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This is a '''list of famous [[Cuba]]ns''':

This is a list of notable '''[[Cubans]]''', ordered alphabetically by first name within each category.

==Art==

*[[Xavier Cortada]], painter

==Additional lists==

For Cuban-Americans please see [[List of Cuban Americans]]

==Art and entertainment==

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===Actors===

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*[[Anabelle Acosta]], actress

*[[Ana de Armas]], actress

*[[Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado]], actress and singer

*[[Andy García]], 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"

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===Architects===

{{See main|List of Cuban architects}}

=== Artists, photographers and fashion designers ===

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{{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===

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{{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]]

==Entertainment=Composers===

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*[[Albita]] singer

*[[Alejandro García Caturla]], symphonic composer

*[[Alicia Alonso]] prima ballerina

*[[Mariá Álvarez Rios]], composer

*[[Maria Conchita Alonso]] Cuban born, [[Venezuela|Venezuelan]] nationalized actress

* [[Aurelio de la Vega]], composer, lecturer, essayist and poet

*[[Emilio Aragón]] "[[Miliki]]" clown

*[[Antonio María Romeu]], composer

*[[Desi Arnaz]] actor, [[Hollywood]] star, husband of [[Lucille Ball]]

*[[Arsenio Rodríguez]], developer of the rumba

*[[Desi Arnaz Jr.]] [[United States|American]] born actor, half-Cuban

*[[Didier Hernández]], singer, composer; former member of [[Menudo (group)|Menudo]] and [[MDO (band)|MDO]]

*[[Lucy Arnaz]], actress

*[[Ernesto Lecuona]], often regarded as the greatest Cuban composer

*[[Steven Bauer]] Hollywood star

*[[Esteban Salas y Castro]], 18th century Cuban baroque composer

*[[Jorge Bolet]], concert pianist

*[[Gonzalo Roig]], often regarded as one of the greatest composers of Cuba, "Quiere me mucho"/ Cecilia Valdez

*[[Jorge Castillo]], Cuban born, Mariel boatlift, TV and Internet personality

*[[Ignacio Cervantes]], Chopinesque piano composer

*[[Celia Cruz]] singer

*[[José White Lafitte]], violinist and composer

*[[Xavier Cugat]] musician

*[[Leo Brouwer]], guitarist and composer

*[[Raul De Molina]] paparazzo, television gossiper

*[[Yalil Guerra]], composer

*[[Cameron Diaz]] Hollywood star, half Cuban

*[[Amadeo Roldán]], composer and violinist

*[[Emilio Estefan]] producer

*[[Dámaso Pérez Prado]], developer of the mambo

*[[Gloria Estefan]] singer

*[[Armando Rodriguez-Gonzalez]], composer

*[[Lily Estefan]] model, show host, cousin of Emilio Estefan

*[[Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer]], composer

*[[Cesar Evora]] actor

*[[René Touzet]], composer, bandleader and pianist

*[[Daisy Fuentes]] model, show host

*[[Flores Chaviano]], guitarist and composer

*[[Mario Ernesto Sanchez]] actor, founder of Teatro Avante

*[[Danilo Avilés]], composer

*[[Francisco Gattorno]] Cuban born, [[Mexico|Mexican]] nationalized actor

*[[AndyMagaly GarciaRuiz]], actorcomposer

*[[José Ardévol]], composer

*[[Odalys Garcia]] singer and show host

*[[Harold Gramatges]], composer

*[[Alvarez Guedes]] comedian and author

*[[OlgaCarlos GuillotFariñas]], singercomposer

*[[HoracioRoberto GutierrezValera]], concert pianistcomposer

*[[Julián Orbón]], composer

*[[Fabiola Herrera]], Filmmaker, writer, director

*[[Margarita Lecuona]], singer and composer

*[[Henry LaFont]] comedian, famous in [[Puerto Rico]]

*[[Maria Laria]] [[Puerto Rican]] born talk show host of Cuban parents.

===Chess===

*[[Ernesto Lecuona]], composer and songwriter

* [[José Raúl Capablanca]], chess world champion, grandmaster considered "the Mozart of Chess"

*[[Carlos Leon]] former husband of [[Madonna (singer)|Madonna]]

* [[Juan Corzo]], chess

*[[Niurka Marcos]], Cuban born, Mexican nationalized actress

* [[Lázaro Bruzón]], chess grandmaster

*[[Raul Musibay]], [[Food Network]] Chef, Internet Entrepreneur, Author

* [[María Teresa Mora]]

*[[Martita]] coffee maker who got hired to serve coffee at [[Univision]] and began appearing regularly on Univision's tv shows, ultimately even writing her own biographical book.

*[[Manuel Membrillo]] comedian

===Musicians===

*[[Beny Moré]] musician

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*[[Ana Maria Polo]], United States television judge

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*[[Carlos Ponce]] Puerto Rican born singer, parents are from Cuba.

*[[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

*[[Victor Rivers]], actor

*[[Celia Cruz]], singer

*[[Santiago Rodriguez]], concert pianist

*[[Celina González]], singer-songwriter

*[[Samy]] hair stylist and [[Television|television]] entrepreneur

*[[MongoCesar Santamaria"Pupy" Pedroso]], Jazzpianist, musician

*[[Chanel Terrero]], singer

*[[Cristina Saralegui]] magazine editor, talk show host and actress

*[[JonChristina SecadaMilian]], singer

*[[Chucho Valdés]], pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger

*[[Compay Segundo]] of the Buena Vista Social Club

*[[Compay Segundo]], musician, songwriter

*[[Jamie Lynn Sigler]] American born actress and singer, half-Cuban

*[[Conchita Espinosa]], pianist, teacher

*[[Sissy]] model

*[[Cuban Link]], rapper

*[[Pedro Zamora]] [[AIDS]] activist, was in ''[[The Real World]]''

*[[Cubanito 20.02]], hip-hop band

*[[Mauricio Zeilic]] television gossiper

*[[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

*[[Yamila Guerra]], singer, actress, and dancer

*[[Yalil Guerra]], producer, musician, composer

*[[Yotuel Romero]], rapper

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===Film directors===

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{{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]]

==Sports=Journalists===

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*[[Bert Campaneris]] [[Baseball|baseball]] player

*[[Calixto Martínez]]

*[[Jose Canseco]] baseball player

*[[German Pinelli]]

*[[Joel Casamayor]] world champion boxer

*[[Héctor Zumbado]], writer, journalist, humorist, and critic

*[[Jose Raul Capablanca]] world champion [[Chess|chess]] player

*[[Idania Martínez Grandales]], broadcaster, journalist and academic, and professor

*[[Kid Chocolate]] world [[Boxing|boxing]] champion

*[[Nicolás Guillén]]

*[[Martin Dihigo]] baseball player

*[[Oscar Espinosa Chepe]]

*[[Mary Joe Fernandez]] tennis player

*[[Pablo de la Torriente Brau]]

*[[Kid Gavilan]] world boxing champion

*[[Raúl Rivero]]

*[[Andres Guilbert]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[basketball]] player

*[[Rick Sanchez (journalist)|Rick Sanchez]]

*[[Juan Hernandez (boxer)|Juan Hernandez]] amateur boxer

*[[Livan Hernandez]] baseball player

===Dancers===

*[[Orlando Hernandez]] baseball player, Livan's brother

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*[[Alberto Juantorena]] track and field

*[[Alicia Alonso]], Prima Ballerina Assoluta, director of the Cuban National Ballet (Ballet Nacional de Cuba)

*[[Jose Legra]] Cuban born, [[Spain|Spaniard]] nationalized world champion boxer

*[[Carlos Acosta]], dancer

*[[Minnie Minoso]] baseball player

*[[Sadaise Arencibia]], star dancer with the Cuban National Ballet

*[[Jose Napoles|Jose Mantequilla Napoles]] Cuban born, Mexican nationalized world champion boxer

*[[Fernando Bujones]], dancer

*[[Tony Oliva]] baseball player and three time batting champion

*[[Jose Manuel Carreño]], [[American Ballet Theatre]] principal dancer

*[[Rafael Palmeiro]] baseball player

*[[Lydia Diaz Cruz]], prima ballerina

*''[[Benny Paret|Benny Kid Paret]]'' world boxing champion who had tragic end

*[[Miguel Campaneria]], ballet dancer, currently artistic director of the [[National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico]]

*[[Tony Perez]] baseball player

*[[Vida Guerra]], video dancer

*[[Sugar Ramos]] Cuban born, Mexican nationalized world champion boxer

*[[Yat-Sen Chang]], principal dancer, [[English National Ballet]]

*[[Félix Savón]] amateur boxer

*[[Javier Sotomayor]] track and field record setter

===Other entertainment===

*[[Teofilo Stevenson]] amateur boxer

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*[[Zoilo Versalles]] baseball player and first Latino major league MVP 1965

*[[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===

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* [[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]]

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===Boxing===

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* [[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===

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* [[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

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===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===

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* [[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]]]]

*[[Fulgencio Batista]]

*[[Fidel Castro]]

===Current===

*[[Raúl Castro]] (brother of Fidel)

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*[[Luis A. Ferré]] [[Puerto Rico]] governor, half Cuban, by father's side

*[[Abelardo Colomé Ibarra]], vice president of the [[Council of State of Cuba]]

*[[Justo González]], historian and theologian

*[[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]]

*[[Fernando González]], one of the [[Five Cuban Heroes]]

*[[RenéCarlos GonzálezLage Dávila]], oneformer executive Secretary of the [[FiveCouncil Cubanof Ministers of HeroesCuba]]

*[[Felipe Pérez Roque]], former Cuban government minister

*[[Antonio Guerrero]], one of the [[Five Cuban Heroes]]

*[[GerardoFidel HernándezCastro]], oneprevious First Secretary of the [[FiveCommunist CubanParty of HeroesCuba]]

*[[RamónJosé LabañinoLuis Rodríguez García]], one[[Council of theministers [[Fiveof Cuba|Cuban Heroesgovernment minister]]

*[[José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera]], current Minister for Health in Cuba

*[[Paul Lafargue]] Cuban-born French Communist and son-in-law to [[Karl Marx]].

*[[Juan Almeida Bosque]], third ranking member of the [[Cuban Council of State]]

*[[José Martí]]

*[[Luis Posada Carriles]], Cuban paramilitary leader, accused terrorist

*[[Jorge Mas Canosa]] Founder of Cuban American National Foundation

*[[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===

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* [[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==

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* [[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==

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* [[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==

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*[[Carlos Juan Finlay]] yellow fever vaccine

*[[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==

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*[[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}}

==WritersSee also==

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*[[Alejo Carpentier]]

*[[List of people by nationality]]

*[[Delia Fiallo]] writer of novels, many of which have been turned into [[Telenovela|Spanish-language soap operas]]

*[[Juan Hernandez]] author, playwright (''Cuban, That's All!'', a comic series of monologues about the Cuban exile experience)

*José Martí

*[[Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda]] Author, poet, playwright (controversial novel entitled "Sab")

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==Other Categories==

*[[Elián González]] refugee and subject of legal dispute

*[[Gregorio Fuentes]] Hemingway's captain and fellow [[Lost Generation]] figure, inspiration for ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]''

See also: [[List of people by nationality]]

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