A tiny island located a few hundred miles off the coast of Florida, Cuba has been the epicentre for cigar and rum lovers from across the globe. Ask anyone with a fascination for rum or cigar and he/she would tell you that quest for smoking different cigars or drinking varied rums isn’t fulfilled unless one has his/her hands on a Cuban one! However, this is just a side of the coin - Cuba is home to the cha-cha-cha dance form which originated in the country and some of world’s greatest baseball players. Yet still, listing Cuban accomplishments and achievements wouldn’t be complete, until one mentions the triumphs and deeds of Cuban men who have though their revolutionary work played an instrumental role in shaping the country’s identity on the world platform.
Aroldis Chapman(Baseball player)
28 February 1988
Ry Cooder(Guitarist, Singer, Composer, Banjoist, Musicologist, Mandolinist)
15 March 1947
Yasiel Puig(Baseball player)
07 December 1990
Dave Lombardo(Drummer, Musician)
16 February 1965
Yonder Alonso(Baseball player)
08 April 1987
Guillermo Rigondeaux(Boxer)
30 September 1980
Al Jourgensen(Singer, Music executive, Banjoist, Composer)
09 October 1958
Yoenis Céspedes(Baseball player)
18 October 1985
Hector Lombard(Judoka, Thai boxer)
02 February 1978
José Raúl Capablanca(Chess Player)
19 November 1888
Xavier Cugat(Conductor, Composer, Jazz musician, Singer, Bandleader)
01 January 1900
Camilo Cienfuegos(Armed force officer)
06 February 1932
Javier Sotomayor(High jumper)
13 October 1967
Orlando Hernández(Baseball player)
11 October 1965
Kendrys Morales(Baseball player)
20 June 1983
Arturo Sandoval(Trumpeter, Pianist, Composer, Jazz musician, Percussionist)
06 November 1949
Tony Pérez(American baseball player)
14 May 1942
Samuel Armenteros(Association football player)
27 May 1990
Yuriorkis Gamboa(Boxer)
23 December 1981
Yunel Escobar(Baseball player)
02 November 1982
Teófilo Stevenson(Boxer, Engineer)
29 March 1952
Benny Paret(Boxer)
14 March 1937
Alberto Salazar(Marathon runner, Athletics competitor)
07 August 1958
Ibrahim Ferrer(Cuban singer)
20 February 1927
Jorge Soler(Baseball player)
25 February 1992
Alejo Carpentier(Writer, Journalist, Essayist, Musicologist, Literary critic)
26 December 1904
Osvaldo Alonso(Association football player)
11 November 1985
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez(Astronaut, Aviator, Military personnel)
29 January 1942
Gerardo Machado(Politician)
28 September 1871
Danell Leyva(Artistic gymnast)
30 October 1991
Leonardo Padura Fuentes(writer, journalist, screenwriter)
1955 AD
Ramón Grau(politician, physician)
13 September 1881
Ozzie Canseco(Baseball player)
02 July 1964
Kid Chocolate(Boxer)
06 January 1910
Dayron Robles(Cuban track, Field athlete)
19 November 1986
Guillermo Cabrera Infante(Linguist, Screenwriter, Translator, Essayist, Writer, Journalist)
22 April 1929
Rubén González(Pianist)
26 May 1919
José Abreu(baseball player)
29 January 1987
Mike Perez(boxer)
20 October 1985
José Julián Martí Pérez28 January 1853
José Canseco Capas, Jr(Famous Baseball Players)
02 July 1964
