List of Cuban Americans

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This is a list of notable Cuban Americans, including both original political exiles who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

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Contents

[edit] List

[edit] Athletes

Danny Valencia

[edit] Business

Carlos Gutierrez

[edit] Education

  • Dr. Ernest Sosa, Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University
  • Dr. Carlos M. N. Eire, T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University. His memoir of the Cuban Revolution, Waiting for Snow in Havana, (Free Press, 2003) won the National Book Award for non-fiction in 2003

[edit] Entertainment

Andy García
Joanna Garcia
Eva Mendes

[edit] Actors

[edit] Cartoonists

[edit] Directors, screenwriters and producers

[edit] Graphic designers

[edit] Fashion

[edit] Magicians

[edit] Musicians

Gloria Estefan

[edit] Reality television contestants

[edit] Television personalities

[edit] Writers

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

[edit] Journalists

[edit] Politics and the judiciary

[edit] United States ambassadors

[edit] Cabinet members

[edit] United States House of Representatives

[edit] 2008 Congressional candidates

[edit] 2010 Senate candidates

[edit] United States Senate

[edit] Federal government

[edit] Local government

[edit] State government

[edit] U.S. Commonwealth government

[edit] Judiciary

[edit] United States Armed Forces

[edit] World leaders

[edit] Science and technology

[edit] Visual arts

[edit] Others

  • Juanita Castro, Sister of former Cuban President Fidel Castro and current President Raúl Castro. She has been living in the United States since 1964 and she is naturalized in this country.
  • Dr. Joaquin E. Meyer, Former Cuban Diplomat.[24]
  • Dr. Carlos A. Rosende, M.D., a specialist in diabetic retinopathy and general ophthalmology, who was appointed chairman of the department of ophthalmology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio[25]
  • Enrique Touceda, American Malleable Iron Handbook, Rumford Press, 1944

[edit] References

  1. ^ "You got 48 hours" Speech by Dr. John Carlos on YouTube
  2. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20020812173838/http://www.army.mil/usar/news/2002/05may/chico.html
  3. ^ a b [1] "Aguila and Gonzalez are of Cuban-American heritage, though both were born in the United States."
  4. ^ [2] "He's lovin' it; the Ralph Alvarez story: for the Cuban-born Ralph Alvarez, working for McDonald's had long been a dream."
  5. ^ [3] "The Bacardi family are Cuban exiles who left the country in 1960 when their assets were confiscated by Fidel Castro's regime."
  6. ^ a b [4] "The Cuban born brothers"
  7. ^ [5] "Cuban Born"
  8. ^ [6] "Born in Cuba during Fidel Castro's revolution, Figueredo fled the island with his parents"
  9. ^ [7] "Coca-Cola Chairman Roberto C. Goizueta, a Cuban immigrant"
  10. ^ [8] "Born in Havana, Cuba in 1953"
  11. ^ [9] "Cuban immigrant Al de Molina has done an impressive job as treasurer of Bank of America (BofA)"
  12. ^ [10] "Perez, 55, who was born in Argentina of Cuban parents and came to the U.S. in 1968"
  13. ^ [11] "Quesada created the Santerians, based on his coming of age experiences and Cuban heritage"
  14. ^ [12] "Cuban American George Reyes, 53"
  15. ^ Gallagher - "All-Starz on David Gallagher". http://www.allstarz.org/users/davidg/m.html. "This half Irish, half Cuban actor can dance for six hours straight! "I'm proud to have the Latin hips", he says!" 
  16. ^ Gallo - "Melissa Gallo Fan". Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20091027085935/http://geocities.com/melissagallofan/dyk.html. "(MELISSA GALLO) comes from "a big Cuban family, a lot of whom reside in the New York area"" 
  17. ^ Garcia - "Aah Celeb Profile". http://www.aahceleb.com/pics/joanna_garcia.html. "Cuban descent actress JOANNA GARCIA" 
  18. ^ [13] Biography at Song Writer Universe.com
  19. ^ Mix en español (magazine in Spanish: Mix in Spanish). July, August, 2000
  20. ^ http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2010/11/23/842752/homenaje-a-la-pianista-zenaida.html Homenaje a la pianista Zenaida Manfugás. Posted by Olga Connor. Asked on Wednesday, 16 denoviembre 2011.
  21. ^ Carolina Garcia Aguilera b.1949
  22. ^ Anais Nin was born in France of Cuban parents, and was later a naturalized American Citizen
  23. ^ a b "The Latino Experience in U.S. History"; publisher: Globe Pearson; pages 155-157; ISBN 0-835-90641-8
  24. ^ "Obituaries". New York Times. 1990-08-09. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/09/obituaries/joaquin-e-meyer-former-cuban-diplomat-83.html. 
  25. ^ http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=2311
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