List of Cubans
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This is a list of notable and well-known Cubans
Cubans
Cubans or Cuban people are the inhabitants or citizens of Cuba. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
, ordered alphabetically by first name within each category.
Actors
- Ana Margarita Martínez-CasadoAna Margarita Martínez-CasadoAna Margarita Martínez-Casado is a well-known Cuban actress and singer.-Family:...
, actress and singer - Andy GarcíaAndy GarcíaAndrés Arturo García Menéndez , professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman...
, actor - César ÉvoraCésar ÉvoraCésar Évora is a Cuban actor.- Biography :Évora started out his career in his native Cuba appearing in more than ten movies before moving to Mexico in the early 1990s. He became known for playing minor roles in the seminal Corazón salvaje and the long-running Agujetas de color de rosa in 1993 and...
, actor - Daisy FuentesDaisy FuentesDaisy Fuentes is a Cuban-American television host, model, and comedian. Daisy Fuentes broke barriers as MTV's first Latina VJ , and as Revlon's first Latina spokesperson to be signed to a worldwide contract.-Early life:Fuentes was born in Havana, Cuba to a Cuban father and Spanish mother...
, actress - Desi ArnazDesi ArnazDesi Arnaz was a Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer. While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is probably best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American TV series I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to...
, actor - Emiliano DíezEmiliano DíezEmiliano Díez is a Cuban film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Vic Palmero in the sitcom George Lopez, as well as his role as Manny Beltrán in the sitcom Los Beltrán.-Early life:...
, actor - Romina Espinosa, actress
- Enrique Molina, actor
- Faizon LoveFaizon LoveFaizon Andre Love is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, Made, and Couples Retreat.-Life and career:...
, actor and comedian - Francisco GattornoFrancisco GattornoFrancisco Alejandro Gattorno Sánchez , better known in the show business world plainly as Francisco Gattorno, is a Cuban actor. He owns property in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida.-Biography:...
, actor - Julio Oscar MechosoJulio Oscar MechosoJulio Oscar Mechoso is an American actor. He is occasionally credited as Julio Mechoso.Mechoso is a character actor in both television and film. He has appeared in several high-profile films, such as Grindhouse, Bad Boys and the controversial Ken Park. His television credits include Miami Vice,...
, actor - Luis OquendoLuis OquendoLuis Oquendo was a well-known Cuban actor.Mr. Oquendo was well known for his acting on radio before going into television and film...
, actor - Manela BustamanteManela BustamanteManela Bustamante, born Manuela Bustamante was a famous Cuban actress, who performed the character Cachucha in perhaps the most remembered Cuban comedy show of its era “Cachucha y Ramon”...
, actress - María Conchita AlonsoMaria Conchita AlonsoMaría Conchita Alonso , better known as María Conchita, is a Venezuelan Grammy Award-nominated singer and actress.- Early life :...
, actress - Mario Ernesto SánchezMario Ernesto SánchezMario Ernesto Sánchez founded Teatro Avante, a Hispanic theatre, in 1979 in Florida. He played various bit parts on Miami Vice and in Hollywood movies.Sánchez went to the United States as a child during the Pedro Pan Operation...
, actor and founder of Teatro Avante - Renny ArozarenaRenny ArozarenaRenny Arozarena is a Cuban actor, born in Havana in 1971.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 others. He is now director of a theatre group...
, actor - Steven BauerSteven BauerSteven Bauer is a Cuban-American actor. He is known for his role as Manny Ribera in the 1983 film Scarface, and his role on the bilingual PBS show Que Pasa, USA.-Early life:...
, actor - Velia MartínezVelia MartínezVelia Martínez was a well known actress, singer and former nightclub dancer....
, actress and singer - William LevyWilliam LevyWilliam Levy , known as the Talmudic Wizard of Amsterdam and Dr. Doo-Wop, is the author of such works as The Virgin Sperm Dancer, Wet Dreams, Certain Radio Speeches of Ezra Pound and Natural Jewboy....
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Artists, photographers and fashion designers
- Agustín CárdenasAgustín Cárdenasthumb|250px| Without Title , sculpture by Auguste Cardenas in the area above the Roman quarry in [[Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland]] near [[Lake Neusiedl]]....
, sculptor - Alberto KordaAlberto KordaAlberto Díaz Gutiérrez, 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.-Early life:Korda, whose real name was Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, was born on 14 September 1928 in...
, photographer - Alexandre ArrecheaAlexandre ArrecheaAlexandre Arrechea was born in Trinidad, Cuba, in 1970. For twelve years he was a member of the art collective Los Carpinteros, until he left the group in July 2003 to continue his career as a solo artist....
, painter, sculptor - Amelia PeláezAmelia PeláezAmelia Peláez del Casal was an important Cuban painter of the Avant-garde generation.-Biography:Amelia was born in 1896 in Yaguajay, in the former Cuban province of Las Villas...
, painter - Carlos EnríquezCarlos EnríquezCarlos Enríquez was an Uruguayan - Argentine actor. He starred in the 1950 film Arroz con leche under director Carlos Schlieper.-External links:. ....
, painter - Fidelio Ponce de LeónFidelio Ponce de LeónFidelio Ponce de León was the pseudonym of Alfredo Fuentes Pons, a Cuban painter. A native of Camagüey, he studied at the San Alejandro Academy in Havana from 1913 until 1918...
, painter - Humberto Jesús Castro García, painter
- José BernalJosé BernalJosé Bernal was a Cuban-American artist. He was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, in the former province of Las Villas and became a naturalized U.S.A. citizen in 1980....
, painter - José Vilalta SaavedraJosé Vilalta SaavedraJosé Villalta Saavedra was a Cuban sculptor. One of the first native Cuban sculptors, Villalta was a mulatto born in Havana. Thanks to private patrons, he was able to train in Europe, first in Canarias and then in la Reale Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara. He worked in Italy and Cienfuegos...
, sculptor - Juan José SicreJuan José SicreJuan José Sicre was one of the greatest Cuban sculptors. His most famous sculpture is of José Martí y Pérez in the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana....
, sculptor - Juan T. Vázquez MartínJuan T. Vazquez MartinJuan T. Vázquez Martín, is an abstract painter who was born on December 23, 1941 in Caibarién, Cuba.A Cuban painter who lives and works in Havana.Member of the Writer and Artists Union of Cuba .Member of International Association of Art ....
, painter - Mario Perez, painter
- Pedro Álvarez CastellóPedro Álvarez CastellóPedro Reinaldo Álvarez Castelló was a Cuban artist who rose to prominence during Cuba's Special Period.-Biography:...
, painter - Raúl Corrales, photographer
- Raúl Martínez, pop artist, painter
- Rene MederosRene MederosFelix René Mederos Pazos was a prominent Cuban poster artist and graphic designer. A self-taught artist from Sagua la Grande, he began work in a Havana printshop in 1944 and was appointed Chief Designer for Cuba's principal television station in 1959...
, poster artist and graphic designer - René PortocarreroRené PortocarreroRené Portocarrero was a Cuban artist recognised internationally for his achievements.-History:...
, painter - Tomas SanchezTomás SánchezTomás Sánchez is a Cuban painter specializing in stately and often idealized landscapes. He studied at the San Alejandro School of Plastic Arts and the National School of Art in Havana, Cuba. His accolades include the Joan Miró Prize in 1980 and the Amelia Peláez Award in 1984. In 1989 he...
, painter - Victor ManuelVíctor ManuelVíctor Manuel San José Sánchez is a Spanish singer-songwriter.He has been married to the Spanish singer and actress Ana Belén since 1972. He and his wife are considered symbols of the Spanish Transition, and his songs and albums often feature boldly-titled works with social and political content.-...
, painter - Waldo Diaz-BalartWaldo Diaz-BalartWaldo Díaz-Balart is a Cuban painter living in Madrid, Spain.Díaz-Balart studied accounting and political science and economics in Havana before moving to New York to pursue art studies in 1959. From 1959 to 1962 studied art in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA...
, painter - Wifredo LamWifredo LamWifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla , better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture...
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Authors and poets
- Antonio Benitez-RojoAntonio Benitez-RojoAntonio Benítez-Rojo was a Cuban novelist, essayist and short-story writer. He was widely regarded as the most significant Cuban author of his generation. His work has been translated into nine languages and collected in more than 50 anthologies.Born in Havana, he lived in Cuba with his mother...
author. - Daína ChavianoDaína ChavianoDaina Chaviano is a Cuban writer.She is considered one of the three most important female fantasy and science fiction writers in the Spanish language, along with Angélica Gorodischer and Elia Barceló , forming the so-called “feminine trinity of science fiction in Latin America.”In Cuba, she...
, author. - Carilda Oliver LabraCarilda Oliver LabraCarilda Oliver Labra is a Cuban poet who was born in Matanzas in 1924.She studied law at the University of Havana. She is also known to excel at drawing, painting and sculpting....
, poet. - Dulce María LoynazDulce María LoynazDaughter of the famous General Enrique Loynaz del Castillo, a hero of the Cuban Liberation Army and author of Cuban National Anthem lyrics; and sister of poet Enrique Loynaz Muñoz...
, author. - Edmundo DesnoesEdmundo DesnoesEdmundo Desnoes , is a renowned Cuban writer, author of the novel Memorias del subdesarrollo , a complex story depicting the alienation of a Cuban bourgeois struggling to adapt to the process of the Revolution. He originally called the work Inconsolable Memories in the first English edition...
, author. - Gertrudis Gómez de AvellanedaGertrudis Gómez de AvellanedaGertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga was a 19th century Cuban writer.-Life:Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga, widely known as la Avellaneda, was born in Santa María de Puerto Príncipe , Cuba...
, author, poet. - Gilda Antonia GuillenGilda Antonia GuillenGilda Antonia Guillén was a Cuban writer and poet.Born in La Habana, in her youth she quit her nursing career, and became an ardent anarchist whom rebelled against communism, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution...
, writer, poet, political activist. - Guillermo Cabrera InfanteGuillermo Cabrera InfanteGuillermo Cabrera Infante was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín.A one-time supporter of the Castro regime, Cabrera Infante went into exile to London in 1965...
, author. - Heberto PadillaHeberto PadillaHeberto Padilla was a Cuban poet. The Padilla Affair was named after him. He was born in Puerta de Golpe, Pinar del Río, Cuba. His first book of poetry, Las rosas audaces , was published in 1948...
, poet. - Héctor ZumbadoHéctor ZumbadoHéctor Zumbado Argueta , also known as H. Zumbado is a Cuban writer, journalist, critic, humorist, and essayist. He is known for his keen and sharp critiques, which have a Cuban manner, style and humor. In his words, "humor is a weapon, because it criticizes and exposes at the same time, and does...
, writer, journalist, humorist, critic. - José Ignacio RiveroJose Ignacio RiveroJosé Ignacio Rivero was a Cuban exile and journalist .Rivero was born in Havana, Cuba. He is the grandson of Don Nicolas Rivero, who in 1832 founded the newspaper El Diario de la Marina, and the son of Pepin Rivero, who took over the newspaper upon the death of Don Nicolas in 1944...
, author and journalist. - Antonio Rodríguez SalvadorAntonio Rodríguez SalvadorAntonio Rodríguez Salvador , 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 Silverio Blanco Pedagogical College, in Sancti Spiritus...
, poet, author - José Lezama LimaJosé Lezama LimaJosé Lezama Lima was a Cuban writer and poet who is considered one of the most influential figures in Latin American literature....
, author, poet. - José María Heredia y Campuzano, poet.
- José MartíJosé MartíJosé Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist. He was also a part of the Cuban...
, author, poet, journalist. - Julián del CasalJulián del CasalJosé Julián Herculano del Casal y de la Lastra was a Cuban poet.He took up many of the French poetic styles of the day, and later influenced Rubén Darío and Modernismo. Like Manuel González Prada and José Martí, Casal was an important forebearer of modernistic expression throughout Latin America...
, 19th century poet. - Leonardo Padura FuentesLeonardo Padura FuentesLeonardo Padura Fuentes is a Cuban novelist and journalist. , he is one of Cuba's best known writers internationally. In English and some other languages, he is often referred to by the shorter form of his name, Leonardo Padura...
, novelist, journalist. - Mariano BrullMariano BrullMariano Brull Caballero was a Cuban poet usually associated with the French Symbolist movement. Two Symbolists who strongly influenced him were Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Valéry...
, author. - Nancy MorejónNancy MorejónNancy Morejón is one of Cuba's major authors and poets. She has gained recognition for work whose themes are centered on women and the Afro-Cuban experience.-Life history:...
, author. - José Gómez-SicreJose Gomez-SicreJosé Gómez-Sicre was a noted Cuban lawyer, art critic and author.-Education:...
, art critic and author. - Nicolás GuillénNicolás GuillénNicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.Guillén was born in Camagüey, Cuba...
, poet. - Norberto FuentesNorberto FuentesNorberto Fuentes 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 , Posición Uno, and El último Santuario...
, author. - Pedro Juan GutiérrezPedro Juan GutiérrezPedro Juan Gutiérrez, born in 1950 , is a Cuban novelist.-History:Gutiérrez grew up in Pinar del Río and began to work selling ice cream and newspapers when he was eleven years old. He was a soldier, swimming and kayak instructor, agricultural worker, technician in construction, technical designer,...
, author, poet, painter. - Pedro Luis BoitelPedro Luis BoitelPedro Luis Boitel was a Cuban poet and dissident who opposed the governments of both Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro. In 1961, the regime sentenced him to 10 years in prison....
, poet. - Raúl RiveroRaúl RiveroRaúl Rivero Castañeda is a Cuban poet, journalist, and dissident. Rivero was born in 1945 in Morón, Camagüey, in central Cuba.In his youth, he was an ardent follower of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. He was among the first generation of journalists to graduate after the triumph of the...
, poet and journalist. - Reinaldo ArenasReinaldo ArenasReinaldo Arenas was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who despite his early sympathy for the 1959 revolution, grew critical of and then rebelled against the Cuban government.- Life :...
, author. - Severo SarduySevero SarduySevero Sarduy was a Cuban poet, author, playwright, and critic of Cuban literature and art.-Biography:...
, poet. - Virgilio PiñeraVirgilio PiñeraVirgilio Piñera Llera was a Cuban author, playwright, poet, short-story writer, and essayist.Among his most famous poems are "La isla en peso" , and "La gran puta" . He was a member of the "Origenes" literary group, although he often differed with the conservative views of the group...
, author, playwright, poet, short-story writer and essayist. - Zoé ValdésZoé ValdésZoé Valdés is a Cuban writer.She studied in the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but never graduated. From 1984 to 1988, she worked at the Delegación de Cuba in UNESCO in Paris, and in the Oficina Cultural de la Misión de Cuba in Paris. From 1990 to 1995, she was an editor of the...
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Composers
- Alejandro García CaturlaAlejandro García CaturlaAlejandro García Caturla was a Cuban composer of art music and creolized Cuban themes.He was born in Remedios. At sixteen he became a second violin of the new Orquesta Sinfonica de La Habana in 1922, where Amadeo Roldán was concert-master . He also began composing at a young age, whilst studying...
, symphonic composer - Antonio María RomeuAntonio María RomeuAntonio María Romeu Marrero was a Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader. His orchestra was Cuba's leading charanga for over thirty years, specializing in the danzón.- Life & work :...
, composer - Arsenio RodríguezArsenio RodríguezArsenio Rodríguez was a Cuban musician who played the tres , reorganized the conjunto and developed the son montuno, and other Afro-Cuban rhythms in the 1940s and 50s...
developer of the rumba - Didier HernándezDidier HernándezDidier Hernández 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".-Musical career:...
, singer composer - Ernesto LecuonaErnesto LecuonaErnesto Lecuona y Casado was a Cuban composer and pianist of Canarian father and Cuban mother, and worldwide fame. He composed over six hundred pieces, mostly in the Cuban vein, and was a pianist of exceptional quality....
, often regarded as the greatest Cuban composer - Esteban Salas y CastroEsteban Salas y CastroEsteban Salas y Castro was a Cuban composer of religious music. His compositions focused chiefly on vocal music, and are a fine representation of the late Baroque style...
, 18th century Cuban baroque composer - Gonzalo RoigGonzalo RoigGonzalo Roig was a Cuban musician, composer, musical director and founder of several orchestras. He was a pioneer of the symphonic movement in Cuba....
, often regarded as one of the greatest composers of Cuba, "Quiere me mucho"/ Cecilia Valdez - Ignacio CervantesIgnacio CervantesIgnacio Cervantes Kawanagh was a Cuban virtuoso pianist and composer. He was influential in the creolization of Cuban music....
, Chopinesque piano composer - José White LafitteJosé White LafitteJosé Silvestre White Lafitte , also known as Joseph, was a Cuban violinist and composer. His father was Spanish and his mother was Afro-Cuban....
, violinist and composer - Leo BrouwerLeo BrouwerJuan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida is a Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist. He is the grandson of Cuban composer Ernestina Lecuona Casado.-Biography:...
, guitarist and composer - Yalil GuerraYalil GuerraYalil Guerra was born in Havana, Cuba, April 27, 1973. The son of the famous Cuban vocal duo Rosell y Cary. His first musical studies were at the National School of Music in Havana, Cuba with classical guitar professor and concert master Jorge Luis Zamora.At the age of 16, Guerra won the...
, composer - Amadeo RoldánAmadeo RoldánAmadeo Roldán y Gardes was a Cuban composer and violinist. Roldán was born in Paris to a Cuban mulatta and a Spanish father...
, composer and violinist - Dámaso Pérez Prado, developer of the mambo
- Armando Rodriguez-GonzalezArmando Rodriguez-GonzalezArmando Rodríguez-González was a Cuban composer and musician....
, composer - Antonio Rodríguez FerrerAntonio Rodríguez FerrerAntonio Rodríguez Ferrer was a Cuban composer and band conductor.In 1898, he became composer of the musical introductory notes to the Cuban national anthem. He was a professor of music and conducted choirs and bands...
, composer - René TouzetRené TouzetRené Touzet y Monte was a Cuban-born American composer, pianist and bandleader.-Career as bandleader:...
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Musicians
- Aida DiestroAida DiestroAida Diestro was a Cuban pianist, and the director of a famous choral group. She studied music with her father, the Presbyterian minister Diestro Camejo, and continued in a private conservatory...
, pianist, arranger - Albita, singer
- Alfredo de la FéAlfredo de la FéAlfredo De La Fé is a Cuban-born and New York-based violinist who lived in Colombia for more than 16 years and is responsible for transforming the violin into an important sound of Salsa and Latin music...
, musician - Adalberto ÁlvarezAdalberto ÁlvarezAdalberto Álvarez is a Cuban pianist, director and composer.During the 1970s, Álvarez attended the National School of Arts in Havana. He started the Cuban band Son 14 in the 1970s and disbanded it in the 1980s. In 1984, Álvarez started the group Adalberto Alvarez y su Son, which he directs today...
, pianist, director, composer - Ana CristinaAna CristinaAna Cristina Álvarez Ana Cristina, is an Cuban American singer-songwriterAna was born in Miami, Florida, United States and is of Cuban descent and of Spanish and French ancestry. Ana Cristina showed exceptional talent at a very young age...
, singer, actress, composer - Ángel ReyesAngel ReyesÁngel Reyes Ángel Reyes Ángel Reyes (died November 17, 1988 was a Cuban violinist.In New York City during 1933, Reyes was the principal violinist of the Thirteenth Sound Group of Havana, with which he recorded Julian Carrillo’s Preludio a Colón (Prelude to Christopher Columbus) on the Columbia...
, violinist - Armando PerazaArmando PerazaArmando Peraza is a Latin jazz percussionist. Through his long associations with jazz pianist George Shearing, vibraphonist Cal Tjader and guitarist Carlos Santana, he has been internationally known from the 1950s through to the 1990s...
, percussionist - Arturo SandovalArturo SandovalArturo Sandoval is a jazz trumpeter and pianist. He was born in Artemisa, in the newest renamed Artemisa Province, Cuba....
, trumpeter - Arsenio RodríguezArsenio RodríguezArsenio Rodríguez was a Cuban musician who played the tres , reorganized the conjunto and developed the son montuno, and other Afro-Cuban rhythms in the 1940s and 50s...
, composer - Benny MoréBenny MoréBenny Moré , or Beny, was a Cuban singer. He is often thought of as the greatest Cuban popular singer of all time. He was gifted with an innate musicality and fluid tenor voice which he colored and phrased with great expressivity...
, singer, songwriter, conductor, arranger - Bola de NieveBola de NieveBola de Nieve , born Ignacio Jacinto Villa, was a successful Cuban singer-pianist and songwriter, whose round, black face earned him the nickname by which he was always known....
, singer, pianist - Cándido FabréCándido FabréCándido Fabré is a Cuban musician, song writer, and singer, famous for his art of improvisation.-Songwriting:...
, musician, songwriter, singer - Carlos Manuel PrunedaCarlos Manuel PrunedaCarlos Manuel 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 Carlos Manuel y su Clan, which he founded in 1997...
, singer - Carlos VarelaCarlos VarelaCarlos Varela is a singer-songwriter of nueva trova from Havana, Cuba. In the 1980s he joined the Nueva Trova musical movement, a political and poetic musical genre connected with the Cuban Revolution....
, singer, songwriter - Celia CruzCelia CruzCelia Cruz was a Cuban-American salsa singer, and was one of the most successful Salsa performers of the 20th century, having earned twenty-three gold albums...
, singer - Celina GonzálezCelina GonzálezCelina González Zamora is a Cuban singer and songwriter of musica campesina, the traditional music of the Cuban countryside. She is best known for co-authoring A Santa Bárbara with her partner Reutilio Domínguez. Her recording of it was a hit, as was Celia Cruz's version...
, singer-songwriter - Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso, pianist, musician
- Christina MilianChristina MilianChristine Flores , better known by her stage name Christina Milian , is an American singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and model....
, singer - Chucho ValdésChucho ValdésChucho Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Valdés is revered as one of Cuba's greatest jazz pianists...
, pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger. - Compay SegundoCompay SegundoCompay Segundo was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.-Biography:...
, musician, songwriter - Conchita EspinosaConchita EspinosaConchita Espinosa was a world-renowned pianist who combined academics and the arts to create an educational style that exists today at Conchita Espinosa Academy in Miami, Florida.-Early life and education:...
, pianist, teacher - Cuban LinkCuban LinkFelix Delgado , better known by his stage name Cuban Link, is a Cuban rapper.-Biography:Delgado was born in Havana, Cuba in 1974. He and his family emigrated to the United States in 1980 and settled in the Morrisania section of the South Bronx neighborhood of New York City...
, rapper - Cubanito 20.02Cubanito 20.02- History :Cubanito 20.02, formed in 2002, as their name suggests, and released their first album, Soy Cubanito, in 2003.The origins of the group are in hip hop. In the mid-1990s, the three members, Haniel Gonzalez Martinez, Javier Duran Webb, and José Angel Sastre Perez, were listening to rap...
, hip-hop band - Daniel René, singer, songwriter, producer
- Dave LombardoDave LombardoDave Lombardo is a Cuban American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with American thrash metal band Slayer. He has performed with Slayer on seven albums, including their groundbreaking 1986 release Reign In Blood and their 2006 release Christ Illusion, for which he received critical praise...
, drummer - David CalzadoDavid CalzadoDavid Calzado 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 Cuban music, although he was forced to reorganize his music group in 1997. There is a movie called...
, musician - Didier HernándezDidier HernándezDidier Hernández 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".-Musical career:...
, singer, songwriter - Don DineroDon DineroJose Manuel Guitian, popularly known as Don Dinero, is an American-born Cuban Rapper.-Biography:Dinero was born in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. Don Dinero is the son of Cuban exiles who arrived in the United States at the beginning of the 1960s.In the late 1990s he and his older...
, rapper - Elena BurkeElena BurkeElena Burke was a revered and popular Cuban singer of boleros and romantic ballads....
, singer - El MedicoEl MedicoReynier Casamayor Griñán, known as El Medico , is a Cuban musician and doctor who is, enjoying success in Spain as a composer and performer of reggaetón music....
, timba musician - Eliades OchoaEliades OchoaEliades Ochoa is a Cuban guitarist and singer from Loma de la Avispa, Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago de Cuba....
, guitarist and singer - Emilio EstefanEmilio EstefanEmilio Estefan, Jr. is a Cuban-American of Lebanese ancestry who is a musician and producer. Estefan's first taste of celebrity came as a member of the Miami Sound Machine, but he is also recognized as the producer of many famous singers. He is the husband of singer Gloria Estefan...
producer, composer - Ernesto LecuonaErnesto LecuonaErnesto Lecuona y Casado was a Cuban composer and pianist of Canarian father and Cuban mother, and worldwide fame. He composed over six hundred pieces, mostly in the Cuban vein, and was a pianist of exceptional quality....
, pianist, composer - Esther BorjaEsther BorjaEsther Borja Lima is a Cuban soprano.Borja was trained in solfége and music theory by Juan Elósegui, and in singing by Rubén Lepchutz. She graduated as a teacher in 1934, and began her career in 1935; that year she performed, with Ernesto Lecuona on piano, at the National Theatre , and at the...
, singer - Eusebio DelfínEusebio DelfínEusebio Delfín Figueroa was a Cuban trovador musician: a composer, guitarist and singer. He came from a middle-class family, and was trained as an accountant in Cienfuegos, where his family had moved...
, singer - Francisco AguabellaFrancisco AguabellaFrancisco Aguabella was an Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist whose career began in the 1950s.-Biography:Aguabella was born in Matanzas, Cuba. In the 1950s, he left Cuba to perform with Katherine Dunham in the Shelley Winters film Mambo filmed in Italy...
, percussionist - German Nogueira GomezGerman Nogueira GomezGermán Gomez Nogueira , is a Cuban author, composer and producer. He was born in Havana, Cuba. He has been the winner of several national and international music events. He is the author of many popular songs included in soloists’ discs launched by Cuban and international music distributors...
, songwriter, composer, producer - Gloria EstefanGloria EstefanGloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
, singer, composer - Gonzalo RubalcabaGonzalo RubalcabaGonzalo Rubalcaba is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban jazz pianist and composer.Gonzalo Julio Gonzalez Fonseca was born in Havana, Cuba, May 27, 1963, into a musical family rich in the traditions of the country’s artistic past...
, pianist - Guillermo PortabalesGuillermo PortabalesGuillermo Portabales was a Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist who popularized the guajira style of Cuban music from the 1930s through the 1960s...
, singer, songwriter - Horacio GutiérrezHoracio GutiérrezHoracio Gutiérrez is a Cuban-American virtuoso classical pianist.-Early life and education:Gutiérrez was born in Havana, Cuba, the eldest of four children, to Tomás V. Gutiérrez and Josefina Fernandez Gutiérrez. His mother was his first piano teacher, and was herself, an accomplished pianist. His...
, concert pianist - Hubert de BlanckHubert de BlanckHubertus Christiaan de Blanck was a Dutch-born professor, pianist, and composer who spent the better part of his life in Cuba....
, pianist, composer - Ignacio PiñeiroIgnacio PiñeiroIgnacio Piñeiro Martínez was a black Cuban musician 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 he wrote about 327 numbers, mostly sones.Piñeiro was a brilliant rumbero who worked with musical...
, composer - Ibrahim FerrerIbrahim FerrerIbrahim Ferrer was a popular Afro-Cuban singer and musician in Cuba. He performed with many musical groups including the Conjunto Sorpresa, Orquesta Chepin-Choven and Afro-Cuban All Stars...
, musician - Issac DelgadoIssac DelgadoThis article is about the musician; for the New Orleans philanthropist with a similar name, see Isaac DelgadoIssac Delgado 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 tailor and his mother,...
, singer - Jorge BoletJorge BoletJorge Bolet was a Cuban-born but mostly American-resident pianist and teacher.-Life:Bolet was born in Havana, and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he himself taught from 1939 to 1942...
, concert pianist - Juan CroucierJuan CroucierJuan Croucier is a Cuban-American heavy metal musician.-Career:Croucier attended Torrance High School in Torrance, California. Formerly a bassist for well known metal bands Dokken and Ratt during the 1980s, Croucier was also very briefly in Quiet Riot...
, bassist - Juan FormellJuan FormellJuan Formell is a Cuban musician, bassist, composer, and arranger, best known as the director of Los Van Van Orchestra. He is a creator of popular danceable music and credited with bringing electronic instrumentation into the Cuban musical form.His professional activity started in 1957 as musician...
, composer - Juan de Marcos GonzálezJuan de Marcos GonzálezJuan de Marcos González is a Cuban bandleader and musician, best known for his work with the Buena Vista Social Club.-Biography:Resume....
, musician - La LupeLa LupeLa Lupe , was a Cuban-American singer of several musical genres: boleros, guarachas and Latin soul in particular...
, singer - Lena, singer
- LissetteLissetteLissette Álvarez is a singer, songwriter and record producer from Peru. She is best known for recording a Spanish language version of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1985.-Early life:...
, singer - Malena BurkeMalena BurkeMalena Burke is a well-known Cuban singer now living in Miami.She began her musical studies at various art schools when she was only 8 years old and graduated from the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory with diplomas in violin, guitar, and musical writing. Her singing career developed by coincidence...
, singer - Manuel BarruecoManuel BarruecoManuel Barrueco is a Cuban virtuoso classical guitarist. He was born in 1952 in Santiago de Cuba, on Cuba's southeastern shore. He has toured in the U.S., Europe and Japan, and serves on the faculty of Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.-Biography:...
, classical guitarist - María Teresa VeraMaría Teresa VeraMaría Teresa Vera was a Cuban singer, guitarist and composer. She was an outstanding example of the Cuban trova movement....
, composer, guitarist, singer - Mayra VerónicaMayra VeronicaMayra Verónica , is a Cuban-born, American-raised model and singer who acquired her fame in the United States. Verónica's role on Univision's Don Francisco Presenta brought her to the attention of FHM magazine's US edition. After appearing in FHM she was included in its 2004 calendar and went on to...
, singer - Miguel Matamoros, singer, composer
- Moisés Valle, musician
- Moisés SimonsMoisés SimonsMoisés Simons , was a leading Cuban composer, pianist and orchestra leader. He was the composer of the Peanut Vendor, possibly the most famous piece of music created by a Cuban musician...
, composer - Mongo SantamaríaMongo SantamaríaRamón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All...
, jazz musician - Moraima SecadaMoraima SecadaMoraima Secada Moraima Secada Moraima Secada (born María Micaela Secada Ramos (Santa Clara, Cuba, 30 September 1930 – Havana, 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...
, singer - Nelson MartinezNelson MartinezNelson Martinez is a Cuban operatic baritone, who emigrated to the United States. Born in Cuba, he graduated from the Superior Institute of the Arts and became the leading baritone with the Teatro Lirico “Rodrigo Prats” in Holguin...
, baritone - Ñico SaquitoÑico SaquitoÑico Saquito was a Cuban musician. He was a trova composer, guitarist and singer....
, composer, singer - Olga GuillotOlga GuillotOlga Guillot was a Cuban singer who was known to be the "queen of bolero". She was a native of the Cuban city of Santiago.Guillot and her family moved to Havana, Cuba when she was a small child...
, singer - Omara PortuondoOmara PortuondoOmara Portuondo Peláez is a Cuban singer and dancer whose career has spanned over half a century. She was one of the original members of the Cuarteto d'Aida, and has performed with Ignacio Piñeiro, Orquesta Anacaona, Orquesta Aragón, Nat King Cole, Adalberto Álvarez, Los Van Van, the Buena Vista...
, singer - Orlando "Cachaito" López, bassist
- Pablo MilanésPablo MilanésPablo Milanés Arias is a Cuban singer-songwriter and guitar player. He studied at a conservatory in Havana. He is considered one of the founders of the Cuban nueva trova, along with Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola...
, singer, songwriter - Pío LeyvaPío LeyvaPío Leyva was a Cuban singer and the author of the well-known guaracha El Mentiroso . Leyva was part of the Buena Vista Social Club, and composed some of Cuba’s best known standards....
, singer - PitbullPitbull (rapper)Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
, rapper - Raul PazRaul PazRaúl Paz was born in 1969 in the province of Pinar del Río, in the west of Cuba. Commonly nicknamed the « French Cuban », he is known for having revolutionized the 21st century Cuban music.- Biography :...
, singer - Rey RuizRey RuizRey Ruiz is a salsa singer from Cuba. Ruiz reached international fame across Latin America, Europe and among Hispanic music fans in the United States.-Biography:...
, singer - Rita MontanerRita MontanerRita Montaner, born Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda , was a Cuban singer, pianist, actress and star of stage, film, radio and television. In Cuban parlance, she was a vedette , and she was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and New York, where she performed, filmed and recorded on...
, singer - Roberto FazRoberto FazRoberto Faz was a Cuban musician born in Regla who reached the height of his popularity from the 1950s to 1960s. He was a singer and conductor of the Cuban band Conjunto Roberto Faz.Previously, he was a singer of Conjunto Casino. He specialized in many forms of Cuban music, like his contemporary...
, singer, conductor - Rubén González, pianist
- Rudy SarzoRudy SarzoRudy Sarzo is a Cuban American hard rock/heavy metal bassist. Sarzo has played with many well known heavy metal acts including Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden, Dio and Blue Öyster Cult.-Early life:...
, rock bassist - Sen DogSen DogSen Dog is a Cuban-American rapper, and member of rap group Cypress Hill. He is the older brother of fellow rapper Mellow Man Ace.Sen Dog has been developing his own solo career in addition to his work with Cypress Hill...
, rapper - Silvio RodríguezSilvio RodríguezSilvio Rodríguez Domínguez is a Cuban musician, and a leader of the nueva trova movement.He is considered Cuba's best known folk singer and known for his highly eloquent and symbolic lyrics. Many of his songs have become classics in Latin American music, such as Ojalá, Playa Girón, Unicornio and...
, singer, songwriter - Tico TorresTico TorresHector Samuel Juan "Tico" Torres is an American drummer and percussionist for rock band classic, Bon Jovi. He also has taken lead vocals on a song on the box set 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong, as well as backing vocals on a couple of the early Bon Jovi tracks, notably "Born to Be My...
, drummer, percussionist - Willy ChirinoWilly ChirinoWilly Chirino, born April 5, 1947 in Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, Cuba, is an entertainer and singer in the salsa style.-Early Family Life:...
, singer, songwriter - Voltaire (musician)Voltaire (musician)Voltaire , is a popular dark cabaret Cuban-American musician...
, musician - Xavier CugatXavier CugatXavier Cugat was a Spanish-American bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a key personality in the spread of Latin music in United States popular music. He was also a cartoonist and a successful businessman...
, musician - Yalil GuerraYalil GuerraYalil Guerra was born in Havana, Cuba, April 27, 1973. The son of the famous Cuban vocal duo Rosell y Cary. His first musical studies were at the National School of Music in Havana, Cuba with classical guitar professor and concert master Jorge Luis Zamora.At the age of 16, Guerra won the...
, producer, musician, composer - Yotuel RomeroYotuel RomeroYotuel Omar Manzanarez Romero is an singer, actor and musician current lead singer and co-writer of the 2003 Latin Grammy Award winner Platinum album selling rap group Orishas. Among other recordings, Emigrante won the 2003 Latin Grammy Award for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album...
, rapper - Harold Lopez NussaHarold Lopez NussaHarold López-Nussa Torres is a jazz pianist who plays Cuban music and lives in a little apartment in Havana's Vedado neighbourhood in Cuba. The 26-year-old pianist is Cuban, and French through his grandmother....
, jazz pianist
Film directors
- Fernando PérezFernando PérezFernando Pérez Valdés is a prominent Cuban film director.Pérez graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in Language and Spanish Literature, and began working in the Cuban film industry in 1971 as an assistant director, before directing his first documentary in 1975.His feature debut...
- Humberto PadrónHumberto PadrónHumberto Padrón is a Cuban film director.Padrón graduated from ISA in Havana. He has since directed several awards winning documentary shorts including "Y Todavia el Sueño" and "Los Zapaticos me Aprietan"...
- Jorge Luis SánchezJorge Luis SánchezJorge Luis Sánchez is a Cuban film director. He was a founder of the Federación Nacional de Cine Clubes de Cuba - the Nacional Federation of Cine Clubs of Cuba....
- Juan Carlos Cremata
- Juan PadrónJuan PadrónJuan Padrón is a Cuban animation director.Since 1963 he has published sketches and cartoons for Cuban magazines and newspapers. He was the creator, in 1970, of Elpidio Valdés, a cartoon character with more than sixty shorts and two feature length movies...
- Miguel CoyulaMiguel CoyulaMiguel Coyula Aquino is a Cuban filmmaker. At age 17, he made his first short with a VHS camcorder, which led to his admittance to the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba...
- Rodrigo García
- Santiago ÁlvarezSantiago ÁlvarezSantiago Álvarez Román was a Cuban filmmaker. He wrote and directed many documentaries about Cuban and American culture...
- Tomás Gutiérrez AleaTomás Gutiérrez AleaTomás Gutiérrez Alea was a Cuban filmmaker. He wrote and directed more than 20 features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight into post-Revolutionary Cuba, and possess a delicate balance between dedication to the revolution and criticism of the social, economic,...
- Will VazquezWill VazquezWill Vazquez is a Cuban-American film director and producer. Vazquez who resides in Miami, began his career as a fashion and beauty photographer and later went on to shoot for Playboy Magazine. In 1998 he turned his focus to filmmaking and in 2000 served as producer and director of photography on...
Journalists
- Oscar Espinosa ChepeOscar Espinosa ChepeÓscar Manuel Espinosa Chepe is a Cuban economist and dissident. He was one of approximately 75 dissidents arrested, tried and convicted in 2003 as part of what has been widely described as a massive crackdown by the Cuban government. Amnesty International declared him as a prisoner of conscience...
- Nicolás GuillénNicolás GuillénNicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.Guillén was born in Camagüey, Cuba...
- Raúl RiveroRaúl RiveroRaúl Rivero Castañeda is a Cuban poet, journalist, and dissident. Rivero was born in 1945 in Morón, Camagüey, in central Cuba.In his youth, he was an ardent follower of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. He was among the first generation of journalists to graduate after the triumph of the...
- Pablo de la Torriente BrauPablo de la Torriente BrauPablo de la Torriente Brau Cuban writer.He was a correspondent in Spain, writing for the Mexican newspaper El Machete...
- German PinelliGerman PinelliGerman Pinelli was a Cuban journalist and actor....
- Rick SanchezRick SanchezRicardo León "Rick" Sánchez de Reinaldo , known professionally as Rick Sanchez, is a Cuban-American journalist, author and former TV news anchor...
- Héctor ZumbadoHéctor ZumbadoHéctor Zumbado Argueta , also known as H. Zumbado is a Cuban writer, journalist, critic, humorist, and essayist. He is known for his keen and sharp critiques, which have a Cuban manner, style and humor. In his words, "humor is a weapon, because it criticizes and exposes at the same time, and does...
, writer, journalist, humorist, and critic.
Dancers
- Alicia AlonsoAlicia AlonsoAlicia Alonso Martínez is the Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer. Her company became the Ballet de Cuba in 1955....
, Prima Ballerina Assoluta, director of the Cuban National Ballet (Ballet Nacional de Cuba) - Carlos AcostaCarlos AcostaCarlos Acosta is a Cuban ballet dancer. He has danced with many companies including the English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Houston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre...
, dancer - Fernando BujonesFernando BujonesFernando Bujones was an American ballet 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 dancers of his generation.Bujones' first formal ballet classes were in Alicia Alonso's...
, dancer - Jose Manuel CarreñoJose Manuel CarreñoJosé Manuel Carreño is a retired Cuban ballet dancer, who performed as a principal dancer with the English National Ballet, Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre....
- American Ballet Theater principal dancer - Lydia Diaz CruzLydia Diaz CruzLydia Diaz Cruz is a Prima Ballerina who started dancing in Havana, Cuba, and trained with Fernando Alonso and Alicia Alonso. As a young dancer, she was talent-spotted by a well-known British dancer and teacher from an earlier era, Dame Phyllis Bedells, who traveled to Cuba and regarded her as the...
, prima ballerina - Miguel CampaneriaMiguel Campaneria-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. Later on, he won the bronze medal in the junior category at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria...
, ballet dancer, currently artistic director of the National Ballet Theater of Puerto RicoNational Ballet Theater of Puerto RicoThe 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... - Vida GuerraVida GuerraVida Guerra is a Cuban-born American glamour model. 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....
, video dancer - Yat-Sen ChangYat-Sen ChangYat-Sen Chang Oliva is a Cuban principal dancer in the English National Ballet.Yat-Sen Chang is a Chinese Cuban born in Matanzas, Cuba. Yat-Sen Chang studied dance at the Cuban National Ballet School, beginning his studies at the age of nine...
, principal dancer, English National BalletEnglish National BalletEnglish National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin and based at Markova House in South Kensington, London, England. Along with the Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Scottish Ballet, it is one of the four major ballet companies in Great...
Other entertainment
- Alvarez GuedesAlvarez GuedesGuillermo Álvarez Guedes is a Cuban businessman, writer and comedian. He is better known across Latin America as Alvarez Guedes....
, comedian and author - Ana María PoloAna María PoloAna María Polo is a Cuban American lawyer and Hispanic television judge on Caso Cerrado.Born in Havana, Cuba, Ana, moved to Miami at a young age accompanied by her family...
, television personality and lawyer - A Pair of Nuts: The Comedy DuoA Pair of Nuts: The Comedy DuoA Pair of Nuts is an award winning sketch comedy duo based in Miami, Florida consisting of Yamil Piedra and Johnny Trabanco. Piedra and Trabanco have been working together since 1998 where they met in college at Florida International University. In 1997, Piedra co-founded Impromedy, an improv...
comedians and actors - Cachita, television personality
- Cristina SaraleguiCristina SaraleguiCristina Saralegui is a Cuban American journalist, actress and talk show host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, Cristina. She also has her own fashion line of accessories and comforters for bed and bath....
, magazine editor, talk show host (CristinaCristinaCristina may refer to:* Cristina, a municipality in the Spanish province of Badajoz* Cristina , a municipality in Brazil* Cristina * Cristina, a genus of harvestmen , eight-legged invertebrate animals...
) and actress - Vida GuerraVida GuerraVida Guerra is a Cuban-born American glamour model. 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....
, model/actress - Lili EstefanLili EstefanLili Estefan is a famous well known Cuban American model and show host, currently the host of El Gordo y la Flaca on Univision.-Biography:...
, television personality and former model - MartitaMartitaMarta Rodríguez , better known as Martita, is a coffee maker who became famous with the Latin American public in the United States and in some Latin American countries, when she was hired in 1998 by Univision to serve daily coffee to her co-workers Raul De Molina and Lily Estefan, during the...
, television personality - Mauricio ZeilicMauricio ZeilicMauricio Zeilic is a Cuban American show business reporter.A papparatzi for more than a decade, Zeilic was one of the five show hosts of Cotorreando, a show dedicated to talking about the lives of movie and music stars....
, television personality - Mayra VerónicaMayra VeronicaMayra Verónica , is a Cuban-born, American-raised model and singer who acquired her fame in the United States. Verónica's role on Univision's Don Francisco Presenta brought her to the attention of FHM magazine's US edition. After appearing in FHM she was included in its 2004 calendar and went on to...
, model - Nelson AscencioNelson AscencioNelson Ascencio is a Cuban actor and comedian. Ascencio is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv....
, comedian (MadtvMADtvMADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
) - Pedro ZamoraPedro ZamoraPedro Pablo Zamora was a Cuban-American AIDS educator and television personality...
, AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
activist, featured on The Real World: San FranciscoThe Real World: San FranciscoThe Real World: San Francisco is the third season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships... - Raúl De MolinaRaúl De MolinaRaúl “El Gordo” De Molina is the multiple Emmy award winning co-host of Univision Networks #1 rated entertainment news show El Gordo y la Flaca.-Biography:Raul de molina was born in Cuba but left at the age of 10...
, television personality - Raúl MusibayRaul MusibayRaúl Musibay 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 this art to hundreds of people all over the world. With his two brothers-in-law, he runs the Cuban website, The Internet Cuban...
, Food NetworkFood NetworkFood Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
chef and author - Rosaura AndreuRosaura AndreuRosaura Andreu was an Cuban-born actress who found wide fame in Puerto Rico as a children's television show host....
, children's television entertainer - Sissi, model
Baseball
- Adolfo Luque, Cincinnati RedsCincinnati RedsThe Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
- Alex FernandezAlex FernandezAlex Fernandez may refer to:*Alex Fernandez *Alex Fernandez , played for Chicago White Sox and Florida Marlins*Álex Fernandez, football player for Real Madrid*Alex Fernandez, a member of a young detective club from the PBS show Ghostwriter...
, Chicago White SoxChicago White SoxThe Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
, Florida MarlinsFlorida MarlinsThe Miami Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise called the Florida Marlins, the Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Marlins played their home games at... - Alex Sánchez
- Ariel PestanoAriel PestanoAriel Pestano Valdés , better known as El Veterano , 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 Olympic Games and also played catcher on Cuba's World Baseball Classic team in March 2006 and March 2009...
, Cuba national baseball teamCuba national baseball teamThe Cuba national baseball team is the national team of Cuba. The team is made up of amateur players from the Cuban national baseball system, as there are no professional sports leagues in Cuba... - Ariel PrietoAriel PrietoAriel Prieto is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.Prieto graduated Fajardo University in Santiago de Cuba, and he immigrated to Puerto Rico soon after. In Puerto Rico, he played professional winter league baseball for the first time in his career...
, Oakland AthleticsOakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum.... - Aurelio MonteagudoAurelio MonteagudoAurelio Faustino Monteagudo Cintra , 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:Monteagudo was born in Caibarién, Villa Clara Province, Cuba...
, Kansas City AthleticsOakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum.... - Barbaro CanizaresBarbaro CanizaresBárbaro Rafael Cañizares [cah-nyee-that'-ress] is a Cuban first baseman that plays for the Guerreros de Oaxaca in the Triple-A Mexican League. He is 6'3" and weights 230 lbs...
, Atlanta BravesAtlanta BravesThe Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997.... - Barbaro GarbeyBarbaro GarbeyBárbaro Garbey is a former utility player in Major League Baseball. Garbey played at outfield, first and third bases, and also served as designated hitter. He batted and threw right-handed....
, Detroit TigersDetroit TigersThe Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant... - Bert CampanerisBert CampanerisDagoberto Campaneris Blanco , nicknamed "Campy", is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for four American League teams, primarily the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics...
, Kansas City AthleticsOakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum.... - Brayan PeñaBrayan PeñaBrayan Eduardo Peña is a catcher for the Kansas City Royals.-Early years:Peña was a member of the Cuban National 18 and under team as a youth. He graduated from Espa Julio Trigo Junior College in Costa Rica...
, Atlanta BravesAtlanta BravesThe Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997.... - Cristóbal TorrienteCristóbal TorrienteCristóbal Torriente was a Cuban outfielder in Negro league baseball with the Cuban Stars, All Nations, Chicago American Giants, Kansas City Monarchs and Detroit Stars over a career that lasted from 1914 to 1928, plus a single game in 1932.-Negro league career:Torriente was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba...
, Negro Leagues - Baseball Hall of Fame - Danys BáezDanys BáezDanys Báez González is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Báez has previously played for the Cleveland Indians , Tampa Bay Devil Rays , Los Angeles Dodgers , Atlanta Braves , Baltimore Orioles , and Philadelphia Phillies .-Cleveland Indians:Báez was signed by the Cleveland...
, Baltimore OriolesBaltimore OriolesThe Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league... - Diego SeguíDiego SeguíDiego Pablo Seguí González is a Cuban former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was known for his forkball.During a 16-year baseball career, Seguí played for the Kansas City Athletics , Washington Senators , Oakland Athletics , Seattle Pilots , Boston Red Sox , and Seattle Mariners . He batted and...
, Kansas City AthleticsOakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum.... - Eli MarreroEli MarreroElieser Marrero , is a former Major League Baseball player. Marrero started his career as a catcher, but spent time at first base, third base and in the outfield....
, New York MetsNew York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League... - Esteban Bellán, first Latin American professional baseball player to play in the United States
- Germán MesaGermán MesaGerman Mesa is a former Cuban shortstop for the Industriales of the Cuban National League and for the Cuba national baseball team. Mesa was known as "El Imán" or "The Magnet" for his superior fielding skills. He was also an above average hitter and base runner who led Cuban baseball in hits,...
, trainer for the Cuban national baseball team - Jack CalvoJack CalvoJacinto "Jack" Calvo González was born Jacinto Del Calvo in Havana, Cuba. He was an outfielder for the Washington Senators in 1913 and 1920. He played in 34 games, had 56 at bats, 10 runs, 9 hits, 1 triple, 1 home run, 4 RBIs, 3 walks, a .161 batting average, a .203 on-base percentage, a .250...
, Washington SenatorsMinnesota TwinsThe Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the... - José CansecoJosé CansecoJosé Canseco Capas, Jr. is a Cuban-American professional baseball manager, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Yuma Scorpions of the North American League and former Major League Baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former major league player and current teammate Ozzie Canseco...
, Oakland AthleticsOakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum.... - José CardenalJosé CardenalJosé Rosario Domec Cardenal is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants , California Angels , Cleveland Indians , St...
, San Francisco GiantsSan Francisco GiantsThe San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division.... - José ContrerasJosé ContrerasJosé Ariel Contreras Camejo is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently with the Philadelphia Phillies...
, Chicago White SoxChicago White SoxThe Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans... - José MéndezJosé MéndezJosé de la Caridad Méndez was a Cuban right-handed pitcher and manager in baseball's Negro Leagues. Born in Cárdenas, Matanzas, he died at age 41 in Havana. Known in Cuba as El Diamante Negro , he became a legend in his homeland. He was one of the first group of players elected to the Cuban...
, Kansas City MonarchsKansas City MonarchsThe 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 1930. J.L. Wilkinson was the first Caucasian owner at the time...
- Baseball Hall of Fame - José RodríguezJosé Rodríguez (infielder)José Rodríguez , nicknamed "Joseíto" or "El Hombre Goma" in Spanish and "Joe" in English, was a Cuban infielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1916 to 1918 and in the Cuban League from 1914 to 1939. In the majors, he played for the New York Giants and was primarily a second baseman, while...
, New York GiantsSan Francisco GiantsThe San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division.... - José TartabullJosé TartabullJosé Milages Tartabull Guzmán is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder; his Major League career lasted nine years, from 1962 to 1970...
, Kansas City AthleticsOakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum.... - Kendry MoralesKendry MoralesKendrys Morales Rodriguez is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is a switch hitter and throws right-handed.-Cuban career:...
, Los Angeles Angels - Liván HernándezLiván HernándezEisler Liván Hernández Carrera is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. He is the half-brother of pitcher Orlando "El Duque" Hernández.-Playing career:...
, Arizona DiamondbacksArizona DiamondbacksThe Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field... - Luis TiantLuis TiantLuis Clemente Tiant Vega , born November 23, 1940 in Marianao, Cuba, , is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians , Minnesota Twins , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , Pittsburgh Pirates and California Angels...
, Cleveland IndiansCleveland IndiansThe Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona... - Martín DihigoMartín DihigoMartín Magdaleno Dihigo Llanos was a Cuban player in baseball's Negro leagues and Latin American leagues who excelled at several positions, primarily as a pitcher and second baseman...
, Negro Leagues - Baseball Hall of Fame - Mike CuellarMike CuellarMiguel Ángel Cuellar Santana [KWAY-ar] was a Cuban left-handed starting pitcher who spent fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball with the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles and California Angels...
, Cincinnati RedsCincinnati RedsThe Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890.... - Minnie Miñoso, Chicago White SoxChicago White SoxThe Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
- Octavio "Cookie" Rojas, Cincinnati RedsCincinnati RedsThe Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
- Omar LinaresOmar LinaresOmar Linares Izquierdo is a former Cuban baseball player. Linares, who played third base for the Cuban national team and for Pinar del Río and Vegueros in the Cuban National Series wearing the number 10 on his jersey, is considered one of the greatest Cuban players of all time...
, Pinar del Río VeguerosPinar del Río VeguerosPinar del Río is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. Based in the western city of Pinar del Río, the Vegueros are historically one of the more successful teams in the Cuban National Series, winning championships in 1997,1998.-History:...
, Cuban national baseball teamCuba national baseball teamThe Cuba national baseball team is the national team of Cuba. The team is made up of amateur players from the Cuban national baseball system, as there are no professional sports leagues in Cuba... - Orestes DestradeOrestes DestradeOrestes Cucuas Destrade , is a former Major League Baseball infielder.-Biography:Destrade was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, but emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of six. During his youth, he played Khoury League at Flagami Park in Miami. He graduated from Christopher...
, New York YankeesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
, ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
on-air personality - Orlando HernándezOrlando HernándezOrlando Hernández Pedroso , nicknamed "El Duque", is a former Cuban right-handed baseball pitcher....
, New York MetsNew York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League... - Ozzie CansecoOzzie CansecoOsvaldo "Ozzie" Canseco Capas is a former Major League Baseball player and the identical twin brother of former Major League Baseball player José Canseco....
, Oakland AthleticsOakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum.... - Pedro RamosPedro RamosPedro Ramos Guerra was a Major League pitcher with a 15-year career from 1955 to 1967, and again from 1969 to 1970...
, Washington SenatorsMinnesota TwinsThe Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the... - Preston GómezPreston GómezPreston Gómez was a Cuban-born infielder, manager, coach and front-office official in Major League Baseball best known for managing three major league clubs: the San Diego Padres , Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs . He was born Pedro Gómez Martinez in Preston, Cuba, and was given his nickname in U.S...
, Washington SenatorsMinnesota TwinsThe Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the... - Rafael PalmeiroRafael PalmeiroRafael Palmeiro Corrales is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and left fielder. Palmeiro was an All-American at Mississippi State University before being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1985...
, Baltimore OriolesBaltimore OriolesThe Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league... - Ray NobleRay Noble (baseball player)Rafael Miguel "Ray" Noble Magee was a Cuban catcher in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball. Born in Central Hatillo, Cuba, Noble was 32 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1951 with the New York Giants, and played for the team through the 1953 season...
, New York GiantsSan Francisco GiantsThe San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division.... - René ArochaRené ArochaRené Arocha is a former MLB baseball player.-Biography:René Arocha studied as a teenager at the Regla high school in Havana...
, St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis CardinalsThe St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to... - René MonteagudoRené MonteagudoRené Monteagudo Miranda was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder who played with the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies . Monteagudo threw and batted left-handed....
, Washington SenatorsMinnesota TwinsThe Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the... - Rey OrdóñezRey OrdóñezReynaldo Ordóñez Pereira is a former professional baseball shortstop. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Chicago Cubs....
, New York MetsNew York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League... - Roberto "Bobby" Estalella, Washington SenatorsMinnesota TwinsThe Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
- Rolando ArrojoRolando ArrojoLuis Rolando Arrojo Avila was a 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 batsmen. He was the staff ace on the Villa Clara team that won 3 consecutive Cuban...
, Tampa Bay Devil Rays - Sandy AmorósSandy AmorósEdmundo "Sandy" Amorós Isasi was a Cuban left fielder in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers. Amorós was born in Havana. He both batted and threw left-handed...
, Brooklyn DodgersLos Angeles DodgersThe Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming... - Tony FossasTony FossasEmilio Antonio "Tony" Fossas Morejon is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher during the late 1980s and 1990s....
, Texas RangersTexas Rangers (baseball)The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have... - Tony González, Cincinnati RedsCincinnati RedsThe Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
- Tony OlivaTony OlivaTony Pedro Oliva is a former Major League Baseball right fielder and designated hitter. He played his entire 15-year baseball career for the Minnesota Twins . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
, Minnesota TwinsMinnesota TwinsThe Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the... - Tony PérezTony PérezAtanasio Pérez Rigal , more commonly known as Tony Pérez, is a former Major League Baseball player. He was also known by the nickname "Big Dog," "Big Doggie," and "Doggie."...
, Cincinnati RedsCincinnati RedsThe Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890.... - Tony TaylorTony TaylorAntonio Nemesio Taylor is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1958 through , Taylor played for the Chicago Cubs , Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers...
, Chicago CubsChicago CubsThe Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National... - Yuniesky BetancourtYuniesky BetancourtYuniesky Betancourt is a Major League Baseball shortstop. He resides in Boca Raton, Florida.-Cuban leagues:...
, Kansas City RoyalsKansas City RoyalsThe Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium... - Zoilo VersallesZoilo VersallesZoilo Casanova Versalles Rodriguez , nicknamed "Zorro", was a Cuban shortstop in Major League Baseball, who was considered a solid leadoff man, and a good baserunner whose speed helped him to cover a huge area at shortstop...
, Minnesota TwinsMinnesota TwinsThe Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
, first Latin American Major League MVP in . - Alexei RamírezAlexei RamírezAlexei Fernando Ramírez is a Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop for the Chicago White Sox...
, Chicago White SoxChicago White SoxThe Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans... - Yunel EscobarYunel EscobarYunel Almenares Escobar is a professional baseball shortstop with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.-Early life:Escobar was born in Havana, Cuba...
, Atlanta BravesAtlanta BravesThe Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
Boxing
- Adolfo HortaAdolfo HortaAdolfo Horta is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow...
, Featherweight Olympic boxer - Ariel Hernández, Middleweight Olympic boxer
- Armando MartínezArmando MartínezArmando Martínez Limendu is a Cuban boxer. At 18 years of age he won the gold medal in the Light Middleweight category at the 1980 Summer Olympics, beating Aleksandr Koshkyn in the final....
, light middle-weight olympic boxer - Benny ParetBenny ParetBenny "the Kid" Paret, born Bernardo Paret , born in Santa Clara, Cuba, was a Cuban welterweight boxer. Paret won the world welterweight title twice in the early 1960s and died in 1962 following an unsuccessful attempt to defend the crown in what is considered to be the first ring death witnessed...
, boxer - Eliseo CastilloEliseo CastilloEliseo Castillo is a professional boxer. He is the younger brother of Heavyweight boxer Elieser Castillo.-Amateur career:...
, boxer - Félix SavónFélix SavónFélix Savón Fabre is a Cuban heavyweight boxer, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Savón is considered a legend in amateur boxing and has won six world titles....
, olympic boxer - Florentino Fernández, boxer
- Guillermo Rigondeaux OrtizGuillermo Rigondeaux OrtizGuillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz is a Cuban boxer who won the gold medal at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics in the Bantamweight class. Rigondeaux is a seven-time Cuban national champion at bantamweight...
, amateur boxer - Joel CasamayorJoel CasamayorJoel "El Cepillo" Casamayor Johnson is a Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The nickname "El Cepillo", literally translated to "the brush", comes from his uppercut, which rakes his opponents across the face...
, boxer - Jorge Rubio, boxing trainer
- José NápolesJosé NapolesJosé Ángel Nápoles, nicknamed Mantequilla , is a Cuban-Mexican boxer and former world welterweight champion, who is frequently ranked as one of the greatest fighters of all time in that division...
, boxer - Kid Charol, boxer
- Kid ChocolateKid ChocolateFor the boxer of the same nickname see Peter Quillin.Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo , better known as Kid Chocolate, was a Cuban boxer who enjoyed wild success both in the boxing ring and in society life during a span of the 1930s.-Biography:Eligio Montaldo, also nicknamed The Cuban Bon Bon, learned how...
, boxer - Kid GavilanKid GavilanGerardo González , better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former world welterweight champion from Cuba...
, boxer - Lorenzo Aragon ArmenterosLorenzo Aragon ArmenterosLorenzo Aragón Armenteros is a Cuban boxer, who was a double world champ in the welterweight category.-Amateur career:...
olympic welterweight boxer - Luis Manuel RodríguezLuis Manuel RodriguezLuis Manuel Rodríguez was a professional boxing champion. Known as "El Feo", Rodriguez began his career in pre-Castro Havana. In Cuba, Rodriguez twice defeated the ill-fated future welterweight champion Benny Kid Paret.After the Cuban Revolution, Rodríguez campaigned in the United States...
, boxer - Mario César Kindelán MesaMario César Kindelán MesaMario César Kindelán Mesa is a former two time Olympic Gold Medalist amateur boxer from Cuba, who competed in the lightweight category...
, Olympic gold medal winning boxer - Raúl GonzálezRaúl González (boxer)Raúl González Sánchez is a male boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Men's Flyweight Division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the final he lost to North Korea's Choi Chol-Su...
, boxer - Roberto BaladoRoberto BaladoRoberto Balado Méndez was a Cuban boxer. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a Gold medal in the men's Super Heavyweight category. Roberto Balado Mendez was marry to Anita Dorena Washington Who giving birth to his Son known as Rob Scott After his grandmother gave him the legacy of his father...
, Olympic Super Heavyweight boxer - Sugar RamosSugar RamosUltiminio Ramos is a Cuban-Mexican boxer who is better known as Sugar Ramos. Ramos fought out of Mexico where he was adopted as a national hero...
, world champion boxer - Teófilo StevensonTeófilo StevensonTeófilo Stevenson Lawrence or Teófilo Stevenson is a former Cuban amateur boxer. He is one of the only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals, alongside Hungarian László Papp and fellow Cuban Félix Savón....
, amateur boxer - Yan Bartelemí Light Flyweight gold gold medal winning boxer
- Yanqui DíazYanqui DiazYamplier Azcuy Díaz is a professional heavyweight boxer from Cuba, currently living and fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada-Amateur career:...
, boxer - Yudel Johnson CedenoYudel Johnson CedenoYudel Johnson Cedeno is a Cuban welterweight professional boxer, who is best known for winning Olympic Light-Welterweight silver 2004 as an amateur.Some sources write the family name Jhonson.-Amateur career:...
Light-Welterweight Olympic Boxer - Yuriorkis Gamboa Flyweight olympic gold medal winning boxer
Athletes
- Alberto JuantorenaAlberto JuantorenaAlberto Juantorena Danger is a Cuban former track athlete. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he became the first and so far only athlete to win both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles....
, track - Aliecer UrrutiaAliecer UrrutiaAliecer Urrutia Delgado is a retired male triple jumper from Cuba. Having set a personal best of 17.70 in 1996, he won a silver medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships. He shares the men's world indoor record with Christian Olsson of...
, triple jump - Ana Fidelia QuirotAna Fidelia QuirotAna Fidelia Quirot is a female athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m....
800m - Anier GarcíaAnier GarcíaAnier Octavio García Ortiz is a Cuban athlete, winner of the 110 m hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Born in Santiago de Cuba, Anier García established his credentials early, by winning the 1995 Pan American Junior Championships...
, hurdler - Dayron RoblesDayron RoblesDayron Robles is a track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles.He won his first major medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He finished the 2006 season having improved his outdoor best to 13 seconds and become the Central American and...
, hurdling athlete - Emeterio GonzálezEmeterio GonzálezEmeterio González Silva is a Cuban javelin thrower, whose current personal best throw is 87.12 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Jena.-Achievements:...
, javelin thrower. - Héctor HerreraHéctor HerreraHéctor Herrera Ortiz is a retired 800 metres runner from Cuba who won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992, together with teammates Lázaro Martínez, Norberto Téllez and Roberto Hernández....
, sprinter - Ioamnet QuinteroIoamnet QuinteroIoamnet Quintero Alvarez is a former high jumper from Cuba who won the bronze medal in the women's high jump contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and also competed at the 1996 nad 2000 games. She won a gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics.-External links:...
, high jumper - Iván GarcíaIván GarcíaIván García Sánchez is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000. He specialized in the 200 metres event and won a silver medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He finished fourth at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor...
, sprinter - Iván PedrosoIván PedrosoIván Lázaro Pedroso Soler is a retired Cuban athlete, specializing in long jump.In July 1990, still at the age of 17, Pedroso jumped more than 8 meters for the first time. Facing tough competition from Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and others, he still won numerous gold medals in international...
, long jump - Javier SotomayorJavier SotomayorJavier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; he is the only person ever to have cleared 8 feet . He is widely regarded as the...
, track and field record setter - Joel IsasiJoel IsasiJoel Isasi González is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Barcelona 1992 and a silver medal at the 4 x 100 relay at the 1990 Goodwill Games. His personal best of 10.22 and 21.64 was both set during 1995.-External links:...
, sprinter - Joel LamelaJoel LamelaJoel Lamela Loaces is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. He specialized in the 100 metres event, and his personal best of 10.53 was set during the 1991 World Championships.-References:...
, sprinter - Jorge AguileraJorge AguileraJorge Luis Aguilera Ruiz is a retired male track and field sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. He specialized in the 100 metres event, and his personal best of 10.57 was set in Zürich, 1993.-Achievements:- External :*...
, sprinter - Lázaro MartínezLazaro MartínezLázaro Martínez Despaigne is a retired Cuban sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. His personal best of 46.12 was set during the 1991 World Championships....
, sprinter - Luis Alberto Pérez-RiondaLuis Alberto Pérez-RiondaLuis Alberto Pérez-Rionda is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000. His personal best of 10.18 was set in 1997.-References:*...
, sprinter - Osleidys MenéndezOsleidys MenéndezOsleidys Menéndez Sáez is a Cuban athlete competing in the javelin throw. She is a former Olympic champion, world champion, and world record holder. She has been described as the female "Jan Železný" of her times....
, javelin - Roberto Hernández (athlete)
- Roberto MoyaRoberto MoyaRoberto Saturnino Moya Sandoval is a Cuban athlete who mainly competed in discus throw.He was born in Havana, Ciudad de la Habana. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in this event, and his personal best is 65.68....
, discus throw - Víctor MoyaVíctor MoyaVíctor Rafael Moya is a Cuban high jumper.Relatively young, he participated in his first major competition in the 2005 World Championships where he cleared 2.29 metres, a new personal best, and won a surprise silver medal along with Yaroslav Rybakov. Two weeks later in Brussels he set another...
, high jumper - Yargelis SavigneYargelis SavigneYargelis Savigne Herrera is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump events at the 2005 World Championships, won a silver medal and finished fourth, respectively...
, jump - Yipsi MorenoYipsi MorenoYipsi Moreno González is a Cuban hammer thrower. She is a double world champion and Olympic silver medalist, a former world junior record holder and current area record holder...
, hammer thrower - Yoandri BetanzosYoandri BetanzosYoandri Betanzos Francis is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump.His personal best jump is 17.65 metres, achieved in April 2009 in Havana...
, triple jump - Yoel GarcíaYoel GarcíaYoel García Luis is a Cuban triple jumper who he won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, equalling his personal best with 17.47...
, triple jumper - Yoel Hernández hurdler
- Yudelkis FernándezYudelkis FernándezYudelkis Fernández Luis is a Cuban long jumper.-Achievements:-External links:...
long jumper. - Yunaika CrawfordYunaika CrawfordYunaika Crawford Rogert is a Cuban hammer thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2004 with a personal best throw of 73.16 metres.-Early career:...
, hammer thrower - Yuniel HernándezYuniel HernándezYuniel Hernández Solar is a Cuban hurdler.His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Salamanca when he was still only 20 years old. The result places him sixth among Cuban 110 m hurdlers, behind Anier García, Dayron Robles, Emilio Valle, Alejandro Casañas and Yoel...
, hurdler
Swimming
- Joel ArmasJoel ArmasJoel Armas y Hernandez is the U.S. record holder in finswimming.Mr. Armas is the son of Ceren Armas and Maria Hernandez. His father, an athlete who once trained for the Cuban national basketball, successfully left Cuba on boat in 1979. A few months later, he and his mother , unsuccessfully tried...
, record holder in the US in monofin swimming - Neisser BentNeisser BentNeisser S. Bent Vázquez is a former international backstroke swimmer from Cuba, who swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics...
, bronze medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.... - Rodolfo FalcónRodolfo FalconRodolfo A. Falcón Cabrera is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Cuba, and has been called the country's best swimmer ever. Since 2006, he has been the country's National Commissioner for swimming....
, silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.... - Leonel "Bebito" Smith, gold medalist in the 1926 and 1930 Central American and Caribbean GamesCentral American and Caribbean GamesThe Central American and Caribbean Games are a multi-sport regional championships event, held quadrennial , typically in the middle year between Summer Olympics...
Other
- Deborah AndolloDeborah AndolloDeborah Andollo is a Cuban free-diving athlete who holds several world records in different modalities. Her nicknames "Neptune's Girlfriend, Queen of the Caribbean or Mermaid of the Deep," associate her with the sea and her passion for the environment, as well as a sustainable relationship between...
, Holds world-records in Free Diving. - Alberto DelgadoAlberto DelgadoAlberto Delgado y Pérez is a Cuban soccer player. As of 2005, he plays as a forward for Sevilla FC Puerto Rico of the Puerto Rico Soccer League.-Defection to the United States:...
, soccer - Ivan DominguezIvan DominguezIván Domínguez was a Cuban professional road bicycle racer for the Franco MRI Racing Team. In 2009 Dominguez also known as "The Cuban Missile" acquired U.S. citizenship....
, two time gold medalist in the Pan American GamesPan American GamesThe Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...
and Cuban national champion in cycling - José Raúl CapablancaJosé Raúl CapablancaJosé Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. One of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play...
, chess world champion, grandmaster considered "the Mozart of Chess" - Héctor SocorroHéctor SocorroHéctor Socorro was a Cuban footballer. He represented Cuba at the 1938 World Cup in France, scoring two goals in the two matches against Romania.-References:...
, footballerFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball... - Ibrahim RojasIbrahim RojasIbrahim Rojas Blanco is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s....
, flatwater canoer - Juan CorzoJuan CorzoJuan Corzo y Principe was a Spanish–Cuban chess master, champion of Cuba immediately preceding José Capablanca....
, chess - Juan TuñasJuan TuñasJuan Tuñas Bajeneta, nicknamed "Romperredes" was a Cuban footballer. He played for the Cuban clubs Juventud Asturiana and Centro Gallego, and was the oldest surviving member of the Cuba national football team that played at the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France, scoring a goal against Romania .After...
, former Cuban footballer - Lázaro BruzónLázaro BruzónLázaro Bruzón Batista is a chess grandmaster from Cuba. On the January 2011 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2686. Bruzón was the 2000 World Junior Chess Champion. In 2004 he finished first at the XII Torneo "Guillermo Garcia" in Memoriam in Villa Clara...
, chess grandmaster - Rafael A. LecuonaRafael A. LecuonaRafael A. Lecuona is a former member of the Cuban gymnastics team and professor emeritus of Texas A&M International University in Laredo...
, gymnast - Rey Ángel MartínezRey Ángel MartínezRey Ángel "Boom-Boom" Martínez is an Cuban soccer player who last played for Real Maryland Monarchs in the USL Second Division.-Professional:...
, soccer - Tomás FernándezTomás FernándezTomás Fernández , was a Cuban footballer.He represented Cuba at the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France, scoring a goal against Romania-References:...
, footballer in the 1938 world cup - Yanelis Yuliet Labrada DiazYanelis Yuliet Labrada DiazYanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz is a taekwondo silver medalist from Cuba in the Women's Under 49 kg event at the 2004 Summer Olympics....
, Olympic silver medallist in Taekwondo - Maykel GalindoMaykel GalindoMaykel Galindo is a Cuban footballer currently playing for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.-Cuba:A rising star in the youth ranks of the Cuban national team, he made his debut in a January 2002 friendly match against Guatemala...
, soccer - Jorge Sánchez SalgadoJorge Sánchez SalgadoJorge Luis Sánchez Salgado is a male volleyball player from Cuba, who played as a libero for the Men's National Team. He was a member of the national squad that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-References:*...
, volleyball player
Current
- Abelardo Colomé IbarraAbelardo Colomé IbarraCorps General Abelardo Colomé Ibarra is a Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba and the Cuban Minister of the Interior.He is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba...
vice president of the Council of State of CubaCouncil of State of CubaThe Council of State of Cuba is a 31-member body of the government of Cuba, elected by the National Assembly of People’s Power. It has the authority to exercise most legislative power between sessions of the National Assembly of People’s Power, subject to its approval, and to call the National... - 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 SectionCuban Interests SectionThe Cuban Interests Section in Washington, DC is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Cuba to the United States.It is located at 2639 16th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C...
- Carlos Lage DávilaCarlos Lage DávilaCarlos Lage Dávila is a Cuban politician. Until 2009, he was a Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Cuba. Lage was described as Cuba's de facto prime minister.Lage trained as...
former executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers of CubaCouncil of Ministers of CubaThe Cabinet of Cuba is the highest ranking executive and administrative body of the Republic of Cuba, and constitutes the nation's government... - Felipe Pérez RoqueFelipe Pérez RoqueFelipe Ramón Pérez Roque was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba from 1999 to 2009. At his appointment, he was not only the youngest member of the Cuban cabinet but also the only one to be born after the Cuban Revolution in 1959.Pérez Roque was formerly an electronics engineer and leader of...
former Cuban government minister - Fidel CastroFidel CastroFidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
, previous Cuban President - José Luis Rodríguez GarcíaJosé Luis Rodríguez GarcíaJosé Luis Rodríguez García was the Cuban Minister of Economy and Planning. He was also a Vice President of the Cuban Council of Ministers and an elected member of the National Assembly of Cuba. Rodríguez was Minister of Economy and Planning since 1998. He was replaced by Internal Trade Minister...
Cuban government ministerCouncil of Ministers of CubaThe Cabinet of Cuba is the highest ranking executive and administrative body of the Republic of Cuba, and constitutes the nation's government... - José Ramón Balaguer CabreraJosé Ramón Balaguer CabreraJosé Ramón Balaguer Cabrera was the Minister for Health in Cuba until July 2010.. He is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba and a member of the Council of State of Cuba...
, current Minister for Health in Cuba - Juan Almeida BosqueJuan Almeida BosqueJuan Almeida Bosque was a Cuban politician and one of the original commanders of the Cuban Revolution. After the 1959 revolution, he was a prominent figure in the Communist Party of Cuba; at the time of his death in 2009, he was a Vice-President of the Cuban Council of State and was its third...
third ranking member of the Cuban Council of State - Luis Posada CarrilesLuis Posada CarrilesLuis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles is a Cuban-born Venezuelan anti-communist and former Central Intelligence Agency agent....
Cuban paramilitary leader, accused terrorist - Mariela CastroMariela CastroMariela Castro Espín is the director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education in Havana and an activist for LGBT rights in Cuba....
, director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education and daughter of Raúl Castro - Oscar Elías BiscetOscar Elías BiscetÓscar Elías Biscet González , is a Cuban medical professional and a noted advocate for human rights and democratic freedoms in Cuba. He is also the founder of the Lawton Foundation....
, physician and dissident and founder of the Lawton FoundationLawton FoundationThe Lawton Foundation was founded in 1997 in Havana, Cuba, as a non-governmental organization to promote the "study, defense and denunciation of human rights inside Cuba". The group was formed by Christian pro-life activist Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet González and is made up of adult Cuban citizens of...
, currently jailed. - Oswaldo PayáOswaldo PayáOswaldo Payá Sardiñas is a political activist in Cuba and is considered that country's most prominent political dissident. He received the Sakharov Prize in 2002...
, Founder of Proyecto Varela. - Raúl CastroRaúl CastroRaúl Modesto Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who has been President of the Council of State of Cuba and the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba since 2008; he previously exercised presidential powers in an acting capacity from 2006 to 2008...
, current President of the Council of State of CubaCouncil of State of CubaThe Council of State of Cuba is a 31-member body of the government of Cuba, elected by the National Assembly of People’s Power. It has the authority to exercise most legislative power between sessions of the National Assembly of People’s Power, subject to its approval, and to call the National... - Liaena Hernandez MartínezLiaena Hernandez MartínezLiaena Hernández Martínez is the youngest member of the Cuban National Assembly. During the opening of the 2008 Cuban National Assembly, after the Cuban legislative election, 2008, "Eighteen-year old legislator Liaena Hernandez Martínez read the oath in which each member of the new legislature...
, youngest member of the Cuban National Assembly - Roberto Fernández RetamarRoberto Fernández RetamarRoberto Fernández Retamar is a Cuban poet, essayist, literary critic and President of the Casa de las Américas. In his role as President of the organization, Fernández also serves on the Council of State of Cuba. An early close confidant of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, he has remained a central...
President of the Casa de las AméricasCasa de las AméricasCasa de las Américas is an organization that was founded by the Cuban Government in April 1959, four months after the Cuban Revolution, for the purpose of developing and extending the socio-cultural relations with the countries of Latin America, the Caribbean and the rest of the world... - Ricardo Alarcón de QuesadaRicardo Alarcón de QuesadaRicardo Alarcón de Quesada is a Cuban statesman. He served as Cuba's Permanent Representative to the United Nations for nearly 30 years and later served as the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 1992 to 1993...
President of the Cuban National Assembly - Rosa Elena Simeón NegrínRosa Elena Simeón NegrínRosa Elena Simeón Negrín was the Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment in Cuba. Her role in government includes raising awareness of environmental issues amongst Cubans.-Career:...
former Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment.
Historical
- Abel SantamaríaAbel SantamaríaAbel Santamaria Cuadrado was an important leader in the Cuban Revolutionary movement....
Cuban Revolutionary - Alcibiades HidalgoAlcibiades HidalgoAlcibiades Hidalgo Basulto was Raúl Castro's Chief of Staff for twelve years and also served as Deputy Foreign Minister. Later he served as Cuba's ambassador to the United Nations replacing Ricardo Alarcón...
former ambassador to the U.N. - Ana BetancourtAna BetancourtAna Betancourt was a Cuban woman who took a leading role in the war of independence from Spain. She is a national heroine in Cuba.-Life:...
first to campaign for equal rights for Cuban women, in 1868 during the Ten Years' WarTen Years' WarThe Ten Years' War , also known as the Great War and the War of '68, began on October 10, 1868 when sugar mill owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his followers proclaimed Cuba's independence from Spain... - Andrés Rivero AgüeroAndrés Rivero AgüeroAndrés Rivero Agüero was the last person to be elected president of Cuba in a multiparty election. He was born to extremely poor parents in San Luis, Oriente Province on 4 February 1905. He taught himself to read when he was 16...
, Cuba's prime minister from March 1957 to March 1958 - Anselmo AlliegroAnselmo AlliegroAnselmo Alliegro y Milá was a Cuban politician who served as the Acting President of Cuba for one day after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country....
, Acting President of Cuba for one day (1–2 January 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country. - Antonio GuiterasAntonio GuiterasAntonio Guiteras y Holmes was a leading politician in Cuba during the 1930s....
, politician and revolutionary. - Antonio MaceoAntonio MaceoAntonio Maceo may refer to:*Antonio Maceo Grajales, commander in the Cuban revolutionary army*Antonio Maceo, a municipality of Santiago de Cuba named for the general*Antonio Maceo Airport, serving Santiago de Cuba...
, revolutionary, military strategist - Armando Hart Dávalos politician and Communist leader.
- Camilo CienfuegosCamilo CienfuegosCamilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán was a Cuban revolutionary born in Lawton, Havana. Raised in an anarchist family that had left Spain before the Spanish Civil War, he became a key figure of the Cuban Revolution, along with Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Juan Almeida Bosque, and Raúl Castro.-Political...
Cuban Revolutionary. - Carlos HeviaCarlos HeviaCarlos Hevia y Reyes-Gavilan was the President of Cuba, serving for less than three days. During the third week of 1934, Hevia was President from 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 15, until 1:20 a.m. on Thursday, January 18. Cuban junta leader Fulgencio Batista had obtained the resignation of Hevia's...
, provisional president of Cuba 1934. - Carlos Manuel PiedraCarlos Manuel PiedraCarlos Manuel Piedra y Piedra held the presidency of Cuba for a single day during the transition of power between Fulgencio Batista and revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution...
Acting President of Cuba for one day (2 January 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country. - Carlos Prio SocarrasCarlos Prío SocarrásCarlos Prío Socarrás was the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held.- Governance :...
, former President of Cuba. - Celia SánchezCelia SánchezCelia Sánchez Manduley was a participant of the Cuban Revolution and a close friend, and rumored lover of Fidel Castro....
Cuban Revolutionary and Secretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. - Eduardo ChibásEduardo ChibásEduardo René Chibás Ribas was a Cuban politician who used radio to broadcast his political views to the public. He primarily denounced corruption and gangsterism rampant during the governments of Ramón Grau and Carlos Prío which preceded the Batista era...
, Cuban politician who used radio to broadcast his political views against Batista's government to the public. - Federico Laredo BrúFederico Laredo BrúDr. Federico Laredo Brú was an attorney and served as President of Cuba from 1936 to 1940. He was married to Leonor Montes .-Rise to power:...
, President of Cuba from 1936 to 1940 - Fernando Tarrida del MármolFernando Tarrida del MármolFernando Tarrida del Mármol , was a Cuban anarchist writer. He was born in Havana to a wealthy family of Catalan emigrants, and was the nephew of Cuban general Donato Mármol. He studied engineering in Barcelona, Toulouse and Madrid, becoming professor and director of the Polytechnic School of...
, Cuban anarchist. - Fabio GrobartFabio GrobartFabio Grobart was born in Bialystok, Poland August 30, 1905; his birth name was Abraham Grobart aka Abraham Simjovitch. Apparently following orders of the Comintern, during the early 1920s he became a founding member of the Cuban Communist Party...
, Communist leader. - Fulgencio BatistaFulgencio BatistaFulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was the United States-aligned Cuban President, dictator and military leader who served as the leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1944 and from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution....
, former Cuban President. - Frank PaísFrank PaísFrank País was a Cuban revolutionary who campaigned for the overthrow of General Fulgencio Batista's government in Cuba...
, 20th century revolutionary. - Gerardo MachadoGerardo MachadoGerardo Machado y Morales was President of Cuba and a general of the Cuban War of Independence...
, Cuban president 1920-33 - Gustavo ArcosGustavo ArcosGustavo Arcos Bergnes was a fellow Cuban revolutionary alongside Fidel Castro who later became an imprisoned dissident of the government...
, Cuban Revolutionary later became an imprisoned dissident . - Huber MatosHuber MatosHuber Matos Benítez was a Cuban revolutionary who assisted Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and members of the 26th of July Movement in successfully overthrowing the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista as part of the Cuban Revolution....
, Cuban Revolutionary - Ignacio AgramonteIgnacio AgramonteIgnacio Agramonte y Loynáz was a Cuban revolutionary, who played an important part in the Ten Years' War .Born in the province of Puerto Príncipe on December 23, 1841, to a wealthy family. He went to Barcelona, Madrid, and Havana to study law...
, 19th century Cuban revolutionary - José Miró CardonaJosé Miró CardonaJosé Miró Cardona was a Cuban politician. He served as Prime Minister for a period of some six weeks in early 1959, following his appointment by President Manuel Urrutia on January 5, 1959...
, President of Cuba in 1959 - José MartíJosé MartíJosé Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist. He was also a part of the Cuban...
, Poet, Philosopher, Politician, Writer, Revolutionary - Juan Carlos Robinson AgramonteJuan Carlos Robinson AgramonteJuan Carlos Robinson Agramonte , was a member of the Cuban politburo and First Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Cuban Communist Party in Santiago de Cuba. In April 2006 he was dismissed from the Politburo, and in June he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption. -External...
, former member of the Cuban politburo and First Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Cuban Communist Party in Santiago de Cuba. - Julio Antonio MellaJulio Antonio MellaJulio Antonio Mella was a founder of the "internationalized" Cuban Communist Party.Mella studied law in the University of Havana until he was expelled in 1925 and is considered a hero by the present Cuban government. Some Cubans view him as a victim of the Stalin-Trotsky struggle...
founder of the original Cuban Communist Party - Manuel PiñeiroManuel PiñeiroManuel Piñeiro Losada , known as Barba Roja , was a Cuban political and military figure, a leading character of the Cuban Revolution, as the first head of Fidel Castro's security apparatus...
, First head of the Cuban General Intelligence DirectorateGeneral Intelligence DirectorateThe Intelligence Directorate is the main state intelligence agency of the government of Cuba. The DI, under the big umbrella of the MININT, was founded in late 1961 by Cuba's Ministry of the Interior shortly after the Cuban Revolution... - Manuel Urrutia LleóManuel Urrutia LleóManuel Urrutia Lleó was a liberal Cuban lawyer and politician. Urrutia campaigned against the Gerardo Machado government and the second presidency of Fulgencio Batista during the 1950s, before serving as president in the first revolutionary government of 1959...
, provisional Cuban President January to July 1959. - Miguel Mariano GómezMiguel Mariano GómezMiguel Mariano Gómez y Arias , was a Cuban politician who served as President of Cuba for seven months in 1936....
, President of Cuba for seven months in 1936. - Paul LafarguePaul LafarguePaul Lafargue was a French revolutionary Marxist socialist journalist, literary critic, political writer and activist; he was Karl Marx's son-in-law, having married his second daughter Laura. His best known work is The Right to Be Lazy...
, Cuban-born French Communist and son-in-law to Karl MarxKarl MarxKarl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
. - Rafael Diaz-BalartRafael Diaz-BalartRafael Lincoln Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez was a Cuban politician. Díaz-Balart served as Majority Leader of the Cuban House of Representatives and Minister of the Interior during the presidency of Fulgencio Batista....
, Cuban politician and majority leader during presidency of Batista - Ramón GrauRamón GrauDr. Ramón Grau San Martín was a Cuban physician and the President of Cuba .-Youth:...
, Cuban president for two terms 1933, 1940-44. - Saturnino and Mariano LoraSaturnino and Mariano LoraThe War of Independence of Cuba started on 24 February 1895, under the intellectual leadership of the writer and philosopher José Martí, who is considered by all Cubans as Father of the Country...
Brothers and 19th century revolutionaries - Vilma Espín Guillois, President of the Cuban Federation of WomenWomen in CubaIn Cuba women have equal constitutional rights as men in the economic, political, cultural and social fields, as well as in the family. According to article 44 of the Cuban Constitution, the state guarantees women the same opportunities and possibilities as men, in order to achieve woman’s full...
, wife of Raúl Castro. - Virgilio Paz RomeroVirgilio Paz RomeroVirgilio Paz Romero is an anti-Castro Cuban exile, involved in various anti-communist acts. He has been accused of taking part in Operation Condor, carrying out Chilean former minister Orlando Letelier's murder in Washington, D.C...
, anti Castro paramilitary
Religion
- Alfredo Llaguno-CanalsAlfredo Llaguno-CanalsAlfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals was the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Havana....
- former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana - Miguel A. De La TorreMiguel A. De La TorreMiguel A. De La Torre is a professor of Social Ethics and Latino/a Studies at Iliff School of Theology, a religious scholar, author, and an ordained minister.-Biography:...
, prolific author on Hispanic religiosity - Agustin RomanAgustin RomanAgustin Roman is the retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami.His parents were Rosendo Román and Juana M. Rodríguez...
- retired Auxiliary Bishop of Miami - Braulio Orue-VivancoBraulio Orue-VivancoBraulio Orue-Vivanco was the first Bishop of the Diocese of Pinar del Río....
- former Bishop of Pinar del Río - Eduardo Tomas Boza-Masvidal - former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana
- Félix VarelaFélix VarelaFélix Varela y Morales was a notable figure in the Roman Catholic Church in both Cuba and the United States.-Life:Varela was born in Havana, Cuba and died in St. Augustine, Florida, United States...
, beatified priest, candidate for sainthood - Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cardinal ArchbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of HavanaHavanaHavana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous... - Meyer RosenbaumMeyer Rosenbaum (II)Chief Rabbi Meyer Rosenbaum was the spiritual leader of the Kehilla Adath Israel and the Chief Rabbi of Cuba from 1942 to 1958. Rabbi Rosenbaum was the founder of the Tahkemoni School in Havana. He also authored many scholarly works in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Spanish.Chief Rabbi Rosenbaum was a son...
, former Rabbi and spiritual leader in Havana
Royalty and nobility
- Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of LuxembourgMaria Teresa, Grand Duchess of LuxembourgMaria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg is the spouse and Grand Duchess of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.-Early life and education:...
- Edelmira Ignacia Adriana Sampedro-Robato, Countess of Covadonga, first wife of Alfonso Prince of Asturias
- Marta Ester Rocafort-AltazarraMarta Ester Rocafort-AltazarraMarta Esther Rocafort y Altuzarra, later hyphenated Rocafort-Altuzarra was the second wife of the Count of Covadonga ....
, second wife of Alfonso Prince of Asturias
Military
- Adolfo Fernández CavadaAdolfo Fernández CavadaCaptain Adolfo Fernández Cavada was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War who served in the Philadelphia 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, a regiment of the Union Forces with his brother, Colonel Federico Fernández Cavada...
, Captain in the Union ArmyUnion ArmyThe Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
during the American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
who later served as Commander-in-Chief of the Cinco Villas during Cuba's Ten Year War. - Alberto Bayo y Giroud, a Cuban military leader of the defeated left-wing Loyalists in the Spanish Civil WarSpanish Civil WarThe Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
. - Antonio Maceo GrajalesAntonio Maceo GrajalesLt. General José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales was second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence....
, Second-in-command of the Cuban army of independence - Arnaldo OchoaArnaldo OchoaArnaldo T. Ochoa Sánchez was a prominent Cuban general who was executed after being found guilty of treason.-Career:Ochoa was born from an old Oriente area family of farmers...
, Cuban General - Calixto GarcíaCalixto GarcíaCalixto García e Iñiguez was a general in three Cuban uprisings, part of the Cuban War for Independence: Ten Years' War, the Little War and the War of 1895, itself sometimes called the Cuban War for Independence, which bled into the Spanish-American War, ultimately resulting in national...
, Cuban soldier in the Ten Years' WarTen Years' WarThe Ten Years' War , also known as the Great War and the War of '68, began on October 10, 1868 when sugar mill owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his followers proclaimed Cuba's independence from Spain... - Carlos Manuel de CéspedesCarlos Manuel de CéspedesCarlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo was a Cuban planter who freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 which started the Ten Years' War...
, Cuban General in the war of independence against the Spanish - Emilio Mola Vidal (June 9, 1887 – June 3, 1937) was a Nationalist commander during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). He is best known for coining the phrase "fifth column."
- Federico Fernández CavadaFederico Fernández CavadaColonel Federico Fernández Cavada was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Because of his artistic talents, he was assigned to the Hot Air Balloon unit of the Union Army. From the air he sketched what he observed of enemy positions and movements...
, Colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
and later Commander-in-Chief of all the Cuban forces during Cuba's Ten Year War. - Jesús Sosa BlancoJesus Sosa BlancoJesús Sosa Blanco was a colonel in the Cuban army under Fulgencio Batista.After Fidel Castro came to power on February 16, 1959, Sosa was arrested and charged with having committed 108 murders for Batista. His trial took place in the Havana Sports Palace, before 17,000 spectators. Many of those...
, captain in the Cuban army under Fulgencio Batista. - José Braulio AlemánJosé Braulio AlemánJosé Braulio Alemán was a Cuban Brigadier General in the Spanish-American War, promoted to Major General after the war....
, Cuban general in the Spanish-American WarSpanish-American WarThe Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence...
. - José Miguel GómezJosé Miguel GómezJosé Miguel Gómez y Gómez was a Cuban General in the Cuban War of Independence who went on to become President of Cuba.-Early career:...
, Cuban General in the war of independence against the Spanish - Julius Peter GareschéJulius Peter GareschéJulius Peter Garesché was an American professional soldier. He was killed at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee. The Union Army's Battery Garesché was named for him.-Life:...
, Lieutenant Colonel in the Union Army who served as Chief of Staff, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel to Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans. - Lola SánchezLola Sánchez (Confederate spy)Lola Sánchez was one of three Cuban born sisters who became spies for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Sánchez became upset when their father was falsely accused of being a Confederate spy by the members of the Union Army and imprisoned. Officers of the Union Army then occupied...
, Confederate spy during the American Civil War. She played an instrumental role in the Confederate victory in the "Battle of Horse Landing". - Loreta Janeta VelazquezLoreta Janeta VelazquezLoreta Janeta Velazquez , was a Cuban-born woman who masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War. She enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861, without her soldier-husband's knowledge. She fought at Bull Run, Ball's Bluff and Fort Donelson, but her gender was discovered while in...
a.k.a. "Lieutenant Harry Buford", Velazquez was a Cuban born woman who masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War. - Manuel ArtimeManuel ArtimeManuel Francisco Artime Buesa, M.D. was a Cuban-American who former took part to the rebel army of Fidel Castro, later was the political leader of Brigade 2506 land forces in the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961.-Biography:Manuel Artime was the nephew of popular Cuban poet José...
, leader of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. - Máximo GómezMáximo GómezMáximo Gómez y Báez was a Major General in the Ten Years' War and Cuba's military commander in that country's War of Independence ....
, 19th century leader of Cuban forces in the wars of independence - Pedro Luis Diaz LanzPedro Luis Diaz LanzPedro Luis Díaz Lanz was Chief of the Revolutionary Air Force of Cuba under Fidel Castro, before and after the 1959 Cuban Revolution.-Life in Cuba:...
, Chief Air Force Commander and member of Operation 40Operation 40Operation 40 was a Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored undercover operation in the early 1960s, which was active in the United States and the Caribbean , Central America, and Mexico. It was created by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in March 1960, after the January 1959 Cuban Revolution, and was... - Víctor DrekeVíctor DrekeVíctor Emilio Dreke Cruz is a Cuban Communist Party leader of notable African descent, and a former commander in the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces....
, Communist leader and a General in the Revolutionary Armed Forces. - Tomás Diez AcostaTomás Diez AcostaTomás Diez Acosta is a Cuba revolutionary soldier and a teacher and writer of history.Tomás Diez Acosta joined Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces in 1961, when he was only 16 years old. From 1970 to 1986 he taught history at a Military Academy in Cuba, and has been head of the Department of...
, revolutionary soldier and historian
Science
- Arnaldo Tamayo MéndezArnaldo Tamayo MéndezArnaldo Tamayo Méndez was the first Cuban citizen and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into earth orbit...
, First Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. to travel to space - Carlos Juan FinlayCarlos FinlayCarlos Juan Finlay was a Cuban physician and scientist recognized as a pioneer in yellow fever research.- Early life and education :...
, epidemiologist, proposed the mode of transmission of yellow fever and was instrumental in assisting Walter ReedWalter ReedMajor Walter Reed, M.D., was a U.S. Army physician who in 1900 led the team that postulated and confirmed the theory that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species, rather than by direct contact...
with his studies in Cuba - Celia HartCelia HartCelia Hart was a Cuban physicist and writer. Until May 2006, she was a member of the Cuban Communist Party. She was the daughter of two historic leaders of the Cuban Revolution, Haydee Santamaria and Armando Hart ....
, Cuban physicist - Felipe PoeyFelipe Poey-Biography:Poey was born in Havana, the son of French and Spanish parents. He spent several years of his life in Pau then studied law in Madrid. He became a lawyer in Spain but was forced to leave due to his liberal ideas, returning to Cuba in 1823. He began to concentrate on the study of the...
, zoologist - Hilda MolinaHilda MolinaDr. Hilda Molina is the former chief neurosurgeon of Cuba. Molina was also a deputy in the Cuban National Assembly but has been a critic of the Cuban government since the early 1990s. Her criticisms focus primarily on Cuba's state-governed healthcare system.In 1987, Molina founded the neurosurgery...
, former chief neuro-surgeon in Cuba. - Luis AlvarezLuis AlvarezLuis W. Alvarez was an American experimental physicist and inventor, who spent nearly all of his long professional career on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley...
, winner of the 1968 Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, worked on the Manhattan ProjectManhattan ProjectThe Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army... - Juan GundlachJuan GundlachJuan Cristóbal Gundlach , born Johannes Christoph Gundlach was a Cuban naturalist and taxonomist.-Biography:...
, 19th century naturalistNatural historyNatural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
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- Sebastian Arcos BergnesSebastian Arcos BergnesSebastian Arcos Bergnes was a Cuban human rights activist. A prominent Cuban dissident, he was openly adverserial to the dictatorships of Fidel Castro and Fulgencio Batista.-Life and career:...
Human rights activist - Ramón CastroRamón Castro (Cuban revolutionary)Ramón Eusebio Castro Ruz is the older brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro and a key figure of the Cuban Revolution.As the eldest male Castro sibling, Ramón remained at home at the onset of the revolution, looking after his parents and the sizable farm owned by the family...
, older brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro - Mirta Diaz-BalartMirta Diaz-BalartMirta Francisca de la Caridad Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez was Fidel Castro's first wife, the daughter of Rafael José Díaz-Balart, a prominent Cuban politician and mayor of the town of Banes, and wife América Gutiérrez...
, Fidel Castro's first wife - Delfín FernándezDelfin FernandezTo see article about the drummer of Los Salvajes, go to Delfín Fernández .Delfín Fernández is a former Cuban spy who spent 15 years working for the Cuban counterintelligence Department 11 with the codename Agent Otto. He defected from Cuba and moved to Spain in 1999. He settled in Spain for five...
, High ranking in government, defected to Spain - Gregorio FuentesGregorio FuentesGregorio Fuentes was a fisherman and the first mate of the Pilar - the boat belonging to the American writer Ernest Hemingway....
, Cuban nautical captain - Elián GonzálezElián GonzálezThe custody and immigration status of a young Cuban boy, Elián González , was at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, González's father, Juan Miguel González Quintana, González's other relatives in Miami, Florida, and in Cuba, and Miami's...
, 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
- Dr. Eduardo J. PadrónEduardo J. PadrónEduardo José Padrón is the current President of Miami Dade College.An American by choice, Eduardo Padrón arrived in the United States as a refugee at the age of 15. Since 1995, he has served as President of Miami Dade College , the largest institution of higher education in Florida. An economist...
, educator and college president - Ignacio José UrrutiaIgnacio Jose UrrutiaIgnacio Jose Urrutia was a Cuban historian. He was born in 1730, died 1795. His most famous work, Teatro historico, juridico y politico-militar de la isla Fernandina de Cuba, was published in 1789.-Sources:...
, Historian born in 1730 - Nitza VillapolNitza VillapolNitza Villapol was a chef, cookbook writer, and television host in Cuba. She has been called, by some, the Cuban Julia Child for her ability to communicate culinary arts to a popular audience. Born in New York to Cuban immigrants, she moved with her family to their native Cuba at the age of 9. She...
, Cuban chef
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