List of Famous people born in Cuba

Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.

Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros was a Cuban trumpeter. He played with artists such as Arsenio Rodríguez, Generoso Jiménez, Chico O'Farrill, Orchestra Harlow, Eddie Palmieri and Cachao. Due to his characteristic approach to Afro-Cuban trumpet playing as well as his extensive recording career, several monographs have been written on his music.

Frank Chamizo Marquez is a naturalized Italian two-time world freestyle wrestling champion. In all, he has won five world and Olympic medals.

Eduardo René Chibás Ribas was a Cuban politician who used radio to broadcast his political views to the public. He primarily denounced corruption and gangsterism rampant during the governments of Ramón Grau and Carlos Prío which preceded the Batista era. He believed corruption was the most important problem Cuba faced.

José Fernández Díaz, commonly known as Joseíto Fernández, was a Cuban singer and songwriter. He is the writer of well-known songs, including "Elige tú, que canto yo", "Amor de madre", "Demuéstrame tú", and "Así son, boncó", as well as the most famous "Guajira Guantanamera".

Alexis Valdés is a Cuban actor, comedian, monologist, film producer, playwright, poet, singer and screenwriter. He was born in Havana, Cuba, on August 16, 1963.

François-Michel Lambert is a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 10th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône since 2012. A former member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), which he left in 2015 to join Jean-Luc Bennahmias's Democratic Front (FD), he has been a member of Liberty Ecology Fraternity (LEF) since 2020.

Yargelis Savigne Herrera is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.

Jorge Perugorría Rodríguez is a Cuban actor, film director and painter. He is well known for his part as Diego in Strawberry and Chocolate (original title in Spanish Fresa y chocolate. He recently acted in Steven Soderbergh's Che, with Benicio del Toro and in the original Netflix series Four Seasons in Havana. He lives in Santa Fe, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Havana, with his wife Elsa Maria Fuentes de La Paz and their four children.

Darsi Ferrer Ramírez was a Cuban doctor, journalist, director of Juan Bruno Zayas Health and Human Rights Center, and also a dissident.