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This is a list of notable '''[[Cubans]]''', ordered alphabetically by first name within each category.

==Additional lists==
For Cuban-Americans please see [[List of Cuban Americans]]

==Art and entertainment==
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===Actors===
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*[[Anabelle Acosta]], actress
*[[Ana de Armas]], actress
*[[Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado]], actress and singer
*[[Andy García]], actor
*[[César Évora]], actor
*[[Daisy Fuentes]], actress
*[[Desi Arnaz]], actor
*[[Emiliano Díez]], actor
*[[Enrique Molina (actor)|Enrique Molina]], actor
*[[Faizon Love]], actor and comedian
*[[Francisco Gattorno]], actor
*[[Julio Oscar Mechoso]], actor
*[[Luis Oquendo]], actor
*[[Luisa Martínez Casado]] (1860–1925), actress
*[[Manela Bustamante]], actress
*[[María Conchita Alonso]], actress
*[[Mario Cimarro]], actor 
*[[Mario Ernesto Sánchez]], actor and founder of [[Teatro Avante]]
*[[Renny Arozarena]], actor
*[[Steven Bauer]], actor
*[[Velia Martínez]], actress and singer
*[[William Levy (actor)|William Levy]], actor
*[[Nobel Vega]], actor, "Tio Nobel"
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===Architects===
{{See main|List of Cuban architects}}

=== Artists, photographers and fashion designers ===
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{{Main|List of Cuban artists}}
{{Further|List of Cuban painters}}

*[[Agustín Cárdenas]], sculptor
*[[Alberto Korda]], photographer
*[[Alexandre Arrechea]], painter, sculptor
*[[Amelia Peláez]], painter
*[[Baruj Salinas]], painter
*[[Carlos Enríquez Gómez|Carlos Enríquez]], painter
*[[Fidelio Ponce de León]], painter
*[[Herman Puig]] (born German Puig Paredes), photographer
*[[Humberto Jesús Castro García]], painter
*[[José Bernal (artist)|José Bernal]], painter
*[[José Vilalta Saavedra]], sculptor
*[[Josignacio]], creator of plastic paint medium, contemporary painter
*[[Juan José Sicre]], sculptor
*[[Juan T. Vázquez Martín]], painter
*[[Lourdes Gomez-Franca|Lourdes Gomez Franca]], painter
*[[Luis Castaneda]], photographer
*[[Mario Perez (artist)|Mario Perez]], painter
*[[Miguel Fleitas]], painter, photographer
*[[Miguel Rodez]], painter, sculptor
*[[Pedro Álvarez Castelló]], painter
*[[Rafael Consuegra]], sculptor
*[[Raúl Corrales]], photographer
*[[Raúl Martínez (artist)|Raúl Martínez]], pop artist, painter
*[[Rene Mederos]], poster artist and graphic designer
*[[René Portocarrero]], painter
*[[Tomas Sanchez]], painter
*[[Victor Manuel]], painter
*[[Waldo Diaz-Balart]], painter
*[[Wifredo Lam]], painter

===Authors and poets===
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{{Main|List of Cuban writers}}
{{Further|Cuban literature}}

*[[Alejo Carpentier]],<ref name="Bloom">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |pages=559–560}}</ref> novelist
*[[Antonio Benitez-Rojo]], author
*[[Brígida Agüero]], poet
*[[Daína Chaviano]], author
*[[Carilda Oliver Labra]], poet
*[[Domitila García de Coronado]], writer and journalist
*[[Dulce María Loynaz]], author
*[[Edmundo Desnoes]], author
*[[Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda]], author, poet
*[[Guillermo Cabrera Infante]],<ref name="Bloom" /> author
*[[Heberto Padilla]], poet
*[[Héctor Zumbado]], writer, journalist, humorist, critic
*[[José Ignacio Rivero]], author and journalist
*[[Antonio Rodríguez Salvador]], poet, author
*[[José Lezama Lima]],<ref name="Bloom" /> author, poet
*[[Mary Stanley Low]] (1912–2007), British-Cuban political activist, surrealist poet, artist and Latin teacher
*[[José María Heredia y Campuzano]], poet
*[[José Martí]], author, poet, journalist
*[[David Masnata y de Quesada]], author and historian 
*[[Julián del Casal]], 19th-century poet
*[[Leonardo Padura Fuentes]], novelist, journalist
*[[Mariano Brull]], author
*[[Nancy Morejón]], author
*[[José Gómez-Sicre]], art critic and author
*[[Nicolás Guillén]],<ref name="Bloom" /> poet
*[[Norberto Fuentes]], author
*[[Pedro Juan Gutiérrez]], author, poet, painter
*[[Pedro Luis Boitel]], poet
*[[Raúl Rivero]], poet and journalist
*[[Reinaldo Arenas]],<ref name="Bloom" /> author
*[[Severo Sarduy]],<ref name="Bloom" /> poet
*[[Virgilio Piñera]], author, playwright, poet, short-story writer and essayist
*[[Zoé Valdés]], author
*[[Cirilo Villaverde]]

===Composers===
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*[[Alejandro García Caturla]], symphonic composer
*[[Mariá Álvarez Rios]], composer
* [[Aurelio de la Vega]], composer, lecturer, essayist and poet
*[[Antonio María Romeu]], composer
*[[Arsenio Rodríguez]], developer of the rumba
*[[Didier Hernández]], singer, composer; former member of [[Menudo (group)|Menudo]] and [[MDO (band)|MDO]]
*[[Ernesto Lecuona]], often regarded as the greatest Cuban composer
*[[Esteban Salas y Castro]], 18th century Cuban baroque composer
*[[Gonzalo Roig]], often regarded as one of the greatest composers of Cuba, "Quiere me mucho"/ Cecilia Valdez
*[[Ignacio Cervantes]], Chopinesque piano composer
*[[José White Lafitte]], violinist and composer
*[[Leo Brouwer]], guitarist and composer
*[[Yalil Guerra]], composer
*[[Amadeo Roldán]], composer and violinist
*[[Dámaso Pérez Prado]], developer of the mambo
*[[Armando Rodriguez-Gonzalez]], composer
*[[Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer]], composer
*[[René Touzet]], composer, bandleader and pianist
*[[Flores Chaviano]], guitarist and composer
*[[Danilo Avilés]], composer
*[[Magaly Ruiz]], composer
*[[José Ardévol]], composer
*[[Harold Gramatges]], composer
*[[Carlos Fariñas]], composer
*[[Roberto Valera]], composer
*[[Julián Orbón]], composer
*[[Margarita Lecuona]], singer and composer

===Chess===
* [[José Raúl Capablanca]], chess world champion, grandmaster considered "the Mozart of Chess"
* [[Juan Corzo]], chess
* [[Lázaro Bruzón]], chess grandmaster
* [[María Teresa Mora]]

===Musicians===
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*[[Aida Diestro]], pianist, arranger
*[[Albita]], singer
*[[Alfredo de la Fé]], musician
*[[Adalberto Álvarez]], pianist, director, composer
*[[Ángel Reyes]], violinist
*[[AJ McLean]], singer, member of American boyband [[The Backstreet Boys]]
*[[Armando Peraza]], percussionist
*[[Arturo Sandoval]], trumpeter
*[[Arsenio Rodríguez]], composer
*[[Benny Moré]], singer, songwriter, conductor, arranger
*[[Bola de Nieve]], singer, pianist
*[[Camila Cabello]], musician, songwriter, actress
*[[Cándido Fabré]], musician, singer-songwriter
*[[Carlos Manuel Pruneda]], singer
*[[Carlos Varela (singer-songwriter)|Carlos Varela]], singer-songwriter
*[[Celia Cruz]], singer
*[[Celina González]], singer-songwriter
*[[Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso]], pianist, musician
*[[Chanel Terrero]], singer
*[[Christina Milian]], singer
*[[Chucho Valdés]],  pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger
*[[Compay Segundo]], musician, songwriter
*[[Conchita Espinosa]], pianist, teacher
*[[Cuban Link]], rapper
*[[Cubanito 20.02]], hip-hop band
*[[Dave Lombardo]], drummer
*[[David Calzado]], musician
*[[Didier Hernández]], singer-songwriter
*[[Donna Maria Martinez]], guitarist and singer
*[[Eddy Zervigon]], flautist and bandleader
*[[Elena Burke]], singer
*[[El Medico]], timba musician
*[[El Taiger]], reggaeton musician
*[[Eliades Ochoa]], guitarist and singer
*[[Emilio Estefan]], producer, composer
*[[Ernesto Lecuona]], pianist, composer
*[[Esther Borja]], singer
*[[Eusebio Delfín]], singer
*[[Francisco Aguabella]], percussionist
*[[German Nogueira Gomez]], songwriter, composer, producer
*[[Gloria Estefan]], singer, composer
*[[Gonzalo Rubalcaba]], pianist
*[[Guillermo Portabales]], singer, songwriter
*[[Guillermo Rubalcaba]], musician
*[[Harold Lopez Nussa]], jazz pianist
*[[Horacio Gutiérrez]], concert pianist
*[[Hubert de Blanck]], pianist, composer
*[[Ignacio Piñeiro]], composer
*[[Ibrahim Ferrer]], musician
*[[Isabel LaRosa]], singer
*[[Issac Delgado]], singer
*[[Jacobo Rubalcaba]], musician
*[[Jorge Bolet]], concert pianist
*[[Juan Croucier]], bassist
*[[Juan Formell]], composer
*[[Juan de Marcos González]], musician
*[[La Lupe]], singer
*[[Lena Burke|Lena]], singer
*[[Lissette]], singer
*[[Malena Burke]], singer
*[[Manuel Barrueco]], classical guitarist
*[[María Teresa Vera]], composer, guitarist, singer
*[[Mayra Verónica]], singer
*[[Miguel Matamoros]], singer, composer
*[[Moisés Valle]], musician
*[[Moisés Simons]], composer
*[[Mongo Santamaría]], jazz musician
*[[Moraima Secada]], singer
*[[Nelson Martinez (baritone)|Nelson Martinez]], baritone
*[[Ñico Saquito]], composer, singer
*[[Olga Guillot]], singer
*[[Omara Portuondo]], singer
*[[Orlando "Cachaito" López]], bassist
*[[Pablo Milanés]], singer-songwriter
*[[Pío Leyva]], singer
*[[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]], rapper
*[[Raul Paz]], singer
*[[Rey Ruiz]], singer
*[[Rita Montaner]], singer
*[[Roberto Faz]], singer, conductor
*[[Rubén González (pianist)|Rubén González]], pianist
*[[Rudy Sarzo]], rock bassist
*[[Sabrina Claudio]], singer
*[[Sen Dog]], rapper
*[[Silvio Rodríguez]], singer-songwriter
*[[Tico Torres]], drummer, percussionist
*[[Willy Chirino]], singer-songwriter
*[[Voltaire (musician)]], musician
*[[Xavier Cugat]], musician
*[[Yamila Guerra]], singer, actress, and dancer
*[[Yalil Guerra]], producer, musician, composer
*[[Yotuel Romero]], rapper
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===Film directors===
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{{Further|Cinema of Cuba}}

*[[Ernesto Daranas]]
*[[Fernando Pérez (director)|Fernando Pérez]]
*[[Humberto Padrón]]
*[[Jorge Luis Sánchez]]
*[[Juan Carlos Cremata]]
*[[Juan Padrón]]
*[[Miguel Coyula]]
*[[Rodrigo García (director)|Rodrigo García]]
*[[Santiago Álvarez (filmmaker)|Santiago Álvarez]]
*[[Tomás Gutiérrez Alea]]

===Journalists===
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*[[Calixto Martínez]]
*[[German Pinelli]]
*[[Héctor Zumbado]], writer, journalist, humorist, and critic
*[[Idania Martínez Grandales]], broadcaster, journalist and academic, and professor
*[[Nicolás Guillén]]
*[[Oscar Espinosa Chepe]]
*[[Pablo de la Torriente Brau]]
*[[Raúl Rivero]]
*[[Rick Sanchez (journalist)|Rick Sanchez]]

===Dancers===
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*[[Alicia Alonso]], Prima Ballerina Assoluta, director of the Cuban National Ballet (Ballet Nacional de Cuba)
*[[Carlos Acosta]], dancer
*[[Sadaise Arencibia]], star dancer with the Cuban National Ballet
*[[Fernando Bujones]], dancer
*[[Jose Manuel Carreño]], [[American Ballet Theatre]] principal dancer
*[[Lydia Diaz Cruz]], prima ballerina
*[[Miguel Campaneria]], ballet dancer, currently artistic director of the [[National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico]]
*[[Vida Guerra]], video dancer
*[[Yat-Sen Chang]], principal dancer, [[English National Ballet]]

===Other entertainment===
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*[[Alvarez Guedes]], comedian and author
*[[Ana María Polo]], television personality and lawyer
*[[Alina María Hernández]], "Cachita", television personality
*[[Cristina Saralegui]], magazine editor, talk show host (''Cristina'') and actress
*[[Vida Guerra]], model/actress
*[[Lili Estefan]], television personality and former model
*[[Mauricio Zeilic]], television personality
*[[Mayra Verónica]], model
*[[Nelson Ascencio]], comedian (''[[Madtv]]'')
*[[Pedro Zamora]], [[AIDS]] activist, featured on ''[[The Real World: San Francisco]]''
*[[Raúl De Molina]], television personality
*[[Raúl Musibay]], [[Food Network]] chef and author
*[[Rosaura Andreu]], children's television entertainer

==Sport==

===Baseball===
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* [[Adeiny Hechavarria]], [[Miami Marlins]]
* [[Adolfo Luque]], [[Cincinnati Reds]]
* [[Alex Fernandez (baseball)|Alex Fernandez]], [[Chicago White Sox]], [[Florida Marlins]]
* [[Alex Sánchez (outfielder)|Alex Sánchez]]
* [[Ariel Pestano]], [[Cuba national baseball team]]
* [[Ariel Prieto]], [[Oakland Athletics]]
* [[Aroldis Chapman]], [[Cincinnati Reds]]
* [[Aurelio Monteagudo]], [[Kansas City Athletics]]
* [[Barbaro Canizares]], [[Atlanta Braves]]
* [[Bárbaro Garbey]], [[Detroit Tigers]]
* [[Bert Campaneris]], [[Kansas City Athletics]]
* [[Brayan Peña]], [[Atlanta Braves]]
* [[Cristóbal Torriente]], Negro leagues, [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
* [[Danys Báez]], [[Baltimore Orioles]]
* [[Diego Seguí]], [[Kansas City Athletics]]
* [[Eli Marrero]], [[New York Mets]]
* [[Esteban Bellán]], first Latin American professional baseball player to play in the United States
* [[Germán Mesa]], trainer for the Cuban national baseball team
* [[Jack Calvo]], [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]]
*[[Jasiel Rivero]] (born 1993), basketball player for [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
* [[Jorge Soler]], [[Chicago Cubs]]
* [[José Abreu (first baseman)|José Abreu]], [[Chicago White Sox]]
* [[José Canseco]], [[Oakland Athletics]]
* [[José Cardenal]], [[San Francisco Giants]]
* [[José Contreras]], [[Chicago White Sox]]
* [[José Fernández (right-handed pitcher)|José Fernández]], [[Miami Marlins]]
* [[José Iglesias (baseball)|José Iglesias]], [[Detroit Tigers]]
* [[José Méndez]], [[Kansas City Monarchs]], Baseball Hall of Fame
* [[José Rodríguez (infielder, born 1894)|José Rodríguez]], [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]]
* [[José Tartabull]], [[Kansas City Athletics]]
* [[Kendrys Morales]], [[Kansas City Royals]]
* [[Liván Hernández]], [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]
* [[Luis Tiant]], [[Cleveland Indians]]
* [[Martín Dihigo]], Negro leagues, Baseball Hall of Fame
* [[Mike Cuellar]], [[Cincinnati Reds]]
* [[Minnie Miñoso]], [[Chicago White Sox]]
* [[Octavio Rojas|Octavio "Cookie" Rojas]], [[Cincinnati Reds]]
* [[Omar Linares]], [[Pinar del Río Vegueros]], [[Cuba national baseball team|Cuban national baseball team]]
* [[Orestes Destrade]], [[New York Yankees]], [[ESPN]] on-air personality
* [[Orlando Hernández]], [[New York Mets]]
* [[Ozzie Canseco]], [[Oakland Athletics]]
* [[Pedro Ramos]], [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]]
* [[Preston Gómez]], [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]]
* [[Rafael Palmeiro]], [[Baltimore Orioles]]
* [[Ray Noble (baseball)|Ray Noble]], [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]]
* [[René Arocha]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]]
* [[René Monteagudo]], [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]]
* [[Rey Ordóñez]], [[New York Mets]]
* [[Bobby Estalella (outfielder)|Roberto "Bobby" Estalella]], [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]]
* [[Rolando Arrojo]], [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]]
* [[Sandy Amorós]], [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]
* [[Tony Fossas]], [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
* [[Tony González (baseball)|Tony González]], [[Cincinnati Reds]]
* [[Tony Oliva]], [[Minnesota Twins]]
* [[Tony Pérez]], [[Cincinnati Reds]]
* [[Tony Taylor (baseball)|Tony Taylor]], [[Chicago Cubs]]
* [[Yuniesky Betancourt]], last played for the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]
* [[Yasiel Puig]], [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
* [[Yasmani Grandal]], [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
* [[Yoenis Céspedes]], [[New York Mets]]
* [[Zoilo Versalles]], [[Minnesota Twins]], first Latin American Major League MVP in {{mlby|1965}}
* [[Alexei Ramírez]], [[Chicago White Sox]]
* [[Yunel Escobar]], [[Washington Nationals]]
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===Boxing===
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* [[Adolfo Horta]], featherweight Olympic boxer
* [[Ariel Hernández (boxer)|Ariel Hernández]], Middleweight Olympic boxer
* [[Armando Martínez (boxer)|Armando Martínez]], light middle-weight Olympic boxer
* [[Benny Paret]], boxer
* [[Eliseo Castillo]], boxer
* [[Félix Savón]], Olympic boxer
* [[Florentino Fernández (boxer)|Florentino Fernández]], boxer
* [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz]], amateur boxer
* [[Joel Casamayor]], boxer
* [[Jorge Rubio (boxing trainer)|Jorge Rubio]], boxing trainer
* [[José Nápoles]], boxer
* [[Kid Charol]], boxer
* [[Kid Chocolate]], boxer
* [[Kid Gavilán]], boxer
* [[Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros]], Olympic welterweight boxer
* [[Luis Manuel Rodríguez]], boxer
* [[Mario César Kindelán Mesa]], Olympic gold medal-winning boxer
* [[Raúl González (boxer)|Raúl González]], boxer
* [[Roberto Balado]], Olympic super heavyweight boxer
* [[Sugar Ramos]], world champion boxer
* [[Teófilo Stevenson]], amateur boxer
* [[Yan Bartelemí]], light flyweight gold medal-winning boxer
* [[Yanqui Díaz]], boxer
* [[Yudel Johnson Cedeno]] light-welterweight Olympic boxer
* [[Yuriorkis Gamboa]], flyweight Olympic gold medal-winning boxer

===Athletes===
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* [[Alberto Juantorena]], track
* [[Aliecer Urrutia]], triple jump
* [[Ana Fidelia Quirot]], 800m
* [[Anier García]], hurdler
* [[Dayron Robles]], hurdling athlete
* [[Emeterio González]], javelin thrower
* [[Héctor Herrera (runner)|Héctor Herrera]], sprinter
* [[Ioamnet Quintero]], high jumper
* [[Iván García (athlete)|Iván García]], sprinter
* [[Iván Pedroso]], long jump
* [[Javier Sotomayor]], track and field record setter
* [[Joel Isasi]], sprinter
* [[Joel Lamela]], sprinter
* [[Jorge Aguilera]], sprinter
* [[Lázaro Martínez (sprinter)|Lázaro Martínez]], sprinter
* [[Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda]], sprinter
* [[Osleidys Menéndez]], javelin
* [[Roberto Hernández (athlete)|Roberto Hernández]]
* [[Roberto Moya]], discus throw
* [[Víctor Moya]], high jumper
* [[Yargelis Savigne]], jump
* [[Yarisley Silva]], pole vaulter
* [[Yipsi Moreno]], hammer thrower
* [[Yoandri Betanzos]], triple jump
* [[Yoel García]], triple jumper
* [[Yoel Hernández (athlete)|Yoel Hernández]], hurdler
* [[Yudelkis Fernández]], long jumper
* [[Yunaika Crawford]], hammer thrower
* [[Yuniel Hernández]], hurdler
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===Swimming===
* [[Joel Armas]], record holder in the US in monofin swimming
* [[Neisser Bent]], bronze medalist at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Rodolfo Falcón]], silver medalist at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Leonel "Bebito" Smith]], gold medalist in the 1926 and 1930 [[Central American and Caribbean Games]]

===Other===
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* [[Deborah Andollo]], holds world records in free diving
* [[Alberto Delgado Pérez|Alberto Delgado]], soccer
* [[Ivan Dominguez]], two time gold medalist in the [[Pan American Games]] and Cuban national champion in cycling
* [[Héctor Socorro]], [[Football (soccer)|footballer]]
* [[Ibrahim Rojas]], flatwater canoer
* [[Juan Tuñas]], former Cuban footballer
* [[Manrique Larduet]], gymnast
* [[Rey Ángel Martínez]], soccer
* [[Tomás Fernández (footballer, born 1915)|Tomás Fernández]],  footballer in the 1938 World Cup
* [[Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz]], Olympic silver medallist in Taekwondo
* [[Maykel Galindo]], soccer
* [[Jorge Sánchez Salgado]], volleyball player
* [[Mijaín López]], Greco-Roman wrestler

==Politics==
[[File:JoseMarti.jpeg|thumb|100px|right|[[Poet]] and writer [[José Martí]]]]

===Current===
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*[[Abelardo Colomé Ibarra]], vice president of the [[Council of State of Cuba]]
*[[Alfonso Fraga-Perez]], diplomat, Secretary General of the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa & Latin America ([[OSPAAAL]]), former Head of [[Cuban Interests Section]]
*[[Carlos Lage Dávila]], former executive Secretary of the [[Council of Ministers of Cuba]]
*[[Felipe Pérez Roque]], former Cuban government minister
*[[Fidel Castro]], previous First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Cuba]]
*[[José Luis Rodríguez García]], [[Council of ministers of Cuba|Cuban government minister]]
*[[José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera]], current Minister for Health in Cuba
*[[Juan Almeida Bosque]], third ranking member of the [[Cuban Council of State]]
*[[Luis Posada Carriles]], Cuban paramilitary leader, accused terrorist
*[[Mariela Castro]],  director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education and daughter of Raúl Castro
*[[Oscar Elías Biscet]], physician and dissident and founder of the [[Lawton Foundation]], currently jailed
*[[Oswaldo Payá]], founder of [[Proyecto Varela]]
*[[Raúl Castro]], current [[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba]]
*[[Liaena Hernandez Martínez]], youngest member of the Cuban National Assembly
*[[Roberto Fernández Retamar]], President of the [[Casa de las Américas]]
*[[Ricardo Alarcón]], President of the Cuban National Assembly
*[[Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín]], former Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment
*[[Pedro Pablo Prada Quintero]], diplomat
*[[Juan Valdés Figueroa]], diplomat

===Historical===
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* [[Abel Santamaría]], Cuban revolutionary
* [[Alcibiades Hidalgo]], former ambassador to the UN
* [[Ana Betancourt]], first to campaign for equal rights for Cuban women, in 1868 during the [[Ten Years' War]]
* [[Andrés Rivero Agüero]], Cuba's prime minister from March 1957 to March 1958
* [[Anselmo Alliegro]], acting president of Cuba for one day (1–2 January 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country
* [[Antonio Guiteras]], politician and revolutionary
* [[Antonio Maceo Grajales|Antonio Maceo]], revolutionary, military strategist
* [[Armando Hart Dávalos]], politician and Communist leader
* [[Asela de los Santos]], Cuban revolutionary, educator and politiican
* [[Camilo Cienfuegos]], Cuban revolutionary
* [[Carlos Hevia]], provisional president of Cuba 1934
* [[Pilar Jorge de Tella]], suffragist
* [[Carlos Manuel Piedra]], acting president of Cuba for one day (2 January 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country
* [[Carlos Prío Socarrás]], former President of Cuba
* [[Celia Sánchez]], Cuban revolutionary and Secretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
* [[Cosme Torres Espinoza]], ambassador to [[Zimbabwe]]
* [[Eduardo Chibás]], Cuban politician who used radio to broadcast his political views against Batista's government to the public
* [[Federico Laredo Brú]], President of Cuba from 1936 to 1940
* [[Fernando Tarrida del Mármol]], Cuban anarchist
* [[Fabio Grobart]], Communist leader
* [[Fulgencio Batista]], former Cuban President
* [[Frank País]], 20th century revolutionary
* [[Gerardo Machado]], Cuban president 1920–33
* [[Gustavo Arcos]], Cuban Revolutionary later became an imprisoned dissident
* [[Huber Matos]], Cuban Revolutionary
* [[Ignacio Agramonte]], 19th century Cuban revolutionary
* [[Jorge Mas Canosa]], founder of the Cuban American National Foundation
* [[José Miró Cardona]], President of Cuba in 1959
* [[José Martí]], poet, philosopher, politician, writer, revolutionary
* [[Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte]], former member of the Cuban politburo and first Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Cuban Communist Party in Santiago de Cuba
* [[Julio Antonio Mella]], founder of the original Cuban Communist Party
* [[Jorge Payret]], diplomat and academic 
* [[Leopoldo Cancio]], deputy and Sectetary of Education 
* [[Manuel Piñeiro]], first head of the Cuban [[Dirección General de Inteligencia|General Intelligence Directorate]]
* [[Manuel Urrutia Lleó]], provisional Cuban President January to July 1959
* [[María Cabrales]], activist, revolutionary and nurse
* [[Miguel Mariano Gómez]], President of Cuba for seven months in 1936
* [[Paul Lafargue]], Cuban-born French Communist and son-in-law to [[Karl Marx]]
* [[Pedro Pablo Cazañas]], Cuban judge and politician
* [[Rafael Diaz-Balart]], Cuban politician and majority leader during presidency of Batista
* [[Ramón Grau]], Cuban president for two terms 1933, 1940–44
* [[Saturnino and Mariano Lora]], brothers and 19th century revolutionaries
* [[Vilma Espín|Vilma Espín Guillois]], President of the [[Women in Cuba|Cuban Federation of Women]], wife of Raúl Castro
* [[Virgilio Paz Romero]], anti-Castro paramilitary

==Religion==
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* [[Alfredo Llaguno-Canals]], former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana
* [[Miguel A. De La Torre]], prolific author on Hispanic religiosity
* [[Agustin Roman]], retired Auxiliary Bishop of Miami
* [[Braulio Orue-Vivanco]], former Bishop of Pinar del Río
* [[Eduardo Tomas Boza-Masvidal]], former Auxiliary Bishop of Havana
* [[Félix Varela]], [[beatified]] priest, candidate for [[sainthood]]
* [[Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino]], Cardinal [[Archbishop]] of [[Havana]]
* [[Meyer Rosenbaum (II)|Meyer Rosenbaum]], former rabbi and spiritual leader in Havana

==Royalty and nobility==
*[[Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]]
*[[Edelmira Ignacia Adriana Sampedro-Robato]], Countess of Covadonga, first wife of [[Alfonso Prince of Asturias]]
*[[Marta Ester Rocafort-Altazarra]], second wife of [[Alfonso Prince of Asturias]]

==Military==
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* [[Adolfo Fernández Cavada]], captain in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]] who later served as commander-in-chief of the Cinco Villas during Cuba's Ten Year War
* [[Alberto Bayo y Giroud]], Cuban military leader of the defeated left-wing Loyalists in the [[Spanish Civil War]]
* [[Antonio Maceo Grajales]], second-in-command of the Cuban army of independence
* [[Arnaldo Ochoa]], Cuban general
* [[Calixto García]], Cuban soldier in the [[Ten Years' War]]
* [[Carlos Manuel de Céspedes]], Cuban general in the war of independence against the Spanish
* [[Eliseo Reyes Rodríguez]], Cuban guerrillero
* [[Emilio Mola Vidal]] (1887–1937), Nationalist commander during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39); known for coining the phrase "fifth column"
* [[Federico Fernández Cavada]], colonel in the Union Army during the [[American Civil War]]; later commander-in-chief of all the Cuban forces during Cuba's Ten Year War
* [[Jesús Sosa Blanco]], captain in the Cuban army under Fulgencio Batista
* [[José Braulio Alemán]], Cuban general in the [[Spanish–American War]]
* [[José Miguel Gómez]], Cuban general in the war of independence against the Spanish
* [[Julius Peter Garesché]], lieutenant colonel in the Union Army who served as chief of staff, with the rank of lieutenant colonel to Maj. Gen. [[William S. Rosecrans]]
* [[Loreta Janeta Velazquez]], a.k.a. "Lieutenant Harry Buford", Velazquez was a Cuban-born woman who masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War
* [[Manuel Artime]], leader of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961
* [[Máximo Gómez]], 19th-century leader of Cuban forces in the wars of independence
* [[Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz]], chief air force commander and member of [[Operation 40]]
* [[Víctor Dreke]], Communist leader and a general in the Revolutionary Armed Forces
* [[Tomás Diez Acosta]], revolutionary soldier and historian
* [[Víctor Ivo Acuña Velázquez]], military commander
* [[Pilar García (brigadier general)|Pilar Garcia]], pre-revolutionary Chief of National Police

==Science==
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*[[Luis Walter Alvarez|Luis Alvarez]], winner of the 1968 [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Physics]], worked on the [[Manhattan Project]]
*[[Agustin Walfredo Castellanos]], physician
*[[Carlos Finlay|Carlos Juan Finlay]], epidemiologist,  proposed the mode of transmission of yellow fever and was instrumental in assisting [[Walter Reed]] with his studies in Cuba
*[[Juan Gundlach]], 19th century [[Natural history|naturalist]] and [[taxonomist]]
*[[Celia Hart]], Cuban physicist
*[[Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez]], first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. to travel to space
*[[Hilda Molina]], former chief neurosurgeon in Cuba
*[[Felipe Poey]], zoologist

==Other categories==
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*[[Sebastian Arcos Bergnes]], human rights activist
*[[Rosa Castellanos]], military nurse
*[[Ramón Castro (Cuban revolutionary)|Ramón Castro]], older brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro
*[[Mirta Diaz-Balart]], Fidel Castro's first wife
*[[Enriqueta García Martín|Enriqueta García y Martín]], prominent Cuban socialite, businesswoman and landowner
*[[Delfín Fernández]], high ranking government official, defected to Spain
*[[Gregorio Fuentes]], Cuban nautical captain
*[[Elián González]], boy who came to the US, leading to a custody battle between his American family and his father in Cuba
*[[Jose Miguel Battle, Sr.]], former Godfather of the Cuban Mafia
*[[Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven]], Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague 
*Dr. [[Eduardo J. Padrón]], educator and college president
*[[Jesús Permuy]], human rights activist, architect, urban planner, community leader
*[[Ignacio Jose Urrutia|Ignacio José Urrutia]] (born 1730), historian
*[[Nitza Villapol]], Cuban chef

==Non-resident Cubans==
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[List of Cuban-Americans]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[:Category:Mexican people of Cuban descent|List of Cuban-Mexicans]]
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Dane Bowers]]
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Guillermo Cabrera Infante]]
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Yat-Sen Chang]]
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Sienna Guillory]]
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester|William Montagu (Yznaga)]]{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Consuelo Yznaga]]<ref>{{cite news|title=LORD MANDEVILLE'S WEDDING.; |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1876/05/23/archives/lord-mandevilles-wedding-a-brilliant-affair-at-grace-church-lord.html|access-date=12 July 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=23 May 1876 }}, Retrieved 5 December 2012.</ref>
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Taismary Agüero]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mirka Francia]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Libania Grenot]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Magdelín Martínez]]
*{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Alex Cabrera]]
*{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Majandra Delfino]]
*{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Viviana Gibelli]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Arturo Miranda]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Eduardo Sebrango]]
*{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Bárbara Bermudo]]
*{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Mike Lowell]]
*{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Carlos Ponce]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Rita Marley]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Ziggy Marley]]
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Lenny Martinez (musician)|Lenny Martinez]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mariane Pearl]]
*{{flagicon|Guatemala}} [[Oscar Isaac]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Cuba}}
*[[List of people by nationality]]

{{Cuba topics}}

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[[Category:Lists of Cuban people| *]]