LIST OF CUBANS

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This is a list of notable and well-known 'Cubans', ordered alphabetically by first name within each category. For Cuban-Americans please see List of Cuban Americans

Contents

Art and entertainment

Actors

Artists, Photographers and Fashion Designers

Authors and Poets

Composers

Musicians

Film directors

Journalists

Dancers

Other entertainment

Sport

Baseball

Boxing

Athletics

Other

Politics

Current

Historical

Religion

Royalty

Military

Science

Other Categories

External links

See also

Art and entertainment

Actors

★ Maria Conchita Alonso, actress

★ Renny Arozarena, actor

★ Manela Bustamante, actress

★ Cesar Evora, actor

★ Andy Garcia, actor

★ Francisco Gattorno, actor

★ Niurka Marcos, actress

★ Velia Martínez, actress and singer

★ Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado, actress and singer

★ Eva Mendez, actress

★ Enrique Molina, actor

★ Luis Oquendo, actor

★ Jorge Perugorría, actor

★ María Antonieta Pons, actress

★ Mario Ernesto Sanchez, actor and founder of Teatro Avante

Artists, Photographers and Fashion Designers

Main articles: List of Cuban artists

Aristides Arencibia, Painter
Jardiel Diaz Nunez, Painter

★ Eldys N.Lima Perez, painter

★ Pedro Álvarez Castelló, painter

★ Agustin Cárdenas, sculptor

★ Raúl Corrales, photographer

★ Waldo Diaz-Balart, painter

★ Carlos Enriquez, painter

★ Alberto Korda, photographer

★ Wifredo Lam, painter

★ Raúl Martínez, pop artist

★ Rene Mederos, poster artist and graphic designer

★ Amelia Peláez, painter

★ José Vilalta Saavedra, sculptor

★ Juan José Sicre, sculptor

★ Zurama L. Johnston, Painter., www.zurama.com

Authors and Poets

Main articles: List of Cuban writers


★ Alejo Carpentier, author.

★ Antonio Benitez-Rojo author.

★ Daniel Chavarria, author.

★ Daína Chaviano, author.

★ Carilda Oliver Labra, poet.

★ Dulce María Loynaz, author.

★ Edmundo Desnoes, author.

★ Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, author and poet.

★ Guillermo Cabrera Infante, author.

★ Heberto Padilla, poet.

★ José Ignacio Rivero, author and journalist.

★ José Lezama Lima, author and poet.

★ José María Heredia y Campuzano, poet.

★ José Martí, author, poet and journalist.

★ Julián del Casal, 19th century poet.

★ Leonardo Padura Fuentes, novelist and journalist.

★ Mariano Brull, author.

★ Nancy Morejón, author.

★ Jose Gomez-Sicre, art critic and author.

★ Nicolás Guillén, poet.

★ Norberto Fuentes, author.

★ Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, author, poet and painter.

★ Pedro Luis Boitel, poet.

★ Raúl Rivero, poet and journalist.

★ Reinaldo Arenas, author.

★ Severo Sarduy, poet.

★ Virgilio Piñera, author, playwright, poet, short-story writer and essayist.

★ Zoé Valdés, author.

Composers

★ Alejandro Garcia Caturla, symphonic composer

★ Arsenio Rodríguez developer of the rumba

★ Ernesto Lecuona, often regarded as the greatest Cuban composer

★ Esteban Salas y Castro, 18th century Cuban baroque composer

★ Ignacio Cervantes, Chopinesque piano composer

★ José White Lafitte, Violinist and composer

★ Leo Brouwer, guitarist and composer

★ Yalil Guerra, composer

★ Amadeo Roldan, composer and violinist.

★ Dámaso Pérez Prado, developer of the mambo

★ Armando Rodriguez-Gonzalez, composer

★ Antonio Rodriguez-Ferrer, composer

Musicians

★ Addys D'Mercedes, singer-songwriter

★ Albita, singer

★ Alfredo de la Fe, musician

★ Adalberto Álvarez, pianist, director and composer

★ Ángel Reyes, violinist

★ Armando Peraza, percussionist

★ Beny Moré, musician

★ Cándido Fabré, musician, song writer, and singer

★ Carlos Manuel Pruneda, singer

★ Carlos Varela, singer and songwriter

★ Celia Cruz, singer

★ Celina González, singer-songwriter

★ Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso, pianist, musician

★ Chucho Valdés, pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger.

★ Compay Segundo, musician and songwriter

★ Cuban Link, rapper

★ Cubanito 20.02, hip-hop band

★ Dave Lombardo, drummer of the Heavy Metal band Slayer

★ David Calzado, musician

★ Don Dinero, rapper

★ Elena Burke, Singer

★ El Medico, timba musician

★ Eliades Ochoa, guitarist and singer

★ Ernesto Lecuona, pianist.

★ Francisco Aguabella, percussionist

★ Gilberto Velazquez, salsa singer and composer

★ Gloria Estefan, singer

★ Gonzalo Rubalcaba, pianist

★ Guillermo Portabales, singer, songwriter

★ Horacio Gutierrez, concert pianist

★ Hubert de Blanck, pianist

★ Ibrahim Ferrer, musician

★ Issac Delgado, singer

★ Jorge Bolet, concert pianist

★ Juan Formell, leader of Los Van Van

★ Juan de Marcos González, musician

★ La Lupe, singer

★ Lena, singer

★ Lissette, singer

★ Malena Burke, singer

★ Manolito Simonet, musician

★ Mellow Man Ace, rapper

★ Moisés Valle, leader of the band Yumurí y sus Hermanos

★ Mongo Santamaria, jazz musician

★ Moraima Secada, singer

★ Nelson Martinez, baritone

★ Odalys Garcia, singer, model and television personality

★ Olga Guillot, singer

★ Orlando "Cachaito" López, Cuban bassist

★ Pablo Milanes, singer and songwriter

★ Pío Leyva, singer

★ Pitbull, rapper

★ Raul Paz, singer

★ Rey Ruiz, singer

★ Roberto Faz, singer and conductor

★ Rubén González, pianist

★ Rudy Sarzo, Rock Bassist

★ Santiago Rodriguez, pianist

★ Sen Dog, rapper

★ Silvio Rodriguez, singer and songwriter

★ Willy Chirino, singer

★ Xavier Cugat, musician

★ Yamila Guerra, singer, actress and TV host

★ Yalil Guerra, producer, musician and composer

★ Yotuel Romero, rapper

Film directors

★ Fernando Pérez

★ Humberto Padrón

★ Jorge Luis Sánchez

★ Juan Carlos Cremata

★ Juan Padrón

★ Miguel Coyula

★ Rodrigo Garcia

★ Santiago Álvarez

★ Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

★ Will Vazquez

Journalists

★ Oscar Espinosa Chepe

★ Nicolás Guillén

★ Raúl Rivero

★ Pablo de la Torriente Brau

★ Nestor Suárez Feliú

★ German Pinelli

Dancers

★ Alicia Alonso, prima ballerina

★ Fernando Bujones, ballet dancer

★ Jose Manuel Carreño - American Ballet Theater principal dancer

★ Lydia Diaz Cruz, prima ballerina

★ Miguel Campaneria, ballet dancer, currently artistic director of the National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico

★ Yat-Sen Chang, principal dancer, English National Ballet

Other entertainment

★ Alvarez Guedes, comedian and author

★ Ana María Polo, television personality and lawyer

★ Cachita, television personality

★ Carlos Leon, actor (former boyfriend of Madonna)

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

★ Lili Estefan, television personality and former model

★ Martita, television personality

★ Mauricio Zeilic, television personality

★ Mayra Veronica, model

★ Nelson Ascencio, comedian (''Madtv'')

★ Raul De Molina, television personality

★ Raul Musibay, Food Network chef and author

★ Rosaura Andreu, children's television entertainer

★ Sissi, model

Sport

Baseball

★ Adolfo Luque, Cincinnati Reds

★ Alex Sánchez

★ Ariel Pestano, Cuba national baseball team

★ Ariel Prieto, Oakland Athletics

★ Aurelio Monteagudo, Kansas City Athletics

★ Barbaro 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

★ José Canseco, Oakland Athletics

★ José Cardenal, San Francisco Giants

★ José Contreras, Chicago White Sox

★ José Méndez, Kansas City Monarchs - Baseball Hall of Fame

★ José Tartabull, Kansas City Athletics

★ Kendry Morales, Los Angeles Angels

★ Livan Hernandez, 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, former

★ 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, Seattle Mariners

★ Zoilo Versalles, baseball player and first Latin American major league MVP 1965

Boxing

★ 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 gold medal winning boxer

★ Florentino Fernandez, boxer

★ Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, amateur boxer

★ Joel Casamayor, boxer

★ Jorge Rubio, Boxing trainer.

★ José Napoles, boxer

★ Kid Charol, Boxer

★ Kid Chocolate, boxer

★ Kid Gavilan, boxer

★ Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros Olympic welterweight boxer

★ Luis Manuel Rodriguez, boxer

★ Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Olympic gold medal winning boxer

★ Raúl González, boxer

★ Roberto Balado, Olympic Super Heavyweight boxer

★ Sugar Ramos, world champion boxer

★ Teofilo Stevenson, amateur boxer

★ Yanqui Diaz, boxer

★ Yudel Johnson Cedeno Light-Welterweight Olympic Boxer

Athletics

★ Aldo Arencibia, cyclist, gold medalist

★ Alberto Juantorena, basketball, track

★ Aliecer Urrutia, triple jump

★ Ana Fidelia Quirot 800m

★ Dayron Robles, Hurdling athlete

★ Emeterio González, javelin thrower.

★ Hector 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

★ Lazaro Martínez, sprinter

★ Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, sprinter

★ Osleidys Menéndez, javelin

★ Roberto Hernández (track athlete)

★ Roberto Moya, discus throw

★ Víctor Moya, high jumper

★ Yargelis Savigne, jump

★ 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

Other

★ Alberto Delgado, soccer

★ José Raúl Capablanca, chess world champion, grandmaster considered "the Mozart of Chess"

★ Héctor Socorro, footballer

★ Ibrahim Rojas, flatwater canoer

★ Juan Corzo, chess

★ Juan Tuñas, former Cuban footballer

★ Lázaro Bruzón, chess grandmaster

★ Rafael A. Lecuona, Gymnast

★ Rey Ángel Martínez, soccer

★ Rodolfo Falcon, swimmer

★ Tomás Fernández, footballer in the 1938 world cup

★ Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz, Olympic silver medallist in Taekwondo

Politics

Current

★ Abelardo Colomé Ibarra vice president of the Council of State of Cuba

★ Alfonso Fraga-Perez, diplomat, Secretary General of the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa & Latin America (OSPAAAL), former Head of Cuban Interests Section

★ Carlos Lage Dávila executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Cuba

★ Felipe Pérez Roque Cuban government minister

★ Fidel Castro, current Cuban President

★ 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 Raul Castro

★ Oscar Elías Biscet, physician and dissident and founder of the Lawton Foundation, currently jailed.

★ Oswaldo Payá, Founder of Proyecto Varela.

★ Raúl Castro, current Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba

★ Roberto Fernández Retamar President of the Casa de las Américas

★ Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada President of the Cuban National Assembly

★ Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment.

Historical

★ Abel Santamaría Cuban Revolutionary

★ Alcibiades Hidalgo former ambassador to the U.N.

★ 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 January - 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.

★ Carlos Manuel Piedra Acting President of Cuba for one day (2 January 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country.

★ Carlos Prio Socarras, former President of Cuba.

★ Celia Sánchez Cuban Revolutionary and Secretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

★ 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

★ José Miró Cardona, President of Cuba in 1959

★ Jose Marti, 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

★ 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.

★ 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

★ Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cardinal Archbishop of Havana

★ Félix Varela, beatified priest, candidate for sainthood

★ Alfredo Llaguno-Canals - former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana

★ Agustin Roman - Retired Auxiliary Bishop of Miami

★ Braulio Orue-Vivanco - former Bishop of Pinar del Rio

★ Eduardo Tomas Boza-Masvidal - former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana

Royalty

★ 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

★ Alberto Bayo y Giroud, a 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

★ Jesus 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

★ 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

Science

★ 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

★ Carlos Juan Finlay, epidemiologist, proposed the mode of transmission of yellow fever and was instrumental in assisting Walter Reed with his studies in Cuba

★ Celia Hart, Cuban physicist

★ Felipe Poey, zoologist

★ Hilda Molina, former chief neuro-surgeon in Cuba.

★ José López Falcón, Cosmonaut and Pilot for the Cuban air force

★ Luis Alvarez, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics, worked on the Manhattan Project

★ Juan Gundlach, 19th century naturalist and taxonomist.

Other Categories

★ Elián González, boy who came to the US, leading to a custody battle between his American family and his father in Cuba

★ Delfin Fernandez, High ranking in government, defected to Spain

★ Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban nautical captain

★ Ignacio Jose Urrutia, Historian born in 1730

★ Mirta Diaz-Balart, Fidel Castro's first wife.

★ Ramón Castro, older brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro.

★ Henry Cusell (1950-2003), one of the first Cubans to move to Lake Worth, FL; fire chief of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue; husband to Mary Cusell; father to Chris, Jason, and Jaclynn.

External links

★ Cuba Books & Publications: Current, Out of Print, and Old & Rare Collectibles books on the history of Cuba, Notable Biographies...

See also

★ List of people by nationality

★ List of Cuban-Americans