List of Cubans

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Table of contents 1 Art 2 Beauty Queens 3 Entertainment 4 Sports 5 Politics 6 Religion 7 Science 8 Writers 9 Other Categories

Art

• Wifredo Lam[?], painter

Beauty Queens

Entertainment

• Albita[?] singer
• Alicia Alonso[?] prima ballerina
• Maria Conchita Alonso Cuban born, Venezuelan nationalized actress
• Emilio Aragón[?] "Miliki[?]" clown
• Desi Arnaz actor, Hollywood star, husband of Lucille Ball
• Desi Arnaz Jr.[?] American born actor, half-Cuban
• Lucy Arnaz[?], actress
• Steven Bauer[?] Hollywood star
• Jorge Bolet[?], concert pianist
• Celia Cruz singer
• Xavier Cugat[?] musician
• Raul De Molina[?] paparazzo, television gossiper
• Cameron Diaz Hollywood star, half Cuban
• Carmen Electra Hollywood star, half Cuban
• Emilio Estefan[?] producer
• Gloria Estefan singer
• Lily Estefan[?] model, show host, cousin of Emilio Estefan
• Cesar Evora[?] actor
• Daisy Fuentes[?] model, show host
• Mario Ernesto Sanchez actor, founder of Teatro Avante
• Francisco Gattorno[?] Cuban born, Mexican nationalized actor
• Andy Garcia[?] actor
• Odalys Garcia singer and show host
• Alvarez Guedes[?] comedian and author
• Olga Guillot[?] singer
• Horacio Gutierrez[?], concert pianist
• Henry LaFont[?] comedian, famous in Puerto Rico
• Maria Laria[?] Puerto Rican born talk show host of Cuban parents.
• Ernesto Lecuona[?], composer and songwriter
• Carlos Leon former husband of Madonna
• Martita[?] coffee maker who got hired to serve coffee at Univision and began appearing regularly on Univision's tv shows, ultimately even writing her own biographical book.
• Manuel Membrillo[?] comedian
• Beny Moré[?] musician
• Carlos Ponce[?] Puerto Rican born singer, parents are from Cuba.
• Carlos Manuel Pruneda, singer
• Santiago Rodriguez[?], concert pianist
• Samy hair stylist and television entrepeneur
• Mongo Santamaria[?] Jazz musician
• Cristina Saralegui magazine editor, talk show host and actress
• Jon Secada[?] singer
• Jamie Lynn Sigler[?] American born actress and singer, half-Cuban
• Sissy model
• Pedro Zamora AIDS activist, was in The Real World
• Mauricio Zeilic[?] television gossiper

Sports

• Bert Campaneris[?] baseball player
• Jose Canseco baseball player
• Joel Casamayor[?] world champion boxer
• Jose Raul Capablanca world champion chess player
• Kid Chocolate world boxing champion
• Martin DiHigo[?] baseball player
• Mary Joe Fernandez[?] tennis player
• Kid Gavilan world boxing champion
• Juan Hernandez[?] amateur boxer
• Livan Hernandez[?] baseball player
• Orlando Hernandez[?] baseball player, Livan's brother
• Alberto Juantorena[?] track and field
• Jose Legra[?] Cuban born, Spaniard nationalized world champion boxer
• Minnie Minoso[?] baseball player
• Jose Mantequilla Napoles Cuban born, Mexican nationalized world champion boxer
• Tony Oliva[?] baseball player
• Rafael Palmeiro baseball player
• Benny Kid Paret world boxing champion who had tragic end
• Tony Perez baseball player
• Sugar Ramos[?] Cuban born, Mexican nationalized world champion boxer
• Felix Savon[?] amateur boxer
• Javier Sotomayor[?] track and field record setter
• Teofilo Stevenson amateur boxer

Politics

• Fulgencio Batista
• Fidel Castro
• Raul Castro (brother of Fidel)
• Luis A. Ferre Puerto Rico governor, half Cuban, by father's side
• Paul Lafargue Cuban-born French Communist and son-in-law to Karl Marx.
• Jose Marti

Religion

• Justo Gonzalez[?], historian and theologian

Science

• Carlos Juan Finlay[?] yellow fever vaccine

Writers

• Alejo Carpentier[?]
• Delia Fiallo[?] writer of novels, many of which have been turned into Spanish-language soap operas
• Jose Marti

Other Categories

See also: List of people by nationality