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
Aroldis Chapman(Baseball player)
28 February 1988
Holguín Province
Pisces
Dave Lombardo(Drummer, Musician)
16 February 1965
Havana
Aquarius
Hector Lombard(Judoka, Thai boxer)
02 February 1978
Matanzas
Aquarius
Al Jourgensen(Singer, Music executive, Banjoist, Composer)
09 October 1958
Havana
Libra
Guillermo Rigondeaux(Boxer)
30 September 1980
Santiago de Cuba
Libra
Yoenis Céspedes(Baseball player)
18 October 1985
Campechuela
Libra
Yasiel Puig(Baseball player)
07 December 1990
Cienfuegos, Cuba
Sagittarius
Yonder Alonso(Baseball player)
08 April 1987
Havana
Aries
José Raúl Capablanca(Chess Player)
19 November 1888
08 March 1942
Havana
Scorpio
Xavier Cugat(Conductor, Composer, Jazz musician, Singer, Bandleader)
01 January 1900
27 October 1990
Girona
Capricorn
Camilo Cienfuegos(Armed force officer)
06 February 1932
28 October 1959
Havana
Aquarius
Benny Paret(Boxer)
14 March 1937
03 April 1962
Santa Clara
Pisces
Javier Sotomayor(High jumper)
13 October 1967
Limonar, Cuba
Libra
Teófilo Stevenson(Boxer, Engineer)
29 March 1952
11 June 2012
Puerto Padre
Aries
Arturo Sandoval(Trumpeter, Pianist, Composer, Jazz musician, Percussionist)
06 November 1949
Artemisa
Scorpio
Orlando Hernández(Baseball player)
11 October 1965
Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Libra
Ibrahim Ferrer(Cuban singer)
20 February 1927
06 August 2005
San Luis
Pisces
Samuel Armenteros(Association football player)
27 May 1990
Gothenburg
Gemini
Alberto Salazar(Marathon runner, Athletics competitor)
07 August 1958
Havana
Leo
Yuriorkis Gamboa(Boxer)
23 December 1981
Guantánamo
Capricorn
Tony Pérez(American baseball player)
14 May 1942
Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
Taurus
Yunel Escobar(Baseball player)
02 November 1982
Havana
Scorpio
Kendrys Morales(Baseball player)
20 June 1983
Fomento
Gemini
Jorge Soler(Baseball player)
25 February 1992
Havana
Pisces
Gerardo Machado(Politician)
28 September 1871
29 March 1939
Santa Clara
Libra
Alejo Carpentier(Writer, Journalist, Essayist, Musicologist, Literary critic)
26 December 1904
24 April 1980
Lausanne
Capricorn
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez(Astronaut, Aviator, Military personnel)
29 January 1942
Guantánamo
Aquarius
Ramón Grau(politician, physician)
13 September 1881
28 July 1969
La Palma
Virgo
Osvaldo Alonso(Association football player)
11 November 1985
San Cristóbal
Scorpio
Ozzie Canseco(Baseball player)
02 July 1964
Havana
Cancer
Leonardo Padura Fuentes(writer, journalist, screenwriter)
1955 AD
Havana
Danell Leyva(Artistic gymnast)
30 October 1991
Cárdenas
Scorpio
Kid Chocolate(Boxer)
06 January 1910
08 August 1988
Havana
Capricorn
Guillermo Cabrera Infante(Linguist, Screenwriter, Translator, Essayist, Writer, Journalist)
22 April 1929
21 February 2005
Cuba
Taurus
Dayron Robles(Cuban track, Field athlete)
19 November 1986
Guantánamo
Scorpio
Rubén González(Pianist)
26 May 1919
08 December 2003
Santa Clara, Cuba
Gemini
José Abreu(baseball player)
29 January 1987
Cruces, Cuba
Aquarius
Mike Perez(boxer)
20 October 1985
Ciego de Ávila
Libra
José Julián Martí Pérez28 January 1853
19 May 1895
Havana
Aquarius
José Canseco Capas, Jr(Famous Baseball Players)
02 July 1964
Cancer