List of Famous people born in Cuba
Alejandro Baldor
Aurelio Ángel Baldor de la Vega was a Cuban mathematician, educator and lawyer. Baldor is the author of a secondary school algebra textbook, titled Algebra, used throughout the Spanish-speaking world and published for the first time in 1941.
Miguelina Cobián
Miguelina Cobián Hechevarria was a Cuban sprinter. She was a member of the 4 x 100 metres relay team that won a silver at the 1968 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic medal ever achieved by Cuban women.
Frederich Cepeda
Frederich Cepeda Cruz is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for who is currently a free agent. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Yomiuri Giants.
Alberto Korda
Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda, was a Cuban photographer, remembered for his famous image Guerrillero Heroico of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
Mike Perez
Ismaikel "Mike" Perez is a Cuban professional boxer competing as a cruiserweight. He challenged once for the WBC cruiserweight title in 2017, and has fought world champions and contenders Alexander Povetkin, Darnell Wilson, Carlos Takam, Bryant Jennings, and Mairis Briedis.
Mayra Andrade
Mayra Andrade is a Cape Verdean singer who lives and records in Lisbon, Portugal. Often compared to Cesária Évora, Andrade has been praised for her modern interpretation of the traditional Cape Verdean morna music.
Raquel Olmedo
Raquel Olmedo is a Cuban-born Mexican actress and at one time singer. She started her career in her native Cuba before moving to Mexico in 1959.
Francisco Gattorno
Francisco Alejandro Gattorno Sánchez, better known in the show business world plainly as Francisco Gattorno, is a Cuban-Mexican actor. He owns property in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida. Hijas De la Luna Antagonist
Oscar Luis Colas Leon
Oscar Luis Colas Leon is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher and outfielder who is currently a free agent. He was dispatched to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2017. In December 2020, Colas became a free agent able to be signed by all 30 Major League Baseball clubs.
Reinaldo Arenas Fuentes
Reinaldo Arenas was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright known as an early sympathizer, and later critic of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution, and a rebel of the Cuban government.