List of Famous people born in Havana Province, Cuba

Carlos Valdés Galán, better known as Patato, was a Cuban conga player. In 1954, he emigrated from La Habana to New York City where he continued his prolific career as a sideman for several jazz and Latin music ensembles, and occasionally as a bandleader. He contributed to the development of the tunable conga drum which revolutionized the use of the instrument in the US. His experimental descarga albums recorded for Latin Percussion are considered the counterpart to the commercial salsa boom of the 1970s. Tito Puente once called him "the greatest conguero alive today".

Ana Marlene Forte Machado, better known as Marlene Forte, is a Cuban-American actress and producer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Carmen Ramos on the television soap opera Dallas (2012–2014). She is the sister of HSN host Lesley Machado

José Miró Cardona was a Cuban politician. He served as Prime Minister for a period of some six weeks in early 1959, following his appointment by President Manuel Urrutia on January 5, 1959. On February 13, 1959, Miró unexpectedly resigned and was replaced by Fidel Castro.

Alexis Rodríguez (born 1978) is a Cuban wrestler. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 2000. He is the world champion in 1998. He also competed at the 2004 Olympics, where he placed fifth.

Albita Rodríguez, known in her music career simply as Albita, is a Grammy-winning Cuban singer, producer and composer.

María Isabel Díaz Lago is a Cuban actress. A graduate of the Instituto Superior de Arte, her first film role was in Una novia para David. She became the first Cuban "Almodóvar girl", appearing in the 2006 film Volver. On the small screen, she is best known for her role as Soledad "Sole" Núñez Hurtado on Locked Up. She has resided in Spain since 1996.

Israel López Valdés, better known as Cachao, was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga. Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa. An exile in the United States since the 1960s, he only achieved international fame following a career revival in the 1990s.