Miguel Barnet Lanza
From a very young age, he became linked to leading figures in Cuban ethnology such as Argeliers León and Isaac Barreal
Concepción Campa Huergo
Conchita
General Director of the Instituto "Finlay", Research and Production Center for Vaccines and Serums of Ciudad de La Habana
Carlos Manuel Miyares Cao
One of the outstanding men of science in Cuba
Orfilio Orestes Peláez Molina
El Profe
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He was born in Magarabomba (current town of the same name, belonging to the municipality of Céspedes in the province of Camagüey), Cuba
Olga Portuondo Zúñiga
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Doctor of Historiographical Sciences Olga Portuondo Zúñiga, National Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities 2010, which is awarded each year in recognition of a lifetime of work, is a transcendental ...
Eugenio Torroella Mata
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Eminent professor and great surgeon
Juan Guiteras Gener
Padre de la parasitología médica nacional
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Distinguished hygienist physician, epidemiologist, writer and pedagogue
Roberto Douglas Pedroso
Douglas
Professor Roberto Douglas Pedroso, a native of San Juan de las Yeras in Villa Clara, completed his early studies at the Sagrado Corazón school in Sagua La Grande; later, he entered the Instituto de Segunda ...
Fidel Ilizástigui Dupuy
Distinguished Internist
Fernando Salinas González-Mendive
He experimented with the social use of prefabrication in the solution of rural housing
Félix Cabarrocas Ayala
Since 1947, Member of Merit in Sculpture of the National Academy of Arts and Letters
Martha Josefina Puente Guillén
She was born at La Clínica Los Angeles de Santiago de Cuba
Enzo Dueñas Gómez
He was born in Palmira, which is located in the current province of Cienfuegos
Francisco Lancís Sánchez
Francisco Lancís was a true promoter and living symbol of Medical Ethics in Cuba
Abelardo Buch López
He was born in Santiago de Cuba
Oscar Mateo de Acosta Fernández
OMA
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He was born in La Habana, graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1951
Eugenio Selman-Housein Abdo
Selman
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Doctor Honoris Causa in Biological Sciences from Universidad de Oriente
Antonio Diez Betancourt
Antonio Díez Betancourt was born in La Maya, the former province of Oriente, on August 8, 1929, into a middle-class family
Regino Boti León
Cuban economist, known for his work in the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL), and for his participation in the initial economic strategy of the Cuban Revolution
Joaquín L. Dueñas Pinto
He was born in La Habana, his father was the illustrious educator don Joaquín Andrés de Dueñas
Manuel Antonio Amador García
Manolito Amador
A man of vast culture and extraordinary human sensitivity, with recognized national and international prestige in the field of Pediatrics and human nutrition and food science, who devoted all his efforts ...
Eladio E. Blanco Rabassa
He was born in San Juan y Martínez, Pinar del Río in humble circumstances
Héctor Duyos Gato
He was born in Caibarien; for economic reasons his family moved to Remedios when he turned 4 years old, where he completed his primary studies and worked at the newspaper Avances
José Antonio Peraza Correa
Born into a humble family
Héctor Carmelo Fernández Fernández
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He was born in Matanzas province, where he completed his primary education
Maribel de la C. Ponce de León Mola
She was born in Las Tunas, daughter of working-class parents
Bernardo Sandó Iznaga
Born in La Habana, son of a physician, at age 7 he moves to Candelaria, Pinar del Río where his father finds work at the local emergency medical clinic, at age 14 he returns to La Habana to take his entrance ...
Leonor C. Arias Oliva
She was born in Marianao, Ciudad de la Habana, on January 28, 1950, daughter of working-class parents
Ismael Anselmo Clark Mascaró
Born in Regla, Cuba, son of José Coleto Clark Morera, a patriot of distinguished enlightenment who actively participated in the cause for Cuban independence, and of Andrea Mascaró
Gustavo Kourí Flores
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He was born in Havana, grandson of Lebanese immigrants in Cuba, and has the legitimate pride of being the son of Pedro Kourí Esmeja
Lyliam Díaz Fernández
She was born on February 24, 1933, studied primary education at a neighborhood school run by a teacher graduated in teacher training, did not attend secondary school, took an exam to enter high school ...
Pedro Manuel Monreal Acosta
He began his medical degree at the University of Havana in 1947 and completed his studies in 1954
Rafael Estrada González
Ojos bellos, Neuroman
He was one of the pioneers of clinical neurology on the island of Cuba
Ana Guillermina Navarro Lautén
Anita
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Ana Navarro was the first Cuban woman to graduate in the specialty of Pediatric Endocrinology, and after her graduation she moved to Santiago de Cuba where she developed this specialty as a ...
Newton Briones Fernández
He was born in the old province of Oriente, and died at "Calixto García" Hospital in Ciudad de la Habana
Horacio Julián Escobar López
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He was born in San Antonio de Cabezas, province of Matanzas
Mercedes Batule Batule
La Batule
She completed her primary studies at a small school in her native town, with a teacher who was also of Lebanese origin and very close to her parents
Carlos de la Torre Huerta
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Cuban malacologist and zoologist
Jorge Broderman Vignier
Civil Engineer, Architect and Researcher of Cuban mining and geology
Tranquilino Sandalio de Noda Martínez
Notable naturalist sage, surveyor, and Cuban writer
Felipe Poey Aloy
Felipe Poey Aloy (1799-1891) Cuban scientist, professor and researcher in the field of natural sciences
Gustavo López García
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Born in Bejucal, province of La Habana, Dr
Roberto Luis Guerra Valdés
Son of Luis and Mercedes (from San Juan y Martínez, province of Pinar del Río), he was born in Havana, on Concordia Street No
Alberto Hernández Cañero
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Doctor of Sciences and Professor Emeritus, one of the principal founders of the National Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery and its first Director
Fernando José Salvador Valdés Aguirre
He was born in the Villa de San Julián de los Güines, the son of Antonio and Josefa Gabriela, natives of La Habana
Juan Tomás Roig Mesa
Juan Tomás Roig Mesa (1877-1971)
