Society

Mary Cruz

Born in Camagüey

Wendy Guerra Torres

Wendy

Wendy Guerra was born in La Habana in 1970, poet and novelist

Ena Lucía Portela Arzola

Cuban narrator and essayist

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

Pedro Joaquín Bermúdez

He was born in Vega Alta, Province of Las Villas, in Cuba, obtaining the degree of Doctor in Pharmacy in 1935 and Doctor in Natural Sciences in 1938

Juan Tomás Roig Mesa

Juan Tomás Roig Mesa (1877-1971)

Manuel Corona Raimundo

===BODY=== Among the great figures of Cuban trovadoresque song, it is impossible not to mention the composer and guitarist

Roberto Sánchez Ferrer

He began his musical studies at the Conservatory of Instituto Edison, under the direction of José Ardévol

Jorge Jesús Gómez Barranco

Jorge Gómez, a Cuban musician, director of the Moncada Group

Arístides Agramonte Simoni

Padre de la bacteriología cubana

He was born in Puerto Príncipe, the current city of Camagüey, and died in New York, USA

Arturo Curbelo Hernández

Eminent Cuban bacteriologist of international prestige

Ignacio Calvo Cárdenas

Son of one of those legendary families of Cuba, he was a worthy heir to the illustrious surnames Calvo and Herrera, Cárdenas and Montalvo: names that without great effort bring to our mind the titles ...

Victoria Brú Sánchez

Victoria was born in Managua, in the province of La Habana

Martina Guevara Molina

===BODY=== Young woman born in Vueltas, Las Villas, she was one of the first seven graduates of the first School of Nursing founded in Cuba, in 1899, during the First American Intervention and Occupation, ...

Margarita Núñez Núñez

The Cuban Florence Nightingale began studying nursing at the first School of Nurses founded in the country under the First American Intervention and occupation, and graduated from the School of Nurses ...

Pelegrina Sardá Sardá

Born in Manzanillo, former province of Oriente, she studied at the nursing school of the "Número Uno" hospital and would come to hold important professional responsibilities, such as the superintendency ...

Jovita Páez Armenteros

Master of Science, Founding President and Honorary President of the Cuban Society of Nursing, exemplary nurse, worthy heir to the legacy of Florence Nightingale and Margarita Núñez Núñez

Daniel Diez Castrillo

He participated in the Literacy Campaign, being recognized as a teacher in the Sierra Maestra

Doralina de la Caridad Alonso Pérez

Dora Alonso

===BODY=== Notable children's literature writer for whom she obtained the Casa de las Américas Award in Children's Literature, in 1988 she receives the National Prize for Literature

Lisandro Otero

===BODY=== Novelist, diplomat, and journalist

Raúl Morales García

Raúl Morales del Cascorro

Cuban writer with an extensive body of work (Trees Without Roots, A Dove for Graciela, The Best Fruit)

José Soler Puig

An important Cuban novelist who achieved great prestige in literature from his first novel, a rare occurrence that consecrated him on the path of narrative creation

Virgilio Piñera Llera

He was born in the city of Cárdenas, province of Matanzas

Antonio Benítez Rojo

Narrator, film screenwriter, essayist and Cuban university professor

Alfredo Valdés-Brito Gamba

Alfredo Brito

===BODY=== Alfredo Brito is a Cuban musician and singer, member of a family of artists with recognized prestige in the musical field

Aurelio Reinoso

He completed elementary musical studies

Leonardo Torres Álvarez

Leoni Torres, Leoni

Vocalist, composer and producer, cataloged as one of the most important figures in Cuban music

Ele Valdés Oropesa

She completed her first musical studies at the "Amadeo Roldán" Conservatory of Music in 1962, specializing in piano, and choral singing with Manuel Ochoa and Carmen Collado

Yusimil López Bridón

Yusa

She is a composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist

Santiago Mederos Iglesias

Changa Mederos

Changa Mederos, left-handed pitcher, with records of 17 undefeated seasons, as well as the one who retired the most batters by way of strikes, with 208, and striking out 20 players in a game against Camagüey. ...

Faustino Corrales Denis

Cuban baseball player, left-handed pitcher

José Modesto Darcourt

El Chiqui

Cuban left-handed pitcher, considered one of the best pitchers of the so-called wrong arm

Luis Felipe Díaz

Luis Felipe Díaz, before his death, was a pitching assistant for the Industriales baseball team

René Monteagudo Miranda

Pitcher and outfielder who played with the Washington Senators (1938, 1940, 1944) and the Philadelphia Phillies (1945)

Liván Moinelo Pita

Liván is a baseball player for the Pinar del Río Baseball team, who made his debut in the LIIII National Baseball Series, 2013-2014 as a left-handed pitcher

Orlando Martínez Romero

El Zurdo del Juanelo

Glory of Cuban sports

Roenis Leliebre Elías

Cubiche

Roenis Leliebre Elías is a Cuban left-handed professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization

Jorge Perugorría Rodríguez

Pichi

===BODY=== Pichi was born in Havana in the Wajay, Boyeros municipality, Havana, where he spent his childhood and adolescence

Emilio Estefan

Of Lebanese descent, he is a musician and producer based in the United States who is today one of the most influential Latin personalities in the world of entertainment at an international level

Alejandro Cordo Lugo

Alejandro Lugo

===BODY=== Actor in Cuban radio, television, film, and theater

Antonio Emilio Vázquez Gallo

Vázquez Gallo

===BODY=== Actor, playwright, narrator and one of the most prolific radio and television directors in Cuba

Otto F. Chaviano Lleonard

===BODY=== Scenic Designer and Theater Director

Ketty de la Iglesia

Recognized Cuban actress with extensive artistic trajectory primarily in Cuban Television, where she has been present consistently in recent years

José Antonio Cepero Brito Duarte

===BODY=== Prestigious conductor and host of Cuban television

Irela Matute Bell

Irela Bravo

Actress and broadcaster

Otto Sirgo Haller

Otto Sirgo

Born in La Habana, resident of Mexico, he is an actor and director of telenovelas and Cuban-Mexican theater

Natalia Agustina Herrera Díaz

Natalia Herrera

most prominent Cuban actresses, triumphant vedette, actress of profound dramatic depth and comic sense, has filled the cultural sphere for years and represented Cuba on foreign tours to which she brought ...

René de la Cruz Ortiz

Renecito de la Cruz

Renecito de la Cruz