric Almirola, current NASCAR driver, father born in Cuba * Kiko Alonso, current NFL player ...

Art and entertainment

Actors

Ana de Armas Ana Celia de Armas Caso (; born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban and Spanish actress. She began her career in Cuba with a leading role in the romantic drama '' Una rosa de Francia'' (2006). At the age of 18, she moved to Madrid, Spain, and starred in ...

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Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado (born Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado y Torralbas on May 4, 1930) is a Cuban actress and singer. Family Martinez-Casado was born into one of Cuba's theatrical families. That family started with her great-grandfathe ...

, actress and singer *

Andy García Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956) is an American actor, director, producer, and musician. He first rose to prominence acting in Brian De Palma's '' The Untouchables'' (1987) alongside Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and ...

, actor * Roberto Escobar, actor *

César Évora César Évora Díaz (; born November 4, 1959) is a Cuban- Mexican actor. Biography Évora started his career in Cuba appearing in more than ten movies before moving to Mexico in the early 1990s. He became known for playing minor roles in the ...

, actor *

Daisy Fuentes Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966) is a Cuban-American model, television host, actress and former weather presenter. Fuentes became MTV's first Latina VJ (signed to MTV and MTV Latin America simultaneously) and Revlon's first Latina spoke ...

, actress *

Desi Arnaz Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader. He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom ''I Love Lucy'', in whi ...

, actor *

Emiliano Díez Emiliano Díez (born August 26, 1953) is a Cuban-American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Vic Palmero, George's father-in-law, in the sitcom '' George Lopez'', as well as his role as Manny Beltrán in the sitcom '' Los Beltrán''. E ...

, actor * Enrique Molina, actor *

Faizon Love Faizon Andre Love (born Langston Faizon Santisima; June 14, 1968) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles in the comedy films '' The Meteor Man'', '' Don't Be a Menace'', ''Friday'', '' B*A*P*S'', '' Blue Crush'', '' Th ...

, actor and comedian *

Francisco Gattorno Francisco Alejandro Gattorno Sánchez (; born October 12, 1964), better known in the show business world plainly as Francisco Gattorno, is a Cuban actor. Biography Francisco grew up in Santa Clara. He is a son of a Canarian father, and mother ...

, actor *

Julio Oscar Mechoso Julio Óscar Mechoso (May 31, 1955 – November 25, 2017) was a Cuban- American actor who played detective Ruiz in '' Bad Boys'' and appeared in such films as '' Blue Streak'', ''Jurassic Park III'', '' The Legend of Zorro'', '' The Lost City ...

, actor * Luis Oquendo, actor *

Luisa Martínez Casado Luisa Martínez Casado Muñoz (1860-1925) was a Cuban actress who performed in Spain and throughout Latin-America, enjoying particular success in her native Cuba and in Mexico. Winning no less than 47 gold medals, she has been described as the mo ...

(1860–1925), actress * Manela Bustamante, actress *

María Conchita Alonso María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1955), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Venezuela at Miss World 1975 and placed in the t ...

, actress *

Mario Cimarro Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz (born June 1, 1971) is a Cuban actor. His television career began in the late 1990s and solidified in the early 2000s with leading roles in dramatic productions. His portrayal of Juan Reyes in the Colombian telenovela ...

, actor *

Mario Ernesto Sánchez Mario Ernesto Sánchez (10 January 1947 – 10 April 2025) was a Cuban actor who founded Teatro Avante, a Hispanic theatre, in 1979 in Florida. He played various bit parts on ''Miami Vice'' and in Hollywood movies, including ''Invasion U.S.A. (1 ...

, actor and founder of Teatro Avante *

Renny Arozarena Renny Arozarena (born 1971, in Havana) is a Cuban actor. He started acting as a child, making his professional debut on the stage in leading roles in ''Andoba'', ''Santa Camila de la Habana Vieja'', ''Romeo et Juliette'', ''Othello'', among other ...

, actor *

Steven Bauer Steven Bauer (born Esteban Ernesto Echevarría Samson; December 2, 1956) is a Cuban American actor. Bauer began his career on PBS, portraying Joe Peña, the son of Cuban immigrants on '' ¿Qué Pasa, USA?'' (1977–1979). He played Manolo "Ma ...

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Velia Martínez Velia Martínez Febles (June 14, 1920 – May 22, 1993) was a well-known actress, singer and former nightclub dancer. Martínez was born in Tampa, Florida to Cuban parents. In 1941, she settled in Havana, where she became a well-known show bus ...

, actress and singer * William Levy, actor *

Nobel Vega Nobel Vega (August 21, 1931 – August 7, 2023), better known as Tio Nobel or Uncle Nobel, was a Cuban actor and children's television personality. Vega is mostly remembered for his character as a boat captain who appeared on Puerto Rico's WKAQ-TV ...

, actor, "Tio Nobel"

Architects

Artists, photographers and fashion designers

Agustín Cárdenas 250px, ''Untitled'' (1961), sculpture by Auguste Cardenas in the area above the Roman quarry in Lake_Neusiedl.html" ;"title="Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland near Lake Neusiedl">Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland near Lake Neusiedl. Agustín Cárde ...

, sculptor *

Alberto Korda Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez (September 14, 1928 – May 25, 2001), better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda, was a Cuban photographer, remembered for his famous image '' Guerrillero Heroico'' of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. ...

, photographer *

Alexandre Arrechea Alexandre Arrechea (born 1970) is a Cuban visual artist. His work explores the themes of power and its associated networks of hierarchy, surveillance, control, prohibition, and subjugation. For twelve years, he was a member of the art collecti ...

, painter, sculptor *

Amelia Peláez Amelia Peláez del Casal (January 5, 1896 – April 8, 1968) was an important Cubans, Cuban painter of the Avant-garde generation. Biography Amelia Peláez (born-1896) Yaguajay, Cuba, in the former Cuban province of Las Villas (now Sancti Spír ...

, painter *

Baruj Salinas Baruj Salinas (July 6, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was a Cuban-American contemporary visual artist and architect. He is recognized as a central figure in the establishment of the modern Latin American art market in South Florida. Background Salina ...

, painter * Carlos Enríquez, painter *

Fidelio Ponce de León ''Fidelio'' (; ), originally titled ' (''Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love''), Op. 72, is the sole opera by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicola ...

, painter *

Herman Puig Herman Puig (born German Puig Paredes; 25 February 192825 January 2021) was the founder of the first Cinemateca de Cuba and a pioneer of male nude photography. Born in Havana, Cuba, he began his career there and later gained fame in France. His her ...

(born German Puig Paredes), photographer * Humberto Jesús Castro García, painter * José Bernal, painter * José Vilalta Saavedra, sculptor * Josignacio, creator of plastic paint medium, contemporary painter *

Juan José Sicre Juan José Sicre (born Juan José Sicre Velez; 1898 – 1974) was a Cuban sculptor. His most famous sculpture is of José Martí y Pérez (1958) (the José Martí Memorial) in the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana. Sicre graduated from an art a ...

, sculptor * Juan T. Vázquez Martín, painter * Lourdes Gomez Franca, painter * Luis Castaneda, photographer * Mario Perez, painter * Miguel Fleitas, painter, photographer * Miguel Rodez, painter, sculptor *

Pedro Álvarez Castelló Pedro Reinaldo Álvarez Castelló (February 9, 1967 – February 12, 2004) was a Cuban artist who rose to prominence during Cuba's Special Period. Biography Álvarez was a native of Havana, Cuba. He studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Be ...

, painter *

Rafael Consuegra Rafael Consuegra (September 16, 1941 – September 17, 2021) was a Cuban-born American sculptor and ceramist who worked in the United States and Europe. Consuegra was born in Havana, Cuba. He left the island in 1960 and established residence ...

, sculptor *

Raúl Corrales Raul, Raúl, Raül, and Raüll are forms of a common first name in Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan. The name is cognate of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph and the French R ...

, photographer * Raúl Martínez, pop artist, painter * Rene Mederos, poster artist and graphic designer *

René Portocarrero René Portocarrero (born Havana, 24 February 1912; died Havana, 7 April 1985) was a Cuban artist recognised internationally for his achievements. History Portocarrero began his artistic education at the San Alejandro academy, but left early and ...

, painter * Tomas Sanchez, painter * Victor Manuel, painter * Waldo Diaz-Balart, painter *

Wifredo Lam Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (; December 8, 1902 – September 11, 1982), better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cubans, Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. Inspired by ...

, painter

Authors and poets

Alejo Carpentier Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (, ; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, of French ...

, novelist * Antonio Benitez-Rojo, author *

Brígida Agüero Brígida Agüero y Agüero (1837–1866) was a 19th-century poet from Camagüey, Cuba. Bibliography Brígida was born to the poet Francisco Agüero y Estrada and Ana Maria Agüero y Varona, very respectable and distinguished people of society. ...

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Daína Chaviano Daína Chaviano () (born 19 February 1957, Havana)Profile
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Carilda Oliver Labra Carilda Oliver Labra (6 July 1922 – 29 August 2018) was a Cuban poet. She was born in Matanzas and died there as well. Oliver Labra studied law at the University of Havana. She was also known to excel at drawing, painting and sculpting. Know ...

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Domitila García de Coronado Domitila García Doménico de Coronado (7 May 1847 – 1938) was a Cuban writer, journalist, editor, and professor, considered to be the first women to practice journalism in her country. Biography Domitila García Doménico de Coronado was born ...

, writer and journalist *

Dulce María Loynaz Dulce María Loynaz Muñoz (Havana, Cuba; 10 December 1902 – 27 April 1997) was a Cuban poet, and is considered one of the principal figures of Cuban literature. She was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1992. She earned her Doctorate ...

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Edmundo Desnoes Edmundo Desnoes (2 October 1930 – 6 December 2023) was a Cuban writer and author of the novel ''Memorias del subdesarrollo'' ('' Memories of Underdevelopment''), a complex story depicting the alienation of a Cuban bourgeois intellectual struggl ...

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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga (March 23, 1814 – February 1, 1873) was a 19th-century Cuban-born Spanish writer. Born in Puerto Príncipe, now Camagüey, she lived in Cuba until she was 22. Her family moved to Spain in 1836, where ...

, author, poet *

Guillermo Cabrera Infante Guillermo Cabrera Infante (; Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín, and used Guillermo Cain for the screenplay of the ...

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Heberto Padilla Heberto Juan Padilla, (20 January 1932 – 25 September 2000) was a Cuban poet put to the center of the so-called Padilla affair when he was imprisoned for criticizing the Cuban government. He was born in Puerta de Golpe, Pinar del Río, Cub ...

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Héctor Zumbado Héctor Zumbado Argueta (19 March 1932, Havana – 6 June 2016, Havana), also known as H. Zumbado, was a Cuban writer, journalist, critic, humorist, satirist, and essayist. He was widely considered one of the foremost Cuban humorists and satiris ...

, writer, journalist, humorist, critic *

José Ignacio Rivero José Ignacio Rivero y Hernández ("Pepinillo" Rivero) was a Cuban exile and journalist. He is the grandson of Don Nicolás Rivero y Muñiz, Nicolas Rivero, who in 1895 became the director of ''El Diario de la Marina, Diario de la Marina,'' then t ...

, author and journalist *

Antonio Rodríguez Salvador Antonio Rodríguez Salvador (born December 22, 1960), is a poet, fiction writer, dramatist and essayist. Salvador was born Taguasco, Cuba. He graduated in Economics, but teaches Composition and Style at José Martí University, and Drama at Si ...

, poet, author *

José Lezama Lima José María Andrés Fernando Lezama Lima (December 19, 1910 – August 9, 1976) was a Cuban writer, poet and essayist. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Cuban and Latin American literature. His novel '' Paradiso'' is one o ...

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Mary Stanley Low Mary Stanley Low (14 May 1912 – 9 January 2007) was a British and Cuban political activist, Trotskyist, surrealist poet, artist and Latin teacher. She is most known for the book ''Red Spanish Notebook: the first six months of revolution and t ...

(1912–2007), British-Cuban political activist, surrealist poet, artist and Latin teacher * José María Heredia y Campuzano, poet *

José Martí José Julián Martí Pérez (; 28 January 1853 – 19 May 1895) was a Cuban nationalism, nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in ...

, author, poet, journalist * David Masnata y de Quesada, author and historian * Julián del Casal, 19th-century poet *

Leonardo Padura Fuentes Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes (born October 10, 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. , he is one of Cuba's best-known writers internationally. In his native Spanish, as well as in English and some other languages, he is often refe ...

, novelist, journalist *

Mariano Brull Mariano Brull Caballero (February 24, 1891 – June 8, 1956) was a Cuban poet usually associated with the French Symbolist movement. Two Symbolists who strongly influenced him were Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Valéry. Among Cuban poets of the fi ...

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Nancy Morejón Nancy Morejón (born August 7, 1944 in Havana) is a Cuban poet, critic, teacher, and essayist. She was a recipient of the Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Award and has been called "the best known and most widely translated woman poet of post ...

, author *

José Gómez-Sicre José Gómez-Sicre (July 6, 1916 in Matanzas, Cuba – July 22, 1991 in Washington, D.C.) was a noted Cuban lawyer, art critic and writer. Education Gómez-Sicre graduated from the University of Havana in 1941 with degrees in Consular Law and Po ...

, art critic and author *

Nicolás Guillén Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (10 July 1902 – 16 July 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist and political activist. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.

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Norberto Fuentes Norberto Fuentes (born March 2, 1943 Havana) is a writer and journalist. He has published ''Hemingway in Cuba'' and ''Ernest Hemingway: Rediscovered'', both available in English, as well as ''Dulces guerreros cubanos'', ''Condenados de Condado'' ...

, author *

Pedro Juan Gutiérrez Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (born 27 January 1950, in Matanzas, Cuba) is a Cuban novelist. He grew up in Pinar del Río and began to work selling ice cream and newspapers when he was 11 years old. He was a soldier, swimming and kayak instructor, agri ...

, author, poet, painter * Pedro Luis Boitel, poet *

Raúl Rivero Raúl Ramón Rivero Castañeda (23 November 1945 – 6 November 2021) was a Cuban poet, journalist, and dissident. Early life and career Rivero was born on 23 November 1945 in Morón, Camagüey, in central Cuba. In his youth, he was an ard ...

, poet and journalist *

Reinaldo Arenas Reinaldo Arenas (July 16, 1943 – December 7, 1990) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who is known as a vocal critic of Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution, and the Cuban government. His memoir of the Cuban dissident movement and of bei ...

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Severo Sarduy Severo Sarduy (February 25, 1937 – June 8, 1993) was a Cuban poet, author, playwright, and critic of Cuban literature and art. Some of his works deal explicitly with male homosexuality and transvestism. Biography Born in a working-class family ...

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Virgilio Piñera Virgilio Piñera Llera (August 4, 1912 – October 18, 1979) was a Cuban author, playwright, poet, short story writer, essayist and translator. His best known works are the poem ''La isla en peso'' (1943), the collection of short stories ''Cuento ...

, author, playwright, poet, short-story writer and essayist *

Zoé Valdés Zoé Valdés (born May 2, 1959 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban novelist, poet, scriptwriter, film director and blogger. She studied at the ''Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona'', but did not graduate. From 1984 to 1988, she worked fo ...

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Cirilo Villaverde Cirilo Villaverde de la Paz (28 October 1812 – 24 October 1894) was a Cuban poet, novelist, journalist and freedom fighter. He is best known for '' Cecilia Valdés'', a novel about classes and races in colonial Cuba. When the poet Miguel Teu ...

Composers

Alejandro García Caturla Alejandro García Caturla (7 March 1906 – 12 November 1940) was a Cuban composer of art music and creolized Cuban themes. Biography Caturla was born in the town of Remedios, Villa Clara, Cuba. With only sixteen years old, in 1922, he won ...

, symphonic composer *

Mariá Álvarez Rios Mariá Álvarez Rios (June 5, 1919 – December 6, 2010) was a Cuban composer, pianist and educator. She was born in Tuinicú and studied music from a young age. She continued her studies at the University of Havana and the University of Mich ...

, composer *

Aurelio de la Vega Aurelio may refer to: People Politicians * Aurelio D. Gonzales Jr. (born 1964), congressman in the Philippines *Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905–1998), President of Brazil *Aurelio Martínez (1969–2025), Honduran politician * Aurelio Mosquera (1 ...

, composer, lecturer, essayist and poet *

Antonio María Romeu Antonio María Romeu Marrero (11 September 1876 – 18 January 1955) was a Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader. His orchestra was Cuba's leading charanga for over thirty years, specializing in the danzón. Throughout his career he was popu ...

, composer *

Arsenio Rodríguez Arsenio Rodríguez (born Ignacio Arsenio Travieso Scull; August 31, 1911 – December 30, 1970)Giro, Radamés 2007. ''Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba''. La Habana, v. 4, p. 45 et seq. was a Cuban musician, composer and bandl ...

, developer of the rumba *

Didier Hernández Didier Hernández Fernández (born July 18, 1979 in Havana) is a Cuban singer who was a member of the well known boy band Menudo. He was one of the last members of the group to join while the band was still named "Menudo". Didier was a foundin ...

, singer, composer; former member of Menudo and MDO *

Ernesto Lecuona Ernesto Lecuona y Casado (; August 7, 1895 – November 29, 1963) was a Cuban composer and pianist, many of whose works have become standards of the Latin, jazz and classical repertoires. His over 600 compositions include songs and zarzuelas as ...

, often regarded as the greatest Cuban composer *

Esteban Salas y Castro Esteban Salas y Castro (December 25, 1725 – July 14, 1803) was a Cuban composer of religious music.Hernández Balaguer, Pablo 1987. ''Los villacicos, cantadas y pastorelas de Esteban Salas''. La Habana. His compositions focused chiefly on vocal ...

, 18th century Cuban baroque composer *

Gonzalo Roig Gonzalo Roig Lobo (Havana, 20 July 1890 – Havana, 13 June 1970) was a Cuban composer, pianist, violinist and musical director. He was a pioneer of the symphonic movement in Cuba. His most popular works are the zarzuela ''Cecilia Valdés#Zarz ...

, often regarded as one of the greatest composers of Cuba, "Quiere me mucho"/ Cecilia Valdez *

Ignacio Cervantes Ignacio Cervantes Kawanag (Havana, 31 July 1847 – Havana, 29 April 1905) was a Cuban pianist and composer. He was influential in the creolization of Cuban music. A child prodigy, he was taught by pianist Juan Miguel Joval, later by composer ...

, Chopinesque piano composer * José White Lafitte, violinist and composer *

Leo Brouwer Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida (born March 1, 1939) is a Cubans, Cuban composer, conducting, conductor, and classical guitarist. He is a Member of Honour of the International Music Council. Early years Brouwer was born in Havana, Cuba. When he ...

, guitarist and composer *

Yalil Guerra Yalil Guerra Soto (born April 27, 1973, Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban born composer with Spanish citizenship (from 1999) and United States citizenship (from 2007), classical guitarist, producer, arranger, professor, multi-instrumentalist, and conductor ...

, composer *

Amadeo Roldán Amadeo Roldán y Gardes (Paris, 12 June 1900 – Havana, 7 March 1939) was a Cuban composer and violinist. Roldán was born in Paris to a Cuban mulatta and a Spanish father. It was his mother, the pianist Albertina Gardes, who initiated her ch ...

, composer and violinist *

Dámaso Pérez Prado Dámaso is a Spanish masculine given name. The name is equivalent to that of Pope Damasus I in English. The name also exists in Italian as Damaso, though it is uncommon. People * Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), Spanish poet * Dámaso Berenguer, 1s ...

, developer of the mambo *

Armando Rodriguez-Gonzalez Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...

, composer *

Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer (August 23, 1864 – October 22, 1935) was a Cuban composer and band conductor. In 1898, he became composer of the musical introductory notes to the Cuban national anthem "" ( ), officially known by its full title ...

, composer *

René Touzet René Touzet y Monte (September 8, 1916, in Havana, Cuba – June 15, 2003, in Miami, Florida) was a Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader. Career as bandleader Growing up in the city of Cojimar, Touzet learned classical piano from the age o ...

, composer, bandleader and pianist *

Flores Chaviano Flores Chaviano (born 10 December 1946) is a Cuban composer, guitarist, professor and orchestral conductor that has achieved great international recognition. Academic background Flores Chaviano began his musical studies in his native city of Ca ...

, guitarist and composer *

Danilo Avilés Danilo Avilés Suárez (born 1948) is a Cuban composer and clarinetist. He has received awards for his music work. Studies Suárez was born in 1948 in Holguín, Cuba. He studied clarinet with professors Enrique Pardo, Juan Jorge Junco and Fiodor ...

, composer *

Magaly Ruiz Doris Magaly Ruiz Lastres (born 1941) is a Cuban musician and composer. Her compositions have been performed at a number of international music festivals. Life Magaly Ruiz was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, in 1941. In 1981, she graduated with a de ...

, composer *

José Ardévol José Ardévol (13 March 1911, in Barcelona – 7 January 1981, in Havana) was a Cuban composer and conductor of Spanish derivation. As a child, Ardévol studied under his father, Fernando, who was a musician and conductor. He emigrated to Cu ...

, composer *

Harold Gramatges Harold Gramatges (26 September 1918 – 16 December 2008) was a Cuban composer, pianist, and teacher. Gramatges was born in Santiago, Cuba. In 1941, he entered the conservatory in Santiago de Cuba to study under professor Dulce María Serret ...

, composer *

Carlos Fariñas Carlos Fariñas (1934 in Cienfuegos – 2002 in La Habana) was a Cuban composer. He was one of the most important masters of the Cuban avant-garde in the 1960s along with Leo Brouwer and Juan Blanco. He received his firsts musical orientations i ...

, composer *

Roberto Valera Roberto Valera Chamizo (born 1938) is a Cuban composer and pedagogue who has a made a substantial contribution to the development of music in Cuba.The living composers project. Roberto Valera. http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/valerar.htm Lif ...

, composer *

Julián Orbón Julián Orbón de Soto (August 7, 1925, Avilés, Spain – May 21, 1991, Miami, Florida was a Cuban composer who lived and composed in Spain, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States of America. Aaron Copland referred to Orbón as "Cuba's most gifte ...

, composer *

Margarita Lecuona Margarita Lecuona (1910–1981) was a Cuban singer and composer who is remembered for composing afro songs such as " Babalú" and "Tabú". Biography Born in Havana on 18 April 1910, Lecuona was the daughter of Eugenio Lecuona, the Cuban consul i ...

, singer and composer

Chess

José Raúl Capablanca José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third World Chess Championship, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he was widely renowned for his exceptional Chess ...

, chess world champion, grandmaster considered "the Mozart of Chess" * Juan Corzo, chess *

Lázaro Bruzón Lázaro Bruzón Batista (born 2 May 1982 in Holguín) is a Cuban-American chess grandmaster. He is a former World Junior Champion, two-times American Continental champion, two-time Iberoamerican champion and six-time Cuban champion. Bruzón ...

, chess grandmaster *

María Teresa Mora María Teresa Mora Iturralde (15 October 1902 – 3 October 1980) was a Cuban chess master. Born in Havana, she is the only person who received direct lessons from José Raúl Capablanca. Mora was the first woman to win the Cuban Chess Champion ...

Musicians

Aida Diestro Adelaida Diestro Rega (21 December 1924 – 28 October 1973), better known as Aida Diestro, was a Cuban pianist and the director of the famous vocal group Cuarteto d'Aida. Career Diestro was born in Havana on 21 December 1924. She studied mu ...

, pianist, arranger * Albita, singer * Alfredo de la Fé, musician *

Adalberto Álvarez Adalberto Cecilio Álvarez Zayas (22 November 1948 – 1 September 2021) was a Cuban pianist, arranger, conductor, and composer. Biography Adalberto was born in La Havana on November 22, 1948, but considered himself a native of Camagüey, where ...

, pianist, director, composer *

Ángel Reyes Ángel Reyes (February 14, 1919 – November 17, 1988),
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, violinist *

AJ McLean Alexander James McLean (born January 9, 1978) is an American singer. He is a founding member of the pop vocal group Backstreet Boys. Early life McLean was born on January 9, 1978, in West Palm Beach, Florida, to Denise (née Fernandez, now ...

, singer, member of American boyband

The Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys (often abbreviated as BSB) are an American vocal group consisting of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson (musician), Kevin Richardson. The band formed in 1993 in Orlando, Flori ...

Armando Peraza Armando Peraza (May 30, 1924 – April 14, 2014) was a Cuban Latin jazz percussionist and a member of the rock band Santana. Peraza played congas, bongos, and timbales. Biography Early life Born in Lawton Batista, Havana, Cuba in 1924 (althou ...

, percussionist *

Arturo Sandoval Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, timbalero, and composer. While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1977 ...

, trumpeter *

, composer *

Benny Moré Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré Gutiérrez (24 August 1919 – 19 February 1963), better known as Benny Moré (also spelled Beny Moré), was a Cuban singer, bandleader and songwriter. Due to his fluid tenor voice and his great expressivity, he was ...

, singer, songwriter, conductor, arranger *

Bola de Nieve Bola de Nieve (literally ''Snowball''; 11 September 1911 – 2 October 1971), born Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández, was a Cuban singer-pianist and songwriter. His name originates from his round, black face. Villa Fernández was born in Guanaba ...

, singer, pianist *

Camila Cabello Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (; ; born March 3, 1997) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the Pop music, pop girl group Fifth Harmony, one of the List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl gro ...

, musician, songwriter, actress *

Cándido Fabré Cándido Fabré (born in San Luis, Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban musician, song writer, and singer famous for his skilled improvisation. He was born on 20 September 1959, in the municipality of San Luis (Santiago de Cuba), into a musical family; ...

, musician, singer-songwriter *

Carlos Manuel Pruneda Carlos Manuel (born 1973) is a Cuban singer, known simply as "Carlos Manuel". Career in Cuba Carlos Manuel had been a member of the ''Mayohuacan'', ''Carapacho'' and ''Irakere'' groups in Cuba, and had had success within Cuba as vocalist with '' ...

, singer * Carlos Varela, singer-songwriter *

Celia Cruz Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of , earning the nickna ...

, singer *

Celina González Celina González Zamora (16 March 1929 – 4 February 2015) was a Cuban singer-songwriter, who specialized in "música campesina", traditional music of the Cuban countryside. She is best known for co-authoring ''A Santa Bárbara'' ...

, singer-songwriter * Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso, pianist, musician *

Chanel Terrero Chanel Terrero Martínez (born 28 July 1991), known mononymously as Chanel (), is a Cuban and Spanish singer, dancer and actress, having worked in several stage musicals. She represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, after having w ...

, singer *

Christina Milian Christina Milian ( , Flores; born September 26, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Following a number of minor television and film roles in the late nineties, Milian made her recording debut on American rapper Ja Rule's 20 ...

, singer *

Chucho Valdés Dionisio Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho (born October 9, 1941), is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years. An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 1973 he ...

, pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger *

Compay Segundo Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles (18 November 1907 – 13 July 2003), known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Biography Compay (meaning ''compadre'') Segundo, so called because he was a ...

, musician, songwriter * Conchita Espinosa, pianist, teacher *

Cuban Link Felix Delgado (born December 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Cuban Link, is a Cuban-American rapper. Emerging from the underground hip hop scene in the Bronx, he came to prominence upon discovery by fellow Bronx rapper Fat Joe and m ...

, rapper *

Cubanito 20.02 Cubanito, also known by the former name Cubanito 20.02, is a Cuban reggaeton/cubaton band. The band is credited, along with the band Máxima Alerta, with popularizing cubaton, though Cubanito is influenced more by Jamaican music, whereas Máxima ...

, hip-hop band *

Dave Lombardo David Lombardo (born February 16, 1965) is a Cuban-American drummer, best known as a co-founding member of the thrash metal band Slayer. He currently plays drums with Fantômas, Dead Cross, Mr. Bungle, Empire State Bastard, and Misfits. Lo ...

, drummer *

David Calzado Sergio David Calzado Almenares is the bandleader, music director, arranger, and lead vocalist of 16-piece musical ensemble, Charanga Habanera. David Calzado has played an essential role in the evolution of modern Cuba Cuba, officially the R ...

, musician *

, singer-songwriter * Donna Maria Martinez, guitarist and singer *

Eddy Zervigon Eddy Zervigon (born 7 July 1940) is a Cuban flautist and bandleader. He was born in Güines, Cuba but moved to the United States in 1962, where he founded the charanga band Orquesta Broadway Orquesta Broadway was an American mid-1960s/late 198 ...

, flautist and bandleader *

Elena Burke Elena Burke (born Romana Elena Burgues Gonzalez on February 28, 1928, in Havana, Cuba – June 9, 2002 in Havana, Cuba) was a revered and popular Cuban singer of boleros and romantic ballads. Biography She started her career by working in rad ...

, singer *

El Medico EL, El or el may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, fami ...

, timba musician *

El Taiger José Manuel Carbajal Zaldívar (6 September 1987 – 10 October 2024), better known by his stage name El Taiger, was a Cuban reggaeton artist. Musical career El Taiger was one of the most popular Cubaton artists. He began his artistic career in ...

, reggaeton musician *

Eliades Ochoa Eliades Ochoa Bustamante (born 22 June 1946) is a Cuban guitarist and singer from Loma de la Avispa, Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago de Cuba. He began playing the guitar when he was six and in 1978 he was invited to joi ...

, guitarist and singer *

Emilio Estefan Emilio Estefan Gómez (born March 4, 1953) is a Cuban-American musician and producer. Estefan has won 19 Grammy Awards. He first came to prominence as a member of the Miami Sound Machine. He is the husband of singer Gloria Estefan, father of s ...

, producer, composer *

, pianist, composer *

Esther Borja Esther Borja Lima (5 December 1913 – 28 December 2013) was a Cuban operatic soprano. Biography Havana-born Esther Borja Lima was trained in solfége and music theory by Juan Elósegui, and in singing by Rubén Lepchutz. She graduated as a ...

, singer *

Eusebio Delfín Eusebio Delfín y Figueroa (1 April 1893 in Palmira – 28 April 1965 in Havana) was a Cuban banker and musician, recognized for the introduction of arpeggio to Cuban popular music, as well as for his numerous compositions, interpreted by the ...

, singer *

Francisco Aguabella Francisco Aguabella (October 10, 1925 – May 7, 2010) was an Afro-Cuban percussionist whose career spanned folk, jazz, and dance bands. He was a prolific session musician and recorded seven albums as a leader. Biography In Cuba Aguabella was ...

, percussionist * German Nogueira Gomez, songwriter, composer, producer *

Gloria Estefan Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (; ; born September 1, 1957) is an American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Awards, Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of t ...

, singer, composer *

Gonzalo Rubalcaba Gonzalo Rubalcaba (born May 27, 1963) is a Cuban jazz pianist and composer. Early life Rubalcaba was born Gonzalo Julio González Fonseca in Havana, Cuba into a musical family. He adopted his great grandmother's name for professional use, just a ...

, pianist *

Guillermo Portabales Guillermo Portabales (born ''José Guillermo Quesada Castillo''; 6 April 1911 – 25 October 1970) was a Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist who popularized the '' guajira'' style of Cuban music from the 1930s through the 1960s. His languid, mel ...

, singer, songwriter * Guillermo Rubalcaba, musician * Harold Lopez Nussa, jazz pianist *

Horacio Gutiérrez Horacio Gutiérrez (born 1948) is a Cuban-American classical pianist known for his performances of works in the Romantic Repertoire. Early life and education When Fidel Castro gained control of Cuba in 1959, the family decided to leave the coun ...

, concert pianist * Hubert de Blanck, pianist, composer *

Ignacio Piñeiro Ignacio Piñeiro Martínez (May 21, 1888 – March 12, 1969) was a Cuban musician, bandleader and composer whose career started in rumba and flowered in the rise of the son. He was one of the most important composers of son music; in total h ...

, composer *

Ibrahim Ferrer Ibrahim Ferrer (20 February 1927 – 6 August 2005) was a Cuban singer who played with the group Los Bocucos for nearly forty years. He also performed with Conjunto Sorpresa, Chepín y su Orquesta Oriental, and Mario Patterson. After his re ...

, musician *

Isabel LaRosa Isabel Sofia LaRosa (born September 18, 2004), is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter and video director from Annapolis, Maryland. She signed to RCA Records in 2021 and released her debut EP, ''I'm Watching You'', in 2022. She rose to prominenc ...

, singer *

Issac Delgado Issac Delgado (born Isaac Felipe Delgado-Ramirez on April 11, 1962 in Marianao, Habana, Cuba) is one of the founders of the band NG La Banda and is a popular salsa and timba performer. Early life and family His father, Luis Delgado, was a ta ...

, singer *

Jacobo Rubalcaba Jacobo González Rubalcaba (1895–1960) was a Cuban musician, composer, bandleader and educator. Born in Sagua La Grande, he adopted his mother's maiden name for professional use.Orovio, Helio (2004). ''Cuban Music from A to Z-CL''. Duke Univers ...

, musician *

Jorge Bolet Jorge Bolet (November 15, 1914October 16, 1990) was a Cuban-born American concert pianist, conductor and teacher. Among his teachers were Leopold Godowsky, and Moriz Rosenthal – the latter a renowned pupil of Franz Liszt. Life Bolet was born ...

, concert pianist *

Juan Croucier Juan Croucier (born August 22, 1959) is a Cuban-born American musician. He is best known as the bassist for the hard rock/glam metal band Ratt. Career Croucier attended Torrance High School in Torrance, California, and played in various ba ...

, bassist *

Juan Formell Juan Climaco Formell Cortina (2 August 1942 – 1 May 2014) was a Cuban bassist, composer, and arranger, best known as the director of Los Van Van. He was a creator of popular danceable music and credited with bringing electronic instrumentation ...

, composer *

Juan de Marcos González Juan de Marcos González (born Juan de Marcos González-Cárdenas; January 29, 1954) is a Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of isl ...

, musician *

La Lupe Guadalupe Victoria Yolí Raymond (23 December 1936 – 29 February 1992), better known as La Lupe, was a Cuban singer of boleros, guarachas and Latin soul known for her energetic, sometimes controversial performances. Following the release o ...

, singer *

Lena Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in ...

, singer *

Lissette Lissette Álvarez Chorens, commonly known as Lissette, (born March 10, 1947) is a singer, songwriter, and record producer from Cuba. She is best known for recording a Spanish language-version of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 19 ...

, singer * Malena Burke, singer *

Manuel Barrueco Manuel Barrueco (born December 16, 1952) is a Cuban classical guitarist resident in the United States. Biography Born in Santiago de Cuba, Barrueco began playing the guitar at the age of eight. Following the 1959 Cuban revolution, Barrueco's f ...

, classical guitarist *

María Teresa Vera María Teresa Vera (February6, 1895December17, 1965) was a Cuban singer, guitarist and composer. She was an outstanding example of the Cuban trova movement. Career She started her career as a singer in 1911 in a theater where she sang the cri ...

, composer, guitarist, singer *

Mayra Verónica Mayra Verónica Aruca Rodríguez (born August 20, 1980) is a Cuban singer, actress, model, and television public figure who became popular for her appearances on Spanish-language television.Miguel Matamoros The Trío Matamoros was a Cuban trova group. It was formed in 1925 by Miguel Matamoros (8 May 1894 in Santiago de Cuba – 15 April 1971; guitar), Rafael Cueto (14 March 1900 in Santiago de Cuba – 7 August 1991; guitar) and Siro Rodrí ...

, singer, composer * Moisés Valle, musician *

Moisés Simons Moisés Simons (born Moisés Simón Rodríguez; 24 August 1889 in Havana, Cuba – 28 June 1945 in Madrid, Spain),Mongo Santamaría Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917 – February 1, 2003) was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachanga an ...

, jazz musician *

Moraima Secada Moraima Secada (born María Micaela Secada Ramos (10 September 1930 – 30 December 1984), known to her admirers as ''La Mora'' (the moor), was a temperamental singer who created a special style of interpretation within the Cuban music genre o ...

, singer * Nelson Martinez, baritone *

Ñico Saquito Benito Antonio Fernández Ortiz (13 February 1901 – 4 August 1982), better known as Ñico Saquito, was a Cuban trova songwriter, guitarist and singer. He is widely considered the most prolific and successful composer of guarachas, most of whi ...

, composer, singer *

Olga Guillot Olga Guillot (October 9, 1923 – July 12, 2010) was a Cuban singer who was known as the "Queen of Bolero". She was a native of Santiago de Cuba. Biography Daughter of Catalan-Jewish immigrants who moved to Cuba, her father was a tailor and her ...

, singer *

Omara Portuondo Omara Portuondo Peláez (born 29 October 1930) is a Cuban singer and dancer. A founding member of the popular vocal group Cuarteto d'Aida, Portuondo has collaborated with many important Cuban musicians during her long career, including Julio G ...

, singer *

Orlando "Cachaito" López Orlando commonly refers to: * Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States Orlando may also refer to: People * Orlando (given name), a masculine name, includes a list of people with the name * Orlando (surname), includes a list of people with ...

, bassist *

Pablo Milanés Pablo Milanés Arias (24 February 1943 – 22 November 2022) was a Cuban guitar player and singer. He was one of the founders of the Cuban nueva trova, along with Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola. His music, originating in the Trova, Son and ...

, singer-songwriter *

Pío Leyva Pío Leiva (May 5, 1917 – March 22, 2006) was a Cuban singer and the author of the guaracha ''El Mentiroso'' ("The Liar"). Leyva was part of the Buena Vista Social Club, and composed some of Cuba's best known standards. Biography Leyva was b ...

, singer *

Pitbull Pit bull is an umbrella term for several types of dog believed to have descended from bull and terriers. In the United States, the term is usually considered to include the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American B ...

, rapper *

Raul Paz Raul, Raúl, Raül, and Raüll are forms of a common first name in Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan. The name is cognate of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph and the French R ...

, singer *

Rey Ruiz Rey Ruiz (Reinerio Ruiz born June 21, 1966 in La Lisa, Havana, Cuba) is a salsa singer from Cuba. Ruiz reached international fame across Latin America, Europe and among Hispanic music fans in the United States. Biography Rey Ruiz demonstrated a ...

, singer *

Rita Montaner Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (20 August 1900 – 17 April 1958), known as Rita Montaner, was a Cuban singer, pianist and actress. In Cuban parlance, she was a '' vedette'' (a star), and was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and ...

, singer *

Roberto Faz Roberto Faz Monzón (September 18, 1914 – April 26, 1966) was a Cuban singer who reached the height of his popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. Like his contemporary Benny Moré, he specialized in many forms of Cuban music such as so ...

, singer, conductor * Rubén González, pianist *

Rudy Sarzo Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont (born November 18, 1950) is a Cuban-American musician. He remains best known as the bassist for Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, and Whitesnake, and has also played with several well k ...

, rock bassist *

Sabrina Claudio Sabrina Claudio (born September 19, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter. In late 2016, Claudio uploaded several songs to SoundCloud, before compiling a select collection as part of her debut extended play, ''Confidently Lost'', which was ...

, singer *

Sen Dog Senen Reyes (born November 20, 1965), also known by his stage name Sen Dog, is a Cuban-American rapper who is best known as a member of the hip hop group Cypress Hill and as the lead vocalist for the nu metal band Powerflo. He has nurtured a sol ...

, rapper *

Silvio Rodríguez Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez (born 29 November 1946) is a Cuban musician, and leader of the Nueva Trova movement. He is widely considered as Cuba's best folk singer and arguably one of Latin America's greatest singer-songwriters. Known for his ...

, singer-songwriter *

Tico Torres Hector Samuel Juan "Tico" Torres (born October 7, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Bon Jovi. In 2018, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Bon Jovi. Childhood Hector J ...

, drummer, percussionist *

Willy Chirino Willy Chirino (born April 5, 1947, in Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Early life Following the communist revolution in Cuba, Chirino came to the United States ...

, singer-songwriter *

Voltaire (musician) Aurelio Voltaire Hernández (born January 25, 1967), professionally known as Aurelio Voltaire or simply Voltaire, is a Cuban-American musician, singer, composer, author, and animator. Known for his gothic style of dress and music, Voltaire is c ...

, musician *

Xavier Cugat Xavier Cugat (; ; 1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990) was an American musician and bandleader who was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music. Originally from Girona, Spain, he spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba, before arriving i ...

, musician *

, producer, musician, composer *

Yotuel Romero Yotuel Omar Romero Manzanares (born October 6, 1976), mononymously known as Yotuel, is a Cuban singer, actor, and current lead singer and co-writer of the 2003 Latin Grammy Award-winning Platinum album-selling rap group Orishas (band), Orishas. ...

, rapper

Film directors

Ernesto Daranas Ernesto Daranas Serrano (born December 7, 1961) is a Cuban filmmaker. Daranas' three feature films have had unprecedented success in Cuba and were submitted to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Daranas is a Latin Grammy nomine ...

* Fernando Pérez *

Humberto Padrón Humberto Padrón (born 1967) is a Cubans, Cuban film director. Padrón graduated from ISA (Superior Institute of Arts) in Havana. He has since directed several awards winning documentary shorts including "Y Todavia el Sueño" (1999) and "Los Zap ...

Jorge Luis Sánchez Jorge Luis Sánchez (21 January 1960 – 9 January 2025) was a Cuban film director. He was a founder of the ''Federación Nacional de Cine Clubes de Cuba'' (National Federation of Cine Clubs of Cuba). Life and career Sánchez was born on 21 Jan ...

* Juan Carlos Cremata *

Juan Padrón Juan Manuel Padrón Blanco (January 29, 1947 – March 24, 2020) was a Cuban animation director and comics artist, best known as the creator of the comic strip '' Elpidio Valdés''. He was born in Matanzas. From 1963 he published sketches and ...

Miguel Coyula Miguel Coyula Aquino (born March 31, 1977, in Havana) is a Cuban filmmaker and writer. Working with a multi-disciplinary approach, his films usually take several years to complete. He has been described by critics as a virtuoso and an innovator. ...

* Rodrigo García * Santiago Álvarez *

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Tomás Gutiérrez- Alea (; December 11, 1928 – April 16, 1996) was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. Gutiérrez Alea wrote and directed more than twenty features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight i ...

Journalists

Calixto Martínez Calixto Martínez Arias is an independent Cuban journalist, who was jailed by the Cuban government from September 16, 2012, to April 9, 2013, without formal charge. He had been reporting about new outbreak of cholera at the east of the island, whi ...

German Pinelli German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ger ...

, writer, journalist, humorist, and critic *

Idania Martínez Grandales Idania Martínez Grandales (born in Havana on 6 February 1965) is a Cuban broadcaster, journalist and academic, and professor of voice-over at the Faculty of Communication of the University of Havana. Biography In June 1988, Martínez Grand ...

, broadcaster, journalist and academic, and professor *

Nicolás Guillén Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (10 July 1902 – 16 July 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist and political activist. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.

Oscar Espinosa Chepe Óscar Manuel Espinosa Chepe (November 29, 1940 – September 23, 2013) was a Cuban economist and dissident. He was one of approximately 75 dissidents arrested, tried and convicted in 2003 as part of a crackdown by the Cuban government nicknamed ...

Pablo de la Torriente Brau Pablo de la Torriente Brau ( San Juan de Puerto Rico, December 12, 1901 – Majadahonda, near Madrid, Spain, December 19, 1936) was a Cuban writer, journalist and soldier. He was a correspondent in Spain, writing for the Mexican newspaper '' ...

Rick Sanchez Rick Sanchez is one of the two Title character, eponymous characters in the Adult Swim animated television series ''Rick and Morty'' and resulting Rick and Morty (franchise), multimedia franchise. Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, he i ...

Dancers

Alicia Alonso Alicia Alonso (born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo; 21 December 1920 – 17 October 2019) was a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer whose company became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955. She is bes ...

, Prima Ballerina Assoluta, director of the Cuban National Ballet (Ballet Nacional de Cuba) *

Carlos Acosta Carlos Yunior Acosta Quesada (born 2 June 1973) is a Cuban-British ballet director and retired dancer who is director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He danced with many companies, including the English National Ballet, National Ballet o ...

, dancer *

Sadaise Arencibia Sadaise Arencibia (born c. 1981) is a Cuban ballet dancer. In 1999, she joined the Cuban National Ballet where she has been a star dancer (''primera bailarina'') since 2009. Early life After beginning her training at Havana's Alejo Carpentier Bal ...

, star dancer with the Cuban National Ballet *

Fernando Bujones Fernando Bujones (March 9, 1955 – November 10, 2005) was an American dancer. Born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents, Bujones is regarded as one of the finest male dancers of the 20th century and hailed as one of the greatest American male da ...

, dancer * Jose Manuel Carreño,

American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant. Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spr ...

principal dancer * Lydia Diaz Cruz, prima ballerina *

Miguel Campaneria Miguel Campaneria is a Cuban ballet dancer and choreographer. Life He started his ballet training at the National Ballet Academy of Cuba under Alicia Alonso and Azari Plisetski. He joined the National Ballet of Cuba where he became a soloist. L ...

, ballet dancer, currently artistic director of the

National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico The National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico () is one of the leading ballet companies in Puerto Rico. It was formed by former members of ''Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico'' after the company was paralyzed by a dancers' strike in 2004. They perf ...

Vida Guerra Vida Guerra (born March 19, 1974) is a Cuban-born American glamour model and actress. Her first notable appearance was in the U.S. edition of ''FHM'' magazine in December 2002; since then, she has modeled for many other men's magazines. Early li ...

, video dancer *

Yat-Sen Chang Yat-Sen Chang Oliva (born 1971 in Matanzas, Cuba) is a Cuban former principal dancer and convicted rapist. Biography Yat-Sen Chang is a Chinese Cuban born in Matanzas, Cuba. Yat-Sen Chang studied dance at the Cuban National Ballet School, beg ...

, principal dancer,

English National Ballet English National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin as London Festival Ballet and based in London, England. Along with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Northern Ballet and Scott ...

Other entertainment

* Alvarez Guedes, comedian and author *

Ana María Polo Ana María Cristina Polo González (born 11 April 1958) is a Cuban-American lawyer and television personality, best known as an arbitrator on the Spanish-language court show ''Caso Cerrado'' and the Anglophone spin-off counterpart ''Ana Polo Ru ...

, television personality and lawyer *

Alina María Hernández Alina María Hernández (born Alberto, November 12, 1970 – October 8, 2016), better known in the entertainment world as Cachita, was a Cuban transgender television actress. Life and work Cachita debuted on television as a participant in a sing ...

, "Cachita", television personality *

Cristina Saralegui Cristina María Saralegui de Ávila (born Cristina María Saralegui Santamarina; January 29, 1948) is a Cuban-born American journalist, television personality, actress and talk show host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, '. Before her tele ...

, magazine editor, talk show host (''Cristina'') and actress *

, model/actress *

Lili Estefan Liliana Del Carmen Estefan (born March 20, 1967) is a Cuban American model and television presenter, known as the co-host of '' El Gordo y la Flaca'' on Univision. Biography Lili Estefan was born on March 20, 1967, in Santiago de Cuba. Lili' ...

, television personality and former model * Mauricio Zeilic, television personality *

Madtv ''Mad TV'' (stylized as ''MADtv'') is an American sketch comedy television series created by David Salzman, Fax Bahr, and Adam Small. Loosely based on the humor magazine '' Mad'', ''Mad TVs pre-taped satirical sketches were primarily parodie ...

'') *

Pedro Zamora Pedro Pablo Zamora (born Pedro Pablo Zamora y Díaz, February 29, 1972 – November 11, 1994) was a Cuban-American AIDS educator and television personality.''Pedro Zamora'', WPBT Channel 2-New Florida, November 11–17, 2004, Oscar Lopez Produc ...

AIDS The HIV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, it can lead to a spectrum of conditions including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a Preventive healthcare, pr ...

activist, featured on '' The Real World: San Francisco'' *

Raúl De Molina Raúl "El Gordo" De Molina (born March 29, 1959, in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American television presenter, best known as the co-host of the Univision Network entertainment news show '' El Gordo y la Flaca'', for which he won multiple Emmy Award ...

, television personality *

Raúl Musibay Raúl Musibay (born in Cayo la Rosa, near Bauta, Cuba, Bauta in the province of Havana, Cuba) is a chef and Internet entrepreneur. Musibay is a member of the Three Guys From Miami and is known for his elaborate Cuban-style pigroasts and has taught ...

Food Network Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery, who manages and operates it as a division of the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group. The channel airs both televi ...

chef and author *

Rosaura Andreu Rosaura Andreu (1 January 1918 – 21 November 2010) was an actress born in El Paso, Texas to actress Cecilia Cavero. Andreu is best remembered in Puerto Rico for playing the character "Titi Chagua" in a local television show for children. Cecil ...

, children's television entertainer

Sport

Baseball

Adeiny Hechavarria Adeiny Hechavarría Barrera (born April 15, 1989) is a Cuban professional baseball shortstop for the Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Miami Marlins, Ta ...

Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League East, East Division. The ...

Adolfo Luque Adolfo Domingo De Guzmán Luque (August 4, 1890 – July 3, 1957) was a Cuban starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to . He spent 12 seasons of his career (1918–1929) with the Cincinnati Reds. Luque was not only the first Lati ...

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...

* Alex Fernandez,

Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...

Florida Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. The team plays its home games at LoanDepot Park. The ...

* Alex Sánchez *

Ariel Pestano Ariel Osvaldo Pestano Valdés (born January 31, 1974), better known as ''El Veterano'' ("The Veteran"), is a Cuban baseball catcher, and is known as one of the greatest catchers in Cuban history. He has won both silver and gold medals in the Ol ...

Cuba national baseball team The Cuba national baseball team () represents Cuba at regional and international levels. The team is generally made up of players from the domestic Cuban national baseball system, though it has at times included professional players who defect ...

Ariel Prieto Ariel Prieto (born October 22, 1969) is a Cuban former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1995 to 2001 for the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He is currently the pitching coach for the GCL M ...

Oakland Athletics The Oakland Athletics (frequently referred to as the Oakland A's) were an American Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Oakland, California from 1968 to 2024. The Athletics were a member club of the American League (AL) American League We ...

Aroldis Chapman Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz (; born February 28, 1988) is a Cuban-born American professional baseball relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds, New Y ...

Aurelio Monteagudo Aurelio Faustino Monteagudo Cintra (; November 19, 1943 – November 10, 1990), nicknamed "Monty", was a right-handed screwball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball. He was the son of former big-leaguer René Monteagudo. Career Mon ...

Kansas City Athletics The Kansas City Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1955 to 1967, having previously played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Philadelphia Athletics. After moving in 1967, the team became the ...

* Barbaro Canizares,

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...

Bárbaro Garbey Bárbaro Garbey ( ; born December 4, 1956) is a Cuban former Major League Baseball utility player and minor league coach. Garbey played in the outfield, at first and third bases, and also served as designated hitter. Playing career Garbey defec ...

Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...

Bert Campaneris Dagoberto Campaneris Blanco (born March 9, 1942), nicknamed "Bert" or "Campy", is a Cuban Americans, Cuban American former professional baseball shortstop, who played Major League Baseball (MLB) for four American League (AL) teams, primarily the ...

Brayan Peña Brayan Eduardo Peña (born January 7, 1982) is a Cuban-American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. He ...

Cristóbal Torriente Cristóbal Torriente (November 16, 1893 – April 11, 1938) was a Cuban professional baseball outfielder and pitcher in the Negro leagues and the Cuban League with multiple teams. He played from 1912 to 1932 and was primarily a pull hitter, t ...

, Negro leagues,

Baseball Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by a private foundation. It serves as the central collection and gathering space for the history of baseball in the United S ...

Danys Báez Danys Báez González (; ; born September 10, 1977) is a Cuban-American former professional baseball pitcher. Báez played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Balt ...

Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. As one of the America ...

Diego Seguí Diego Pablo Seguí González (born August 17, 1937) is a Cuban former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Washington Senators, Seattle Pilo ...

Eli Marrero Elieser Marrero (born November 17, 1973), is a Cuban former Major League Baseball player. Marrero started his career as a catcher, but spent time at first base, third base and in the outfield. Playing career St. Louis Cardinals Marrero was s ...

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...

Esteban Bellán Esteban () is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend t ...

, first Latin American professional baseball player to play in the United States *

Germán Mesa Germán Mesa Fresneda (born May 12, 1967, in Havana) is a Cuban baseball manager and former player. A shortstop who played for the Industriales of the Cuban National Series and for the Cuba national baseball team, Mesa was known as "El Imán" (" ...

, trainer for the Cuban national baseball team * Jack Calvo, Washington Senators *

Jasiel Rivero Jasiel "Papi" Rivero Fernández (born October 31, 1993) is a Cuban professional basketball player for Crvena Zvezda of the Serbian KLS, ABA League and the EuroLeague. Professional career Argentina (2015–2019) Rivero made his professional debu ...

(born 1993), basketball player for

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

Jorge Soler Jorge Carlos Soler Castillo (born February 25, 1992) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs, Kansas City ...

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Division. Th ...

* José Abreu,

José Canseco José Canseco Capas Jr. (born July 2, 1964) is a Cuban-American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). During his time with the Oakland Athletics, he established hims ...

José Cardenal José Rosario Domec Cardenal (born October 7, 1943) is a Cuban American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1963 to 1980, most prominently as a member of the Chicago Cubs, with ...

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

José Contreras José Ariel Contreras Camejo (born December 6, 1971) is a Cubans, Cuban former professional baseball pitcher, who played in the Cuban National Series (CNS), Major League Baseball (MLB), and internationally for the Cuban national baseball team. ...

* José Fernández,

* José Iglesias,

José Méndez José de la Caridad Méndez Báez (March 19,1887– October 31, 1928) was a Cuban professional baseball right-handed pitcher, shortstop, third baseman and manager in the Negro leagues. Born in Cárdenas, Matanzas, he died at age 43 in Havan ...

Kansas City Monarchs The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 193 ...

, Baseball Hall of Fame * José Rodríguez,

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The ...

José Tartabull José Milages Tartabull Guzmán (born November 27, 1938) is a Cuban former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1962 to 1970 for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox. Career Tartab ...

Kendrys Morales Kendrys Morales Rodríguez (born June 20, 1983) is a Cuban-Dominican former professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota T ...

Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team ...

Liván Hernández Eisler Liván Hernández Carrera (; born February 20, 1975) is a Cuban-born former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. Over a 17-year career, he played for nine different teams and was named to two All-Star Games. He was na ...

Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The franchise was established ...

Luis Tiant Luis Clemente Tiant Vega () (November 23, 1940 – October 8, 2024), nicknamed "El Tiante", was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 19 years, primarily for the Cleveland Indians and the Boston R ...

Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. Since , the team ...

Martín Dihigo Martín Magdaleno Dihigo Llanos (May 25, 1906 – May 20, 1971), nicknamed "the Immortal" and "the Maestro", was a Cuban pitcher, utility player, and manager. He played in the Negro leagues and Latin American winter leagues from 1923 to 1945 as ...

, Negro leagues, Baseball Hall of Fame *

Mike Cuellar Miguel Ángel Cuellar Santana (; May 8, 1937 – April 2, 2010) was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played for 15 seasons in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher in 1959 and from 1964 through 1977, most prominently as a memb ...

Minnie Miñoso Saturnino Orestes "Minnie" Armas Arrieta Miñoso (, ; November 29, 1924 – March 1, 2015), nicknamed "the Cuban Comet", was a Cuban professional baseball player. He began his baseball career in the Negro leagues in 1946 and became an All-Sta ...

* Octavio "Cookie" Rojas,

Omar Linares Omar Linares Izquierdo (born October 23, 1967) is a Cuban former professional baseball third baseman, first baseman and coach. He played for the Cuba national baseball team as well as professionally for Vegueros de Pinar del Río of the Cuban ...

, Pinar del Río Vegueros,

Cuban national baseball team The Cuba national baseball team () represents Cuba at regional and international levels. The team is generally made up of players from the domestic Cuban national baseball system, though it has at times included professional players who defect ...

Orestes Destrade Orestes Destrade (born May 8, 1962) is a Cuban American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Florida Marlins. Destrade also played in Nippon Professio ...

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Am ...

ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...

on-air personality *

Orlando Hernández Orlando Hernández Pedroso (born October 11, 1965), nicknamed "El Duque" (Spanish for "The Duke"), is a Cuban-born right-handed former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Industriales of the Cuban National Series, the New York Yan ...

Ozzie Canseco Osvaldo "Ozzie" Canseco Capas (born July 2, 1964) is a Cuban-American former professional baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former Major League Baseball player José Canseco. He was manager for the Brownsville Charros of the ...

Pedro Ramos Pedro ("Pete") Ramos Guerra (born April 28, 1935) is a Cuban former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and the expansio ...

, Washington Senators *

Preston Gómez Preston Gómez (born Pedro Gómez Martínez; April 20, 1923 – January 13, 2009) was a Cuban-born infielder, manager, coach and front-office official in Major League Baseball (MLB), best known for managing three major league clubs: the San Dieg ...

, Washington Senators *

Rafael Palmeiro Rafael Palmeiro Corrales (born September 24, 1964) is a Cuban-American former baseball first baseman and left fielder. He played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for three teams. Palmeiro was an All-American at Mississippi State Univer ...

Ray Noble Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978) was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United S ...

René Arocha René Arocha (born February 24, 1964) is a Cuban former professional baseball pitcher. He is generally considered the first Cuban baseball player to openly defect to the United States with the intention of playing for a Major League Baseball (M ...

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Centra ...

* René Monteagudo, Washington Senators *

Rey Ordóñez Reynaldo Ordóñez Pereira (born January 11, 1971) is a Cuban former professional baseball shortstop. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Chicago Cubs. Early life Ordóñez was a pro ...

* Roberto "Bobby" Estalella, Washington Senators *

Rolando Arrojo Luis Rolando Arrojo Avila (born July 18, 1965) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched from to . Arrojo made his mark with the teams from Villa Clara in the Cuban National Series, where he still is the all-time leader in hit b ...

Tampa Bay Devil Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. They are one of two major league clubs based i ...

Sandy Amorós Edmundo "Sandy" Amorós Isasi (January 30, 1930 – June 27, 1992) was a Cuban professional baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers. Amorós was born in Matanzas ...

Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays. In 1884, it became a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brook ...

Tony Fossas Emilio Antonio Fossas Morejon (born September 23, 1957) is a Cuban former left-handed professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1988 to 1999 for the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis ...

, Texas Rangers * Tony González,

Tony Oliva Tony Pedro Oliva Lopez (born Antonio Oliva Lopez Hernandes Javique; July 20, 1938) is a Cuban former professional baseball player and coach. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as a right fielder and designated hitter for the M ...

Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team is named afte ...

Tony Pérez Atanasio "Tony" Pérez Rigal (born May 14, 1942) is a Cuban-American former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman and third baseman from through , most notably as a member ...

* Tony Taylor,

Yuniesky Betancourt Yuniesky Betancourt Pérez (born 31 January 1982) is a Cuban former professional baseball shortstop. Betancourt played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, and Kansas City Royals. He played in the Cuban Na ...

, last played for the

Milwaukee Brewers The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. The Brewers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Di ...

Yasiel Puig Yasiel Puig Valdés ( , ; born December 7, 1990) is a Cuban-born American professional baseball right fielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and Clevelan ...

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

Yasmani Grandal Yasmani Grandal (born November 8, 1988) is a Cuban-American professional baseball catcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers ...

Yoenis Céspedes Yoenis Céspedes Milanés (born October 18, 1985), nicknamed "La Potencia" (The Power), is a Cuban-born former professional baseball outfielder. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut on March 28, 2012, for the Oakland Athletics, and has ...

Zoilo Versalles Zoilo Casanova Versalles Rodriguez (; December 18, 1939 – June 9, 1995), nicknamed "Zorro", was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball, most notably for the Minnesota Twins/Washington Senators. ...

, first Latin American Major League MVP in *

Alexei Ramírez Alexei Fernando Ramírez Rodriguez (born September 22, 1981) is a Cuban former professional baseball shortstop. He has played for the Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Rays in MLB and Pinar del Río (baseball), Pinar del Rio ...

Yunel Escobar Yunel Escobar Almenares (born November 2, 1982) is a Cuban-born American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, Washington Na ...

Washington Nationals The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. They play their home games at Na ...

Boxing

Adolfo Horta Adolfo Horta (3 October 1957 – 28 November 2016) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division (– 57 kg) at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was beaten by East Germany's Rudi ...

, featherweight Olympic boxer * Ariel Hernández, Middleweight Olympic boxer * Armando Martínez, light middle-weight Olympic boxer *

Benny Paret Bernardo Paret (March 14, 1937 – April 3, 1962), known as Benny Paret or Benny "Kid" Paret, was a Cuban welterweight boxer who won the Undisputed World Welterweight Championship twice in the early 1960s. Paret's death occurred 10 days af ...

, boxer *

Eliseo Castillo Eliseo Castillo (born April 29, 1975) is a Cuban former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2009, holding the NABO cruiserweight title in 2006. He is the younger brother of Heavyweight boxer Elieser Castillo. Amateur career From the ...

, boxer *

Félix Savón Félix Savón Fabre (born 22 September 1967) is a Cuban former amateur boxer who competed from 1980 to 2000. Considered one of the all-time greatest amateurs, he became three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the World Champion six times in a ...

, Olympic boxer * Florentino Fernández, boxer * Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, amateur boxer * Joel Casamayor, boxer * Jorge Rubio (boxing trainer), Jorge Rubio, boxing trainer * José Nápoles, boxer * Kid Charol, boxer * Kid Chocolate, boxer * Kid Gavilán, boxer * Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros, Olympic welterweight boxer * Luis Manuel Rodríguez, boxer * Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Olympic gold medal-winning boxer * Raúl González (boxer), Raúl González, boxer * Roberto Balado, Olympic super heavyweight boxer * Sugar Ramos, world champion boxer * Teófilo Stevenson, amateur boxer * Yan Bartelemí, light flyweight gold medal-winning boxer * Yanqui Díaz, boxer * Yudel Johnson Cedeno light-welterweight Olympic boxer * Yuriorkis Gamboa, flyweight Olympic gold medal-winning boxer

Athletes

* Alberto Juantorena, track * Aliecer Urrutia, triple jump * Ana Fidelia Quirot, 800m * Anier García, hurdler * Dayron Robles, hurdling athlete * Emeterio González, javelin thrower * Héctor Herrera (runner), Héctor Herrera, sprinter * Ioamnet Quintero, high jumper * Iván García (athlete), Iván García, sprinter * Iván Pedroso, long jump * Javier Sotomayor, track and field record setter * Joel Isasi, sprinter * Joel Lamela, sprinter * Jorge Aguilera, sprinter * Lázaro Martínez (sprinter), Lázaro Martínez, sprinter * Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, sprinter * Osleidys Menéndez, javelin * Roberto Hernández (athlete), Roberto Hernández * Roberto Moya, discus throw * Víctor Moya, high jumper * Yargelis Savigne, jump * Yarisley Silva, pole vaulter * Yipsi Moreno, hammer thrower * Yoandri Betanzos, triple jump * Yoel García, triple jumper * Yoel Hernández (athlete), Yoel Hernández, hurdler * Yudelkis Fernández, long jumper * Yunaika Crawford, hammer thrower * Yuniel Hernández, hurdler

Swimming

* Joel Armas, record holder in the US in monofin swimming * Neisser Bent, bronze medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics * Rodolfo Falcón, silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics * Leonel "Bebito" Smith, gold medalist in the 1926 and 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games

Other

* Deborah Andollo, holds world records in free diving * Alberto Delgado Pérez, Alberto Delgado, soccer * Ivan Dominguez, two time gold medalist in the Pan American Games and Cuban national champion in cycling * Héctor Socorro, Football (soccer), footballer * Ibrahim Rojas, flatwater canoer * Juan Tuñas, former Cuban footballer * Manrique Larduet, gymnast * Rey Ángel Martínez, soccer * Tomás Fernández (footballer, born 1915), Tomás Fernández, footballer in the 1938 World Cup * Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz, Olympic silver medallist in Taekwondo * Maykel Galindo, soccer * Jorge Sánchez Salgado, volleyball player * Mijaín López, Greco-Roman wrestler

Politics

Current

*Abelardo Colomé Ibarra, vice president of the Council of State of Cuba *Alfonso Fraga-Perez, diplomat, Secretary General of the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa & Latin America (OSPAAAL), former Head of Cuban Interests Section *Carlos Lage Dávila, former executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Cuba *Felipe Pérez Roque, former Cuban government minister *Fidel Castro, previous First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba *José Luis Rodríguez García, Council of ministers of Cuba, Cuban government minister *José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera, current Minister for Health in Cuba *Juan Almeida Bosque, third ranking member of the Cuban Council of State *Luis Posada Carriles, Cuban paramilitary leader, accused terrorist *Mariela Castro, director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education and daughter of Raúl Castro *Oscar Elías Biscet, physician and dissident and founder of the Lawton Foundation, currently jailed *Oswaldo Payá, founder of Proyecto Varela *Raúl Castro, current First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba *Liaena Hernandez Martínez, youngest member of the Cuban National Assembly *Roberto Fernández Retamar, President of the Casa de las Américas *Ricardo Alarcón, President of the Cuban National Assembly *Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín, former Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment *Pedro Pablo Prada Quintero, diplomat *Juan Valdés Figueroa, diplomat

Historical

* Abel Santamaría, Cuban revolutionary * Alcibiades Hidalgo, former ambassador to the UN * Ana Betancourt, first to campaign for equal rights for Cuban women, in 1868 during the Ten Years' War * Andrés Rivero Agüero, Cuba's prime minister from March 1957 to March 1958 * Anselmo Alliegro, acting president of Cuba for one day (1–2 January 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country * Antonio Guiteras, politician and revolutionary * Antonio Maceo Grajales, Antonio Maceo, revolutionary, military strategist * Armando Hart Dávalos, politician and Communist leader * Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary * Carlos Hevia, provisional president of Cuba 1934 * Pilar Jorge de Tella, suffragist * Carlos Manuel Piedra, acting president of Cuba for one day (2 January 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country * Carlos Prío Socarrás, former President of Cuba * Celia Sánchez, Cuban revolutionary and Secretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers * Cosme Torres Espinoza, ambassador to Zimbabwe * Eduardo Chibás, Cuban politician who used radio to broadcast his political views against Batista's government to the public * Federico Laredo Brú, President of Cuba from 1936 to 1940 * Fernando Tarrida del Mármol, Cuban anarchist * Fabio Grobart, Communist leader * Fulgencio Batista, former Cuban President * Frank País, 20th century revolutionary * Gerardo Machado, Cuban president 1920–33 * Gustavo Arcos, Cuban Revolutionary later became an imprisoned dissident * Huber Matos, Cuban Revolutionary * Ignacio Agramonte, 19th century Cuban revolutionary * Jorge Mas Canosa, founder of the Cuban American National Foundation * José Miró Cardona, President of Cuba in 1959 *

, poet, philosopher, politician, writer, revolutionary * Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte, former member of the Cuban politburo and first Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Cuban Communist Party in Santiago de Cuba * Julio Antonio Mella, founder of the original Cuban Communist Party * Jorge Payret, diplomat and academic * Leopoldo Cancio, deputy and Sectetary of Education * Manuel Piñeiro, first head of the Cuban Dirección General de Inteligencia, General Intelligence Directorate * Manuel Urrutia Lleó, provisional Cuban President January to July 1959 * Miguel Mariano Gómez, President of Cuba for seven months in 1936 * Paul Lafargue, Cuban-born French Communist and son-in-law to Karl Marx * Pedro Pablo Cazañas, Cuban judge and politician * Rafael Diaz-Balart, Cuban politician and majority leader during presidency of Batista * Ramón Grau, Cuban president for two terms 1933, 1940–44 * Saturnino and Mariano Lora, brothers and 19th century revolutionaries * Vilma Espín, Vilma Espín Guillois, President of the Women in Cuba, Cuban Federation of Women, wife of Raúl Castro * Virgilio Paz Romero, anti-Castro paramilitary

Religion

* Alfredo Llaguno-Canals, former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana * Miguel A. De La Torre, prolific author on Hispanic religiosity * Agustin Roman, retired Auxiliary Bishop of Miami * Braulio Orue-Vivanco, former Bishop of Pinar del Río * Eduardo Tomas Boza-Masvidal, former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana * Félix Varela, beatified priest, candidate for sainthood * Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cardinal Archbishop of Havana * Meyer Rosenbaum (II), Meyer Rosenbaum, former rabbi and spiritual leader in Havana

Royalty and nobility

*Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg *Edelmira Ignacia Adriana Sampedro-Robato, Countess of Covadonga, first wife of Alfonso Prince of Asturias *Marta Ester Rocafort-Altazarra, second wife of Alfonso Prince of Asturias

Military

* Adolfo Fernández Cavada, captain in the Union Army during the American Civil War who later served as commander-in-chief of the Cinco Villas during Cuba's Ten Year War * Alberto Bayo y Giroud, Cuban military leader of the defeated left-wing Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War * Antonio Maceo Grajales, second-in-command of the Cuban army of independence * Arnaldo Ochoa, Cuban general * Calixto García, Cuban soldier in the Ten Years' War * Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban general in the war of independence against the Spanish * Eliseo Reyes Rodríguez, Cuban guerrillero * Emilio Mola Vidal (1887–1937), Nationalist commander during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39); known for coining the phrase "fifth column" * Federico Fernández Cavada, colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War; later commander-in-chief of all the Cuban forces during Cuba's Ten Year War * Jesús Sosa Blanco, captain in the Cuban army under Fulgencio Batista * José Braulio Alemán, Cuban general in the Spanish–American War * José Miguel Gómez, Cuban general in the war of independence against the Spanish * Julius Peter Garesché, lieutenant colonel in the Union Army who served as chief of staff, with the rank of lieutenant colonel to Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans * Loreta Janeta Velazquez, a.k.a. "Lieutenant Harry Buford", Velazquez was a Cuban-born woman who masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War * Manuel Artime, leader of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 * Máximo Gómez, 19th-century leader of Cuban forces in the wars of independence * Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz, chief air force commander and member of Operation 40 * Víctor Dreke, Communist leader and a general in the Revolutionary Armed Forces * Tomás Diez Acosta, revolutionary soldier and historian * Víctor Ivo Acuña Velázquez, military commander * Pilar García (brigadier general), Pilar Garcia, pre-revolutionary Chief of National Police

Science

*Luis Walter Alvarez, Luis Alvarez, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics, worked on the Manhattan Project *Agustin Walfredo Castellanos, physician *Carlos Finlay, Carlos Juan Finlay, epidemiologist, proposed the mode of transmission of yellow fever and was instrumental in assisting Walter Reed with his studies in Cuba *Juan Gundlach, 19th century Natural history, naturalist and taxonomist *Celia Hart, Cuban physicist *Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. to travel to space *Hilda Molina, former chief neurosurgeon in Cuba *Felipe Poey, zoologist

Other categories

*Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, human rights activist *Rosa Castellanos, military nurse *Ramón Castro (Cuban revolutionary), Ramón Castro, older brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro *Mirta Diaz-Balart, Fidel Castro's first wife *Enriqueta García Martín, Enriqueta García y Martín, prominent Cuban socialite, businesswoman and landowner *Delfín Fernández, high ranking government official, defected to Spain *Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban nautical captain *Elián González, boy who came to the US, leading to a custody battle between his American family and his father in Cuba *Jose Miguel Battle, Sr., former Godfather of the Cuban Mafia *Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven, Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague *Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, educator and college president *Jesús Permuy, human rights activist, architect, urban planner, community leader *Ignacio Jose Urrutia, Ignacio José Urrutia (born 1730), historian *Nitza Villapol, Cuban chef

Non-resident Cubans

* List of Cuban-Americans * :Mexican people of Cuban descent, List of Cuban-Mexicans * Dane Bowers *

* Sienna Guillory * William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester, William Montagu (Yznaga) * Consuelo Yznaga, Retrieved 5 December 2012. * Taismary Agüero * Mirka Francia * Libania Grenot * Magdelín Martínez * Alex Cabrera * Majandra Delfino * Viviana Gibelli * Arturo Miranda * Eduardo Sebrango * Bárbara Bermudo * Mike Lowell * Carlos Ponce * Rita Marley * Ziggy Marley * Lenny Martinez (musician), Lenny Martinez * Mariane Pearl * Oscar Isaac

Additional lists

Art and entertainment

Actors

Architects

Artists, photographers and fashion designers

Authors and poets

Composers

Chess

Musicians

Film directors

Journalists

Dancers

Other entertainment

Sport

Baseball

Boxing

Athletes

Swimming

Other

Politics

Current

Historical

Religion

Royalty and nobility

Military

Science

Other categories

Non-resident Cubans

References

See also