Society

Abelardo Barroso Dargelez

Caruso

A sonero of great lineage

Moisés Rafael Valle Moleiro

Yumurí

He is a charismatic sonero, a salsa singer by birth, unmistakable for his vocal register and improvisations, with an unmistakably Cuban stamp

Ibrahim Ferrer Planas

He was a Cuban son singer with a pure and smooth voice

Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler

Iván el Terrible, el saltamontes

Iván is an athlete who specializes in long jump

David Giralt Agramonte

Cuban athlete specialist in long jump, his best jump was 8

Marcia Alejandra Garbey Montell

Athlete specialist in sprint racing and long jump

Antonio Ávila Baca

Tony Ávila

Antonio Ávila holds a degree in Philosophy and History

Olivia Miranda Francisco

Senior Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy

Delfín Prats Pupo

Poet, narrator and translator

José Castelar Cairo

Cueto

José Castelar was born into a humble family in the town of Rancho Veloz, attended his town's public school, and as a child learned the trade of cigar maker in the small tobacco factories (small manufacturing ...

Adolfo Alfonso Fernández

Adolfo Alfonso is considered one of the best decimistas that Cuba has had

Cándido Fabré Fabré

Rey del Repentismo, El Amanezco

Cuban musician, known as the King of Improvisation in dance music; with his hoarse, sonorous and fiery voice, he is one of the most singular voices in Cuba, in the way he approaches the song and the creation ...

Juana Tomasa Quiala Rojas

Tomasita Quiala

Tomasita, outstanding blind improviser and important exponent of repentismo in the country

Alexis Andrés Díaz Pimienta

He is a Cuban singer, narrator, poet, and improviser (repentista)

José Canseco Capas

José Canseco

He was born in Havana, Cuba and is a former baseball player

Tomás de la Cruz Rivero

Tommy de la Cruz

He was a right-handed Major League pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1944

Eduardo Bauta Gálvez

Ed Bauta

He was a right-handed pitcher, a relief pitcher in the Major Leagues

Yadier Pedroso González

Pedrosito

Cuban baseball player, right-handed pitcher for the teams Habana, Artemisa and the Cuban national team

Pedro Gómez Martínez

Preston Gómez

Preston was the second Latin American baseball player who officially managed a Major League team, "Preston" Gómez, at the Saint Elizabeth Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Fullerton, a city located ...

Alcadio Martínez

Cuban athlete who stood out as a pitcher for the baseball teams Pinar del Río, Vegueros, and Forestales

Rogelio García Alonso

Ciclón de Ovas

Cuban baseball player

Tulio Raggi González

He was a prominent Cuban animated film director and screenwriter

Alberto Joya

Graduate of the Conservatorio Superior de Música de La Habana, completing his piano degree with the highest grades

Laureano Fuentes Matons

===BODY=== Cuban composer, orchestra conductor, and violinist

José Fernández Díaz

Joseíto Fernández, Rey de la Melodía

He was born in Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba

Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez

Cardenal García Rodríguez

Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez (Camagüey, July 11, 1948) is a Cuban Catholic prelate who serves as Cardinal and Archbishop of Havana since 2016

Bonifacio Byrne Puñales

===BODY=== Cuban poet, born in Matanzas

Luis Rogelio Rodríguez Noguera

Wichy, El Rojo, Wichy el Rojo

Wichy was born in El Vedado

Fidel Corrales Jiménez

===BODY=== He is the fourth player in the national chess ranking with an Elo of 2602, he obtained the FIDE Master norm in 2003, the International Master norm in 2005 and the Grandmaster norm in 2009

Jesús Nogueiras Santiago

El Camilito

===BODY=== A prominent sports personality who began playing Chess at a very early age and, due to his excellent performance, became the youngest chess player in the world in 1976

Walter Arencibia Rodríguez

A chess player from Holguín who has held the title of Grand Master since 1990

Guillermo García González

Guille

Considered one of the five most outstanding Cuban chess players of all time, alongside José Raúl Capablanca, Leinier Domínguez, Lázaro Bruzón and Jesús Nogueiras

Gonzalo Nicanor Hernández Kesel

Tio Tom, Florencio Calle

Creator of rumba

Pedro Calvo Rojas

Pedrito

Popular Cuban singer who for several years was a member of the orchestra Los Van Van, today Director of his own group Pedrito Calvo y la Nueva Justicia

Adrián Berazaín Azcuy

El Berita

Graduate of Informational Design from the Instituto Superior de Diseño Industrial, his musical training is self-taught

Armando Lima Ojitos

Lima

Cuban meteorologist, professor and weather forecaster for the National Television News

Augusto Enríquez Hernández

Augusto Enrique

Singer and composer, one of the most well-known and charismatic figures in the Cuban music scene

Liane Borbolla Vacher

Doctor Liane Borbolla Vacher, first woman to receive a Doctorate in Medical Sciences in Cuba

Dagoberto Concepción Cueto

Bert Cueto, Dag,

He was born in San Luis, Pinar del Río, Cuba, son of Ceferino Concepción and Pura Rosa Cueto

Miguel Ángel de la Hoz Piloto

Mike de la Hoz

Born in Havana, former Major League Baseball player as an infield player

Rogelio Álvarez Hernández

Rogelio "Borrego" Álvarez was one of the baseball players with the greatest hitting power in the history of Cuban professional baseball

Bárbaro Garbey Garbey

Cuban baseball player, outfielder

Julio Enrique González Herrera

Julio González

Right-handed pitcher, he played in the Major Leagues with the PDV team in the seasons from 1947 to 1949

José Hernández Ramos

Chico

Cuban catcher who played in two seasons in the major leagues with the Chicago Cubs team (1942 and 1943)

Cristobal Torriente

Bambino cubano

He had a outstanding performance for several years in the Negro Leagues in the United States, where he was selected for the Hall of Fame