List of famous Cuban men with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.
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.
Ry Cooder(Guitarist, Singer, Composer, Banjoist, Musicologist, Mandolinist)
15 March 1947
Los Angeles
Pisces
Yoenis Céspedes(Baseball player)
18 October 1985
Campechuela
Libra
Guillermo Rigondeaux(Boxer)
30 September 1980
Santiago de Cuba
Libra
Dave Lombardo(Drummer, Musician)
16 February 1965
Havana
Aquarius
Aroldis Chapman(Baseball player)
28 February 1988
Holguín Province
Pisces
Hector Lombard(Judoka, Thai boxer)
02 February 1978
Matanzas
Aquarius
Tony Pérez(American baseball player)
14 May 1942
Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
Taurus
Al Jourgensen(Singer, Music executive, Banjoist, Composer)
09 October 1958
Havana
Libra
José Raúl Capablanca(Chess Player)
19 November 1888
08 March 1942
Havana, Cuba
Scorpio
Benny Paret(Boxer)
14 March 1937
03 April 1962
Santa Clara
Pisces
Yasiel Puig(Baseball player)
07 December 1990
Cienfuegos, Cuba
Sagittarius
Xavier Cugat(Conductor, Composer, Jazz musician, Singer, Bandleader)
01 January 1900
27 October 1990
Girona
Capricorn
Yuriorkis Gamboa(Boxer)
23 December 1981
Guantánamo
Capricorn
Ibrahim Ferrer(Cuban singer)
20 February 1927
06 August 2005
San Luis, Cuba
Pisces
Kendrys Morales(Baseball player)
20 June 1983
Fomento
Gemini
Arturo Sandoval(Trumpeter, Pianist, Composer, Jazz musician, Percussionist)
06 November 1949
Artemisa
Scorpio
Alberto Salazar(Marathon runner, Athletics competitor)
07 August 1958
Havana
Leo
Yunel Escobar(Baseball player)
02 November 1982
Havana
Scorpio
Jorge Soler(Baseball player)
25 February 1992
Havana
Pisces
Teófilo Stevenson(Boxer, Engineer)
29 March 1952
11 June 2012
Puerto Padre
Aries
Gerardo Machado(Politician)
28 September 1871
29 March 1939
Santa Clara
Libra
Javier Sotomayor(High jumper)
13 October 1967
Limonar
Libra
Danell Leyva(Artistic gymnast)
30 October 1991
Cárdenas
Scorpio
Alejo Carpentier(Writer, Journalist, Essayist, Musicologist, Literary critic)
26 December 1904
24 April 1980
Havana
Capricorn
Ozzie Canseco(Baseball player)
02 July 1964
Havana
Cancer
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez(Astronaut, Aviator, Military personnel)
29 January 1942
Guantánamo
Aquarius
Samuel Armenteros(Association football player)
27 May 1990
Gothenburg
Gemini
Guillermo Cabrera Infante(Linguist, Screenwriter, Translator, Essayist, Writer, Journalist)
22 April 1929
21 February 2005
Cuba
Taurus
Osvaldo Alonso(Association football player)
11 November 1985
San Cristóbal
Scorpio
Yonder Alonso(Baseball player)
08 April 1987
Havana
Aries
Kid Chocolate(Boxer)
06 January 1910
08 August 1988
Havana
Capricorn
Leonardo Padura Fuentes(writer, journalist, screenwriter)
1955 AD
Havana
Ramón Grau(politician, physician)
13 September 1881
28 July 1969
La Palma
Virgo
Rubén González(Pianist)
26 May 1919
08 December 2003
Santa Clara, Cuba
Gemini
José Julián Martí Pérez28 January 1853
19 May 1895
Havana
Aquarius
José Abreu(baseball player)
29 January 1987
Cruces, Cuba
Aquarius
José Canseco Capas, Jr02 July 1964
Cancer
Mike Perez(boxer)
20 October 1985
Ciego de Ávila
Libra
Orlando Hernández(Baseball player)
11 October 1965
Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Libra
Quote Of The Day
Be it Raul or Fidel Castro, current and former leader of the Communist party of Cuba or Jose Marti, a Cuban national hero and Latin American litterateur, novelist Leonardo Padura or composer Ernesto Lecuona, sporting legends Ivan Dominguez, Jose Raul Capablanca and Jose Mendez or actor Mario Ernesto Sanchez and painter Pedro Alvarez Castello – Cuban men have been playing the role of a protagonist on the world’s cultural, economic, political and social stage. Know more about their life and works through this follow-up.