List of Famous people born in Cuba

Isabel Toledo

Maria Isabel Izquierdo
First Name Isabel
Last Name Toledo
Born on April 9, 1960
Died on August 26, 2019 (aged 59)

Isabel Toledo was a Cuban-American fashion designer based in New York City. She was widely recognized in the fashion industry for her attention to craftsmanship and the "sophisticated simplicity" of her garments.

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Yurisbel Gracial

First Name Yurisbel
Born on October 14, 1985 (age 40)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Yurisbel Gracial Garcia is a Cuban baseball player. He plays for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

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Iván Pedroso

Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler
First Name Iván
Last Name Pedroso
Born on December 17, 1972 (age 53)
Height 176 cm | 5'9

Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler is a retired Cuban track and field athlete, who specialized in the long jump, and the current coach of Nelson Évora, Yulimar Rojas and Ana Peleteiro.

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Ángel Hernández

First Name Ángel
Last Name Hernández
Born on August 26, 1961 (age 64)

Ángel Hernández is an umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He worked in the National League from 1991 to 1999, and has worked throughout MLB since 2000. In July 2017, Hernández filed a federal lawsuit against MLB, alleging racial discrimination led to him being overlooked for World Series games and crew chief promotions. He has since umpired in the 2017 All-Star Game, 2017 American League Division Series, and 2018 American League Division Series in addition to regular-season work.

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Louisa Moritz

Luisa Cira Castro Netto
First Name Louisa
Died on January 30, 2019 (aged 49)

Louisa Moritz was a Cuban-American actress and lawyer. After arriving in New York from Cuba, she became a film and television actress, then earned a law degree. She is best known for her roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and the television show Love, American Style.

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Yuniel Dorticos

First Name Yuniel
Born on March 11, 1986 (age 40)

Yuniel Dorticós Pao is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former two-time cruiserweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 2017 to 2018 and the IBF title from 2019 to September 2020. As of May 2020, he is ranked as the world's second best active cruiserweight by The Ring magazine and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and fourth by BoxRec.

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Emilio Estefan

First Name Emilio
Born on March 4, 1953 (age 73)

Emilio Estefan Gómez is a Cuban American musician and producer. Estefan has won 19 Grammy Awards. He first came to prominence as a member of the Miami Sound Machine. He is the husband of singer Gloria Estefan, father of son Nayib Estefan and daughter Emily Estefan, and the uncle of Spanish-language television personality Lili Estefan.

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Rico Rodriguez

Emmanuel Rodriguez
First Name Rico
Last Name Rodriguez
Born on October 17, 1934
Died on September 4, 2015 (aged 80)

Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez, also known as Rico, Reco or El Reco, was a Cuban-born Jamaican ska and reggae trombonist. He recorded with producers such as Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd Daley. He was known as one of the first ska musicians. Beginning in the 1960s, he worked with The Members, The Specials, Jools Holland, and Paul Young.

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Erislandy Lara

First Name Erislandy
Born on April 11, 1983 (age 43)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Erislandy Lara Santoya is a Cuban-American professional boxer who has held the WBA (Regular) light middleweight title since 2019. Previously, he held the WBA light middleweight title from 2014 to 2018, and the IBO light middleweight title from 2015 to 2018. As of September 2019, he is ranked as the world's second best active light middleweight by BoxRec, third by The Ring magazine and fifth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.

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Roberto Fonseca

First Name Roberto
Last Name Fonseca
Born on March 29, 1975 (age 51)

Roberto Fonseca is a Cuban jazz pianist. From an early age, Fonseca was surrounded by music: his father was drum player Roberto Fonseca, Sr, his mother, Mercedes Cortes Alfaro, a professional singer, and his two older half-brothers from his mother's previous marriage to the pianist and musician Jesús "Chucho" Valdés are Emilio Valdés (drums) and Jesús "Chuchito" Valdés Jr. (piano).

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