List of Cuban Americans

Lists of Americans
By US state
By ethnicity

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

Athletes

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Mary Joe Fernández
Ryan Lochte
Dara Torres
Danny Valencia

Business

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Carlos Gutierrez

Education

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Entertainment

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

Actors

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Cartoonists and animators

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  • 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

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Fashion

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Musicians

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Composers and/or bandleaders

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Producers

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  • Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer; mother is Cuban songwriter Elena Casals[85]
  • Scott Herren, music producer; father is Catalan and mother is of Irish and Cuban descent
  • 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[86]
  • Tonedeff, American rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter; Cuban mother and Colombian father

Musicians and singers by genre

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Rock
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Gloria Estefan
Rap and hip-hop
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Jorge Hidalgo - Hip Hop

Percussionists
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Classical
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Jazz
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Pop, R&B, Folk, country and other music genre
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Reality television contestants

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Writers

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of Cuban American writers.

Others

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Journalists

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Government

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United States ambassadors

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Simon Ferro, former United States Ambassador to Panama

United States Cabinet members

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United States House of Representatives

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2008 Congressional candidates

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United States Senate

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Federal government

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Local government

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State government

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U.S. Commonwealth government

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Judiciary

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United States Armed Forces

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World leaders

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Science and technology

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Visual arts

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Others

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  • 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
  • X 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 (1924–2013), 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 who 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.
  • Moisés Silva, (born September 4, 1945), Cuban-born American biblical scholar and translator. A past president of the Evangelical Theological Society (1997), Silva for many years had been an ordained minister of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
  • Paul Crespo, is a conservative political commentator, consultant and activist. A former captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, he has had a varied military and civilian career, and gained notoriety for his strong political opinions. He is best known for his conservative and free market views and passion for the constitutional and founding principles of the United States of America.

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