List of Cuban Americans

This is a list of notable Cuban Americans, including immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

Lists of Americans
By U.S. state
By ethnicity or nationality
  • Danish
  • Dominican Americans (Dominica)
  • Dominican Americans (Dominican Republic)
  • Dutch
  • Gambian
  • Georgian
  • German
  • Ghanaian
  • Greek
  • Guatemalan
  • Guinean
  • Guyanese
  • Karen
  • Kazakh
  • Kenyan
  • Korean
  • Kurdish
  • Kuwaiti
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistani
  • Tanzanian
  • Thai
  • Tibetan
  • Tongan
  • Trinidadian and Tobagonian
  • Turkish
  • Category

Athletes
Mary Joe Fernández
Ryan Lochte
Dara Torres
Danny Valencia

Business
Carlos Gutierrez

Education

Entertainment
Bobby Cannavale
Rosario Dawson
Bianca Del Rio
Cameron Diaz
Andy García
Joanna Garcia
Jorge Garcia
Oscar Isaac
Eva Mendes

Actors

Cartoonists and animators
  • Antonio Prohías, creator of Mad Magazine's Spy vs Spy series
  • Joe Quesada, comic book editor, writer producer and artist
  • Michael Peraza, American animator, art director, conceptual artist and historian of animation, who has worked for The Walt Disney Company, Fox Features, and Warner Brothers. His parents were of Cuban origin.

Directors, screenwriters and producers

Fashion

Musicians

Composers and/or bandleaders
  • Xavier Cugat, bandleader
  • Arsenio Rodríguez (1911–1970), Cuban musician, composer and bandleader; born in Cuba, he died in United States, where he lived in the last years of his life[25]
  • Lucy Simon, American composer for the theatre and popular songs; known for the musical The Secret Garden; sister of Carly and Joanna Simon

Producers
  • Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer; mother is Cuban songwriter Elena Casals[26]
  • Scott Herren, music producer; father is Catalan and mother is of Irish and Cuban descent[27]
  • Ray Martinez, American musician, music producer, songwriter, artist, disco music icon; Cuban American; Cuban mother and Puerto Rican father
  • Rudy Pérez, Cuban composer and music producer[28]
  • Tonedeff, American rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter; Cuban mother and Colombian father

Musicians and singers by genre
Rock
Gloria Estefan
Rap and hip-hop
  • B Real, member of rap group Cypress Hill; born Louis Freese; father is Mexican, mother is Cuban
  • Don Dinero, rapper, born Jose Manuel Guitian
  • Mellow Man Ace, "godfather of Latin hip hop"; born Ulpiano Sergio Reyes; Afro-Cuban
  • Olivia, born Olivia Longott; rapper; Cuban and Jamaican[30]
  • P-Star, rapper, actress; born Priscilla Star Diaz
  • Pitbull, Cuban American; born in Miami, Florida
  • Sen Dog, Cuban rapper, member of Cypress Hill
Percussionists
  • Francisco Aguabella, Afro-Cuban master percussionist
  • Horacio Hernandez ("El Negro"), Grammy-winning drummer and percussionist
  • Chano Pozo, Afro-Cuban, Latin Jazz percussionist, conga player
  • Walfredo Reyes, Jr., percussionist and drum set player; born in Havana to a historically musical Cuban family; former member of Santana; current member of Chicago; expert in jazz, Latin, world music, world fusion, Afro-Cuban, and rock
Classical
Jazz
Pop, R&B, Folk, country and other music genre

Reality television contestants

Writers

Others

Journalists

Government

United States ambassadors

United States Cabinet members

United States House of Representatives

2008 Congressional candidates

United States Senate

Federal government

Local government

State government

U.S. Commonwealth government

Judiciary

United States Armed Forces

World leaders

Science and technology

Visual arts

Others
  • Juanita Castro, sister of former Cuban Communist Party first secretary Fidel Castro and incumbent First Secretary Raúl Castro; has lived in the United States since 1964 and is a naturalized citizen
  • Michelle Font, beauty queen who won Miss Washington USA and competed in the Miss USA pageant on April 11, 2008 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada; of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent
  • Joaquín "Jack" García, retired FBI agent who infiltrated the Gambino crime family
  • Emma González, activist and advocate for gun control; survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
  • Vida Guerra, Cuban born-American glamour model
  • Carlos Maza, born to Cuban immigrant parents. Political activist
  • Emilio Núñez (1855–1922), soldier, dentist, and politician
  • Ana María Polo, Cuban-born American lawyer and Hispanic television arbitrator on Caso Cerrado
  • Manny Puig, Cuban-born wildlife entertainer
  • Enrique Ros (died 2013), Cuban-born businessman and activist opposed to Cuban president Fidel Castro
  • Andrea Louise Simon, community leader
  • Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, Cuban-born lawyer; writer; historian; expert in the field of human rights and international law; retired high-ranking United Nations official; peace activist; since 2012 the United Nations Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order (also known as Special Rapporteur), appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council
  • Jose Battle, Cuban-born refugee whom was a police officer during the Batista regime. He was the founder and head of an organized crime syndicate known as the Corporation, also referred to as the "Cuban Mafia". Battle controlled bolita rackets within the Cuban-American community.
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