List of Cubans
Appearance
This is a list of notable Cubans, ordered alphabetically by first name within each category.
Additional lists
[edit]For Cuban-Americans please see List of Cuban Americans
Art and entertainment
[edit]Actors
[edit]- Ana de Armas, actress
- Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado, actress and singer
- Andy García, actor
- Roberto Escobar, actor
- César Évora, actor
- Daisy Fuentes, actress
- Desi Arnaz, actor
- Emiliano Díez, actor
- Enrique Molina, actor
- Faizon Love, actor and comedian
- Francisco Gattorno, actor
- Julio Oscar Mechoso, actor
- Luis Oquendo, actor
- Luisa Martínez Casado (1860–1925), actress
- Manela Bustamante, actress
- María Conchita Alonso, actress
- Mario Cimarro, actor
- Mario Ernesto Sánchez, actor and founder of Teatro Avante
- Renny Arozarena, actor
- Steven Bauer, actor
- Velia Martínez, actress and singer
- William Levy, actor
- Nobel Vega, actor, "Tio Nobel"
Architects
[edit]Artists, photographers and fashion designers
[edit]- Agustín Cárdenas, sculptor
- Alberto Korda, photographer
- Alexandre Arrechea, painter, sculptor
- Amelia Peláez, painter
- Baruj Salinas, painter
- Carlos Enríquez, painter
- Fidelio Ponce de León, painter
- Herman Puig (born German Puig Paredes), photographer
- Humberto Jesús Castro García, painter
- José Bernal, painter
- José Vilalta Saavedra, sculptor
- Josignacio, creator of plastic paint medium, contemporary painter
- Juan José Sicre, sculptor
- Juan T. Vázquez Martín, painter
- Lourdes Gomez Franca, painter
- Luis Castaneda, photographer
- Mario Perez, painter
- Miguel Fleitas, painter, photographer
- Miguel Rodez, painter, sculptor
- Pedro Álvarez Castelló, painter
- Rafael Consuegra, sculptor
- Raúl Corrales, photographer
- Raúl Martínez, pop artist, painter
- Rene Mederos, poster artist and graphic designer
- René Portocarrero, painter
- Tomas Sanchez, painter
- Victor Manuel, painter
- Waldo Diaz-Balart, painter
- Wifredo Lam, painter
Authors and poets
[edit]- Alejo Carpentier,[1] novelist
- Antonio Benitez-Rojo, author
- Brígida Agüero, poet
- Daína Chaviano, author
- Carilda Oliver Labra, poet
- Domitila García de Coronado, writer and journalist
- Dulce María Loynaz, author
- Edmundo Desnoes, author
- Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, author, poet
- Guillermo Cabrera Infante,[1] author
- Heberto Padilla, poet
- Héctor Zumbado, writer, journalist, humorist, critic
- José Ignacio Rivero, author and journalist
- Antonio Rodríguez Salvador, poet, author
- José Lezama Lima,[1] author, poet
- Mary Stanley Low (1912–2007), British-Cuban political activist, surrealist poet, artist and Latin teacher
- José María Heredia y Campuzano, poet
- José Martí, author, poet, journalist
- David Masnata y de Quesada, author and historian
- Julián del Casal, 19th-century poet
- Leonardo Padura Fuentes, novelist, journalist
- Mariano Brull, author
- Nancy Morejón, author
- José Gómez-Sicre, art critic and author
- Nicolás Guillén,[1] poet
- Norberto Fuentes, author
- Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, author, poet, painter
- Pedro Luis Boitel, poet
- Raúl Rivero, poet and journalist
- Reinaldo Arenas,[1] author
- Severo Sarduy,[1] poet
- Virgilio Piñera, author, playwright, poet, short-story writer and essayist
- Zoé Valdés, author
- Cirilo Villaverde
Composers
[edit]- Alejandro García Caturla, symphonic composer
- Mariá Álvarez Rios, composer
- Aurelio de la Vega, composer, lecturer, essayist and poet
- Antonio María Romeu, composer
- Arsenio Rodríguez, developer of the rumba
- Didier Hernández, singer, composer; former member of Menudo and MDO
- Ernesto Lecuona, often regarded as the greatest Cuban composer
- Esteban Salas y Castro, 18th century Cuban baroque composer
- Gonzalo Roig, often regarded as one of the greatest composers of Cuba, "Quiere me mucho"/ Cecilia Valdez
- Ignacio Cervantes, Chopinesque piano composer
- José White Lafitte, violinist and composer
- Leo Brouwer, guitarist and composer
- Yalil Guerra, composer
- Amadeo Roldán, composer and violinist
- Dámaso Pérez Prado, developer of the mambo
- Armando Rodriguez-Gonzalez, composer
- Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer, composer
- René Touzet, composer, bandleader and pianist
- Flores Chaviano, guitarist and composer
- Danilo Avilés, composer
- Magaly Ruiz, composer
- José Ardévol, composer
- Harold Gramatges, composer
- Carlos Fariñas, composer
- Roberto Valera, composer
- Julián Orbón, composer
- Margarita Lecuona, singer and composer
Chess
[edit]- José Raúl Capablanca, chess world champion, grandmaster considered "the Mozart of Chess"
- Juan Corzo, chess
- Lázaro Bruzón, chess grandmaster
- María Teresa Mora
Musicians
[edit]- Aida Diestro, pianist, arranger
- Albita, singer
- Alfredo de la Fé, musician
- Adalberto Álvarez, pianist, director, composer
- Ángel Reyes, violinist
- AJ McLean, singer, member of American boyband The Backstreet Boys
- Armando Peraza, percussionist
- Arturo Sandoval, trumpeter
- Arsenio Rodríguez, composer
- Benny Moré, singer, songwriter, conductor, arranger
- Bola de Nieve, singer, pianist
- Camila Cabello, musician, songwriter, actress
- Cándido Fabré, musician, singer-songwriter
- Carlos Manuel Pruneda, singer
- Carlos Varela, singer-songwriter
- Celia Cruz, singer
- Celina González, singer-songwriter
- Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso, pianist, musician
- Christina Milian, singer
- Chucho Valdés, pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger
- Compay Segundo, musician, songwriter
- Conchita Espinosa, pianist, teacher
- Cuban Link, rapper
- Cubanito 20.02, hip-hop band
- Dave Lombardo, drummer
- David Calzado, musician
- Didier Hernández, singer-songwriter
- Donna Maria Martinez, guitarist and singer
- Eddy Zervigon, flautist and bandleader
- Elena Burke, singer
- El Medico, timba musician
- El Taiger, reggaeton musician
- Eliades Ochoa, guitarist and singer
- Emilio Estefan, producer, composer
- Ernesto Lecuona, pianist, composer
- Esther Borja, singer
- Eusebio Delfín, singer
- Francisco Aguabella, percussionist
- German Nogueira Gomez, songwriter, composer, producer
- Gloria Estefan, singer, composer
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba, pianist
- Guillermo Portabales, singer, songwriter
- Guillermo Rubalcaba, musician
- Harold Lopez Nussa, jazz pianist
- Horacio Gutiérrez, concert pianist
- Hubert de Blanck, pianist, composer
- Ignacio Piñeiro, composer
- Ibrahim Ferrer, musician
- Isabel LaRosa, singer
- Issac Delgado, singer
- Jacobo Rubalcaba, musician
- Jorge Bolet, concert pianist
- Juan Croucier, bassist
- Juan Formell, composer
- Juan de Marcos González, musician
- La Lupe, singer
- Lena, singer
- Lissette, singer
- Malena Burke, singer
- Manuel Barrueco, classical guitarist
- María Teresa Vera, composer, guitarist, singer
- Mayra Verónica, singer
- Miguel Matamoros, singer, composer
- Moisés Valle, musician
- Moisés Simons, composer
- Mongo Santamaría, jazz musician
- Moraima Secada, singer
- Nelson Martinez, baritone
- Ñico Saquito, composer, singer
- Olga Guillot, singer
- Omara Portuondo, singer
- Orlando "Cachaito" López, bassist
- Pablo Milanés, singer-songwriter
- Pío Leyva, singer
- Pitbull, rapper
- Raul Paz, singer
- Rey Ruiz, singer
- Rita Montaner, singer
- Roberto Faz, singer, conductor
- Rubén González, pianist
- Rudy Sarzo, rock bassist
- Sabrina Claudio, singer
- Sen Dog, rapper
- Silvio Rodríguez, singer-songwriter
- Tico Torres, drummer, percussionist
- Willy Chirino, singer-songwriter
- Voltaire (musician), musician
- Xavier Cugat, musician
- Yalil Guerra, producer, musician, composer
- Yotuel Romero, rapper
Film directors
[edit]- Ernesto Daranas
- Fernando Pérez
- Humberto Padrón
- Jorge Luis Sánchez
- Juan Carlos Cremata
- Juan Padrón
- Miguel Coyula
- Rodrigo García
- Santiago Álvarez
- Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Journalists
[edit]- Calixto Martínez
- German Pinelli
- Héctor Zumbado, writer, journalist, humorist, and critic
- Idania Martínez Grandales, broadcaster, journalist and academic, and professor
- Nicolás Guillén
- Oscar Espinosa Chepe
- Pablo de la Torriente Brau
- Raúl Rivero
- Rick Sanchez
Dancers
[edit]- Alicia Alonso, Prima Ballerina Assoluta, director of the Cuban National Ballet (Ballet Nacional de Cuba)
- Carlos Acosta, dancer
- Sadaise Arencibia, star dancer with the Cuban National Ballet
- Fernando Bujones, dancer
- Jose Manuel Carreño, American Ballet Theatre principal dancer
- Lydia Diaz Cruz, prima ballerina
- Miguel Campaneria, ballet dancer, currently artistic director of the National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico
- Vida Guerra, video dancer
- Yat-Sen Chang, principal dancer, English National Ballet
Other entertainment
[edit]- Alvarez Guedes, comedian and author
- Ana María Polo, television personality and lawyer
- Alina María Hernández, "Cachita", television personality
- Cristina Saralegui, magazine editor, talk show host (Cristina) and actress
- Vida Guerra, model/actress
- Lili Estefan, television personality and former model
- Mauricio Zeilic, television personality
- Mayra Verónica, model
- Nelson Ascencio, comedian (Madtv)
- Pedro Zamora, AIDS activist, featured on The Real World: San Francisco
- Raúl De Molina, television personality
- Raúl Musibay, Food Network chef and author
- Rosaura Andreu, children's television entertainer
Sport
[edit]Baseball
[edit]- Adeiny Hechavarria, Miami Marlins
- Adolfo Luque, Cincinnati Reds
- Alex Fernandez, Chicago White Sox, Florida Marlins
- Alex Sánchez
- Ariel Pestano, Cuba national baseball team
- Ariel Prieto, Oakland Athletics
- Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds
- Aurelio Monteagudo, Kansas City Athletics
- Barbaro Canizares, Atlanta Braves
- Bárbaro Garbey, Detroit Tigers
- Bert Campaneris, Kansas City Athletics
- Brayan Peña, Atlanta Braves
- Cristóbal Torriente, Negro leagues, Baseball Hall of Fame
- Danys Báez, Baltimore Orioles
- Diego Seguí, Kansas City Athletics
- Eli Marrero, New York Mets
- Esteban Bellán, first Latin American professional baseball player to play in the United States
- Germán Mesa, trainer for the Cuban national baseball team
- Jack Calvo, Washington Senators
- Jasiel Rivero (born 1993), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Jorge Soler, Chicago Cubs
- José Abreu, Chicago White Sox
- José Canseco, Oakland Athletics
- José Cardenal, San Francisco Giants
- José Contreras, Chicago White Sox
- José Fernández, Miami Marlins
- José Iglesias, Detroit Tigers
- José Méndez, Kansas City Monarchs, Baseball Hall of Fame
- José Rodríguez, New York Giants
- José Tartabull, Kansas City Athletics
- Kendrys Morales, Kansas City Royals
- Liván Hernández, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Luis Tiant, Cleveland Indians
- Martín Dihigo, Negro leagues, Baseball Hall of Fame
- Mike Cuellar, Cincinnati Reds
- Minnie Miñoso, Chicago White Sox
- Octavio "Cookie" Rojas, Cincinnati Reds
- Omar Linares, Pinar del Río Vegueros, Cuban national baseball team
- Orestes Destrade, New York Yankees, ESPN on-air personality
- Orlando Hernández, New York Mets
- Ozzie Canseco, Oakland Athletics
- Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators
- Preston Gómez, Washington Senators
- Rafael Palmeiro, Baltimore Orioles
- Ray Noble, New York Giants
- René Arocha, St. Louis Cardinals
- René Monteagudo, Washington Senators
- Rey Ordóñez, New York Mets
- Roberto "Bobby" Estalella, Washington Senators
- Rolando Arrojo, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Sandy Amorós, Brooklyn Dodgers
- Tony Fossas, Texas Rangers
- Tony González, Cincinnati Reds
- Tony Oliva, Minnesota Twins
- Tony Pérez, Cincinnati Reds
- Tony Taylor, Chicago Cubs
- Yuniesky Betancourt, last played for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Yasiel Puig, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Yasmani Grandal, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Yoenis Céspedes, New York Mets
- Zoilo Versalles, Minnesota Twins, first Latin American Major League MVP in 1965
- Alexei Ramírez, Chicago White Sox
- Yunel Escobar, Washington Nationals
Boxing
[edit]- Adolfo Horta, featherweight Olympic boxer
- Ariel Hernández, Middleweight Olympic boxer
- Armando Martínez, light middle-weight Olympic boxer
- Benny Paret, boxer
- Eliseo Castillo, boxer
- Félix Savón, Olympic boxer
- Florentino Fernández, boxer
- Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, amateur boxer
- Joel Casamayor, boxer
- Jorge Rubio, boxing trainer
- José Nápoles, boxer
- Kid Charol, boxer
- Kid Chocolate, boxer
- Kid Gavilán, boxer
- Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros, Olympic welterweight boxer
- Luis Manuel Rodríguez, boxer
- Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Olympic gold medal-winning boxer
- Raúl González, boxer
- Roberto Balado, Olympic super heavyweight boxer
- Sugar Ramos, world champion boxer
- Teófilo Stevenson, amateur boxer
- Yan Bartelemí, light flyweight gold medal-winning boxer
- Yanqui Díaz, boxer
- Yudel Johnson Cedeno light-welterweight Olympic boxer
- Yuriorkis Gamboa, flyweight Olympic gold medal-winning boxer
Athletes
[edit]- Alberto Juantorena, track
- Aliecer Urrutia, triple jump
- Ana Fidelia Quirot, 800m
- Anier García, hurdler
- Dayron Robles, hurdling athlete
- Emeterio González, javelin thrower
- Héctor Herrera, sprinter
- Ioamnet Quintero, high jumper
- Iván García, sprinter
- Iván Pedroso, long jump
- Javier Sotomayor, track and field record setter
- Joel Isasi, sprinter
- Joel Lamela, sprinter
- Jorge Aguilera, sprinter
- Lázaro Martínez, sprinter
- Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, sprinter
- Osleidys Menéndez, javelin
- Roberto Hernández
- Roberto Moya, discus throw
- Víctor Moya, high jumper
- Yargelis Savigne, jump
- Yarisley Silva, pole vaulter
- Yipsi Moreno, hammer thrower
- Yoandri Betanzos, triple jump
- Yoel García, triple jumper
- Yoel Hernández, hurdler
- Yudelkis Fernández, long jumper
- Yunaika Crawford, hammer thrower
- Yuniel Hernández, hurdler
Swimming
[edit]- Joel Armas, record holder in the US in monofin swimming
- Neisser Bent, bronze medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Rodolfo Falcón, silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Leonel "Bebito" Smith, gold medalist in the 1926 and 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games
Other
[edit]- Deborah Andollo, holds world records in free diving
- Alberto Delgado, soccer
- Ivan Dominguez, two time gold medalist in the Pan American Games and Cuban national champion in cycling
- Héctor Socorro, footballer
- Ibrahim Rojas, flatwater canoer
- Juan Tuñas, former Cuban footballer
- Manrique Larduet, gymnast
- Rey Ángel Martínez, soccer
- Tomás Fernández, footballer in the 1938 World Cup
- Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz, Olympic silver medallist in Taekwondo
- Maykel Galindo, soccer
- Jorge Sánchez Salgado, volleyball player
- Mijaín López, Greco-Roman wrestler
Politics
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Current
[edit]- Abelardo Colomé Ibarra, vice president of the Council of State of Cuba
- Alfonso Fraga-Perez, diplomat, Secretary General of the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa & Latin America (OSPAAAL), former Head of Cuban Interests Section
- Carlos Lage Dávila, former executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Cuba
- Felipe Pérez Roque, former Cuban government minister
- Fidel Castro, previous First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
- José Luis Rodríguez García, Cuban government minister
- José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera, current Minister for Health in Cuba
- Juan Almeida Bosque, third ranking member of the Cuban Council of State
- Luis Posada Carriles, Cuban paramilitary leader, accused terrorist
- Mariela Castro, director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education and daughter of Raúl Castro
- Oscar Elías Biscet, physician and dissident and founder of the Lawton Foundation, currently jailed
- Oswaldo Payá, founder of Proyecto Varela
- Raúl Castro, current First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
- Liaena Hernandez Martínez, youngest member of the Cuban National Assembly
- Roberto Fernández Retamar, President of the Casa de las Américas
- Ricardo Alarcón, President of the Cuban National Assembly
- Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín, former Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment
- Pedro Pablo Prada Quintero, diplomat
- Juan Valdés Figueroa, diplomat
Historical
[edit]- Abel Santamaría, Cuban revolutionary
- Alcibiades Hidalgo, former ambassador to the UN
- Ana Betancourt, first to campaign for equal rights for Cuban women, in 1868 during the Ten Years' War
- Andrés Rivero Agüero, Cuba's prime minister from March 1957 to March 1958
- Anselmo Alliegro, acting president of Cuba for one day (1–2 January 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country
- Antonio Guiteras, politician and revolutionary
- Antonio Maceo, revolutionary, military strategist
- Armando Hart Dávalos, politician and Communist leader
- Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary
- Carlos Hevia, provisional president of Cuba 1934
- Pilar Jorge de Tella, suffragist
- Carlos Manuel Piedra, acting president of Cuba for one day (2 January 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country
- Carlos Prío Socarrás, former President of Cuba
- Celia Sánchez, Cuban revolutionary and Secretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
- Cosme Torres Espinoza, ambassador to Zimbabwe
- Eduardo Chibás, Cuban politician who used radio to broadcast his political views against Batista's government to the public
- Federico Laredo Brú, President of Cuba from 1936 to 1940
- Fernando Tarrida del Mármol, Cuban anarchist
- Fabio Grobart, Communist leader
- Fulgencio Batista, former Cuban President
- Frank País, 20th century revolutionary
- Gerardo Machado, Cuban president 1920–33
- Gustavo Arcos, Cuban Revolutionary later became an imprisoned dissident
- Huber Matos, Cuban Revolutionary
- Ignacio Agramonte, 19th century Cuban revolutionary
- Jorge Mas Canosa, founder of the Cuban American National Foundation
- José Miró Cardona, President of Cuba in 1959
- José Martí, poet, philosopher, politician, writer, revolutionary
- Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte, former member of the Cuban politburo and first Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Cuban Communist Party in Santiago de Cuba
- Julio Antonio Mella, founder of the original Cuban Communist Party
- Jorge Payret, diplomat and academic
- Leopoldo Cancio, deputy and Sectetary of Education
- Manuel Piñeiro, first head of the Cuban General Intelligence Directorate
- Manuel Urrutia Lleó, provisional Cuban President January to July 1959
- Miguel Mariano Gómez, President of Cuba for seven months in 1936
- Paul Lafargue, Cuban-born French Communist and son-in-law to Karl Marx
- Pedro Pablo Cazañas, Cuban judge and politician
- Rafael Diaz-Balart, Cuban politician and majority leader during presidency of Batista
- Ramón Grau, Cuban president for two terms 1933, 1940–44
- Saturnino and Mariano Lora, brothers and 19th century revolutionaries
- Vilma Espín Guillois, President of the Cuban Federation of Women, wife of Raúl Castro
- Virgilio Paz Romero, anti-Castro paramilitary
Religion
[edit]- Alfredo Llaguno-Canals, former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana
- Miguel A. De La Torre, prolific author on Hispanic religiosity
- Agustin Roman, retired Auxiliary Bishop of Miami
- Braulio Orue-Vivanco, former Bishop of Pinar del Río
- Eduardo Tomas Boza-Masvidal, former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana
- Félix Varela, beatified priest, candidate for sainthood
- Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cardinal Archbishop of Havana
- Meyer Rosenbaum, former rabbi and spiritual leader in Havana
Royalty and nobility
[edit]- Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- Edelmira Ignacia Adriana Sampedro-Robato, Countess of Covadonga, first wife of Alfonso Prince of Asturias
- Marta Ester Rocafort-Altazarra, second wife of Alfonso Prince of Asturias
Military
[edit]- Adolfo Fernández Cavada, captain in the Union Army during the American Civil War who later served as commander-in-chief of the Cinco Villas during Cuba's Ten Year War
- Alberto Bayo y Giroud, Cuban military leader of the defeated left-wing Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War
- Antonio Maceo Grajales, second-in-command of the Cuban army of independence
- Arnaldo Ochoa, Cuban general
- Calixto García, Cuban soldier in the Ten Years' War
- Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban general in the war of independence against the Spanish
- Eliseo Reyes Rodríguez, Cuban guerrillero
- Emilio Mola Vidal (1887–1937), Nationalist commander during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39); known for coining the phrase "fifth column"
- Federico Fernández Cavada, colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War; later commander-in-chief of all the Cuban forces during Cuba's Ten Year War
- Jesús Sosa Blanco, captain in the Cuban army under Fulgencio Batista
- José Braulio Alemán, Cuban general in the Spanish–American War
- José Miguel Gómez, Cuban general in the war of independence against the Spanish
- Julius Peter Garesché, lieutenant colonel in the Union Army who served as chief of staff, with the rank of lieutenant colonel to Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans
- Loreta Janeta Velazquez, a.k.a. "Lieutenant Harry Buford", Velazquez was a Cuban-born woman who masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War
- Manuel Artime, leader of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961
- Máximo Gómez, 19th-century leader of Cuban forces in the wars of independence
- Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz, chief air force commander and member of Operation 40
- Víctor Dreke, Communist leader and a general in the Revolutionary Armed Forces
- Tomás Diez Acosta, revolutionary soldier and historian
- Víctor Ivo Acuña Velázquez, military commander
- Pilar Garcia, pre-revolutionary Chief of National Police
Science
[edit]- Luis Alvarez, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics, worked on the Manhattan Project
- Agustin Walfredo Castellanos, physician
- Carlos Juan Finlay, epidemiologist, proposed the mode of transmission of yellow fever and was instrumental in assisting Walter Reed with his studies in Cuba
- Juan Gundlach, 19th century naturalist and taxonomist
- Celia Hart, Cuban physicist
- Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. to travel to space
- Hilda Molina, former chief neurosurgeon in Cuba
- Felipe Poey, zoologist
Other categories
[edit]- Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, human rights activist
- Rosa Castellanos, military nurse
- Ramón Castro, older brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro
- Mirta Diaz-Balart, Fidel Castro's first wife
- Enriqueta García y Martín, prominent Cuban socialite, businesswoman and landowner
- Delfín Fernández, high ranking government official, defected to Spain
- Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban nautical captain
- Elián González, boy who came to the US, leading to a custody battle between his American family and his father in Cuba
- Jose Miguel Battle, Sr., former Godfather of the Cuban Mafia
- Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven, Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague
- Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, educator and college president
- Jesús Permuy, human rights activist, architect, urban planner, community leader
- Ignacio José Urrutia (born 1730), historian
- Nitza Villapol, Cuban chef
Non-resident Cubans
[edit]List of Cuban-Americans
List of Cuban-Mexicans
Dane Bowers
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Yat-Sen Chang
Sienna Guillory
William Montagu (Yznaga)[citation needed]
Consuelo Yznaga[2]
Taismary Agüero
Mirka Francia
Libania Grenot
Magdelín Martínez
Alex Cabrera
Majandra Delfino
Viviana Gibelli
Arturo Miranda
Eduardo Sebrango
Bárbara Bermudo
Mike Lowell
Carlos Ponce
Rita Marley
Ziggy Marley
Lenny Martinez
Mariane Pearl
Oscar Isaac
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. pp. 559–560. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.
- ^ "LORD MANDEVILLE'S WEDDING.;". The New York Times. 23 May 1876. Retrieved 12 July 2015., Retrieved 5 December 2012.