Society | Cuban Famous

Aurelio Baldor was a peaceful lawyer and mathematician who would shut himself away for long days in his room, armed only with pencil and paper, to write a text that since 1941 has captivated millions of ...

Manuel Lagunilla Martínez

Lagunilla lawyer, official historian of the town of Trinidad since 2010 when he was appointed by the Municipal Assembly of People's Power, following the death of Carlos Joaquín Zerquera and continued ...

Julio Antonio Travieso Serrano

Narrator

Pedro Ramiro Guerra Suárez

Doctor Honoris Causa

José Luis Toledo Santander

Bachelor of Laws and Doctor of Legal Sciences

Leonardo José Acosta Sánchez

Leonardo José Acosta Sánchez was born in the Cerro neighborhood, Tulipán Street and Calzada del Cerro, in the house where the "Paulita Concepción" school is currently located

Gaspar Agüero Barreras

First music pedagogue in the history of Cuba

Alejo Carpentier Valmont

He was a Cuban novelist and narrator who notably influenced Latin American literature during his famous period of prominence

Odilio Urfe Gonzalez

===BODY=== Born in Madruga, province La Habana this musicologist, pianist, professor and conductor

Helio Orovio

Researcher, musicologist and journalist

Argeliers León Pérez

Musicologist, composer, ethnologist and pedagogue, considered the "father of Cuban musicology"

Alberto Muguercia Muguercia

Researcher, musicologist and promoter

Emilio Agramonte Piña

Academic of Arts and Letters, and doctorate in laws from the Universidad de Madrid

José Eulalio Loyola Fernández

Composer, musicologist, and flutist

Obdulio Morales Ríos

He was a notable composer, pianist, musicologist, and Cuban orchestra conductor

Jesús Evaristo Gómez Cairo

Musicologist, director of the National Museum of Music in Havana located at Calle Obrapía No

Rafael de la Torre Guerrero

Rafa de la Torre

Composer singer, guitarist and comedian, founder of the Nueva Trova, member of the UNEAC

Arturo Agramonte García

Camagüey

Cuban filmmaker collaborator of the late Mexican filmmaker Emilio "El Indio" Fernández He began his film career in the 1940s as a directing assistant to Juan Orol, a director of rumbera films, in the ...

Jorge Fraga

Film director and professor

Eduardo de la Torre

Cameraman, documentary filmmaker and journalist Eduardo de la Torre, who worked for many years in the Film Section of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, died from cardiovascular complications. He ...

Dervis Pastor Espinosa

Outstanding cameraman and founder of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC)

Roberto Chile Pérez

Cuban filmmaker and photographer

Ángel Alderete Gómez

Cuban director of photography

Raúl Pérez Ureta

Renowned cinematographer

Alejandro Pérez Gómez

Alejandro Pérez is a cinematographer, filmmaker, and cameraman for film, television, and video, and a Cuban photographer

Héctor José Ochoa Carrillo

Ochoa was a cameraman and documentarian

Nisia Agüero Benítez

Nisia

She is one of Cuba's most outstanding cultural promoters, having carried out intense professional work in several fields of the humanities and the arts

Nara Mansur Cao

===BODY=== Poet, author of materials for the stage, theater critic, editor, and cultural promoter

Salomé Camila Henríquez Ureña

Camila Henríquez

Essayist, literary critic, notable professor of Hispanic literatures

Maruja González Linares

Soprano singer

Carmen Rosa López Hernández

Carmen Rosa López has been the director since 1993 of the Coro Diminuto

Corina Mestre Vilaboy

Outstanding Cuban actress with a long and recognized acting career

Claudia Alvariño Díaz

Muma

She began her artistic career at age 6 when she joined the Company "La Colmenita" directed by Carlos Alberto Cremata, where she continues to work currently