List of Cubans

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 == === Actors === === Architects === === Artists, photographers and fashion designers === Agustín Cárdenas (1927–2001), sculptor Alberto Korda (1928–2001), photographer Alexandre Arrechea (born 1970), painter, sculptor Amelia Peláez (1896–1968), painter Baruj Salinas (1935–2024), painter Carlos Enríquez (1900–1957), painter Fidelio Ponce de León (1895–1949), painter Herman Puig (born German Puig Paredes, 1928–2021), photographer Humberto Jesús Castro García (born 1957), painter José Bernal (1925–2010), painter José Vilalta Saavedra (1865–1912), sculptor Josignacio (born 1963), creator of plastic paint medium, contemporary painter Juan José Sicre (1898–1974), sculptor Juan T. Vázquez Martín (1940–2017), painter Lourdes Gomez Franca (1933–2017), painter Luis Castaneda (1945–2022), photographer Mario Perez (born 1943), painter Miguel Fleitas (born 1956), painter, photographer Miguel Rodez (born 1956), painter, sculptor Pedro Álvarez Castelló (1967–2004), painter Rafael Consuegra (1941–2021), sculptor Raúl Corrales (1925–2006), photographer Raúl Martínez (1927–1995), pop artist, painter Rene Mederos (1933–1996), poster artist and graphic designer René Portocarrero (1912–1985), painter Tomas Sanchez (born 1948), painter Victor Manuel (born 1947), painter Waldo Diaz-Balart (1931–2025), painter Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), painter === Authors and poets === Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980), novelist Antonio Benitez-Rojo (1931–2005), author Brígida Agüero (1837–1866), poet Daína Chaviano (born 1957), author Carilda Oliver Labra (1922–2018), poet Domitila García de Coronado (1847–1938), writer and journalist Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997), author Edmundo Desnoes (1930–2023), author Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), author, poet Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929–2005), author Heberto Padilla (1932–2000), poet Héctor Zumbado (1932–2016), writer, journalist, humorist, critic José Ignacio Rivero (1920–2011), author and journalist Antonio Rodríguez Salvador (born 1960), poet, author José Lezama Lima (1910–1976), author, poet Mary Stanley Low (1912–2007), British-Cuban political activist, surrealist poet, artist and Latin teacher José María Heredia y Campuzano (1803–1839), poet José Martí (1853–1895), author, poet, journalist David Masnata y de Quesada (1926–1988), author and historian Julián del Casal (1863–1893), 19th-century poet Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955), novelist, journalist Mariano Brull (1891–1956), author Nancy Morejón (born 1944), author José Gómez-Sicre (1916–1991), art critic and author Nicolás Guillén (1902–1989), poet Norberto Fuentes (born 1943), author Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (born 1950), author, poet, painter Pedro Luis Boitel (1931–1972), poet Raúl Rivero (1945–2021), poet and journalist Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990), author Severo Sarduy (1937–1993), poet Virgilio Piñera (1912–1979), author, playwright, poet, short-story writer and essayist Zoé Valdés (born 1959), author Cirilo Villaverde (1812–1894) === Composers === Alejandro García Caturla (1906–1940), symphonic composer Mariá Álvarez Rios (1919–2010), composer Aurelio de la Vega (1925–2022), composer, lecturer, essayist and poet Antonio María Romeu (1876–1955), composer Arsenio Rodríguez (1911–1970), developer of the rumba Didier Hernández (born 1979), singer, composer; former member of Menudo and MDO Ernesto Lecuona (1896–1963), often regarded as the greatest Cuban composer Esteban Salas y Castro (1725–1803), 18th century Cuban baroque composer Gonzalo Roig (1890–1970), often regarded as one of the greatest composers of Cuba, "Quiere me mucho"/ Cecilia Valdez Ignacio Cervantes (1847–1905), Chopinesque piano composer José White Lafitte (1836–1918), violinist and composer Leo Brouwer (born 1939), guitarist and composer Yalil Guerra (born 1973), composer Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939), composer and violinist Dámaso Pérez Prado (1916–1989), developer of the mambo Armando Rodriguez-Gonzalez (1889–1965), composer Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer (1864–1935), composer René Touzet (1916–2003), composer, bandleader and pianist Flores Chaviano, guitarist and composer Danilo Avilés, composer Magaly Ruiz, composer José Ardévol (1911–1981), composer Harold Gramatges (1918–2008), composer Carlos Fariñas (1934–2002), composer Roberto Valera, composer Julián Orbón (1925–1991), composer Margarita Lecuona (1910–1981), singer and composer === Chess === José Raúl Capablanca (1888–1942), chess world champion, grandmaster considered "the Mozart of Chess" Juan Corzo (1873–1941), chess Lázaro Bruzón (born 1982), chess grandmaster María Teresa Mora (1902–1980) === Musicians === === Film directors === Ernesto Daranas Fernando Pérez Humberto Padrón Jorge Luis Sánchez Juan Carlos Cremata Juan Padrón Miguel Coyula Rodrigo García Santiago Álvarez Tomás Gutiérrez Alea === Journalists === 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 === Dancers === 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 === 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 === === Boxing === Adolfo Horta, featherweight Olympic boxer Ariel Hernández, Middleweight Olympic boxer Armando Martínez, light middle-weight Olympic boxer Benny Paret, boxer Eliseo Castillo, boxer Félix Savón, Olympic boxer Florentino Fernández, boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, amateur boxer Joel Casamayor, boxer 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 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 === === 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 === Volleyball === Wilfredo Leon Osmany Juantorena Yoandry Leal Robertlandy Simon Diego Lapera Leonel Marshall Leonel Marshall Jr Joel Despaigne Raul Diago Alfredo Figueredo Alain Roca Melissa Vargas Regla Torres Magaly Carvajal Mireya Luis Ana Fernández === 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 Héctor Socorro, footballer Ibrahim Rojas, flatwater canoer Juan Tuñas, former Cuban footballer Manrique Larduet, 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 Mijaín López, Greco-Roman wrestler == Politics == === Current === Abelardo Colomé Ibarra, vice president of the Council of State of Cuba Alfonso Fraga-Perez, diplomat, Secretary General of the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa & Latin America (OSPAAAL), former Head of Cuban Interests Section Carlos Lage Dávila, former executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Felipe Pérez Roque, former Cuban government minister Fidel Castro, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 to 2011 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 Raúl Castro Oscar Elías Biscet, physician and dissident and founder of the Lawton Foundation, currently jailed Oswaldo Payá, founder of Proyecto Varela Raúl Castro, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 2011 to 2021 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 Miguel Díaz-Canel, current First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, since 2021 === Historical === 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, revolutionary, military strategist Armando Hart Dávalos, politician and Communist leader Asela de los Santos, Cuban revolutionary, educator and politician 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 General Intelligence Directorate Manuel Urrutia Lleó, provisional Cuban President January to July 1959 María Cabrales, activist, revolutionary and nurse 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 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 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, 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 == 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.

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List of Cubans

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 == === Actors === === Architects === === Artists, photographers and fashion designers === Agustín Cárdenas (1927–2001), sculptor Alberto Korda (1928–2001), photographer Alexandre Arrechea (born 1970), painter, sculptor Amelia Peláez (1896–1968), painter Baruj Salinas (1935–2024), painter Carlos Enríquez (1900–1957), painter Fidelio Ponce de León (1895–1949), painter Herman Puig (born German Puig Paredes, 1928–2021), photographer Humberto Jesús Castro García (born 1957), painter José Bernal (1925–2010), painter José Vilalta Saavedra (1865–1912), sculptor Josignacio (born 1963), creator of plastic paint medium, contemporary painter Juan José Sicre (1898–1974), sculptor Juan T. Vázquez Martín (1940–2017), painter Lourdes Gomez Franca (1933–2017), painter Luis Castaneda (1945–2022), photographer Mario Perez (born 1943), painter Miguel Fleitas (born 1956), painter, photographer Miguel Rodez (born 1956), painter, sculptor Pedro Álvarez Castelló (1967–2004), painter Rafael Consuegra (1941–2021), sculptor Raúl Corrales (1925–2006), photographer Raúl Martínez (1927–1995), pop artist, painter Rene Mederos (1933–1996), poster artist and graphic designer René Portocarrero (1912–1985), painter Tomas Sanchez (born 1948), painter Victor Manuel (born 1947), painter Waldo Diaz-Balart (1931–2025), painter Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), painter === Authors and poets === Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980), novelist Antonio Benitez-Rojo (1931–2005), author Brígida Agüero (1837–1866), poet Daína Chaviano (born 1957), author Carilda Oliver Labra (1922–2018), poet Domitila García de Coronado (1847–1938), writer and journalist Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997), author Edmundo Desnoes (1930–2023), author Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), author, poet Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929–2005), author Heberto Padilla (1932–2000), poet Héctor Zumbado (1932–2016), writer, journalist, humorist, critic José Ignacio Rivero (1920–2011), author and journalist Antonio Rodríguez Salvador (born 1960), poet, author José Lezama Lima (1910–1976), author, poet Mary Stanley Low (1912–2007), British-Cuban political activist, surrealist poet, artist and Latin teacher José María Heredia y Campuzano (1803–1839), poet José Martí (1853–1895), author, poet, journalist David Masnata y de Quesada (1926–1988), author and historian Julián del Casal (1863–1893), 19th-century poet Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955), novelist, journalist Mariano Brull (1891–1956), author Nancy Morejón (born 1944), author José Gómez-Sicre (1916–1991), art critic and author Nicolás Guillén (1902–1989), poet Norberto Fuentes (born 1943), author Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (born 1950), author, poet, painter Pedro Luis Boitel (1931–1972), poet Raúl Rivero (1945–2021), poet and journalist Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990), author Severo Sarduy (1937–1993), poet Virgilio Piñera (1912–1979), author, playwright, poet, short-story writer and essayist Zoé Valdés (born 1959), author Cirilo Villaverde (1812–1894) === Composers === Alejandro García Caturla (1906–1940), symphonic composer Mariá Álvarez Rios (1919–2010), composer Aurelio de la Vega (1925–2022), composer, lecturer, essayist and poet Antonio María Romeu (1876–1955), composer Arsenio Rodríguez (1911–1970), developer of the rumba Didier Hernández (born 1979), singer, composer; former member of Menudo and MDO Ernesto Lecuona (1896–1963), often regarded as the greatest Cuban composer Esteban Salas y Castro (1725–1803), 18th century Cuban baroque composer Gonzalo Roig (1890–1970), often regarded as one of the greatest composers of Cuba, "Quiere me mucho"/ Cecilia Valdez Ignacio Cervantes (1847–1905), Chopinesque piano composer José White Lafitte (1836–1918), violinist and composer Leo Brouwer (born 1939), guitarist and composer Yalil Guerra (born 1973), composer Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939), composer and violinist Dámaso Pérez Prado (1916–1989), developer of the mambo Armando Rodriguez-Gonzalez (1889–1965), composer Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer (1864–1935), composer René Touzet (1916–2003), composer, bandleader and pianist Flores Chaviano, guitarist and composer Danilo Avilés, composer Magaly Ruiz, composer José Ardévol (1911–1981), composer Harold Gramatges (1918–2008), composer Carlos Fariñas (1934–2002), composer Roberto Valera, composer Julián Orbón (1925–1991), composer Margarita Lecuona (1910–1981), singer and composer === Chess === José Raúl Capablanca (1888–1942), chess world champion, grandmaster considered "the Mozart of Chess" Juan Corzo (1873–1941), chess Lázaro Bruzón (born 1982), chess grandmaster María Teresa Mora (1902–1980) === Musicians === === Film directors === Ernesto Daranas Fernando Pérez Humberto Padrón Jorge Luis Sánchez Juan Carlos Cremata Juan Padrón Miguel Coyula Rodrigo García Santiago Álvarez Tomás Gutiérrez Alea === Journalists === 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 === Dancers === 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 === 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 === === Boxing === Adolfo Horta, featherweight Olympic boxer Ariel Hernández, Middleweight Olympic boxer Armando Martínez, light middle-weight Olympic boxer Benny Paret, boxer Eliseo Castillo, boxer Félix Savón, Olympic boxer Florentino Fernández, boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, amateur boxer Joel Casamayor, boxer 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 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 === === 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 === Volleyball === Wilfredo Leon Osmany Juantorena Yoandry Leal Robertlandy Simon Diego Lapera Leonel Marshall Leonel Marshall Jr Joel Despaigne Raul Diago Alfredo Figueredo Alain Roca Melissa Vargas Regla Torres Magaly Carvajal Mireya Luis Ana Fernández === 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 Héctor Socorro, footballer Ibrahim Rojas, flatwater canoer Juan Tuñas, former Cuban footballer Manrique Larduet, 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 Mijaín López, Greco-Roman wrestler == Politics == === Current === Abelardo Colomé Ibarra, vice president of the Council of State of Cuba Alfonso Fraga-Perez, diplomat, Secretary General of the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa & Latin America (OSPAAAL), former Head of Cuban Interests Section Carlos Lage Dávila, former executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Felipe Pérez Roque, former Cuban government minister Fidel Castro, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 to 2011 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 Raúl Castro Oscar Elías Biscet, physician and dissident and founder of the Lawton Foundation, currently jailed Oswaldo Payá, founder of Proyecto Varela Raúl Castro, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 2011 to 2021 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 Miguel Díaz-Canel, current First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, since 2021 === Historical === 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, revolutionary, military strategist Armando Hart Dávalos, politician and Communist leader Asela de los Santos, Cuban revolutionary, educator and politician 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 General Intelligence Directorate Manuel Urrutia Lleó, provisional Cuban President January to July 1959 María Cabrales, activist, revolutionary and nurse 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 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 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, 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 == 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.

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