Sagua La Grande, Cuba
1. Wifredo Lam (1902)
Cuban Artist
Cuban artist of Asian ancestry who was best known for his 1943 work "The Jungle." Also excelled in sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking.
2. Herman Puig (1928)
Cuban Photographer
'Herman Puig is a pioneer of male nude photography. Born in Havana Cuba where he began his early work he rose to fame in France.
3. Roberto G. Fernández (1951)
Novelist
Roberto G. Fernández is a Cuban American novelist and short story writer. He is noted for his grotesque satires of the Cuban American community especially in his English-language novels Raining...
4. Víctor Dreke (1937)
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Víctor Emilio Dreke Cruz is a Cuban Communist Party leader of notable African descent and a former commander in the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. Following involvement in various student protests...
5. Arasay Thondike (1986)
Athletics (sport) Competitor
Arasay María Thondike Santovenia is a female hammer thrower from Cuba. She set a personal best throw of 71. 14 metres in June 2007 in Warsaw. This personal best stood...
6. Agapito Mayor (1915)
Cuban Baseball Player
Eleno Agapito Mayor Valenzuela was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. Listed at 5' 11 185 lb. he batted and threw left handed.
7. Connie Marrero (1911)
Cuban Baseball Player
Conrado Eugenio Marrero Ramos nicknamed Connie was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. The right-handed Marrero pitched in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1954 for the Washington Senators. Marrero made...
8. Erik Batte (1974)
Athletics (sport) Competitor
Erik Batte Herrera is a retired Cuban hurdler. He finished seventh at the 1995 World Championships eighth at the 1996 Summer Olympics and third at the 1998 Central American and...
