List of Famous people born in Havana Province, Cuba
Omara Portuondo
Omara Portuondo Peláez is a Cuban singer and dancer. A founding member of the popular vocal group Cuarteto d'Aida, Portuondo has collaborated with many important Cuban musicians during her long career, including Julio Gutiérrez, Juanito Márquez and Chucho Valdés. Although primarily known for her rendition of boleros, she has recorded in a wide range of styles from jazz to son cubano. Since 1996, she has been part of the Buena Vista Social Club project, touring extensively and recording several albums with the ensemble. She won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album in 2009 and a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, and she received three Grammy Award nominations.
José Fanjul
José Francisco "Pepe" Fanjul is a Cuban-born businessman. He is the second eldest of the Fanjul brothers, who control a sugar and real estate business valued at US$8.2 billion.
Georg Stanford Brown
Georg Stanford Brown is a Cuban-American actor and director, perhaps best known as one of the stars of the ABC police television series The Rookies from 1972 to 1976. On the show, Brown played the character of Officer Terry Webster.
Jon Secada
Juan Francisco Secada Martinez, better known as Jon Secada, is a Cuban American and Afro-Cuban singer and songwriter. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 15 million records, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. He fuses funk, soul music, pop, and Latin percussion.
Niurka Rosa Melano Francisca Marcos Troncoso
Niurka Marcos Calle is a Cuban singer, dancer, actress, and vedette. She is known professionally simply as Niurka.
Rafael Capote
Rafael Da Costa Capote is a Cuban-born Qatari handball player for Al-Duhail and the Qatari national team.
Lucrecia
Lucrecia Pérez Sáez is a Spanish-Cuban singer born in Havana who currently lives in Sitges (Barcelona).
José Iglesias
José Antonio Iglesias Alemán is a Cuban-born professional baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, and Baltimore Orioles. Iglesias was an All-Star in 2015.
Tomás Milián
Tomas Milian was an Italian-Cuban-American actor and singer, known for the emotional intensity and humour he brought to roles in European genre films.
Orlando Martínez
Orlando Martínez was a Cuban bantamweight boxer, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three years later he captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games. Orlando was awarded a hotly disputed 3–2 split decision over Great Britain's George Turpin in the 1972 Munich Olympics semifinal before coasting to a comfortable points win over future professional world bantamweight champion Alfonso Zamora in the final to win the division's gold medal.