List of Cuban Americans

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

Athletes

Mary Joe Fernández
Ryan Lochte
Dara Torres
Danny Valencia

Business

Carlos Gutierrez

Education

Entertainment

Cameron Diaz
Andy García
Joanna Garcia
Eva Mendes
Bianca Del Rio

Actors

Cartoonists

Directors, screenwriters and producers

Fashion

Musicians

Rock

Gloria Estefan

Singers

Rap and hip-hop

Producers

  • Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer; mother is Cuban songwriter Elena Casals[31]
  • Scott Herren, music producer; father is Catalan and mother is of Irish and Cuban descent[32]
  • 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[33]
  • Tonedeff, American rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter; Cuban mother and Colombian father

Percussionists

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[34]
  • Lucy Simon, American composer for the theatre and popular songs; known for the musical The Secret Garden; sister of Carly and Joanna Simon

Classical

Jazz

Folk, country and other music

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 President Fidel Castro and incumbent President 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
  • Emma González, activist and advocate for gun control; survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
  • Vida Guerra, Cuban born-American glamour model
  • Emilio Núñez (1855–1922), soldier, dentist, and politician
  • Jesus Permuy, Community leader, architect, urban planner, and human rights activist
  • 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

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