Miriam Esther Escudero Suástegui
Musicologist and professor of Harmony and Counterpoint at the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory in Havana
Miguel Barnet Lanza
From a very young age, he became linked to leading figures in Cuban ethnology such as Argeliers León and Isaac Barreal
José Juan Nicolás Ramón Arrom González
José Juan Arrom
Professor, researcher and Cuban essayist of great prestige
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
Jaime Alemañy Martorell
Alemañy has dedicated his life to ophthalmology, having been head of service in this specialty at the hospitals "General Calixto García", "Comandante Manuel Fajardo" and "Hermanos Ameijeiras"
Juan Santos Fernández Hernández
Ophthalmologist physician
Ramón Luis Miranda Torres
He stands out as Martí's physician, due to his excellent medical work during the final years of life of our National Hero
Juan Carlos Finlay Barré
Cuban physician and researcher of diseases such as cholera and yellow fever
Luis Antonio de la Calle Serrano
Doctor of Medicine and Surgery
Manuel Francisco Rosalía de Jesús Argilagos Ginferrer
Cuban ophthalmologist who in 1861 proposed adding a light green uranium oxide lens to the ophthalmoscope to reduce discomfort and damage from white or yellow light on the retina, and to better examine ...
Marcelino Ríos Torres
The distinguished Dr
Pedro Manuel Monreal Acosta
He began his medical degree at the University of Havana in 1947 and completed his studies in 1954
Julio Martínez Páez
Father of Orthopedics in Cuba
Raúl Rodolfo Candebat Candebat
Prominent orthopedic physician from Cuba, specialist of II Degree in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Full Professor and Consultant and head of the Orthopedics service at Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico ...
Alfredo Braulio Ceballos Mesa
Outstanding personality in Cuban medicine, education, and research
Armando Fernández Soler
Cholito
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For many Cubans the name Armando Fernández Soler does not achieve identification with its bearer
Huberto Llamas Estévez
Theater director
Julio Matas
He was born in Havana, Cuba
Francisco Braulio Rodríguez Cabrera
Pancho
Recognized actor and theatrical director from the province of Matanzas, founder of the Theater Group El Mirón Cubano
Rubén Darío Salazar Taquechel
Founder and general director of Teatro de las Estaciones, a puppet theater group from Matanzas with an intense creative trajectory
Rolando Ferrer
Cuban playwright, actor, and theater director
Abel Fowler Cordero
Actor, Acting Professor, Screenwriter, Theater Director, and Researcher
Candita Batista Batista
La Vedette Negra de Cuba, La Negra Afro-cubana
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Singer and vocalist for three-quarters of a century, known as The Black Vedette of Cuba and with performances in almost 20 countries across the Americas, Europe, and Africa
Consuelo Vidal Regal
Consuelito
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A talented and experienced actress, radio host, and the most outstanding and popularly recognized television presenter of Cuban television, as well as of the most varied artistic shows such ...
Alexis Valdés Gutiérrez
Cristinito
Actor, director, comedian, screenwriter, monologist, producer, composer, and performer, he is a complete showman with international projection
María Álvarez Ríos
María Alvarez Ríos began composing when she was five years old
Francisco Leonel Amat Rodríguez
Pancho Amat, Pancho Manguaré
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Amat (Güira de Melena, La Habana, 1950) possesses an extensive musical career that has been enriched by his time with groups such as Manguaré, the orchestra Adalberto Álvarez y su son, and ...
Luis Mariano Carbonell Pulles
Luis Carbonell, el Acuarelista de la Poesía Antillana
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Renowned reciter known as "The watercolorist of Antillean poetry"
Omara Portuondo Peláez
Omara Brown, La novia del feeling, La Diva del Buena Vista Social Club
There is something cinematic about the story of Omara Portuondo
Teresa Fernández García
Teresita Fernández
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Cuban trovadora and teacher whose songs for children have remained in the musical taste of Cubans for decades
Jorge Mata
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He studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro de La Habana
Adalberto Cecilio Álvarez Zayas
El caballero del son
Composer, arranger and orchestra conductor Adalberto Álvarez is undoubtedly the quintessential Cuban son musician
Wilfredo Naranjo Verdecia
Pachy Naranjo
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Pachy was born in Manzanillo, his cultural and musical talent was so natural that at just 5 or 6 years of age he was already playing small piano pieces that Rolando La serie sang, such as "Moliendo ...
Miguel Ramón Demetrio Faílde Pérez
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Miguel Failde, one of our first popular musicians, was the Matanzas native who invented the danzón
José Belén Puig
Cheo Belén Puig
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The king of the piano, one of the greats of Cuban music of all time
Gladys Puig
Renowned Cuban lyric singer
Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández
Bola de Nieve
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Bola was one of the most versatile singers that Caribbean music has produced
Leonardo González Abreu
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He was born in Laguna de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, but settled in Santiago de Cuba, where he died at the end of the 18th century
Bernarda Rodríguez Rojas
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Singer and harpist
Rubén González Fontanills
It began in 1925 with his sister Josefa, and later with Amparo Rizo in Cienfuegos
Miriam Muñoz Benítez
An actress with a long and prolific career, she has obtained seven national awards for best female performance
Julio Gonzalo González Fonseca
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Gonzalito
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Cuban jazz pianist and composer whose stage name is Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Framed within the post-bop era, Rubalcaba is a virtuoso instrumentalist who is considered one of the main figures of Afro-Cuban ...
Guillermo Rubalcaba
Guillermo Rubalcaba
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He is the director and founder of the legendary Charanga Rubalcaba
María Eugenia Barrios Acosta
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Soprano
Fernando Borrego Linares
Polo Montañez, Guajiro Natural
The History of Polo Montañez, the Natural Guajiro
Of peasant and humble origin, with self-taught musical training, he became one of Cuba's musical symbols in just 2 years
Manuel Duchesne Morillas
Flautist and orchestra conductor
