Society

Salvador Cisneros Betancourt

He was born in one of Puerto's best families; his family already carried with pride the title Marqués de Santa Lucía granted by the King of Spain a few years before

Ana Maria de Quesada Loynaz

Ana de Quesada was the second wife of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, patriot and president of Cuba (1869-1873); and mother of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada, provisional president of Cuba from August ...

Julio Casas Regueiro

Hero of the Republic of Cuba, General of Army Corps, Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces

Juan Castellá Lluch

Outstanding Cuban teacher

Juan José Mier Febles

Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad de La Habana

Dulce María Escalona Almeida

Prestigious revolutionary pedagogue who dedicated her life to the cause of education for the Cuban people

Néstor Ponce de León La Guardia

Un emigrante cubano

He was born at the Merced sugar mill, property of his parents, in the region of Cárdenas, Matanzas

Fernando Manuel Revuelta Buchaca

A prominent social figure who controlled the cigar factory "La Industria Cienfueguera", which was at that time one of the best businesses in the province

Sergio Corrieri Hernández

David, Alberto Delgado

Cuban actor and theatrical director

Gonzalo de Quesada Miranda

He dedicated himself until his death to continuing the beautiful work of research and studies on the life of José Martí, initiated by his father Gonzalo de Quesada Aróstegui, being considered the most ...

Eusebio Guiteras Font

Distinguished pedagogue from Matanzas, he wrote works dedicated fundamentally to education in Cuba, teacher and director of Colegio La Empresa He was born in Matanzas

René Lufríu Alonso

Taki-Mori

Teacher and assiduous contributor to several of the newspapers of his time

Eduardo Agramonte Piña

Outstanding Cuban patriot of the 19th century, native of the former jurisdiction and current province of Camagüey

Raimundo Cabrera Bosch

Essayist, journalist, lawyer and patriot

Víctor Casaus Sánchez

Poet, filmmaker, narrator and journalist

Francisco Gómez Toro

Panchito

Captain of the Liberating Army in the struggles for Cuban independence

Lázaro Peña González

Leader of the Cuban labor movement

Julio Sanguily Garitte

Major General of the Liberating Army

Leoncio Vidal Caro

He was born in Corralillo, province of Villa Clara

Juan Marinello Vidaurreta

Cuban politician and notable intellectual

Domingo Méndez Capote

Cuban military and politician

Guido García Inclán

El más cívico de los periodistas cubanos

Cuban journalist who devoted his life to radio

Lydia Cabrera Marcaida

Nena,

Lydia Cabrera, a prominent ethnologist, researcher and narrator, was born in Havana, at Calzada de Galiano, number 79

Jaime Crombet Hernández Baquero

Cuban revolutionary who held various positions throughout his life, in which he excelled as a recognized leader

Sidroc Ramos Palacios

He was born in the city of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba

José Fernández de Castro Céspedes

Brigadier General of the Liberating Army in the War of '95 for the Independence of Cuba

Ramón de Palma Romay

Journalist, pedagogue, lawyer, essayist, poet, playwright, and narrator

Hortensia Pichardo Viñals

Cuban historian and pedagogue

José Manuel Cedeño Infante

Bayamó patriot, aide-de-camp of the Liberator Simón Bolívar

Jesús Sablón Moreno

Rabichi, Jesús Rabí, General de los humildes

Cuban patriot deserving of the respect and admiration of great leaders in the independence struggle such as: Calixto García, Antonio Maceo and Flor Crombet

Demetrio Montseny Villa

Villa

His father, of Catalan origin, was a carpenter and his mother was a laundress at a sanatorium that the Catalans had in that city

Inés María Martiatu Terry

Lalita

Born in La Habana, to professional parents, Inés María studied high school at the La Habana institute, where she was a classmate of filmmaker Sara Gómez

Mariblanca Sabas Alomá

Cuban journalist and writer who defended women's rights through letters and political action

Gloria Marina Cuadras de la Cruz

Revolutionary from Santiago closely linked to the history of struggle of her native city

Víctor A. Muñoz Riera

His astonishing fertility as a writer reached its most culminating realization in the brilliant sports chronicles that captivated fans during the first quarter century of republican Cuba

Alejandro Mayorkas

Cuban-American lawyer and director of the U

Ramón Grau San Martín

Grau San Martín

Cuban physician and politician

José María Martínez Tamayo

Papi, Ricardo, Chinchu, Mbili

Cuban guerrilla fighter and military officer who fought in the Cuban Revolution, in the Congo and in Bolivia under the command of Che Guevara, where he died in combat in 1967

Rosario García Calviño

Doña Rosario

Doña Rosario García Calviño

Jeffrey Preston Bezos

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon

José Llanusa Gobel

El Flaco

Cuban athlete and politician

Armando Fernández Lima

Sports Journalist, Narrator and Sports Commentator on Radio and Television, Cubans remember him as the sports voice of the Capital on COCO, El Periódico del Aire

Ramiro Valdés Daussá

Outstanding student, athlete, professor, and Cuban revolutionary fighter

Irma Armas Fonseca

Distinguished Cuban journalist who worked as a reporter for the Periódico Ahora, in Holguín, and also served as a leading member of the Union of Cuban Journalists (UPEC) and as founder-director of the ...

Manuel Boza Agramonte

Major General of the Cuban Liberation Army