1. melissa vargas (1999)

Volleyball Player

Winger spiker and opposite spiker who has represented Cuba at tournaments like the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. She has had success with teams like Cienfuegos, Agel Prostějov and Fenerbahçe at the...

2. Yordany Álvarez (1985)

Cuban Footballer

Cuban soccer midfielder who began his MLS career with Real Salt Lake in 2011.

3. Baby Lores (1983)

Reggaeton Singer

Cuban singer who is known for his reggaeton influence. He is known for having performed in several groups as well as for his solo career and is recognized for his...

4. Yasiel Puig (1990)

Cuban Baseball Player

MLB outfielder who recorded 27 hits in his first 15 major league games with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2013, the second-most hits to start a career ever. He helped the Dodgers...

5. Anaysi Hernández (1981)

Judoka

Anaysi Hernández is a Cuban judoka. She won the silver medal in the women's 70kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

6. Raidel Acea (1990)

Cuban Track Runner

Raidel Acea Morales is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres and 800 metres events. The 2009 Pan American junior champion over 800 m he...

7. Yanet Bermoy (1987)

Cuban Judoka

Yanet Bermoy Acosta is a Cuban judoka. She won the silver medal in the Women's 48 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in the Women's 52...

8. Carlos Rafael Rodríguez (1913)

Cuban Politician

Carlos Rafael Rodríguez was a Cuban Communist politician who served in the cabinets of presidents Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro. Born in Cienfuegos he became mayor of the city when...

9. Daisy Granados (1942)

Actress

Daisy Granados is a Cuban film actress. She has appeared in more than 35 films since 1964. At the 11th Moscow International Film Festival in 1979 she won the award...

10. Yosvany Despaigne (1976)

Cuban Judoka

Yosvany Oreidis Despaigne Terry is a male judoka from Cuba who twice won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division at the Pan American Games. He represented his native...

11. Andrés Roldán (1950)

Olympic Footballer

Andrés Roldán is a Cuban former footballer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

12. Silvio Leonard (1955)

Cuban Sprinter

Silvio Leonard Sarría also known as Silvio Leonard Tartabull is a former sprinter from Cuba.

13. Yudel Moreno (1983)

Cuban Javelin Thrower

Yudel Moreno Hernández is a Cuban javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 80. 19 metres achieved on 31 May 2006 in Valencia Venezuela.

14. Adiel Palma (1970)

Baseball Player

Adiel Palma López is a Cuban left-handed pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and Cienfuegos of the Cuban National Series. Palma was on the gold medal-winning Cuban team at...

15. Nivaria Tejera (1929)

Cuban Writer

Nivaria Tejera is a Cuban poet and novelist. She was awarded the Seix Barral Biblioteca Breve prize in 1971 for her novel Sonámbulo del sol. Tejera currently lives in Paris.

16. Robeisy Ramírez (1993)

Cuban Boxer

Robeisy Eloy Ramírez Carrazana is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win the 2012 London Olympic Games as well as the 2011 Pan American Games at flyweight. He is...

17. Dany Luis Quintero (1984)

Cuban Footballer

Danis Luis Quintero Chevans is a Cuban footballer who is currently playing for SV Nollingen.

18. Yosniel Mesa (1981)

Footballer

Yosniel Mesa is a Cuban football forward. He was part of the Cuba national football team squad for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He played in one match. He defected...

19. Gina Pellón (1926)

Cuban Artist

Gina Pellón was a Cuban painter who lived in France. She was known for her abstract expressive paintings in strong colours usually depicting women. She also wrote collections of poems.

20. Lorenzo Cabrera (1920)

Cuban Baseball Player

Lorenzo Cabrera is a former professional baseball player. He played between 1947 and 1956.

21. Cristóbal Torriente (1893)

Cuban Baseball Player

Cristóbal Torriente was a Cuban outfielder in Negro league baseball with the Cuban Stars All Nations Chicago American Giants Kansas City Monarchs and Detroit Stars. He played from 1912 to...

22. José Tartabull (1938)

Baseball Player

José Milages Tartabull Guzmán is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder; his Major League career lasted nine years from 1962 to 1970. He played for the Kansas City and Oakland...

23. Joe Azcue (1939)

Baseball Player

José Joaquín Azcue López is a former Cuban professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Cincinnati Reds Kansas City Athletics Cleveland Indians Boston...

24. Pedro Dibut (1892)

Cuban Baseball Player

Pedro Dibut Villafana was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1924 and 1925. In 1923 Dibut played for the Cuban Stars in the Negro...

25. Francisco Carrazana (1985)

Footballer

sco Carrazana is a Cuban football midfielder. He was part of the Cuba national football team squad for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He played in one match.

26. Milagros Palma (1973)

Fencer

Milagros Palma is a Cuban fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team épée events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

27. Lorenzo Aragón (1974)

Boxer

Lorenzo Aragón Armenteros is a Cuban boxer who was a two-time world champion in the welterweight category.

28. Oreidis Despaigne (1981)

Cuban Judoka

Oreidis Despaigne Terry is a male judoka from Cuba who won the bronze medal in the men's half heavyweight division at the 2003 Pan American Games and at the 2007...