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This is a list of famous Cubans:
Art
- Xavier Cortada, painter
- Wifredo Lam, painter
Entertainment
- Albita singer
- Alicia Alonso prima ballerina
- Maria Conchita Alonso Cuban born, Venezuelan nationalized actress
- Emilio Aragón "Miliki" clown
- Desi Arnaz actor, Hollywood star, husband of Lucille Ball
- Desi Arnaz Jr. American born actor, half-Cuban
- Lucy Arnaz, actress
- Steven Bauer Hollywood star
- Jorge Bolet, concert pianist
- Jorge Castillo, Cuban born, Mariel boatlift, TV and Internet personality
- Celia Cruz singer
- Xavier Cugat musician
- Raul De Molina paparazzo, television gossiper
- Cameron Diaz Hollywood star, half Cuban
- Emilio Estefan producer
- Gloria Estefan singer
- Lily Estefan model, show host, cousin of Emilio Estefan
- Cesar Evora actor
- Daisy Fuentes model, show host
- Mario Ernesto Sanchez actor, founder of Teatro Avante
- Francisco Gattorno Cuban born, Mexican nationalized actor
- Andy Garcia actor
- Odalys Garcia singer and show host
- Alvarez Guedes comedian and author
- Olga Guillot singer
- Horacio Gutierrez, concert pianist
- Fabiola Herrera, Filmmaker, writer, director
- Henry LaFont comedian, famous in Puerto Rico
- Maria Laria Puerto Rican born talk show host of Cuban parents.
- Ernesto Lecuona, composer and songwriter
- Carlos Leon former husband of Madonna
- Niurka Marcos, Cuban born, Mexican nationalized actress
- Raul Musibay, Food Network Chef, Internet Entrepreneur, Author
- 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
- Beny Moré musician
- Ana Maria Polo, United States television judge
- Carlos Ponce Puerto Rican born singer, parents are from Cuba.
- Carlos Manuel Pruneda, singer
- Victor Rivers, actor
- Santiago Rodriguez, concert pianist
- Samy hair stylist and television entrepreneur
- Mongo Santamaria Jazz musician
- Cristina Saralegui magazine editor, talk show host and actress
- Jon Secada singer
- Compay Segundo of the Buena Vista Social Club
- Jamie Lynn Sigler American born actress and singer, half-Cuban
- Sissy model
- Pedro Zamora AIDS activist, was in The Real World
- Mauricio Zeilic television gossiper
Sports
- Bert Campaneris baseball player
- Jose Canseco baseball player
- Joel Casamayor world champion boxer
- Jose Raul Capablanca world champion chess player
- Kid Chocolate world boxing champion
- Martin Dihigo baseball player
- Mary Joe Fernandez tennis player
- Kid Gavilan world boxing champion
- Andres Guilbert, NBA basketball player
- Juan Hernandez amateur boxer
- Livan Hernandez baseball player
- Orlando Hernandez baseball player, Livan's brother
- Alberto Juantorena track and field
- Jose Legra Cuban born, Spaniard nationalized world champion boxer
- Minnie Minoso baseball player
- Jose Mantequilla Napoles Cuban born, Mexican nationalized world champion boxer
- Tony Oliva baseball player and three time batting champion
- Rafael Palmeiro baseball player
- Benny Kid Paret world boxing champion who had tragic end
- Tony Perez baseball player
- Sugar Ramos Cuban born, Mexican nationalized world champion boxer
- Félix Savón amateur boxer
- Javier Sotomayor track and field record setter
- Teofilo Stevenson amateur boxer
- Zoilo Versalles baseball player and first Latino major league MVP 1965
Politics
- Fulgencio Batista
- Fidel Castro
- Raúl Castro (brother of Fidel)
- Luis A. Ferré Puerto Rico governor, half Cuban, by father's side
- Justo González, historian and theologian
- Fernando González, one of the Five Cuban Heroes
- René González, one of the Five Cuban Heroes
- Antonio Guerrero, one of the Five Cuban Heroes
- Gerardo Hernández, one of the Five Cuban Heroes
- Ramón Labañino, one of the Five Cuban Heroes
- Paul Lafargue Cuban-born French Communist and son-in-law to Karl Marx.
- José Martí
- Jorge Mas Canosa Founder of Cuban American National Foundation
Science
- Carlos Juan Finlay yellow fever vaccine
Writers
- Alejo Carpentier
- Delia Fiallo writer of novels, many of which have been turned into 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")
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