Natives and Residents
- Desi Arnaz - television/film actor, producer and bandleader
- Emilio Bacardí - industrialist and philanthropist
- Orestes Destrade -professional baseball Player
- Emilio Estefan - music producer and husband of singer Gloria Estefan
- Ibrahim Ferrer - musician
- Sindo Garay - musician
- José María Heredia y Heredia - poet
- Pancho Herrera- professional baseball player
- Alberto Juantorena - Olympic gold medallist, 1976 Olympics
- Faizon Love - television/film actor, comedian
- Konnan - professional wrestler
- Olga Guillot - singer
- La Lupe - salsa singer
- Antonio Maceo Grajales - independence hero
- Rita Marley- singer and wife of reggae singer Bob Marley
- José Martí - independence hero; interred in Santiago de Cuba
- Miguel Matamoros - musician
- Eliades Ochoa - musician
- Frank Pais - revolutionary and urban organizer for the 26th of July Movement
- Richard Pérez-Peña - New York Times reporter
- Jorge Reyes - author
- Esteban Salas y Castro - Baroque composer
- Ñico Saquito (Benito Antonio Fernández Ortiz) - musician and trova composer
- Compay Segundo - musician
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Antonio Maceo
Cuban Independence soldier
(1845–1896) -
Frank País
Cuban revolutionary
(1934–1957) -
Desi Arnaz
Actor
(1917–1986) -
Compay Segundo
singer
(1907–2003)
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