List of Famous people born in Havana Province, Cuba

Candelario Orlando López Vergara, better known as Cachaíto, was a Cuban bassist and composer, who gained international fame after his involvement in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings. He was nicknamed Cachaíto after his uncle, the famous bassist and innovator of mambo music Israel "Cachao" López. His father and Cachao's older brother was Orestes López, also a famous bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer.

Carlos Alberto Montaner is an exiled Cuban author known for his more than 25 books and thousands of articles, including several novels, the last of which is Sin ir más lejos . Some of his books are devoted to explaining the true nature of the Cuban dictatorship, for example: Journey To The Heart of Cuba. PODER magazine has estimated that more than six million readers have access to his weekly columns. He has been published widely in Latin American newspapers, and published fiction and non-fiction books on Latin America. Since 1968 he has had a syndicated weekly column in many newspapers around the world. Montaner is a political analyst for CNN en Español and a collaborator on the book, The Cuban Exile, along with well-known Cuban writers Mirta Ojito, award-winning poet and writer Carlos Pintado and Carlos Eire, a book coordinated by Cuban musician and producer Emilio Estefan. In October 2012, Foreign Policy magazine selected Montaner as one of the fifty most influential intellectuals in the Ibero-American world.

Santiago Vicente Feliú Sierra was a Cuban singer and songwriter. Born in Havana, he became part of the musical movement known as nueva trova, which was the Cuban manifestation of the nueva canción movement and included such singers as Frank Delgado and Carlos Varela. Feliú wrote the songs "For Barbara" and "Without Julieta" and recorded 11 albums. His last album, Oh Life, came out in 2010.

Frank Travieso is a Cuban-born American cyclist.

Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill was a Cuban composer, arranger, and conductor, best known for his work in the Latin idiom, specifically Afro-Cuban jazz or "Cubop", although he also composed traditional jazz pieces and even symphonic works.

Amadito Valdés is a Cuban timbalero, best known for his work with Cuarteto Las d'Aida and Buena Vista Social Club.

Odlanier Solís Fonte is a Cuban professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title in 2011, and is a former top-rated contender in that division. As an amateur heavyweight, Solis was one of the most celebrated and decorated amateur stars of the 2000s, winning a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, and three consecutive golds at the World Championships in 2001, 2003, and 2005.

Sergey Borisovich Brilyov or Brilev is a Russian television journalist on the state-owned TV channel Rossiya.

Orestes Matacena is a Cuban–American actor, writer, producer and director who has been active since the 1970s. His most notable appearance is in the 1994 film The Mask as crime boss Niko.