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República de Cuba

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

Art and entertainment

Actors

María Conchita Alonso, actress
Desi Arnaz, actor
Renny Arozarena, actor
Manela Bustamante, actress
Emiliano Díez, actor
Raúl Esparza, actor
César Évora, actor
Francisco Gattorno, actor
Velia Martínez, actress and singer
Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado, actress and singer
Eva Mendes, actress
Daisy Fuentes, actress
Julio Oscar Mechoso, actor
Enrique Molina, actor
Luis Oquendo, actor
Mario Ernesto Sánchez, actor and founder of Teatro Avante
Steven Bauer, actor
Andy García, actor

Artists, photographers and fashion designers

Main article: List of Cuban artists

Further information: List of Cuban painters

Armando García Menocal, painter
Agustin Cárdenas, sculptor
Alberto Korda, photographer
Alexandre Arrechea, painter, sculptor
Amelia Peláez, painter
Carlos Enriquez, painter
Fidelio Ponce de León, painter
Humberto Jesús Castro García, painter
José Bernal, painter
José Vilalta Saavedra, sculptor
Juan José Sicre, sculptor
Juan T. Vazquez Martin, painter
Mario Perez, painter
Pedro Álvarez Castelló, painter
Raúl Corrales, photographer
Raúl Martínez, pop artist, painter
Rene Mederos, poster artist and graphic designer
René Portocarrero, painter
Servando Cabrera Moreno, painter
Tomas Sanchez, painter
Victor Manuel, painter
Waldo Diaz-Balart, painter
Wifredo Lam, painter

Authors and poets

Main article: List of Cuban writers

Further information: Cuban literature

Antonio Benitez-Rojo author.
Daína Chaviano, author.
Carilda Oliver Labra, poet.
Dulce María Loynaz, author.
Edmundo Desnoes, author.
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, author, poet.
Gilda Antonia Guillen, writer, poet, political activist.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, author.
Heberto Padilla, poet.
Héctor Zumbado, writer, journalist, humorist, critic.
José Ignacio Rivero, author and journalist.
José Lezama Lima, author, poet.
José María Heredia y Campuzano, poet.
José Martí, author, poet, journalist.
Julián del Casal, 19th century poet.
Leonardo Padura Fuentes, novelist, 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, 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 García Caturla, symphonic composer
Antonio María Romeu, composer
Arsenio Rodríguez developer of the rumba
Didier Hernández, singer composer
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
Rene Touzet, composer, bandleader and pianist
Adolfo Guzmán, composer, orchestra director, pianist

Musicians

Aida Diestro, pianist, arranger
Alba Marina, opera singer
Albita, singer
Alfredo de la Fé, musician
Alina Sanchez, opera singer
Adalberto Álvarez, pianist, director, composer
Ana Cristina, singer, actress, composer
Ángel Reyes, violinist
Armando Peraza, percussionist
Alberto Corrales, flautist, director, arranger, composer
Arturo Sandoval, trumpeter
Arsenio Rodriguez, composer
Beny Moré, singer, songwriter, conductor, arranger
Bola de Nieve, singer, pianist
Cándido Fabré, musician, songwriter, singer
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
Daniel René, singer, songwriter, producer
Dave Lombardo, drummer
David Calzado, musician
Didier Hernández, singer, songwriter
Don Dinero, rapper
Donato Poveda, singer, songwriter
Elvis Manuel, reggaeton singer
Elena Burke, singer
El Medico, timba musician
Eliades Ochoa, guitarist and singer
Emilio Estefan producer, composer
Ernesto Lecuona, pianist, composer
Esther Valdés, opera singer
Esther Borja, singer
Eusebio Delfín, singer
Carmen Collado, choir conductor
Francisco Aguabella, percussionist
German Nogueira Gomez, songwriter, composer, producer
Gilberto Velazquez, salsa singer, composer
Gloria Estefan, singer, composer
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, pianist
Guillermo Portabales, singer, songwriter
Horacio Gutiérrez, concert pianist
Hubert de Blanck, pianist, composer
Ignacio Piñeiro, composer
Ibrahim Ferrer, musician
Issac Delgado, singer
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 Remolá, opera singer
María Teresa Vera, composer, guitarist, singer
Mayra Verónica, singer
Manolito Simonet, musician
Miguel Matamoros, singer, composer
Mike Porcel, composer, singer
Moisés Valle, musician
Moisés Simmons, composer
Mongo Santamaría, jazz musician
Moraima Secada, singer
Nelson Martinez, baritone
Ñico Membiela, singer
Ñico Saquito, composer, singer
Olga Guillot, singer
Omara Portuondo, singer
Orlando "Cachaito" López, bassist
Pablo Milanés, singer, songwriter
Pedro Luis Ferrer, singer, songwriter
Pío Leyva, singer
Equis Alfonso, singer, composer, rapper
Pitbull, rapper
Raul Paz, singer
Rey Ruiz, singer
Rita Montaner, singer
Roberto Faz, singer, conductor
Rosita Fornés, singer,
Rubén González, pianist
Rudy Perez, songwriter, producer, singer
Rudy Sarzo, rock bassist
Santiago Rodríguez, pianist
Sen Dog, rapper
Silvio Rodríguez, singer, songwriter
Tico Torres, drummer, percussionist
Vicentico Valdés, singer
Willy Chirino, singer, songwriter
Voltaire (musician), musician
Xavier Cugat, musician
Yamila Guerra, singer
Yalil Guerra, producer, musician, composer
Yotuel Romero, rapper
Zeyda Ruga Suzuki, concert pianist
Harold Lopez Nussa, jazz pianist

Film directors

Further information: Cinema of Cuba

Journalists

Oscar Espinosa Chepe
Nicolás Guillén
Raúl Rivero
Pablo de la Torriente Brau
German Pinelli
Rick Sanchez
Héctor Zumbado, writer, journalist, humorist, and critic.

Dancers

Alicia Alonso, Prima Ballerina Assoluta, director of the Cuban National Ballet (Ballet Nacional de Cuba)
Carlos Acosta, dancer
Fernando Bujones, 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
Vida Guerra, video dancer
Yat-Sen Chang, principal dancer, English National Ballet

Other entertainment

Alvarez Guedes, comedian and author
Ana María Polo, television personality and lawyer
A Pair of Nuts: The Comedy Duo comedians and actors
Cachita, television personality
Cristina Saralegui, magazine editor, talk show host (Cristina) and actress
Vida Guerra, model/actress
Lili Estefan, television personality and former model
Martita, television personality
Mauricio Zeilic, television personality
Mayra Verónica, model
Nelson Ascencio, comedian (Madtv)
Raúl De Molina, television personality
Raúl Musibay, Food Network chef and author
Rosaura Andreu, children's television entertainer
Sissi, model

Sport

Baseball

Adolfo Luque, Cincinnati Reds
Alex Fernandez, Chicago White Sox, Florida Marlins
Alex Sánchez
Ariel Pestano, Cuba national baseball team
Ariel Prieto, Oakland Athletics
Aurelio Monteagudo, Kansas City Athletics
Barbaro Canizares, Atlanta Braves
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
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, Kansas City Royals
Zoilo Versalles, Minnesota Twins, first Latin American Major League MVP in 1965.
Alexei Ramírez, Chicago White Sox
Yunel Escobar, Atlanta Braves

Boxing

Adolfo Horta, Featherweight Olympic boxer
Ariel Hernández, Middleweight Olympic boxer
Armando "El Polaquito" López, lightweight 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 Napoles, boxer
Juan "Baby Face" Medina, featherweight boxer
Kid Charol, boxer
Elpidio Pizarro, heavyweight boxer
Kid Chocolate, boxer
Kid Gavilan, 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 gold medal winning boxer
Yanqui Díaz, boxer
Yudel Johnson Cedeno Light-Welterweight Olympic Boxer
Yuriorkis Gamboa Flyweight olympic gold medal winning boxer

Athletics

Aldo Arencibia, cyclist, gold medalist
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
Lazaro Martínez, sprinter
Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, sprinter
Osleidys Menéndez, javelin
Roberto Hernández (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

Swimming

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

Other

Deborah Andollo, Holds world-records in Free Diving.
Alberto Delgado, soccer
Ivan Dominguez, two time gold medalist in the Pan American Games and Cuban national champion in cycling
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
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

Politics

Poet and writer, José Martí.

Current

Abelardo Colomé Ibarra vice president of the Council of State of Cuba
Alfonso Fraga-Perez, diplomat, Secretary General of the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa & Latin America (OSPAAAL), former Head of Cuban Interests Section
Carlos Lage Dávila former executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Cuba
Felipe Pérez Roque former Cuban government minister
Fidel Castro, previous 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 President of the Council of State of Cuba
Liaena Hernandez Martínez, youngest member of the Cuban National Assembly
Roberto Fernández Retamar President of the Casa de las Américas
Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada President of the Cuban National Assembly
Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín former 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 (1-2 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

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 Rio
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

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

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."
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
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
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

Ramón Castro, older brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro
Mirta Diaz-Balart, Fidel Castro's first wife
Delfín Fernández, High ranking in government, 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
Ignacio José Urrutia, Historian born in 1730
Nitza Villapol, Cuban chef

List of Cubans

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