1. Mirta Diaz-Balart (1928)

Wife Of Fidel Castro

Woman best known for being the first wife of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, whom she married in 1948. The two were divorced in 1955 while Castro was in exile, after...

2. Juan Formell (1942)

Bassist

Cuban bassist, composer and musical arranger who came to the public's attention as the director of the group Los Van Van. He is credited with bringing the concept of electronic...

3. Ileana Rodriguez (1982)

TV Show Host

Radio and television presenter also known as Reclu who worked with Grupo ACIR S.A. de C.V., Convoy Network and with Turner Broadcasting System.

4. Lazaro Arbos (1990)

Singer

Contestant of the twelfth season of American Idol who made it to sixth place before being eliminated.

5. Mijail Mulkay (1974)

Tv Actor

Most well known for his recurring role as Rodrigo Florez in the 2010 television series Los caballeros las prefieren brutas. He has since scored roles in En Otra Piel and Silvana Sin Lana. 

6. Fidel Sierra (1960)

Professional Wrestler

Sometimes called The Cuban Assassin, veteran of the World Wrestling Council, and a 3-time WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Champion.

7. GiGi Diaz (1985)

American Model

Guianeya GiGi Diaz born in Cuba 1985 is a Cuban-American model and variety show host who became a local Miami USA celebrity at age 15 when she starred in the...

8. Isis Finlay (1933)

Cuban Model

Isis Margarita Finlay was the 1954 Miss Cuba. After she won the Miss Cuba pageant in Cuba she traveled to Long Island California for the Third Miss Universe Pageant. For...

9. Dion Martinez (1837)

Cuban-american Chess Player

Dion M. Martinez was a Cuban–American chess master. He was regarded as one of the strongest chess players in Philadelphia.

10. Marcos A. Rodriguez (1958)

Cuban-american Radio Broadcaster

Marcos A. Rodriguez is a Cuban-American entrepreneur movie producer businessperson and investor. He is the founder and CEO of numerous American media outlets including KLTY KUUR an FM radio station...

11. Caridad Rodriguez (1947)

American Politician

Caridad Cary Rodriguez is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly where she represented the 33rd Legislative District from 2008 until she resigned to...

12. Carlos Bringuier (1934)

unknow

Carlos Jose Bringuier is a Cuban exile in the United States of America who campaigned against Fidel Castro's government. Bringuier is principally known for his brief connection with Lee Harvey...

13. Antonio Mariño Souto (1935)

Cuban Painter

Antonio Mariño Souto is a Cuban painter. He graduated from the Concepción Arenal School in the Centro Gallego in Havana Cuba with a degree in plastic arts and also...

14. Bernard Barker (1917)

Undercover Operative

Bernard Leon Barker was a Watergate burglar. He had a long career as an undercover operative.

15. Henry Bell Cisnero (1982)

Cuban Volleyball Player

Henry Bell Cisnero is a Cuban volleyball player. He is 188 cm and plays as spiker. He plays for Galatasaray

16. Manny Puig (1954)

American Television Personality

Manny Sharkman Puig is an American wildlife entertainer. Puig is known for his direct approach when dealing with dangerous animals such as sharks black bears and American alligators. He has...

17. Luis Holmanza (1949)

Olympic Footballer

Luis Holmanza is a Cuban former footballer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

18. Hugo Llorens (1954)

American Diplomat

Hugo Llorens is an American diplomat and the former United States Ambassador to Honduras. Posted to a variety of countries in his thirty-year career in 2002-03 he was the principal...

19. Sixto Soria (1954)

Boxer

Sixto Soria Savigne is a Cuban boxer who won the silver medal in the men's Light Heavyweight category at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. As the top favourite he...

20. Diego Lapera (1950)

Volleyball Player

Diego José Lapera Sotolongo is a Cuban former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1972...

21. Juan Roca Brunet (1950)

Basketball Player

Juan Roca Brunet is a former basketball player from Cuba who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich West Germany.

22. Juan Domecq (1950)

Basketball Player

Juan Carlos Domecq Fortuondo is a former basketball player from Cuba who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich West Germany.

23. Maritza Martin (1959)

unknow

Maritza Martin Nuñez was a woman shot to death by Emilio Nuñez her ex-husband in 1993 on cemetery ground in North Lauderdale Florida USA. Martin was being interviewed by Ocurrió...

24. Virginia Abernethy (Unknow)

Professor

Virginia Abernethy is an American professor emerita of psychiatry and anthropology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

25. Ish Ledesma (1952)

Musician

Ismael Angel Ledesma professionally known as Ish Ledesma is a Miami-based singer songwriter musician and producer. Ledesma has fronted written for or produced hits for the bands Foxy Oxo and...

26. Mirta Ojito (1964)

unknow

Mirta Ojito is a mother of 3 and a newspaper reporter. She is also the author of Finding Mañana a memoir of the Mariel boatlift. Ojito was born in Havana...

27. Dagoberto Valdés Hernández (1955)

Cuban Writer

Dagoberto Valdés Hernández is a Catholic intellectual and the editor and founder of Vitral and “Convivencia” magazines. In 1974 when he graduated from Senior High School he intended to study...

28. Ricardo Rojas Frías (1955)

Boxer

Ricardo Rojas Frías is a retired boxer from Cuba who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in...

29. Roberto Julián Duranona (1965)

Cuban-icelandic Handball Player

Roberto Julián Duranona is a former Cuban-Icelandic handball player. His demarcation on the field was left backcourt. Duranona participated with the Cuba national handball team on the World Men's Handball...

30. Bonnie M. Anderson (1955)

American Journalist

Bonnie M. Anderson is a twenty-seven-year news veteran. Anderson got her start covering Latin America and the Miami Hispanic community for El Miami Herald in Miami. After a year reporting...

31. Jorge Pardo (musician) (Unknow)

unknow

Jorge Pardo is a Spanish musician born 1955 in Madrid known for the albums he released for Milestone Records in the 1990s. He has been a side musician of famous...

32. Aureliano Sánchez Arango (1907)

Cuban Lawyer

Aureliano Sánchez Arango was a Cuban lawyer politician and university professor. Sanchez served in the government of President Carlos Prio Socarras first as Minister of Education and then as Foreign...

33. Antonio Prío (1905)

Cuban Politician

Antonio Prío Socarrás was a Cuban banker and Minister of Housing during the presidency of his brother Cuban President Carlos Prío Socarrás. In 1950 he ran for Mayor of Havana...

34. Vincent Prieto (1960)

American Politician

Vincent Prieto is an American Democratic Party politician who has served as the 170th Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly since January 14 2014. He has served in the...

35. Sergio Rouco (1960)

Cuban Basketball Player

Sergio Rouco is a former head men's basketball coach at Florida International University in Miami Florida. He was fired after the 2008–2009 season.

36. Tony Silva (1960)

Ornithologist

Tony Silva also known as Antonio H. Silva is an American ornithologist aviculturist and the author of books and articles about parrots. From April 1989 until early 1993 he was...

37. Rafael Guas Inclán (1896)

Cuban Politician

Rafael Guas Inclán was a Cuban politician and former Vice President of Cuba. Dr. Guas was son of Carlos Guas Pagueras a Cuban independence general and senator and Rosa Inclan....

38. Bernie de la Rionda (1957)

American Lawyer

Bernardo Enrique Bernie de la Rionda is an assistant state attorney in the fourth judicial circuit in the State of Florida and was the lead prosecutor in State of Florida...

39. Andres Alonso (1957)

American Educator

Andrés Alonso was the chief executive officer of the Baltimore City Public School System in Baltimore Maryland USA. Alonso came to Baltimore from the New York City Public School system...

40. Humberto Sorí Marin (Unknow)

Cuban Revolutionary

Humberto Sorí Marín was a Cuban revolutionary. After the Cuban Revolution in January 1959 he served as minister of agriculture but resigned in May 1959. Shortly before the Bay of...

41. Yusmay Bicet (1983)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Yusmay Bicet Planas is a Cuban triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14. 61 metres achieved in March 2004 in Havana.

42. Pablo Shorey (1983)

Cuban Wrestler

Pablo Enrique Shorey Hernandez is a male wrestler from Cuba.

43. Manuel Antonio de Varona (1908)

Cuban Politician

Manuel Antonio de Varona y Loredo was a Cuban lawyer and politician. Varona was Prime Minister of Cuba in 1948-1950 and served as president of the Cuban Senate. In 1960...

44. Yasser Portuondo (1983)

Cuban Volleyball Player

Yasser Portuondo is a male volleyball player from Cuba. He was a member of the Men's National Team that claimed the silver at the 2003 Pan American Games after losing...

45. Marta Fernandez Miranda de Batista (1923)

First Lady Of Cuba

Marta Fernández Miranda de Batista was First Lady of Cuba from 1952 until 1959. She was the second wife of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista who was overthrown by Fidel Castro...

46. James Devereux (1903)

American Politician

James Patrick Sinnott Devereux was a United States Marine Corps general Navy Cross recipient and Republican congressman. He was the Commanding Officer of the 1st Defense Battalion during the defense...

47. Diógenes Luna (1977)

Boxer

Diógenes Luna Martínez is a boxer from Cuba who won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia. In the semifinals he...

48. Odelvis Dominico (1977)

Cuban Volleyball Player

Odelvis Dominico Speek is a male volleyball player from Cuba who plays as a middle-blocker for the Men's National Team. He became Best Blocker at the first 2008 Olympic Qualification...

49. Alex Guerrero (1986)

Player Of American And Canadian

Alex Guerrero is former American football offensive and defensive lineman. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at...

50. Pablo Armando Fernández (1929)

Cuban Writer

Pablo Armando Fernández is a Cuban poet novelist essayist and playwright. In 1996 he was award the National Prize for Literature Cuba's national literary award and most important award of...