Cuban
Did you know that Cuba, a country synonymous to sugar, cigar, rum, baseball and musket-toting pirates, is also been home to many polarizing figures. That is right! This timeworn yet splendid country, which fuses old world colonial charm with contemporary cultural idiosyncrasies with élan, boasts of some exceptionally gifted and universally feted Cubans whose life and heritage will bowl you over completely. Gloria Estefan, Desi Arnaz, Cesar Romero, Rosario Dawson, Cameron Diaz, Marco Rubio, Jeff Bezos, Eva Mendes, Pitbull, Andy Garcia, Gilbert Arenas, and Ted Cruz are just some of the famous Cubans whom the world knows and lauds. But that is just tip of the iceberg. There is more to the list of famous Cubans than you can fathom. Explore all about the famous Cubans in their biographies captured below. As you trail their timeline, revel in their trivia, and wonder at some of the lesser-known facts about them, we bet you will not be able to stop reading.
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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
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Xavier Cugat(Conductor, Composer, Jazz musician, Singer, Bandleader)
01 January 1900
José Raúl Capablanca(Chess Player)
19 November 1888
Guillermo Rigondeaux(Boxer)
30 September 1980
Al Jourgensen(Singer, Music executive, Banjoist, Composer)
09 October 1958
Yonder Alonso(Baseball player)
08 April 1987
Aroldis Chapman(Baseball player)
28 February 1988
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Rudy Sarzo(Bassist)
18 November 1950
Camilo Cienfuegos(Armed force officer)
06 February 1932
Hector Lombard(Judoka, Thai boxer)
02 February 1978
Arturo Sandoval(Trumpeter, Pianist, Composer, Jazz musician, Percussionist)
06 November 1949
Yoenis Céspedes(Baseball player)
18 October 1985
Yuriorkis Gamboa(Boxer)
23 December 1981
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Benny Paret(Boxer)
14 March 1937
Alberto Salazar(Marathon runner, Athletics competitor)
07 August 1958
Mirta Diaz-Balart30 September 1928
Cristina Saralegui(Journalist, Actor, Television actor)
29 January 1948
Javier Sotomayor(High jumper)
13 October 1967
Tony Pérez(American baseball player)
14 May 1942
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Teófilo Stevenson(Boxer, Engineer)
29 March 1952
Orlando Hernández(Baseball player)
11 October 1965
Osvaldo Alonso(Association football player)
11 November 1985
Kendrys Morales(Baseball player)
20 June 1983
Omara Portuondo(Cuban singer)
29 October 1930
Gerardo Machado(Politician)
28 September 1871
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Ibrahim Ferrer(Cuban singer)
20 February 1927
Kid Chocolate(Boxer)
06 January 1910
Alejo Carpentier(Writer, Journalist, Essayist, Musicologist, Literary critic)
26 December 1904
Ozzie Canseco(Baseball player)
02 July 1964
Mariela Castro(psychologist, educator, university teacher, journalist)
27 July 1961
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez(Astronaut, Aviator, Military personnel)
29 January 1942
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Ramón Grau(politician, physician)
13 September 1881
Jorge Soler(Baseball player)
25 February 1992
Yunel Escobar(Baseball player)
02 November 1982
Leonardo Padura Fuentes(writer, journalist, screenwriter)
1955 AD
Samuel Armenteros(Association football player)
27 May 1990
Danell Leyva(Artistic gymnast)
30 October 1991
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante(Linguist, Screenwriter, Translator, Essayist, Writer, Journalist)
22 April 1929
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda(poet, writer, playwright)
23 March 1814
Dayron Robles(Cuban track, Field athlete)
19 November 1986
Rubén González(Pianist)
26 May 1919
José Abreu(baseball player)
29 January 1987
Mike Perez(boxer)
20 October 1985
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José Julián Martí Pérez28 January 1853
José Canseco Capas, Jr(Famous Baseball Players)
02 July 1964
