Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This is a list of famous Cubans: Table of contents 1 Art 2 Beauty Queens 3 Entertainment 4 Sports 5 Politics 6 Science 7 Writers 8 Other Categories Art Xavier Cortada, painter Wifredo Lam, painter Beauty Queens Entertainment Albita singer Alicia Alonso prima ballerina Maria Conchita Alonso Cuban born, Venezuelan nationalized actress Emilio Aragón "Miliki" clown Desi Arnaz actor, Hollywood star, husband of Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Jr American born actor, half-Cuban Lucy Arnaz, actress Steven Bauer Hollywood star Jorge Bolet, concert pianist Celia Cruz singer Xavier Cugat musician Raul De Molina paparazzo, television gossiper Cameron Diaz Hollywood star, half Cuban Carmen Electra Hollywood star, half Cuban Emilio Estefan producer Gloria Estefan singer Lily Estefan model, show host, cousin of Emilio Estefan Cesar Evora actor Daisy Fuentes model, show host Mario Ernesto Sanchez actor, founder of Teatro Avante Francisco Gattorno Cuban born, Mexican nationalized actor Andy Garcia actor Odalys Garcia singer and show host Alvarez Guedes comedian and author Olga Guillot singer Horacio Gutierrez, concert pianist Henry LaFont comedian, famous in Puerto Rico Maria Laria Puerto Rican born talk show host of Cuban parents. Ernesto Lecuona, composer and songwriter Carlos Leon former husband of Madonna Niurka Marcos, Cuban born, Mexican nationalized actress Martita coffee maker who got hired to serve coffee at Univision and began appearing regularly on Univision's tv shows, ultimately even writing her own biographical book. Manuel Membrillo comedian Beny Moré musician Ana Maria Polo, United States television judge Carlos Ponce Puerto Rican born singer, parents are from Cuba. Carlos Manuel Pruneda, singer Victor Rivers, actor Santiago Rodriguez, concert pianist Samy hair stylist and television entrepreneur Mongo Santamaria Jazz musician Cristina Saralegui magazine editor, talk show host and actress Jon Secada singer Compay Segundo of the Buena Vista Social Club Jamie Lynn Sigler American born actress and singer, half-Cuban Sissy model Pedro Zamora AIDS activist, was in The Real World Mauricio Zeilic television gossiper Sports Bert Campaneris baseball player Jose Canseco baseball player Joel Casamayor world champion boxer Jose Raul Capablanca world champion chess player Kid Chocolate world boxing champion Martin DiHigo baseball player Mary Joe Fernandez tennis player Kid Gavilan world boxing champion Andres Guilbert, NBA basketball player Juan Hernandez amateur boxer Livan Hernandez baseball player Orlando Hernandez baseball player, Livan's brother Alberto Juantorena track and field Jose Legra Cuban born, Spaniard nationalized world champion boxer Minnie Minoso baseball player Jose Mantequilla Napoles Cuban born, Mexican nationalized world champion boxer Tony Oliva baseball player and three time batting champion Rafael Palmeiro baseball player Benny Kid Paret world boxing champion who had tragic end Tony Perez baseball player Sugar Ramos Cuban born, Mexican nationalized world champion boxer Félix Savón amateur boxer Javier Sotomayor track and field record setter Teofilo Stevenson amateur boxer Zoilo Versalles baseball player and first Latino major league MVP 1965 Politics Fulgencio Batista Fidel Castro Raul Castro (brother of Fidel) Luis A. Ferré Puerto Rico governor, half Cuban, by father's side Paul Lafargue Cuban-born French Communist and son-in-law to Karl Marx. José Martí Jorge Mas Canosa Founder of Cuban American National Foundation Justo González, historian and theologian Science Carlos Juan Finlay yellow fever vaccine Writers Alejo Carpentier Delia Fiallo writer of novels, many of which have been turned into Spanish-language soap operas Gregorio Fuentes Hemingway's captain and fellow Lost Generation figure, inspiration for The Old Man and the Sea Juan Hernandez author, playwright (Cuban, That's All!, a comic series of monologues about the Cuban exile experience) José Martí Other Categories Elián González refugee and subject of legal dispute See also: List of people by nationality This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.