List of Famous people born in Havana Province, Cuba
Alexis Valdés
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.
Joseíto Fernández
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".
François-Michel Lambert
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.
Jorge Perugorría Rodríguez
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.
Dave Lombardo
David Lombardo is a Cuban-American drummer, best known as a co-founding member of American thrash metal band Slayer. He is currently playing drums with Fantômas, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Cross, Mr. Bungle, and the Misfits.
Carlos Gutierrez
Carlos Miguel Gutierrez is an American former CEO and former United States Secretary of Commerce. He is currently a Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of EmPath, a Skills Intelligence Software as a Service machine learning company that uses proprietary software to enable large and complex organizations to discover and grow employee's skills by identifying their proficiencies and deficiencies and enabling their efficient redeployment, up-skilling, re-skilling, and training.
Otto Sirgo
Otto Sirgo is an actor of Cuban and Mexican nationalities, and director of Mexican telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Cuban actor Otto Sirgo and Mexican actress Magda Haller and was married to Maleni Morales, also an actress, until her death in 2020. He starred in Recien Cazado along with Jaime Camil and Gabriela Vargas.
Ariel Texido
Ariel Texido ; is a Cuban actor.
Guy Cuevas
Guy Cuevas is a Cuban-born writer, musician, and Paris disc jockey. Born Guillermo Cuevas Carrión, he worked the turntables at Club Sept, and Le Palace before becoming the artistic director, first of Les Bains Douches, then the Barrio Latino.
Amelia Vargas
Amelia Vargas was a Cuban actress and dancer. She mainly worked in Argentina. She starred in the 1950 film Arroz con leche under director Carlos Schlieper.