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{{Short description|None}} This is a list of notable '''[[Cubans]]''', ordered alphabetically by first name within each category. ==Additional lists== For Cuban-Americans please see [[List of Cuban Americans]] ==Art and entertainment== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> ===Actors=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> {{colbegin|colwidth=25em}} *[[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)|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)|William Levy]], actor *[[Nobel Vega]], actor, "Tio Nobel" {{colend}} ===Architects=== {{See main|List of Cuban architects}} === Artists, photographers and fashion designers === <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. --> {{Main|List of Cuban artists}} {{Further|List of Cuban painters}} *[[Agustín Cárdenas]], sculptor *[[Alberto Korda]], photographer *[[Alexandre Arrechea]], painter, sculptor *[[Amelia Peláez]], painter *[[Baruj Salinas]], painter *[[Carlos Enríquez Gómez|Carlos Enríquez]], painter *[[Fidelio Ponce de León]], painter *[[Herman Puig]] (born German Puig Paredes), photographer *[[Humberto Jesús Castro García]], painter *[[José Bernal (artist)|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|Lourdes Gomez Franca]], painter *[[Luis Castaneda]], photographer *[[Mario Perez (artist)|Mario Perez]], painter *[[Miguel Fleitas]], painter, photographer *[[Miguel Rodez]], painter, sculptor *[[Pedro Álvarez Castelló]], painter *[[Rafael Consuegra]], sculptor *[[Raúl Corrales]], photographer *[[Raúl Martínez (artist)|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=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> {{Main|List of Cuban writers}} {{Further|Cuban literature}} *[[Alejo Carpentier]],<ref name="Bloom">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |pages=559–560}}</ref> 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]],<ref name="Bloom" /> author *[[Heberto Padilla]], poet *[[Héctor Zumbado]], writer, journalist, humorist, critic *[[José Ignacio Rivero]], author and journalist *[[Antonio Rodríguez Salvador]], poet, author *[[José Lezama Lima]],<ref name="Bloom" /> 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]],<ref name="Bloom" /> poet *[[Norberto Fuentes]], author *[[Pedro Juan Gutiérrez]], author, poet, painter *[[Pedro Luis Boitel]], poet *[[Raúl Rivero]], poet and journalist *[[Reinaldo Arenas]],<ref name="Bloom" /> author *[[Severo Sarduy]],<ref name="Bloom" /> poet *[[Virgilio Piñera]], author, playwright, poet, short-story writer and essayist *[[Zoé Valdés]], author *[[Cirilo Villaverde]] ===Composers=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> *[[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 (group)|Menudo]] and [[MDO (band)|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=== * [[José Raúl Capablanca]], chess world champion, grandmaster considered "the Mozart of Chess" * [[Juan Corzo]], chess * [[Lázaro Bruzón]], chess grandmaster * [[María Teresa Mora]] ===Musicians=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> {{colbegin|colwidth=25em}} *[[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)|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 Burke|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)|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)|Pitbull]], rapper *[[Raul Paz]], singer *[[Rey Ruiz]], singer *[[Rita Montaner]], singer *[[Roberto Faz]], singer, conductor *[[Rubén González (pianist)|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 {{colend}} ===Film directors=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> {{Further|Cinema of Cuba}} *[[Ernesto Daranas]] *[[Fernando Pérez (director)|Fernando Pérez]] *[[Humberto Padrón]] *[[Jorge Luis Sánchez]] *[[Juan Carlos Cremata]] *[[Juan Padrón]] *[[Miguel Coyula]] *[[Rodrigo García (director)|Rodrigo García]] *[[Santiago Álvarez (filmmaker)|Santiago Álvarez]] *[[Tomás Gutiérrez Alea]] ===Journalists=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> *[[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 (journalist)|Rick Sanchez]] ===Dancers=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> *[[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=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> *[[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== ===Baseball=== {{colbegin|colwidth=25em}} * [[Adeiny Hechavarria]], [[Miami Marlins]] * [[Adolfo Luque]], [[Cincinnati Reds]] * [[Alex Fernandez (baseball)|Alex Fernandez]], [[Chicago White Sox]], [[Florida Marlins]] * [[Alex Sánchez (outfielder)|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 (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] *[[Jasiel Rivero]] (born 1993), basketball player for [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]] * [[Jorge Soler]], [[Chicago Cubs]] * [[José Abreu (first baseman)|José Abreu]], [[Chicago White Sox]] * [[José Canseco]], [[Oakland Athletics]] * [[José Cardenal]], [[San Francisco Giants]] * [[José Contreras]], [[Chicago White Sox]] * [[José Fernández (right-handed pitcher)|José Fernández]], [[Miami Marlins]] * [[José Iglesias (baseball)|José Iglesias]], [[Detroit Tigers]] * [[José Méndez]], [[Kansas City Monarchs]], Baseball Hall of Fame * [[José Rodríguez (infielder, born 1894)|José Rodríguez]], [[New York Giants (NL)|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 Rojas|Octavio "Cookie" Rojas]], [[Cincinnati Reds]] * [[Omar Linares]], [[Pinar del Río Vegueros]], [[Cuba national baseball team|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 (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] * [[Preston Gómez]], [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] * [[Rafael Palmeiro]], [[Baltimore Orioles]] * [[Ray Noble (baseball)|Ray Noble]], [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] * [[René Arocha]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]] * [[René Monteagudo]], [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] * [[Rey Ordóñez]], [[New York Mets]] * [[Bobby Estalella (outfielder)|Roberto "Bobby" Estalella]], [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] * [[Rolando Arrojo]], [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]] * [[Sandy Amorós]], [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] * [[Tony Fossas]], [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] * [[Tony González (baseball)|Tony González]], [[Cincinnati Reds]] * [[Tony Oliva]], [[Minnesota Twins]] * [[Tony Pérez]], [[Cincinnati Reds]] * [[Tony Taylor (baseball)|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 {{mlby|1965}} * [[Alexei Ramírez]], [[Chicago White Sox]] * [[Yunel Escobar]], [[Washington Nationals]] {{colend}} ===Boxing=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> * [[Adolfo Horta]], featherweight Olympic boxer * [[Ariel Hernández (boxer)|Ariel Hernández]], Middleweight Olympic boxer * [[Armando Martínez (boxer)|Armando Martínez]], light middle-weight Olympic boxer * [[Benny Paret]], boxer * [[Eliseo Castillo]], boxer * [[Félix Savón]], Olympic boxer * [[Florentino Fernández (boxer)|Florentino Fernández]], boxer * [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz]], amateur boxer * [[Joel Casamayor]], boxer * [[Jorge Rubio (boxing trainer)|Jorge Rubio]], boxing trainer * [[José Nápoles]], boxer * [[Kid Charol]], boxer * [[Kid Chocolate]], boxer * [[Kid Gavilán]], boxer * [[Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros]], Olympic welterweight boxer * [[Luis Manuel Rodríguez]], boxer * [[Mario César Kindelán Mesa]], Olympic gold medal-winning boxer * [[Raúl González (boxer)|Raúl González]], boxer * [[Roberto Balado]], Olympic super heavyweight boxer * [[Sugar Ramos]], world champion boxer * [[Teófilo Stevenson]], amateur boxer * [[Yan Bartelemí]], light flyweight gold medal-winning boxer * [[Yanqui Díaz]], boxer * [[Yudel Johnson Cedeno]] light-welterweight Olympic boxer * [[Yuriorkis Gamboa]], flyweight Olympic gold medal-winning boxer ===Athletes=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> {{colbegin|colwidth=25em}} * [[Alberto Juantorena]], track * [[Aliecer Urrutia]], triple jump * [[Ana Fidelia Quirot]], 800m * [[Anier García]], hurdler * [[Dayron Robles]], hurdling athlete * [[Emeterio González]], javelin thrower * [[Héctor Herrera (runner)|Héctor Herrera]], sprinter * [[Ioamnet Quintero]], high jumper * [[Iván García (athlete)|Iván García]], sprinter * [[Iván Pedroso]], long jump * [[Javier Sotomayor]], track and field record setter * [[Joel Isasi]], sprinter * [[Joel Lamela]], sprinter * [[Jorge Aguilera]], sprinter * [[Lázaro Martínez (sprinter)|Lázaro Martínez]], sprinter * [[Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda]], sprinter * [[Osleidys Menéndez]], javelin * [[Roberto Hernández (athlete)|Roberto Hernández]] * [[Roberto Moya]], discus throw * [[Víctor Moya]], high jumper * [[Yargelis Savigne]], jump * [[Yarisley Silva]], pole vaulter * [[Yipsi Moreno]], hammer thrower * [[Yoandri Betanzos]], triple jump * [[Yoel García]], triple jumper * [[Yoel Hernández (athlete)|Yoel Hernández]], hurdler * [[Yudelkis Fernández]], long jumper * [[Yunaika Crawford]], hammer thrower * [[Yuniel Hernández]], hurdler {{colend}} ===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=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> * [[Deborah Andollo]], holds world records in free diving * [[Alberto Delgado Pérez|Alberto Delgado]], soccer * [[Ivan Dominguez]], two time gold medalist in the [[Pan American Games]] and Cuban national champion in cycling * [[Héctor Socorro]], [[Football (soccer)|footballer]] * [[Ibrahim Rojas]], flatwater canoer * [[Juan Tuñas]], former Cuban footballer * [[Manrique Larduet]], gymnast * [[Rey Ángel Martínez]], soccer * [[Tomás Fernández (footballer, born 1915)|Tomás Fernández]], footballer in the 1938 World Cup * [[Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz]], Olympic silver medallist in Taekwondo * [[Maykel Galindo]], soccer * [[Jorge Sánchez Salgado]], volleyball player * [[Mijaín López]], Greco-Roman wrestler ==Politics== [[File:JoseMarti.jpeg|thumb|100px|right|[[Poet]] and writer [[José Martí]]]] ===Current=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> *[[Abelardo Colomé Ibarra]], vice president of the [[Council of State of Cuba]] *[[Alfonso Fraga-Perez]], diplomat, Secretary General of the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa & Latin America ([[OSPAAAL]]), former Head of [[Cuban Interests Section]] *[[Carlos Lage Dávila]], former executive Secretary of the [[Council of Ministers of Cuba]] *[[Felipe Pérez Roque]], former Cuban government minister *[[Fidel Castro]], previous First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Cuba]] *[[José Luis Rodríguez García]], [[Council of ministers of Cuba|Cuban government minister]] *[[José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera]], current Minister for Health in Cuba *[[Juan Almeida Bosque]], third ranking member of the [[Cuban Council of State]] *[[Luis Posada Carriles]], Cuban paramilitary leader, accused terrorist *[[Mariela Castro]], director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education and daughter of Raúl Castro *[[Oscar Elías Biscet]], physician and dissident and founder of the [[Lawton Foundation]], currently jailed *[[Oswaldo Payá]], founder of [[Proyecto Varela]] *[[Raúl Castro]], current [[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba]] *[[Liaena Hernandez Martínez]], youngest member of the Cuban National Assembly *[[Roberto Fernández Retamar]], President of the [[Casa de las Américas]] *[[Ricardo Alarcón]], President of the Cuban National Assembly *[[Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín]], former Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment *[[Pedro Pablo Prada Quintero]], diplomat *[[Juan Valdés Figueroa]], diplomat ===Historical=== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> * [[Abel Santamaría]], Cuban revolutionary * [[Alcibiades Hidalgo]], former ambassador to the UN * [[Ana Betancourt]], first to campaign for equal rights for Cuban women, in 1868 during the [[Ten Years' War]] * [[Andrés Rivero Agüero]], Cuba's prime minister from March 1957 to March 1958 * [[Anselmo Alliegro]], acting president of Cuba for one day (1–2 January 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country * [[Antonio Guiteras]], politician and revolutionary * [[Antonio Maceo Grajales|Antonio Maceo]], revolutionary, military strategist * [[Armando Hart Dávalos]], politician and Communist leader * [[Camilo Cienfuegos]], Cuban revolutionary * [[Carlos Hevia]], provisional president of Cuba 1934 * [[Pilar Jorge de Tella]], suffragist * [[Carlos Manuel Piedra]], acting president of Cuba for one day (2 January 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country * [[Carlos Prío Socarrás]], former President of Cuba * [[Celia Sánchez]], Cuban revolutionary and Secretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers * [[Cosme Torres Espinoza]], ambassador to [[Zimbabwe]] * [[Eduardo Chibás]], Cuban politician who used radio to broadcast his political views against Batista's government to the public * [[Federico Laredo Brú]], President of Cuba from 1936 to 1940 * [[Fernando Tarrida del Mármol]], Cuban anarchist * [[Fabio Grobart]], Communist leader * [[Fulgencio Batista]], former Cuban President * [[Frank País]], 20th century revolutionary * [[Gerardo Machado]], Cuban president 1920–33 * [[Gustavo Arcos]], Cuban Revolutionary later became an imprisoned dissident * [[Huber Matos]], Cuban Revolutionary * [[Ignacio Agramonte]], 19th century Cuban revolutionary * [[Jorge Mas Canosa]], founder of the Cuban American National Foundation * [[José Miró Cardona]], President of Cuba in 1959 * [[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 [[Dirección General de Inteligencia|General Intelligence Directorate]] * [[Manuel Urrutia Lleó]], provisional Cuban President January to July 1959 * [[Miguel Mariano Gómez]], President of Cuba for seven months in 1936 * [[Paul Lafargue]], Cuban-born French Communist and son-in-law to [[Karl Marx]] * [[Pedro Pablo Cazañas]], Cuban judge and politician * [[Rafael Diaz-Balart]], Cuban politician and majority leader during presidency of Batista * [[Ramón Grau]], Cuban president for two terms 1933, 1940–44 * [[Saturnino and Mariano Lora]], brothers and 19th century revolutionaries * [[Vilma Espín|Vilma Espín Guillois]], President of the [[Women in Cuba|Cuban Federation of Women]], wife of Raúl Castro * [[Virgilio Paz Romero]], anti-Castro paramilitary ==Religion== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> * [[Alfredo Llaguno-Canals]], former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana * [[Miguel A. De La Torre]], prolific author on Hispanic religiosity * [[Agustin Roman]], retired Auxiliary Bishop of Miami * [[Braulio Orue-Vivanco]], former Bishop of Pinar del Río * [[Eduardo Tomas Boza-Masvidal]], former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana * [[Félix Varela]], [[beatified]] priest, candidate for [[sainthood]] * [[Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino]], Cardinal [[Archbishop]] of [[Havana]] * [[Meyer Rosenbaum (II)|Meyer Rosenbaum]], former rabbi and spiritual leader in Havana ==Royalty and nobility== *[[Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]] *[[Edelmira Ignacia Adriana Sampedro-Robato]], Countess of Covadonga, first wife of [[Alfonso Prince of Asturias]] *[[Marta Ester Rocafort-Altazarra]], second wife of [[Alfonso Prince of Asturias]] ==Military== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> * [[Adolfo Fernández Cavada]], captain in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]] who later served as commander-in-chief of the Cinco Villas during Cuba's Ten Year War * [[Alberto Bayo y Giroud]], Cuban military leader of the defeated left-wing Loyalists in the [[Spanish Civil War]] * [[Antonio Maceo Grajales]], second-in-command of the Cuban army of independence * [[Arnaldo Ochoa]], Cuban general * [[Calixto García]], Cuban soldier in the [[Ten Years' War]] * [[Carlos Manuel de Céspedes]], Cuban general in the war of independence against the Spanish * [[Eliseo Reyes Rodríguez]], Cuban guerrillero * [[Emilio Mola Vidal]] (1887–1937), Nationalist commander during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39); known for coining the phrase "fifth column" * [[Federico Fernández Cavada]], colonel in the Union Army during the [[American Civil War]]; later commander-in-chief of all the Cuban forces during Cuba's Ten Year War * [[Jesús Sosa Blanco]], captain in the Cuban army under Fulgencio Batista * [[José Braulio Alemán]], Cuban general in the [[Spanish–American War]] * [[José Miguel Gómez]], Cuban general in the war of independence against the Spanish * [[Julius Peter Garesché]], lieutenant colonel in the Union Army who served as chief of staff, with the rank of lieutenant colonel to Maj. Gen. [[William S. Rosecrans]] * [[Loreta Janeta Velazquez]], a.k.a. "Lieutenant Harry Buford", Velazquez was a Cuban-born woman who masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War * [[Manuel Artime]], leader of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 * [[Máximo Gómez]], 19th-century leader of Cuban forces in the wars of independence * [[Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz]], chief air force commander and member of [[Operation 40]] * [[Víctor Dreke]], Communist leader and a general in the Revolutionary Armed Forces * [[Tomás Diez Acosta]], revolutionary soldier and historian * [[Víctor Ivo Acuña Velázquez]], military commander * [[Pilar García (brigadier general)|Pilar Garcia]], pre-revolutionary Chief of National Police ==Science== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> *[[Luis Walter Alvarez|Luis Alvarez]], winner of the 1968 [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Physics]], worked on the [[Manhattan Project]] *[[Agustin Walfredo Castellanos]], physician *[[Carlos Finlay|Carlos Juan Finlay]], epidemiologist, proposed the mode of transmission of yellow fever and was instrumental in assisting [[Walter Reed]] with his studies in Cuba *[[Juan Gundlach]], 19th century [[Natural history|naturalist]] and [[taxonomist]] *[[Celia Hart]], Cuban physicist *[[Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez]], first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. to travel to space *[[Hilda Molina]], former chief neurosurgeon in Cuba *[[Felipe Poey]], zoologist ==Other categories== <!-- Note to editors: If the subject is Cuban-American please edit List of Cuban Americans not here. The subject must also be featured on an individual article on wikipedia before inclusion on this page. --> *[[Sebastian Arcos Bergnes]], human rights activist *[[Rosa Castellanos]], military nurse *[[Ramón Castro (Cuban revolutionary)|Ramón Castro]], older brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro *[[Mirta Diaz-Balart]], Fidel Castro's first wife *[[Enriqueta García Martín|Enriqueta García y Martín]], prominent Cuban socialite, businesswoman and landowner *[[Delfín Fernández]], high ranking government official, defected to Spain *[[Gregorio Fuentes]], Cuban nautical captain *[[Elián González]], boy who came to the US, leading to a custody battle between his American family and his father in Cuba *[[Jose Miguel Battle, Sr.]], former Godfather of the Cuban Mafia *[[Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven]], Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague *Dr. [[Eduardo J. Padrón]], educator and college president *[[Jesús Permuy]], human rights activist, architect, urban planner, community leader *[[Ignacio Jose Urrutia|Ignacio José Urrutia]] (born 1730), historian *[[Nitza Villapol]], Cuban chef ==Non-resident Cubans== *{{flagicon|USA}} [[List of Cuban-Americans]] *{{flagicon|MEX}} [[:Category:Mexican people of Cuban descent|List of Cuban-Mexicans]] *{{flagicon|UK}} [[Dane Bowers]] *{{flagicon|UK}} [[Guillermo Cabrera Infante]] *{{flagicon|UK}} [[Yat-Sen Chang]] *{{flagicon|UK}} [[Sienna Guillory]] *{{flagicon|UK}} [[William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester|William Montagu (Yznaga)]]{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} *{{flagicon|UK}} [[Consuelo Yznaga]]<ref>{{cite news|title=LORD MANDEVILLE'S WEDDING.; |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1876/05/23/archives/lord-mandevilles-wedding-a-brilliant-affair-at-grace-church-lord.html|access-date=12 July 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=23 May 1876 }}, Retrieved 5 December 2012.</ref> *{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Taismary Agüero]] *{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mirka Francia]] *{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Libania Grenot]] *{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Magdelín Martínez]] *{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Alex Cabrera]] *{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Majandra Delfino]] *{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Viviana Gibelli]] *{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Arturo Miranda]] *{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Eduardo Sebrango]] *{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Bárbara Bermudo]] *{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Mike Lowell]] *{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Carlos Ponce]] *{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Rita Marley]] *{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Ziggy Marley]] *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Lenny Martinez (musician)|Lenny Martinez]] *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mariane Pearl]] *{{flagicon|Guatemala}} [[Oscar Isaac]] == References == {{Reflist}} ==See also== {{Portal|Cuba}} *[[List of people by nationality]] {{Cuba topics}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cubans}} [[Category:Lists of Cuban people|*]]
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